Hello Efurrybodies!

MaoMao here. Wow, Momma's been furry slow on the uptake, helpin us Ballicai blog. She's been hoggin our compooter like crazy. We Ballicai are thinking that we need a compooter of our own. Only thing is, we'd still have to learn to type!

Here's Brainball and Dorydoo, sharin a nappie in Daddy's chair.



And here's Dorydoo, sunbathin and stretchin on the perchie.



Here's Marilyn, lookin furry kolor-koordinated on Daddy's itty bitty white pooter.



And here's me, lounging onna window perchie, watchin Momma and Daddy's garden grow.

We're Here Wednesday

No thankies to Momma. She hasn't helped us blog in ten days -- count 'em, TEN DAYS!



The gurlz are catchin up on their beauty sleep...





...and Brainball's yellin at Momma to help us blog and vizzit more! We miss our furriends!



Roar, Brainball! ROAR!

Super Sunday

It's a super Sunday for all kinds of reasons! For one thingie, alla us Ballicai got a beeyootiful awardie from my wife and sweetiepie, Ariel: the Works of Heart Awardie. Thank you so much, Sweetie!



And for another thingie, alla us Ballicai got another wunnerful awardie from our furriend Black-Cat: the Friendly Blogger Awardie. Thankies so much -- we are honored!



And still another thingie -- Momma got her author copies of her novel in the mail yesterday. She said something like YIPPEE SKIPPY! And she thought I might be innarested in checking out her book. Well, here's what happened:




Here's a pickshure of me with Momma's book, just in case the movie is wonky.



Guess I'm not much of a reader, but I thought it tasted purretty good, hehe! If anybody would like to check out Momma's novel, it's a love story, and it's on Amazon.

(Momma? MAO! That'll be ten Temptayshuns a piece, please, since we Ballicai letted you share our bloggie!)

Spazzy Sunday and Good News!

Things are plenty spazzy around here! Well, I'm always spazzy. Here I am, playin with a paper wad. Yikes, it got away! Gotta go get it, gotta go get it!




In case the video is wonky, here's a still pickshure of me gettin ready to leap onna paper wad.



Momma's been spazzing out almost as much as me. Her novel, Mirror Blue, has been releesed, and beans can order it now! Momma's furry excited. Her novel's got two kitties in it, so that's purretty cool. One of 'em is based on Brainball, except the book kitty is a gurl.

Come to think of it, Momma used to think Brainball was a gurl. Beans!!

MaoMao: Momma? Am I in your bookie?

Momma: No, MaoMao. But there's a kitty in my novel-in-progress who is based on you.

MaoMao: YIPPEE SKIPPY!

Annyhow, if you want to know more, click on ofur to Momma's blog or her web site. (And I promise her grammar and spelling are bettur than mine, hehe!)

Spazzy Saturday

Brainball: We're keeping Momma to her promise of letting us blog once a week! We wish we could do more, but Mom's just soooooo busy -- two more weeks until her novel is released. She's excited -- spazzing out like MaoMao -- but we Ballicai miss blogging and visiting our friends!

Now, would someone turn on this sink for me? I want a drink!



Dorydoo: We Ballicai have two boxes to play with, and MaoMao and I are making good use of them. Mom calls us "Boxicai" when we're playing in our boxes!



Marilyn: *singing from the top of Mom's computer* "I want to be loved by you, boop boop a doop!"



MaoMao: Hi, efurrybodies! We Ballicai have missed you. Like Brainball saided, Momma's gonna try to help us blog once a week. That's purretty good, as buzzy as she is. But don't worry, we aren't goin annywheres. We love the Kitty Bloggiesphere and alla our furriends!



Us Ballicai gotted some wunnerful awardies frum our furriends since the last time we blogged. My sweetiewife Ariel and our furriend Ana both gaved us this furry purretty awardie:



Thankies so much! Us Ballicai are honured.

And Karen Jo gave us the Grand Awardie:



Thankies so much, Karen Jo! You're such a sweetie. With the awardie, we've gotta tell five reasons why we think life is grand:

1. Spring has sprung -- all kinds of flowers are comin up efurrywhere and the trees are gettin their leaves back.

2. Momma and Daddy's garden. All kinds of kool stuff is growin there! We Ballicai don't eat that veggie stuffies, but it makes the beans happy.

3. We're excited fur Momma about her novel, efun if it means she can't help us bloggie as much.

4. Momma gives us boxies to play with regularly, and we love boxies!

5. Momma puts her fleece shirtie on the bed efurry day fur us to lay on and nap on.

*~*~*Yup, Life is Grand!*~*~*

My sweet Ariel also maded us Ballicai these beeyootiful grafficks. We love them, and we love and appreshiate you!

SQUEE Saturday

Momma saided SQUEE when she saw Brainball and Dorydoo all cuddled up in her chair. She just didn't have the heart to move 'em, so she found somethin else to do for a while.



I've been sittin on Momma's pooter a lot, you know, just remindin her that efun though she's buzzy with book stuffies, she's gotta help us blog sometimes!



And here's Marilyn, ofur by Daddy's pooter. She figures that if Momma's gonna hog her pooter alla time, than she ought to learn to use Daddy's. She took a nap on his keyboard the othur day. hehehe

Time to Post Tuesday!

*whew*, Momma hasn't helped us Ballicai with our bloggie in a WEEK! Whaddya think we should do? Should I sharpen my clawsies on her butt?

Nah. Instead, I'll take a nap in Daddy's blue jeans.



And Brainball's taking a bath on Momma's turtleneck and her t-shirt. Momma was foldin clothes, but Brainball claimed these in the name of Catdom.




Dorydoo's gonna sit on Momma's pooter and tell her she'd better be quicker about helpin us blog next time!



And Marilyn's just grateful for the oppurtunity to strike a poze!



My sweetie and wife, Ariel, gave us Ballicai a beeyootiful and sweet awardie -- the Friendship Awardie! Thanks so much, Sweetiepie!


We're gonna pass it to all of you, our furriends on the Kitty Bloggiesphere.

"We're Here" Wednesday!

MaoMao: Alla us Ballicai are still here! *whew*, we're sorry we've been scarce. Momma's been superduper buzzy cuz she's got a novel that'll be published in May, and she's workin on another one (you can read updates at her web site). All of that is nice fur Momma, but we Ballicai miss our furriends!

Marilyn: What, Mom's actually helping us blog today? I'm amazed! Somebody pinch me. I might be dreaming!



Brainball: Comfy fleece shirt and a yellow jellybean for a pillow... zzzzzzzzzz.....



MaoMao: Okeydokeys, I'm goin back to sleep now. I've been on vakashun in Hawaii with my sweetiepie and wife, Ariel, and we hadded a great time. So I'm havin sweet dreams!



Dorydoo: Well, since Mom is helping us blog, I will pose prettily for the flashy box!


Speaking of boxes, here's what our box looks like now. Both Brainball and Marilyn like to chew on it then spit out the cardboard. Momma sweeps up piles of cardboard every day. Soon it won't be much of a box at all, and Momma will have to throw it away and get us a new one!

MaoMao's Second Gotcha Day!

MaoMao here -- today's my second Gotcha Day! I've been with my fureffur fambly fur two years. Wowie, they've gone so fast! I'm a lucky little feller, and I love my Momma and Daddy and my brother and my sisturs.



Alla us Ballicai hope you'll bear with us -- we've gotten way way way behind on our vizziting beckause Momma's been sooooooo buzzy. But we love you, alla our furriends, and we're gonna try to make our rounds as soon as we can!

Sleepyheads

Wowie, a week has gone by since we've blogged. Oopsie! We're sorry about that. It's been kind of a rough week fur Momma. She's been in a funk. If you could send her some purrs, we'd really apprechiate it!

We're givin Momma lots of purrs and love, and today she's feelin a little better, and we're a bunch of snoozy sleepyheaded Ballicai. Here's Brainball in the red tent. Doesn't he look like a big orange ball of floof?



And here's Marilyn MonREOW in what Momma calls the "Tribble Position":



Here's Dorydoo, stretchin out her paw:



And here's me, MaoMao, nappin inna closet beside Momma's guitar case.



Efun when Momma's feelin cruddy, us Ballicai make her feel better. We're her little Molecules of Ballicules, and she loves us, each and efurry Ballicule. hehe.

Purrs and huggies to effurybodies!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Marilyn: Wow, I'm amazed... and delighted! Could it be? Is Mom actually helping us blog?



Brainball: Looks like she is! I'm keeping an eye on her from the bookshelf to make sure she doesn't sneak and work on her novel instead. I'm at the right height for a projectile hairball to make a good mess on her keyboard.




MaoMao: Great idea, Brainball. Hock a hairball on her if you've gotta. Me and Dorydoo'll just stay here on the recliner and look cute!



Dorydoo: Uh, Mao, you're covering up my nose!

Synchronized Ballicus Washing

Hiya, effurybodies! We Ballicai are sorry we haven't been around much. Our Momma is so so so so buzzy with her writing and related projeckts. But we'll try to post about once a weekie or so!

Here's a mooovie Momma tooked of Brainball and Dorydoo doin Synchronized Ballicus Washing. Don't you think it oughta be an Olympic Event? hehe





Here's a still shot, in case the video acts wonky:



Here's me lookin at Momma and askin her when she's gonna help us blog:



And Marilyn got bored waitin and went to sleep:



Please bear with us while we catch up on our visiting! We love alla you, our furriends, and we miss you!

Meme, Boxes, and Mischief

My wife and sweetiepie Ariel tagged me for a furry fun meme! Here are the rules:

Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.
Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture.
Post it on your bloggy and tell the story that goes with the picture.
Tag 5 other glorious peoples to do the same thing and leave a comment on their bloggy tellin' them 'bout it.

hehe, this is a picture of my big brother Brainball sitting on Daddy's desk. The pic is a little bit blurry, but it sure shows off Brainball's toe floof! And he looks furry Lion-Kingly, don't you think?

For the meme, we'll tag anybody who wants to play.

Momma recently got a new pair of hiking boots, and guess who got the box! That's right, us Ballicai. Here's Dorydoo and Brainball sharin it, and as you can see, Brainball's been munchin on it, too. He loves munchin on cardboard.



And here's Marilyn chillaxin on another box (Mom keeps lots of boxes around for us). Marilyn munches on cardboard, too; she just hasn't gotten around to munching on this box.



In the meantime, I was on Daddy's desk nibbling on the phone antenna! But I don't understand Momma. She told me to stop nibblin, but first she had to take a picture of me doin it. Beans! Go figure.



We Ballicai apologize for not blogging and visiting as much. Mom's been really, really busy. Please bear with us, and we'll try to catch up on our visiting as soon as we can! We love and miss all of you, our great furriends.

Marilyn says Thank You to efurryone for making her Gotcha Day so wonderful, warm, and happy.

Our Bloggie

Guess what! Us Ballicai have been nomminated fur the November Blog of the Month Contest ofur at The Cat Site! We're furry ecksited. To vote fur us, go here to registur -- it's easy and free. Voting opens in about two weekies!


MaoMao: I'm gonna be sharin more bloggie time with my siblings, Brainball, Dorydoo, and Marilyn, since this is, as Momma reminds me alla the time, the Ballicus Blog, meanin all four of us Ballicai. Marilyn will be bloggin ofur here frum now on cuz Momma's gotted way too buzzy to keep up two seperate cat bloggies. And please bear with us while we get caughted up on our vizziting. We're way, way behind!




Brainball: Blog sharing sounds good. As Alpha Cat of the Ballicai, I've always thought I should have more of a voice on the Ballicus Blog. Mom continues to be busy with multiple projects, but she'll do her best to help us blog at least once a week.






Dorydoo: I'm glad about the blog sharing, too. MaoMao shouldn't hog the blog just because he's a Meezer and talks way too much. House Panthers like to have our say, too. (And MaoMao's not nearly as photogenic as I am. *grin*)





Marilyn: I'll miss posting on my own blog, but I know Mom's very busy, and it's nice over here, too. My blog will remain in cyberspace for anyone who wants to check it out and read my poetry. *smile*