Michelle and Mannie (GA)
Member Since 2009
Good Morning LL!! 
(LOTS today Elsa! please.....), and Happy Caturday!
LL! It's is I, Elsa, kitteh barista!, president and CEO of Coffee Cat! Life is GOOD! GUESS WHAT! Bug and Lola are exhausted from I dunno! but they still want to be working today too at PawPrints Pizza, so..... They have decided that today is TURN-AROUND TRIPLE CATURDAY! They are doing triples on everything!
Kinda cool huh! They say that they wants to give all kitties some fun times today, triple funs! What will that be.... I dunno! so. well. anyways. Coffee time! For today, I proudly offer Elsa's special 10 hour energy coffee, and Double shot Breve's, with beans from high in the Brazilian Mountains.... and for my mocha fans: a VENTI Quad Blueberry infused white mocha/mocha blend with white chocolate chips melted within, swirled with a raspberry puree, topped with a strawberry infused whip garnished with caramelized berry sprinkles and white chocolate curls and a caramel drizzle.......SWEET! OH! No worries, a dollop of 4 berry and vanilla and caramel swirl ice cream, on top of a dollop of fudge, topped with caramel and chocolate drizzle.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... mega good!
Lola and Elsa
I hope everyone has had a great week. We have been.... well, busy again!
I just can't imagine not being on the go. 
It keeps us out of trouble, and makes for great times! I often think back on the weeks happenings, and wonder how in the world did we do all that! It was the same this past week. It has been a good week. 
And first up today.... Elsa News. In my heart I knew what was ailing her, so I decided to take her to the vetty to confirm or deny my assumptions. Sometimes we always know, don't we? Elsa is Stage 3 Renal Failure.
BUN was 90 ( 36 is high end normal), Creatnine was 4.3 (2.4 high end normal) and the ratio was 2.1 within normal range. Other significant factors was low potassium (3.5, with 3.4 being low end normal), and HCT of 25 (low end normal 29) so she is also anemic. Weight is 5.2lbs, down from 7.5lbs last September. Plus her mouth is in dire need of a dental, which we cannot do since she is consider a renal failure kitty. Ah my poor girl... So we have begun to treat as best we can. SubQ fluids, a renal diet as best I can, and possibly some AB's to deal with the mouth. I have not started the AB's yet, as I wanted to see how she responds to the fluids, and the food so that I have a good baseline scenraio so I will know if the AB's will upset her tummy even more. Her appy is still there, she just doesn't eat enough. I have yet to decide if I will syringe feed her or not. She has not taken well to that in the past. She does not appear to be nauseous, but have meds for that too in the event it becomes a problem, as well as the pepcid if that is needed too. She seems to be handling this fine, is up and about, still spends sometime out on the deck, is being a normal Elsa. As I type she is curled up in her kitty bed snoozing the morning away. And on a good note: her BG was a glorious 90! 
And so begins a new journey for her. We have vowed to keep her as comfortable as possible for as long as she has. We hope that with the addition of fluids, and an increased focus on renal foods she will be with us a bit longer. Keep on truckin' Elsa.
Elsa, Summer 2013
It has been a week in the pool! It has just become the norm for us, we go each week, and just never tire of it. It proves to be such fun for both boys, and their excitement with it all has not wavered. Nicholas's swim classes continue, only Wednesday this week, as Monday was a holiday. Nicholas is enjoying his new class, and the challenges that being up a level brings. He's doing well, learning the basics of side breathing, breaststroke and backstroke. He literally runs to class when it is time. Outside of class he still is our little energizer fishie, loves swimming in the big pool, and will often forgo the beach area play for the 6 and unders. He'd rather be in deep water. William continues to do well, and has gotten very comfortable in the water. He likes to float, and will do so, on his tummy in the shallow beach area. This week he was once again scooting along the bottom, floating on his tummy, using arms and legs to move about. He's learning that jumping in can be fun too. How fun! Lessons ought to go well for him too, when he is eligible. We are grateful for our time in the pool. It has all enabled to boys to explore anther aspect of growing up, one they really enjoy. Our swim days this week were Wednesday and Thursday. We did not swim Friday night as the boys had an evening Mariners baseball Game, complete with a fireworks show after the game. What fun!!
GO NICHOLAS! GO WILLIAM !!
Nicholas: Life Under the Surface...
William: The Fish!
And.... yes! We are still doing the Friday Night Burger Feast, after Nicholas's swim time. Although we had to do this for lunch, since the boys had a ball game that night. Fun part was, William could join us too. Nicholas loves it, and continues to look forward to it each week. We have this running bet on how many extra pickles (I always ask for extra as he LOVES pickles) we will actually get. It varies, anywhere from 2 to 10. So.... in the interest of actually having extra pickles I started to bring even more last week. I swear Nicholas did his version of the Mannie Fuds Dance once he saw them. William too!
The week was busy.... three days of adventure after adventure. I was grateful, in a way, that it was only a three day week with the boys, and that we are back on a regular schedule. Weather was great this week, so we were able to spend alot of time outdoors, from the play park at Meadowdale Play Park, the Beaches of Juanita Beach, and the banks of the Skykomish River at Big Eddy, near Gold Bar. What a fun road trip with the boys! never ever a dull moment in the back seat of the car. We have been so sunny and warm, with temps in the 75/80 range. WOW, incredibly nice for the PNW. On Thursday Nicholas went beach swimming out in the waters of Juanita Beach. What fun for him! William was content to remain in the beach water break with his buckets and shovels. Good times for both boys. The Friday trip to the river was awesome. 
Both boys love this place, it is near the mountains, with a great river to play in and next too. As much as they love Juanita Beach, both boys said that the river is so much better! Nicholas went swimming for a few, not long though as that water was cold. William waded out some, and was content with his sand and rocks. Both boys still love to toss rocks. We also had out Friday night Burger Feast while at the river. Very fun stuff! Wednesday, after Nicholas's swim, we were also able to spend some time with the boys Grammie Connie. I am so grateful to her for helping me with William when Nicholas needs to be in the pool. She is a god-send. Boys love it there too. It truly was a great week!
Nicholas: On the Skykomish...
Nicholas & William: River Life...
For my own personal time, I continue to hike the local trails here when I can. I finally made that mountain hike, well the lower end of the mountains. Still alot of snow and ice wayyyyyyyyyy upppppppppp thereeeeeeeeeee. So.... I headed over to Leavenworth, and hiked the Icicle Gorge Creek, which is close to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. It is absolutely gorgeous there. The hike itself is a mile loop, following the path of Icicle Creek. Wildflowers were in bloom everywhere, blankets of them covering any available space. That was beautiful. On the return trip I also did a very short trail that parallels the Wenatchee River: The Tumwater Pipeline. Tons of wildflowers and nice views there too! Deception Falls was another stop off point on the way home. There is a mile loop trial that allows alot of viewpoints of the various falls, upper, middle and lower. What a delight! The falls too were incredible: fast and furious. Monday, being a holiday, gave me another day off. I decided to head on out early and investigate the river access for the park that we all visited last week for Nicholas's Field trip. I also knew that the Whitehorse Trail, a 28 mile connector trail from Arlington (site of the park) to Darrington. I ended up hiking more of that trail than I intended, like 8 miles, mainly because it was early. few people were out, and I was curious what it was like. I enjoyed it, hiked to the first old train trellis over the river and turned around at that point. I did not find access to the river from this trail, as I expected I would, but did find it, overwhelmingly so, from another trail there, Eagle Trail, that I just wanted to see, since it was reported to be a nice Wetlands Park, which it was. SO glad I went there, as the Stillaguamish River access is awesome, doable for the boys and offers endless river views, and access. WOOT!
Icicle Creek
Normalcy in Three MusketeerVille!
Kitties are doing well, and there really isn't much change from last week. Bug is still being cuddly, Elsa is still holding her own even with a few new issues, and Lola is still escaping. It is interesting that Bug has no desire to be outdoors. Lola however.... Elsa seems to be ding OK this morning. She's made two trips outdoors, made three passes at the fuds bowl with a few nibbles, meowed at me a few times, and is now lounging on one of Mannie's old kitty beds.
For old times sake I though I'd repost one of Mannie's old condos.... from December 22, 2012 I included excerpts as this condo was rather long, seems all of Mannie's were.
Mannie, the Nanner King
Have a great Caturday everyone. Time for me to go relax some.... a local trail hike is in order!
KITTIES!! Remember: BLUE, think GREEN
(LOTS today Elsa! please.....), and Happy Caturday!LL! It's is I, Elsa, kitteh barista!, president and CEO of Coffee Cat! Life is GOOD! GUESS WHAT! Bug and Lola are exhausted from I dunno! but they still want to be working today too at PawPrints Pizza, so..... They have decided that today is TURN-AROUND TRIPLE CATURDAY! They are doing triples on everything!
Kinda cool huh! They say that they wants to give all kitties some fun times today, triple funs! What will that be.... I dunno! so. well. anyways. Coffee time! For today, I proudly offer Elsa's special 10 hour energy coffee, and Double shot Breve's, with beans from high in the Brazilian Mountains.... and for my mocha fans: a VENTI Quad Blueberry infused white mocha/mocha blend with white chocolate chips melted within, swirled with a raspberry puree, topped with a strawberry infused whip garnished with caramelized berry sprinkles and white chocolate curls and a caramel drizzle.......SWEET! OH! No worries, a dollop of 4 berry and vanilla and caramel swirl ice cream, on top of a dollop of fudge, topped with caramel and chocolate drizzle.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... mega good!Lola and Elsa
I hope everyone has had a great week. We have been.... well, busy again!
I just can't imagine not being on the go. It keeps us out of trouble, and makes for great times! I often think back on the weeks happenings, and wonder how in the world did we do all that! It was the same this past week. It has been a good week. And first up today.... Elsa News. In my heart I knew what was ailing her, so I decided to take her to the vetty to confirm or deny my assumptions. Sometimes we always know, don't we? Elsa is Stage 3 Renal Failure.
BUN was 90 ( 36 is high end normal), Creatnine was 4.3 (2.4 high end normal) and the ratio was 2.1 within normal range. Other significant factors was low potassium (3.5, with 3.4 being low end normal), and HCT of 25 (low end normal 29) so she is also anemic. Weight is 5.2lbs, down from 7.5lbs last September. Plus her mouth is in dire need of a dental, which we cannot do since she is consider a renal failure kitty. Ah my poor girl... So we have begun to treat as best we can. SubQ fluids, a renal diet as best I can, and possibly some AB's to deal with the mouth. I have not started the AB's yet, as I wanted to see how she responds to the fluids, and the food so that I have a good baseline scenraio so I will know if the AB's will upset her tummy even more. Her appy is still there, she just doesn't eat enough. I have yet to decide if I will syringe feed her or not. She has not taken well to that in the past. She does not appear to be nauseous, but have meds for that too in the event it becomes a problem, as well as the pepcid if that is needed too. She seems to be handling this fine, is up and about, still spends sometime out on the deck, is being a normal Elsa. As I type she is curled up in her kitty bed snoozing the morning away. And on a good note: her BG was a glorious 90! And so begins a new journey for her. We have vowed to keep her as comfortable as possible for as long as she has. We hope that with the addition of fluids, and an increased focus on renal foods she will be with us a bit longer. Keep on truckin' Elsa.Elsa, Summer 2013
It has been a week in the pool! It has just become the norm for us, we go each week, and just never tire of it. It proves to be such fun for both boys, and their excitement with it all has not wavered. Nicholas's swim classes continue, only Wednesday this week, as Monday was a holiday. Nicholas is enjoying his new class, and the challenges that being up a level brings. He's doing well, learning the basics of side breathing, breaststroke and backstroke. He literally runs to class when it is time.
Outside of class he still is our little energizer fishie, loves swimming in the big pool, and will often forgo the beach area play for the 6 and unders. He'd rather be in deep water. William continues to do well, and has gotten very comfortable in the water. He likes to float, and will do so, on his tummy in the shallow beach area. This week he was once again scooting along the bottom, floating on his tummy, using arms and legs to move about. He's learning that jumping in can be fun too. How fun! Lessons ought to go well for him too, when he is eligible. We are grateful for our time in the pool. It has all enabled to boys to explore anther aspect of growing up, one they really enjoy. Our swim days this week were Wednesday and Thursday. We did not swim Friday night as the boys had an evening Mariners baseball Game, complete with a fireworks show after the game. What fun!!GO NICHOLAS! GO WILLIAM !!
Nicholas: Life Under the Surface...
William: The Fish!
And.... yes! We are still doing the Friday Night Burger Feast, after Nicholas's swim time. Although we had to do this for lunch, since the boys had a ball game that night. Fun part was, William could join us too. Nicholas loves it, and continues to look forward to it each week. We have this running bet on how many extra pickles (I always ask for extra as he LOVES pickles) we will actually get. It varies, anywhere from 2 to 10. So.... in the interest of actually having extra pickles I started to bring even more last week. I swear Nicholas did his version of the Mannie Fuds Dance once he saw them. William too!
The week was busy.... three days of adventure after adventure. I was grateful, in a way, that it was only a three day week with the boys, and that we are back on a regular schedule.
Weather was great this week, so we were able to spend alot of time outdoors, from the play park at Meadowdale Play Park, the Beaches of Juanita Beach, and the banks of the Skykomish River at Big Eddy, near Gold Bar. What a fun road trip with the boys! never ever a dull moment in the back seat of the car. We have been so sunny and warm, with temps in the 75/80 range. WOW, incredibly nice for the PNW. On Thursday Nicholas went beach swimming out in the waters of Juanita Beach. What fun for him! William was content to remain in the beach water break with his buckets and shovels. Good times for both boys. The Friday trip to the river was awesome. Both boys love this place, it is near the mountains, with a great river to play in and next too. As much as they love Juanita Beach, both boys said that the river is so much better! Nicholas went swimming for a few, not long though as that water was cold. William waded out some, and was content with his sand and rocks. Both boys still love to toss rocks. We also had out Friday night Burger Feast while at the river. Very fun stuff! Wednesday, after Nicholas's swim, we were also able to spend some time with the boys Grammie Connie. I am so grateful to her for helping me with William when Nicholas needs to be in the pool. She is a god-send. Boys love it there too. It truly was a great week!Nicholas: On the Skykomish...
Nicholas & William: River Life...
For my own personal time, I continue to hike the local trails here when I can. I finally made that mountain hike, well the lower end of the mountains. Still alot of snow and ice wayyyyyyyyyy upppppppppp thereeeeeeeeeee. So.... I headed over to Leavenworth, and hiked the Icicle Gorge Creek, which is close to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. It is absolutely gorgeous there. The hike itself is a mile loop, following the path of Icicle Creek. Wildflowers were in bloom everywhere, blankets of them covering any available space. That was beautiful. On the return trip I also did a very short trail that parallels the Wenatchee River: The Tumwater Pipeline. Tons of wildflowers and nice views there too! Deception Falls was another stop off point on the way home. There is a mile loop trial that allows alot of viewpoints of the various falls, upper, middle and lower. What a delight! The falls too were incredible: fast and furious. Monday, being a holiday, gave me another day off. I decided to head on out early and investigate the river access for the park that we all visited last week for Nicholas's Field trip. I also knew that the Whitehorse Trail, a 28 mile connector trail from Arlington (site of the park) to Darrington. I ended up hiking more of that trail than I intended, like 8 miles, mainly because it was early. few people were out, and I was curious what it was like. I enjoyed it, hiked to the first old train trellis over the river and turned around at that point. I did not find access to the river from this trail, as I expected I would, but did find it, overwhelmingly so, from another trail there, Eagle Trail, that I just wanted to see, since it was reported to be a nice Wetlands Park, which it was. SO glad I went there, as the Stillaguamish River access is awesome, doable for the boys and offers endless river views, and access. WOOT!
Icicle Creek
Normalcy in Three MusketeerVille!
Kitties are doing well, and there really isn't much change from last week. Bug is still being cuddly, Elsa is still holding her own even with a few new issues, and Lola is still escaping. It is interesting that Bug has no desire to be outdoors. Lola however.... Elsa seems to be ding OK this morning. She's made two trips outdoors, made three passes at the fuds bowl with a few nibbles, meowed at me a few times, and is now lounging on one of Mannie's old kitty beds.For old times sake I though I'd repost one of Mannie's old condos.... from December 22, 2012 I included excerpts as this condo was rather long, seems all of Mannie's were.
12/22 Mannie PMPS 256, +2 293, +4.7 274
by Michelle and Mannie (GA) » Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:24 am
Good Morning LL!!
(so needed! DGS recovery mode, and Christmas prep mode... ), and Happy Caturday!
LL beans! It is I!, Mannie, kitteh barista! For today I proudly offer Mannie's special 10 hr energy coffee, and triple shot espressos, with beans from Starbucks Pike Place Market, their original blend, AND.... for all my Mocha fans: a venti quad peppermint white chocolate mocha, with peppermint infused whip, garnished with peppermint candy chips, white chocolate shavings, dark chocolate curls, and peppermint drizzle.......OH! Tea infusions too, by request. they is primo! I SWEAR! Today: cranberry orange!
KITTIES!!!!!!! Guess what!! ONLY 3 MORE SLEEPS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! Mark your calendars! Christmas Eve Party! ~~ Mannie
12/21 in MannieLand
12/21 RECAP
12/21: fed meal at ps, mini meals @ +1, +2, +3: AM CYCLE: FF Liver and Chicken Feast 4%, ProPlan Chicken and Liver 2%, PM CYCLE: ProPlan Chiocken Entree 5%
12/21 amps 402: 4th cycle on this dose (1.5Fu), fed 4%/2% LC mix, 1/2 tablet amlodipine, Pet Dophilus
+1 fed 4% LC
+2 582 fed 2% LC
+3.5 444
+8 317
+10 327
12/21 pmps 325: 5th cycle on this dose (1.5Fu), fed 5% LC, 1/4 75 mg tablet Plavix, Pet Dophilus
+1 fed 5% LC
+2 350 fed 5% LC
+3.5 fed 5% LC
+4 239
+5 232
12/22 amps 135: 6th cycle on this dose (1.5Fu), fed 5% LC, 1/2 tablet amlodipine, Pet Dophilus
+1 fed 5% LC
+2 224 fed 5% LC
+3 fed 5% LC
+5 201
+7 211
+11 272
12/22 pmps 256: 7th cycle on this dose (1.5Fu), fed 5% LC, 1/4 75 mg tablet Plavix, Pet Dophilus
+1 fed 2% LC
+2 293 fed 2% LC + BF
+3 fed 2% LC
+4.7 274
Yesterday was..... BOUNCE day in MannieLand. and what an ugly one it was... I expected it, after the visit to the green lagoon the day before. I had hoped that it wouldn't be as high as it was. But alas... all the way to the black floor. We will hope for a better day today, and quietly close the door on yesterday. Think blue, think green Mannie!He has a great amps, looking good so far. Lubs ya big guy.
All is well in MannieLand. , and with Nanner Lake, aka the basement. The flood waters have receded, and the kitties are elated, especially Elsa. She is back to bed sleeping, purring while she sleeps. It is good to see her there, relaxed and back to a normal routine. The carpets are still a little bit of an issue, but we hope to have them somewhat rectified by days end. Mannie and DGS had a great day together yesterday - still best buds, and I don't think that will ever change. Nicholas can sometimes be a little rough for Mannie's old bones, but seems to understand when I remind him to be gentle. They shared lots of pets yesterday. Gentle pets. YAY! We actually got some sun yesterday - WOO HOO! Blue skies! What a relief for all of us here. Mannie was elated too - he spent some of it sunbathing. A few rays made it into his sleeping area, aka the Nanner pile. This morning we had a great test, feed and shoot and clean plate club, purrs and lots of cuddles. With encouragement, normalcy in MannieLand.
Have a great day everyone. Today is get ready for Christmas day: grocery shopping to be done!... and work on the basement carpets day... BUSY! I hope to be able to get a walk or hike in to the shore. it's been a while since I have been able to go....
Hey everybody!! COOKIE WEEK continues... I think we need to spend sometime visiting cookie bakeries... maybe travel on the roads and visit as many as we can find. NOM NOM NOM Uhhhhhh we gots to clean up Maui's kitchen too... Ollie ad I tried yesterday, but I guess we missed the chocolate footprints on the ceiling... We can bake somewhere too if anybody wants! I so need some Christmas cookies with lots of gooey frosting,. so... uhhhhh - don't tel my bean, about the gooey frosting part, 'k? AND! We gots a Christmas party to plan too! Where do you guys wanna party? Let me know I am ready for anything!!~~ Mannie
And completely OT: Here are some photos from DGS's and my adventures yesterday: swimming, and a quick visit to a small pond and water all near wher DGS's dad works, He's always comments on it as we drive by so today I thought we'd stop and check it out. Very pretty! I've included the FaceBook links for anyone that wants to see all the photos, and the videos: Swimming and Waterfall.
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224 @ +2. well darn it, up alot. Some of it I am sure is a fuds spike. I hope he can find his way back to the grotto.
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Yo Mannie, Let's get to those bakeries before they sell out! See ya later. Rusty
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Mannie, cookie hopping sounds like a plan. We can catch all the ones we missed yesterday. See ya at my curb, mags
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Mannie! A cookie tasting tour! great idea. I bets ours is as good as any we find. 'Cept, we gotta check out the competition at the Danish bakery! Hmph! i tolds you not to turn on the mixer that fast!!! -- Tess
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Mannie, buddy, I got the ropes and just giving you a little tug. You can do it! ~Z
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hey Mannie - what did you and Ollie do to me! I smell funny and my bean won't stop touching and sniffing me - yuck! she said I smell like flowers and cookies and am good enough to eat! Yikes!
If you want to visit bakeries there is an awesome chocolate chip cookie shop downtown Philly! and we can go to Jersey City and visit Buddy the cakeboss. I bet he's got lots of fancy cookies and maybe we can get him to make Mannie, Ollie, Mags, Tess and Rusty shaped cookies! I bet he can decorate them really cool and even make your bus, my jet and the tree house too! Hopefully he will just take a picture of us, so we don't have to sit still while he makes everything.And good thing your numbers are better so that we can go have fun without anyone poking and prodding at you all day.signed maui the magificent
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Rusty - you are on! let's roll! ~~ Mannie
Maui! heeheeheee..... Me and Ollie used this really cool soap! You look great too! Maybe we used too much... well no worries - it will wear off soon. And we can counteract that with our cookie run today. We all want to go the that chocolate chip cookie shop downtown Philly - a for sure!!! and the Jersey city one! This will be so cool. And we can use the jet again? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! so so so so so cool! we can all get cookies that look like us? oh wow!!! I know on my numbers... they are not too bad today. My bean is happier - and I didn't get too many pokies today. SWEET! See you soon!!~~ Mannie
Z - dude! THX man- a gentle tug should do it. You kept me outta the pink zone. PHEW!! ~~ M
Tess - YUPP! A cookie tasting tour - I LUBS it! Gotta hit the danish bakery for sure, and Maui has this really cool place in Pittsburgh - we can FLY there! WOO HOO! Ya know - I know our cookies are as good as any out there. We makes them with love! well...... I know on the mixer.... we uhhhhhhh...... real made a mess at Maui's.... maui was covered too! i still dunno how the chocolate footprints got on the ceiling... weird huh! See ya noon ~~ Mannie
Maggie - Cool! We is on then - lots of great places to see! One by Tess, one by Maui - everywhere! Let's roll! I will picks you up at the curb~~ Mannie
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256 @ PMPS. Still yellow! WOO HOO!
Mannie, dude, you are doing great! I've got you, still pulling. You can do it! ~Z
Z - dude! keep pulling... I so wanna see the grotto tonight, ya know? ~M
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274 @ +4.7 Hmmmmm.... flat yellow cycle night in MannieLand.
Mannie, the Nanner King
Have a great Caturday everyone. Time for me to go relax some.... a local trail hike is in order!
KITTIES!! Remember: BLUE, think GREEN
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