What A Day It's Been, Full Of Visitors!

What a day it's been, full of visitors!

It all started off as a normal Sunday, Stay Daddy got up about 9 which is late for him and then Disappears Daddy got up as well almost straight away. I wasn't that surprised as the sun was out and I heard Daddy say it was going to be the hottest day of the year so far.

I followed them both down and jumped up on the table and then I spotted our first visitor of the day, Flash! 

Well you can image what was going through my mind and I watched him for ages slinking around. I may now be on the other side but it still doesn't stop me from keeping my eye out for everyone still here and now that I can finally communicate with George my instant thought was to let him know. Flash disappeared over the back fence, looking as suspicious as ever, there's always trouble when he's around and as much as I wanted to instantly run off and find George I thought it would be better if I just watched his movements to try and ascertain what he was up to.

After he disappeared I ran up to the front window to see if George was about and caught sight of Disappears Daddy talking to River telling her that some special visitors were going to come and see her today. He was doing his best to try and smarten her up, although she's a pretty little thing she's a bit of a tomboy as well and trying to keep her neat is a mammoth task in itself!

Not long after a car drew up and I saw the Daddymummy get out and there was another lady and a dog with her. I'd never seen this dog before but she looked small enough not to be too much trouble.

I wasn't the only one who spotted her arriving, the lighter Naughty Twin ran over the road to have a nose in.

In they all came, the Daddymummy, her friend S and the little dog, Izzy. 

River, never one to stand on ceremony instantly jumped on her and started trying to ride her back, Izzy didn't seem to mind much and joined in, once she got past the initial surprise!

I just sat next to Stay Daddy in the window watching all that was going on while keeping an eye out for George to tell him all about what I'd seen Flash up to but no sign of him so when they went outside I thought I would join them. There's no point in staying inside on my own on such a lovely day like today.

Round and round the garden they ran, like old friends. That's the thing with River she always makes everyone feel very welcome and special straight away, one of her more endearing qualities.

When everyone stopped for lunch I decided to sneak up on Izzy to get a closer look. I've only really got River as a point of reference when it comes to dog, oh yes and Twevor but then again he's a rather special dog and everyone loves Twevor!

I must admit she was very sweet, a little younger than River, I'm sure I heard S say that she was about 6 months old and so was new to their family. Bless her she must have been so tired out all that running around that she sought refuge under the Daddymummies chair.

But not for long, River had a play mate and she wasn't going to waste much time in rest and started to chase her around the garden again. Still I approve, she seems like she could be a good influence on River, calming influence I mean.

I thought I'd head back in, a couple of hours had surpassed and maybe George was around, it was a beautiful day after all and most cats of Catworld love a play out in the sun.

Yes fantastic, there he was waiting for me by the time I got to the window. I started to tell him about Flash and what I had seen but got interrupted when everyone came in and River and Izzy spotted him.

Luckily Stay Daddy spotted him too and opened the door and laid out a few Dreamies for him to enjoy. He said he would go over straight away and pass the news on and true to his word that's exactly what he did, heading straight over to see Mogsie.

M and R came out, probably to get a bit of a tan themselves, and spotted them talking so to divert attention George and Mogsie pretended to square up to each other as if to start having a fight. Twizzle was with then and stepped in to break up the pretend fight but I'm sure George must have let her know what was going on too. I can hardly wait for tomorrow to find out from George what Mogsie said about the situation. I do miss talking to him but I'm still not ready to reveal all to the rest of Catworld yet. 

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A Late Night And A Slow Morning

It's been a late night and a slow morning here today. The girl and the boy came around and Twevors mummy flew in from another country to come and see them. This combination usually means another combination of late night, noise and me making a quick exit before I get drawn into something that really isn't my scene.

River enjoyed herself though, mind you she usually does. I do admire her happy outlook, yes I do like to think of myself as a positive person but she takes delirium to a new level. Bless her she looks so tired, fighting to keep her eyes open so I went up to her to ask her if she had a good night.

She just yawned at me.

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WHAT!

George and Spit have just had a stare out and Spit's told me something I wasn't expecting..

George was sitting just outside Twizzle and Mogsie's on the path when Spit walked in from across some gardens a few houses up on the other side of the road. They spotted each other and Spit ground to a halt, George turned to look at him and they just sat there staring at each other.

No words were exchanged just filthy looks, to my amazement Spit then turned around and walked away and he looked furious.

At that point Sarah came from around the back, looked at Spit walking away and looking relieved, sat down.

By that time Spit had made it to the end of my pathway and started to walk down it, just before he disappeared behind daddies car he spotted me;

You know they're together now don't you

WHAT!

Perplexing Me

It's all quiet here now after quite a night last night. Twevor's mummy came to see the daddies, although she left Twevor at home as he had a bit of a cold and it turned into a late one.

Didn't stop Stay getting up at the crack of dawn though and River pinching my spot on Stay daddies animal magic legs, my favourite resting spot on a Saturday morning. I was relegated to the table amongst the bric-a-brac and was not impressed.

Well enough of that I thought I wanted to be next to daddy so I chanced it and came up to the arm of the sofa and sat next to River. Not a single sign of movement from her, great she's in one of her "I'm just going to look at you with my big eyes but not jump on you moods" this morning. I like these times it does bring us closer I just wish there could be more of them.

Satisfied after getting all daddies attention for a while I turned around to catch a glimpse of the lighter Naughty Twin across the road looking very intently at Tiny's garden. I'm guessing she's still searching for that buried treasures even though I'm sure I've already discovered them.

I'm still no further in my quest to understand the clue I've been given it really is perplexing me what this letter L clue is all about but I'm not about to give up on it!

So That's What Had Been Going On - The Set Up Revealed

I saw Mogsie sitting deep in thought up by The Swinging Heart of Love. This was my chance to find out what's been going on so up I went.

He told me that he, George, Bella and the lighter Naughty Twin had all gone undercover following on from the attempted take over by The New Cat Crew.

They knew something was in the works and they wanted to draw them out in the open, get them to make their move. Show their hand. Hence George walking calmly away from his brunch bowl the other day.

It was all a part of their plan!

Well I just had to grin to myself. I never had a clue and I know them all well. If I hadn't a clue then there's no way that Chameleon and the others would have known!

Go on, I said, I was waiting for the next part of the plan to be revealed to me. I felt very excited to hear what was coming next.

After Chameleon went over George walked back over to the lighter Naughty Twin informing her that their plan was a go. The lighter Naughty Twin then ran to Mogsie who had already found out where The New Cat Crew lived.

He had been watching from a slight distance for his chance to go into their camp and this was it. As The New Cat Crew made their move, Catworld was making theirs.

It had all been a set up! Clever.

As Flash, Spit & Chameleon were attempting their coup in Catworld, George went and watched Doublay to make sure that he didn't come back to their camp.

Doublay was still acting as the scout but  Bella had been set up as a decoy, acting all suspicious like she was trying to find their camp. She was near their area but at this point was circling all around, not going too near to distract him.

So Flash, Spit and Chameleon were in different locations in Catworld, thinking there take over bid had been uncontested.. Mogsie was in The New Cat Crew camp searching for information. Bella was being watched by Doublay, who was being watched by George and they were all on a wild goose chase and the lighter Naughty Twin was positioned between George and Mogsie poised to take messages if required.

Oh this was fabulous news to me.

What happened next? I asked Mogsie, getting increasingly excited to find out what he had found out.

Mogsie searched their camp picking up all their smells. There was only the four scents so we know knew that there wasn't any other member that hadn't revealed themselves. Information, as Mogsie said, is power!

They were a messy group he said. Fish bones and muck all over the place. Not very hygienic. This Mogsie said, proved to him that they weren't organised and if they weren't organised this highlighted a weakness to be exploited.

He went around to see if he could find out any information from any of the other cats in their land and came across a big Ginger cat who said that he knew of them.

The Ginger cat said that he had once nearly been recruited into their gang. They had asked him to come over to Catworld as an initial scout to find out what it was like here on the pretence that they wanted to make friends.

At first the Ginger cat said that he went along with it as Flash especially had come across as very charming and was offering all sorts of fun and tipbits.

He said he came over and saw that we were all a pretty much happy bunch and he didn't feel it was right to disturb us. When he said this all back to Flash apparently a great big fight occurred. Flash was furious, he though that he had control over Ginger cat but he wanted no part in it. It was at that point that he'd decided that he wasn't going to be a part of anything like that.

His standing up to Flash had thrown him. Ginger cat said that there was no way that he was going to be driven out from his own area and they'd tensely co-existed in the same area ever since.

Ginger cat confirmed that Flash was the groups General, Doublay was the Scout, Chameleon was the Muscle.

Mogsie asked specifically about Spit.

Ginger cat said that out of the group Spit was the one who most baffled him. He definitely didn't agree with everything that Flash was trying to do. A couple of times he'd stood up to Flash who although he was the General wasn't actually the physically strongest. He used his fierce looks and size to intimidate but Chameleon was definitely the one who stepped in when a beating was required to keep anyone under control.

Flash liked to control with fear but when Chameleon wasn't around he could see that Spit questioned why they were doing what they were doing.

Mogsie asked Ginger cat outright if he could be trusted and if he thought Spit really wanted to leave the group.

He said that out of the four of them he was the one who he found most palatable but that there was such a twisted-ness with the control that went on with the group that he personally wouldn't trust any of them.

With that Mogsie said that he thanked Ginger cat and extended a welcome to him whenever he wanted to come over.

He let the lighter Naughty Twin know it was time for them to come home who quickly got the message to Bella and George.

They had just got home yesterday when I saw Mogsie and the lighter Naughty Twin under R's car. Mogsie was filling him in.

I wanted to ask what was next but River and Twevor came running out and we both ran off. Oh this all really is very exciting information. I'll try and catch him again later.

OMG Two Arnolds!

Trevor and the girl have just come in.

In one word - Chaos. Rivers gone mad. Well I suppose they are good friends, fair enough!

I've run upstairs and am going to keep out the way. Not because of Twevor.

I thought one Arnold was enough but this time there's two.  It'll end up an orgy and I really don't need to be seeing that.

Give me strength!

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Double Portions

Excellent double portions.

The daddies took River and Twevor out so that I could have a bit of alone time. Much appreciated I must say, very thoughtful. I mooched around for a bit before going to sleep in my chair in our office.

I woke up when they came back, another less than quiet entrance but at least it gave me pre-warning they were back. Twevor didn't stay long, just a quick goodbye and he was off.

The daddies kept on calling me with such a whinge in their voices that I decided OK I would go down and see them.

I even jumped up on daddies lap for a few minutes as he rested in the living room. I could see that River was fast asleep so I didn't concern myself much.

I was more interested in the chicken in my dish and the snaffling of the chicken in Rivers dish  to pay them much heed *giggles* 

My Hot Spots

I'm beginning to see a way that this could work out.

A full un-disturbed nights sleep always helps with the thinking process. The key being un-disturbed. Twevor stayed in with his mummy which is usual. He only came out when Disappears took River outside. Then he came bounding out of his room and joined her in the frost but it suddenly hit me.

There are places in this house with River isn't allowed to or can't go to. My safe havens are anywhere above ground. He's banned from going in the kitchen, so that's a hot spot for me. Our office is also out of bounds so completely my territory. The daddies put a barrier than I can easily jump over at the bedroom door at night and so after they've gone to bed I've got complete free reign of the house. Well that's for at least a third of the day. And anywhere upstairs when River is downstairs because he can't climb the stairs yet, well that's from dawn to dusk. Yes this is beginning to work out OK.

Meanwhile I think I'll have a Sunday morning lie in now everyone's up. May as well endulge myself.

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That Damn Arnold

I didn't stick around. I could see Twevor has brought that damn Arnold with him.

Now I've nothing against having a stuffed toy as a best friend but something is just not right when you spend your time together randomly humping.

I had a lovely long peaceful sleep in the garage. I often go out there to get away from it all. It's not too bad. The daddies have cleaned it up and put a couple of blankets and cushions out  so I'm comfy enough.

When I woke up it was dark but I could hear all the noise from within. The girl and The boy had come to visit River and Twevor.

I chose to enjoy the crisp night air under the ladder when the two dogs came out with Disappears daddy. They stayed to their side of the garden and I stayed on mine.

I waited for a while and then crept back in. Stay daddy called me but I slinked upstairs. I may be settled for the night. I'll see what the sleeping arrangements will be.

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Twevor's Here

I've just been resting on the table and then there was a knock on the door.

Daddy went to answer it and a little bundle came running in.

Twevor's here to meet River. I'm off.

The Day That River Came

Now I understand why yesterday was Lil's Day. It was to prepare me for today.

Disappears daddy didn't get up to go away today. It was a little unusual for a Thursday for him to be home but he does sometimes remain home during the week. The thing is they both got up really early. Stay daddy does all the time anyway and don't I know it. But Disappears always sleeps in when he's home. I should have cottoned on then.

Out they went for a couple of hours and I decided to have a little sleep. My duvet was still drying so I decided to go back to night bed then I discovered it. There was a new bed made up on Disappears side of the bedroom. It was so comfy I fell asleep in it until I heard them come back.

The noise they were making woke me up. I could hear Stay calling out to me. Just as I was stirring I could see both of them coming up the stairs to me. I met them in the hallway and Stay picked me up and took us to the bed when he sat down stroking me and rubbing my neck. Disappears joined him a little way away and I could see out of the corner of my eye he had something in his arms. It was like I suddenly came to. HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS ARMS!

I turned to look closer and Stay started to stroke me even more rapidly. It was nice but I didn't really care at that point. The thing in Disappears arms was looking back at me.

This was it! My eyes widened. This was the day of the dog!

I didn't make much of a move and neither did the tiny dog in front of me. It was so small and weird looking. It didn't look like a cat at all but it was very similar to Tiny, Twevor and Cookie although so much smaller.

It sniffed a little bit, I could tell my catty powers were very heightened. This was no threat.

Still didn't mean I was about to start doing cartwheels of joy though.

O god here we go from today everything was going to change. It's OK to prepare yourself as much as you can but it's a different story when you are a few inches away from it and it's staring back at you.

Disappears daddy had joined in with Stay daddy and they were stroking me and then the dog. They didn't even wash there hands after they stroked one of us before they stroked the other. Urgh hygiene.

The daddies moved a little closer to each other and continued their frenzied stroking. Right I thought I'm going to get a little nearer and I pushed my nose closer. The damn dog did the same thing.

It made me jump, so far all it had done was blinked at me. I did a half hiss but that was more out of surprise than anything.

I've never been this close up to a dog before. Trewvor may come here and try to lick me but I always keep a dignified distance. This was right in my face.

The daddies introduced us. This was River and I was Lil'. OK that's enough now. I'd my fill of strokes so I yawned and walked off.

Thinking about it they hadn't even given me enough proper time to wake up, talk about having a rude awakening.

I went downstairs and they all followed. Stay came out with me to the kitchen and we had a little chat as he plied me with Dreamies and Webbox. Guilt easing.

Disappears made River a little bed in the living room up by them and he promptly fell asleep.

Both the daddies then came up the back with me. I even got Stay to crawl under the table to be with me. He put his head on the floor and chatted and stroked me. OK this isn't turning out to be too bad at the moment. I have them both dancing hoops, quiet amusing really. More Dreamies and then solo time with Disappears which is always a special treat.

River is still asleep she must be tired coming from wherever she has come from and I'm with Stay watching her from the sofa.

This is the day that River came.

Um well, we'll see.

Cookie & Bangers

Well I wasn't wrong tonight we had bangers and cookie.

The daddies had some of their friends around. They had a fire in the garden and some of those firework things making lots of banging noises.

I ran upstairs, I knew that I would be OK there. It's not that I'm being anti social it's just that I get shy with people around even if I've seen them before.

Cookie the dog also came. I had a little look at her from the top of the stairs. He's just like Twevor although a little girl not a boy and a little smaller than Twevor. I must admit he was cute and very friendly. Sometimes I like to watch the events going on from a distance.

There was also some little people here, two boys, T and CC and two little girls E and P. They were playing with balloons and light things that you snapped and they turned all neon.

Stay daddy came up and saw me a couple of times in the evening to make sure I was OK. He'd made sure that my chair was put into our bedroom and put some extra amounts of dreamies in with me so I was OK. I've got used to all these bangs this week and I know that Stay daddy had made sure that there was nothing too big allowed to come in here tonight, I heard him saying to people. Thank you everyone.

It's all pretty quiet now, just some chatting going on. I think I'll venture down in a minute although it's so comfy here.