Sunday, June 2

Run, Covies, Run!  The Covies were out and about again yesterday on the farmyard. Some of them will run flat out at high speed--so fun to watch. That sweet Timothy is a doll. He goes up to everyone for a head rub and back scratch. What a nice cat. I've been teaching Sevaun a new trick and she's getting it! Whenever she walks up to people, she'll plop over onto her back. So I rub her tummy, tell her to "Play dead" and keep on rubbing her tummy. Most of the time, she'll relax--back feet splayed out, front feet just hanging there and her chin all stretched up. She's a smart girl and thoroughly enjoys it! I do too!

Melia, Malia, Courbet, Little Hank, Hankster, Whobe and Rufus are playing in the Kitty Kabana right now. They absolutely love the palm tree in there. It's their favorite thing. They may be small, but they're mighty! They take their naps back in Dodger's Pen. 

Then there's the Thumper's Room gang! These little babies are fiesty! Little Tillytoe will attack a ball and kick and kick it like a fierce cat. If you reach down to pet her while playing, she'll stop with the kicking and let you rub her tummy, then back to kicking! Pixel is so funny--she loves the feathery toys and drags them around in her mouth.

We had BOXES last night. Big time thanks! 

Janet/Janak--2 Fancy Feast Appetizers, case of Fancy Feast kittn, case of Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers, 15 cans of KMR, case of Friskies Salmon, 10 chicken temptation snackers. Thanks, Janet!

Kimkost and PeterPam--we had Kim and Pam as day visitors yesterday. Very nice to have you here. We also appreciated your donation that you brought with you: bird and cat book, bleach, paper plates, Mr. Clean, styrofoam plates, white vinegar, washclothes, Iams kitten, Natural Choice adult dry, kitty snackers, baby food, cat afghan, Friskies, 12 packets of Gravy Lovers, chips for volunteers, lysol wipes, dawn dish soap, 2 big boxes of envelopes and pads of paper. 

Swankitty/Chris and Ron 

were also here as Day Visitors--they brought quite a few items for the Catathon baskets--nautical, garden, golf and items also for a Day Sale. 

Cathouze and Furkitty--monthly donation thru PayPal for Farrah's care

Carol/cn1919--donation thru PayPal for whatever we need. Carol has recently been helping her local SPCA and been fostering kittens for them! So happy about that.

A big thanks to Bradley S from WA too--he has sent a kuranda bed tower to FFRC. We surely do appreciate this!!

Please know that if I've ever forgotten something, or have made an error or whatever may not be quite right, feel free to send me an e-mail! There is so so much mail that goes thru here and so many things happening, that it's very possible I may miss something! 

Tomorrow will be a busy day. We will be sending Pushkins and Pushkiss on their way to Maine. Also the electric guys will be here in the morning to work on supplying the new rooms with electricity. Remember, the juice will be off for 1-2 hours.  The mop boards will also be put on in the new rooms along with the two inside doors. There's a strong possibility of two other adult adoptions tomorrow morning too! Plus, we have 3 cats that will be going to college for a couple days. One will be Weeja, not sure of the other two yet. They will be used to practice how to hold cats for different techniques. While there, we will also get their microchips done and full lab work. Busy day!

Saturday, June 1

Happy June--Catathon Month! It's coming!  Catathon 3 is June 23, Sunday from 1:00 to 4:30 ish. Please mark your calendar. It's guaranteed to be fun and exciting! You can now pre-resgister for the Catathon. Just go to our website: fofrescue.org and check out the form. If you think you'll be ordering anything for the Catathon, this form will make it easier for us to have all the information correct. We do NOT share any of your info with anyone else. Then, about 2 weeks before the Catathon, the pre-orders of set-priced items will be available for you to order! We have 19 items that are all priced $5 to $28 that you can purchase out-right, without bidding on them! We'll be showing these items on the cam. During the Catathon, these same items can still be purchased, along with the Baskets and Big-Ticket Items! We'll be showing you the Baskets and Big-Ticket items also this month, plus they will be on the website soon.

Yesterday, throughout the day, we showed the six big boxes that Peggygal sent us. These boxes were stuffed full with more Leggydews! Awesome! They will be up for pre-sale and at the Catathon too! Beautiful designs. This will be a bit different though than the Day Sales. Here, you'll indicate if you'd like a boyish design, a girlish design or a "doesn't matter" design"!

We had BOXES last night! So many thanks to you!
Julie P/tigercat54--40 count container of knit rattle balls
jbr--stethoscope for the new extended Thumper's Room
Nancy/kerswill & Tom--letter from Domino--Hills balance kitten food, hand crocheted white dress for Baby Molly, "Catitude" necklace made by Kim, Artist from "Imagine That". For the kitty basket-purple mouse toy, blue sweater bed. For the baby basket-hand crocheted baby fishermen's stitch baby sweater, 2 bubbly baby security blankets made by Denise, artist from "Imagine That". For the Kitchen basket--tea pot and beautiful tea cozy, 2 tins of tea, kitty apron, beautiful blue potter bowl set made by Karen, artist from "Imagine That", lemon picnic basket and lemon paper plates, napkins, tablecloth. For the Hello Kitty Basket--jumbo coloring book, activity book, Kittens busy Day book
Isabel H from FL--bird card, letter to Gallant and a donation for Feliz Navidad Fun
Pirjo & Pepe from FIndland--kitty card
Julie C/Auntie Julie--for Magenta: card and gift card from WalMart, 3 books of stamps
Deb11111--16 cans of KMR
Angelweeks/Sandy--For Hello Kitty Basket--tape, uno card game, bandages, tattoos, bag, peel and stick wall decals, snuggle blanket, travel mug, water cup
Caren F--pop up kitty cute, 3 cases of Friskies (2 pate, 1 salmon)
Sandra B--for the Hello Kitty Basket: flavored lip glosses, flashlight.  Royal Canin Kitten, 2 cases of Fancy Feast
Anonymous Friend--case of Friskies
Anonymous Friend--4 cases of Friskies
Newfiedogmom--case of Friskies
Conii from FL and Madissyn and Elliott--Kitty Card. For Derecho: feather toy.  For Butterfly room: butterfly string toy.  For Solee: coil springs!.  For kitty Catathon basket: Laurel Burch feather/stick toy and hanging toy.  Decorations for Catathon: multicolored rainbow spinners (1 diamond, 3 circles, 2 hearts and 4 long spinners)

Also many thanks to:
Janet C from VA--PayPal donation to help with all the kittens
Nigel W from UK--PayPal donation
Ingrid S/Ju-in-ji--PayPal donation in honor of County's birthday for Feliz Navidad Fund

We had our weekly Petfinder Report! The top 13 cats that were viewed were: Raza, Haylow, Spruce, Goodness, Montana, Zelda, Octavia, Maui, Dove, Tabitha, Polo, Ruthie Ann, Dahnay.

Here's an FYI: Plain and simple--ALL fundraisers must go thru me before being posted. We want to be sure to be aware and approve of what's going on for FFRC. Only fundraisers that have been approved by me will be mentioned in the blog or our website...this ensures that if it's not in the blog or FFRC's website, it's possible that anything else you are seeing is fraudulent. There may be sites using FFRC's name to raise funds fraudulanty, so stick to the Blog and our website! If you have a question, never hesitate to e-mail and ask!

Are you ready for this? Kitties, kitties everywhere! And we have names and birthdates!
The 2 kittens and 5 kittens together:  (in Dodger's Pen)
Melia           long haired black tiger, female   birthdate 4/16
Malia           long haired black tiger, female
Courbet       muted calico, female    birthday also 4/16
Little Hank   slate grey, male  (like Hank, the Porchie)
Hankster      slate grey, male
Whobe         white/beige  (combining white/beige)  male
Rufus          red/orange, male

The 1 kitten and 5 kittens together:  (in Thumper's Room)
Pixel           calico, female   birthday 4/25/13
Bearta         black tiger/white, female rt. front paw inside toe is tiger marked 4/25/13
Beartoe       black tiger/white, male    full white toes
Titoes         black tiger, /whitemale (pronounced tee-toes)
Tillytoe       black/white, female
tippytoe      black/white, female   white tip on tail

Kohart        orange/white, male  2/20/13

Mix them all up and let them play together.............are you going to be able to tell them apart? My guess is NOT! I am even having a difficult time. It's very very important to not mis-ID them, as they are all on different schedules for vaccinations, wormings, tests, etc.  Because there are so many that look alike and many of them are very close in size, for the first time ever, we may need to put name tags on them. Don't like the thought of doing that, but it's possible that we may. They're all sweet, playful, healthy and happy.

Friday, May 31

Solee is a graceful gazelle--at least that's what I tell her! She can walk and run by leaps and bounds. I've never seen a cat that has such springy legs. Love to watch her. I truly think that she enjoys this activity!

The seven kittens in Dodger's Pen have become fast friends. These are the 2 kittens and 5 kittens. Talk about a pen that can rock and roll and that would be Dodger's Pen. They had about an hour to play in Kitty Kabana Room yesterday and they loved it. They will all be named soon!

I am becoming very good at being a one-handed typer, as AP demands much attention in the morning. She can't sit still, but has to rub and rub and rub, in constant motion. What a love she is.

We had a very heavy rain yesterday along with some wind that also caused our electric to go out for a little bit. You all were very patient about the cam! It's predicted for some heavy storms again today and tomorrow, so if the cam goes down, that's why. Remember too, on Monday the entire house will be down for 1 1/2 to 2 hours due to electrical work for the new rooms. 

The 7 kittens in the lower two pens in Thumper's Room are also doing very well. So so sweet. They are also spinning their wheels in big play mode. Today, we will probably move these kittens into the Kabana Room also for some playtime. Names will be happening soon!

We had BOXES last night. I'm ever so grateful to you. 
Annette B--bag of Royal Canin baby cat dry, Bag of Hills Ideal Balance for Kittens and a Kong Denim toy
Anonymous Friend--a memory stone engraved with: Little blackJack.  Fly with the Angels Little One... This will go into Albert's Memorial Garden today. Thank you.
Arden & Charmaine--4 cans of KMR liquid
Mayumi from Japan--packages ofsuper soft tissues in cute animal packs, 10 packages of Tulle and 2 packages of Chicken Bondi Licks
Lannmn--2 cases of liquid KMR
Leggygal--12 cans of liquid KMR and SIX (yes, SIX) boxes of Leggydew blankies!! We're all smiling about this!
Ladydoc/Irene--2 teddybear quilts/wall hangings--very pretty  One pink/purple tones and one blue/purple tones
Furkitty/Ellen from FL--24 jars of baby food meat
Tom & Gillian from UK--beautiful hand made baby cap and a white baby sweater for Catathon's baby basket
Widdletigger/Elizabeth--8 cans of KMR, bag of Royal Canin Baby cat and a case of Royal Canine baby cans
Sandra D from WV--donation for FFRC and paw points from Fresh Step Litter
Janice & Don H, day visitors--litter, Friskies, Paper plates, sponges, bleach, vinegar, snackers, clorox wipes, paper towels 
MisFitTiger & Bob from Anderson, IN, day visitors--blankies!
Judy T from British Columbia--Kitty/dog card with donation, Peace rock in memory of BlackJack. Books: Unlikely Friendships, Dewey's Nine Lives, Cat Talk, Hoping for a Home and two other books for the baby Catathon baskets. Kitty toys--wands, pom poms, spring toys, lasers with batteries, mousies, 2 pet houses. 2 sheets of stickers, lots of doggie toys for Dog Catathon basket, 2 book marks, mini book light, 500 piece puzzle Cobble Hill, 4 butterfly led lights that flicker, 2 Dream Catchers with wolf pictures

We always also appreciate our PayPal friends.
Adrienne N from UK--donation for FFRC
Arden and Charmaine--donation for new calico kitten (Pixel)
Gusti from Germany--donation to help with Gallants treatments, with love
Faith M--in memory of Spike, a good friends' 18 year old cat who passed away. 

The last coat on the floor in the Mail Room and the extended Thumper's Room continues to dry. I'm wanting so badly to get us moving in, but patience is a key here! We shall wait. 

Depending on the weather, the Covies may get another day out on the farm. They've been asking! Big Al has reverted back (for the most part) of being a Porchie again! We thought he may do this once the weather improved. His ear still looks wonderful. 

Joline's fur is growing in! Cuties fur is also growing back. A comment was made today that it sure looks like Joyful has become the queen of the Welcome Room office--she's quite comfortable there and seems to be giving in to a few pets here and there from visitors!  June 15 is our next surgery date.

The best toy ever--crinkle UPS paper!

Thursday, May 30

Grrrr here and Grrrr there. AP is a hoot. She loves my desk and has claimed it, although she does allow Farrah and Zelda rights to it too! Actually, the cats are starting to figure her out--her grrrrrs don't mean a thing! She's a really nice adult cat that loves to be petted and loved on. 

We are truly kitty over-runneth here. There's so so many that needs homes, but the sad fact is there are not enough homes for them. We had said no more kittens can come--we are full. But that didn't last too long. Yesterday, we took in 5 more kittens that would've been euthanized had we not taken them. They are not named yet, but are about 6 weeks old, tested (all negative!), bathed, wormed, capstarred and they happen to be cute. Have you ever seen a kitten that is not cute? Me either! So............truly we are full to overflowing and are praying for homes. This 6 group has medium to long hair--some are black/white and some are Abbott look alikes but with white feet. 

The floor guys were here already today and are done. And I mean DONE! The last coat went on which is the urethane. This coat makes the floor a tiny bit "soft" so it doesn't take scratches as well. We sure do love these epoxy floors--so very tough and looks very nice. We will be able to walk on it on Sunday! Dion will be here on Monday to put on the mop boards. Monday late afternoon, the newly donated refrigerator will arrive and we'll be moving the storage shelves, surgery table, etc. in! 

We had BOXES last night. Thanks, thanks, thanks!
Connie S & Tookie--5 kitten design hair barrettes (very pretty!)
Lucy P/LuLittle from the UK and kitty Benny--a book called "Oscar the Bionic Cat" by Kate Allan. A wonderful story that I've already started!
Chris H--3 blankies--2 Hello Kitty and one pink one. Very nice!
Mayumi from Japan--for the Humans--5 packages of Japanese style chicken soup. For the rescue center--mobile drinker water bottle, 6 packets of extra soft tissues and 9 packages of "Tullie" (cream of chicken kitty food)
Tom/TomA68 and Gillian from UK--card. For the Catathon: cross stitch kitties, cross stitch webbing with printed pattern, material squares for quilting or other projects, Pattern books.  Jewelry: 2 bracelets with blue white and lavender stones, silver necklace with tree medallion, lots of cross stitch kits
Beth A/Eaglewatcher86--JW cat action magnetic motion toy (it's here in the office right now with 3 kittens playing with it!), bunches of Purr Bites dried chicken and shrimp snackers
Arden & Chairmaine--case of Fancy Feast can, case of Friskies can and 8 cans of liquid KMR
Rebecca and Willow from UK--birthday card for Derecho, wash cloths for kitty faces. For Catathon--3 fun sponges, rubberduckies, toy bags, bathtime cars, alphabets, drawstring bag for wet toys. For Kitty Catathon basket--2 crinkle tunnels, 2 teaser cat toys. For Hello Kitty basket--stuffed toy, blanket, "dehydrated" wash cloths, party accessories. For kids basket--bucket of craft goodies, pink "upside down" black kitty tote, wallet, headbands & ponytail holders
Cheri B--box from "Spoiled Rotten" (Petflow.com), amazing cat toys "Bling mice", 3 snackers, Kitty Kahuna Fat cat toy with catnip, natural chemistry flea spray
Kikimycat--Happy Birthday card for Tabith with poem
JBR from FL--8 cans of KMR
Aunty Fi from UK--5 cans of KMR & a bag of Royal Canin baby cat dry 
Lawrence G--PayPal donation for FFRC

The 7 kittens that consist of the two litters are now in Dodger's Pen. So so sweet. They will get some stretch out time in Kitty Kabana today where they can run and play while their pen is being cleaned. They have four levels in their pen, to give them more space to be kitties! 

Gallant is getting heavy duty work on his last remaining area of his burn. He's getting laser treatments daily and two saline soaks a day--each lasting about an hour. We so want to finish this treatment for him and get him ready to find his own home. He's a wonderful, loving cat.

A cam friend gave me the perfect word for our CH cats, one eye cats, 3 legged cats or any cat that may have a disability--it's "exceptionalities". I love that! We do indeed have exceptionalities here! 

Don't let this cuteness fool you! Judson and Tatiana can be very ornery! 

Wednesday, May 29

Epoxy today, urethane tomorrow--that's the order of business for the new floor being put in. It's always a week long process, but it's a forever floor, so patience is in order! The floor guys are here right now. One of their "battles" today is to keep the cottonwood puffs from going inside the new rooms while the epoxy is being put down. We have a very large grove of cottonwood trees here on the farm property and they are in full puff stage! Pretty, but annoying if they get inside the new rooms.

As many of you might know, Abbott was sick for a few days. He truly seems to be better this morning. He ate a little by himself and then was topped off with a syringe. But this morning, he was walking around with his tail up, his eyes bright and meowing--a sure of feeling better! What a relief. When one is sick, there is always cause for concern--for the sickee one and with the thought of--is anyone else going to get sick. But, all seems to be well here and I'm always grateful for healthy kittens.
But, on the other hand, that's what we do here--help those that are sick. So come what may, we will tackle it.

Many thanks to JBR for your PayPal donation for a new stethoscope of the extended Thumper's Room. Sure do appreciate this! Also thanks to DebbiDear for your donation, in honor of your 60th birthday! So very kind of you and Happy Birthday to you!

Asyou might know, we've been having a bit of trouble on Zazzle with Derecho being Superman D on items such as shirts, mugs, etc. Apparently the design is a direct knock off of a superman promotional shot, so we are trying to rework the artwork a little to change it up so it will be acceptable to Zazzle. We're working on the problem because many of you are wanting to place a Super-D order!

We took in 7 new kittens yesterday. They have now been tested, bathed, vaccinated, wormed and loved on. Two of them came from a past volunteer's mom. They are both miniature Abbotts, so they are cute, cute, cute! They are two girls, long hair black tigers. Their names are Melia (meal ee a) and Malia (may lee a). Their names are in honor of the lady who brought them in. She found them on her property. First, one kitten at night, the other in the early morning hours. No mama, no other siblings.

The other five kittens are just a tad bit older. They are very sweet. One is a deep red/orange male, another one is a beige/white male, 2 are slate grey males and the fifth is a girl--a dilute calico. So one looks alot like Ginger, two looks alot like Cariboo and one looks like Danika. All 7 of these kittens are now in Dodger's Pen, so they can see humans.  They're sweet, but need a little humanizing. So much play time and fun to watch them. We've made three levels of fun for them in Dodger's Pen.

Gallant's sore is looking good--it's so so thin now, which is what we wanted. I just talked to the vet again yesterday. She's still of the thought to keep trying without surgery to close this up by itself. So, we've added saline packs to his treatment plan. Twice a day he'll get warm saline packs, then wrapped on to stay for a while. Laser treatments of course will continue. Remember, there's a group of vets that thought we would never ever get this far in his healing without surgery. We really want to finish up this last bit of healing without going the surgery route. He is such an awesome cat.

That little Weeja--what a love she is. Just so sweet and will make someone very happy when she's adopted. All are in their "assigned" places this morning--Zelda and Farrah stretched out on the desk, Asha sleeping right beside the desk, with Raza directly above her and AP on the right side of desk, on top of autoclave. All is right with the cat world!

Happy Birthday, Tabitha. She is one years old today and arrived here when she was just 5 weeks old. She needs a home where she can play and be loved on. Tabitha was found in that drainage pipe that was full of wate last June, along with the rest of the litter. The siblings have been adopted. She's a beauty--a black/white with 2 tone ears.

Just an FYI--on Monday, around 8:00 or 8:30am, the power will be turned off to the entire rescue center and house. This is so the electric guys can hook up the new lines to furnish electricity to the new two rooms. It may take 1 1/2 to 2 hours. There's also the possibility of it going off sometime yet this week. Don't worry--as soon as it's back on, we'll get the cam on!

On Sunday evening or Monday, Pushkins and Pushkiss will be heading to Maine to their new family. These are two awesome cats--both so sweet and lovable. Derecho has found the perfect spot to lay in Kitty Kabana Room--on the window shelf and in the window ledge! The shelf keeps him nice and snug so he can stay there without worrying about slipping off.

Sweet mama Ruthie Ann and her daughter, Sarah.

Monday, May 27

Happy Memorial Day. Thank you to all those that served this country or are serving now. Your service is valuable and appreciated. 

Next week Pushkins and Pushkiss will be making their way to their new home in Maine. How exciting for them. They are two wonderful boys that we've known since they were teeny tiny. AP, the new returnee, was in my lap this morning. We've made progress! Makes me happy when I can see a newbie relax and start enjoying their life here. 

Yes, Doce is back. His little bum is causing problems again. He's already on top med doses, so we'll start his laser treatments again. A talk or visit to the vets will be in order too. We have to get this kitty better, all the way and stay that way. Kellen needs him. 

Yesterday afternoon was a different kind of day! We trimmed and bathed Sam and Dina's dog, Stella. Then we bathed Cami--my black dog. Janie was next--she was shaved and bathed. Next came the farm animals. Butter and Clyde (the donkeys) were brushed out. I trimmed both of their feet too. Dawn brushed out Millie the donkey and Mercy the Appaloosa. All four received their fly spray too. Topped off their day with an extra batch of hay and they were happy! 

We had BOXES night before last. Many thanks to you for your gifts.
SonJa--who is visiting for a week!!--dry erase markers, Lysol wipes, packing tape, scratch pads, face clothes, pop tabs for Kellen, sardines, volunteer snacks including ketchup chips, 2 laser toys, post it notes, binder clips, feather toys for Derecho, mylar balls, coil toys
Ellen/kikimycat--Birthday card for Big Al with picture and a poem
Dorothy P/NMcatlover from NM--Hello Kitty necklace, ring, earrings and watch, all for the Catathon
Wonderteach from OH--Cat Crossing sign for FFRC
Mayumi, our friend from Japan--12 packets of the Japanese kitty food creamy chicken and 3 packets of special kleenex tissue!
Janet S and Toby and Harley--a $40 donation made to FFRC, in honor of Steve and my's anniversary to go to the Feliz Navidad Fund!  Thanks, Janet.

There will be another big load of packages going out on Tuesday. We will then have about 90% of all the orders out. If you find there is an error, please don't hesitate to let me know.

The sweetest boy in the cat world, in the mornings, is Walter! He has stored all his affectionate cells for the morning greeting! I truly love greeting him in the morning. His head has to stay in contact with a hand or he WILL find the hand and stay right there, glued to it! I love it. And his purr......so very loud! 

The Covies were out again yesterday and all came back for their bedtime. I love it how they do that. Connie (volunteer) is an expert at coaxing them back in--food helps too! They sure do love having a couple days a week where they can run around like crazy cats! They love the new sidewalk that goes from the parking lot to the door of Cat's Cove. They think it was made for them to have cement-rolling-around-time! Love these Covies! They are doing great. 

Dahnay has spent a couple nights in Kitty Kastle with SonJa. They've both have enjoyed it. Asha and Pushkiss are curled up together sound asleep on the orange cushie in the Kabana room. Tabitha is doing her usual morning trick--as soon as the door to Dodger's Pen is open, in she goes to get her share of the baby dry kitten food--it's her favorite. Zsa Zsa is finally napping. That little tiny girl has a belly that's as big as Octavia's--she loves to eat! All is well here at FFRC!

Cozarelii says Hi and also that he LOVES those chicken snackers!

Sunday, May 26

Water, water everywhere! We put down the water fountain yesterday. At first, all was fine--nice police licks. Then I had to move it--put it by the back of the yellow table. Came out and wow--water was all over. Now, I KNOW they are very sorry, as they said so, but it went everywhere! Oh well, that's part of the fun of having a fountain--lick, splash, lick, fish out the water, maybe lick, maybe even take the top off, etc.!  They always know how to have fun! I did end up taking it in overnight for Putter! He loved it. He sat there and licked and licked, never splashed a drop out--just like a polite cat! He said he would be happy to share it with those younguns.

The door to Dodger's Pen is now open. If AP wants to come out, she can. She's been thinking about it. We have also had Kitty Q out a lot yesterday and for the most part, she's doing great. It's tough when you're a mama cat, to allow other cats around your babies, but she is relaxing more and more about this. She's a chirper!

The morning birds are chirping out the Kitty Kabana windows--sure is calling the attention of the cats. There are 9 cats on the window shelves. They sure do love those low window shelves!

Thanks to the following for your support:
Vaunita S/vrs1cat--donation to FFRC, in memory of her Simon cat.
Arden & Charmaine B from IN--donation in honor of Steve's and my anniversary--extra thanks!
Beth A--donation to FFRC, in honor of Steve's and my anniversary--use wherever you choose--extra thanks!

We finished our 24 hour Afghan Sale last night! This was the last Auction until a while after the Catathon. We had four afghans up on the block and all 4 were bid on! Afghan A (pink, made by Lkohv) was won by Conii G who then donated it back to FFRC, to be used at the Catathon! Afghan B (multi colors, made by Cash Maine) was won by Pfkat. Afghan C (brown/tan, made by LKohv) was won by AbbyTabbysMama. Afghan D (wave multi color, made by Erin) was won by Madisonpepper. Many thanks to all who participated in this fun sale! We had 63 bids, placed by approximately 29 bidders. The amount of money raised by these four afghans was $542.  Wow!

In two weeks, is the Dance Recital here in Defiance. It's a wonderful event. FFRC has, for a few years, ran the concession stand before the recital, during it, for the intermission and afterwards. It's a busy event for us. We got all the supplies needed yesterday. Planning is very much underway.

Calidora was trying her best yesterday to drag a peacock feather around. It wasn't working so good. It's hard to pull a feather, with 3 kittens sitting on it. So...........she gave up and just started chewing on it. They can make their own fun! We've been having lots of kitty piles around. It amazes me--these kittens can be playing full steam ahead and then they crash into a furry pile of warmness that induces sleep.

Yeah--AP made it out of her Dodger's Pen, all by herself. As Bonnie says--she sure has alot to say! Yes, that's right. Grumble, grumble, but she's not striking out at all, just "talking". It may take her a few days, but I'm betting on AP! She's another one that chirps at people!

We'll be talking more about the upcoming Catathon and showing you the Baskets, Big Ticket Items and the items (with a set price) that are $28 and under, some as low as $6 and $8. We aim to please!

This was Pumpkin as a teeny weeny baby. You can already tell this little one has spunk! Her mama is awesome too! Ginger is behind Pumpkin, just barely showing.