New Year's Resolutions

In 2009, I, Yuri, resolve to:

1. Be a better cat.

2. Lose weight (at least 0.5 lbs).

3. Get more exercise, especially with that new laser mouse thing.

4. Try to eat more slowly, so I don't barf up my food so much.

5. Try to poop in the box. (I gotta remember to TURN AROUND once getting in the box...)

6. Blog more.

Happy New Year! (is there anybody out there?)

Well, here it is New Year's Eve, and we are all by ourselves. I cannot believe it. Second Cat and I are just sitting here in the dark wondering what the hell is going on. Third Cat is in the People's Room, with the door closed, which makes me really mad. I can't get to her to tell her I don't like her AND she is in the room with the bed. No fair! I don't understand.

The Visitor came today, as she does every day, and gave us food. She said she won't be back tomorrow and that our People will. She better be right. But how could they leave us alone on New Year's Eve? Sheesh.

The V-E-T

Last week, we had a family vacation to Iowa. It was fun, believe it or not. Sasha and Chloe aren't afraid of me though, which I find annoying.

We returned and then the next day, our people put me and Other Cat back in our little houses and took us in the car. We thought we were going back to Iowa, but it was much, much worse. The vet! That guy who calls me "fuzzy man" was there, of course and he pulled me out of my house even though I used all of my muscles to cling to it and try to stay in. Then he poked me a bunch and picked at my teeth. (That was kind of gross.) He told Main Person that I am healthy and that I now weigh 13.5 pounds--which is 0.5 pounds less than last year! M.P. was shocked that I lost weight. I don't know why she didn't notice my fine physique.

Other Cat also got checked out by the nice man. Other Cat cried the whole time. He's so embarrassing when we go there! All of the people and animals in the waiting room stare at him. I turned around in my house so that my back was facing the door and I couldn't see any of it. Sheesh.

Oh, Other Cat weight 10.9 pounds, which means he gained 0.5 pounds. Ha ha.

Do you think I'm getting fat?

We are so happy here

Keeping my claws crossed...

Here are our Miis!

Our people helped us make Miis on their Wii. We each have one. Here you can see the resemblances:


Yuri (& Yurii)i:













Other Cat (& Tomashii):

Third Cat (& Emmii):

Cats for Obama!

And we're not alone!

My Nemesis

I haven't blogged about Third Cat for awhile, but I need to register my complaints somewhere. Here she is, laying next to my cigar thing:

You might think she's cute, and I'll admit that she is very furry, but I can't get used to her. Whenever I tell her that, my people get all crazy and shut me away in their bedroom. Why, why, why? Aren't I entitled to not like her? I was never asked about whether she could stay with us. I don't understand why my people get so mad at me about it.

Anyway, I try to keep my eye on her, in case of any shenanigans, such as sleeping in my spots.

Happy Napping

Other Cat and I had a nice nap this evening. I like to put my paw around him to make him feel safe.

Spring!

Spring is back! My people have been opening the windows and doors lately, and you can smell that spring is here. It's still kind of cold sometimes, but much better than it was. Other Cat has been losing all of his fur, and sometimes he throws up fur balls. I've only done that a couple times.

I don't want to be too rude here, but my people have been very mean to me lately. I can't stand Third Cat, and when I tell her so, my people put me in one of the bathrooms. Frankly, it really makes me mad. Why should I get in trouble? I mean, I was here first! Why don't they put Third Cat in the bathroom. Jeesh.

Where the hell is everyone?

We (me, Other Cat, and Third Cat) have been all alone for days. I'm serious! The People just left, and didn't come back. Another Person comes and gives us food and cleans our boxes, but that Person doesn't stay very long. I'm seriously pissed. We've been trying to amuse ourselves, and Other Cat has been doing a lot of plant eating, but really it's getting a little ridiculous. I miss Main Person especially at night, when I like to sleep next to her armpit.

UPDATE: The people came home...after a really long time. The nerve.

My favorite sleeping spots

During the winter, I like to take the approach of bears and do a lot of sleeping. Here are my top 3 favorite places to sleep when it's cold outside:

3. With Other Cat. We sleep in all sorts of places, and he often puts lets me bury my head under his chin.



2. On the dryer (with or without Other Cat). It's really warm up there because it's right next to the heater. It's even better when the dryer is actually on!



1. On the green fuzzy blanket on the bed (without Other Cat). My people don't like it, but I'm really into this fuzzy green blanket on their bed. Here I am sleeping on a little patch of it. Note how jealous Other Cat is.

A funny video

HA! My person and I found this today. We think it's very funny, and maybe you will too.

New Year, New Blog

Well, it's embarrassing, really. My friend Milo has been putting me to shame in the past...what? 18 months? So, I woke up today resolved to get started again. Hm. We'll see if it works this time. But, toward that effort, I have re-vamped my blog style. For 2008. What do you think? Should I go back to the old one, or stay with the new?

Other Cat, Third Cat, and I have been very busy in the past few months. First, we spent 7 days on our own. Yes, sans people. Well, one person came around once a day to give us food and clean up after us. But Our People just disappeared. At first, we were pissed, but eventually we realized it was a pretty good deal. We could eat the plants, barf anywhere we wanted, and scratch things without getting into any trouble.

Then, they took us on a trip. We went to see Chloe and Sasha again. Those cats. For some reason, Sasha is not afraid of me. I try to do my best growling and fierce facial expressions, but she seems completely unimpressed. Hmph.

But for the last few weeks, we've just been at home. It's been really cold, so Other Cat and I spend a lot of time in a ball together. I give him baths sometimes too. He likes that.

And, by the way, here are some photos of Other Cat. He is watching the grizzly bears that were inside of our TV set. So weird.