Life and Times of the Urban Tiger

Guess what he is saying?

The Urban Tiger — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:02:18 +0000

It’s perfectly clear to me. But what do you think he is saying?

Drunk Kitty needs to sleep it off

The Urban Tiger — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:31:53 +0000

Dude time to sleep it off before you hurt yourself.

How a fellow Urban Tiger deals with Telemarketers

The Urban Tiger — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:12 +0000

One thing that bugs me is when the phone rings during the day and it is just a telemarketer. These folks constantly call and phone ringing keeps waking me up from my nap.

Here is how one Urban Tiger handles this situation.

Why do humans do these things to us?

The Urban Tiger — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:40:50 +0000

For the life of me I can’t understand why humans do things with us, or should I say to us like this:

Sounds like music to my ears

The Urban Tiger — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:35:40 +0000

This sounds like a Top 40 hit to me:

Here comes 2010

The Urban Tiger — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:38:36 +0000

The family invited Grama and Gramps over for a big turkey dinner and then they celebrated New Years Eve by making a lot of noise and shooting streamers into the air.

Good Times!

I loved watching the streamers and confetti fall down from the air and would have chased them, but the boy and girl were getting a little too loud for my liking. So I just watched from down the hallway.

Anyway Happy New Year to all of you out in internet land. I hope the year 2010 is good to you. I’m tired now, I think I will settle down for a long nap.

Merry Christmas from one of Santa’s little helpers

The Urban Tiger — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:10:19 +0000

Have a very Merry Christmas from Gizmo, the Urban Tiger.

I'm ready to help Santa

Oh Christmas Tree… Oh Christmas Tr.. what the heck is that?

The Urban Tiger — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:57:49 +0000

Every year I enjoy laying under the Christmas tree and looking up at the lights and playing witht the low hanging Christmas ornaments.

When I was younger, I was known to climb up and sit on the branches about half way up the tree. But not this year.

Not this year because the big tree didn’t arrive.

Not this year because instead of having the big tree with all the colourful decorations we have this:

Our little Christmas Tree

“Mommy” brought this home one day in a box and “The Boy” and “The Girl” instantly fell in love with it.

“Daddy” described it as “interesting”. He said that they would put it up on the other side of the room from where the “Real” Christmas tree was going to go.

But “The Boy” and “The Girl” wanted this Christmas sappling to be their Christmas tree this year. And after “Mommy” and “Daddy” talked it over they agreed that this would be our tree this year.

Although I wasn’t happy with the decision at first, I have to admit that this little tree has grown on me.

The thought of keeping Christmas a little simpler this year and focusing on what is really important is appealing.

Remembering what The Grinch learned in the movie “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” that Christmas doesn’t come in boxes or bags and that it is about enjoying time with your people and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. That is what counts!

So this year we are “Keeping it real” as the kids say and enjoying each other and Christmas around our little tree.

Meowy Christmas everyone!!!

Who says Cats don’t help around the house

The Urban Tiger — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:38:26 +0000

I was surfing the web today (this is just one of the things we do when you are away) and discovered this video of a kitty vacuuming. I call it ride-em kitty.

Check it out here:

And who says Cats don’t help around the house.

How I Help “My People” when they are Sick

The Urban Tiger — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:06:37 +0000

Many times during the winter, I find myself, “On duty” because one of “My People” become sick.

This time it was “The Boy”.

Nothing heals like a purring cat

Just after lunch time yesterday, “Daddy” received a phone call and then got his boots and coat on and left. About 10 minutes later he came back with “The Boy”.

Apparently “The Boy” was feeling ill with a tummy ache.

After several trips to his litter box that makes a flushing sound, he felt a little better.

The tummy ache came back everytime after he ate.

It was getting close to bed time when I went to work.

First I jumped up onto his bed while he was in the room with his litter box. Then I layed down and warmed up the spot where I knew he would be laying.

When he entered the room and crawled into be , he was making a groaning noise and talking in a whinny voice.

Then after being patient as he got adjusted (including lifting me onto the outside of the covers), I curled up close to him and let him pet me. I know he likes this, especially when he is feeling sick. I even started purring to help him feel better. (O.K. I couldn’t help myself because the petting felt good for me too.)

This helped calm him down, so he could drift off to sleep. After I knew he was asleep, I got up and went on to my next bedtime assignment. But I also spent most of the night with “The Boy” to make sure he was O.K.

It must have worked because he woke up looking rested (I can tell when one of my people is rested, because they have their hair sticking out on the back of their head.)

Then he went back to school this afternoon, so I think he is feeling much better.