Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas to all our blogging and non-blogging friends.

Cyndi:  We should probably mention the big, brightly lighted and decorated house on the card is not our home.

Micah:  Why would you tell everyone that?  It was supposed to be our secret.

Marcus:  You know Cyndi.  She always tells the truth.

Percy:  Perhaps some of her honesty will rub off on you one of these days, Marcus. 

Taylor:  Or perhaps some of the wonder of the Christmas story will transform him.

Marcus:  Do you think Jan would read it to us if we ask her nicely?

Cyndi:  I think she would be happy to do so.

Percy:  Especially if we fix her some hot tea.

Marcus:  With a few cookies on the side?

Micah:  How is Jan going to read to us with a mouthful of cookies?

Taylor:  I'm guessing Marcus isn't planning on Jan being the one to eat the cookies..


Jan:  We are grateful for all the lovely cards, both snail mail and email -  we have received.  I have been having a hard time sitting at the computer for long periods, but I've tried to help the Funny Farmers send out our card.  If yours didn't arrive, please grab it here with our love.  (Click on it to enlarge.)  We will be taking a break for a week or so.  See you in 2019.

Happy New Year!

Crossing Our Paws

Cyndi:  This has been one of those weeks!  Everything (just about) has been going wonky and Jan has wasted much of her time trying to figure out what each problem is.  And Jan caused a major blooper, but we can't tell you about that until next Tuesday's post.

Taylor:  Well, she did finally figure out how to make us a Christmas card yesterday without the needed software.  It's about time!  Christmas is almost here.

Cyndi:  She tried to find something online to use but her brain is old and it addles easily.  The card isn't printing quality, though, so she can only email or post it. 

Taylor:  You mean our friends who don't have a computer won't be able to see our adorable faces on our Christmas card this year? 

Cyndi:  No, they won't.  Jan considered re-using last year's but it's too sad  since it has angels Merci and Rusty on it. 

Taylor:  I guess that means we five have to survive until next Christmas so we can all be on that card.

Cyndi:  Yes, it does.  Percy and I are the oldest.  Cross your paws for the next months that we will still be here.

Taylor:  But how will I walk if I cross my paws?

Cyndi:  Carefully, Taylor, carefully.

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For Aggressive Chewers

Marcus:  Jan bought me this new toy last month.  Isn't it pretty?

Micah:   For how long?

Marcus:  For how long what?

Micah:  For how long will it be pretty?  For that matter, how long will it be at all?

Marcus:  Jan let me play with it in the dog pen.

Micah:  One time. 

Marcus:  It's supposed to be for aggressive chewers.  I'm not aggressive.

Micah:  No, you're delusional.

Marcus:  That isn't a nice thing to say to your brother!

Micah:  But it's the truth.  Look!

Marcus:  Okay, so it's not so good-looking there.

Micah:  That picture was taken less than an hour after Jan gave it to you.

Marcus:  Maybe Jan got the toy for sissies.

Micah:  I don't think there is a toy for sissies.  I think you have razor sharp teeth.

Marcus:  Not really.  It looks as good today as it did then.

Micah:  Your toy is so dirty and shredded Jan refused to take a picture of it for your post.

Marcus:  I can't help it because Jan has a dirt and thread phobia.

Micah:  And who gave it to her?

Marcus:  I don't know. Who?


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Go To WWW Dot

Rusty:  Well, now that the day is half over, we can finally post.

Buddy:  2017 has been off to a shut down start.  Monday night we had to shut down because of thunderstorms rolling through here.  We were expecting worse than we got but some around us were not so fortunate.

Cyndi:  Yesterday we were shut down without warning.  Well, our internet was.  It's back this morning.

 Rusty:  We're only posting this late today because we want to participate in Thankful Thursday.

Buddy:  We're a bit unprepared, so we thought we would share this photo of a lone bird sitting on the mill fence a few days before Christmas.  It was growing dark and we hadn't seen any birds in several days.  It just looked so lonely sitting there in the cold.  Marcus wanted to invite it to dinner.

Cyndi:  We were surprised Monday.  When Jan shut down the computer, she got a lot accomplished.  Every year she sets up a calendar with special days, such as our birthdays, but for a number of years, it's April or even May before it gets done.  This year it was finished on the 2nd.  Now if she would only remember to read it!

Rusty:  But yesterday, we had a lot to do on the internet.  Jan called tech support several times over the course of several hours and each time got an "all circuits are busy" message, so she knew there was an outage in the area.

Buddy:  She decided to try one more time about 11:30 and the call went through.  There was no outage message, just a recording telling her it was resetting her internet.  (It evidently didn't work.) Then to hang up, disconnect modem, etc.  She figured the outage must have been fixed and her internet just wasn't working.

Rusty:  We won't tell you all the fun, but we will say she had a lot of it.  Then she called again.  This time she got a recording saying there was a "current outage of data and audio" in the area.  The waiting time to talk to someone was 5 - 9 minutes.  It was nearly midnight.  She hung up.

Cyndi:  Now the reason we're telling this story is to reach the punch line.  Yes, this is a true story and there is a punch line.

Buddy:  When the recorded message told her about the outage - and why didn't it tell her the FIRST time she called? - it instructed her to GO to www dot (their website) and fill out a ticket.

Rusty:  Jan looked at the phone in disbelief and demanded of the prerecorded message, "You IDIOT!  And how am I supposed to do that without the internet?"


Cyndi: After Jan set up the 2017 calendar Monday, we sat here and went through the lovely Christmas cards we received from a number of you.

Buddy:  We had hoped she would be able to make graphics to post with all the snail mail and emailed cards we received, but there hasn't been time. You bloggers are so talented in creating graphics.

Rusty:  We're grateful for each and every one of you!  We hope 2017 will be a great year for everyone.


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Merry Christmas 2016

Rusty:  Merry Christmas from all of us to all of you.  We hope you have a wondrous and blessed celebration of the birth of Jesus.

Percy:  We've been working hard to email our card.  If you haven't received one, we might have fallen asleep at the keyboard and sent it to outer space.

Merci:  Pssst.  I think you mean we might have sent it to cyber space.

Percy: Seriously!  Our eyes might be permanently crossed from cross-checking lists and trying to read Jan's handwriting so we don't miss anybody. 

Rusty:  Thank you for the lovely snail mail and ecards.  There is so much creative talent among the furry bloggers.

Micah:  This is Rudolph the Candy Cane.  We have been blessed with superb mail carriers since we moved here and Miss Vickie continues the tradition.  We know some people leave a card or a gift for their carrier but this is the first time we have received a card and a gift from a carrier.  Isn't Rudolph adorable? 

Marcus:  This is embarrassing. Don't you dare take my picture wearing this thing! 

Jan, please will you take off these silly antlers?  What will my fans think?

Help!  I'm being dressed by a crazy human with no sense of size. It's too big.

Yes, this is where they belong, on the floor being stomped.

Buddy:  You should have shredded them while you had the chance, Marcus.  Now Jan wants me to look "cute".  How does a guy look cute with a broken antler?

Marcus:  I'm going to report you to the Society for the Prevention of Canine Humiliation, Jan! 

Buddy:  Oh, please tell me the S.P.C.H. won't make this public.

Marcus:  No, I will not sit up straight and pose.  I look ridiculous. 

I don't care if it is Christmas, I will not wear your scarf, Jan.  Take it off me before I shred it.

Merci:  We don't usually post on Saturday any more but since we are today, we are joining Athena's Caturday Art blog hop.  We used a cross process on our Christmas card and added a frame.

Merry Christmas 2015

CYNDI:  We are going to take a few days off to lounge in the sun by the pool and gorge on tuna and chicken..

MARCUS:  We are?  I've never been on a trip before. Where are we going?  What should I pack?

PERCY:  For starters, you should pack your imagination.  It's the cheapest way to travel.

MARCUS:  Does that mean we aren't going anywhere?  I was looking forward to wearing my new shades and straw hat.

MICAH:  You know we don't have any travel funds and we all have to be here to help Jan take care of Sam.  He had a good day Tuesday and a bad day Wednesday.

RUSTY:  So we decided to do our Christmas post on Christmas Eve and hopefully take it easy for a couple of days.  Or a couple of years.  Whichever comes first.

MERCI:  We hope you have a Christmas filled with family, friends, good food, and fun.  But most of all, we hope you remember that Jesus is the reason for the celebration.

PERCY:   Taylor, don't be shy; tell everyone Merry Christmas.

TAYLOR: Uh ... *waves a paw* Merry Christmas, everyone!

BUDDY:  Pipo & Minko from WeBees Siameezers posted Belated Birthday Mews to Cyndi and sent her a card  They mentioned Sam.  Their woofie sibling Mr. Jack Freckles also included Sam in his Sunday post. How sweet, Pipo, Minko, Jack Freckles and Mom.

We originally planned to post the lovely Christmas cards we received but we aren't going to be able to do it this year.  Thank you, each of you. We have enjoyed each ecard and snail mail card received.  They have lifted our spirits during this time when Sam's health is our major concern. Have a blessed Christmas.

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Christmas Cards 4 U

PERCY:  Jan finally finished our Christmas card.  And her own.  Our name is spelled correctly, so we're proud of her.

MARCUS:  Can you guess which one this is?  Ours, of course.  We wanted to include all our friends, but we figure we must have left out someone.

RUSTY:  We hope each of you who celebrate will have a joyful Christmas filled with loving family and friends.

 CYNDI:  This one is Jan's personal card.  Please accept either one.  Or both.

MERCI:  On our walk today someone stopped her car to talk to Jan and we wrapped our leashes around Jan's legs.

BUDDY:  When she untangled them, we walked about two blocks and then I gave Jan a big surprise!

SAM:  Yep, Buddy suddenly decided to walk ahead of Jan instead of behind her and as he passed, she saw his leash dragging on the ground.

MICAH:  Oops.  Good thing a squirrel didn't appear.  Or a motorcycle.  Or a skateboard.  Or just about anything he'd want to chase.  We sure are thankful Jan didn't come home without Buddy.

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It is also Thoughtless Thursday, hosted by Ruckus the Eskie with co-hosts Love is being owned by a Husky and M.K Clinton.

Merry Christmas 2014

 SAM:  Merry Christmas from all of us here on the Funny Farm. We hope your day will be special.

MERCI:  We signed up for the card exchange and expected mostly ecards since that is all we could send, but we were amazed at the generous response.

CYNDI:  We received 53 snail mail cards from cat and dog bloggers.

MICAH:  They wouldn't all fit on the kitchen table at once, so Jan had to take two shots.

PERCY:  Look at those creative cards. So much talent among the bloggers.

BUDDY:  Jan is a bit jealous.  She only received 13 cards.  Do you think we should share with her?

SAM:  And we had so many homemade ecards, as well as lots of ecards from online card sites.  We thank you for each and every one of them.  Jan usually gets down before holidays but the outpouring of cards shared among the bloggers helped keep her spirits bright.

CYNDI:  Not that we could have used her spirits for a night light or anything, but you know what we mean.

RUSTY:  Angel Ginger Jasper's mom Carol sent us the Cat Blogosphere 2015 CB Calendar that was put together by Sweet Purrfections' Mom Paula.  We're very thankful to have a copy.  We felines are pictured in October.

CAMERON:  And we are also grateful for the box of cat goodies sent to us by Manx Mnews' Mom Debra.  A little of this, that and something else.

PERCY:  If you notice, Marcus is photobombing on the right while checking the floor in case any crumbs escaped their packaging. 

MARCUS: This video is actually an ad but we thought we would show you how we wish it would be around here today. Look at all that food.  Doesn't that look like such fun!



If the video doesn't play, click here.

BUDDY:  Can you believe Jan isn't cooking for us today?  Isn't there a law that all humans have to cook for their furries on a holiday?  No?  Well, there should be!

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We Are Blown Away

Cameron:  We are absolutely blown away by the sheer number of Christmas cards we have received this year.

Sam:  Speak for yourself.  I'm too big to be blown away.  I think you mean amazed by the sheer number.

Cyndi:  However you put it, we really are.  We signed up for the Cat Blogosphere and Blogville exchange lists.

Rusty:  Since we are only able to send our homemade ecard, we assumed that's what we would receive - email cards.  We send ours from the heart, so receiving in kind was fine with us.

Micah:  We haven't counted them but we can tell you we have a kazillion more cards than Jan has.  And most of them have arrived by snail mail.

Marcus:  There are a number of email and ecards too.  And a nice package of goodies for the cats.  I think it's highly unfair they don't intend to share.

Merci:  Would you share with them if the situation were reversed?

Marcus:  Of, course ... er, maybe.  *hangs head*  Okay, no I wouldn't.  I'm a bottomless pit.

Buddy:  A friend emailed to ask if he could have a copy of our Christmas card with our names on it, so Jan revised our original card.  I figure he's forgetful like Jan is and needs to be reminded who is who around here.  That's okay.  Jan often forgets who is who around here too. 

Sam:  This is our original card.  Jan made me wear the Santa hat this year.  I wanted to wear my chef's hat again.

Percy:  Jan made a different card for her friends.  We don't know why she didn't put her face on it so her friends would recognize who the card is from but Jan is a human and humans are strange.

Merci:  We have been emailing cards till our paws are raw but, friends,  if yours was lost in cyberspace, please accept whichever card you prefer from us - or all three of them, if you'd like.

Buddy:  We were going to tell a story about the snail mail cards today but we got a bit chatty, so we will tell that story another day.

Cyndi: This is Thankful Thursday so we did want to be sure to say thank you to the our old and new blogging friends for taking the time to share with us.

Percy:  We do want to encourage you, bloggers and non-bloggers alike, to Save those stamps for Millie and Walter of Bird Brains and Dog Tales.  Your stamps can help the Retired Greyhound Trust in the UK.  It's easy and it's free.  Details are in their post. 

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Thoughtless Thursday blog hop is co-hosted by Ruckus the Eskie, Love is being owned by a husky and Barking From the Bayou.

Black and Blue Sepia Blizzard

Cameron:  I can't believe it.  We finally pushed Jan to finish our Christmas card and we've been working overtime to try to email it out to our blogging friends. 

Micah:  If you are on the Cat Blogosphere or the Blogville card exchange list, you should have received a copy by now.  If you haven't received one yet, the cyber post office might have lost it.  Feel free to download your copy here. 

Merci:  And wonder of wonders, Jan also finished her personal card tonight. She spent three hours trying to work on graphics with this monitor flashing window after window of controls locked, controls unlocked, setup and who knows what.  She was ... is very stressed because it kept her rattled since she couldn't see what she was working on. 

Rusty:  And now it's doing it for this post, but, thankfully at a slower rate. At one point earlier, it popped up as she was focused on something, rattled her, she hit the wrong key and suddenly she was locked out of her Windows account.  Scared the pee out of her, I can tell you! 

Cyndi:  This, of course, is the original.  Can you tell Jan likes colors?   Fortunately, we like colors too or we'd be out of luck.

Buddy:  This is our entry for the Sepia Saturday blog hop co-hosted by Ruckus the Eskie and Earl & Ethel.

 

Percy:  Jan used the Blizzard effect for Caturday Art, hosted by Athena.  We like this because right now we're comfortable and not expecting a snow or ice storm.  We are expecting rain, though.  

Sam: This is a blue effect.  We asked Jan to throw this in just because we like it. 

Marcus:  This is the black and white version.  We hope you enjoyed your tour through our weekend art pictures.  Jan is late feeding us again so we better go pester her until she does.  Have a fun weekend.

Merry Christmas to All

 

This is our card.  You can probably tell by our familiar faces.

This is Jan's card.  You can tell because there is NO face on it, familiar or otherwise.  Maybe we need to ask Santa to bring her a new face tonight, so she will let us take photos of her? 

Still, all of us wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!  .

We were only able to send our homemade e-cards again this year.  We sent out more than we could count, so if you didn't receive one from us, check your spam folder, and if it isn't there, check your neighbor's - it probably got delivered to the wrong computer.  (We're kidding about the neighbor, but that's what happens with some of our snail mail, so we thought we'd throw that in.)  If yours didn't arrive, grab one of these.  They are small files for the internet.  If you like to print your cards, pop us an email and ask for a larger file copy.  We'd be happy to email it to you.

We received a lot of lovely e-cards and snail mail cards this year, which we'd like to share with you.  The snail mail are in 3 collages, but Jan balked at putting the rest in a collage.  Thank you, each of you who took the time to remember us.  We are grateful for each of you.

So, whoo whee!  We have finally gotten our cards together to post.  And since this is Christmas Eve, we're really pushing it to the wire. 

(Arty), Scylla, Socks & Fenris

Amber DaWeenie & Max da Odder Dog & da pack

Asta

Cat Chat, Caren & Cody

Charlotte, Angel Momo & SS

Cherry City Kitties

Today Someone blog

Eric & Flynn

Florida Furkids

Four Crazy Cats

Nicki & Derry

Gracie

Hannah & Lucy

Islay (Charlie's Dog Blog)

JFF pixelated portrait by Ollie

Jelly Bean & fur siblings

Kwee Cats

Maggy May & Creek Cats

Abby & Manx Mnews

Bugsy & Knuckles of Max the Quilt Cat

 

Sammy & Moosey of Animal Shelter Volunteer Life

Mog & Meowza

Mumsy & Furkids

Musings of a Crazy Cat Lady

The Op Pack

Mr. Pip.

 

Tommie of Shelter Cats

Tabby Cat Club member photo pixelated by Ollie

Sweet Purrfections

Wally, Ernie & Zoey

Wildcat Woods

Zoolatry

Fur Everywhere / Ayla, Iza & Marley / Abby of Manx Mnews / Ginger Jasper, / Random Felines / Kwee Cats

Angel & Kirby / Baby & Lucky / Bugsy & Knuckles of Max the Quilt Cat / JB Bean / Mo & the Purries / Clooney (Claus) & Neytiri

China Cat & Willow / Maxwell & Tater Tot / Gentle Annie / Forty Paws


Have a wonderful Christmas!  And we hope you aren't so busy you forget we're celebrating the birth of Jesus.