The Lady 's been muttering something about a cat manual . I don 't know what that 's all about , so I did a Google search . Here 's what I came up with : C . A . T . Manual . I 'm still not quite sure what this has to do with me , butI thought I 'd share it with you . The Lady 's watching the guys hitting the yellow ball with sticks on the blue courts . You know , I like to play with a ball as much as the next cat , but even I am not interested in doing it for more than three hours at a time . In fact , even watching these guys ( as you can see me doing in the picture ) is making me tired . I need a nap . . . HEY ! Gizzy here ! I 'm not about to let the girls get all the attention . It 's time somebody set the record straight about all the things - I - do around here . This place would fall apart without me . Here is a list of just some of the things I do , and here are the pictures to prove it . I provide love and affection . I play chess . I guard the house . I make sure the quilts the Lady makes are warm and comfy . I work on the computer . I keep my chair warm for the Lady . I make sure the Lady 's stitching is nice and straight . Am I right ? Or am I right ? To me it 's pretty obvious . All this - before - the tiny terror moved in . Now I 've got to keep her in line too . Honestly , it 's just exhausting . Ho - hum . The Lady came home late , fed us , made a steak dinner for herself , then sat down in her chair to read a book . Jasmine sat with her for a while . I was on the couch , relaxing . What a boring evening . The Lady didn 't even turn on the picture box and watch the guys hit the yellow ball on the blue squares with sticks like she did last night . Last night it was all , " oh , Oh , OH ! " and she was raving about some guy named Andre . I dunno who this Andre is , he wasn 't here . I didn 't smell him . Today I let the Lady pet me at dinnertime and ate some treats from her hand . I slept next to Gizzy for a while , then napped on the couch after dinner . I played with my new toy . As for how Jasmine 's doing , well , let me tell you this little story . She was sitting next to the Lady while the Lady was tippy - tappying on the silver lapbox . I went over to see what was going on . Jasmine practically flew off the Lady 's chair and chased me under the couch , hissing , " I am not dead yet ! " Then she walked back and forth in front of the couch , making sure I couldn 't get out , singing it over and over , like it was a song : " I am not dead yetI can dance and I can singI am not dead yetI can do the Highland FlingI am not dead yetNo need to go to bedNo need to call the doctorCause I 'm not yet dead . . . " O - kay , oh - KAY , I get it . ( lyrics from Spamalot ) Gizzy and I are getting along a lot better . Today we took a nap together . Gizzy still tries to eat my stinky goodness and the Lady has to put it under the bureau so he can 't get any . You know what was really funny ? This morning , Gizzy was waking the Lady so she could feed us . I wasn 't bothering Gizzy , I was sitting a little ways away from him . But when the Lady started waking up , I realized I was sitting on her back ! Jasmine is 13 , and has been with me since she was weaned . She 's always been an indoor cat . Gizzy was just under a year old when Jasmine came to live with us . She has always been my lap cat . She sits with me , and sleeps with me . She tests my milk every morning . She 'll never come if I call her , but if I get a crinkly cat snacks bag out of the cabinet , she 'll come running . She hunts the crickets that have the temerity to get into the apartment . She 's always been shy and fearful . If you come visit , you won 't see her . She tends to prefer women to men , but only because they are more softly spoken . She 's never been interested in new things and the annual trip to the vet , less than 2 miles away , is always traumatic for her . Three years ago she had a teat removed and the pathologist 's report showed cancer cells . During her overnight stay at the vet she never ate , drank water or used the litterbox . She tolerated four months of follow - up checkups . At the last one , another small lump was discovered , and the vet wanted to operate . If it was " something " they wanted to remove the entire remaining string of mammary glands on that side . Since Jasmine 's recovery from the original surgery was traumatic at best , I said no . I brought her home then , expecting to lose her within the year . But she seemed fine . The little lump turned out to be nothing . Then , at her last visit in late July , the vet discovered the lesion on her eye . Now , there isn 't any way I 'm going to subject her to more surgery . For one thing , as cats age , their ability to recover from anesthesia diminishes . For another , removing her eye seems to be about the worst thing I could do to her . I think the loss of her eye would be cruel . And I don 't think it would extend the quality of her life . So , for Jasmine this is the end of the line . The important thing now is to maintain her quality of life and keep her pain free . If she starts bumping into things , or picking at and scratching her eye , then I 'll have a big decision to make . During the week following the July vet visit , I Posted by The Lady has news from the v - e - t about Jasmine . There isn 't anything they can do for her . The Lady is sad . I am pissed . I mean , Jasmine isn 't my best friend or anything , but the v - e - t fixed ME up and now I am a healthy kitty . I don 't understand how they helped me but can 't help her . I am upset they can 't do anything for Jasmine . That really sucks . I 'd go over and give her some headbutts and purrs , but I know she 'd just hiss and growl at me . ( from the Lady : Jasmine has cancer of the eye . ) The Lady brought me this neat new toy . It bounces and rattles and it 's feathery . And it 's pink . It is lots of fun . As soon as she took it out of the bag I wanted it . But Jasmine went over and started playing with it ! ! ! I tried to be patient and after Jasmine went away and I got to play with it myself . Then another people came over . It was a Him . The Lady called him " My baby " which was pretty funny considering he is WAY bigger than she is . I played with him for a while . He was nice . Gizzy liked him a lot . I think he was Gizzy 's person when Gizzy was little . It 's hard to imagine Gizzy little . It 's hard to imagine Him little ! I think I am getting it . . . The big cats don 't mind me around as long as I don 't pester them . Well my definition of pestering them and theirs is probably different , but I think I am learning the difference . When the Lady left for the day Gizzy was sleeping comfortably on her bed , and I was close by . He didn 't mind , and I liked being near him . Jasmine is another story , but the Lady says not to worry too much about her , that she 's like that with everybody , not just me . I am feeling very comfortable around both the cats and the Lady , although I still keep an eye out on her whenever she 's around . I 'm not eager for her to cut my claws again any time soon . Still , I prance around with my tail straight up , like I own the place . Heh , I 'll let the big cats think they run the place , but I can run faster , jump higher and play harder than they do . Tonight I was having fun on the couch with my tail . And when I got a little tired , I lay down and rested my eyes for a little bit . Yeah , I like it here . ( I didn 't sit still enough tonight for the Lady to take a picture . ) Ha ha ha ha ha ! This morning the Lady picked up Gizzy and did to his claws what she did to mine last night . Guess what ? He sat in her lap and let her do it ! He didn 't even move ! He let her trim ALL his claws . Then she put him down , and got Jasmine and did the same thing to her ! She , at least , had the decency to let the Lady know she didn 't like it . But neither of them scratched the Lady and they are both way bigger than me ! Oh , and last night before bed , the lady caught me and we stood on the number box together in the litterbox room . Then she put me down and got on again by herself . " You weigh 4 - 1 / 2 pounds Millie ! " Yeah , so ? Who cares what I weigh ? She gets on that thing every morning . I just don 't understand this fascination about weight . I was following Gizzy around tonight after dinner and my little after dinner nap . He isn 't very happy about it , but I like him so much I just want to rub myself all over him . Tonight he walked over to the Lady 's recliner in the picture box room , reached up , stretched , scratched and then jumped up near her . Since I want to do what Gizzy does , I did the same thing . Except the Lady caught me and held me close ! " It 's okay , Millie , it 's okay . . . " she kept saying , except I didn 't feel the least bit okay . She got up and carried me around and then went back to the chair . She set me on my back between her legs and then used some contraption to trim the sharp bits of my claws ! I tried to get loose , but she kept telling me it was okay , even though it wasn 't ! I wasn 't happy and I know I scratched her up . But she got all my claws . She tried to tell me that now I wouldn 't get stuck on anything , but that didn 't make me feel any better . When she was finished , she rubbed my back and set me down gently telling me I was a good girl . No kidding I 'm a good girl , I already KNOW that ! So I ran under the couch , where there just happens to be a nice soft warm blanket . A few minutes later I heard crinkling , and what do you know , both cats went running to her . Then she came to find me and stretched out on her hand to me were some really good smelling treats . I didn 't hiss , I actually licked her fingers to get the good tiny bits before I started eating the treats . I ate all the treats she had for me . By that time Jasmine had come around asking for more and hissing at me . What a pest . Anyway , here is a picture of me working on my blog . OK , I 'm having a little trouble with the mouse , but can anybody tell me they never have any trouble with those ? And seriously , this is just not my idea of a mouse . You know , I just want to have fun . I have a nice safe place to live . I have lots of food to eat ( even though the Lady has to put my stinky goodness bowl under the bureau so Gizzy can 't eat it ) , I have lots of nice windows to sit in and watch the world . I have nice soft places to sit , like the Lady 's bed , and places I can go to watch the big cats ( like the kitchen counters , but don 't tell the Lady ) . I have two cats as companions , you 'd think they 'd be happy to see me . After all , I 'm an internet celebrity . But what do I get ? Mean , mean hisses and growls . I even get big hisses and growls from Jasmine , and she tries to swat me and chase me if I try to play . Sheesh ! She 's big , but she can run REAL FAST if she gets mad enough , and she growls worse than Gizzy . Gizzy doesn 't want to play all the time , but he isn 't mean about it . Jasmine just plain doesn 't want me around at ALL . I don 't want to be the number one cat . I don 't want to be the number two cat . I just want to be the number three cat in a happy three cat family . I think the big cats want me to go away . But I know the Lady wants me to stay . She said so . I purred a little when she petted me at dinner tonight . And I tried to play with her toesies . She wiggles them a lot when she talks on the noisemaker and when she tappy taps on the silver lapbox . Oh dear , it 's bedtime . . . Gizzy has been trying to eat my stinky goodness . Last night after I had my dinner , he came over and ate some . The Lady got mad at him and moved my food tray . But I think he ate more later because there wasn 't any left by the Lady 's bedtime . So she opened another package just for me . I was so hungry I started eating it before she was finished . I let her pet me on the head and ears , then she pet me on my whole back . She even scratched me near my tail . Her hand was warm . I had to look up at her a couple of times , but I did settle down to be more comfortable and she kept petting me gently . She said I was pretty and that my fur was nice and soft . Last night I got hissed at again by both cats . I just don 't understand how come they don 't want to play . There are so many cool toys here . The lady even gave me some nice mousies that she dipped in kittycrack . OH , those were Fun ! This morning , when the Lady fed me , she stayed right there , and petted me some more . I had to back up and look at her a coupla times , but she didn 't try to pick me up or anything , so I went back to eating and she went back to petting me on my back . I haven 't purred for her yet . Later I went running up to the sink in the litter box room where Gizzy was drinking . I do it just the way he does , by jumping on the Lady 's litter box first , then to the sink . Except I can do it really really fast . Faster than Gizzy ! Gizzy moved away and hissed . The Lady was standing RIGHT THERE , watching . Then she said to me , " Millie , you are bothering Gizzy . Let him have his drink in peace . He has told you to leave him alone . " Yeah , but , that 's no fun . Oh dear . I think I pushed Gizzy and Jasmine a bit too far . Both of them are hissing and growling at me , and they 've even swatted me . It doesn 't look like they are going to let me run the place after all . ( sigh ) And I actually let the Lady pet me a little tonight while I ate my dinner . I let her ger close because she was trying to keep Gizzy away from eating my stinky goodness . All us cats were in the Lady 's room today . Here is what we were doing : ( By the way , you can click on - any - picture in my blog to biggify it . ) Gizzy was dozing on the nice comfy chair . I tried to jump up and join him , but I decided it wasn 't a good idea . Jasmine was in the Lady 's closet , resting and doing her beauty routine . I was under the Lady 's bed . I usually spend my time under one of the recliners but the Lady had a visitor who looked a lot like the Lady . They must be related . Anyway , I decided to find another place after the second lady saw me . Last night after the Lady went to her sleeping spot , Jasmine got next to her . Gizzy was sitting in the window , looking out . I joined him on the window , but I didn 't stay very long . Both big cats tried to get me to leave , but neither wanted to move to make me , so I stayed a while . During the night it rained . And rained and rained . There was water coming in the windows . The cat hammock got wet . Yuk . One of the nice windowsills got wet . And the Lady got up early and closed the door to her room when she went back into it , leaving Gizzy and I outside . I really really wanted to play with him , but he was still pretty tired . Because the nice window sitting spots were wet , he didn 't have many places to go where he could be alone . Finally HE went under one of the recliners . Heh . Of course , I was under the other recliner because the sky was exploding and rumbling . It was warm today , and I spent most of it snoozing in my new hiding spot under the Lady 's recliner . I could hear the Lady doing something or other all over the place . I could smell funky smells and hear sounds I don 't usually hear . What the heck was going on anyway ? Usually she goes after breakfast and it 's quiet all day until she comes back to feed us . Today she was here all day coming in , going out , making all kinds of fuss . None of it bothered me until the Rug Sucking Monster came out . Holy Moley ! Why in the world did she feel the need to let that damn thing loose in here for ? I thought the house was going to explode ! First Jasmine came running by , and had the decency to warn me as she ran into the studio to get away from the rug sucking in the Lady 's room . I ignored her , because frankly , she 's been rude to me since I got here . But heavens to betsy ( who 's betsy ? ) if the darn thing didn 't come in here and start bumping against the recliner . Fortunately I was able to escape before the thing sucked the recliner away . After about three hours , and well past my regular dinnertime , I felt safe enough to come out of the other hiding spot . Of course , the Lady dumped a little kittycrack just outside my other hiding spot to encourage me . I 'm not proud , I came out and had some kittycrack . Heck , I think I deserved it . After dinner , Gizzy and I played a while . OK , I ran around him and he tried to keep me away . But we had some fun . All right - I - had some fun . Come to think of it , the place smells different since the Lady 's been busy all day . It smells ok , but a whole lot less interesting . The floor is slipperier , the counters cleaner ( guess how I know that ) and my toys aren 't scattered all over the house . Guess - I - have work to do now . w00t ! The Lady gave us some kitty crack this morning . Here are Gizzy and I sharing some . I know he likes me , he just doesn 't want to admit it . Heh . I think I have been having more success in trying to play with Gizzy . Now I can get closer to him . He still hisses , but only if I get " in his face . " I guess that means I shouldn 't try to sniff his nose again anytime soon . I 'm also feeling more comfortable about running around the house . I don 't really get as freaked out if I come around a corner and see the Lady as I did even a few days ago . I still don 't let her get close , but she hasn 't even been trying . Jasmine still hisses at me whenever she sees me no matter what I 'm doing . And the Lady just reminded me that I 'm doing more - walking - around the place , instead of running . She says it 's a sign of being more comfortable . Here are some more pictures of me attacking , I mean playing , with the purple feathery thingie . ( From the Lady : I have seen comments noting how alike my cats appear . Snowy white , dark black , white feet , black tails , white bellies . . . even some of their markings are similar . I must say it is what struck me about Millie . But Gizzy and Jasmine are not related . Gizzy was a lot like Millie when he was a kitten . He was a stray , by the way . He came to us after crossing a very dangerous street and hanging out in our yard for two days . He ' talks ' and is extremely sociable . I 've yet to hear Millie do anything but hiss and growl . Actually , the day I got her from Dan and Maggie , she purred . One final observation about Jasmine , she may have cancer . She 's lost weight over the last year , and may also be losing her tolerance for the novel and different , though she 's never been keen on noise or new things in the house . ) Sheesh ! Jasmine was mean to me this morning . After breakfast I was running around like I always do . The Lady was working on the computer and petting Jasmine . I was under the treadmill and Jasmine saw me . She hissed at me , and started to run toward me , but I ran away first ( Jasmine is too big to fit under the treadmill ) . The Lady has moved some things so I can have what she calls " an escape route " to my special hiding place in the picture box room . Anyway , I ran there , and Jasmine went away . Then I came out . When the Lady came to find me I was sitting on the kitchen counter ! Ha ha ha ! I like Gizzy . This morning , he was sitting in the window , and he was flicking his tail back and forth . I thought it was an invitation , so I ran over , jumped up , and tagged his tail ! He was so surprised he JUMPED ! Then he hissed . Tonight as the Lady was having her dinner , he was sitting in the kitchen , and I walked right over to him and sniffed him on the nose ! I don 't know how he could have been surprised , but he was . He hissed and growled a big growl at me . It was so loud the Lady told him to keep it down ! Then afterward , he was in the sewing room , and I asked nicely if he wanted to play . He hissed some more , but stayed where he was . I think he secretly likes me . ( From the Lady : Thanks to all the wonderful cats and ' beans ' for all your support and encouragement in my quest to make Millie a real part of our family . I know I have to be patient , and yes , it sure is hard ! It is such a great feeling knowing that I can depend on all your collective experience . Right now Millie is playing with a stuffed pink mouse [ thanks Beau ] , batting it around underneath the coffee table , in full view of both cats and me . My mom thinks she 's grown since she 's been here . I can 't really tell , but I do think she is going to be a big girl . ) I don 't care what you say . I 'm not doing it . I 'm not letting her touch me . I don 't care how much she plays with me , it 's not gonna work . I 'll get sorta close , but not that close . I batted her fingers today , and that 's it . She 's playing tricky . I 'm smarter than that . ( from The Lady . . . Of course I am totally demoralized . I 've read that feral kittens over 12 weeks old are rarely socialized . That 's the age Millie was when Malcolm rescued her about 7 weeks ago . . . . Still , I am trying to be patient and not try to scare Millie by grabbing her and freaking her out . What worries me is that at some point soon I have to bring her to the vet to be spayed , and I 've got to be able to get her for that . My gut says as she finds her place in the pecking order here with the big cats , she 'll settle down and become more accustomed to me , but I could be completely wrong . ) I found a great new hiding place . The big cats can 't get me and the Lady can 't see me AT ALL . It 's easy to get into and out of and it 's right in the picture box room . I can run all around the room from my new hiding place , and I can run into the studio . It 's dark and safe . It 's near where the Lady sits when she watches the picture box . It wiggles . ( Note from The Lady : Millie 's new hiding place is under the recliner . Again , she has found a spot another cat has found before her . In the winter , Jasmine likes to rest behind the recliner , in the corner . I have placed an old fleece blanket there . It is a nice warm spot because at the base of both walls are the baseboard radiators . ) I tried to get Gizzy to play with me again tonight . He likes to WATCH me play , but he doesn 't seem to want to play WITH me . And he doesn 't like to wrestle . If I try , he gets all mad and hisses at me , and if he really thinks I 'm bothering him , he growls . The Lady said , " Millie , I call Gizzy ' Mr Curiosity ' sometimes because he likes to watch . He watches everything . He used to play like you do , but he 's an older gentleman kitty now and prefers to take it easy . He doesn 't even run around much . " Doesn 't run ? What kind of a cat doesn 't run ? Can you see me in this picture ? I am on the back of the couch looking down on Gizzy . Jasmine doesn 't even watch . I mean , she 'll watch me if she can see me from wherever she happens to be . If she 's lying on the Lady 's sleeping place , she will watch me play in the table room . She doesn 't like it if I get too close to her . She doesn 't play with me either . Which is kinda boring . I had so much fun running around the house last night ! So tonight after dinner , the lady was reading in the picture box room and Gizzy was lying down near the couch . I ran near him and he didn 't even move . I wanted to see what he would do . So I ran on top of the couch and looked down at him . He rolled over and sang a little song . We looked at each other . So I ran down to the floor and then ran toward him , planning to jump over him . Oops . That was the wrong thing to do . He didn 't want to play that game . He jumped up at me and me and hissed ! I ran away . But now he was alert , watching me . He didn 't want to play at all . I kept trying to change his mind , after all , who doesn 't want to play ? Later I saw the Lady HOLDING Gizzy ! He was purring as she rubbed his head . I went back to my room . When I went back to the picture room , Jasmine was sitting right next to the Lady ! The Lady was petting her and Jasmine was purring . I sat on the futon and hissed at Jasmine . Jasmine stayed put . But I have been running around the whole house having a good time . I 've been sitting in the nice soft chairs and looking out all the windows . It 's more fun to run around than hide . I 'm liking this house more and more . The Lady bought this new toy , and we played with it on Saturday . I had lots of fun with it . But I got too close to the Lady and she grabbed me . I don 't know why she did that , but I fought and scratched and ran away . This morning , after breakfast I found a new place to hide . It was such a good place she couldn 't find me . I could hear her calling me , and moving all kinds of stuff around . I heard her talking to somebody . . . " I can 't find Millie . I 'm worried . " She kept on moving everything around , looking underneath everything , moving chairs , grumbling and calling for me . I was mad at her , and I wasn 't going to come out . After a while I heard a new person . He helped her look . I heard doors closing . Finally I saw her looking in my new hiding place . " Found her . " I stayed in my new hiding place all day . Nothing she or the new guy could do even tempted me to come out . They cooked , they ate , and then he left . After that , the Lady fed us all , and I came out to eat . After dinner we played again , but I didn 't get very close to her . She left me alone to watch the picture box . But I came out of my room , and walked right past Jasmine . She hissed at me , but she didn 't even try to chase me . I played under the table in the table room for a while , and both big cats were watching me . I had to go past Gizzy to get to the studio , so I did . I wanted him to go away , so I hissed at him , but he stayed where he was , and hissed back . Finally I just ran right past him . He didn 't even try to chase me either . I ran under the couch and looked at him . We were pretty close . I tried to scare him away by growling , but it didn 't work . He just made himself comfortable and pretended to take a little nap , but I know he was watching me . I ran all around the house , past Gizzy , past Jasmine , past the Lady . It was fun . Millie fans and cat experts , I need your advice . As you know , Millie has a small litter box in " her " room . Since she also uses the big cat litter box in the bathroom ( right next door ) , I was planning to remove her personal one this weekend . She still hisses at the big cats , and they still hiss at her . She is comfortable in my presence , as long as she doesn 't think I will try to touch her . What do you think ? Should I remove her litter box and make her use the one in the bathroom , or wait another week ? Here 's a picture of the bathroom , so you can see the setup , if that is any help . Thanks , - - the Lady . I got tagged by Fat Eddy , Ella 's Mom and Danielle . Here are the rules : The player of this game starts with " 5 weird things / habits about yourself . " In the end you need to choose 5 people to be tagged and list their names . The people who get tagged need to write a blog about their 5 weird things / habits as well as state this rule clearly , then tag 5 more victims . Don 't forget to leave your victim a comment that says " you 're tagged ! " in their comments and tell them to read your blog . from Millie : OK , so here are 5 weird things about me : 1 . I have a titanium rod in my leg . 2 . My favorite toy is a pill bottle with unpopped popcorn in it . 3 . I am an internet celebrity4 . I live in a house with 1 Lady , 2 big cats , and 3 working computers . 5 . I still won 't let the Lady touch me . from Gizzy : Here are 5 weird things / habits about me : 1 . I like marshmallows2 . I like to lick scotch tape . The sticky side . 3 . I only eat or use the litter box when the Lady is here . 4 . I like fresh water from the faucet , and I don 't mind if it drips on my head first . 5 . I come when you call my name . from Jasmine : Here are 5 weird things / habits about me : 1 . I like to hunt crickets2 . I like low places like under the bed or behind the recliner . 3 . I can rear up on my hind legs and stay there . 4 . I am really shy ; if you come to my house , you won 't know I 'm around . 5 . No matter WHO you are , and how far away you are or how close you are , if you call my name , I am NOT coming . So I ( Millie ) am gonna tag : 1 . Timmy http : / / timothydickens . blogspot . com / 2 . Frostin http : / / www . frostinschronicles . blogspot . com / 3 . Firenze http : / / catmonsters . blogspot . com / 4 . Meezers http : / / meezertails . blogspot . com / 5 . Ayla http : / / aylathegrump . blogspot . com / I hope I did this right . THANKS to Beau for the terrific toys ! A pink mouse ! How perfect ! Good morning kitties ! I found - another - window with a nice soft spot to sit and look outside and smell the smells . From this window I can see cars and birds and big people like the Lady ( even though she isn 't really very big ) and littler people . Ooooh , I 'm gonna like sitting here . . . . . . . Comment from The Lady : Millie has now found Jasmine 's favorite window spot . ( This is Jasmine at the window . ) We 'll see how this pans out . . . . Oh look , you guys all want to see what I look like . Well the Lady took this of me while I was eating . And hey , that 's the THIRD time I got tagged . Enough already ! The lady wants to go to bed and I won 't be able to use the computer after that . You 'll just have to wait till later . The Lady works with computers all day and she says she has no interest in being connected to one at home all the time , so I gotta get her when she 's in a good mood , and she 's still moaning about getting to bed early . And here 's a beauty pose for you gentleman kitties . . . honestly the Lady 's as bad as the papparazzi . The Lady came into my room tonight , and sat real quiet for a while . I peeked out from under the bureau . Then we played with the feather thingie . I ran around the room and she watched . I played with her fingers again , and tried to bite her toes . We had fun . I let her get close , but not too close ! I sat in the big cat 's hammock . I did all kindsa stuff . I had lotsa fun . I 've been tagged twice already . That 's plenty . I can 't even think of 5 things weird about me , let alone 10 . OK , I have a titanium rod in my leg . That 's pretty weird . My favorite toy is a pill bottle with unpopped popcorn kernels in it ( even though I don 't know what those are ) . I live with two big cats that act like they are afraid of me . . . I live in a house with one Lady , two other cats and THREE working computers . . . ok , that 's four . . . hmmm . . . I haven 't let the Lady close to me yet . . . but that 's not weird . Oh , the Lady just said something about " sleep " and " pumpkin time . " I guess that means it 's gonna get dark soon , and I can run around and show the big cats how fast I am ! The Lady was complaining this morning that she was losing sleep over me . How do you lose sleep ? I can 't find any of her sleep anywhere . I know she sleeps , I 've seen her do it , so I don 't know what she 's complaining about . This morning I was playing with my toys . I saw the Lady watching me . I still don 't let her get too close . So she has to use the flashie thing and she says my eyes look like headlights . . . whatever a headlight is . Tonight I was playing with a funny toy that had lots of legs and kept bouncing on the floor . It was in the doorway to the closet . It tapped , it scratched , it bounced . It came toward me , then moved away . I had to get a closer look . So very slowly I came out from my hiding place . It didn 't know I was hunting it . It kept bouncing around , scratching on the floor . I got really really close , and almost touched it . It was really weird , because it was attached to the Lady . She was in the doorway . I jumped over her and ran out of the room . The big cats were on the big table in the table room , so I kept running to the other hiding spot I found in the studio . The Lady came looking for me , but I stayed where I was . Later she was watching the picture box with one of the big cats in her lap . I ran by everybody , even Gizzy , and went back to my safe place . Hello , Millie lovers everywhere ! Since Millie is playing right now , she 's not interested in blogging . So I thought I 'd take the time to fill you all in on all the goings on . First , except for the cats , I live alone in a big three bedroom apartment . My son graduated from college two years ago and has moved out . I turned his room into a sewing room , and that 's where Millie has been hanging out . One window faces south , and I 've installed a cat hammock there . It 's Gizzy 's favorite spot . Since Gizzy 's jumping ability has decreased with his age , I 've set up a small stool to help him out . Millie 's hiding place is in the closet , under a shelf that 's about five inches off the floor . It 's about 24 " deep , and she hides way at the back , so she 's well protected . I 've set up a small litterbox under an end table , and a small eating area near the bureau , where she can easily see anybody approaching the room . Last night , after she bolted out at the aluminum foil ball , I made a few more and tossed them around the room . I also found an empty pill bottle and put a few popcorn kernels in it . Later , while looking for Millie , I found a cat toy with a bell in it . Before bed , I checked on her , and couldn 't find her anywhere . I went through the entire apartment , with a flashlight , and found her underneath the treadmill . Somehow she 'd managed to go from one end of the place to the other without arousing the big cats . This morning , while eating breakfast , Jasmine came up on the table to be near me , as she always does . Suddenly she tensed , and looked toward the sewing room . Turning around , I could see Millie lying down on the floor . I stayed where I was , trying not to look at Millie directly . She relaxed a while longer , then moved away . She spends more time under the bureau than in the closet now . It 's cooler , and she has several escape routes . Plus she can see what 's coming . When I got home from work today , I fed the big cats , as I always do , then fed her . I left the closet door open wide , and also left the door to the room open . She has to get uPosted by Wowie kazowie ! ! ! I just don 't know what to say . I can 't believe the number of cats and their people who have stopped by to express their delight in my good fortune . I am stunned at ALL of the heartfelt comments this little blog has received since it started . I 'm amazed . I was just a little homeless kitty . If I hadn 't got hurt , nobody would have ever known about me . I would probably never have gotten a good home . I know this is a good home , a safe home ; a home where I will be loved . I know I will get enough food , and care . I never expected to be this lucky . The Lady says if I were human , this would be like winning the lottery . Thank you , thank you , thank you to all the wonderful cats and your people who got together to help me out . The Lady has a very close family . I think I have her beat ! Love you , all my new special friends ! - - Millie Does anybody know what this is ? I 've never seen anything like this before . I was under the bureau last night and one of these went rolling by . It makes a funny noise on the floor as it rolls . I don 't know what I was thinking , I just had to get it , so I went after it , and I caught it ! Then I looked around . I was in the middle of the room ! I dunno how she did it , but the Lady got me to come out from under the bureau ! I went exploring again last night . I went around the whole house . Well , not in the Lady 's room because Jasmine guards her . But I found the studio . It 's messy , so there 's lotsa places to hide . And I found a good one . Nobody could find me ! I even made it past the big cats without them noticing . Heh ! It was a warm day today , so I napped . But after dinner , the Lady came into the room and we played with the purple thingie again . She took some pictures . She took lotsa pictures , but since I am such a fast kitty , a lot of them were fuzzy or I had moved by the time the camera took the picture . Heh . She took so many pictures I didn 't even notice . So here I am . I never came out from under the bureau . She thought she could get me to come out . Ha ! I 'm smarter than that . Hi everybody . After playing last night with the purple thing , I was in a really good mood . After the Lady got quiet and turned the lights out , I had some fun . I explored the room I was in and found some things to play with . Then I went running around . The big cats didn 't catch me this time . Heh . One thing about hiding . It gets kinda boring . So when this purple feathery thingie started flipping around under the bureau , I had to catch it . It was fun , and I played with it for a long time . But I didn 't come out from under the bureau . My foster dad , Dan , took this nice picture of me , and he says I can show it off here . The Lady says all she ever sees of me is a blur as I run by . ( photo by Dan Raucci ) These are the big cats I live with , Jasmine and Gizzy . Jasmine is 13 and Gizzy is 14 . The lady says that Jasmine is really shy . I think Gizzy is mad at me because my hiding place is in the same room as his favorite spot . The lady also says that both cats don 't see as well as they used to . And they 're not as fast as they used to be . Maybe now that I am here they will get more exercise so they can go faster . I like my box . My box with my pink blanket is my home . It 's been my home since those terrible things happened to me . Today my home went someplace . I dunno where , but my home was moving . I slept . When it stopped , I waited for a while . Then my box opened and this lady picked me up . I tried to get a better look around by climbing to her shoulder . Apparently this was not a good idea , because I was put back in my box . The box moved again . For a long time this time . Then the moving stopped and the lady was carrying the box . " We 're home , Millie . " Another home ? She put it down and took me out of the box and put me in another box with a door with holes in it . I could look around . A big cat came near the box and started sniffing . I hissed at him and he hissed back . His name is Gizzy . He told me he is the Number One Cat . Then he left . The lady opened the door to the new box , then she left . I was in a nice room , all by myself . I got out of the new box and looked for a place to hide . I found a good place under a bureau . She came back and took my favorite pink blanket and put it in the closet , under a shelf near the floor . It 's a space just big enough for me , and I went there as soon as she left . I was alone , but I was safe . After a while the lady came back and put some food and water nearby . I was hungry so I ate it all . She came in to look at me . I stayed in the back of the closet . When she left there was more food . I ate more . I was alone in the room , so after I while I went exploring . There was a nice window , so I jumped up and looked out the window for a while . I could see outside and smell the smells . It was good . Later I used the litter box and looked around . The lady had left the door open this time . There is another cat , I know because I can smell her , but she hasn 't come to introduce herself . I went exploring . I found the big cats ' litter box , and I was checking it out , but the lady came by and I ran back to my place . I think I 'm gonna like it here . This home is already better than my box . They tell me I 'm an internet celebrity . I dunno what that is , but I was a feral kitten when I got hit by a car and Malcolm rescued me . Then lotsa people helped him and the doctors fix me up . Now I live in New England with my Mom , Lynne . I am an only cat . I 'm 10 years old , and I 'm a black and white kitty . I can run and jump real fast . You 'd never know I have a titanium rod in my right rear leg . I like to eat , play and sit at the window and watch what 's going on .