Is This The Antser?

Hello, friends!

It looks like we survived the great blackout of 2011!   As a cat, the only reason I knew things were out of the ordinary is because my water fountain went from this:

To this:

Anyway, what I wanted to talk about today is the fact that, out here amongst the avocado groves, we have a HUGE problem with ants.

The ants have a taste for my food....  We've tried just about everything to keep them out of there but they just keep coming back!  My humans were going to be out of town for almost two weeks and knew they had to come up with a solution to this problem!

Enter:

My humans bought this for me and Maggie a couple of months ago and put it to the ultimate test when they were gone for almost two weeks!

Here is a picture of the two piece unit:

On the left is the moat and on the right is the platform that fits over the moat.

Here are the supplies you'll need:

Water and approximately One Tablespoon of dish washing liquid.

Here are the directions that came with the unit.  A lot of words but don't let that deter you!

HELPFUL HINT:  Get your humans to add the water to lessen the risk of getting wet!

Here is the unit assembled and ready to dine upon:

Maggie is modeling for us!

*** Caution!  Graphic images ahead! Stop reading at this point if you are at all squeamish about death!***

Upon the return of my humans, two weeks later, this is what the inside of the unit looked like:

Although the ants got into my extra stash of cat food that wasn't completely sealed, the human's sugar container, almond butter and cereal, and there were freeways of ants speeding through the entire house my food was virtually untouched by ants!

Is this the Anster?  I think so!  I give it two claws up!

This is a product review of a product I really like and I was not paid by the company to review this product.  My tall human bought it for me and Maggie with his own money.  For more information and to order your own Antser please visit: The Antser Website

Now that the weather has cooled off, thank goodness, my meowing is back in full swing!  I'm belting it out like there's no tomorrow!  Have a great weekend, my friends and see you next week!

Maggie Is Gonna Kill Me

Happy Labor Day!

We've had a respite from the heat the past couple days, however it is set to return by Wednesday.

I'd like to welcome all my new readers and thank you for all your comments!  As I've said before, I'm in the process of adding a reply button so I can interact with my readers better via the comment section!  I know, I know, it's taking me awhile but I'm still learning to type with paws!

In lieu of my upcoming product review, check out these snapshots I captured of Maggie sleeping the other day!

I have a feeling she won't be too happy about me posting these photos of her on the internet!

I have a product review coming up next, I promise!

Thanks for reading!

311.48 Kelvin

Hello, my friends....

I say that with a very lethargic voice.  Not that I'm not happy to interact with my readers but just because it is so darn hot.....  It's too hot to do anything.... even meowing!  I've tried to cool off in front of the window:

At the back door:

The front door:

I even tried to transfer the coolness of the door to my head:

It didn't work, so I tried it the other way:

I also tried to cool off in front of the fan:

Even Maggie is hot!

That's about all the energy I can muster.  My humans even commented on my lack of meowing lately.  I haven't the energy to meow!  I did belt out a couple good ones this morning before the heat of the day presented itself.  The mercury is expected to rise to 311.48 Kelvin (101 F) again today.  Stay cool, my friends!  And to everyone on the east coast, stay dry!

Q&A And Maggie's Solution

Hello, friends!

I hope everyone is managing to stay cool out there!  It's really warmed up the past few days so I've been laying low.  I haven't even felt like going outside!  My human has drug me out a couple of times but when the weather gets into the 90º + category I end up just lying down in the shade and making my human carry me back home.

Anyway, I had a couple of questions I wanted to answer that my reader's left with me in regards to my last post about my birthday.

One reader noticed that I was a very white kitten!  She asked, "Were you born with white fur?"  The answer to that is, "Yes!"  While my tail had black markings on it and the tips of my ears were darker, I was nearly all white!

But with age I've definitely darkened up.

I'm the opposite of a Lipizzaner horse!  A Lipizzaner is born gray and whitens with age!  Just a little known fact for you!

Another question that came up was, "Are you looking at all your baby pictures?"  I debated whether or not to bring this subject up on my birthday post.  So, I'll bring it up here.  The two pictures in my birthday post are virtually the ONLY pictures of myself as a kitten.  I often wonder why but sometimes it is just best to let sleeping "cats" lie.....  I won't mention that there are countless pictures of Maggie as a kitten...

Unrelated, I leave you with this recent photo of Maggie:

This is Maggie's solution to the blind's being closed!

See you next week!  I have a product review coming up!

So I'm A Senior, Am I?

Birthday is today.

Not sure what I'm supposed to think of it.

According to humans my birthday today makes me a "senior" cat.

Really not sure what I'm supposed to make of that.

Should I be offended?

Should I just take it all in stride and embrace my eighth year on this earth?

It seems like yesterday I was this itty bitty little kitten:

I remember when Maggie was just a kitten:

So many different places I have lived over the years:

Canby, OR
Aloha, OR
Vancouver, WA
Beaverton, OR
Oceanside, CA
Irvine, CA
Valley Center, CA

And that's just the cities I've lived in.  That doesn't include the moves within those cities.

It's hard to believe I've gone from this:

To this:

Well, here's to another eight+ years of eating, sleeping, and MEOWING!

Tick Awareness Day

Hello, friends!

It has been awhile since my last post!  My humans were out of town and took the computer with them so I didn't have access to the internet!

I have a very important topic to share with you today.  I'd like to dedicate today to being "Tick Awareness Day".  This topic was brought to my attention due to a recent incident of which, I will explain:

The day started out like any other day.

I may have slept in a little later than usual but I went out for my morning walk, ate some grass, walked around a bit and then went back inside.

However, it is this afternoon that I really want to talk about.  My short human reached down to pet me because I was looking oh so cute lying in front of the screen door.  She noticed a little bump in my fur and upon further inspection found a tick!!!

I must have picked it up during my walk today!  I've never had a tick before.  My short human says they're quite abundant in Virginia, but that she's never seen one in southern California.

My human remedied the situation by prying the little sucker (literally) out of my skin:

He was in there good!  Then she washed up all the blood and now it will heal.

I wanted to share this with my readers to ensure everyone is checking themselves for ticks after their morning walks!

If it can happen to me, it can happen to you, too!

The Weight Issue

So I supposedly have a "weight issue".

And once again it was brought to my attention by my humans via the packaging of some treats that were given to me by my human grandma.

Of course my short human grabs me and starts squeezing my waist and running her hands down my sides proclaiming, "I can't feel his ribs!  Or his spine!"

Then Maggie has to show off her trim figure so that my humans have someone to compare me to:

I believe I'd look that thin if my humans shaved all my fur off.  Not that I'm going to let them.

As I've said before, my weight doesn't bother me.  I eat when I'm hungry, no regret, guilt, or remorse!
There's just that much more of me to love!

Thanks for stopping by!  See you next week!