The Island Cats…Every Cat wants to be an Island Cat!

posted by Wally & Ernie on Aug 23

Our furiend, Fin, has declared this week as Scafflaw Week…a week for us cats to break all the rules and be down right naughty!!

But everybuddy knows that us cats NEVER follow the rules…

Like the rule that we’re not suppose to eat the plants…

We nom away!!

 And the one that we shouldn’t mess up the cushions on the couch…

We mess them up and then take a nap on the mess!!

Or the rule that we can’t be up on top of the china cabinet…

That one was meant to be broken!!

 And not laying on the kitchen counters?

Well, you can forget that rule all together!!!

So go ahead, humans, and make your rules…

we’ll just continue to ignore them…

Because we’re cats…and that’s how we roll!!

posted by The Island Cats on Jul 27

It’s Christmas in July!! 

We were paired up with our new furiend, Sherkhan, who lives in the land downunder!  That’s right…Australia!!  This package sure traveled a long way!!!

Wowwee!  Look at all this fun stuff!!

There’s some balls and mousies for whapping

and some toys that spin and rattle. 

And there’s some Friskies and Temptations!!

We’ve never had Australian Temptations before, Wally…

do you think they’ll taste the same??

They’re probably better than the ones we get, Ernie!!

What’s this here, Wally??

It’s a woofie and kitty salt and pepper shaker, Ernie!

That must be for mom!!

I like this ball…

it’s got one of my favorite colors…PURPLE!!

Look, Wally!  Mom hung the fishie toy in the window for Zoey!

She’s gonna love whapping it!!

Thanks, Sherkhan!

We love all our presents!!

posted by Ernie on Jul 20

We got the Purfectplay Big Woolly Ball that we won

in Perfectly Parker’s giveaway last week!!

Thanks for getting it to us so fast, Parker!!!

Hmmm…it smells suspiciously like Parker, Powder,

Puff, Rudy and a little Diamond Dog all mixed together…

Hey!!  This is so much fun to bunny kick!!

 And I can really get my claws into it!!

 I give the Big Woolly Ball a big thumb’s up!!

(And I can do that ‘cuz I gots thumbs!!!)

posted by Ernie & Zoey on May 6

We wanna thank everybuddy that voted for P.A.W.S. of Michigan on their quest to win a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project to help with the opening of a low cost spay/neuter clinic.  Right, Zoey??

Yeah, thanks everybuddy!!  P.A.W.S. currently is in 67th place.  The top 10 will get a grant.  You can continue to vote up to 10 times each day through the end of May.  We’ve put a button on the top of our sidebar to make it easy for you to go vote!!  So keep voting, please!!  We know P.A.W.S. can make it into the top 10!!

And now for some fun!!  We get to announce the winner of the FURminator we’re giving away in celebration of National Hairball Awareness Day which was the other day.  Tell everybuddy how we picked the winner, Zoey.

Okay, Ernie.  We had 18 entrants and we assigned each of them a number from 1 – 18 and then ran those numbers through True Random Number Generator on random.org.  And the winner is…

Angel, Isabella and Sadie from Beaded Tail!

Congratulations!!

posted by Ernie on Apr 29

Because of the humiliation I went through the other day having pictures of me using the litter box plastered on our blog for everybuddy on the innernets to see, I get to announce the winner of our Clean+Green giveaway!! 

We had 25 entrants so we gave each one a number from 1 to 25 and then ran those numbers through True Random Number Generator on random.org.  And the winner of the free Clean+Green product is…

 Halle, Calle & Sukki from Jacqueline’s Cat House!! 

Congratulations!!!!  We’ll be contacting you to let you know how to get your free Clean+Green product!!

Hey, that was a lot fun!!  And mom…no more embarrassing pictures of me on the innernets, okay??

posted by Ernie on Mar 14

This is my entry for Brian’s St. Patrick’s Day Contest in the “Best Green Sleeping Area” category!  My mom got me this cool Michigan State pad to sleep on!  That’s her college alma mater whose school colors are green and white!  This pad’s really soft and warm…I love sleeping on it!!

Oh…and I learned one more good thing about being black…I go with everything!!!

posted by Ernie on Mar 8

After watching the Academy Awards last night,

I wanna be in action movies!!

I wanna be an action hero like

Indiana Jones, Superman and Batman!

Call me The Whappinator!!

Here’s my first live action film (it won’t be the last) as

The Whappinator!

 Oh yeah…what action!  Kept you on the edge of your seat, didn’t it??

And yep…that was me doing all my own stunts!!

The ACATemy Awards are being hosted

by our furiend, Fin, again this year.

I see a Best Action Hero nomination in my future…

 (I could sit here and watch me all day!)

I better get working on my acceptance speech…

posted by The Island Cats on Feb 23

Finally!

Welcome to the Medal Ceremony for the

2010 Cat-O-Lympics’ Synchronized Snoozing event!!

(pretend you’re hearing that Olympic theme song playing again)

The judges finally have stopped their fighting and have come to a decision!  We wanna say again that there were so many excellent entries and the competition was fierce!!  There were 39 competitors including several woofies and humans!!  Any of the competitors coulda won a medal.  The judges narrowed the field down to 12 finalists.  But they could still not decide on the 3 medalists!  So, a new judge (the Island Cat guy) was brought in to make the final decision!!

We were gonna show all the competitors, but with so many entries, it’s just not practical.  So we’re listing everybuddy who competed (in no particular order; the 12 finalists are in red)…and if you click on their name, you can see their entry!!  We hope we didn’t miss anybuddy!!

Devon & Smokey from Four Crazy Cats, Norm & Snowball from Cats of the Wildcat Woods, Niko & Cloud, Simba & Rusty, Gypsy, Pixie & Ziggy and Callie & Roxy from The Kitty Krew, Laila & Minchie, the woofies Buddy & Sam from Jan’s Funny Farm, the House of Cats, Manny & Spunky, Owen & Snafu from Cat of Nine Tails, the kitties and woofies over at Dog Foster Mom, the kitties and woofies over at Spacial Peepol, Angel & Kirby, Bennie & Sadie (along with their human) from It’s All About the Cats, Socks & Scylla from Alasandra, the Cats and a Dog, The House of (Coon) Cats, Angel & Isabella from Beaded Tail, Cliff & Olivia, Derry & Nicki from Fuzzy Tales, Eric & Flynn, Jack & Persephone, Ellie & Sniffie from the Florida Furkids, Tucker, Daisy & Leo from Two Goldens and a Wannabe, Elliot, Bella, Harlee, Olivia & Munchie from Katiez Furry Mewz, Meerkat & Padre over at The Furry Bambinos, Abby & Boo over at Manx Mnews, Smudge & Spider, Milo & Alfie, The Boys over at Kitten ‘n Things, Cory & Ellie, Gracie (good job using Mini-me, Gracie!), The Boys over at Marg’s Pets, King & Pandora over at the Kool Kitty Krew, Lizzie & Connor over at Chez Cat, Bucky & Simba over at Lucy’s Cat Lounge, Audace & Ruse, the kitties over at I Have Cat, The Bumpass Hounds and Kitties (great use of a human, Chance!), Raymond & Busby over at Cats By the Sea, and last minute competitors, Tiny & Lautrec from Weezdabadcats who said they created a blog just so they could compete!!

Everybuddy was GREAT and we wanna congratulate and thank all the competitors for participating!!  We wish there were medals for everybuddy — you all deserve one!!  You’re all true CAT-O-LYMPIANS!!!

And now for the medalists!!

The Bronze Medal goes to…

Buddy & Sam from the country of Jan’s Funny Farm!

Excellent use of the frontward mirror technique, Buddy & Sam!

Your tail placement was darn near purrfect!!

Pretty good for woofies!!

The Silver Medal goes to…

Laila & Minchie from the country of Cat-a-holic!

Beautiful display of the backward mirror technique!!

We felt like we were seeing double!!

And now…

the Gold Medal goes to…

Angel & Kirby from the country of A Wizard and an Angel!

Quite impressive how you two managed to stay on

that cushion AND maintained your purrfect synchronization!!

Outstanding!!!

Congratulations to all the Medalists!!!

(and blame the Island Cat guy if you don’t like the results!  )

Once again, thanks to everybuddy who competed in the event!!  And thanks again to our furiend Fin, from the country of HouseCat Confidential, who got the whole 2010 Cat-O-Lympics started!!  We’ve had a lot of fun hosting this event (even if judging was difficult), and competing in all the other events!!

posted by The Island Cats on Feb 22

BREAKING NEWS from the 2010 Cat-O-Lympics!!

Due to fighting among the judges

as to who should win the medals,

 the Medal Ceremony for the

Cat-O-Lympics’ Synchronized Snoozing event has been delayed!!

There were so many excellent entries, the judges have been unable to reach an agreement on the medalists!  However, the judges have agreed to narrow the field of competitors down from 39 to 12!  Congratulations to the finalists!!  Here they are (in no particular order):

Eric & Flynn

from the country of Our Life by Eric & Flynn!

Cory & Ellie

from the country of Cory Cat Blog!

Angel & Kirby

from the country of A Wizard and an Angel!

Callie & Roxie

from the country of The Kitty Krew!

Niko & Cloud

from the country of Cats In Maryland!

Socks & Scylla

from the country of Alasandra, The Cats and a Dog!

Laila & Minchie

from the country of Cat-a-holic!

The woofies, Buddy & Sam,

from the country of Jan’s Funny Farm!

Manny & Spunky

from the country of Karen & Gerard Zemek!

Cliff & Olivia

from the country of Cliff & Olivia!

Devon & Smokey

from the country of Four Crazy Cats!

And last minute competitors,

Tiny & Lautrec

from the country of WeezDaBadCats

(they created a blog just to compete)!

Never in the history of the Cat-O-Lympics has there been such a deadlock between the judges!  (What’s that??  Oh, this is the first year of the Cat-O-Lympics so there is no history??  Well, we are making history!!)  A special judge (the Island Cat guy) is being brought in to help break the deadlock.  The judges promise to have a decision by tomorrow so the Medal Ceremony can take place!!  Stay tuned!!!

posted by Wally, Ernie & Zoey on Feb 19

We’ve been checking out all the different Cat-O-Lympic competitions.  We’ve seen some great cathletes giving amazing performances!!  We don’t know if we can compete with them, but we’re gonna give it our best!  Here’s some more of our entries:

The House of Cats is hosting the Extreme Indoor Climbing Competition!

Hey!  I can touch the ceiling!!

Wally’s not the only one around here who can climb up high!

Check me out way up here!!

The Furry Bambinos are hosting the Bird and Squirrel Watching event!

Those evil squirrels are always taunting us!

One of these days, I’m gonna get me one!!

The Hiding Competition is being hosted by Jennifer Lorton.

I’m really good at this event!!

No one will see me under my boogie mat!!

Our last entry’s for the Balance Beam competition being hosted by Fin!!

It’s not easy sitting my big butt on this narrow beam!

It’s all about foot placement in this competition!

We don’t know if we’ll win any medals with these performances, but we’re sure enjoying our Cat-O-Lympic experience!!

There’s still time to enter the “Synchronized Snoozing” competition that we’re hosting!  Entries can be made through Saturday!  The medals will be handed out this Monday!!  Click HERE to see how you can compete!!