Happy Holidays from The Cats

Since this is the post of greetings from the MANY cats living here, I decided this would be the perfect time to mention the results of Andrea’s Christmas Fundraiser.  Her toy FUNdraiser was such a success that she decided to do embroidered Christmas ornaments and toys for the holiday season.  During such a busy time of year, Andrea spent A LOT of time at her sewing machine.  The final numbers aren't in, but Andrea says Winnie's Wish will be receiving at least $300.  THANK YOU ANDREA.  And thank you to everyone who ordered.

I have a funny story to tell.  A neat thing happened as a result of the auction held for Jeanne at Random Felines.  I saw that there was an item donated by The Island Cats that included a cat cube.  Knowing the cathouse can always use a cube, I bid on the item.  Of course, my intention was to support Jeanne and all the great work she does - lots of it for me.   I bid on it, and that was that.  However, Virginia at The Poupounette came along and outbid me.   Now here’s what happened next.  Virginia ended up winning the item.  However, she had intended it to go to my cathouse all along.  She told me (after the fact) that she was quite nervous when she saw me bid on it but she didn’t want to tell me and ruin the surprise.  When the package arrived, I emailed a thank you to Virginia and we had our chuckle.  What I had noticed, however, was that there were lots more toys in that package than I remembered being in the auction.  I emailed a thank you to Sue at Island Cats and she had a story of her own.  When she saw that I lost the item to Virginia, she decided to send a box of toys my way for the cathouse anyway.  Then she got word from Marg that her auction item was to go to me.  She thought it was a mistake, but Marg explained that Virginia wanted the item to go to Winnie’s Wish.  However, in the meantime, Sue had already gotten a box of toys together for me.   So she put them all together and I received that box of love just the other day.  I belong to the most wonderful group of animal lovers on the planet!   

Jazzy approved the contents.

Then she tried to STEAL the contents.

I want to mention something that came up in some of the comments on the recent adoption posts.  You guys really do “get it”.  When the four cats were adopted - Mitts, Circe, Glitter, and Cashmere - EIGHT cats were saved.  As I’ve said so many times, the four who received forever homes were saved AND that opened spots for FOUR more homeless cats.  I was maxed out in my cathouse.  Now if a little somebody comes along who needs me, I can scoop that little soul right up.  Wonderful feeling . . .

We have six cats of our own.   Winnie’s Wish is home to fourteen cats at this moment.  So here are twenty cats wishing each of you the best holiday season ever.

Suds

DiMarno

Tory

Analeigh

Amelia

Jazzy

Jo-Jo, Sallie, Truly, Hershey Bear, and Autumn

Shiloh. No good pictures of him in the cathouse. This is when he was still living in my house.

Tibby Bean, Cathouse Matriarch

Orange Juice and Sunshine

 

Isis

Frosting

Spritz

Maverick

Mickey Mouse

 If you are interested in providing a wonderful forever home to any of the Winnie’s Wish kitties, just scroll down my sidebar to click on a pic and read more.  OR email me and I will tell you all about anybody you might be interested in.     c3k@lazernetwireless.net

Just a couple more quick pics. 

Maverick in one of the tunnels in the cathouse. TOO cute!

An opportunity to show off my Christmas cactus. Jazzy likes it.

Amelia likes it, too.

See you tomorrow for one last Christmas card.

Comments

[Mindy Slimmer]

Merry Christmas to all the Parker kitties and the Winnie's Wishers. My hope for the cats is they all get home before or during the new year!!
Much Love,
Mindy
PS: Chrystal, How did you get your Christmas cactus to bloom so beautifully? I have a Christmas Cactus and it doesn't bloom more than 10% of the blooms you have on your plant. What is your secret?

[ginny & The fur family]

Merry Christmas to all in the Parker home and Winnies wish cats. Cheers for all the people who donated toys - and to Virginia for the cube - that is a favorite of kitties. Andrea is such a good true friend of the furries and so is Mindy and Jeanne and too many to name but they are such supporters of The Adoptions and fund raisers. The rain is here and I have spent the morning battening down the hatches so to speak. Cats mostly do not like rain. CAts love warm sunny days. The cat deck on the side of the CAt house at the Parkers is a perfect thing for cats. I love the pictures of the Christmas Cactus. So many beautiful blooms. Warm wishes for a windy day - Ginny& The Fur Family

[Patti]

I've run out of time to get the Christmas box to you before Christmas I do believe. So it will be a nice way to start off the new year! Merry Christmas to all of you!

xoxoxo
Patti in KY

[Kat & the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde]

Oh how splendid!! I love the fact that the cats ended up with double the toys!! ::grin:: Yay!!

[Andrea and the Celestial Kitties]

Oh boy! I love seeing your personal kitties, what an adorable group they are! And those cathouse kitties! Wow, what a bunch of sweeties! So cute, so playful, so deserving of homes! We've got our fingers and paws crossed over here that more of them get homes SOON!

There's still a few days to get, or at least speak for, a kitty for Christmas! We can still Clear Chrystal's Cathouse by Christmas!
Remember to share and tweet and pass the word everywhere! Let's spread happiness and joy one kitty at a time!

Buy the book! It'll make great reading during the long cold days of winter, it will warm your heart! Buy several, they make great gifts and you and your friends can chat about the great stories together! Boook clubs, here's your next favorite!

Donations help every kitty in the cathouse, what a great way to say Merry Christmas to the kitties!

[The Poupounette]

The story of that box of toys is really quite funny! We hope the kitties have fun with the cube and everything else! Thanks for all the great photos!

[Random Felines]

Yeah for the box....love Ginny and the Island Cats.

Merry Christmas to you and ALL the kitties.....

[The Island Cats]

We hope all the kitties love all the toys!! Happy Holidays from all of us!! oxoxox

[meowmeowmans]

What a wonderful story! I just love how everything came together, and that it was you and the cats were the beneficiaries. :)

We are so thankful for all of those beautiful friends you wrote about: Andrea, Jeanne, Virginia, the Island Cats, and Marg. And so many others. Such an amazing group of friends!

Merry Christmas to you and your family (human and furry), Chrystal!

Hugs!