downs and ups

 As it sometimes happens, we lost a kitten Monday night. Tapenade came to us with her sister Chutney off the streets without a mom cat. She never really grew but was active and eating well. Mom went in Monday evening and she had collapsed. They ran to a vet urgent care but it was better to let her go.

In other news, mom submitted articles to the Cat Writers Association contest this year and got 3 certificates of excellence for the following stories:

So you want to adopt a cat

About her ear

And she was nominated by All Pet Voices for her article A Feral Kitten Finds Her Forever Home which was written for a campaign with cuddly.com

Goldfish would say thank you for all the attention, but let's be honest, attention is not her thing. haha

Thankful Thursday

We seem to say it alot, but we are VERY thankful to be a part of this cat and pet blogger community.

And now, in addition to just screwing around here on the web and on facebook, we have an official announcement:

Mom is now an associate member of the Cat Writers Association

Mom had to submit a story from the blog along with other information. We have been doing this a while, but mom wanted to send something to show our serious side. She could have sent Bourbon's story, but thought that might be a little long. Then she thought about sending this story. What can we say - it was late one night when she was thinking about this (cause really mom?? send a dog story to get admitted to a cat association ....you are SO smart). And then she knew which story to send:

Licorice

when mom first found her last summer

amazing how far she has come

and now at Petsmart waiting for her forever family

We want to thank the CWA for allowing mom to become a member. And we especially want to thank Miss Debbie from Glogirly (you know - the home of Katie and Waffles) for agreeing to sponsor mom.