We are having our 2nd annual MEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION on our Facebook Page TONITE where fearless cats agree to change their colors for the night. White cats become pink, Grey cats become lavender or green, and if you are a striped cat, anything can happen! Anyone who is a friend of our Peaches & Paprika page can purr-ticipate! We limit the show to 30 cats and it will be published at 12Midnight! If interested in YOUR cat being in the show, visit our Facebook Page & you'll see the details.
To whet your appetite, here is a book description & some preview cartoons!
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Once the Christmas holidays are over, Peaches & Paprika, two funny sister calico cats have you covered! "National Hangover Day," on January 2 (too much catnip?) comes next, followed by Bubble Bath Day on January 8 and National Hugging Day on Jan 21, to name a few! Later in the year, on Hot Air Balloon Day, the two cats are transported against their will into the air and on
You can see a short book trailer of our book here, should you be hesitating!
We are joining Athena and Marie's and The Cat on My Head's blog hope this weekend!
Carol, Peaches and Paprika
Good morning, Paprika here! One thing I love about CATMAS is I get to hang out on colorful blankets. This is one our thoughtful human especially bought for me.Though I may not be as glamorous as my flamboyant sis-fur, Peaches, I can strrrrrretch with the best of them! I try and try to get the best of her, and I think I've done pretty darn good here. But all to no avail!
From Mom Carol:
From Peaches & Paprika:
But NO ONE came to get us and day after day went by. We were besides ourselves with grief and terror. Finally the shelter put out a notice: we were now on "death row" - a place for cats no one comes to adopt! We were due to be put to sleep the next day!
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| Firting & trying to attract adopters |
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| Our explorations in the new home |
Of course, being the lovable furries we are, Carol loves us both and we're awaiting our 8th Christmas here. We have taken over the house, believe me! We set the rules, although we still haven't come to an agreement on the quantity of tuna being served here...
Some cool facts about Gingerbread Houses & National Gingerbread House Day:
1) Gingerbread houses gained recognition after Hansel & Gretel, the famous fairy tale, was published by the Grimm Brothers!
2) There is a Swedish tradition in which people use gingerbread to make a wish.
3) The largest gingerbread house is 2520 square feet large, 21 feet high, 35 million calories & is located in Bryan, Texas, 90 Miles Northwest of Houston - According to the Guiness World Book of Records.
Now that you know all that we know...we are joining Athena & Marie' Cat-urday Hop today!
Easy instructions:
1. Make Holiday Graphic (if you feel challenged in this regard, WE will do one FOR you.) Just let us know. You can also use your holiday header if you like!
2. EMAIL to Carol, Mom of Peaches & Paprika at the address in the announcement
3. Include: Blog name, Blog address and Your name
4 IMPORTANT: Put the words "HOLIDAY SLIDESHOW" in your email title (or we may miss it)
5. Deadline: December 16.
See you there!
Mom Carol, Peaches & Paprika, Calico cats of distinction
Most of the 47 Gotcha Parade purr-ticipants were from our Facebook group. They are just adorable and we hope you'll visit them and read there stories HERE.
Meanwhile, here are the stories of our bloggers friends:
Sharon Keenan Spiegenhalter/Raz:
We're joining Brian's Thankful Thursday Hop, mainly cuz we're thankful we're "free" again!
Signed, former captives, Peaches & Paprika
In the old days, the princesses were awakened by a prince. But in this day and age, we GURRLS go hunting for the prince and awaken HIM!
For those interested, you can read all about NATIONAL PRINCESS DAY here!
A CRIME occurred last week. We were captured by our human and held prisoners against our will. We were detained for six days with not even a "hearing" (meowing) allowed in a small 11 x 11 room. - Peaches
In short, we became CAPTIVE CATS!
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| I musta had a premonition about this. |
Our human would only LATER explain the reason for her crime. It turns out this "den" is actually our human's home office We've been there before but we never HAD to be there!
Here are the details of our 6 day "in-cat-eration!"
Our new "prison" was described by our human as being a paradise for cats. Not exactly, but it could have been worse. Inside the room were 1) TWO boxes for hiding, including a new "haunted house" our human had made for us on Halloween. 2) A human bed 3) two windows 4) Our human's desk and computers 4) file cabinets on which to sit to look out the window 5) a half bath containing OUR litter box 6) Curtains (to claw?)
Well the first thing we did OF COURSE was to look out the window. (more on what we SAW in a minute)...AND HIDE!
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| The black "monster" |
We indulged in a little fantasy called "Claw the Contractor" which our human told us was "inappropriate." We don't know how she knew what we were thinking.
What happened the first day: LOUD NOISE.
Hello. Paprika here. There was horrendous thumping, banging and other scary noises the first day. Our human said it was the evil contractor making the noise. Peaches shoulda given him "the claw" but it was too late. When I wasn't hiding, I was hunched on the bed, transfixed, trembling at every noise My oblivious sister, Peaches on the other hand, slept through it ALL!
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| I was hunched on the bed, transfixed, while Peaches slept through it all! |
DAY 2: TOYS & A HAUNTED HOUSE-TO TEMPT US!
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| Food just tastes BETTER in here! -- Paprika |
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| You can't fool US! We KNOW it's a TRICK! |
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| Ever heard of the old "Turn Your Cat-Back" routine? |
Good morning, Paprika here. We decided to assert our independence by rejecting our human's attempt at bribery (the toys) and also practiced giving her "THE LOOK." You know what we mean by that.
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| Do I LOOK interested in those toys? |
The "saving grace" or this imprisonment is that our human stayed in the den with us the whole time! I, Paprika was grateful. Peaches however was skeptical. "that's just cuz her computer' is in here, TOO," she meowed at me.
At night, all three os us would huddle together in her small twin bed in the den. We worked it out though. Human in the middle, one cat at head and one cat at foot of bed. Worked out good plus we all stayed warm. We cats have been known to be called "miniature heaters."
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| All that effort...to no avail! |
On day four we continued gave our human stronger doses of "the look." She deserved it.
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| How COULD you? -- Paprika |
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| Ever heard of "the Evil Eye?" I've purr-felted it! -- Peaches |
We crept closer to each other. This is counter to our "keeping a distance" like we usually do. We cast all our differences aside. We HAD to present a united front now. We gave the human "THE LOOK" simultaneously. This is now cats gain power. A double "look" is so much more potent than just one cat doing it.
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| We render "the double look" toward the human |
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| I don't like it. |
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| And don't come back! |
The door to our prison creaked open. We were so used to be imprisoned by then, we didn't notice at first. Then we did but weren't sure what to do. So we CREPT out, slinking close to the ground as we crossed the living room.
OUR TAKE ON OUR 6 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY:
In summary, it wasn't so bad, being captive cats, as we thought. We bonded with our human in the enclosed space and learned to be sister-friends again, which was highly advisory given the uncertain conditions! We still feel, however, somewhat miffed & even mildly outraged at being "shuffled about" in a high-handed manner without getting our "purr-mission." so for several days afterwards, we continued to give our human "the Look." However, by mutual agreement we inflicted no other punishment upon her. However if we ever got ahold of the "evil contractor" or "Mr. Steemer and his snake," it could be a different story.
Signed, Peaches & Paprika, former cats in captivity.
Mom Carol's comment: Worrying about my kitties' stress level was the worst part. But I actually enjoyed the cozier than usual "bonding" with my fur-balls 24/7. Once they gave up trying to escape & became accustomed to the den's boundaries, they were even more affectionate thanusual. I loved the way we found a way to hang out together on that tiny bed. But I'm SO glad the renovation is over. Over & Out!
-- signed Mom Carol
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| Free at last! -- Peaches the cat |
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| Ditto! - Paprika the cat |
