Friday………….monster day…………and not just monster day but also “guys coming to clean the gutters day”……..which is the noisiest? Time will tell! Meanwhile I’m resolved to be fearless……fearless in the face of noise and destruction (well, alright so that’s a little bit dramatic but there will be noise!).
The gutter guys have actually been here several years in a row and they’re so fast we hardly know they’ve done their thing. There’s a crew of like three guys – they hook up their hoses, put up their extension ladders, climb up on the roof with their leaf blowing machines – blow off all the leaves, use the hoses to wash out the gutters, pop back down, rake up all the leaves they blew off the roof and out of the gutters and are GONE in about 15 minutes. Amazing huh? They know what they’re doing. My favorite spot to watch the operation is up in my Mom’s studio because there’s a skylight. When the guy comes by the skylight with the blower and the hose I can watch him and I’ve learned I’m safe. Maybe it’s noisy but I’m safe………..kinda like the vacuum cleaner/monster. I know Mom isn’t gonna suck me up in that thing – but the racket is almost unbearable on my tender ears!
We have a lot of gutters for the guys to clear out….(old photo of my house from Spring)
Mom says she MIGHT get Dad to bring the tree up from the basement today – that would be fun………………I love when they start unpacking all the ornaments…..I like to give stuff a poke, sit in the boxtops and watch, and then – my FAVORITE moment – the tree’s up and I can get UNDER it and nap.
I’ll sit quietly nearby and watch the tree going up!
They say we MIGHT get a dusting of snow or a bit of sleet this Sunday. Will I mind? Nope. I’ll be inside by the fire or in Mom’s lap burping away from my Sunday morning bacon breakfast.
Oh – I also completed another little project – this one was to help Santa Paws – you know – just making sure he knows what he needs to know on Christmas Eve !!! What do you think?????
Know what? I really AM “one spoiled cat” aren’t I ??!! Guess I named my blog the right thing……………..
Holiday Hugs,
Jingle Bell Sammy !
A “Baby Me” as Santa!
TWO Spoiled Cats 
Ha ha ha! You could also paint a landing spot on the lawn for Santa 😀 Could do with that leaf team over here.
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Now that’s a GREAT idea! Why didn’t I think of that?!?!?!?!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Awww whee are sure Santa Paws won’t miss you! Mummy is decorating the house at the wheekend and she said it’s going to be so much fun. For two of us piggies it’s our first Pigmas which is furry exciting!
Nacho, Noah, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
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Oh I hope you boys get your very own tiny piggy tree to decorate…..I’m sure you’d do a great job with the decoration (if you don’t eat the tree first of course!!!).
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Santa is going to find you for sure and if he stops here first we will show him your map.
Ali, Annabelle and Mollysue
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Oh goodie! Thanks a bunch! I’m sure he’ll be stopping at your house – you HAVE been good – right??
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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😆 LOL 😆 That’s an awesome idea, Sammy!!! You’re such a SMART kitty! Now Santa definitely won’t miss your house! 😀 We need to do the same… so Santa won’t miss our house either… 😉
Hugs and purrs,
Roxy & Tigerlino
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I hope Santa can follow directions….I expect these days he has all of us on his GPS…….!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Sammy big conCATS on the award and Thank you for passing it to us, we do love awards, wez just always slow in getting them out 🙂 . our tree will be going up next weekend 🙂 Love the photo of you as a baby. I need to let Santa know where I live, I have been very good but Alfie has been so naughty BOL xxooxxxx
Mollie and Alfie
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Hi Mollie! Can’t wait to see photos of your tree – will it have doggy decorations all over it that your Mom has made???? Something tells me that you and Alfie have been EQUALLY naughty this year but then again maybe I’m wrong???!!!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Out here in SoCal, our gutter process is a lot more simple! It just takes a handyman a few minutes to do one side of the house (the other side doesn’t get leaves) and I never even notice he’s there!
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WOW Sparkle….lucky you……I should have worn my headphones yesterday I guess…..
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Sammy your house is so beautiful and worth all the care taken…the photo of spring…the grass!!!!! I am as green with envy as that lush looking grass…we get all the gutters done her by us hehehe we don’t have as a high a way to go as your folks..except the barn when I did them and Fozziedad came home and had a fit hahaha ..I think your map for Santa is brilliant…I am sure he will find you!! Hugs Fozziemum xxxx
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We USED to have a decent lawn here Fozziemum but one of the BAD things about being on a hill is that all the nice topsoil eventually erodes right DOWN the hill and then we have icky grass. That’s an old photo but we used to have such a pretty lawn….with lots of munchable grass….sniff sniff. I hope my Santa map works – I’m expecting GREAT THINGS from him this year!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Damn Sammy 😦 we have the same problem hills are pills hehee 🙂 I bet it does work Sammy and I bet you get heaps of goodies..paws crossed my friend 🙂 hugs Fozziemum xxx
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I hope Santa finds your house okay and brings you lots of presents. Maybe some kitty earplugs would be nice.
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Oh that’s something I should have added to my Santa Paws Wish List!!!!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Sounds like you’ve got everything under control, Sammy! Guess what? Motor Mommy FINALLY decorated our tree yesterday, and I’ve been unable to resist knocking those cute little crocheted stockings off…..Hmmm….. AND I snuck into a picture she took of the tree last night! Check it out on her blog today!
Good luck with all those noisy monster machines today!
Love, Sundae
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I saw your pretty tree with my pretty Sundae under it on your bloggy this morning! WOO HOO! Our tree MIGHT make an appearance later today too – I can’t WAIT to curl up under it on the tree skirt. I assume there will be a lot of packages under that tree for YOU??????
Love, Sammy
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Honey, we are supposed to be spoiled. That was what we were born for and why we have mom’s and dad’s. Heeeee. xoxoxox
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Can you send me this gutter-guys please? Here my dad was the gutter guy and now we miss a part of the gutter :o) I’m sure Santa will find your house now, maybe you can place some navigation lights too ( hope you will get no visit from an airbus LOL)
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Smart move, Sammy, to be sure that Santa Claws finds your house and delivers your goodies!
Hugs,
Junek
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Have the gutter guys mark the spot on the roof while they up there! Santa won’t goof for sure then.. 😀
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Hi Sammy!
We love your blog so much, that we’ve nominated you for the Blog of the Year Award 2013!
We know you’ve already received this award, but we wanted you to claim another star! 😀
Fur more information, and the rules of the Award, check out this link:
http://purrfectkitties.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/another-star-woo-hoo/
Congratulations! We hope you get the maximum of 6 stars! 🙂
Kitty hugs,
Roxy & Tigerlino
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Oh my goodness! Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much Roxy and Tigerlino……..that’s very kind of you. WOW……
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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We hope the gutter guys don’t scare you too much. We love having the Christmas tree up but we get scared when our pawrents move the furniture around. We love to lay under the tree. Mom calls us her presents. Your map is really cool. Love, Cali, Andy, Tater and Shelly (C.A.T.S)
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HAHA – you’re probably your Mom’s FAVORITE presents ever!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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I’m with you pal. I don’t like the loud noises either. They tend to make me squeal and do a little bark/rooster call. Although mom/dad find it humorous when I make that sound, I find it appalling because well you know I’m a man pig. Right?
Mom/dad are also discussing the decoration/tree situation for this weekend. Someone, not mentioning names and looking around innocently, tried to eat the tree last year and pushed it over. Shame on that Hemi – snorts.
As far as your Santa tracker – I’m loving that idea. I think I need to get my list together this weekend. Have a great day Jingle Bell Sammy! XOXO – Bacon
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Hi Bacon….so you got blamed for an almost-Christmas-Tree-Pull-Down last year? I can’t believe it!!! Well, maybe the answer is to have a table tree – OFF the floor so nobody (not naming names) can reach it!!!! As for squealing and barking, I think that’s actually a VERY manly thing to do. Yep – you’re just telling your housemates that there’s a dangerous amount of noise and they’d best protect their ears – part of our job as “House Security” so I hope your family appreciates it!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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WOW Sammy – you are so full of knowledge. I didn’t think about it that way. You are so correct. And if said tree wasn’t on the floor in someone’s play area, then said tree wouldn’t have gotten tired and decided to lay down on his own. That’s the ticket. <> snorts. XOXO – Bacon
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See? IT’s all a matter of purrrspective….we can’t help it if trees get pooped and lie down – nope – it’s just a good thing we’re there when it happens so we can make sure and alert our humans that the tree has decided to take a nap. Tee Hee
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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That is excellent information. I will so have to remember that for future lapses in the tree’s horizontal stance. I think my humans aren’t getting a tree this year. They discussed it all weekend. They are definitely up to something here at the Hotel Thompson. XOXO – Bacon
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Uhoh….no tree? NO TREEEEEE????? Seems to me that’s got to be against the law or something….every pig needs a Christmas tree – I’m SURE I’ve read that somewhere.
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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I think I have too. Shakes my head. Tree takes a nap, I happen to be in the room and get blamed for life – snorts. XOXO – Bacon
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Subtle and understated just like you :0p
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HAHAHAHA……!!
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Hey Sammy! I’m back..sorry to go missing in comments. And my visits have been only like 10 a day at best. I try to keep my posting up and to work rescue on. FB and Twitter. So much to do. And Mom and Dad are preparing for a HUGE trip in January so our holiday will be very limited. Not much of a tree to nap under this. Once we get it up I’ll share for sure. Paw hugs, Savannah
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We had a guy come a couple weeks ago to do the gutters. Glad the peeps called him. There was ‘talk’ that they were gonna send ME up there to clean ’em out!
Purrs,
Nissy
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Wow – good thing you didn’t have to do the gutter cleaning Nissy – that’s a nasty job AND I bet they wouldn’t have paid you either!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Hi Savvy……I’m glad you will have a tree this year – and don’t worry about blog visits – we know you’re there and we know you know we’re here but since you’ve been so mysterious we have been just a tad worried. Thanks for stopping by though – I’m always happy to see you!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Santa Paws will appreciate your map Sammy! You are so smart to help him! Wooooowooooo!
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I figure I have nothing to lose and everything to gain by sending him a map…he’s getting old now and probably can use all the help he can get!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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You got it right the first time, they are monsters
Lily
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I agree Lily……big noisy ones!
Sam
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Sammy that is such a good idea to send Santa a map. Maybe I should do the same thing, don’t want to miss his visit!
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I think you should do it Misaki….TAKE NO CHANCES!!
Sam
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I don’t think Santa can fail to find you with that excellent map!
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Hi Clowie! Well I hope he can find me – the only thing I don’t have is a big flashing sign saying “SAMMY’S HOUSE” but Mom wouldn’t let me do that because it would cause a huge electric bill.
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Sammy you are not only an adorable Man-Cat Santa, but you were an exceptionally cute Kitten Claus. If Santa cannot find your house with that map, Mrs. Claus better be gifting him with a GPS. Have a great weekend. Mau says he’ll see you at Scouts. Purrs and hits, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Sammy, that was supposed to say “hugs” not “hits.” MOL!
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HAHAHAHA…..hugs – hits – CLOSE but no cigar! Thanks for the compliments on my Santa Baby photo….and I certainly DO hope that Santa can’t pass me by with all that help from me AND his GPS. We’ll see soon won’t we??!!
Kitty Hugs, sammy
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aren’t we all spoiled but yes you are just as you should be!xx Speedy
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I’m glad you think so Speedy!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Hey, Sammy. It looks like you have a nice place to live. Bet you get lots of birdies to watch. Don’t think we’ve visited you before.
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HI there! Thanks for stopping by my house for a visit. I just got back from visiting YOU too! I do have tons of birds to watch thanks to the woods….AND deer, and skunks, and groundhogs, and possums and – well – all kinds of things including cats coming by for a free meal. I enjoyed seeing that little kitten you allowed to come inside for a rest and some food. He’s so adorable! Good for you…….sometimes we need a bit of help when we’re little and on our own.
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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The tree guys sound pawesome! I love your festive theme Sammy! Santa paws will not be able to miss you with that map you made! Hooray! Bisous Bailey
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Hi Bailey! I added a koala stuffie to my Santa Wish List before I dropped it in the mail today – I think your little guy is a GREAT buddy for you from “Down Under” !!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Sammy that map for Santa to find you is PURR genius!!! Love, Cody
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Hi Cody – I sure hope it works….I would NOT want Santa to miss my house this year – or EVER!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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dood…just ta bee on de safe side…ewe knead ta get a pick sure oh a slab oh bacon…kinda like a flag…N hoist it on de roof oh yur houz with a wee message; santa; plees stop heer furst coz eye am servin a full course meel knot just cookeez !!! enjoy yur week oh end N hope ewe due knot get any ice !!
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That’s a VERY good idea……I’ll do that AND add it to my map too so he will be sure not to miss it. Thanks for the suggestion…..I’m always up for suggestions – especially the ones involving bacon.
Kitty Hugs, SAMMY
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Sounds like everything is under control, Sammy. Clean gutters, clean floors, tree going up, nap time. Perfect. Sweet dreams…..
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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OMC that is so cute. I was just thinking of Goggle mapping my house!
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My Dad and Mom took that photo of my house from the airplane one day when they were flying over the house! It looks a lot like one of those google pix though doesn’t it??? Tee HEe
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Sammy, our dad-guy cleans our gutters out. And you should see it. He gets the big ladder out and makes a big mess. Sometimes next door guy comes over and helps him. Next door guy likes to get up on the roof with the blower thingey. They sure make a lot of noise!
Have a great weekend!
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Your Dad’s braver than my Dad….my Mom says my Dad is too old to go climbing around on the roof (although he USED to!)…..so these gutter dudes come and wham, bam, thank you Sam they do it and leave lickity split. Tell your Dad to be careful up there!!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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Santa sure will be able to find you Sammy. Great idea. Have a great day!
Sue B
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Well if he can’t find me after getting that map then he needs NEW glasses……!
Kitty hugs, sammy
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That’s brill! I never thought to give Santa a Google map. Mine is a bit complicated. We live on the top floor and there are hundreds of chimneys on the roof. How will he find mine? What if he goofs and I get DOG toys??
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YIKES CK……purrrhaps you need to give Santa something a bit more specific than my map – how about a flat strapped to the CORRECT chimney with a big picture of YOU on it? “CK LIVES HERE!!” – something in his favorite color purrhaps (red of course). Dog toys – yuck – dogs play with big, lumbersome stuff AND even icky treats like antlers and pig ears? Who wants THAT stuff!!
Kitty Hugs, sammy
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Yow Santa Pawz n Clawz will nose xactlee where to do to yer house Sammy!!! Guud GPS co-ordinentz dere!!! Purrluss ya haz bin da bestest kitteh so ya will get pressiez fer shure!!!
Mum iz me purrosnal Santa so me getz stuff frum her… 😉
Being Jewish-Mewish not so bad at all!!! N me can sellybrate me Birfday wif Mum too!
Much Lub to ya frum us here, Nylablue xxx
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Nylablue I wasn’t about to take a chance…..I mean Santa has found me for 14 years so no reason he shouldn’t THIS time but he’s getting old (like me) and I was concerned he might forget to stop. No chances!!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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😉 Me hearz ya sweet Sammy….me n Mum finkz Santa Pawz/Clawz NEBER ferget a sweet Kitteh boy like you….butt best to bee safe n send him a map!!
*kitteh snugglez* frum Nylablue xx
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I hope he follows that map I sent Nylablue…..nothing worse than a sad kitty at Christmas who Santa forgot! Tee Hee……..I’m glad you are feeling better dear girl – that makes my heart full!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
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