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Saturday At Our House

Ain't a whole lotta goin' on here as you can tell by these pikchurs:

Jimmy Durante Graves III and Mazie Grace are relaxin' after a hard day of work...

Senator Henry Jackson Edward Graves III taked a much deserved break from the hard job of bein' a Senator...fightin' off them dang Republicans takes a lot outta a person.

That's it for now...gots to go take some more naps.

Love and purrs,

The Kids

Rest In Peace, Sweet Prince

Miles Levin
August 25, 1988 - August 19, 2007

Miles Levin passed away early this morning.  Farewell, dear Miles.  Why is it that the good die so young?

If you want to learn more about Miles, his family and their amazing story, visit CarePages. To see the full blog you must register, and in the page search field type LevinStory.

In Loving Memory of Sweet Angel Audrey

To all the peoples in the world,

We just wanted to tell you how sad we is.  We read Posie Gets Cozy every day with mommy.  She says it's her favortist blog in the world.  The lady that writes it makes all kinds of pretty things and takes real purty pikchurs wiff her camera.  She likes to cook a lot, too.  She has some little peoples that live with her like us.  One is Audrey the Corgi.  We is sad 'cause Audrey got real sick real fast this past week.  She got so sick that she had to go to heaven just like our big brother Ricky did.  We know her mommy and daddy are real sad but we wanted to tell them that they don't have to feel so alone...Audrey will be wiff them forever and ever...no matter what.

Watch over us all, sweet Angel Audrey.  Keep us safe.

Love and purrs to Alicia & Andy from all of us.

The Graves' Kids

Why I Love My New Family by Jimmy D. Graves III

Hi.  This is Jimmy a speakin'.  I love my new family.  Here's summa the reasons why:

1. Nobody beats me up.
2. I gits to eats Fancy Feets all day long and all night long and everything in betweens.
3. Mazie Grace licks my ears.
4. Mommy kisses me.
5. The girls in this house don't wear no panties....HUBBA HUBBA!  Trust me...I've seen a lotta stuff since I've been here!...Elizabeth Taylor...MEEEEOW!!!
6. There's lotsa people here that look like me!  Elsie Fallulah, Lucy Margarite, Elizabeth Taylor (sorta), and Felix!
7. Mommy rubs my tummy.
8. Nobody makes funs of my big honkin' nose.
9. I have lotsa friends.
10. Me an Mazie Grace play leap frog.
11. Mommy tickles the fuzzy places between my toes.
12. I have me a nice big tall perch to sleep on when I wants to be all by myselfs.
13. I gots me a big bed to sleep on with my mommy at night.  She lets me cuddle.
14. Coco is nice to me.
15. Mommy skratches my ears.
16. I gits to eats treats 47 times every day.
17. I don't hafta play by myself no more.
18. Mrs. Lilly White don't growl at me like she did with all the other new kids when they moved in...Mommy says that's 'cause I'm special...Shhh...that's a secret, though.  The other kids would be jealous!
19. I don't hafta watch that awful Fox News that Unkle John made me watch!!!...Just walk away from the TV, Unkle John...there's hope.  Just think Obama in '08!!!
20. I don't hafta be afraids no more 'cause everybody loves me here.

I is real happy!

Very truly yours,

Jimmy D. Graves III 

Smiles for Miles

Dear Everybody in the whole wide world,

This is us a speakin'. We have been a readin' Miles Levin's blog every day for a long time now. He's a teenager that's real sick. He has cancer. He got a real nice award. Mommy says it's sad that he is so sick. He is real real smart and writes real good, too. She says just thinkin' 'bout him makes her realize that she ain't got it so bad...well, shoot...we knows she ain't got it bad 'cause she has US!!! Anyways, here's a video of Miles. We are sendin' lots of purrs and headbutts to Miles right this minute!

Miles Levin accepts the Sarcoma Foundation of America's 2008 Leadership in Courage Award, the highest award presented by the foundation.

Wonder Where Mommy's Gonna Sleep?

We Is Under A Lotta Stress!

Hello to everybody in the whole wide world.  As you probably might imagine, we is all real stressed out that Jimmy moved in.  When will the madness stop?  You can see from the worried looks on our faces that we is really stressed out and worried:

Ladies of Leisure
Elsie Fallulah, Mrs. Lilly White and Lucy Margarite

Fergie, Duchess of Huntsmoor

Georgie Porgie Puddinandpie relaxin' in a sun beam

Georgie P. and Jimmy D.

Mazie Grace takes a break from rulin' the world

Life just ain't never gonna be the same again.
Very truly yours,

The Graves' Kids

In Case You Is A Wonderin'

Hi.  This is Jimmy a speakin'.  Just in case you was a wonderin' why my name is Jimmy Durante Graves III...take a look at these 2 pictures...

I'm now the great Schnozola...and I'm dang proud of it, too!
Very truly yours,

Jimmy  Durante Graves III

An Introduction: Mr. Jimmy Durante Graves III

I knowed somethin' wasn't right the minute I walked through the door.  The first thing the new mommy said to me was "Ira, it's about time you came home!"...the first thought I thinked was "who is Ira and why ain't he been a comin' home?"  I couldn't quite figure it out.  She keeped a callin' me Ira Gershwin.  What is that all about?  It really confused me a lot.

You see my real name is Jimmy.  I started out livin' my life with my real mommy and a bunch of brothers and sisters.  Somebody found us when we was just teeny tiny babies and taked us to the pound.  Well, let me tell ya, even though I was just a little squirt, I can tell you that the pound ain't no fun place to be.  Dang...it was awful and skeery all rolled into one.  Me and my family was all so very lucky when a real nice lady came and got me, my brothers and sisters and our momma outta that bad place.  She taked us in and made sure we had everything we needed.

One by one all of my brothers and sisters got homes.  Nobody wanted me, though.  I was kinda sad but, ya know, I can roll with it.  Last Sunday my Aunt Sally taked me to the adoption stand.  I tried to look cute and everything but everybody just looked over me.  Aunt Sally thought it would be good for me to stay at the place they have the adoption stand 'cause it's a vets office and lotsa people come in there everyday.  Maybe somebody would see me and want to take me home.  So I had to stay there in a cage on Sunday night.  It was not fun.  I hated it.  Just take it from me...cages ain't no kinda good.

I didn't know it but the crazy woman that the Graves' kids adopted called Aunt Sally and said if I couldn't find a home that I could come live with her.  So, Aunt Sally & Unkle John bringed me back to their house until I could move in.  I gots to move in last night.  It was kinda skeery walkin' in to a house with all the big cats walkin' around.  I'm just ready for one of 'em to pick a fight or clock me upside the head.  I growl at 'em to let 'em know that I'm a real tough big boy.  But so far, nobody really wants to fight me.  Felix keeps comin' up and singin' me a trillin' kind of song.  He keeps a sayin' "don't worry, little buddy, it's gonna be alright."  That is real nice.  Mazie Grace keeps checkin' on me to make sure I'm okay, too.  All of the others just sorta look at me but nobody here is mean to me.  I ain't figured out all their names yet...dang...there's a lot of 'em!

So, my first night was okay.  The new mommy showed me where the litter boxes are and, the most important thing, where the Fancy Feast is.  DANG!  These people git to eat Fancy Feast all day long!  Man!  I've eated more Fancy Feast since I've been here than I have eated in my whole long life!!!  Mmmm...tastey!

After I eated up all the Fancy Feast my tummy could hold, patroled the house to make sure it was up to my high standards and then tinkled and pooped in the box, I was real sleepy.  See, I'm just a little squirt...I gots to have my naps!  So...I found the new mommy...she was sleepin' in her bed.  I curled up with her and wiggled and squirmed until she cracked open her eyes. 

It still keeped botherin' me that she was a callin' me Ira Gershwin.   I asked her "New mommy, why is you callin' me Ira?" 

She whispered 'cause she didn't wanna wake up the big cats, "Well, little Ira, I don't want to embarrass you or anthing but you kind of have a big nose.  I'm pretty sure you're Jewish and I need to make sure I give you the most spectacular Jewish name ever!"   

I whispered back, "New mommy, you gots it all wrong...my nose IS a little on the size extra-large side.  I can't help it.  It's my nose and I'mma proud of it. You gots my name all wrong though...My name is Jimmy.  Jimmy Durante."

She smiled and gived me a big kiss and said "Welcome home, Jimmy Durante Graves III.  It's about time you got here!"