I took these fun pictures of Jade getting boxed in while I was straightening up things in the family room after a very action-packed and fun Christmas week.

I was almost done with a few items left to put away including the box for a toy guitar. By the time I got to the box there was something else in it. Jade! I shouldn’t be so surprised all the time this happens, but I was.

Jade is always the first to appear in any empty box we leave sitting around. She just loves them. This was another hit and a perfect fit with a shape she had never seen before. This box was unlike any of the others she had seen. Jade could actually stretch out in this one.

Most of the boxes Jade gets into are just too small for even her. Somehow she manages to contort herself enough to fit in. Not this time. There was room to move in this one. Was this her dream box? Was her quest over? It sure seemed that way.

Jade got the box and I put the toy Guitar in a soft case. She looked too content to disturb her and, after all, it was Christmas.

Let us know if any of your feline friends share Jade’s love of boxes or any other things cats like to crawl into. Send us a comment and let us know.

In the meantime here is Jade in her dream-box. Enjoy!

Jade finds her new box moments after it appears on the floor.
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In true spirit of Christmas, the Band of Cats have ‘elfed’ themselves. Take look!

You can see the Band of Cats doing their thang and getting down with their bad-elf-selves here!

Go and get yourself or your furry friends elfed at www.elfyourself.com

For the humbug crowd there’s also www.scroogeyourself.com

Jade is one of the more active cats in the ‘band’. When it’s time to play around the house, she’ll travel every inch of the house. One of the stranger places Jade will go is behind our entertainment center. She’ll walk in through the Video shelf and out through the back then shoot up the stairs and out of sight.

Jade is always leaping, climbing, traversing or running from one place to another. She’s a busy cat.

Jade’s sleeping is as unique and individual as her playing. I came across Jade sleeping on the couch the other day. She had sunk right into the cushion as if she had just plunked herself down from being over run. A poster cat for extreme exhaustion!

Elmo looks on as poor Jade has run out of steam.
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For an indoor cat a window can be the only link to the outside world. It’s proof that there is something more beyond their enclosed domain. The amount of activity going on just outside any window can become endless entertainment for a cat.

Everything from birds, to bugs to clouds draws their attention? Just what are they looking for? Is it something specific or is it just simple cat curiosity? What lurks in the shadows? What can they see?

Jasmine is fascinated by what’s going on out the back window.

The fascination cats have with windows and what lies beyond is all part of their daily routine. There is always something out there that draws them back. Maybe it’s the new frontier calling them; urging them to seek out new worlds, to boldly go where no cats has gone before. [Insert Star Trek theme music here]
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Sitting high above on the open stairway Jade sees all.

From her high post above the living room Jade looks down upon those below and scoffs, “Ha, you are not worthy of thee. Bask in my glory and welcome your new emperor!”

That’s right Jade had another one of her entertaining moments on the stairway again. She had conquered the living room and was over seeing her new empire.

It was a short lived rule with a little Jade style silliness on the side.

Surprising to say it was void of any catnip. Jade is just one of those cats that can go full-goose bozo with or without it.

Further to say she is just so darn fun-loving and playful.

Emperor Jade looks out from her stariway throne.
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Let me set the scene for you on this one. The kids were having a ball playing in the TV room with all their toys. The place was a zone; toys everywhere, lot’s of noise – crazy busy fun!

Most of the cats are used to this but Jade avoids these hectic sessions like the plague and is nowhere to be seen. She’s not one for extreme commotion.

It was time to clean up the toys and get ready to go out for the day. The last thing I expected to see was Jade. But there she was sitting amongst all the clutter inside a toy drum looking at me as if this was something she does all the time.

It was a surprise to see her there and pretty funny as well. I don’t know if it was her way of telling us to clean up the mess or her uncontrollable urge to be in the drum. She loves boxes and this drum was like a box, except cooler!

Either way it was a great photo opportunity.

Get this mess cleaned up or you’re not getting your Drum back!

Jade does her version of a drum solo. It was the last thing any of us expected.

Our cats are into their meals so much that they come to us an hour before dinner time. You’d think there was a sale on catnip and they needed to be the first in line before the store opened.

When feeding time finally arrives, the cats hover around their bowls with so much anticipation we can barely fill them with food.

I’m sure it’s not because we starve our cats or our fabulous company so I’m thinking they must really like their food.

Two Main Eating Goals

We’re big on nutrition and want to be sure our cats eat right, even if it costs a bit more. It sure beats paying those vet bills later on. You know what they say about prevention. But we also want their food to taste good. If you can cover these two areas you’ll be sure to have very few troubles getting your cats to eat.

Meals are usually over in a matter of minutes. If one cat finishes before the others they usually take over the bowl of another cat that is still eating. Dax eats so fast sometimes we have to remind him to chew his food. Jade likes to eat by herself and will stand up on her back legs to get to the food faster.

The Cat Food we feed our Cats 

The cats have been eating dry food for the most part but we try to keep a balanced mix of moist and dry food. We get our cat food from the vets. It’s called Hill’s Prescription Diet w/d. They offer many different types of cat food depending on your cat’s nutritional needs.

Start at their home page and look around. If you’re interested in switching your cat’s food, talk to your vet about using Hill’s.
What do you feed your cats? Do you have any trouble getting them to eat?

Here is the Band of Cats gathering around their bowls in hopes of getting fed early and finally chowing down when it’s meal time and the food finally arrives.

Hovering around the food bowls an hour early waiting for breakfast.

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Jade always comes into the computer room every night for a visit when someone is working late. Most of the time I assume she’s looking for a late night snack.

Tonight I think she had a different agenda. She jumped onto the desk and started hitting the keys on the keyboard. She then just looked at me as if to say, “This room isn’t big enough for the two of us, so one webmaster has gotta go and it ain’t gonna be me.”

Frankly, I think she’s been coming in to see me all those nights so she can learn how to run a web site and eventually boot me out. Nah! She’s too nice to plot against me like that. Right?

Anyway, here’s Jade in the midst of her hostile take over.

Jade moves in to assume complete control.
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Cats love sun baths. Our cats are no different. Every sun beam that comes in the house usually has a cat in it. There are lots of places in the house to catch a few rays but the best spot in the house for soaking up the sun is in the south side of the kitchen.

In the mid-afternoon the Sun streams through the backdoor of the kitchen and also through the large window right next to the backdoor. The big matt at the backdoor gets a big blast of sun.

What can be better than some brilliant sun rays on a nice warm rug where the cats can stretch-out, hang-out or simply take a nap? And they do just that, big time!

Here’s the best part. The cat food and water bowls are right under the kitchen window. No wonder it’s turned into one of the cats top 10 favorite things to do.

Jade can’t resist the warm sun beam that streams into the kitchen in the afternoon

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Jade is our little tortoise shell cat. She is a cat of many moods and faces as are most cats for that matter. Truly a wonder of feline-dom. When Jade was a kitten she loved visitors. Now she runs and hides from anyone coming in the house. She used to be a very outgoing, social cat but now Jade comes out of her little hiding spots only when we are visitor-less or she’s hungry.

If jade is anything she is entertaining and an attention grabber with all her different antics. Too bad our friends never get to see how much fun she really is.

Here are some pictures of Jade from kitten to cat. More pictures of Jade the cat are coming up in future posts!

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