It's time for another blog award, but this one is pure
fun!
Lily and I were nominated by a very versatile blogger, who has been on the A to Z Meme blog hop along with me, Lisa Betz. Thank you, Lisa! I hope you will be blessed by her blog as I have been!
The Versatile Blogger Award simply requires that I share seven facts about myself. The seriousness or significance of said facts was not specified. So I decided to opt for silliness. And the epitome of
silliness is Lilybits at the helm!
But first, the rules for those who are nominated:
- Show the award on your blog
- Thank the person who nominated you.
- Share 7 facts about yourself.
- Nominate 5 blogs.
- Link your nominee’s blogs and let
them know.
Lilybits here: I had to wrestle
the MacBook away from Mom, but she finally conceded that seven interesting
facts about me would be more engaging, more fun, etc. Here we go:
1. I am a recovering tuna addict. Let me
explain this for you, because I’m an unwilling recovering tuna addict. Mom
doesn’t open cans of tuna as often any more, because I yowl like a siren
passing down the street when she does. I fuss and scream, begging for tuna as
though my life depends on it, just hoping for a mere taste. Indeed, at that
moment, it seems my life depends on ingesting a taste of that canned delicacy.
The mere scent of it sends me into fits of rubbing my ribs on the corner of the
kitchen-island and following Mom obnoxiously. Unfortunately, I must eat only
special canned food. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Boring!
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2. I don’t have a tail.
You may have noticed this in my photos—or not. I have been cruelly deprived
of that proud appendage, because of an injury and infection. Eventually,
because of all the pain my beautiful ringed tail was surgically removed. Hence,
I am sometimes referred to as “Lilybits, the Tail-less Wonder.” Why not?
3. One of my best friends, in my old life, was a dog. The
crazy cat lady who brought me to Pet Smart, that fateful day, when Jack and
Kathy became my adopted, nearly hairless parents (well, I am their fur baby), I
rode in a cage with a dog! The rest of it has become fuzzy (no pun intended),
since I’ve become the center of attention. Besides, the drugs they gave me when
I had my surgery made me kind of confused. All I know is that if I came to Pet
Smart in a cage with him and I wasn’t hissing, so he must have been my buddy.
4. I speak a few people words. The one I
practice the most is “Mom.” This comes out more like a pitiful “Mrowm” and
works well when I want something to eat, which is most of the time when I’m not
sleeping. I’m pretty good at saying, “no.” I sound especially sassy when I
don’t want to be picked up. I also will throw in an occasional “what” when I am
fully engaged in watching the birds at the bird feeder and Mom calls me. I
sound pretty sassy when I say that too.
5. I have a pretty sweet deal when Mom
covers my pill pockets with pieces of freeze-dried chicken. I know she’s trying
to get me to take my tummy medicine more easily, but sometimes I eat around the
pill and spit it out. Then she works harder at covering the mushy pill pocket
with freeze-dried chicken treats, since she hates pilling me, and I wind up
with an extra treat! Hee hee!
6. I am apparently a dilute tiger tabby. Mom
always refers to me as her little gray tabby, but I am more complicated than
that. I have lovely tiger stripes that can be hard to see. And while my
undercoat and belly seem to be a creamy taupe, the tips of my fur on my back,
sides and legs are darker gray. I believe that’s called ticked. So I’m not sure
if I’m a dilute, ticked, tiger tabby or just a tiger tabby with ticked fur. Hmm
. . . What do you think? Mom reminds me I am of mixed lineage, while Dad is
happy to refer to me as a mutt.
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7. I don’t like chocolate! Mom was so
worried about my getting poisoned by getting into her vast hoards of
chocolate, but that icky brown stuff is no temptation for me! I suppose Mom
thinks she enjoys eating chocolate so much everybody should love the stuff.
Not! My tastes are much more discriminating. Give me meat, poultry or fish or
perhaps a piece of fine melted cheese and given a chance, I won’t turn my nose
up at bacon. But that chocolate stuff is not for me, unless it’s an M&M,
which conveniently falls to the floor, so I may play with it. Chocolate in that
form makes an excellent toy.
And for the Versatile Blogger Award, Mom and I nominate:
Thank you, Lilybits, for these fascinating facts. One of our previous cats was a shrimp addict. He would actually climb up the leg of any human peeling shrimp. (You might want to try this the next time your humans open a can.) The same cat was known to leap from the floor to a human's shoulder-- from behind--with no warning. His family recognized the funny mrowr he made as he began this athletic endeavor, but guests had were usually completely surprised. .
ReplyDeleteI do have all my claws, Miss Lisa. I'm going to have to try that leg
Deleteclimbing trick one of these days. Thanks for the idea! Purr. I have
jumped on Mom from the second floor railing when she was
resting in the family room and scared the wits out of her.
That was fun!
Lilybits! Our Mom is HONORED to be nominated! Thank you! And we think your Mom loves you a LOT because she knows so much about you! Woof! Meow! Woof! Meow! Woof! (Jake, Spook, Frankie, Janelle, Chevy)
ReplyDeletePurrs and paw waves back to all my furry Akin buddies!
DeleteMom and I are honored to have all of you as friends!