Air of Mystery

Cameron:  Have you ever met Cleo, Pickles, Marbles and Dinnermintz?

Rusty:  They're the kitties from the All Fur One and One Fur All blog.

Micah:  If you haven't met them yet, you have no excuse now.

Cyndi:  'Cause we interviewed them for Mousebreath, the ezine written by cats for cats.  .

Percy:  Hop, run, fly or crawl if necessary to Mousebreath to read their story,

All Fur Cleo, Marbles, Pickles andDinnermintz.  

Buddy:  And then stop by their blog and ask how Marbles and Dinnermintz got their names.

Merci:  Yes, please, we're all dying to know the answer to that question.

Sam:  Our feline siblings didn't ask because they wanted to leave a hint of mystery.

Marcus:  Come on, tell the truth, guys.  They didn't ask because they forgot to.  Isn't that right, Percy?

Percy:  Uh ... yeah ... actually, it did sort of slip our mind at the time.  But an air of mystery makes for a better story, so we'll stick with that.

Come join us for the Pet Parade blog hop with your hosts Rascal & Rocco.  Meet new friends, grow your social media, learn who is the Featured Favorite of the week.

Your co-hosts are Bionic Basil, Barking From the Bayou, Love is being owned by a husky and us (Jan's Funny Farm).

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No Pets to Parade

Rusty:  Oh, good, it's Friday again.  Fridays are such fun.

Cyndi:  I know.  We felines get to publish another Mousebreath cat blogger interview.

Rusty: Some of the cat bloggers consider it an honor to be interviewed.

Micah:  We consider it an honor they want to participate.

Cameron:  This week our guests are Bionic Basil and his siblings Posie, Humphrey, Smoochie, Amber and Snowie from Basil the Bionic Cat's Blog.

Percy:  They are a zany family with a fun blog, so be sure to go by Mousebreath to read their story, Dr. Basil and the U.K. Kitty Clan. 

Sam:  Okay, are you cats done?

Merci:  I think they are.  It's our turn.

Marcus:  I don't know of any other news.  Do you guys?

Buddy:  No, but it's Pet Parade day so lets get to parading our pets.

Marcus:  *taps Buddy's shoulder*  But we don't have any pets to parade.

Buddy:  Then grab a leash and we'll parade Jan.  But don't tell her.  She'll think we're just taking her for a walk.

Are you a pet blogger?  Then enter the Pet Parade.There are no rules. Enter any time in the coming week.  Meet new friends. Find out who is this week's Featured Favorite.

It begins at your host Rascal and Rocco's. 

And continues with co-hosts -
Bionic Basil,
Barking from the Bayou,
Love is being owned by a husky,
and Jan's Funny Farm (that's us).

Celebrating July 4th

Happy 4th of July, America!

Percy, Buddy and all of us wish you a Happy 4th.

Buddy:  We are ecstatic to finally be able to do this post.  Jan thought we had our Blogger / Picasa problem "resolved" yesterday morning. 

Percy:  But it fooled us into a false sense of compromise.  When we tried to load this graphic, it threw us another curve.

Merci:  Jan's not tech-savvy but we leave the tech problems to her anyway. She might not have won the war, but she was determined to win this posting battle.    

Rusty:  After more hours of tedious drudgery, we can say without a doubt - it is not our problem, it is Picasa online's. Either they have changed something and it is deliberately designed to drive humans crazy, or they have changed something and now something is broken, and driving humans crazy is just a fringe benefit - for Picasa, not us. 

Cyndi: We all covered our ears in case Jan said anything from the bad word list but we didn't hear any.

Micah:  Of course we didn't hear any.  We had our ears covered. 

Sam:  Actually, I didn't have my ears covered.  That's kind of awkward for a dog my size.  So I can tell you she didn't say any.  However, I can't attest to what she was thinking.  Or if she was thinking.

Cameron:  To change the subject, we Funny Farmer Felines are not publishing a Mousebreath interview this week so Americans can celebrate the 4th offline, if they so desire.  

Marcus:  Or they can come online to read our blog post and join the Pet Parade blog hop.

Buddy:  Marcus, I'm very proud of you.  You closed this post very smoothly.  There just might be something between those big ears, after all.

Pet bloggers, be sure to enter your blog in Rascal and Rocco's Pet Parade blog hop.  Stop by their blog and learn which blogger is this Friday's Featured Favorite.  There are no rules and you can join any time during the week.

And don't forget to say hello to their co-hosts - Bionic Basil, Barking from the Bayou, Love is being owned by a husky, and us (Jan's Funny Farm).

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Claws to the Quick

Cyndi:  This has been an interesting week.  And a busy one.

Micah:  Yes, a lot has happened we weren't expecting.

Sam:  One of the interesting incidents happened when we sat down just after noon on Wednesday to put this week's Mousebreath interview together.

Cameron:  Percy was going to open the text document on our desktop, but there wasn't one.

Merci:  He went into the email folder for this week's interview subjects and discovered we had forgotten to write and email their questions.

Rusty:  It's a little hard to publish an interview when we know neither the questions nor the answers.

Percy:  We immediately wrote some questions so we didn't forget again and sent them off with a note to take their time, we wouldn't have an interview this week and it is entirely our fault.

Buddy:  Imagine our surprise when the answers were waiting for us when we opened our email Thursday.

Marcus:  However ...  Jan turned off the computer and disappeared for hours.  She said she didn't trust us to stay out of mischief while she was off stuffing herself with pizza.  Can you imagine?

Cyndi: Because these nice kitties made their own graphic and were quick to respond, we are able to bring you an interview this week.

Micah:  Please put your paws together and give the Colehaus Cats a warm welcome and thank them for today's interview.

Percy:  *clears throat*  Um, what about me?

Sam:  What about you?

Percy:  I stayed up late typing my claws right down to the quick preparing the interview for publication.  Don't I get paws and thanks too?

Sam:  No, that's your job.

Percy:  I'm getting paid?

Rusty:  Of course not! You ... we all do it out of love for the cat bloggers. 

Buddy:  We hope you will go by Mousebreath to read the Colehaus Cats' story, The Colehaus Cats, Your Typical Rescued Family.

Cameron:  Jan would like to thank everyone who helped her celebrate her birthday yesterday - in person, on FB, in our blog comments, in an email, or in a blog post.  We all appreciate your kind hearts.  Jan had a good day.  It will take some times, but we'll be around to thank all of you personally.   

Micah: There was, however, a typical Jan moment we just have to share. A friend sent her a lovely 123greeting.com card.  After it played, Jan was asked if she would like to send a thank you card.  Of course!  She clicked on one of three, thinking she was CHOOSING which card to send.  She didn't notice the message box to the right, until too late.  So, yes, she sent her friend a blank thank you card.

Sam:  Sparkle, Binga and Boodie sent such a cute card we'd like to share it.

Friday is Rascal and Rocco's Pet Parade blog hop.  Be sure to stop by to see who this week's Featured Favorite blogger is.

There are no rules, so if you're a blogger, hop in.

Co-hosted by Bionic Basil, Barking from the Bayou, Love is being owned by a husky, and us (Jan's Funny Farm).

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Problem Humans

Rusty:  Woo hoo, it's Friday again.  Time for another interview.

Micah:  And this week we have the very talented advice columnist for cats with human problems, George from the blog George Online Cat. 

Rusty:  I think Micah meant George is an advice columnist for cats who have problem humans.

Cyndi:  If Micah means a problem human, he must be referring to Jan.  We got to read his book One Hundred Ways For A Cat To Train Its Human.

Cameron:  We hope Jan doesn't find it.  If she reads it, we're all in trouble.  She'll learn our secrets and we have enough trouble with her now.

Percy:  We hope you will stop by Mousebreath, the ezine for cats written by cats, to read George's story, Human Agony Aunt George.  Yes, his story is as intriguing as the title.  :)

Buddy:  The Funny Farmer Felines won't let us help with their interviews but Friday is also Pet Parade day so they can't keep us dogs off the post.

Merci:  Yes, the blog hop has no rules and is open to any pet blogger.

Sam:  We can't wait to see who is the Featured Favorite this week.

Marcus:  We had this post all ready to go as soon as we added the Mousebreath link, but we  had a frightening experience this morning.  We tried to sign in to our blog and it kept telling us our name or password is incorrect.  No matter what, we could not sign in to our Google account.  We finally found a means to ask for information and received an email.

Buddy:  Now try to figure this out.  We could not sign in to our Google account to access either our blog(s) or our gmail.  BUT our email program could sign in to pick up our gmail.  So obviously, our ID and PW worked.  And we were able to receive the message; however, if we only used gmail online, as many do, we would have been unable to receive help since we couldn't sign in to access our gmail.  Are you confused yet?  Because we are.

Sam:  Anyway, there was a list of blogs our account is associated with.  Yes, yes, yes ... WHAT?  We aren't associated with hollyzacandtheiradventures.  At first, we thought we'd never heard of it, but we just realized it might be one we used to have permission to VIEW when it closed except to invited readers only.  That was a few years ago.  But suddenly it wanted us to sign in to that too.

Merci:  For some reason, we were finally able to sign in to our account and access our dashboard.  There is no hollyzacandtheiradventures listed, of course, since they aren't on our account.  Or at least, not supposed to be.  We tried their link again and now that we were signed in, we were told the blog is open to invited readers only and we don't have permission to view it.

Marcus:  Does anyone have any clue how we would go about telling Google there's a screw-up on their end and getting this straightened out?   We were really scared for a while that we were permanently locked out of our own account and with no means to find out what the problem is. 

Pet Parade is hosted by Rascal and Roscoe.

And co-hosted by:
Bionic Basil
Barking from the Bayou
Love is being owned by a husky
and yours truly, all us Funny Farmers.

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Blanketless Establishment

Cyndi:  Where has the week gone?  It's already Friday again.

Rusty:  I think the week froze.  Everything else did.  A lot of bloggers had snow but we just had rain, cold and at least one freezing night.  Brrrrr. 

Cameron:  It's been a good week, though.  We worked on a couple of interviews and checked on a few that requested some time. 

Micah:  We are glad to have finished our interview with a couple of lovely ladycats from Lily LeMew & Jan too! And we've got another interview all set for next week.  We'd love to get a few weeks ahead so we don't have to stress over being empty-pawed.   (Hint, hint, for any of you who are already in the process or would like to volunteer yourself or another blogging cat.)

Percy:  We enjoyed getting to know these cats better. We remember when Lily Le Mew opened her blog as an only cat. Some of you will remember when / how Jan arrived and for whom she was named.  (Not for our Jan!)  Stop by Mousebreath, the ezine for cats by cats, and read their story, The LeMew Sister, Lily and Jan.

Buddy:  We're proud of the Funny Farmer Felines.  They've worked hard this week while we woofies watched in between naps.

Merci::  Speak for yourself, Buddy.  You definitely took a lot of naps.  You were snuggled under a quilt or a dog blanket most of the week.

Sam:  And Marcus jumped the gate so he could snuggle on the bed with Buddy and the cats. You and I were left blanketless, Merci.  We should make some signs and walk a protest line out in the dog pen where all the neighbors can read about how unfairly we've been treated.


Marcus: This sounds like fun. I've never been to a protest before.  Can I join you?

Sam:  No, you can't join us.  We'll be protesting you and Buddy.  

Merci:  You might want to count me out, Sam.  I'd have to be honest and the truth is if Jan gives you a blanket, you stand up, shake it off, and sleep elsewhere.  There's nothing to protest about.

Marcus:  That's too bad.  I was looking forward to shouting, Down with the blanketless establishment!!

Buddy:  Be glad the protest is canceled before you embarrass yourself.  There's no such thing as a blanketless establishment.

Percy:  Excuse me, but this is Funny Farmer Feline Friday and you guys are arguing over blankets and taking over our post.  Be quiet and let us finish.

We are joining this week's Pet Parade, hosted by Rascal and Rocco.  We can't wait to see who the Featured Favorite is today.

It's co-hosted by Bionic Basil, Love is being owned by a husky, Barking from the Bayou, and Jan's Funny Farm (that's us).

There are no rules and the blog hop stays open all week, so there is no excuse for you not to join.  

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A Tranquilizer in Water

Marcus:  Can someone tell me why Jan is upset with me?

Buddy:  I can.  When Mr. Doug brought Jan back from Walmart Thursday, she opened the door and you were so excited you didn't just run out the door like you did Tuesday.

Sam:  No, you're a an excited pee-er.  You got so excited, you peed right inside the door and ran out the door still peeing.  Mr. Doug caught you by the collar, Jan dragged you inside, you took off out the door again to see Mr. Doug,

Merci:  Jan dragged you back inside and dropped her shopping bags, Mr. Doug reached inside the door and dropped a 30 pound bag of cat litter into your pee puddle. 

Rusty:  When Jan grabbed and lifted the litter bag with one hand, her denim purse fell off her arm and right smack into the puddle of pee.  The neighbors probably heard the scream .

Marcus:  Oh, so that's what all the excitement was about.  She washed the purse, so why is she still upset with me?

Cameron:  Because you're four months old and haven't had - make that hadn't had an accident in weeks - if we don't count the excited dribbles when Luke's hu-mom Teresa stopped by.  Jan is trying to let you have the run of the house with the rest of us instead of crating you when she leaves for a short while.  And how do you pay her back?

Marcus:  I don't know.  Should I buy her flowers?

Cyndi:  Cameron isn't asking what you should do in the future.  He's asking what did you do Thursday to pay her back for her confidence in you.

Marcus:  I don't think I understand this confidence thing.  But I do understand I'm an excited pee-er.  I heard the vet bragging about that to everyone on my last visit.

Percy:  I don't think he was bragging about you, Marcus.  I think he was warning everyone to stay out of shooting range. 

Micah:  Well, this is sure not fun.  We had an entire blog post written last night, all ready to go just as soon as we picked up the interview url this morning and this is all that's left of it.  Okay, who ate it?

Marcus:  Don't look at me.  I eat just about anything and everything, but I've never eaten a blog post in my life.

Rusty:  Well, I guess we'll have to write it again.  It sure would be nice if we could have breakfast first, but there isn't time.  It's not easy working on an empty stomach.  Let's see, how did it go?  Oh, yes...

Cyndi:  *dancing and singing around the kitchen table*
            We're back, we're back, weeeee-ee ar-re baa-ack!

Buddy:  Who's back?  And where were you?

Micah:  We Funny Farmer Felines are back after four weeks without publishing a Mousebreath interview.

Cameron:  Yes, for two weeks, we had no interview to post and then for two weeks, we had life interruptions  - setting up a new computer one week and getting locked out of Mousebreath the next.

Percy:  Our interview subjects today were very good about responding in a timely fashion and have patiently waited for us to return.  Their mom has been sick this week, so you might want to stop by their blog and wish her a speedy recover.

Cyndi:  We are pleased to welcome all of the Kwee Cats - Duchess, Piewhackit, Pungy, Odysseus, Domino, Sneaky Pie and Oliver.

Sam:  Please put your paws together in welcome.

Rusty:  What are you doing, Sam?  This part of the post is for us kitties.  You don't qualify.  You're a canine.

Merci::  You mean we can't even help with the introduction?

Micah:  No!  If we let you help this time, you'll want to help every week and then you'll want to get paid.

Cameron:  We get paid?  Why hasn't anyone mentioned this to me?

Percy:  No, we don't get paid.  But Mousebreath is a cat ezine, so if we allow the woofies to help us, the Mousebreath editor might fire us.

Cameron:  Fire us?  But if we don't get paid because we're locked out and fired, how are we going to eat and keep a roof over our heads?

Percy:  Relax.  We were only locked out for a few days and it was a mistake, not anything personal. And we haven't been fired or we wouldn't be publishing today's interview. 

Cyndi:  Cameron, would you like for me to bring you a bowl of water?  You're looking a little white around your black tuxedo.

Micah:  I suggest a tranquilizer in the water and a long nap.

Percy:  To get back on subject, we are pleased to welcome the Kwee Cats today.  We hope you will stop by Mousebreath to read their story, Quite Cute Kwee Cats.

Rusty:  Yes, do read the interview first and then stop by the Kwee Cats blog to say hello.

Now we are off to join this week's Pet Parade, hosted by Rascal & Rocco.  We can't wait to see who the Featured Favorite is today.

It's co-hosted by Bionic Basil, Love is being owned by a husky, Barking from the Bayou, and Jan's Funny Farm (that's us).


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