It's always important to me to give thanks. Thank you for the wonderful BOXES yesterday.
Tina - A Kitty Titanic Sweatshirt for Jacci.
Julianne B - Lots of kitty toys, 2 hand mitts for brushing kitties, 1 floor brush for kitties to rub on, 5 water fountain filters.
Anonymous - from Endless Possibilities a jar of various colored Boink toys, and 2 Bamboozler toys. Fun toys!
June (Painteddaisy) - a beautiful garden angel with solar halo to be placed next to Joyfuls grave stone.
Darkcat (our wonderful mod) - items for the Food for the Mods basket including 1 box of butter toffee, Treasure Valley Medium Salsa, and Idaho magnet, Orange Blossom Honey, Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies. All items were made in Idaho. (and the cookies made it safely!)
Josette (Burgundy) - 1 case of Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers, and 1 case of Fancy Feast Chicken Feast.
Dim - 6 packages of batteries.
Joanne (Joco) - 7 cases of Sheba (48 cans each) Perfectly Portions, variety of flavors.
Donna B. - (Ga.) 2 large containers of Party Mix snackers, 2 blue pillow soft beds, 2 pink pillow soft beds.--for sweet Coralie's birthday! But knowing Coralie, she will gladly share!
LJ - 8 cases of Fancy Feast Appetizers, various flavors
Mr.and Mrs. Medic - 2 (24 count) cases of Fancy Feast
Steven B. (Ohio) - donation for spay and neuter program.
Barbara B. and her kitty Kiki - donation to FFRC
Marylee (Ma) - donation in honor of her kitty Mario.
EagleFan4Ever and Brian - 320 foam plates, kitty toys, 6 bags of Temptation
snackers, 2 cases of Friskies, 7 jars of baby food.
Barb E. (NC) - beautiful beaded hand made key rings, 12 hand made adoption bags.-- so pretty!
Sean G. - 2 cases of 9 Lives Kitty food.
Dawn N. - 2 cases of Friskies kitty food.
It's possible there are errors in the above due to the cam going down during boxes yesterday. It's not a problem--simply email me and let me know. I'm good at making corrections! We've had some storms coming in and that affects our computers at times.
Remember we are now doing the pre-registration for Catathon! This simply cuts down the time on the phone when/if you call in! It's easy to do---just go to our website at fofrescue.org Click on the pre-resitration on-line link. We will continue this pre-registration to noon on June 21. That way we have time to get that organized before the big day! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me.
Today is our surgery day. I'll give you a complete update on this later.
Yesterday, today and tomorrow is also our dance concessions. Rain or not--we'll be there! Many thanks to Elizabeth, her family and the volunteers who are helping with this. Elizabeth took this project on for me this year--I'm very grateful.
The Happiest Place On Earth (as you folks call us which always makes me smile) is a bit sad today for me. We've lost our Zorro kitten. We've worked weeks on him--trying to get his leg to heal. And in reality, it was looking very good. It was like a switch was turned. He went from one day of racing around with that tail straight up to plummeting into respiratory problems. We tried for two days to pull him out of it--but it didn't work. Dr. Darcy thinks he probably went septic, despite all the medications used. Here is what I know--we loved him fiercely. We will miss him dearly. We tried our hardest. And yes, sometimes it just hurts extra much. And sometimes it's hard to understand. But I also know that we will continue on. We will give our utmost to all cats and kittens in our care.
We've taken on a new cat named Toasty. He's strictly an outdoor cat but we are caring for him temporarily. He has a very bad bite wound on his rump. Such a nice cat--he was running from the fight. After healing, he will probably go back to his neighborhood where he came from---it's been his home and that is where he's comfortable. He will be missing a couple parts though--will make him less likely to be in a fight.
Today we will be moving Zurple, Zoolove, Cashew, Bart and Sherry to Cat's Corner Room. This way they are out of the surgery area. They will stay in this room for a day or two and then be turned loose into the Main Area. They are high-energy and have so much fun. Dr. Darcy will check on Bart and Cashew's leg wounds.
As you may know, last week some of Callisynne's kittens were lagging behind. But wow--their appetites have picked up tremendously. They too are high-energy--just how I like to have them (along with round tummies!). Won't be long before they too will be in the Main Area.
Take care and enjoy this weekend. If you have a cat (or dog), remember--those annual physicals are so important. This is where your vet may find things amiss that can be corrected or helped before a bigger problem happens. This is also flea season. Your pet simply cannot get rid of those pesky bugs without your help. Please help your pet with this. There are so many good products out there to prevent an infestation.
