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Autobiography of a Former Shelter Cat

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My First Night Before Christmas…

HIYA!!  SAVANNAH HERE!!!

Well, as most of you know…at Christmas time last year I had only been with Mom and Dad for about 3 weeks and I was still their “Foster Cat”…and I spent a lot of time UTB back then AND Mom and Dad didn’t think they wanted a full time cat furramily member…so I didn’t have much interest in the Christmas tree.

FAST FORWARD TO THIS YEAR!!

I know this is my furrever home.  My confidence keeps growing and I knew the Christmas tree was MY OUR tree…so first, I knew there were four ‘pretend’ prezzies under the tree…for my photo shoots and stuff, remember?… Mom and Dad don’t gift so I figured that was that, and no problem…really…

Well…all of a sudden stuff appeared under my our tree that had not been there before…and this year, I was not afraid of the tree!…so I checked the new stuff out…

…hmmmm…look at that…something new….

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….oh…there’s more…nice paper…wonder if I can have a sniff…

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…ummm…better make sure this is still my our tree…

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…what’s that on the other side…MEOWSER!…this one is big!…

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…now that’s an interesting smell…sniff, sniff…

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…maybe I can tell more if I get a teensy bit closer…sniff, sniff…this underside is interesting…

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…I gotta get under it to get a better whiff…snuffle, snuffle…kerchoo!!!..wipes nose with paw, sorry…

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…well, I wonder who all those prezzies are for…If any are for me, then I need to get my claws ready…

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…and once more from the other direction…gets those claws sharpened from a different angle…

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…oh!  Look up there on the mantle…there’s stuff in my stocking!…

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What Mom ???…what do you mean “wait”????

Mouses!!!…sometimes Mom and Dad can be so intense (VBP)…sheesh…don’t you just hate it when they use that word “WAIT”???  Na’mean???

That was my first exploration of my our tree on the night before Christmas…

Paw pats, Savannah

Test Driving My Prezzie…

HIYA! SAVANNAH HERE!

I promised to show you my test drive of my new scratcher…that’s what was in that humongous box sent to me by Mistletoe and Hitch!  If you don’t  know Mistletoe, you can meet here by clicking HERE…she is a member of the Real Rescue Cats Are Talking Club!!

Anyways, not to digress (VBP)…here is how I approached my first tryout on this big bad scratcher…(I still had my glorious long, sharp claws at this point…they were whacked away days later…thanks lots Mom and Dad…like NOT!)

…first, the sniff test…this was done pre-shipping to me…Hitch covered the shipping sniff test…

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…now the delivery sniff test…

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…next, the standing strength test…

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…now, the sitting strength test…

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…ok, ok…so far, so good…now for a little bitty texture test…

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…WHOA! This baby is SMOKIN’ HOT!!!

Sorry if the video is a bit dark, but I think you can see…this scratcher is here to stay!!  And yes, that is Mom talkin’ in the background like always…she knows I needed a little encouragement to get going…

THANKS SO MUCH MISTLETOE AND HITCH FOR MY “JUST BECAUSE” PREZZIE!!

Paw pats, Savannah

Monday Meowsie News…

HIYA! SAVANNAH HERE!

Well I got a package…sort of a “Just Because” prezzie from my good furriends Mistletoe and Hitch! Mom said I should tell you about the package first…then let you see me using what is in it…heh…heh…

Sounds good to me Mom…so the UPS person delivered this package and Dad hefted (VBP) it into my office…and unceremoniously(another VBP) dumped placed it on the floor.  He looked pointedly (sorry, another VBP) at me and Mom…and said…”well, I guess you know who THIS is for???”

I looked up sweetly…why Dad?…could it be for ME?

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Dad finally had to laugh and said “Yes Savvy, this is for YOU”

You can see from the size of the package why Dad was all dramatic about it…

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So it’s big!!! So What???

First, I made sure it was addressed to ME, personally…yup…that’s my name

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…now to make sure I know who it is from…yup…Mistletoe and Hitch!…

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PAWSOME!!!…Now let’s get to the inspection part Mom…go ahead…unzip this baby!!…needs a good chin marking to make sure it’s MINE!

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…very interesting…what else is in this box???…

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…woo hoo!! Check out that cool Neko Dragonfly wand toy!!!…

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…I better get closer to make sure nothing is broken…

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…ok, ok…looking good, looking good…

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…let’s see if the whole prezzie is Ok…need another perspective (VBP)…

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…oh yes, looks good from over here to…I better get out so Mom and Dad can get this baby out for a test drive…

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The “TEST DRIVE” will be posted on Wednesday…heh…heh…it was very active…at least for me!

Now one more thing to share, and I know efurryone is getting lots of Holiday Cards and no need to post about efurry single one we get…but I really want to share the card from some of my BFFs (Best Feline Furriends) from across the pond who I have known since they started blogging…My Three Moggies sent me this card and they each drew themselves as part of their pawtograph…and I was totally impressed!!

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…and the pawtographs…

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You can see my special mancat furriend, Archie is, or course, first…then there is Oscar…and Henry! Of course Mom Michelle and Dad Craig signed too…

That’s it for my Monday Meowsie News…I have a small set back today in my “one paw forward recovery plan”…Dad had to scruff me again yesterday so Mom could clip my nails…I was getting caught in the carpet…and this time…I was sort of a bit traumatized…I have gone UTB today…I was more shaken up than before, not sure why. And it’s not Dad’s fault because I won’t allow anyone to pick me up…Mom is sticking around today so she and I can play later.

Lastly, hope you drop around tomorrow for my final 2012 Real Rescue Dogs Are Talking interview with TWO great guests…

Paw pats, Savannah

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