A few days ago, Kirsten suggested telling the story of Chaos and how he came to live here.
Well, it all started back in the summer of 2003, when my brother, Matt, and his wife, Jess, spent a week in northern Minnesota (known as “up Nord”) at the Life of Riley Resort. The resort was overrun with cats. The owners of the resort encouraged guests to take home any cat that struck their fancy. Matt and Jess were adopted by a young female cat and they decided to bring her home to the Twin Cities. After a five hour drive filled with non-stop yowling, she was theirs.
They named her Riley. During the first week they had her home, they thought she might be gaining a little weight, but they weren’t too worried. During the second week, they started to wonder if they needed to put her on scheduled feedings instead of letting her free feed. During the third week, their roommate finally said, “Sheesh, you guys! Your cat is pregnant!”
Oh.
So meet Riley:
Time passed. Matt and Jess knew it was nearly time for the kittens to be born when they went out of town on Friday evening and they fully expected to return home to kittens. When they got home, Riley was still pregnant, but pretty distraught. She immediately rushed off to her “den” and within minutes, the two kittens were born. Apparently she’d been waiting all weekend, legs crossed, wishing they would hurry up and get home!
My brother named this kitten “Hoho,” because that’s exactly what he looked like when he was born (although I believe he was squirmier than your typical Hostess bakery product).
This kitten was named “Diablo” for obvious reasons – check out that horn action on his forehead!
They were a happy little family…
Things were pretty exciting at Matt and Jess’s house as the kittens grew.
I visited several times every week to bond with my little black kitten. Although my brother has never acknowledged the name change, I quickly decided that “Hoho” needed to be called “Chaos.”
The plan was for me to bring home Chaos/Hoho sometime in early December. One Friday evening, I received a phone call from Matt, suggesting that if I wanted a live kitten, I should pick him up within the next hour or so.
Whoa. Ok. Off I went to get Chaos and hear the rest of the story… Apparently, the last straw was Chaos teaching Riley and Diablo how to climb the Christmas tree.
He says he didn’t do it.
You can see a few more kitten pictures and some pictures of grown-up Diablo here. Really, I will post about my knitting again very soon. I promise. Trust me.
ROFLMAO! That is a great story (and pictures!) Especially the part about Riley waiting for them to get home. *poor kitty!*
Chaos really is trying to look innocent there ;o)
Wow, Chaos is certainly aptly named! That cat was a pistol from day one!
I think our Carmen’s name should have been “Slug.”
I loved reading that great story! Thanks for sharing it.
Baby pictures make all “kids” look so innocent. What an awesome story!
What a great story!! I love all the “baby” pictures! Such kitty adoration is lovely!!
Cute story. Thanks for sharing.
We didn’t put up a Christmas tree last year as our usual slug who is 13 still thinks he can climb it.
awwww, kitty porn!
Very funny……..I could tell by looking at that face that he has always been a bit of a pistol……he should meet our Bella!
He probably plots all day to figure out how to screw with you once you get home…….
That’s so adorable!
Gee, Chaos looks like his mama!
What a great story!
Almost makes me want a cat…almost. If I do get a cat I’m blaming your blog.
I can’t take the cute.. its too cute.. oh the cuteness!!! I love kitten pictures! Diablo’s little black horns are adorable!! You should send some of these into the Daily Kitten blog.
What a sweet story. And would we expect Chaos to behave any different as a kitty? No!
Tilt is getting so close. I am seaming the sleeves on as I type. Well, not exactly AS, but close enough.
I love the story of how little Hoho grew into Chaos!
Great story! Love the kitty pics.
Yay! That’s so cool. When I was in high school we took in a stray that ended up being pregnant–my mom didn’t believe me…well, she WAS pregnant. We didn’t end up keeping any of the cats–not even Mama. Can’t remember what or why…but now, as you know, Jamal has permanently adopted me. Cats are so cool. Thanks for telling us the story!
That’s a great story and I LOVE the kitten pics! I’m sure Chaos did not teach them to climb the Christmas tree, he was probably merely suggesting ways of idling away the time……it’s athletic! It’s good to stay in shape.
LOL! That sounds so familiar. Just substitute ferret for cat.
I used to have a cat was marked like Diablo. The black marks faded with age just like Diablo’s.
I can see where Chaos got his good looks… his mama is a very sleek and sassy looking cat!
(you definitely had great prescience to rename him… his current name suits him much better!)
~Eileen
Quite the yin and yang Diablo and Chaos have going on there!! great pics, and would love to see a better shot of Diablo’s grey horns.
Woah. GREAT kitty pictures. Chaos sure was an adorable baby, wasn’t he?
Great Story, your cat is such a character:-)
So sweet! I can see where Chaos gets his good looks from. He definitely isn’t a Hoho (I had to look that up as I’m only acquainted with Twinkies and Hostess cupcakes but Hohos do look nice). Chaos is a much better name 🙂
Awww.. Yin & Yang Kitties! Great Story!
So cute! I love the diablo horns!
Ha, ha! Our cats are daily threatened with the Rotiserrie by my partner if they get out of line, he would so bond with your brother. Chaos really is a cutie though.
Puuurfect telling of Chaos’ story! What cute kitten pictures. This coming from a dog person! What happened to the little white one?
Thanks for sharing a most wonderful story. Chaos looks just like my Felix, who apparantly recognizes him; he is touching the screen while on my lap
Sahara – That’s so cute! Hi Felix!
Chaos is certainly a more fitting name than HoHo. What a cutie.
Fab story! Thanks for sharing.
You can see even as a kitten though that Chaos had ‘that look’ about him. You definitely named him after his character, and not the other way around.
People are starting to think Thunder is all cute and cuddly, which of course he is SOMETIMES, but we didn’t call him that for nothing……
I tagged you – not sure if you saw or not – details on my blog – no pressure of course – only if you want to.
Chaos is aptly named.
I really identify with the “if you want a live kitten, come NOW” part. During Christmas, the three kittens at my house pretty much destroyed the tree nightly.
And the blinds.
And anything else they fancied. Argh. How can anything sooooo adorable be sooooo destructive? oy.
Cutest story! Chaos is a much more fitting name than Hoho.
my heart is melting like butter!
Chaos would win Kitten War!
Lynda’s socks were gorgeous! Too bad that yarn isn’t worsted weight.
Did Chaos audition for the eye in Lord of the Rings? He should have got the part, his eye is prettier!
Screw the knitting. I’m in love with Chaos.
Who on earth calls a cat Hoho?
Although ours have public names, they usually get called bugger-off-get-out-of-it when they jump on me at 3 in the morning cos its cold and they want to leech the heat.
PS: Can you please stop encouraging mrspao to spend my retirement fund on wool please? 🙂
Oh now WHAT a bunch of cuties!
Just discovered your blog – what a fab cat story, loved it. That Diablo is a cutie, and chaos… butter wouldn’t melt, as they say.
ahhh I just came across this now! This was pre blogging for me.
Chaos was sooo cute when he was little 🙂
Not that he’s not cute now heheh
Sorry for stealing your blog, I didn’t mean to (I did refer to this site and said where I got it from and thought it was ok because of that but i guess not). I did delete it so no worries.
Really sorry,
Fellow blogger
(I really do love the story ^_^)
Excellent storytelling and with wonderful pics as accompaniment.
Soo funny ^^ & cute!
Awwww… Chaos used to be tiny! I recognize that expression on his face, though. 🙂
I have finally solved the mystery of chaos – he is seriously cute and seriously bad….
How adventurous is he….
Diablo – gorgeous….
I agree with Naomi – I can’t believe Chaos was ever that tiny… he acts like the man of the house….
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loved this story!
Great story! Our Khufu looks like Riley, was a runt thrown away with his siblings, is now at almost a year old a 10-pound pistol of a cat. What was I thinking? I’ve got finches! He thinks they’re the best. The cages are now trussed for action as if expecting a hurricane, thus able to withstand the kitty assaults.
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HIGH-larious!