Friday, March 14, 2008

Naughty or Nice?


Ok, so one time I tore the toilet paper to shreds. So what? The only other bad thing I ever did was when Dad was remodeling the bathroom and Mom was visiting her family and friends back in Wisconsin. (Smart move on her part, to be gone during the remodel). Anyway, Dad had removed the toilet and had the entire floor torn out. There was this big empty hole just calling to me to come and explore it! (The Whip was too much of a chicken to do it. He always makes me go first.) So into the hole I went, only to come out in the crawl space below the house, which I quickly got out of and was free in the great outdoors! That was, until Dad came after me. He saw the tip of my fluffy tail as I went through the hole and came running. He knew Mom would kill him if she cam home and I was missing. He got around to the back of the house just as I came out from under it so I quickly ran around to the front with him chasing me. What fun! We made the loop of the house twice and then I took pity on him and scooted back into the crawl space I came out of and popped back up through the hole in the floor of the bathroom. Phew! We were both out of breath and after that I was locked out of the bathroom until all holes were closed up.

Mr. Whipple here ... She certainly has selective memory! She neglected to tell you haw she uses our entire kitty kage as a little box. Now, if that isn't naughty, what is? Dad put down fine pea gravel on the floor because he and Mom were tired of us dragging the cedar shavings all over the house. Like we could help it if they got caught in our toes? But the pea gravel makes Charmin think it's one big littler box. (And you thought she was intelligent.) I would never do such a thing. I use the appropriate box to do my duty in.

And of course, there was the previously mentioned time she deliberately beaned me on the head with a book out of Mom's bookcase. Mom thinks I start the trouble but Dad always sticks up for me. He'll tell Mom, "I saw the way she looked at him!" And that's the truth. A dude can't ignore a challenge.

Charmin here ... Yeah, well, at least I don't jump up and hide behind the antique milk pitchers Mom has on top of her Hoosier cabinet and above the kitchen cabinets. And they didn't have to bolt the clock/CD tower to the floor because I like to perch on top of it. Let's face it, neither one of us are complete angels, but that's what makes us so adorable. How boring our parent's lives would be without us!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Famous Stuff and Us


If you were born in a certain era, you can tell by our names who we were named after. As Charmin mentioned earlier, she always had that name because she's so soft and fluffy, and as you can tell by the photo above, she does love her Charmin tissue. But it was my name our new parents wanted to change. So I became Mr. Whipple, after that famous dude in the Charmin toilet paper commercial. This is a hard name to live up to because I do have a tendency to "squeeze the Charmin" now and then. Hey, I'm just trying to have some fun here. And for those of you who don't know, Dick Wilson, the original Mr. Whipple, passed away this last November. I was heart broken. I attempted to write a sympathy note via e-mail to his daughter, Melanie, also an acrress, but it was returned, no address found. I do wish these web sites would keep their info up to date!


We had our names and picture in the Oregonian newspaper last year when the "Back Fence" column wanted cool pet names to publish. That was really impressive to all who read it. Plus one morning we were mentioned on the K103 radio station. This surprised even our parents. We do have our fans out there.


But the neatest thing Mom ever did was create our own postage stamp using Zazzle.com. It has our picture and names on it and you can actually mail a letter with it. However, I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that as it would leave a big ugly cancelaltion mark right across our picture!


It's such an ego trip to know that the very mention of your name causes people to smile. But then, we like to spread joy. Isn't that what being a cat is all about?