Pimp, Moo and Phantom's Halloween Costumes!

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Happy Halloween! As with every holiday (much to these kitties joy!), everyone dressed up! And this was Phantom's first Halloween, so that made it even more special.

I had my doubts about whether I could get them to all sit still together long enough for a group picture, but I did it! And not only that... but there's video also!

Seriously. I can't handle it. They are so darn cute!

Let's talk about Pimp first... He is some sort of dragon. I know this because it has wings, but the puffball threw me off a little. Either way, we all know the best part of a kitty costume is the head piece!

As usual, I am thrilled.

I am a mighty (scrawny) dragon!

Then Moo. Moo is a pumpkin because it fits his rotund figure quite nicely. He is the only one who had trouble getting the velcro to fasten underneath his belly... He's clearly been gaining weight for this role as a pumpkin for quite a while now.

I am so dapper in anything I wear, am I not?

And Phantom... This was his first Halloween, and his first time dressing up (that I know of, at least. I have no idea what his former "family" did with him).

And he was such a good sport! He didn't particularly want to wear it, but he put on a good show for his momma and for the camera and played along well. He was a devil! Because, honestly, he hardly even had to dress up. ;)

This is my sweet face. I'm not fooling mom, though. Am I fooling you?

And now for the grand finale... VIDEO!

It was all I could do to not explode laughing while filming this. These boys are just so funny sitting there. Priceless. Just priceless.


Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope you have a day full of treats and goodies!


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New Simon's Cat "Smitten" Valentine's Day Cartoon!

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Happy Valentine's Day, Cuteheads! Here's an adorable little video to celebrate today -- a new Simon's cat cartoon... where the girl kitty is acting, well, just like a cat.

Hope you all have a purrfect day surrounded by the love of others and your pets!


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2013 Wrap-Up: It Was a Very Cute Year!

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As we look forward to 2014 and all the wonderful things to come, let's take a look at all the amazing and fabulous things we did together in 2013. I have to say, 2013 was a very "Cute" year!

We had lots of fun accomplishments, good deeds, silly stories and milestones this year. In no particular order, here are just a few!

--Moo claimed his not-box back in May and it's still on the floor in my bedroom all these months later.

--After doing lots of kitty transports, we officially launched "Cute Transport Network" and gave our fabulous Cutehead drivers an official group name!

--Together with our partner in rescue, Good Karma Pet Rescue, we rescued, transported and helped save 210 cats total in 2013. Two hundred and ten lives saved!

--As of today, we have 638 Cutehead volunteer drivers from all over the country in our database! (Want to be one, sign up here.)

--Sweet Pea got out of the parking lot, flew to Pittsburgh and back to Florida, stayed at my house and made her case and looked cute until I finally caved in and called her mine, and then left us way too soon.

--We also said goodbye to a couple other parking lot kitties: Orange Guy and Stitch.

--Foster kitty Sebastian swooped in to cheer us all up with his adorable kitten cuteness and lovableness!

--We helped re-rescue and transport seven gorgeous cats from a hoarding situation.

--We celebrated our 2,000th post on Your Daily Cute (and my birthday!) back in April.

--Then in August, we celebrated Your Daily Cute's 5th anniversary. Five years of Cute!

--We lost an absolutely amazing cat, our boy Lestat, who was one of my favorite transport kitties ever.

--I went to the Alley Cat Allies national convention and BlogPaws pet blogging conference.

--Pimp turned 14 years old (and took the most amazing birthday pictures)!

--We had a super fantastic Santa Paws Drive. It was our 5th year doing it, and we raised nearly $8,000 in cash donations, 1,323 dog and cat toys and 106 bags of treats to help bring shelter animals holiday cheer for Christmas!

All in all, I say this was a fabulous year! Thank you to every single one of you for helping making this the Cutest year ever!

Happy New Year, Cuteheads! 

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Merry Christmas from Cute, Pimp, Moo... and Sebastian!

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Merry Christmas, Cuteheads! No holiday passes around here without everyone getting all dressed up for the occasion... So let's get right to it!

Pimp! Pimp! I think I hear Santa coming!

What? Where?!

Nevermind. It's just the crazy lady with the camera again...

Even foster kitten, Sebastian, got into the holiday spirit! Of course.

My first Christmas and my first Christmas costume.

Costume or not, I'm still a snuggle buddy!

Reindeer kitties like to play too!

Hope everyone has the merriest, happiest, cutest day ever!

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Pimp in a Silly Santa Hat

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Merry Christmas Eve, Cuteheads!

Tomorrow we'll have some more festive pictures of the boys, but here's a picture of Pimp in a crochet Santa hat to tide you over.

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Elf the Movie... The Pug Version

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The story of Buddy the Elf, reenacted by a family of pugs.

Nailed it.


P.S. Friday is the last day to donate to Santa Paws Drive! Go go go! Lots of shelter doggies and kitties are waiting on Santa!

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Two Cats Tuesday: Pimp and Moo Help with Santa Paws Drive Toys

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Happy Two Cats Tuesday, Cuteheads! Last night Pimp and Moo were "helping" me inventory all the Santa Paws Drive toys that got delivered. As you can imagine, I'm not sure exactly how much help they were...

There are 16 huge boxes of toys in my dining room right now, and out of all of them, I think Moo quickly found which one had the catnip in it...

This box is MINE.

Pimp waited until he saw what was in each box, and then decided to make his move for the stinkiest one...

If I stretch my neck far enough, I might just get to the catnip candy canes...

Aren't they great helpers? Just wait until I take all the stuff out of the boxes and pile it on my living room floor to divide it up for the six shelters. They're going to go crazy with the "Quality Control" job they do.

P.S. There is still time to donate to Santa Paws Drive! The raffle and cash donations are open till Friday. Let's finish with a bang! Thanks everyone!

P.P.S. Sweet Pea helped in spirit. When the catnip candy cane box came in a couple weeks ago, she was rubbing all over the outside of it. So it got her mark of approval too!

A Cat's Guide to Christmas

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Attention kitties! Christmas is right around the corner... Do you know how to do Christmas correctly?

Here's a helpful guide of all the things to make sure you do to fully enjoy the holiday!


P.S. This week is the last week to donate toys and treats to Santa Paws Drive! Cash donations will stay open until December 20, but Friday is the last day to donate presents!

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Happy Thanksgiving and Cats in Turkey Costumes!

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Happy Thanksgiving, Cuteheads! I hope everyone has a wonderful, safe, happy and healthy holiday! And happy Hanukkah for those of you who get to celebrate two holidays at once!

As usual, we celebrate the holiday around here by dressing up Pimp and Moo. (No way was I going to try this on Sweet Pea... yet.)

Gobble gobble. 

What in the world has she got us wearing this time, Pimp?

I don't know, Moo. But the beak is looking less than pimp. 

What beak?!

That last one is just an aerial view so you can see how amazing this turkey costume is. We got it last year from Nip and Bones and it is the silliest thing ever! I had to dress them up in it again for this year.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

P.S. Don't forget Santa Paws Drive and the shelter animals when you're doing your holiday shopping this year. It's officially Christmas after today! :)

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2013 Fancy Feast Ornament Giveaway - Enter Today!

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We have a special treat today, Cuteheads! Our fab friends over at Fancy Feast have unveiled this year's ornament, and we're getting a super exclusive chance to win one!

Every year for the past 25 years, Fancy Feast makes a new limited-edition ornament for the holidays. They're super collectible -- and super cute, too! This year's ornament is totally different from any of the ones in the past. It's more handcrafted and unique and extra special!

And you know what makes it even more special? 30 Cuteheads will each win a 2013 Fancy Feast ornament of their own!

The people at Fancy Feast come up with the cutest ideas (remember our tote giveaway?) and this year's ornament is no different. It has super cute illustrations of the Fancy Feast kitty and is printed on fancy paper (fancy... get it?) by a small print shop in St. Louis.

If you don't get to win one here, they've done a really great thing and made them available on their web site, Feastivities.com, for a $2.00 donation to Adopt-A-Pet.com. So you get a cute ornament, and the animals get a donation! There are also some other really cute kitty gifts there (I love the MEOW ring, hint hint!).

Check out this video to see how the Fancy Feast ornaments were made and about how they got the idea!


P.S. If you won last year and I sent you an email back then telling you, Fancy Feast apologizes. They goofed and ran out before they could send them out. You are AUTOMATICALLY getting this year's to make up for it!

And now the moment you've all been waiting for...

HOW TO ENTER

To enter to win, simply fill out the form below. We need your address so that we can ship you the ornament if you win. Sorry, this one's only open to U.S. residents. All entries must be received by Friday, November 30... so get on it! We'll announce winners on December 1st. There will be 30 winners. One entry per household please.


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Pimp and Moo's Halloween Costumes - Eeyore and Pooh!

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Happy Halloween, Cuteheads! You know we couldn't possibly let this go by without the boys dressing up!

This year we take a little trip to the Hundred Acre Wood... and Pimp and Moo become Eeyore and Winnie the Pooh!

(We'd like to thank our fabulous friends at Petsmart for sending us these costumes. They let us pick whatever we wanted, and this was the clear winner! Next choice would have been Bert and Ernie, in case you were wondering.)

On to the photo shoot!

Aerial view! Are these not ridiculous?!

Who you calling ridiculous?

Moo...really? Don't you know what you're wearing?

Nobody ever understands what we have to put up with. 

I don't understand why I can't see anymore!

I love these costumes! I think they might be my all-time favorites, and we've dressed up as a bunch of stuff!

Thanks again to Petsmart for sending us them for free and making our Halloween the cutest ever!

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween! Keep your kitties indoors and give them treats!

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Happy 14th Birthday to Pimp!

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Today is Pimp's 14th birthday! Hurray! Of course we had to celebrate in the best way we know how... With a super silly photo session!

We practically had a party of here taking these pictures. There was candles and cupcakes and cat food "cake" and masks and all the fixin's for a festive cat pawty!

First, Pimp got in the party mood by putting on his festive glasses.

Then he got a cake with candles! (This is just his hyperthyroid y/d food, but don't tell him!)

Of course I had to take a birthday picture with my son!

Not to be outdone, Moo also put on some festive party glasses.

They boys even posed together with Pimp's cake! 

And then we all took a family shot! (That's my boyfriend.)

Overall it was a super fun party! After, Pimpy got to eat his cake, and Moo tried to sneak some of it too, even though he has his own food. We're going to keep celebrating all day today!

Have a happy and safe 4th of July, everyone! Remember to keep your pets inside where it's safe and quieter.

And here's to another 14 years (at least, right?!) with Pimp!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIMP!

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Happy Mother's Day! (And an Last-Minute Transport Request for a Momma Kitty!)

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there -- of both human and furry children!

I don't think Pimp and Moo got me anything for Mother's Day today, but I'm sure they'll each cook up a nice gift in the litter box later at least...

My two sons, Moo and Pimp!

I'm going out to dinner later today with my mom and grandmom and the family, so we're doing the human Mother's Day, too. I might be a little biased, but I think I have the best mom! 

My mom and I! Aren't we cute?

LAST MINUTE TRANSPORT NEEDS!

We have a momma kitty that we need to get up to Forever Home Feline Ranch in Springfield, IL next weekend. She is one of the hoarder kitties we brought back down from Tampa, and we had no idea she was pregnant until she go here. She was supposed to have been spayed up there... but clearly she wasn't. Argh. Bad hoarder!

Luckily, our good friends at Forever Home Feline Ranch said they would take her in preggers and give both her and her babies the chance they deserve. Thing is, we need to get her up there ASAP. Our vet thinks she is not going to pop just yet, but it could be soon, so we want to get her up there next weekend.

We need a couple legs filled. If you're in these areas and can help, please fill out our transport form. Thank you so much! Please share!

Saturday, May 18
Lake City, FL to Valdosta, GA
Orlando, FL to Gainesville, FL

Sunday, May 19
Chattanooga, TN to Smyrna, TN

Petite preggers Misty. Let's get her to the Ranch!

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Kittens vs. Easter Egg!

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Happy Easter, Cuteheads (to those who celebrate it, of course)!

Did you know that Easter egg-shaped goodies are just about the most fun thing in the world to play with? They are if you're a kitten! But maybe it would be a good idea to make sure you have enough for everyone so there's no fighting over just one...


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Happy St. Catrick's Day from Cute, Pimp and Moo!

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Happy St. Patrick's Day, Cuteheads! Don't forget to wear green... and dress your kitties up in it, too!

Here's a super classic picture of Pimp -- all the way from back in 2004!

I'm a lucky kitty!

Check out Ozzy Ozbourne in the background on TV! This is vintage!

P.S. The #CaboodleCaravan is still going strong! Follow along on Facebook and Twitter!

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Happy Valentine's Day from Cute, Pimp and Moo! (Moo's Heart-Shaped Spot)

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Happy Valentine's Day, Cuteheads! I love every single one of you!

Did you know Moo has a heart-shaped spot? It's actually two spots together, but if you stand him up tall, there is a heart on the inside of his little legs!

Moo wears his heart on his pants.

Isn't that sweet?

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Happy New Year, Cuteheads!

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Happy New Year to all of you! I hope 2013 is the most wonderful, most fabulous, cutest year yet!

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Merry Christmas, Cuteheads!

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Merry Christmas, Cuteheads! Pimp and Moo had a major photo shoot last night (I had an extra outfit for each of them I forgot to use for last week!) and they can't wait to share their silly pictures with you.

As usual, they do no disappoint. And they were actually very good about it!

Santa and his reindeer!

Ho ho ho. I got your Merry Christmas right here.

Pink noses are the new red.

Who says Christmas sweaters have to be ugly?!

My spots are covered up by candy cane stripes! 

P.S. Did you enter our Fancy Feast and Your Daily Cute tote bag giveaway yet? If not, head on over there now! Today is the last day to enter!

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Cat Attacks Christmas Tree Again and Again

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When you think about it, it's not really this cat's fault. That shiny, hanging, tempting ornament was just dangling there, begging to be batted.

And then when the darn thing wouldn't go down, repeat (and repeat and repeat!) attempts were needed. The ornament was just asking for it.


NOTE FROM CUTE: Today is the last day to donate to Santa Paws Drive!

And, in case you missed it on our Facebook yesterday, Science Diet donated $2,000! Wow! Huge, tremendous, words-are-not-enough thank you to them for doing this! It will make a big difference in our drive and for our shelters!

And we have big news coming today, too. Stay tuned!

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Cat Hates Singing Reindeer

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Nothin' for nothin', but if I had to hear that reindeer sing that song day in and day out for all of December, I'd probably try and get rid of the darn thing, too!

Get it, kitty!


P.S. Tomorrow is the last day to donate toys and treats to Santa Paws Drive! You can donate as little as $1 and it ALL helps!

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