Friday Fun! Thank You Blair!

Happy Friday everyone! Back in July I entered a contest that was sponsored by Blair of the adorable blog Bad Blair. It was a Beach Bum contest! I submitted this photo

 Guess what? I won the contest!!

There were many other kitties and doggies who entered and I was so excited to be chosen as the winner!

I received my prizes probably at least 8 weeks ago and do you believe my Mom was so busy with ridiculous things that she totally neglected me and didn't open the box until yesterday?

There is no excuse for such ridiculous behavior!

Anyway, here are the photos of what Blair sent me and boy oh boy did I get some catabulous prizes! See for yourselves!

I received a super cute card with a hand written note that my Mom and I just loved! Look at the other toys that I received! I was so excited and my Mom was beyond embarrassed (as well she should be!) that it took her so long to open the box and give me my prizes!

 Look at this cute furry blue toy! I also received a pink one!

Ignore Mom's poor camera skills (once again). It looks like some alien light force was shining on our floor but you get the idea! I received a cute catnip toy!

I also received a KONG Kitten Kickeroo but I was so upset with Mom that I refused to do any bunny kicks and left the room because I didn't feel like purticipating in her silly "photo shoots."

If she can't open packages in a timely manner then she must pay the consequences! There shall be no  photos taken of me! No way, no how! I guess she won't be pulling THAT stunt again!

Anyway, I want to send a HUGE thank you to Blair and her Mommy for her thoughtful card and fun and generous prizes!  I hope you will visit Blair's blog, you can do that right here. I also want to apologize for the uncalled-for behavior of my Mom!

You tell me kitties and woofies, would YOU tolerate such inconsiderate behavior?

Birthday Deja vu, As Dictated To My Husband By Cody

 Today, October 20th is a very special day.

photo from "Happy Birthday To You" by Dr.Seuss

It is my Mom, Caren's birthday!  Hooray! Concatulations! To borrow a phrase from Dr.Phil, or was it Dr.Seuss, "lets keep it real."

For reasons unfathomable to me, my dad or anyone else except my mom and Mr.Hallmark, many years ago my Mom decreed that the start of Sweetest Day was the official beginning of her birthday.

This proclamation always begins with,  excuse the expression, "cat fighting" between Mom's friends  to secure breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee, bagel, frozen yogurt  or "lets get together for a drink  to catch up" reservations with my mom.These endless culinary connections, along with the inevitable belated greetings and meetings make it a certainty that mom's date of birth is still being acclaimed well into the Thanksgiving season.

Not to be catty, but  toasts to my Moms birthday were still occuring as Santa was dispensing his goodies. Being  a cat I'm lucky to have nine lives, but even I, (the one whom Mom adores!)  don't have nine weeks of birthdays!

 Mom, I tried to buy you a birthday cake but I'm on a special diet and rabbit birthday cakes arent in big demand at the local bakery. But I did steal one off the Internet for you!

Image source:http://ingoodcompanymo.net/birthday.html 

I am very appreciative of the comfy existence you have provided for me, but lets face facts, I'm a cat we can look comfortable sleeping anywhere and on anything!

Time flies ,another year is in the books and when I wished you a happy birthday,your response was ''Another birthday?  It feels like

 "I JUST HAD ONE THE OTHER DAY''.

Guess what Mom, you did.

                                                         Pawty Down!!

Love, Cody

                               A NOTE FROM MOM: Thank you precious Cody  for your wonderful birthday wishes! Your Dad did a great job of making a mess  of     organizing  your thoughts for you!

Just a small aside as to where my obsession with birthdays (not just mine, I love everyone else's birthday too, I derive great joy in giving presents on birthdays!) arose from.

As a child of approximately 4 years old my favorite book was HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, by Dr.Seuss:

From Wikipedia: "Happy Birthday to You! is a 1959 children's book by Dr. Seuss. It deals with a fantastic land called Katroo, where the Birthday Bird throws everyone an amazing party on their special day. It has almost no plot and consists of one long fantastical celebration, narrated in the second person, of the reader's birthday.

The Birthday Bird appears in an episode of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

The book is dedicated to his "good friends" and "The Children of San Diego County."

I delighted in traveling with the "birthday boy" as the Birthday Bird pops his head in the window at possibly 5am or earlier and takes the little boy on the most glorious adventures for his birthday! Being food obsessed, I remember the illustration of a never ending string of hot dogs. There were bands playing and creatures paying homage to the little boy, all sorts of delightful events took place. At sundown the Birthday Bird returns the little boy to his bed where he drifts happily into slumber, exhausted, and blissfully loved.

For some reason the images and message from that book never left me. It is STILL one of my favorites from my childhood.

My wish for everyone on his or her birthday is that for even a moment,  you can be transcended back into your childhood and experience the joy that birthdays were sure to bring.  A day full of laughter, expectations of the unexpected, delighting in spontaneity, fully living in the moment worry-free and believing when you blow out the candles on your birthday cake, that anything and everything is possible!  Long live our inner child!

Quote from "Happy Birthday To You"
By Dr.Seuss

                              

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