Friday, January 27th, 2006 and my friends' responses, too!

Hi Everyone,

Here's this week's diary entry for your enjoyment.
Mom's been under the weather and not at work
so she couldn't help me post until now :( She's
feeling a bit better, though. I told her that she'd
better get back to posting her news articles, because
someone might get sad or miss something cool.

I've been super busy with my tabby buddy, Nimbus.
We've been figuring lots of stuff out. One sad thing is
that the big toy that sings and has a screen, mom calls
it the Mac, hasn't been working. Mom tried to tell me
that Dad has been turning off the power strip. I guess
we aren't supposed to play with the Mac, but it is too
tempting. We like also to turn on something dad calls
the CD burner. It makes a funny noise like something
lives inside it.

On the sad side of things, skit-o-vision saw the
demise of Chinese Al. Mom thinks he got injured when
she moved some new live plants into skit-o-vision. Chinese
Al was a an algae eater. The rest of the gang are still happy.
We have the Neon Mafia, complete with the Neon Boss and
his second in command. The Boss stays busy keeping the small
neons in line. We also have the Von Rio Tetra Conspiracy,
the Harliquin Rasbora Triumvirate, Cory the Catfish, and
Lazarina the Ram Cichlid. A fun group, happy and active
in their constant negotiation for territory.

I had a real fun time trying to chew through my rabbit
when it was defrosting. Mom tried to foil my plot by putting a
box on it. Ha, I flipped off the box and almost got the
chubs of rabbit to the floor. She outsmarted me by putting full
jugs of water on top of the box. Meeeeearrrghhh!!!!

Ahoy maties, until the next time!
Dakota, Pixie-Bob


Hi Dakota,

Hope your mom is feeling better, we really rely on her
wonderful writing and your posts too. Just reading
them makes my day.

Guess what, my Serval, Kiva writes too, but she is not
allowed in the computer room because she chews on the
wires and tries to pull the power bar out and run
upstairs with it. However, she composes to me and I
later type it out. She is writing a little book and is
now on chapter 5. I have sent you a copy of the first
chapter, maybe your mom can read it to you. Kiva
would love a skit-o-vision but I am afraid she would
somehow get inside it.

Bye, Dakota

Donna

A Serval’s Story

By Kiva (as told to and typed by mom)
copyright by Kiva 2006 all rights reserved

Getting to know my family

When I was just a little baby I remember coming to my
new home. Mom stayed with me in our bedroom all the
time and cuddled and fed me and I felt so safe and
loved.

Very soon I was exploring the rest of the house and
discovered that I had two older brothers. The first
one I met was Tao and I knew immediately he was a cat
just like me even though we look so different. I
wanted to play and I went over and bopped him on his
tail. He gave me such a glare and spit and walked
away. Pretty soon I discovered if I ambushed him at
the bottom of the stairs he would chase me all through
the house – great fun! Eventually he has even let me
wash his face, which I just love to do. I am quite a
tease and very lighthearted while Tao is much more
proud and serious. He is called Boss Cat around here.

In our pet room all his ribbons were displayed until
one day I knocked them down and shredded them with my
teeth. Surprise, I hoped to make Tao a little mad but
he looked quite pleased. The only one who cared was
Mom and she picked up all the pieces and put them away
in the closet.

My second brother, Brondo I didn’t touch noses with
until a little bit later but I could watch him from
our windows running around outside. Big noisy
creature, I worried how I would handle such a thing.

One day Mom let him in the house. I streaked upstairs
to our bedroom, ready to dive under the bed if
necessary. I could hear Mom saying “good dog, stay.”
I peeked down from the top of the stairs. Mom was
feeding him some goodies and Tao was there begging for
some too. I decided I better check things out.

Brondo was sitting by the couch so I jumped up on the
back of it to be safe. I thought I better test him
out a bit so I bopped him on the head. He ducked! I
had not even bopped him very hard. He has great
respect for us cats and so it should be. Now I often
lick him on his ears and pretend that I might just
bite him.- of course I wouldn’t dare but just so he
understands my power.

Once I met my brothers I learned that they were also
allowed to sleep in our bedroom. At first I did not
let Tao on the bed but he is a very stubborn cat. No
matter how much I chased him off he just kept plunking
himself back on, lying there with one paw out as he
always does and giving me that look. Okay, so I
finally agreed but Brondo is not permitted on the bed.
I say this and so does Mom. He sleeps beside us and
he has a great big bone he is allowed to have in the
house – he chews away and what a racket he makes.
Dogs are so strange.

We used to have plant family living downstairs but I
jumped on the big one and tipped it over. Their dirt
was fun to dig in. I loved chewing on the leaves and
so did Tao, although I got all the blame. Now they
have their very own room and we are not allowed in
there.

All of us have funny nicknames. Tao is Boss Cat of
course, but also Punky and Pumpkin Pie. Brondo is
Bronny Donny and Pupper. I am known as Miss Stinky
Poo, Monkey Girl and Kiva the Diva.

Life is very good. I am the baby of the family and I
try to get away with as much as possible.

love,
Kiva


from Cathy (she has Chaos, the cute dummy Serval)

"She outsmarted me by putting full jugs
of wateron top of the box. Meeeeearrrghhh!!!!"

Mom's are supposed to be smarter and have eyes in the
back of their heads!!!

Get well!!
Cathy