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Hi, My Name is Simba

Spring is now upon us
My heart is light and gay
Such beauty in this splendor
In Daffodil's display

Yellow bright and cheerful
The day of warmth divine
Butterflies to dazzle
Fills the heart with rhyme

I bring you Spring with sunshine
In floral petals blessed
The earth so filled with glory
It's here I take my rest

This season new beginning
Of love that springs anew
This very special greeting
Especially for you

Trees are all enchanting
So beautifully they're dressed
Looking so magnificent
Their truly at their best

Glad that I could drop by
Enjoy this purrfect day
With love and peace forever
Soft Daffodil bouquet.

Poem by Francine Pucillo©

Update March, 2008 Winter is just about over here in New Jersey. I have been a real outdoor kitty this winter and went out on days when it was even 10 degrees...I just can't stand being stuck indoors. It was a sad fall for us last year. My best buddy Buster went to the Rainbow Bridge to wait for us. I really miss him a lot as he was my playing buddy and we also cleaned each other off. Lady and I a getting a little better at getting along. Sometimes she merows and I come running and jump over her. She spits at me and hisses, but I know she is just playing...(I think...). It was raining today, so Meowmie won't let me out, but maybe this afternoon if it gets nicer she will let me out. I still love playing in my red popup cube..It is so much fun! Moewmie gets tired out before I do. Right now I am taking a snooze waiting to go outside. Maybe soon.....

Hi, My Name is Simba

Update February, 2007 Hi, well winter is finally here in New Jersey. It was late in coming but now it is really cold and freezing out. No more outdoors for me till spring. I don't mind it too much. I sleep all day. When I do get up I play with Buster and Mommie. In the mornings I sit with Mom when she eats breakfast and then when she's done, it's play time. I got a new little red popup cube for Christmas. I just love rolling around in it and playing with the jumping jim on a stick that Mom got me to play with. I just go nuts and roll around in the cube and chase the toy until I am all tired out. Buster is feeling a little better and plays once in a while. He likes to sit on the footstool and then he swats me in the head. I don't like that very much. I get to sleep a lot and eat a lot. I hate to see how much I will weigh after the winter is over. Lady is really old and just sleeps and eats. But me, I am fine even though I am almost nine I still love to play. I am just as pleasingly plump as ever and still am very kittenish. I love to play and I love laying next to my Mom and getting petting (until I bite her)!

Update October, 2006 Hi, here it is almost winter again in New Jersey. I am outside enjoying my few last days in the sunshine. Everything is pretty good. But my poor buddy Buster has been sick this year, he has IBS and stopped eating. So my poor Mom must feed him 3 times a day. Lady is getting really old and just sleeps and eats. But me, I am fine even though I am eight years old going on nine. I am just as pleasingly plump as ever and still am very kittenish. I love to play and I love laying next to my Mom and getting petting (until I bite her)!

Here I am last summer - I got to be pretty big Huh!

Here it is August, 2002. - I have had a very happy year. Mommie was home all spring and summer. So I pretty much live outside. I hound Meowmie to go out and by 9 a.m. she lets me out, I come home in the middle of the day for some chow, and then it's back outside until 6 p.m. or later. I like to track the wild birdies and mousies. I usually don't hurt them but just like to play with them! Hope the winter never comes this year!

      Here I am checking out Meowmie's flowers
         she got for Christmas.

Update 11/1/2001 - Hi all, I can't believe the summer has come and gone. I spent the whole summer outdoors. My Meowmie was home this summer so I stayed outside from 8 in the morning till 9 at night. It was a very nice summer, but the weather is getting cold and it wont' be much longer I will want to spend outdoors all day. It was a very good Year!

Update 3/6/2001 - Hi, It is still winter in New Jersey and boy am I ever sick of being stuck in the house. Buster, Lady and I have been in the house for months now. We went out for a little bit last weekend when the weather warmed up. But my feet got cold and there was no place to go...it is still all frozen and snowy outside. Today and Yesterday we were supposed to get a NorEastern, but it blew over and went to Boston instead. It was nice though, cause my Meowmie stayed home with us for two days. She plays with us a lot when she stays home. Well, maybe next month the nice weather will be here and we can go outside and play!!! Meowmie is feeling sad though she got laid off from her job at work, but she is hoping to transfer to another job. Let's all say a prayer for her that it works out!!!

From 7/1998: Hi, I'm Simba, and I'm the latest arrival in Buster and Lady household! My new Meowmie found me in the woods one day when she went out for a walk. She felt so bad for me she came back in a little whilewith some food. Then the next day she came back and she finally was able to pick me up. I was supposed to go live with some other people, but I am awlful glad my Meowmie kept me!!!! I was very little when my Meowmie found me, I was only 8 or 9 weeks old and weighed 2 pounds. I have grown already and now weight 3 pounds..and now I am 15 weeks old! I am getting to be a big boy!


      Here is an Award I won in the Purrty Kitty Contest!

Here is an Update...It is now March 1999 and I am 10 months old. I weigh 10 to 12 pounds. I have grown quite big as you can see from my picture above. I still like to bug the other kitties, but Buster and I are buddies. We play together really hard and then sometimes we take a nap together. Buster even cleans my face and ears off sometimes...and then he bites me!!! All in all, it has been a great year so far, and I am really happy to be here with Buster and Lady and my meowmie, too.

Latest Update 6/1/99. Well, I just celebrated my first birthday. I am a very happy kitty now, my meowmie lets me go outdoors. Of course, I am a naughty kitty and run away from her when it is time to come in the house. She lets me stay out as much as I want on the weekends, and when she gets home from work, too. I am a really big cat now..I am almost as big as Lady. I weight 13 lbs now. Buster and I are good buddies, we hunt and sleep together. All in all it has been a very good first year for me.

Update: 7/11/99 - Wow! My meowmie weighed me today and I weigh 14 Pounds! I really grew a lot....I'm almost as big as Buster now he only has a couple of pounds on me!! I spend all day outside on the weekends! I just love it hanging out in the grass and hunting in the bushes! You never know who you are going to run into...like the SKUNK!!!! So far I've been lucky and haven't gotten sprayed yet!

Update: 9/1/1999 - Wow! Summer is over and it is time for back to school and fall weather. I sure enjoyed the summer and hung out outdoors as much as Meowmie would let me. I am a big boy now and stay in the woods all by myself and hunt. So far I haven't brought home any presents for my Meowmie yet! Oh, just in case you missed my photo when I was CAT OF THE DAY, you can click here and see my page. Click here for "Cat of the Day" - Simba. . You can also check out the Cat of the Day site and find out how you could be Cat of the Day.

Update: 2/1/2000 - Gee it's year 2000 and I will be 2 years old in a couple of month. I really hate the winter. Mommy won't let me go out since the snow has been staying on the ground. I went out for a couple of minutes Friday night and came right back in...there is snow and ice everywhere. So all I can do for fun is chase Lady and Buster around the house when the lights go out at night! It's lots of fun, but I will be glad when spring comes and I can go outside again! Playing with the little toy furry mice is just not the same as playing and hunting the real things!

Update: 6/1/2000 - Well, summer is finally here. It was nice all last weekend and Meowmie let me stay outside as much as I wanted. On Sunday I stayed out from 8 in the morning till 11 o'clock at night. (I just came in to grab a bite to eat and then dash back outside) I just love it in the bushes and the tall grass. But, Meowmie is so afraid of my bringing in ticks so she is constantly checking me out when I come inside. Once in a while I get a tick in my eyelids and meowmie has to pull them out. Ouch! That smarts! Well, that's about it for now..gotta go rush outside again!

Well, now to tell you about how Buster and Lady felt when I came home with Meowmie. Buster growled his head off and stayed outdoors all week. He never came in except to sleep or eat. Lady just growled at me when I bugged her, the rest of the time she wasn't too bad. They still don't *Love* me, but they tolerate me a little better.

I love to play and spend all my waking time just jumping on toys and bugging the other cats. I still sleep a lot, but I get very active at night. I love to pounce on my Meowmie's feet when she goes to bed, and puts me at the bottom of the bed. Meowmie gets quite mad cause I won't stop playing and go to sleep. (But she gets over it). I don't go outdoors yet cause my Meowmie says I am too little and might get lost again. I do like to sit on the balcony and watch all the bugs and birds! My favorite toy is a little green striped turtle! I just love him.. he makes so much noise when I bat him around. I also like the little brown teddy bear and carry him around by one arm!

This is a picture of me and Meowmie. There will be more pictures going up on my webpage but that is all Meowmie found the time to do right now. I am going to join all the same clubs that the big kitties are in.

Well, I am getting tired now so it is time for me to take a little nap!

I am a member of the Fairy Cats... that means I was a stray and got adopted. Fairy Cats come from animal shelters or they show up on your doorstep. If you want to join the Fairy Cats, click on the picture below.

This is my baby picture when I was only 6 weeks old.

Here are some more of my baby pictures!

Here is one of my favorite Lists...

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GIVE YOUR CAT A PILL:

1. Grasp cat firmly in your arm. Cradle its head on your elbow, just as if you were giving a baby a bottle. Coo confidently, "That's a nice kitty." Drop the pill in its mouth.
2. Retrieve cat from top of lamp and pill from under sofa.
3. Follow same procedure as in #1, but hold cat's front paws down with left hand and back paws down with elbow of right arm . Poke pill into its mouth with right forefinger.
4. Retrieve cat from under bed. Get new pill from bottle. (resist impulse to get new cat.)
5. Again proceed as in #1, except when you have cat firmly cradled in bottle-feeding position, sit on edge of chair, fold your toroso over cat, bring your right hand over your left elbow, open cat's mouth by lifting the upper jaw and and pop pill in - quickly! Since your head is down by your knees, you won't be able to see what you're doing. That's just as well.
6. Leave cat hanging on drapes. Leave pill in your hair.
7. If you are a woman, have a good cry. If you are a man, have a good cry.
8. Now pull yourself together. Who's the boss here anyway? Retrieve cat and pill. Assuming position #1, say sternly, "Who's the boss here anyway?" Open cat's mouth, take pill....... Ooooppss!!
9. This isn't working, is it? Collapse & think. Aha! Those flashing claws are causing the chaos.
10. Crawl to the linen closet. Drag back a large beach towel. Spread towel on floor.
11. Retrieve cat from kitchen counter & pill from potted plant.
12. Spread cat on towel near one end with its head over long edge.
13. Flatten cat's front & back legs over its stomach. (resist impulse to flatten cat.)
14. Roll cat in towel. Work fast; time and tabbies wait for no woman - or man!
15. Resume position #1. Rotate your left hand to cat's head. Press its mouth at the jaw hinges like the petals of a snapdragon.
16. Drop pill into cat's mouth and poke gently. Viola! It's done!
17. Vacuum up loose fur (cat's). Apply bandages to wounds (yours).;
18. Take two aspirins & lie down!!