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Cat Greeting Cards - CLEARANCE!
2008-03-05 06:01:00
We're having a Clearance Sale on originalCat Greeting Cards to raise funds to help pay forLilly Lu's surgeryand to benefitCat Friends Helping Friends!The cards, designed by my mom Sharolyn, are professionally printed on recycled paper. When she created them several years ago, they caught the attention of the 2nd-largest greeting card company in the world, who wanted to buy her designs ... but my mom turned them down in order to market them herself. Crazy lady! We have very limited quantities, so order yours now at theArtsy Catsy Gallery!Here's a sample:Inside verse: "I long fur you."And don't miss our March Madness Clearance Sale ...22 items still remaining!
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March Madness Fundraiser: Cat Jewelry!!
2008-03-02 00:30:00
We're having a special March Madness Clearance Saleto help raise funds for the Cat Blogosphere!We're kicking off our new Artsy Catsy Gallery blog with a huge SALE to benefit the Cat Blogosphere. 20% of all proceeds will be donated to Project H.A.M. and to Cat Friends Helping Friends!Please help us raise much-needed funds for our friends ... browse through the Artsy Catsy Gallery, place your orders now ... and tell everyone you know about this special event!! It won't last long!33 one-of-a-kind handcrafted Artsy Catsy items have been marked down for this special sale: 8 Cat Cell Phone Charms; 5 Cat Charm Bracelets; 12 Cat Charm Necklaces; and 8 Cat Charm Bookmarks ...Here are just a few samples of the items on sale:
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WomanCat Wednesday
2008-02-27 18:09:00
Ode to CallieArtsy Catsy's 18-year-old grande dame matriarchWhen I am an old womancatI shall sleep in a tie-dyed bed And tell Fracas and Rocky where to goWhen they don't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on Temptations and tunaAnd see Chey as our first woman president.I shall lie down for beauty sleep whenever I'm tiredWhich is 20 hours a dayAnd gobble up yogurt whenever I want.And I shall indulge in youthful night craziesAnd go outside whenever I pleaseAnd pee on the flowers in other people's gardensAnd learn how to spit and hiss When I am an old womancat in a tie-dyed bed.
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Mancat Massage Monday
2008-02-25 19:32:00
Um ... hey there human artist, aren't you forgetting something? It's Mancat Massage Monday and I'm still waiting here on my purr pad with your backscratcher -- I mean, my massager -- with a commanding look in my eyes ... Finally! Ah, yes, chin scritches first ...... then head scritches ...... then a facial massage with the rollers ... Very good. Now I think I can finally relax. I do love my scratcher/massager!I hope all you mancats are getting your Monday massage, too!

Good News!
2008-02-23 06:01:00
I haven't been online for almost 4 days, since my mom has been out of town with our friend Jim for his surgery. I'm behind on all our work, but I'm taking a break to tell you about Jim and to say "YAY!! Churchill is home from the vet and he's going to be fine!!"It's good news all around ... because Jim's surgery went well and he didn't have a bone tumor in his foot after all! It was gout, and there was a big mass of uric acid crystals that only looked like a tumor on his x-rays and MRI. The surgeon removed the mass and some of the bone that had been eroded by the crystals, but it was a much simpler surgery than we expected, and Jim is going to be fine after a short time on crutches with a throbbing foot. But I'm still trying to figure out why he didn't bring those crystals home to me so I could make some Artsy Catsy charms with them!He stayed with us for three days, and I've been helping him recover. Like good mancats & manbeans, Jim & I have been lounging in the r...
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Troubled Tuesday
2008-02-19 18:05:00
We're all worried today. My mom keeps hugging us and whispering in our ears that everything will be okay, but I know she's worried, too.We're worried about our friend Churchill. He had very complicated surgery 3 days ago to repair his badly broken leg, and will need a second surgery in 6 weeks to remove the pins. But today he started peeing blood and is now back in the vet hospital. They don't know yet what is wrong, so Churchill needs urgent purrs and purrayers from all of us in the cat blogosphere. Please get better, Church!We want to thank everyone who bid in our auction to help with Churchill's vet bills. Your generosity and big hearts have raised $220 for us to send to Churchill! Lots of other kitties are having fundraisers to help Churchill, too -- if you'd like to help, you can find out how on the Cat Blogosphere and on Churchill's blog. We're also worried about our dear friend Jim, who also has a bone problem. Tomorrow our mom is taking him to a major orthopedic hosp...
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Manx Mancat Monday
2008-02-18 18:22:00
Oscar: I'm the Artsy Catsy maintenance Manx. But more importantly, I'm a mancat. So I never close the lid!
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Photo Hunters
2008-02-16 19:20:00
The theme for this week's Photo Hunt is ... "FREE".This is Callie 18 years ago when she was rescued and set FREE from a sad life as a feral kitty born in a garage ... And here she is today, FREE to do whatever she wants, even to spend the weekend doing Sudoku puzzles ... This is me 8 years ago when I was set FREE at one day old from the woods after a raccoon sent my feral momcat and siblings over the Bridge ... And here I am today, FREE to do whatever I want, including spending the entire weekend lounging in my Millie bed!
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Finally Friday
2008-02-15 19:32:00
Rocky: I'm so ashamed of myself and I'm so glad it's finally Friday . I've been so busy that I let yesterday go by without wishing all my wonderful friends a Happy Valentine's Day :-( Please know that I was wishing it to you in my heart, even if you didn't hear from me because I was so busy purring on Jim's foot and purring on my mom's neck to let you know. Mom's MRI report showed her neck has bone spurs and bulging disks and nerve compression and lots of bad stuff. To try to avoid surgery she has to get a bunch of injections and go through intensive physical therapy. I hope you'll keep helping me purr for her, and for Jim's surgery Wednesday .... Even though I've been a lousy friend, my best friend Lilly Lu sent me a wonderful Valentine's Day package! I was so excited about the catnip heart and mouse ball and Natural Temptations that my foot started twitching and I couldn't decide what to play with first! But that red catnip heart quickly won me over! I love it, I love...
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Cat Jewelry Auction for Churchill
2008-02-13 06:01:00
Our new friend Churchill, the abandoned kitty with a broken leg, is having surgery today. The surgery is very complex and expensive. It was recommended that Churchill be "put down" but, fortunately, his new parents, Michael and Rhiannon, had already fallen in love with him, so that was not an option. One look at this handsome guy, and you'll fall in love, too!We're charmed by Churchill and his loving new family, so we're auctioning some Artsy Catsy kitty charms to help pay his vet bills. 100% of the auction proceeds will go to Churchill - we'll pay the postage. So that we can get the funds to Churchill's family quickly, the auction will run for three days only - today through midnight Friday. To bid on an item, just leave a comment with your bid and the item number. We'll contact all winners on Saturday. # N-1 Necklace with gold Laurel Burch cat charm # N-2 Necklace with silver "Cats Meow" charm #N-3 Necklace with silver picture frame charm(We'll add a photo for you, if you l...
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Toe Healing Tuesday
2008-02-12 17:56:00
Dr. Rocky: You'll remember that my mom took our dear friend Jim to a bone oncologist yesterday at a major orthopedic hospital 2 hours away from us. Since he's the only bone oncologist in Indiana, while they were away I earned my M.D. (Mancat Doctor) degree online so that I can provide a second opinion. First, I performed a thorough examination ... Ah yes ... I concur with the bone oncologist. This does not appear to be a tumor. That is the good news. It may be a bone infection. It may be something else. Or it may, in fact, be a tumor, even though it does not appear to be. To arrive at a definitive diagnosis, surgery must be done next Wednesday in order to perform a biopsy, and to remove the affected bone and fill in the area with bone cement.However, I, the renowned Dr. Rocky, have an additional remedy that the bone oncologist missed. Medical research has proven that cats purr at 25-130 Hertz per second, the same frequency that stimulates bone healing and growth, decreases swellin...
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Saturday Ocicat-urday
2008-02-09 06:01:00
Oh, look at this gorgeous brother & sister from the Rescue Farmwho need a loving furever home!Sawyer (left) and Nani (right) are stunning 1 ½ year old purebred Ocicats who were given up when their owner couldn't properly care for them. Sawyer is a neutered male; Nani is a spayed female and they're both front declawed. Sawyer is a "Hot Chocolate" Ocicat and Nani (below) is "Cool Chocolate."Sawyer and Nani love each other so much they snuggle and cuddle all the time, so they simply can't be separated. If you, or someone you know, would love to give a furever home to these spotty bundles of sweetness, email Jodi at the Rescue Farm. Their combined adoption fee is $300.If we didn't have such a houseful, Sawyer and Nani would be snuggling with us right now!!...............................About the Ocicat:An Ocicat may look wild, but its temperament is anything but ferocious - it has a sweet, mild purrsonality. It is a lot like a dog in that it is absolutely devoted to its people....
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Finally Friday
2008-02-08 17:03:00
Rocky: As you know, our cat labor union (the AFT-CIH: Associated Felines Training Completely Incompetent Humans) recently staged a strike. I'm pleased to announce that after hissing all grievances then engaging in collective bargaining for Temptations and chin scritches, we reached a resolution. Now it's Finally Friday and we have a weekend of work planned to make up for lost time.We have customer orders to fill, so my weekend will be spent snoopervising the production of cell phone charms, bookmarks and a couple of brand new products soon to be launched - eyeglass holders and crazy cat lady necklaces and pins ... Also, Finally Friday is a perfect time for forgiveness. I have completely forgiven my mom for her excessive absenteeism since I learned that the reason for it is that our dear friend Jim has a medical problem and she has been helping him with doctor appointments and tests. He had been treated for gout, which didn't help, and now an MRI shows that he has some kind of bon...

13 Things That Are Not Happening
2008-02-07 17:50:00
Rocky: My human artist got back from her bead buying trip, was home for ONE night, then she left again last night and just now got back home. To protest her excessive absenteeism, we're on strike. Not a thing is happening, and here are 13 of those things ...1) We are not using this cheap litter she brought home. The box will not be opened as long as I'm sitting on it. 2) Furthermore, we are not painting this chipped, woodwork, no matter how ugly it is.3) We are not putting away all these beads she bought on her so-called bead buying trip ...4) We are not cleaning up her messy desk ...5) We are not cleaning up the mess on the front porch after the storms blew everything all over the place ...6) She is not cleaning all the hair off our pad on the back of the recliner, so we are not sleeping on it until she does ...7) Furthermore, she has not cleaned the hair off our window perch, so we are not sleeping on it either ...8) She is not opening the door to the catfood cabinet, so I will ...
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Ticked Off Tuesday
2008-02-06 00:24:00
I am seriously ticked off. My human artist went out of town Saturday on a bead buying trip and four days later she still isn't home! I've gone four days with no chin scritcher, no bed buddy, no toy tosser ... this is totally unacceptable!But that's not the worst of it. Just look at what she's staying with at her friend Terry's house. She's supposed to be shopping for beads. I ask you, do these look like BEADS? This is NOT a bead! This is Stinky - yes, that's his name. Well, I suppose he could pass as a giant 21-pound pendant. She even let Stinky sample her avocado salad. Beads do NOT eat avocados ...And these are NOT beads. These are Miss Hissy (left) and Taz (right). Taz was almost one of my staff members when my mom rescued him when he was a kitten, but she found him a furrever home with her friend Terry ... Here are Stinky and Taz with another NON-bead, Rhoda Sue, who was also almost a member of my staff when my mom rescued her as a kitten. Just look at the eyes of these N...
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Sweet Lilly Lu Saturday
2008-02-02 16:16:00
Rocky: When I opened my email this morning, I found a wonderful Valentine from my very best friend in the whole world, the sweet and beautiful Lilly Lu!Lilly Lu is the sisfur of my best buddy Mu Shue and she's always there for me, whenever I need a shoulder to lean on. We IM each other almost every day. Her Valentine touched my hard CEO heart, and I wanted to share it with you. She wrote the lyrics herself, to be sung to the tune of James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend" ....When you're down and troubledAnd you need a helping pawAnd nothing, nothing is going rightClose your eyes and think of meAnd soon I will be there to chat wiff youTo brighten up even your darkest nights.You just call out Lilly LuAnd you know whenever I am onlineI come running to chat wiff you.Winter spring supper or fallAll you have to do is instant messageAnd I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeahYou got a best friend, Rocky.If your employees should turn against youAnd you run out of catnipKeep your head together an...
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F-f-f-reezing F-f-f-riday!
2008-02-01 16:52:00
Rocky: Brrrrr, look outside ... this is the park in front of our house ...Today is definitely not a walk in the park! I'm calling a snow day and assembling the staff to make emergency preparations ... Callie! You were supposed to bring out all the emergency wear! What kind of first responder are you, anyway? What about us? Callie: Aw, sheesh. I have to do all the work around here!Fracas: Ahhhhh ... thank you, Callie.Rocky: Yes, that's definitely much better.

13 Songs I Sing
2008-01-31 05:22:00
Fracas: As you all know, I'm the Artsy Catsy VP, in charge of sales, marketing, public relations, morale building ... anything that involves the voice, because I have an attention-getting, hair-raising, never-ending, non-stop voice. In my spare time I've been studying the effect of music in the workplace, and I'd like to share a few snippets from13 Songs I Sing to keep things running smoothly around here:1) When my mom is feeling low, I serenade her with the 1987 hit by Little Benny and the Masters, "A Day for the Cat in the Hat" ...You're sad, Oh dear, Well luckily for you the cat is here ...2) As a loyal VP, when anyone challenges CEO Rocky's authority, I halt them with my rendition of the 1963 single "Tom Cat" by the Rooftop Singers ...He's a boss around this townHe don't allow no other Tom Cats come pussy footin' around ...3) When we're ready to check out the action around the cat blogosphere, I treat the staff to the old Tom Jones favorite ...What's new pussycat, whoa...

Cheerleader Lucy
2008-01-29 16:50:00
Lucy: I am SO excited! Look what MoMo made for me!Yes, I am not only Official Spokesmodel for Artsy Catsy but, along with MoMo, I am an official Patriots cheerleader with the NFL (National Feline League)! I've been modeling my cheerleader uniform MoMo sent to me ... don't you think we look just perfect together?And thank you so much, Zoolatry, for this wonderful portrait of MoMo and I getting ready for the big day!Go Patriots!!
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Slacker Sunday
2008-01-27 16:13:00
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but not for us! Here are some of the many things we're busy doing today:We're delaying starting a diet ...We're procrastinating on paying the bills ...We're avoiding working on the room where we stripped off the 80-year-old wallpaper ... and part of the wall ...We're putting off filing papers ...We're lingering over -- I mean under -- a cup of coffee ...All this work is exhausting! Yawnnn ... nap time!
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Scarface Saturday
2008-01-26 06:01:00
Rocky: I'm tough. I'm da Rock. Real mancats don't cry, and all that. But .... ow ow ow ow Mommyyyy, Callie scratched me!! Look at this terrible owie right down the middle of my nose! I'm wounded! I'm disfigured forever! And just when I was getting ready for my Love Café photo shoot! What ladycat would ever want a scarface like me? Oh oh oh, I need emergency chin scritches!Fracas, it hurtssssss! Help me Fracas, I think my nose is swelling bigger than my head and I know I have a fever and a terrible headache and my tummy is upset and my knees are weak and I'm dizzy and I'm faintinggggg....Fracas: Yeah, yeah, yeah, cut the hisstrionics, you big baby. And no, I will NOT give you CPR so don't pull that coma act on me! Oh, all right, maybe just a little cuddle ...
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Guardian CatAngels
2008-01-25 15:35:00
Rocky: Our house is SO full of kitties. Besides my current Artsy Catsy staff, the spirits of all the kitties who came before are watching over my mom, and over us kitties, too. You know how sometimes we kitties stare at, or get startled by, invisible things? Well, those things are Guardian CatAngels, and they're not invisible to us!Two of our very special Guardian CatAngels are Millard and Gizmo ...Millard, our meezer, had to be helped to the Rainbow Bridge in 1999 when her kidneys failed, after living with my mom for almost 23 years. Gizmo developed cancer after Millard passed and my mom helped her join Millard exactly two months later, at age 19.Millard was one of a pair of identical sibling meezer girls who adopted my mom at a pet store when they were six weeks old. My beansister was a little girl at the time, and the silly thing named the two meezer sisters Millard and Fillmore! Sadly, Fillmore went to the Bridge when she was just a young girl.Millard was a unique and brilliant...

Thursday Three
2008-01-24 19:21:00
My good buddy Jimmy Joe has tagged me for a new meme. I don't think it has a name yet, so I'm just going to call it the Three Dreams Meme.The rules are: a) Post who tagged you and link back to them and then to http://www.petspics.blogspot.com/. b) Then answer this question: What three things would you do that you have never done before, if you knew you wouldn't get caught, get in trouble or suffer any consequences? c) Then tag 3 other kitties, beans, woofies, or any other assorted animal.My Three Dreams:1) I would go outside whenever I want, all by myself, and freely wander our entire neighborhood for as long as I want ... play in the park, hang out in the bar across the street, fly around the treetops with some crows ... and invite all the homeless kitties and woofies out there to come back to my house and work for me!2) I would grow velcro instead of hair and permanently attach myself to my mom for whatever she does and wherever she goes.3) I would pack all of us up so we could...
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Wacky Wednesday
2008-01-23 18:13:00
Fracas: I'm sometimes known as FrackyWacky around here - not a very dignified nickname for a Vice-President, wouldn't you agree? So, to prove a point, I've been searching the Internet to find some cats who are WAY wackier than me. Check out these wackos - they'll put a wacky grin on your face, too!Punk Rock Cats - Watch the all-cat band Litterbox perform their latest hits.Kitlers - These wacky cats look like Adolf Hitler! (If your cat keeps raising his paw and shouting "Sieg Miaow" and plans to invade Poland, you might want to submit his/her picture to this site!)Hobblit - This wacky cat fetches like a dog. (Rocky does this, too. I've always said he's WAY wackier than I am!)Cat Conversation - And you thought I talk all the time!Hamster Cats - At least I know my own species!Fevver Kitty - I repeat ... at least I know my own species!
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Tailor-Made Tuesday
2008-01-22 05:24:00
Decisions, decisions. Now that the M-Cats Club is officially open, I've gathered my finest nip cigars and searched my closet for an appropriate power suit in which to make my first appearance. I want to be absolutely certain I'm dressed in only the most respectable modern mancat meow wear, expecially since beloved Caesar is our role model. Therefore, I appointed my human artist as my personal valet, fashion consultant and tailor. My first requirement was "No off-the-shelf stuff for the CEO - it must be tailor-made!" So I ordered her to dust off her sewing machine, then dash out to buy patterns for designer meow wear. The following are my selections from Simplicity's MeowWear line. May I ask you to help me decide which design is most suitable for meeting with my buddies after work at the M-Cat Club to knock back a few niptinis and plan our good deeds?In the meantime, I've tasked my human artist to practice sewing a straight line, and I'm taking a few power naps to plan my first ...
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Mancat Monday - for Caesar
2008-01-21 21:36:00
In memory of our dear mancat friend Caesar ................................... ...................................Caesar will be with us always in spirit, and we dedicate this poem to his family in hopes that it might bring them some comfort ....Do not stand at my grave and weep;I am not there. I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow.I am the diamond glint on snow.I am the sunlight on ripened grain.I am the gentle autumn rain.When you wake in the morning's hushI am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flight.I am the soft starlight at night.Do not stand at my grave and weep;I am not there. I do not sleep.
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Gizzy Like Sunday Morning!!
2008-01-20 19:38:00
Oh wow, look!! Our good friends Lilly Lu, Iris and Mu Shue had Millie's mom make us our very own Gizzy Quilt! It's pink and green and beautiful and has fishies on it! Our mom put it right on her bed so I could take it for a test drive:First, I have to get my executive nip cigar positioned properly: Callie and Lucy are doing Easy Like Sunday morning in the other rooms, so for now I have our new Gizzy all to myself!Ahhhh ... Gizzy like Sunday Morning ..... zzzzzzzzz ... Thank you SO much Lilly, Mu Shue, Iris and Millie & mom!We LOVE it!
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Spotty Saturday
2008-01-19 16:26:00
Callie raises a hind paw for spot cleaning .... While spotty Rocky snoopervises ...
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Thinking Thriday
2008-01-18 16:54:00
I am honored to accept the Thinking Blogger Award from my good friends Nermal, Nico, Virgil & Maggie and from Karl & Ruis.And since I've been recognized as a thinker, I think I'm going to think some thoughts for you. But first, I think I'm going to think of some thinkers who've earned the Thinking Blogger Award. And I think I'll think of a new step to add to this award since I think it has been around a few times, I think.I think these are the rules:1. Write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.2. In it, link to the thinker(s) who gave you the award.3. Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote.4. Go tell your humans you think you need some treats!5. And, I think we need to add this step: Once you've completed steps 1-4, think five thoughts that will verify you're a thinking blogger!We think these five bloggers make us think:Gandalf & Grayson because just looking into the depth of their beautiful eye...

Thursday 13 Cat Haiku
2008-01-16 23:49:00
I want to be closeTo you. Can I fit my headInside your armpit?~~~ We're almost equals.I purr to show I love you.Want to smell my butt?~~~So you call this thingYour 'cat carrier.' I callThese my 'blades of death.'~~~Oh no! Big Onehas been trapped by newspaper.Cat to the rescue!~~~Tiny can, dumped inPlastic bowl. Presentation,One star; service: none.~~~Cats can't steal the breathOf children. But if my tail'sPulled again, I'll learn.~~~Wanna go outside.Oh, no! Help! I got outside!Let me back inside!~~~Toy mice, dancing yarn,Meowing sounds. I'm convinced:You're an idiot.~~~My brain: walnut sized.Yours: largest among primates.Yet, who leaves for work?~~~The food in my bowlIs old, and more to the pointContains no tuna.~~~Am I in your way?You seem to have it backwards:This pillow's taken.~~~Humans are so strange.Mine lies still in the bed, then screams.My claws aren't that sharp.~~~Litter box not there.You must have moved it again.I'll crap in the sink.~~~ ~ from Planet Cat
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