Something Funny

This is Annabelle. This is Bella's mom.


This is Bella.



This is Carmella. Carmella is my former foster kitten who I said looked
like Bella.





I think they are all related lol

Chandler :)

isn't he handsome?!

settled

Chandler has settled in very nicely...not that he really had a chance to go anywhere lol. he thinks Bella is his mom and she gladly has taken on the role! I like to call him bing bong. odd name for a cat, huh? when he's being sassy (which is not often at all!) I use my Janice from friends voice....chandla bingg (hard jersey accent).
He loves the laser pointer. he loves climbing up the scratching post and laying down.
Bella loves chasing him around. He watches her intently as she gets into mischief!
Sammy doesn't care at all. He's glad to have Bella not bug him and he can lay in the sun and watch TV. Sam's an old dude. he will be 11 in October. Sometimes I think "oh my gosh I have 3 cats!!" and other times it's really quiet lol.

Today starts my first day of adoption counselling. I stopped fostering for now. I may have stopped altogether. I don't think its something i'm going to do again any time soon. it's too hard. I have done a great thing by helping but now its time to get some cats homes!

pictures of my herd...

It's a boy

I adopted Chandler today. After bringing him to the center and putting him in the room, i left him in there for a bit and then went back in. He was really freaked out and jumped up on my lap. I said screw it and decided that cats really do have feelings...and while I know he would have been ok eventually, I couldn't leave him.
I literally could NOT leave him there. So I signed the adoption papers and paid the fee and left with my cat.

He is a very good boy. I really picked a good one (ok he picked me but that's beside the point) and now i have my very own black Halloween kitty LOL. :)

Welcome home Chandler Bing Bong Slack.

Sammy and Bella

I had someone recently ask me "which two are your cats"

so here they are.

Sammy is an orange tabby who I got 10 years ago. He is Casey's cat.
When Casey and I moved to our own places, I took Sammy (and my cat Lacy).



that's a picture of sammy and lacy. my favorite picture of them. He
was being sassy. Lacy was laying there sleeping and sam jumped up and
woke her up. this is right before she jumped down and walked off.




Then there is bella. I adopted bella when she was 8ish weeks old from
orphan animal rescue in neenah, wi. I went just looking because after Lacy
died, sammy seemed down. I wanted someone who would be there with him and keep
him busy. Bella was cute so I adopted her. She was kind of a spur of the
moment cat. I probably shouldn't have gotten her. I love her (now) don't get me
wrong... I just think I probably should have waited. she's family now, so
that's that. She is getting a lot better than she has been. For a while I
was going to send her back. Seriously. She still drives me nuts for the most
part but it's A LOT better (like i said).

Baby Annabelle Louise (her full name)

Chandler

There have been many, many foster cats and kittens that come through my doors. Some are sick, some need love and some are too young to be adopted. No matter what the case is, I love them all. I have fostered over 30 cats and kittens. Only 3 I really wanted to keep.

Elphie....




Carmella....




and Chandler...




Chandler is from the latest group of kittens that I had...the "friends" crew..

Chandler, Ross, Joey and Gunther....





The other 3 went to get neutered and bing stayed behind. he is an amazingly well behaved kitten. calm, content and fits well in our little family. It has crossed my mind on several occasions to keep him. he is going to be one challenge i am not looking forward to. fostering is hard, loving is easy.

Lola

One of my many many foster kittens was adopted (again) yesterday. Her story is a cute one, so i'm going to share it :)

Lola came to me with 3 other kittens... carmella, casey and jack.



She was the most scared out of the group. Hissing at me all the time, making
sure I knew that she was "the boss" and there was no way in hell I would ever
pet her let alone make her into a love.



Then they all went on a trip to get spayed and neutered. She came back the
most loving kitten. She would always climb on my leg and lay there and
purr and purr.





There came a day when she went to the center to be adopted. I had a strange
feeling about it but it wasn't my decision to choose who adopted her, so off
she went. I got a few pictures from her first family.


She looked content.

Then, all of a sudden, there was an allergy in that family and Lola was
sent packing back to the center. I saw her there by accident one day and
was floored. she ran across the room and jumped on my shoulder, like she has
done for months, and began to lick my face. Right then and there I was going
to pack her up and take her home. I didn't, but I was going to. A few
weeks went by and I was floored that this love was not adopted! She is so
amazing. The process of seeing her go from a little crab to a love was so fun!
Then it happened! Lola's family finally came! This time, she would stay
with them forever! She would never have to worry about going back to the
center. She would never have to wonder if she would be loved. She would never
go hungry. She would always be loved!

Congratulations Miss Lola!