Comfy Conflict and Some Auction News

Glitter: I love this ham-mock, it's the best bed!

Cashmere: Nope, sorry, pillows are the best bed!

Glitter: This is soft and conforms to my body, it's the best!

Cashmere: I'm on two, count them, TWO pillows! Soft and cozy and the BEST!

Glitter: You crazy..

Cashmere: You nuts..

 

 

Now Girls, I'm sure both of your beds have their merits! Everyone has their own opinion on what's the best bed right?

So, what does your cat say is the best bed ever??

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Auction news!

The auction has been pushed back due to a conflict, so you have a little more time to get your items in to Marg!

If you have anything you'd like to put in the auction to help raise money for the new Winnie's Wish cat room, please send Marg (margaretmsan AT gmail DOT com ) a picture, a brief description, and a starting bid! Tell her who pays for shipping, you or the winning bidder.

Then sit back and prepare to bid on some really great stuff and help the cat room become a reality!
Thank you!!

PS. Can't wait? Drop by the gofundme with some green papers! Every dollar helps!

Thankful Thursday

Leo is thankful that he gets a turn in the Leo Lounge.

About time I get some Lounge time. Since the girls are trying to take over my mancat cave, I should get permanent access to this one. There's more room here for poster anyway.

 

Gee, I wonder what pretty ladycat's pictures he's thinking about putting in this cave?

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We are so thankful for everything Winnie's Wish does for kitties. We are SO thankful that Chrystal gave us our THREE wonderful Winnie's Wish kitties! We are so thankful that we get to help them and give back!

Right now there's the gofundme going on and you can donate there to help build the seriously needed new cat room!

There is also an upcoming auction for the new cat room, starting on February 5th! If you have any items you would be willing to donate to the auction, please email Marg (margaretmsan AT gmail DOT com ) with a picture, description, and starting bid, as well as who will pay postage, you or the winning bidder.

We want to thank Marg for all the work she's putting in to this. And we want to thank Ann of Zoolatry for the graphics she's making for it! And we want to thank everyone who's already started donating items and those who are going to donate and bid! It's going to be awesome!

If you'd like to read about why the new room is so very needed, please read HERE.

Wordless Wednesday With Cashmere

 

 

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Non-wordless reminder:

There is going to be an auction for Winnie's Wish so they can build a new room to alleviate some kitty stress in the cathouse! The new room will separate timid kitties from aggressive ones and allow each kitty a little more room. This will also allow more kitties to be rescued!

The auction will start February 5th but if you have items to donate, please start sending the information to Marg! (margaretmsan AT gmail DOT com ) She needs a picture, a brief description and a starting bid. Don't forget to add who's paying for the postage, you or the winning bidder!

The gofundme for the cat room is at the half way point! Please feel free to use it while you're waiting for the auction! Every dollar helps!

It Buns In The Family and Opt to Adopt Blog Hop

I don't know about you, but I think these bums look like a matched set!

It took me a while to figure out which of these squirrel watchers was who! That's my giant boy Leo on the left and pretty Glitter on the right.

I know it looks like her bum is bigger than his, but he's slightly farther away. She has more fluff and he still hasn't regained his fighting weight from being sick a while back.

But, (hee hee hee, 'butt'), I mean: However, size not withstanding, I'd say those buns run in the family!

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Opt to adopt blog hop!

Today I want to focus on Winnie's Wisher Peeta!

Peeta is a young, handsome boy who wants a family of his own. He is a formerly feral kitty, which means that he'll probably need time and patience when he gets that home. But if a wonderful, special family will step up for him, I know they will be in love with him immediately and he with them after an adjustment period!

Read more about Peeta HERE

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There is going to be an auction for Winnie's Wish so they can build a new room to alleviate some kitty stress in the cathouse! The new room will separate timid kitties from aggressive ones and allow each kitty a little more room. This will also allow more kitties to be rescued!

The auction will start February 5th but if you have items to donate, please start sending the information to Marg! (margaretmsan AT gmail DOT com ) She needs a picture, a brief description and a starting bid. Don't forget to add who's paying for the postage, you or the winning bidder!

The gofundme for the cat room is at the half way point! Please feel free to use it while you're waiting for the auction! Every dollar helps!

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Glitter Sticks Her Neck Out and an Announcement

I always stick my neck out for my siblings. Especially when I'm spying on them! hee hee

Well, I have to make sure they're not playing with MY toy! That way, when it gets lost, and it will, I'll know where it was last and can make my daddy move heaven and earth and the couch and the fridge to get it back for me!

Announcement!

Guess what?!!

We are going to have an auction for the new Winnie's Wish cat room! Right now we're looking for donations to auction off!

If you have something you can donate, please send a picture, a brief description and a starting bid to Marg! (margaretmsan AT gmail DOT com )

Together, we can make this new cat room a reality and ease the crowded conditions, alieviate the bully/scardy situation, and help even more kitties get saved!

Can't wait for the auction? The gofundme page is just waiting for you! Half way there, lets keep it going!

No Girlcats Allowed?

Do you all remember Leo's mancat cave in the bottom of the short cat tree by the window? Not the caves in the tall tree that everyone uses. But the one that Leo claimed early on when he was adopted because Star never went in there.

If you have been reading here a long time, you might know that there have been rumors of pictures of pretty ladycats lining the walls of said mancat cave... (evidence at the very bottom of his second birthday post in 2012).

No one has been in the mancat cave in ages. Leo might be a little to large for it now, and besides the caves in the new, taller tree, are more spacious.

No one has been in it, until now.

Cashmere: As the smallest kitty in the house, I fit just fine in here! And it's 'front window adjacent! You know what they say about real estate; location, location, location.

 

 

Gotta change out the wall décor though.. I mean, sure I like these girl kitties, think of them as friends, but I'm thinking a few hot mancats instead..  

Oh boy, wonder what Leo's gonna think about this when he finds out!
(Uh, please ignore all the fur on the tree, there are three very floofy cats here..)

Wordless Wednesday with Cashmere

Greg's View and Opt to Adopt Blog Hop

Every morning when Greg goes upstairs, he's greeted by this sight.

Glitter: It's warm up here, right Leo?

Leo: Warm, yes. And I get to block the stairs. Bonus!

 

 

Glitter: Yeah. well I don't like being tripped over.

Leo: That's not fair! I haven't tripped him yet! He just has to walk around me. heh heh

Glitter: Anyone ever tell you that you're weird, brother?

Leo: Yeah, I don't know why though..

 

 

Cashmere occasionally joins them, but mostly it's these two. Sometimes they ask for pets. Usually they just want to be near their daddy.


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Opt to Adopt Blog Hop!

 

 

 This week's Winnie's Wisher is actually two Winnie's Wishers! Sweet Sisters!

Sisters Yardley and Nisha need a home where they can be together and without more dominant or aggressive cats. They like other cats, but are intimidated by dominant ones. So they would do well either with no other cats or with one or two mild, easy going kitties.
All they want is love and attention, belly rubs and cuddles. Do you know of the perfect home for them?
Read more about them HERE.



The FUNdraiser for Winnie's Wish is still, and always, available!

Cats like Nisha and Yardley are one of the biggest reasons Winnie's Wish needs a new room. Please go to their gofundme page and help if you can!
Spread the word please, so this new room can be built this spring!!
They seem stuck at 45%, please help get them over 100%!
Thank you!

My Turn by Glitter

Remember last Monday's post when Glitter was leaning on the ham-mock Leo was in, waiting for her turn?

Well here we go.

Glitter: Hmm? What's that? Who wants to know?

Leo: Oh, that's the kitties and peoples who read us.

Cashmere: Why do they always come at nap time?

 

 

Glitter: Oh, hi.. Didn't see you there. Uh, yeah.. I got the spot. How, you ask? Well.. Leo's a nice brother, he just.. gave it to me. Yeah.

Leo: Yeah, that's right.....

Cashmere: Maybe because you threatened to lick all of the feathers so much that they'd be too wet to  play with for a month.

 

 

Glitter: Whatever.. I got my spot, didn't I?

Leo: I just needed a baff, and this is my baff spot. I don't move for threats from girlcats.

Cashmere: *snortgiggle* Ok Leo.. Anyway, Glitter. When's MY turn?

Glitter: Sleeping..zzzzzzz can't hear you..

Cashmere: Maybe I need to lick the noisy toys...

Glitter: I said soon! Sheesh!

Boy! Hope you have enough good nappy spots at  YOUR house!

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If you need help in that area.. :)

My Cousin's Failure

I know I've spoken about my cousin before. She was a dog person with several rescue Pomeranians. Then she started feeding stray cats that came to her house. Then she started trapping some kittens born to one of the strays. Then she took in one of the strays. Then she took in a second stray. Then she got involved with a local cat shelter. Then she started fostering for that shelter. Then she started volunteering with that shelter. Then that shelter offered her a job.

And here her failure began.

Her first foster kitten was named Nitro.

If you were reading while I was in rehab, she brought him to meet me! (this post)

What a little sweetie, but too young to be adopted. So she kept him temporarily. Then he got old enough, got his shots and went back to the shelter. But he wasn't happy with his cage so she took him home at night. She and her husband, the man who built my Celestial Skyway, loved little Nitro but kept hoping he'd get a home. One day my cousin told her husband that Nitro had been adopted and his people would get him on Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Eve she asked her husband to get her a drink. He went to the kitchen and found Nitro sitting there with a bow around his neck. Merry Christmas!

Foster Failure!

On the day of my families Christmas party cousin invited me to the shelter to visit and play with the kitties after the party. Did I accept? DUH! lol! Yeah, I wanted to play with the kitties!

She introduced me to a three legged kitty. A real sweetie who liked to be held and pet. He had a hard time moving around at the shelter because the floors are all tile and his little no-foot leg would slip and slide. So she took him home as a foster so he could learn to walk around on carpet and see of he could do better there.

I told her to be careful, she didn't want another foster fail! Know what she answered me? "Oh I knew I was going to adopt him the moment I took him home."

Foster Failure number 2!

That's four rescue dogs and four rescue kitties! I think those are some pretty awesome failures! (The dogs were not fosters, but someone else failed to recognize how great they were so my cousin got them.) (And the first two kitties previous owners failed to care for them so my cousin got them!)

I have one more failure to share.

This one is a bed failure! I'll let Nitro show you what I mean.

Oh Hai! I was just nappin', sorry. Bed failure? Oh yeah. No no, not the one I'm sitting in, don't 'let's be silly'! I loves this bed!

I CLAIMS THIS BEDDY IN THE NAME OF NITR.. hmm? oh, sorry, just making sure everyone knows the rules, that's all. Ahem, anyway.. See the failure next to me? That big, poofy, store-bought bed? THAT's the failure. Not this fabulous hand-made, Winnie's Wish FUNdraiser bed!

 

 

See, I has a smug because I loves it so much. Oh, but I do have a use for that big ol' thing. It makes a decent head rest when I'm in the most awesomest blue bed!

 

 

Now if you'll pardon me, I has to finish my nap. I have to hold down my beddy while I nap so no one else tries to get it. You want's one? You's just gonna has ta get yer own! hee hee zzzzzzzzz

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Just in case you do want your own, here's where you get it! :)

Flannel beds, flannel mats, and crocheted beds! And Winnie's Wish benefits from every donation!


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To my dear cousin, who I know reads my blog every day: I hope you find this as funny as I did when I wrote it! You know I loves you! :D   
(And by the way, we're gonna need pictures of Stumpy now too!)

Wordless Wednesday With Leo

 

 

 

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Leo Stairing and Opt to Adopt Blog Hop

No, I didn't spell that wrong. Leo's stairing, not staring! He can sure pick some funny napping spots.

Isn't he the cutest thing! Look at those jellybean toes! All them toehawks! Fluff!

I don't know what makes him think those stairs are a comfy place to nap, but he's been seen there many times. Finally caught him on camera.


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Opt to Adopt Slate!

http://dogsnpawz.com/tuesdays-tails-adopt-this-labcoonhound-mix/#.VLT6PLDu3IU

 

 

 

Slate is a Winnie's Wish sweetie who needs a home of his own. He has had issues with some of the other cats in the cathouse and could use a family of his own where he can be himself. I just know that all he needs is a little time and he'll adjust and be someone's darling.
He's been attached and unattached to some other kitties but will do well on his own. Do you know the perfect home for Slate? Would you help them find each other? Please share!!

Read more about Slate HERE

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Winnie's Wish has a serious need for another room on the cathouse.

Before and after pictures of Winnie's Wishers, it's amazing!


I wrote the following on Friday, and I believe it. I believe it says it well so I'm copying it here.

There are lots of other Winnie's Wish kitties who need homes! Right now Chrystal is planning, and hoping to add another room on the cathouse. You can read about her wish HERE.

It would be great if a lot of the kitties could be adopted out before construction starts, wouldn't it? Lets spread the word about the adoptable kitties of Winnie's Wish and ask our friends to do the same, please!

If you want to help with the new room, please see the gofundme page for it, HERE

If you want to help with every day expenses AND want to get a cat bed for your kitties, check out our Cozy Kitty FUNdraiser

And if you'd prefer toys instead of beds, please see any of our other FUNdraisers, still available!
FUN FUN FUNdriaser
Summer FUNdraiser
Spread the Love FUNdraiser
Christmas FUNdraiser


If you blog, would you consider promoting the cathouse fundraiser at gofundme? If you're on facebook would you share it? Would you ask your friends to share it so they can reach as many people as possible?
Thank you!

Blog Hop!

Share and Share Alike

Glitter: Hey. Hey Leo! Wake up!

Leo: Zzz*snort* huh.. wha?

Glitter: You've been in there long enough. My turn.

Leo: Srsly? I's sleepin'..

Glitter: I know. And now I want to sleep.

Leo: Oh my gosh, go get the cat tree...zzzzzz

Glitter: Hey! Don't go back to sleep!

 

 

Glitter: Well, sheesh.. Now how am I going to get him to move?

Leo: Zzzzzzzz

Glitter: I hate to resort to it, but I think I'm gonna have to bite him on the butt. It's really my only recourse at this point. I'm just so tired.. maybe I'll close my eyes for a few minutes while I prepare to nibble..zzzz

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Holy smokes! It's shaping up to be a horribly cold winter! I'm betting your kitties would love a nice Cozy Kitty bed! Just a quick $20 donation to Winnie's Wish and your kitty's cozy bed is on it's way! Your choice of crocheted or flannel! Check out the FUNdraiser page HERE

Thankful Thursday, A Day Late

I'm thankful for all of my fur babies! That's kind of a 'duh' statement. But yesterday was a good kitty day! For the most part.

I wrote recently about how NF (Nephew's Fiance) has stolen Cashmere! And I've written about how she follows Greg around when he's home. She loves everyone, it seems, but me.

Before I went into rehab she had started sleeping on my chest at night. But since my return, and it's been a long while! she hasn't been interested in me much at all. She'll take pets as she walks past me, but she's not coming up and asking for any. Not when she has her favorite people!

Glitter has always preferred getting her pets with all four feet on the ground, thank you very much. Which is hard for me with my leg issues. I convinced her to sit next to me when I'm sitting on the edge of the bed, letting her know she can get pets that way and it's worked pretty well.

Today! Glitter stayed beside me long enough to fall asleep and have a nap with her paws on my leg! Yay! I was so happy! That was enough to make my day!

But that wasn't all!

Yesterday and the day before Cashmere discovered one of Leo's favorite sleeping places. On my pillows when I'm up. She snuggled in and had a good nap!

 

Very comfy, I can see why Leo likes it.. zzzzzzz

Eventually I had to put my legs up, so unfortunately she had to get evicted. Imagine my surprise when she leaped up out of the blue and started walking across my chest! I started petting her and she paused! Sort of like "Hmm, ok, that feels nice." The more I pet, the more relaxed she got and she laid down purring her little head off!

Eventually she started to flick her tail at me so I stopped the petting, but she stayed and took a nice long nap on me. I was beyond happy!

I had a thankful Thursday cuddling two of my kitties who don't generally want to cuddle with me!

The only purrson who did not have a thankful Thursday was Leo.. He wanted to get on the bed when Glitter was sleeping next to me, blocking his way up. Then he wanted to nap on 'his' pillows when Cashmere was there. And finally, he was ready for his snuggle session when, you guessed it, Cashmere was sleeping on my chest!

Don't feel too bad for him, he did get his snuggles, just a little later than usual. I can always count on cuddles from my boy, my sweetie, my heart cat! I'm so thankful for him too!

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Leo was a Winnie's Wish kitty. As were his sister of course. We're thankful that Chrystal let us adopt all of them!

There are lots of other Winnie's Wish kitties who need homes! Right now Chrystal is planning, and hoping to add another room on the cathouse. You can read about her wish HERE.

It would be great if a lot of the kitties could be adopted out before construction starts, wouldn't it? Lets spread the word about the adoptable kitties of Winnie's Wish and ask our friends to do the same, please!

If you want to help with the new room, please see the gofundme page for it, HERE

If you want to help with every day expenses AND want to get a cat bed for your kitties, check out our Cozy Kitty FUNdraiser

And if you'd prefer toys instead of beds, please see any of our other FUNdraisers, still available!
FUN FUN FUNdriaser
Summer FUNdraiser
Spread the Love FUNdraiser
Christmas FUNdraiser

Every FUNdraiser benefits Winnie's Wish!

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Three kitties, two toys

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Play or Sleep and Opt to Adopt Blog Hop!

Glitter likes to sleep on the upper most shelf of the big cat tree. Leo likes the second shelf. Occasionally, he's not quite tired enough to sleep, so he plays with the dangling toy.

The light from outside the window made the pictures hard to get, but don't you love the outline of Leo's giant paws? You can almost see all his extra toes!

Leo: *gnaw gnaw* I gotcha now, fat dangling mousies!

Glitter: Zzzzzzz

 

Leo: No fair trying to get away!

Glitter: zzz .. huh, what?

Leo: Fine mousies, you can go for a minute. I'll just chew on your leather stringy! *chomp*

Glitter: Who the heck is shaking my bed perch?

 

 

Glitter: Oh, of course it's you, Leo.

Leo: Hey! You're awake! Wanna play?

Glitter: No.. I wanna nap..

Leo: Aw poo.. Well, can I play with your tail then? It is dangling here

Glitter: Um, I'm gonna go ahead and say no to that.

Leo: Ok, I'll keep playing with my mousie friends then.

Glitter: *sigh*

 

Hope you all have uninterrupted naps today!

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This is blog hop!

Sweet Traci Mae, this weeks Winnie's Wisher, has been waiting so long for a home of her own! Won't you please please help her find her forever family? They are out there somewhere! Ask your friends to share too, maybe they know the people who are to be hers!

Learn more about her HERE

Speaking of Winnie's Wish; They are looking to add another room to the cathouse this summer to help separate kitties who might be intimidated by so many other kitties. It's an awesome project and can you believe they intend to do it for the low cost of around just $5000! Now, when you're self funded, that's still a lot! So if anyone wanted to send them a little for this project, every dollar helps!
You can read about the proposed project HERE and HERE, it's going to be awesome!


Oh, and our Cozy Kitty FUNdraiser is still available for Winnie's Wish every day expenses like food, litter, medical care and the like, and with it your kitty gets a soft cozy bed all for themselves!

A Toy Story

Have I mentioned that Cashmere is extremely attached to my nephew's fiancé (NF)? NF comes over every day to help me out while I'm still struggling with rehab with my legs, further complicated by the wrist issue. Cashmere loves loves loves NF and insists on laying up against her, getting cuddled by her and playing with her every day for as much time as she can get.

It's really cute. Unless you consider that she's STOLEN MY CAT'S AFFECTION! No no, it's fine really. Unless you consider that once NF goes home Cashmere is completely devoted to Greg, in which case HE has STOLEN MY CAT'S AFFECTION! No no, it's fine really. Unless you're me and you want the cats to only love me!

Whoops, did I say that out loud? Um.. Ok, let's get to the pictures! Cashmere getting some play time with her BFF NF!

Cashmere: I'm so lucky! I get to play with my favorite girl with a cool toy!

 

 

Cashmere: Whoa, hey! Where did it go?

 

 

Cashmere: Oh, silly me, there it is! She's tickling my buns with it.

Cashmere: I played for exactly 3.27 minutes, I might be done now, thank you.

 

 

Glitter showed up, as she usually does when there's any playing going on. That's the nephew, (The Boy or TB) sitting on the floor. As you can see, Cashmere rates a spot on the couch even before TB does!

Glitter: I heard some playing going on, sir, do you know where the toys are?

Cashmere: No toys here, no playing here. Buh bye now!

NF: Here you go, Glitter. Cashmere seems to be done anyway.

 

 

Cashmere: I was not done! I was.. resting! Yes, that's right, just taking a short break. Breaks over!

Glitter: We can take turns! My turn!

Glitter: Oh boy oh boy! It really is my turn!

 

 

Cashmere: Oh look, you have to contend with those dirty work boots. Why don't you just run along and I'll let you know when it's safe to play without that in your way?

Glitter: It's ok. They're not that dirty. And besides, I like work shoes.

Cashmere: I knew it was you that dropped chirping grasshopper in daddy's shoes!

Glitter: No one saw that, you can't prove anything!

NF: Oh, you still want to play, Cashmere? Let me get down another toy for you.

Cashmere: Oh thank you thank you! Hmm, this one is pretty good. Better than that one even!

Glitter: Got it! TB, you're lucky the groomer trimmed my claws recently, hee hee

Glitter: What do you mean "lazy player"? I'm very actively attacking this toy! From a prone position.

Glitter: Whoops, it's getting away from me! It's kind of a short toy.. Maybe you should get closer to me, NF?

 

 

Glitter: Oh! This one is much longer! A girl can really get into this one!

 

 

Cashmere: Hey! I was playing with that one! What's the deal!

Glitter: *bite claw grab chew*

NF: It's ok, Cashmere, you got the original toy back!

 

 

Cashmere: *sniffle* It's not about the original toy..

Glitter: I know what it's about! It's about wanting whatever toy I have! hee hee Gotcha toy!

Cashmere: See! Even Glitter understands!

We hope you all get whatever toy you want today!

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If you're so inclined, you can still get in on the Cozy Kitty FUNdraiser to help out Winnie's Wish!