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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3290.0. "MY TRIP TO CALIFORNIA" by SANFAN::BALZERMA () Fri Jan 26 1990 17:04

    My name is Bailey and  I am a red tabby Exotic Shorthair.  My new
    mom (you know her as Marlene) has been visiting me at Auntie Cin's
    in Fitchburg for the past month while she has been in Sales Training,
    and last weekend she brought me home to San Francisco.  She picked
    me up during the blizzard on Sunday, and boy, was she acting crazy!
    Auntie Cin had me all comfy and cozy in my carrier with my favorite
    mouse toy, but I think mom that I was going to freeze or something!
    Our flight got cancelled so I got to stay at my grandma's.  I acted
    so cute, she wanted to keep me! We left at 5:00 a.m. for the airport
    and I just curled up and went to sleep.  The plane ride was fun!
    I slept and posed and looked positively adorable. Mom snuck me out
    of the carrier for about 5 minutes for a big kitty stretch, but
    the lady in the uniform said I had to get back in my carrier. I
    think that she really liked me though, because every time she went
    by she called me by my name & told mom to share her omelette with
    me! We got to San Francisco and it was so beautiful!  The sun was
    shining and the sky was so blue! I finally got to eat some food,
    I scratched on the scratching post (mom just loved that), found
    my new litter box (she REALLY loved that) and then took a nice long
    nap. I really miss Auntie Cin and Stripees sometimes, but I'm glad
    that I'm a California kitty now!
    
    Bailey
    
    P. S.  Please try to have a little patience with mom if she starts
    to put weird things in this notes file.  She is adjusting to being
    a new mom again...
    
    
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3290.1Bailey, we miss you....IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isFri Jan 26 1990 17:0712
    Marlene,
    
    Stripees really misses Bailey....since Sunday he's been walking around
    the house making the most pitful sounds.  
    
    Of course, I don't miss him at all....
    
    I figure if I keep telling myself that, I might begin to believe it!  
    
    purrs
    cin
    
3290.2"Won't 'cha Come Home Bailey Balzer" or Welcome SANFAN::FOSSATJUFri Jan 26 1990 17:1721
    Marlene:
    
    I've been waiting for you to enter this note all week - what took
    you so long???
    
    Feliners' we are talking about one beautiful, sweet, precious ball
    of fur here - I got to see pictures yesterday and he's all Marlene
    said he was.
    
    I just can't wait to see him on Saturday and check out Dr. Scott's
    reaction - I just know he's gonna give him a big smooch - and you
    and Bailey get to meet STITCH THE TERROR.
    
    Congratulations Marlene - this one was well waiting for.
    
    
    Love,
    
    Giudi, Pippin, Gino & STITCH
    
    P.S.  I'm so glad he liked the "meatloaf" mouse!!
3290.3hi kids.. I am homeAIMHI::MCCURDYFri Jan 26 1990 17:5914
    Wow..  he is a cutie.. I saw him the day I was at Cin's
    picking up Precious..  Poor Stripees!!!. Cin , how many
    little cuties do you have left?.... I can understand
    how you feel Marlene, I have been sending mucho mail
    to Cin on Precious.. being a kitty mother changes
    ones outlook.. and watching Pookie and Happy
    with her.. I have spent more time
    laughing.. since we brought her home.. Pookie and I Happy
    and I also  played kitty games every spare minute I had..
     but Pookie and Happy got "bored" with me.. Precious will
    play with me all nite.. heh-heh.... .. and  now I find 
    myself doing "chores" when the  "babys are asleep..".
    heh-heh.
    Kate
3290.4I've been waiting too!IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isFri Jan 26 1990 18:0210
    You should have seen me trying to send kitty toys home with
    Bailey....he couldn't have anything that resembled a mouse!!!  Mom's
    afraid of mousies!!!  ;-)  
    
    His favorite toy at my house was the real fur mousies....but Marlene
    said "No Way" to those....so he had to be happy with one of those felt
    "tuffie" mouses.  
    
    cin
    
3290.5"Love to Eat Those Mousies - Mousies What I Eat"SANFAN::FOSSATJUFri Jan 26 1990 19:1611
    Right - no fur moussies in the Balzer house - I got her to settle
    for a felt one that looks like a meatloaf - she said Bailey played
    with it during the nite.  I mean every kittie should have "some
    kind of mouse"!!
    
    Marlene, you have taken a big step with this felt thing!!
    
    
    
    Giudi + Critters
3290.6We miss you too!CSSE::LEVINFri Jan 26 1990 19:168
    Bailey,
    
    Well, it's great to know that you're doing fine!  I miss you, as does
    Uncle Scottie and mom, dad and the other kids.  Wish we were with you
    in sunny San Francisco, instead of here in MA in this slop!  Keep in touch!
    
    Love and hugs,                                            
    Candy (Bailey's REAL mom) 
3290.7Welcome Bailey!WR2FOR::HARPHAM_LYFri Jan 26 1990 22:2010
    
    Marlene,
    
    When is Bailey gonna cruise down 101 to see Iago (Big Guy) and
    Molly (the Bitch Cat)?  They've been asking about him all week!!!
    
    I can't wait to see the little guy!!
    
    Lynn
    
3290.8SANFAN::BALZERMAMon Jan 29 1990 18:215
    
    .7 - Lynn, we're crusin' down to see Jo and company in Morgan Hill
         on the 10th.  We could stop by....
    
         m
3290.9Just Too Cute for WordsSANFAN::FOSSATJUMon Jan 29 1990 19:0214
    
    Got to see Bailey this past Sat. at the Vet's office.  I have totally
    fallen in love.  Richard just couldn't believe how beautiful he
    is - his first view of an ex.short hair "my god giudi - he just
    doesn't look real"
    
    I think I might be getting kitten-itis (again) I can still feel
    him cuddled up in the crook of my neck and - ohhhhh - he flet so
    good.
    
    
    Giudi who was smitten by this Kitten
    
    
3290.10Exotics are somethin'TOPDOC::TRACHMANExotic Shorthairs=NO GroomingTue Jan 30 1990 15:214
    Hey, Cin, if these folks like Bailey so much, I almost hope
    they never get their eyes or paws tooooo near Lil !!!
    I wonder if they would like brown and red plushy bears with
    huge eyes as much as they like red ones !!
3290.11CIRCUS::KOLLINGKaren/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.Tue Jan 30 1990 16:383
    What's happening with Lil?  Weren't babies supposed to appear shortly?
    
    
3290.12Beautiful boyTUNER::JENKINSTue Jan 30 1990 20:107
    I saw Bailey at Cin's house the night before he left for his new home. 
    Cin had to check my coat to make sure that I wasn't sneaking him out of
    the house.  He would have been gone for sure if he had been a she.
    
    He is a beautiful boy.  Good luck in your new home with your new mommy.
    
    Nancy
3290.13CRUISE::NDCDTN: 297-2313Wed Jan 31 1990 10:463
    Ya, Cindy does turn out some gorgeous babies, doesn't she.  Hey
    Cin, you got any pictues of Flamey when he was a kitten??
      Nancy
3290.14Some Kittens are Cuter than Others...IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isWed Jan 31 1990 12:5912
    Nancy,
    
    I only have one, that was given to me by his first owner.  I really
    hate to give it up, but I will bring it with me to a show so you can
    see it.  
    
    You know what though, Nancy, Flamey really wasn't a very "pretty"
    kitten.  He just grew up beautiful.
    
    cin...
    
    
3290.15Only 2 Exotics remain...till at least summer!IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isWed Jan 31 1990 13:019
    BTW, If anybody really is interested in an Exotic, I have 2 kittens
    left...
    
    An All Black Boy, who's about 4 months old, and a Brown Tabby Boy,
    about 9 weeks.
    
    Send me mail...
    cin
    
3290.16boy does time fly...AIMHI::MCCURDYWed Jan 31 1990 15:414
    Yikes.. Cin, that little boy cutie.. is 9 weeks.. I remember him
    when he was 4 weeks..Was he sessies?..Is the all black boy
    related to my Precious.... he is a cutie.....
    Kate
3290.17Their all related!!!!!IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isWed Jan 31 1990 17:4913
    All the kittens are related....they all have the same father...
    
    GRC Cattyshack's Tiger Stripes.
    
    The black boy is from Silver Nuggetts Tabitha, a Silver Tabby Exotic.
    The Brown Tabby boy is from Sesie, he was 4 weeks when you picked up
    precious...their mother is Dreamstreet Open Sesame of Marsamis. 
    Precious' mother is Marbo Silly Girl of Cattyshack.
    
    Stripees is making very pretty babies.
    
    cin
    
3290.18What a handssome Guy.. sigh..AIMHI::MCCURDYWed Jan 31 1990 18:4132
    tee-hee.. he has been  a very busy boy.. ;*).. and he does make
    beautiful babies.. such a Handsome Guy-kitty.. ya know Cin..
    When Precious sits with her eys have slit on her side.. she  
    reminds me of him.. (not that she sits still tooooo often..
    she is a very busy little girl.. and I love it!!!!..
    her "new place to explore are the kitchen chairs..she
    waits upthere for someone(Happy) to walk by.. and Bonzai!!!
    tee-hee.. Happy used to  do that to HRH Pookie.. heh-heh..
    she always hides in the wicker basket in the  living room..
    and does her impersonation of a  jack-in-the-box....as
    Happy saunters by... Happy also used to do that to HRH Pookie
    as well.. she definitely is "Happys baby".. now if we can just convince
    Pookie of that fact.. but as you can tell from "chatting with HRH..it
    would appear that Pookie has kinda taken over the mummy role.. Cin
    when she is looking for Pookie she does her"mummy cry".. and Pookie
    comes out from whereever she is...Aunt Sue Spingler saw that 1st hand..
    she was  giving her a toe job.."(my hands were shaking.. allright
    I am a coward.. she is so little and dainty.. I am getting better...
    though.. I know kittens are durable) and she did her mummy cry..
    and out came HRH.. who was "looking very balefully at Aunt Sue..
    as if to say what are you doing to MY Baby.. er um I mean Happys
    Baby.. so  Sue showed her what she was doing .. it was soooooo
    funny watching Pookie watching Sue and Precious squirming.. tee-hee,
    and Pookie stayed right there the entire time...... STARING!!!..
    that Baleful Pookie Stare..when the toe job was over.. She sniffed
    Precious.. looked at Sue.. and Harumphed her way down the hall..
    Precious right along side .. Precious went looking for her Happy
    cat playmate.. I can't wait for you to come and visit.. YA gotta
    Sue though.. talk about Kittycheck!!.. she was tryiing to coax
    Precious into her coat pocket, her briefcase.. heh-heh.. heavens
    I am rambling on again.. 
    Kate.. who is enjoying  her little girls.. 
3290.19KISSES, KISSES, KISSESSANFAN::FOSSATJUFri Feb 09 1990 16:079
    Well Marlene,
    
    B A I L E Y   G O T   T H E  B I G  S M O O C H   T O D A Y.
    
    
    uncle scott is in love
    
    
    Giudi
3290.20My sister Callie...SANFAN::BALZERMAMon Jul 15 1991 17:3220
    
    Hi folks, Bailey here.  I took another trip back East.  Mum and I got
    back last Thursday and the strangest thing happened.  When we got back
    from the airport  she let me out of the carrier and there was someone
    else with us. It was the kitten that was visiting at grandma's and 
    she followed us back to California!!!!  Boy was I upset.  You know what
    she did to me while I visiting grandma???  She scratched me in my eyes
    and mum has to put this goopy cream in them.  They are feeling much
    better now, though.  Anyway, this kitten looks like me, but she is 
    a different color.  I'm a red tabby Exotic and she is a blue-cream
    Exotic. She has a strip of cream color running up her nose and
    forehead.  I think she looks stupid, but mum says that that is what 
    she is suppose to have.  I guess she is o.k., but she is always in the
    way.  She never gives me any peace,  she's always jumpin' around,
    biting my tale, jumpin' on my back and botherin' me.  I get back at her
    and mum comes out with the squirt bottle.  I'M the one  who gets in
    trouble, and she is the one that starts everything!  She sits in my
    chair, she sits in the shower in my spot and she sleeps with my mum!!!
    I guess she is O.K., but if she doesn't shape up, Ms. Preschie and I
    will make arrangements to send her back!!!!
3290.21Welcome CallieSANFAN::FOSSATJUMon Jul 15 1991 18:4322
    Well, Bailey, looks like you've got some company - happens to the best
    of us.  I thought I was going to be an "only" and then came Gino and
    then came - that StItCh cat.  Now I have to share everything - my
    condo, my chair, the bed(s) - everything!!!  I thought I was going to
    get cut short of brushings and pettings and long conversations but I
    was wrong - mom and dad seem to have plenty of time for all of us - so
    don't worry everything will be ok - you just have to learn to put your
    paw down and not let the new commers push you around tooooo much.
    
    My mom is anxious to come visit and see you and the new Girl - wish I
    could come too but I hate car rides - so I'll just tell you to tell
    your Sister "welcome" from all of us at the Fossat residence.
    
    Welcome Callie
    
        from
    
    Pippin and Gino and StItCh
    
             and
    
    Giudi & Richard (mom and dad)
3290.22A word from our RagdollJUPITR::KAGNOTo cats, all things belong to catsMon Jul 15 1991 19:1625
    Bailey,
    
    This is Kelsey Kagno speaking all the way from Grafton, Mass.
    
    Boy, do I know how you feel!  When mom brought Taja home, he was, and
    still is, such a pest!!  He also follows mom all around the house as I 
    used to and jumps on my back and plays with all my toys.  He tries to
    wrestle with me and I really hate his stupid games so I go into these
    screaming hissy fits to try  to get mom's attention but she just spays
    us both with water, not just him.  Boy is that unfair!!  I am hoping
    that one day Taja will go back to where he came from but mom says he is
    staying right here with us.  Sigh.....
    
    Bailey, hang in there, and don't let Callie pester you!  Stand your
    ground and rule with an iron paw!  I'm trying to now.  It isn't easy
    but I'm learning to either play Taja's game or stay out of his way.
    
    If you ever come back east, maybe we can get together and do lunch.
    
    Hang in there Bales!!
    
    Kelsey
    
    P.S.  Mom says welcome to Callie!
    
3290.23SALEM::DILLON_MIt's never to lateTue Jul 16 1991 15:574
    	pssst... hey Bailey....no problem, just run away. head northeast.
    Teddy and I will keep an eye out for ya. our folks say it's OK.
    
    Kai
3290.24SONATA::MCCURDYFri Jul 19 1991 15:522
    Bales, call me on the KATPHONE , moms back to work..
    Preschie.. oh yeah Mom says welcome  Callie