It’s My Birthday!
Today is my birthday! I think I’ve come a long way since I posted that first picture of myself back in June 2007… In fact, now that I think about it…
… it all started on a sad evening near the end of June when my furr brother and sister left with their new slaves. It was dark outside, pouring rain, with all happiness in the world being washed away by the tears running down my face when suddenly a loud buzzing noise filled the room. Two very incompetent looking humans walked in and one began to rub me against his face while sniffing me. I felt my little heart bounce up and down with joy when they returned to take me home, even though I knew I’d have a lot of training to do with these two.
Thankfully my servants knew the basics and immediately provided me with mice to play with. Still, there were times when I needed to discipline them or remind them that my beauty was not to be ignored. When it comes to food, they are still incompetent to this very day, forcing me to steal coffee or alcoholic beverages on a daily basis.
Sleeping arrangements have always been adequate and in fact I even claimed my own chair in the house! The humans also encouraged my artistic talents by helping me get on the big YouTube Screen with my Halloween Movie. Still, if you look at my List of Favorite Things, the humans often try to prevent me from enjoying them and thus require further disciplining.
As I continue to age I also continue to acquire more and more wisdom. I’ve therefore diversified my disciplining techniques to also include punishment in the form of mischief. Climbing the screen, knocking down clothes in the closet, or shredding the chair, are just some of my better ideas. If they wish to retain my affections, they have no choice but to learn from their mistakes and reward my mischief with gifts, such as when I got my collar!
If discipling my human servants wasn’t enough to keep me busy for an entire year, there was also the matter of the alien invasion I had to take care of… I also had to constantly keep a very close eye on the pickle monster in my house… You would think after making these sacrifices on my part for the betterment of humanity and my household I would be rewarded, but again my servants went and proved their incompetence by going and brining home Griffin…
All in all, while I made some progress in training my servants in my first year, I still have a lot of work left ahead of me in the next year! With the way Griffin has been Growing Like a Weed, he may soon prove to be a formidable ally in my quest to train the incompetent servants. Of course, I may have my work cut out for me training him as well…
Here’s my furr Mom and Dad wishing me a Happy Birthday!
I’d love to stay and chat some more but Griffin say’s he wants to show me something in the office. He says he has a plan for mischief he wans to give me for my birthday that involves stealing clothes pins…! The only thing that could beat that is if the servants bring me an empty box tonight for me to play in!
Tamra Maew @ May 5, 2008
Happy birthday! Gosh I remember when you were just a tiny kitten. Time really does fly.
Woohoo! Happy Birthday, Tamra! You sure had an action-packed first year.
Happy Birthday to you……..
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Happy Birthday to Tamra!
Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!
Has some nip for me too!!
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Happy Birthday Tara! My how you have grown
Happy Purrthday Tamra may yoo haf a squillion more!
We hope you have the happiest of happy birthdays!!!!
happy Birthday
Happy Happy Purrthday Tamra.
Happy Purrfday to you
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Happy Purrfday dear Tamra
Happy Purrfday to you!!!
Happy Birthday! Gosh, you we’re a cute kitten! And now you’re so big!
Good luck with the human-training. Sadly, I’ve had mine for more than 11 years and she STILL has problems with things like “Cat Holler Interpretation”, and response times to belly rub demands.
~Jack
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
~Persephone
Happy Birthday Tamra! It seems like only yesterday you were a kitten like Griffin. I hope your human training plans are going well.
Happy Birthday you pretty pretty girl! I still remember the first time I came and you were so tiny and furry. Now you’ve grown into a lovely lady cat.
I’m glad you’re doing well training Griffin. Thank you so much for walking us down memory lane. That was fun.
Happy Birthday!!!! I hope I am not too late.
I have been informed that certain kitties have been involved in pranks on the set of CCSI 3. Perhaps you might like to head to Karl’s (http://thecatrealm.com) for more details.
Oh dear sweet lovely Tamra, Happy Birthday!
(shyly hanging head)…Now that you are a year old, maybe we can see each other more often..
Kavan
Tamra, we hope you had a very Happy Birthday! As we say in German: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Happy Birthday, Tamra!!!!
happy belated birthday Tamra my little angel…i am currently at the Vet Place and have jumped on their pooter whilst they aren’t looking so I can wish you a happy birthday!
xxxx
Tamra, Tara said I could tag you for our three names meme!
We want to wish you a Happy Birthday. The photos were really cute, what a sweet little kitty you were, now you are a sweet kitty.
We want to thank you for working so hard on your part in CCSI III. You have gone way above and beyond the call of duty making your part be the best is can be. Big weekend coming up with the premier showing of CCSI III. Great working with you.
Sassy, Momo, Karl, Ruis, Opus & Roscoe
Happy Belated Purrthday Tamra