Gelly
Posted on Dec 30th, 2007 by Allison (Cat Tales, Family/Friends)

And now, an honorary entry and exciting announcement from my sister, Kristin.

I’d like to introduce you to the new member of our family:  Gelly.  Gelly. Like Jelly. But Gelly, short for Magellen. Named such due to his adventurous spirit and his strong desire to explore his world. I thought perhaps it might be a bit of an adjustment for Gelly to move into a new house with a new family he just met, but he simply headed right out on an expedition that lasted most of the evening, and then settled down happily for a nap, and now you’d think he’s lived here forever. Craig is hoping that Gelly will soon learn that despite the mystic draw it has, he cannot explore the depths of Craig’s desk and office equipment. 

GellyGelly has enjoyed his safari this afternoon and has checked out both the kitchen cabinets and the upper shelves of my bookcase. This morning he had to be rescued though, because he got stuck – wedged between the back of my credenza and the wall – and couldn’t get himself out.

More about Gelly:  Gelly is a delightful 4 month old who loves to give sweet kisses.

Gelly was abandoned at a farmhouse when he was 4 weeks old. He was in bad shape when he was found and rescued, but he was given tender loving care and was bottle fed and he grew in “strength and stature”.  He is now a sweet, playful, content little kitty who is happy to go wherever you go, whether he follows you down the hall, or you carry him in your arms, on your shoulder, laying sideways or upside down.

Gelly seems to like sleeping in high places.  He will often find the highest comfortable place he can get to, and that’s where he’ll take his nap.  He likes the top of the couch quite a bit, where he can nestle into the throw blankets, and from his happy vantage point see the action going on in the kitchen, the family room and the TV all at the simultaneously.  Last night Gelly spent a comfortable night sleeping in the laundry basket on top of the dryer.

He has the sweetest little squeeky voice. Almost like a little peep.  If he wants to be with you, but can’t find you, that’s your clue.  Little soft squeeks as he wanders up and down the hall.

GellyGelly likes to play and he loves feathers.  They are his favorite, although he had a fabulous time batting around a “crunch berry” on the hardwood floor this morning, and he decided he need to teach the rubber band he found on the carpet the afternoon a thing or two about who is boss.

Athough he is being outvoted, Craig would like to call him Ernie’s Mother.  This is because he sucks his toes (a reference to a Bob & Doug MacKenzie skit where they talk about their friend Ernie, who had frost bite and so “Ernie’s mother sucked his toes…”)  Gelly likes to suck his toes, probably because he was prematurely parted from his mother and did not nurse long enough.  Sucking his toes is a comfort.  Or now just a habit.  Or a fetish.  I don’t know which.  But in order to prevent him from sucking the fur right off to the point of damaging his skin, we’re taking some action to correct this uncommon behavior now, before he’s totally addicted.  He’s been getting a taste of hot sauce today…  Doesn’t like it so well. 

So meet Gelly.  He’s a sweetheart.

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Allison on December 30th, 2007 at 8:45 pm

Gelly sounds absolutely delightful. I’m sure he’ll provide the whole family with hours of amusement… I’m so glad you got him. Can’t wait to meet him in person!


michelle on December 31st, 2007 at 7:06 am

Oh, he is such a lover! I’m always glad when a kitty is rescued. I’m trying to convince Tim that Fatness needs a friend but I’m not making much progress…


Ashley Rae on December 31st, 2007 at 7:43 am

He is so cute!! Sounds like a sweetheart 🙂 I’m very glad you got a kitty!


Irene on December 31st, 2007 at 8:44 am

Gelly is a handsome kitty..For some reason I thought he was going to be yellow :o) But I guess that would be a claico cat wouldn’t it? I’m sure you’re family is in for some fun times with Gelly :o)


Chris on January 1st, 2008 at 9:29 pm

Yes, Michelle! You need another kitty (named RUBY!)!

Gelly is adorable and a total sweet fatty kitty. Will he and Sir Hides-a-Lot ever get the chance to meet? I love tabby cats, they are the friendliest and overall best kitties, imho.


paul pearce on January 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm

Hi ashly: Your mom gave me this address to get a hold of her. I’m super impaired when it comes to computers, let alone this blog thing. Could you give your mom my address? By the way, it looks like things are going well for you. Im’ glad. I’m sitting here looking at a picture of your daughter. She’s adorable. I’ll bet she’s a lot of fun. Anyway, thankyou in advance. Unc Paul See, I don’t even know whether that address already comes through.


Ashley Rae on January 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm

Hey Paul!! Thanks! Good to hear from you! This is actually my mom’s blog, so she can see what you write 🙂
Hope everything is going great for you!


paul pearce on January 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm

hello Allison: So I guess this is your “blog”. Whatever that means. I am such an idiot when it somes to this stuff. It’s quite impressive. For me ,it’s like showing Grandma Arave how to use the microwave. She was also impressed, but nver did learn how to do it. I’m feeling so old. Anyway, thankyou for the christmas card. I do wonder about you and how you are doing. Sooooo How are you doing? Things here are going amazingly well. We moved here with a U haul full of junk we no loger have, no jobs and just a little bit of money to get us by for a year. We are now in the proccess of buying a candy gift shop thingy that’s been open only four years and is now fanchising out. There are seven stores throughout california now and seven more to open next summer. Two or three somewhere in the pacific north west, and the rest throughout the west. Even one in good old SLC. It’s called Powells sweet shoppe and it is a .com.
It has a very stupid website, so if you designed this bloggy thing, maybe we’ll hire you for a new web site. I built a house out here two years ago and since I did most of the work myself and the market was still good we made Quite a bit of moolah. Now that the market crashed we owe more than it’s worth, but thats ok cause we’re staying anyway. I did get the care of my dreams out of the deal, and craig got him a new truck. He likes to be up high. Sometimes I think I don’t even know him. Subject change, I got a christmas card from Kimo and Amy in san clemente. Is that my darling cousin? I would love to get a hold of her if you know her phone # or email address. Anyway, I don’t have a home computer yet, but will have to get one soon, because of the business, so I’m doing this on my lunch hour and I gotta go. I ended up being a maintenance supervisor for a hud subsidized senior apartment complex in sebastopol. Beautiful place, but I gotta go. Write back please and tell me what’s up with your life. If you want to call , the number is 707-869-8212. love Paul


Allison on January 3rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Paul, my dear – I sent you an email yesterday (to your yahoo address) immediately upon receipt of your post to the blog….

So glad you got my card 🙂 You can sort of catch up on what I’ve been up to the past while by visiting the different posts here on my blog.

By the way – Ashley also has a blog (first one under ‘links’ over on the left) – as does my friend Michelle… remember her? She joined us dancing at the Sun many years ago. Her blog is called “First Seat First Row.”

Both Brandon and I do web design – so yes, let’s talk about that when you’re ready 🙂

I’ll give you a call soon!


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