11/23/2015 – A Serious Note

A very serious Tessa - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

A very serious Tessa – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Dear mean woman who’s been bullying and publicly shaming our mom at local events since May 2014 (2014!!) because she runs a cat blog,

We are sorry you don’t have anything as enjoyable in your life as our little blog is to our mom. That is no reason to be nasty.

And just because our mom will no longer attend any of the local venues you do, doesn’t mean you have “won.” It means our mom has simply chosen to eliminate you from her world. You go, mom!

We’d say more but our mom said if we felt we absolutely must post something about this, to be nice about it.

Oodles of hisses,
Tessa, Zuzu, Pia, and Olivia
with Miss Newton, Quint, Ruby, Viola, and the dad all agreeing.

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A note from mom: Thank you, readers, for having patience with us not visiting or commenting on your blogs often over the past eight months when this bullying thing was a bigger deal than it should have ever been. We are getting back on track, moving on and away from the mean person, and refuse to give the situation any more attention. And to seal that deal, here’s a cute, previously unpublished photo of Viola when she was but a wee kitten:

Viola on her naming day, October 2013 - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Viola on her naming day, October 2013 – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

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11/20/2015 – Pia in Charge

Pia in Charge - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Pia in Charge – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

This is the weekend mom goes out of town. She says this might be the last time for a very long time (more on that next Monday). So, go on, mom. Have fun. I got this handled.

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Did you know Merlin’s Hope Ragdoll Rescue is holding their second annual online auction to help purchase food, toys, and cleaning supplies so they can keep their shelter running for the next few months? There’s lots of great items up for sale, and just in time for the holidays, including one of Quint’s “Softly Fall” 2015 paintings. He’s even going to pay for shipping! If you have a hankering for all kinds of pretty cool things, go take a look! We bet they’d love to see everything go to good homes and they sure could use the help! Auction ends November 29th.

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11/18/2015 – Holiday Card Bloopers

It’s that time of year again, folks, time for the annual Colehaus Cats holiday greeting card attempt. Always a “fun” time – shiny things to bite, chew, and drag away when mom’s not looking. Squinting, yawning, glaring, growling, checking for nose boogers. Why, it’s almost more fun than a unguarded packet of crinkly tissue paper (says from experience)!

We’ll reveal who made this year’s cut on Friday, the 27th of this month on this blog. We might even have printed cards to mail out again this year too. In the meantime, here’s some of our holiday photo shoot blooper adventures. Needless to say, none of these quite made the grade. See if you can figure out why.

Not quite holiday card material, Tessa - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Not quite holiday card material, Tessa – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

This was as close to looking at the camera as Tessa would get. She’s always been more of a “I could pee on that” kind of girl.

Not quite holiday card material, Quint - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Not quite holiday card material, Quint – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Too early in the morning for Quint? Hmmm, the photo shoot was in the afternoon. Maybe that is early morning for our artist.

Not quite holiday card material, Olivia - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Not quite holiday card material, Olivia – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Oh, sleek and shiny Olivia. Always keeping up her super model appearance, always checking for… well, you know.

Not quite holiday card material, Zuzu - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Not quite holiday card material, Zuzu – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Ginger Patrol Sergeant (GPS) Zuzu decided since no permit for these jingle bells existed, she’d have to confiscate them…

Not quite holiday card material, Viola - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Not quite holiday card material, Viola – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

… while daughter Viola just went straight for the goods. “Yums!” she said after mom snatched her away from chewable things. “Tastes like a good ol’ plastic Christmas!”

Not quite holiday card material, Quint and Pia - 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Not quite holiday card material, Quint and Pia – 2015 © Colehauscats.com

Hoping for something different, something featuring more than one cat since we have eight, proved to not be in the cards this year. Usual photo diva Pia was still visualizing what personality to take on for her glamour shot, while Quint was all for the, “If I close my eyes, you can’t see me” game.

Not interested in the least for this year’s holiday photo shoot were Miss Newton and Ruby. When asked if they would like to participate, Ruby graciously replied, “I’ll pass. I was on the card last year.” Feisty Miss Newton said, “Uh, no? But a lump of coal for Christmas? I might like one of those! Chicken-flavored, please?”

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