I'm running behind a bit this week, because sometimes a cool cat just has things to do and gets busy.

Saturday was a long and good day. I started my morning early with the neighbor people. They were outside very early with shovels and rakes. Mr. Neighbor was digging in his yard and Mrs. Neighbor was raking. I helped them. I sat right next to Mr. Neighbor's shovel and when he would dig up a hole, I'd jump in it to make sure it was safe. I helped Mrs. Neighbor rake by chasing the grass and and leaves when she'd pile them up. I'd dig through the piles to make sure there were no mice or moles in them.

Mom came out and saw me helping the neighbor people and called me to come home. She told the neighbors she was sorry if I was bothering them, but the neighbors said they like for me to play with them because I am a fun kitty.

M0m worked very hard cleaning up the little building in the back called the guest house. I've heard that a preacher person is moving into the guest house. He is a new preacher and Mom and the big man's church, but he is only a preacher for kids. I think he is called a youth minister. He is going to move in on Wednesday, so Mom was cleaning up the cabinets and the bathroom really good. I was trying to get in to help her, but the big man fixed the hole in the screen where I usually get in and out of the guest house.

I played around in the yard and had caught myself a little mole out of the flower bed. I was playing with the mole when all of the sudden, the wind started blowing very hard and loud noises came from the sky. It started raining very hard sideways. Mom was in the guest house, I had to leave my mole in the yard and run to the garage. It was raining so hard. Mom came out on the porch of the guest house and I saw her. I was worried about her because it was storming very hard. I don't like the rain, but I wanted to be with Mom, so I ran out of the garage into the rain to get to her. The driveway was flooded and I had to swim through it. But I got to my Mom! I was a drowned cat, and I didn't like it, but I was with my Mom.

I thought maybe she'd be happy that I came to save her and she'd let me play in the guest house, but she didn't. I guess she didn't appreciate all I did to get to her in the storm.

After the guest house was all clean and the storm was gone, Mom worked in the kitchen for a long time. She was cooking lots of food. It smelled very good. She cooked and cooked. The big man and the people kid named Will that comes to our house on some weekends were cooking a bird in a big pot in the driveway. I was going back and forth to smell all the yummy treats.

The people kids started arriving. When the car pulled up with Black Hair Girl and Black Hair Boy, Mom came out to the driveway. They got Black Hair Girl out of the car and she started running to Mom and laughing. Then she saw me and started yelling, "Kee! Kee!" I don't know why she calls me Kee. My name is Monkey. Black Hair Boy is a good people baby because he can't get out of his seat.

Red Head Boy came over too. He was scared of me at first, but the more Black Hair Girl played with me, the less scare Red Head Boy was. We were all sitting in chairs around the pot with the big bird in it. We were having fun. The people babies were playing and they weren't bothering me too bad. Mom called the people in to eat.

I was sitting in one of the chairs that is made funny. It had webs, I think it is called a lawn chair. I wanted to go in and eat too. When I tried to get out of the funny chair, my feet slipped through the web and I was stuck. I was struggling to get out and the stupid chair turned over with me still stuck in it. So I ran away for a while.

Later I went in the house to see if I could have some of the big bird the big man cooked in the pot. The people babies had their toys out in the living room. I like playing with their toys so I went in there with everyone else. The people babies played with me like they always do. I was nice to the people babies. Even when Red Head Boy laid on top of me, I was nice. One of the big people said they wished they had a cool cat like me.

I'm not surprised. Everybody wants me because I am a cool cat.