I have actually been trying to really help the PM this Holiday. Not like that crazy Goldie and his cuckoo plans.



I was right by her side when she made our Christmas cards. I even helped with the glitter.



In the background you can see the amplifier that the MusicMan is building. The PM wants it out as she needs her table/window ledge back for decorating and guests are coming over this week. I tried to help him finish it but I couldn't really get a good grip on the soldering iron.

I'll just snoopervise.



On a very sad note, one of our dear friends, Charybdis has gone to the Bridge unexpectedly. Please stop by her memorial blog. She will be greatly missed.

First off we'd like to say a big Welcome to Tama-Chan's new fur family over at The Poupounette. We are so happy to see those sweet faces!

It's that of year when folks get all wild and crazy over the Holidays; planning, shopping, decorating and stressing.



This weekend we tried some good 'ol fun with the PM. Trying to get her to loosen up a bit. I suggest you read carefully, take notes and give it a whirl sometime this week.

Friday~ The PM just had a bath and is reading in bed. Her eyes are gelled, face- vitamin E'd, lips- beeswaxed and hands are nut body buttered. I jump up for a little snuggle. This rarely happens as I normally go to bed with the wee lad. This was part of my switch things up plan. The PM is happy to see me and holds her book in one hand while petting me with the other. As she keeps petting, her hand is getting layered with lovely apricot floof as body butter appears to be quite a fur magnet. I then notice a stupid fly, lazily bumping around in her bedside lamp. I find myself suddenly wanting a snack and quickly spring into action. I jump to get the fly while running my flank and wondrous tail over the face of the PM. She gets full of more fur and then takes her previously furred hand to try and wipe off her now furry face. Quite the fun. Fur flying, PM practically choking. She has to go back downstairs and get all washed up again.

Good times, good times.

Saturday~ The PM is going through her bottom pantry cupboards, making grocery lists. I sneak into one to snoop. A few minutes later she hears the dreaded sound.

Yaach-ugh, Yaach-ugh, Yaach-ugh, SPLAT

She looks in the cupboard and I have had a hairball from the upper shelf into her box of Tupperware on the bottom shelf. Really, you should have seen her face. Filled with wondrous joy.



Sunday~ This one Shade came up with all on her own. I am very impressed. To set the stage, the PM just went to bed and is almost asleep. Shade jumps up and is cold and wants under the covers. No problem, this happens all the time. As an aside, the PM is very, VERY particular about her bedding. She's like the princess and the pea. She can't stand any sort of debris in bed with her. No tiny pieces of sand, no hairs, no lint balls. She feels them when she moves around and it drives her crazy. She was not aware that Shade had just used the litter box and was hiding within her pads, a load of gravel like particles. Shade gets comfy and does a wonderful four leg stretch. As she stretches her paws, she dumps the litter in the PM's bed. She then decides she wants on the other side of the PM and starts to clamber over. The PM sighs as she was almost asleep and moves over a bit to give Shade some room. As she does this, her thigh grazes the litter pile. In truth, it was only a few grains but it feels like coarse sandpaper. The PM has to get up and clean out the sheets. Then she couldn't fall asleep. Such a cute trick, Shade.

"What's that Shade? You say the PM wasn't filled with joy? No? Her face was all tight and red."



She was just stifling a big giggle, I bet.

Let it out, PM. Let. It. Out.

This was supposed to have been up yesterday but the PM had the wee ones in town for the last couple of days and they only got back late last night. I didn't give her too hard of a time but I did point out that Blogger does have the "scheduled post " function for a reason.

We are members of the Cat Gardening Club founded by our dear furiend, Jonesie. I thought I better get a post in before our crispy brown landscape goes to sleep under a snow duvet.

This was when I was out for a walk au naturel, harness free. I am not as crazy as Goldie so this is a priviledge I have once in awhile, mainly when I am out with the Music Man.

Our greenery is now gone, replaced with shades of brown and red.

I am distracted for a second as Goldie is hollering from an upstairs window. He stops screeching and tries to dismantle the screen. We take a break while the PM runs inside.

Our Guara still looks airy and full of wind. This is the first year we have had them and they are not hardy to our pathetic Zone 4. They will be covered with a warm mulch and hopefully will return in the Spring.

The Bamboo Grass (Sasaella Masamuneana Albostriata) still holds on to some of it's gorgeous charteuse. This is one of the PM's favorite grasses. Very different looking. Apparently it can be very vigorous in warmer climates but it stays within it's bounds here.

Our yard may have lost the lushness of midsummer but there is still beauty to behold.

I must be getting soft because when I saw these photos, I almost peed my pantaloons.

This is Nanny and Grampie's cat Kitty Girl at the cottage. They have a high ceiling over the great room and Kitty Girl goes up to the loft, jumps on the rail and then walks the beams.

The wee ones couldn't watch and I don't blame them!!

Thank you all so much for the purrs for the PM. It was a rough, painful, sleepless week but over the weekend her neck really improved and it now hurts only a smidgen.

I am glad to be back as I was getting a little bored waiting. Last night I did another escape move and took off running when they came home. I got about twenty feet, freaked myself out with all the wind and ran back to the door. Am I getting all soft?? I will have to ponder that this week.



Now, I want to move on to our big review.

Our friend, Drew from The World's Best Cat Litter had contacted us to see if we wanted to give this litter a try. We said sure, who wouldn't be up for a pooping experiment. They sent us a bag to try.

This is a clumping litter made from renewable whole-kernel corn and is 100% biodegradable. They claim it is the best at controlling odor, is much safer for cats to use, clumps quickly, easily scoopable and lasts a long time.

So one bag is supposed to last three cats for ten days. We filled up the pan.

I gave it my mancat inspection.

Then had a little whizz.

Here are our results.

• The litter is so pretty, you could put it in glass bowls and use it as decorations. Lovely yellow colour. The PM says it is so much better to look at then our regular grey stuff.
• It smells fresh and really does do a great job with taking care of any odors.
• Also rates high on the clumping/scooping factor.
• The only problem we had was when the PM put our other litter box down too, like when they were going to be gone for the day/overnight, we exclusively used the old grey stuff. The PM found that odd. Shade said the litter was too nice to mess up. It looked like it should be sprinkled on yogurt with fruit for a light snack. But when we just had the one litter, we used it without any complaint.

Overall, we agree this litter is great. We can purchase it near here too. We haven't gone to check it out yet so we don't know about the cost per bag. We are assuming it is more costly than our regular stuff but it does seem to last longer and the PM says it was so much nicer to clean. We don't know if a switch is in the budget but it is definitely worth a try and we recommend it to our feline friends.

Thanks Drew for letting us try this out!