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Push it to the Limit

Hello, world! Here we are Day 2 in 2013, full of vim and vigor with a bounce in our steps, rip-roaring and ready to go! Yep, New Year’s Eve has passed hopefully with at least a wee bit of sleep, New Year’s Day is over with bellies full of black-eye peas cooked with hog jowl and collard greens simmered in broth seasoned with country ham! And, don’t forget the cornbread…fried crisp and thin resembling doilies made of the finest lace. Of course, that is the Southern way and I can’t help it it you are NOT from the south. That means you just missed out, Bubba! [OK, lots of laughter here, my Northern and Western friends!]

Since catnip is all about feeling go-o-o-o-od let’s start this year off with a touch of catnip for the funny bone. Let’s tickle that fancy, wiggle to the beat and simply roll over laughing.

Afterward we can get serious but right now let’s just enjoy…

Ready? Get set. Go!

What do you say in making this year the best ever…
the most enjoyable,
the most loving,
the most productive,
the most memorable

You pick the category, pick them all, you decide…

It is YOUR life, YOUR year! Make it what YOU want it to be!


Push it to the limit!

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The Purr-fect Cat Burglar

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Touch of Catnip:

Be careful where you hide your Christmas gifts this year! There may be more than one Clepto!

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Thanksgiving Blessings to Everyone!

Catnip is excited to offer all her followers and visitors many Cat Thanksgiving Blessings. So, without further ado and with special Happy Thanksgiving blessings from Foxie and Boots.

ENJOY!

BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE VIDEO! 

FOXIE: “Turkey’s purrfect, you say?”

BOOTS: “Yes, ma’am, me-owee ready!”

 

And to really top it off. . .

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Test: Are You Ready for Parenthood?

Test: Are You Ready for Parenthood?

This is a reblog from Lady Lovely Blogger who reblogged it from Uwana. This is probably one of the most hilarious take-offs on parenthood I have ever read! Get ready to laugh OUT LOUD!

14 steps to follow before you have children…

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PHOTOS: 27 Animals Who Are Deep In Thought

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Presenting: Animals who are in deep thought…and we humans ‘think’ we are the only thinkers!

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Awakenings: Monsters: Laughter or Shivers?

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With Halloween approaching, stories of ghosts, goblins and ghouls monopolize the setting as the movie makers try to outdo one another with scenes of blood and gore.

A Step Back in Time

Awakening a few cobwebs with pictures from a night in the 80s. Oh, such a night! What a night it was, what a night it really was! What are your fondest memories of Halloween – laughter or shivers? Who did you profess to be? (Don’t answer these until you have visited Awakenings!)

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“This is why you marry your best friend.”

Repinned from for the heart by Barbara Eastlick

There are many who say, “I married my best friend.” Perhaps they grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same church or school, or simply met somewhere along life’s highway. Whatever the situation, they bonded. . .a bond that remained taut through good times and bad, happiness and heartache.  None of these times went lacking for humor. 

Smiles and laughter keep the mind active, fill the heart with joy and supply food for the soul.  ~ catnipoflife

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Inspiration from Bubbles?

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Remember blowing bubbles. . .blowing bubbles as a kid or like a kid as you grew older? Summer wasn’t summer without the chance to blow bubbles. . .an experience unbeatable at the time, totally priceless.

Watching bubbles became somewhat invigorating as each floated effortlessly through the air disappating slowly ’til no more. BUT, wait! That was not all to the view: there was always a rainbow show!

With the performance of the tiny bubbles sometimes one bubble would stike another knocking it out of its way as it continued to soar onward and outward. Sometimes one bubble clinged to another bubble as though locked in time and space. Then, of course, there would always be this one bubble that became so big it appeared to have swallowed others whole! That was the one sought after the most as you looked toward the sky and blew and blew and blew.

Thanks again, to my friend, Don in Massachusetts, this memory was recently challenged by the largest bubble I have ever seen.

Have you ever seen one this BIG-G-G-G-G?

What are your memories of blowing bubbles?

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A Bit of Humor

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit or White rabbit

What do you say first day of each month

To bring you luck?

Go to Awakenings to learn more…click HERE!

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Free Write Friday #5: Word Bank

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#FWF Free Write Friday: Word Bank

OK! I know today is Wednesday, not Friday. BUT, according to Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday, the ‘rules’ say, “No deadline. No word limit.” With the happenings of the weekend and the week’s beginning, time has not permitted thoughts to gather around free writing. So, with a break this afternoon, I decided to check out the prompt. Oh, dear! It is a doozy. She has provided a word bank and what a strange conglomeration of words.

I looked at the words, remembered Kellie’s guidelines: Just write. Whatever comes to mind. Just write. Being the poetess, of course, the lines must rhyme. Whether the rhyme and reason go together in this one is yet to be seen by the comments hopefully it will receive. Here goes:

This week’s prompt:

Try to use all of the words. Let’s see what’s inspired…

Homeward bound
That’s what I say
As I listen to the 8-track
Along the way

Memories abound
As thoughts quickly shift
To bygone days
Of rivalry not rift. . .

. . .the coarse, stiff broom
Across the floor
Readying the room
For what’s in store

Candles were lit
As part of the show
Like a light-emitting diode
With a soft glow

Hustle and bustle
Throughout the kitchen
Ranted and raved
Good ol’ fried chicken

Salacious homemade pies
An all-time tradition
Made one froth at the mouth
Hailing its elocution

No rancid odor there
As fillings did coagulate
Only succulent aromas
This affair did permeate

My favorite, the peas
With pot liquor too
Inviting the spoon
For a helping or two

A family fling
Of cravings and itch
All came about
With nary a hitch

©2012
catnipoflife

Whaddya say? Did it meet the challenge?

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