THursday, August 30

Our visitor, Peekaboo/Nancy has arrived. It's been wonderful to meet her. The cats and kittens are also enjoying her visit.

We have lots of information to pass on today.
Plans are rolling along for our Catstock event. It is 9/22. The carnival is from 2:30 to 5:30. Mike, who will be doing the concert, will come out during the carnival and sing a couple songs in the afternoon. Then the real concert will be from 5:30 to 6:30. He is also doing a mini concert for the webcam viewers on 9/21 at 6:30. He will sing a few songs, just for our viewers! Just this week, his local newspaper in San Clemente CA, did an article on Mike and his journey to Ohio for this concert. I've posted this in the facebook pages.

FFRC has a new on-line store! It's at Zazzle. Goss/Linda has designed this and has done an awesome job. There's LOTS of items on Zazzle that are Catstock and Be An Earth Angel related. FFRC gets a portion of each sale. Check it out at: zazzle.com/fofrescue

As of last night, we have officially kicked off the 2nd FFRC Cookbook! This cookbook will not be printed until sometime next year, but recipes can now be submitted. This will be fun as it's wonderful to see so many names of our family, friends, volunteers, lurkers and viewers in a book together! And the recipes are great. If you'd like to submit a recipe, go to: 03649d6.netsolhost.com/ Later, there will be a different site to give you to continue to submit recipes.

I received an update from Petfinder.com. Last week, we had 1,899 views on our FFRC website. The top 5 were: Betony, Butterbur, Campion, Weber and Ginseng

If you would like to attend Catstock, we'd love to have you! Here are the phone numbers of our local motels.
Comfort Inn 419-784-4900
Hampton Inn 419-784-1515
Holiday Inn Express 419-784-0782
Super 8 Motel 419-782-8000
Our local B & B, Elliot Rose, is 419-956-9981

We had BOXES last night! So many thanks are given to you.
Connie S from OH--pop up cube for Cassidy and friends
Penny V from OH--thistle seed for the birds and a big bag of chips for volunteers
Michlynn from MI--a beautiful picture called Lean On Me. This is so very special and means a lot to me. Thank you.
KimKost--2 big bags of Party Mix cat treats, 3 cases of Fancy Feast
Carla C--a big bucket of kitty litter
Lannml/Lois from Iowa--3 cases of Friskies Gravy Sensations
Friend B from Defiance--Chief receipts
Peekabookitty/Nancy, who is visiting, a box of yummy chocolates from her home state, MA
Penny P from GA--a donation for FFRC thru PayPal

I also have a bit of information for you about Derecho, our little CH kitten. Kate has decided NOT to adopt Derecho. This is HER decision and I will, of course, honor it. I've known since Saturday of her decision, but waited these few days to make sure. Kate already has 12 cats and her dear dog, that they must move across the country twice a year. Even though she loves Derecho very much, she decided that he should be an FFRC cat. With all respect, please understand, that this decision making is closed and it is what it is. I would appreciate if everyone honors her request. Derecho is now known as Derecho Tucker Fauster FFRC Moss.


Derecho Tucker Fauster FFRC Moss

Weds., August 29

I thought we were going to have to have a rowboat come save us all here. We had a water spillage (again!) and flooded the far side of the Rescue Center. Our drain was covered up with a litterbox, so the water had no where to go. With 3 of us cleaning up, it didn't take long to get the job done! The cats and kittens sure enjoyed the action! Ginseng, Dolan and Cypress were wading thru it. Shortly after this clean up, one of the cats flipped over an entire BIG bowl of dry food--all over the freshly swept floor. Oh well--things happen!

Kathy R was here last night and put her touch of art to a cat shelf and a cabinet door. The sayings she puts on are always so touching and colorful. Adds a lot of character. Thanks, Kathy. Badu must've been helping Kathy, as she has bright red paint on her leg. We'll get that off of her today.

Today, the 5 kittens, Oban, Galway, Callaway, Harlow, Harper were moved to Cat's Corner Room--across the hallway from June's Room. This will give them a much bigger room to play in and get them ready for their next step--entrance into the main area!

We have a major leak in the metal roof of Cat's Cove. And we also have 2 small leaks in the metal roof of Kitty City. Both of these roofs are on the Needs Repaired List, as these are both must fix problems. I believe Paul and Jimmy both are going to start tackling this job today. The Cat's Cove roof is 18 feet high.

We will have BOXES tonight! There are already 3 waiting for this evening from Tuesday's deliveries.

Today we will have a visitor that will be staying in Kitty Kastle. It's one of our moderators, Peekabookitty! She is from MA. We are thrilled to have her visit FFRC. Thanks to Sigrid for picking her up in Bryan and driving her here this morning.

Yesterday we had 2 big flies get into the Rescue Center. What a fun time the kittens had trying to catch them. The cats just watched the antics of the kittens. There must've been 9-10 of them all involved trying to get those 2 flies. Then, Octavia arrived and she made quick work of those flies--down the hatch they went. She certainly has something about eating bugs.

We had visitors here yesterday. They were looking for a kitten and immediately they fell for Frith. He will be leaving next week. We still also have a hold on Purrgeron. Our sweet Everett is on a hold and will be leaving this weekend. Still waiting on the family that wants Filbert to finalize their plans.


Farrah says that she is indeed getting her meds twice a day! No seizures for her!

Beautiful Faleena--she has so much love to give.

Tuesday, August 28

Graciela and Zorca are playing together with the track ball. One on one side, one on the other, batting the ball back and forth to each other. 3 white cats sleeping together--Penn, Teller and Miau all snugged together. Roadinia and Liberty are tussling and have just completed 4 complete turnovers while still wrestling.

Our grooming tub continues to be a favorite playing area. Just add a couple ping pong balls and coil toys inside the tub, and it becomes an instant playground! Fun to watch--I saw 5 kittens in there at the same time playing this morning.

We have a new kitten that arrived on Sunday. She's a sweet little thing--about 5-6 weeks old. A tiger with a slight tortiness to her. She was very very hungry upon arrival. Another FIY--found in yard and no mama or other kittens around. Her name is Seraphina, which is another name from the Name that Cat from the Catathon list. She's doing very well. Had a lot of fleas, but with capstar and a cleaning bath, she looks and feels much better!

We had visitors yesterday. A webcam friend, Linda C from Florida came with her mom, Kathy and friend Ruth, also both from Florida. They visited and petted all the FFRC cats, the porchies and covies and visited the farmyard. We also had another visitor, Lyndell from Halifax Nova Scotia who has been staying with our volunteer Ruth this summer. Very nice to have these visitors.

We had BOXES last night! We're ever so grateful to you.
AbbyTabbysMomma--2 cases Royal Canin baby canned food, KMR liquid, 2 bags Royal Canin dry baby kitten and 1 bag Royal Canin kitten dry food
PW--wavy Cat Scratch and Play
Gena R from FL--case of Purrfectly Chickenn, case of Frisky Meaty Bits and 2 BIG bags of pop tabs for Kellen!
Whitney H in OH--card, stickers and tattoos for Hannah, donation for FFRC, activity mat & a catnip mouse toy
Betz & Binky from OH--25 jars of turkey baby food
Lovebug/Pam --lots of cans of sardines, letter and a donation for FFRC
Susan TC in Defiance--donation for FFRC
Sherry & David W in NY--pictures and a card for Bravo. Pictures were of her cat Missy with her son David, Michelle with horse Ginger and 2 other cats Dreams and Dancer and one of their chickens.
Betty W from VA and Samantha the cat--a card and donation for FFRC, in memory of Bravo

Because of the wonderful success of the Earth Angel fundraiser for the Feliz Navidad fund, we decided to do something extra fun! We have a magnet, specifically for our Catstock. We picked 12 names from our mailing list and those 12 people will receive that magnet!


Betony--the mama of the Fiver gang.

Monday, August 27

It's raining! What a wonderful sound it is. We are so utterly dry here. I'm sure the ground is just soaking it up. The cats have been watching the raindrops on the windows.

The cats must have had a major party last night. We had a viewer donate 2 big bags of pop tabs for Kellen. During the night, they "accidently" opened the bags (I'm sure they didn't mean to) and scattered hundreds of tabs on the floor. Can you imagine the fun they had? Would like to have had that videoed!

Graciela is climbing all over the furniture with a spring toy in her mouth. FiFi is giving Dennison a big face wash. Avens bathed Derecho again this morning. Darilyn, Miler and Weber are fussing over a big feather and chasing it.

We had a surprise yesterday. Had a hen, called Helen, show up with 5 little baby chicks, just hatched. So very cute. Paul and I gathered her and chicklets up and put them in a big pen for a couple weeks, as the peacocks were way too interested in the babies.

Just an FYI: remember to reread the Chatter's Code of Conduct every once in a while for reminders and updates. This also goes for the guideline rules for our facebook pages. Please know that personal solicitation is not allowed. If you should get any kind of PM's from anyone that you feel isn't proper, please let a mod know or you can e-mail me. Remember, this is about cats, cats and more cats--that's what we do here! Thank you.

We have an announcement to make!! This will be fun! We had 452 people (another one was added!) that made an Earth Angel donation to the Feliz Navidad fund. We are so grateful. At boxes tonight, there will be 10 names drawn that will be sent a magnet that we have reserved for the Catstock celebration! If your name is drawn, we'll send that special magnet out to you right away! See you at Box time!

Another FYI: Many times people ask if it's necessary to do flea control of their newly adopted FFRC cat since it is flea free and is strictly indoors. We encourage continued flea control even in the new adoption home. YOU may be the carrier of fleas--it's easy to go into a home that has fleas and bring home a hitchhiker on your clothes. OR a friend (who may have fleas in his home) may visit YOUR home and bring in a hitchhiker. PREVENTION is so much easier to deal with than an infestation of fleas.

Goodness says: Please don't let your pets have fleas!

Sunday, August 26

I think we need cat-sitters in every room and hallway. These kittens and cats are in high gear and really playing hard with each other.....that is, except for Dahnay who continues to lick legs! Such a sweetheart. They've all been in super mode--I've seen them chasing around corners full speed ahead, Derecho is playing with many of the kittens also, kittens leaping in the air in full out wrestle mode, balls being flipped and tails a swishing! What a lot of action!

Yesterday, we had a first to happen at FFRC. We were having a Catstock meeting in the house when I get a call from one of the moderators. She said there's a cat carrying around a mouse. I thought she meant a fun toy mouse and wasn't sure what the problem was, until she said a LIVE mouse. Wow--did that get quick action! I ran out, grabbed a rug, saw where all the cats were huddled and there in the middle was Nemo, with a live chipmunk in her mouth!! I couldn't believe it. I tossed the rug over her, wiggled the chippie out of her mouth and took it across the road to the riverbank. It took off and never looked back! Nemo was SO proud. Apparently, the chippie went into the outdoor enclosure--that was NOT a good idea. I'm sure he will not be back again!

Please help Lisa with A Labor of Love Dog Rescue to win $$ by voting for her at: theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/projects-for-paws.faces?siteld=3 I know Lisa would appreciate this.

Update on the past Be an Earth Angels fundraiser:
Total number of web-cammers who donated: 551
Number of Countries who donated: 20
Just amazing and I thank you each and every one! What a tremendous group effort!

I have a special note for you from our friend Cindy/Bubbles. As many of you know, Cindy is one of our moderators and was quite ill recently and is still recovering. Many of you sent cards and she would like you to know how much it was appreciated! Continue to heal, Cindy!

Our little friend Hannah is also still in the hospital. Please refer to the previous blog about the latest update on her. Hannah's mom has asked for prayers during this difficult time. We love you, Hannah.

This is always difficult for me to address a problem so openly, but I feel I must. Please know that FFRC dearly loves the webcam and all the friends that we have made. The chatters and the lurkers are awesome and extremely supportive of this Rescue Center, of which I am so very grateful. We have a network of about 40 volunteers that mean the world to me. I am grateful also for each and everyone of them. I have recently seen on the camchat that remarks have been said about a volunteer. These remarks are rude, disrespectful and not necessary. I need and love all the volunteers that help FFRC and this disrespect will NOT be tolerated. The moderators are now fully aware of where I stand about this and also will NOT tolerate any rudeness or unkind remarks on the chat. If something happens that is not pleasing to you, please just remove yourself from the chat until later. Remember, we had this Rescue Center 10 years before the cam was even up. Many of the volunteers had to make adjustments to being in full view of hundreds of people during their volunteer time. The volunteers have also made many friends with the chatters and for the most part, thoroughly enjoys chatting during their time here. Some of our visitors that come also enjoy chatting, which is fine! Please be respectful of the volunteers and visitors. Thank you for understanding. Without these volunteers, this Rescue Center would not be possible.

FiFi is beautiful. She's sitting here beside me and her gold eyes just shine! Sometimes she has problems with her depth perception, but she sure knows how to work around it. Derecho has a new friend--that would be Avens! Avens loves to play and also groom Derecho. Graciela is still his good friend too. Treesa just zoomed thru here with a fuzzy ball in her mouth, growling all the way--must still be thinking about that chipmunk from yesterday! Densmore has turned out to be one of the most loving kittens. He's the one always climbing onto our backs and shoulders.

GraceAnn climbed all the way down the spiral ladder today to be petted. She is so beautiful. Preakness just jumped on the desk--I believe she wants to tell everyone to have a wonderful Sunday!

Raza--such a beauty.

Saturday night, August 25

Hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of people know about our little friend, Hannah. Hannah loves FFRC and especially Putter and the 2 Paddy boys. We all know that Hannah has been very ill and in the hospital. When her mom updates me, I've been passing on the information about our Hannah. Here is the latest update:

"We are still in ICU. Hannah has sepsis now. She had been scheduled for a trach this past week when she deteriorated quickly. She is receiving treatment for the sepsis. I'm sure you are probably aware of how serious it is. She is heavily sedated as she has an endotracheal tube hooked to a vent and an OG down her esophagus to decompress her tummy. They are trying to support all her systems until her body can get back in balance and heal itself. Things escalated Aug 11th at home when she became acidotic and quit breathing. She rode the ambulance with her Dad to Lutheran and then was med-flighted here.
Sorry to deliver all this bad news. BUT, I have seen this little girl overcome a lot over the years. We have her computer in ICU and keep the kitties on for her. She is really too sedated right now to be aware of anything (which is good). Just asking for prayers. We know everyone is concerned."

So, please, send prayers up for Hannah. She is a dear little girl that loves life and kitties. Will keep you posted.

Saturday, August 25

It's a cooler morning and the cats and kitties are very frisky. It gives me such joy to watch them play--their energy is boundless and the friendliness of them together is something special. We had visitors yesterday. As you know, we enjoy having people come and give extra petting to everyone. It's a win/win deal for the cats and the humans.

Zelda, Cyrilla and Jaina are all sleeping on my desk. They never realize how much their bodies fill up, overflow and cover up the top of my desk! But, what better way to work, I wouldn't know!

Putter and Emaline are doing great. I keep putting them back out into the Rescue Center several times a day to visit and cruise about, but they always end up back at the door, staring at it, waiting for the door to open and let them back into the house. Putter loves to lay on one of the rugs that Connie from MN made!

Yesterday, we caught up on giving vaccinations and worming. Also a few needed their monthly flea prevention given. We usually have a few to give daily, but some days have many names on the treatment board.

The 4 kittens that were in June's Room, Zorka, Liberty, Drake and Roadinia are doing fantastic. They don't even miss their room and haven't went back in there. They've just joined the kitty gang like they've always known them. It won't be long until the 5 kittens in Thumper's Room will be in Cat's Corner Room to start progressing their entry into the main area. They are so cute and so very friendly. We can't hardly leave Thumper's Room--it's too hard to stop playing and petting them!

Today we have another Advisory Meeting to continue our plans for the Catstock event. Next week I will give you an update on this!

We had BOXES last night. You all never cease to amaze me with your generosity. Thank you.
Mudji--a wonderful rock in memory of Bravo (will go in Albert's Garden)
Mary C/midwestergirl--beautiful necklaces that are hand made (some with FFRC log, hello kitty, cats and epace symbols) They're really nice!
LadyDoc--donation for FFRC
Missymjj & Temy--donation for FFRC
Dean & Debbie/bearmn--donation in memory of Tasha & a donation for Bravo. Also a donation to get Charlie (their sponsore cat) and LeLe (another sponsored cat) extra treats. A book called "Dear Tabby--Letters from Dogs and Cats". Also a picture of their Tasha cat
Paula in NH--donation in memory of Bravo and a lovely letter and picture of Bravo
Cindy C/Chaqua--"Cat Heaven" book, in memory of Bravo
Frank & Linda--In memory of Bravo, a beautiful angel statue that says "in memory of a faithful friend".
Toby W, kitty of Cyndilu from CA--letter and pictures of Toby and Mitzi, hand made sweaters for my 3 Z's, Zeke, Zaney and Zap (complete with a Z on each of them!), and a spare one for a kitty who may need one. (extra thanks--the Z's will love these!)
June/Jolee88--a special hand crocheted blanket for Fifi, green crocheted blanket for Kitty City/Cat's Cove, baby cereal, scotch tape, penils, 2 toys for Derecho, Treats for erecho & Fifi, 8 tubes of nerf balls for kitties, Meow mix tub for Fifi (which she had this morning!)
Anonymous--a case of Friskies packets Gravy Sensations, a case Fancy Feast Kitten turkey, Frisies 32 can of Seafood
Cwall/Carolyn & Steve from OH--cat magnet, baby food, Dry Purina Kitty, sardines, AA batteries, treats for volunteers, 2 cute stuffed toys, kitty face wipes, paper towels, magic erasers, sharpies, postie notes, hand soap & lotion, lysol/clorox wipes, sponges, dryer sheets and paper plates.
Laurie B--a case of baby food (Bella said she'll share with others!)
Bob & Julie H, visitors--3 bags of litter
Stacey R, visitor--paper towels, q-tips & glas cleaner
Shirin T from NJ--donation for FFRC thru PayPal
Jamie M from PA--donation for FFRC thru PayPal

We have decided to update Albert's Garden. Once the current flowers are done, we'll extra clean up the Garden. We will put Bravo's items there. I also have small river rocks (5-6 inches each), with names of some of the cat's/kitten's names on them that have passed away. When done, we'll take a picture of it so all can see.
"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose;
All that we love deeply, becomes a part of us." Helen Keller


Shirley. How much more relaxed can a kitten be?!