Today, we would like to let you know of a need for a fellow blogger by pointing you to a post on her blog. Many of you know Katie . She has been struggling with health problems, her mother's health problems, and .....
Some of you are already aware of her situation and have helped her these last months. Well, an emergency situation has arisen regarding her home and she might need to move suddenly. If so, she won't be able to take her cats with her until the house she would be moving to could get repairs. She is trying to look at the worst case scenario and that might mean taking some or all of her cats to the local shelter within the next day or two. We all know what generally happens to cats at a shelter, no matter what a shelter offers. So please read her post and if you live anywhere near her area, perhaps you can can offer to shelter a cat or two for a short time. Visit Katiez Furry Mewz!.
A couple of our non blogging friends emailed last night that they couldn't vote in Boris' birthday contest. We checked and the voting box was broken. It's fixed today but according to Boris, it was broken by a "votey / clicky war." He has shortened the contest from the 16th to the 8th because of it. Well, we sure don't want to participate in a votey/clicky war, but the one vote per day still applies, so we appreciate any friends who would care to vote for us. We don't have a chance of winning, but that's okay. It's just fun to participate. You can vote here -- Gotcha Day & Birfaday Pawty Contesty. Crystal is #28.
We also have a number of friends in the contest, so check out the entries first. You might want to vote for one of them instead.
Note: Jan received and accepted an apology from the blogger who said Crystal's name is "Jan's selfish blunder." She sometimes has foot-in-mouth too and things don't always come out the way she means them.
Meet the Funny Farmers: (l-r) Marcus, Taylor, angel Cyndi, angel Rusty, Micah, angel Merci & angel Percy.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Mr Turtle & Crystal
Buddy, straining at the leash: Hey, guys, look at this. We found a new friend.
Sam: What is it?
Merci: We saw him a couple of weeks ago -- or one of his relatives. Jan said he's a turtle.
Buddy: Oops. Guess we got a little too inquisitive. He's backing into his house.
Merci: His shell, Buddy. It's called a shell.
Buddy: But it's where he lives, so it's his house.
Sam: Well, I hope he's not looking to be adopted because we don't have any room at the Funny Farm for him.
Buddy: Don't worry. Just start walking fast and Jan will have to follow. She can't grab him if she's running.
Sam: Jan running? Do you think she knows how?
Merci: No, but let's teach her. Heeeeeeeey, not so fast, guys. I have short legs.
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Remember, you can find Crystal on "Gotcha Day & Birfaday Pawty Contesty." He's #28. If you don't have a pet entered or another pet you'd rather vote for, we hope you will vote for Crystal. As Boris says, "Voting will runs until August 16, 2009 (ends midnighty EST). You can votes once a day so come backs every day! Tell you furends to come and votes fur u too! Crystal was doing well but 2 or 3 are really running ahead of him and the rest of the contestants.
Jan: And speaking of Crystal, there is something that needs to be clear, so I am going to repeat it. Crystal is a male kitty. He was not named by "Jan's selfish blunder," as one blogger commented yesterday. Nor is he going to be called Chrys or Chris. His name is Crystal. Look it up in the dictionary and the definition is not "it's a girl's name." If you can't get past it as a "name, consider that Crystal is also a last name. The word Crystal is not exclusively associated with female humans. I don't know whether the writer of that comment intended it to be offensive or funny, but it nearly had me in tears.
I enjoy reading your comments and it's okay to disagree with any opinions expressed on JFF but personal "attacks" are not welcome.
Now back to the post. I hope you will go vote for Crystal.
Sam: What is it?
Merci: We saw him a couple of weeks ago -- or one of his relatives. Jan said he's a turtle.
Buddy: Oops. Guess we got a little too inquisitive. He's backing into his house.
Merci: His shell, Buddy. It's called a shell.
Buddy: But it's where he lives, so it's his house.
Sam: Well, I hope he's not looking to be adopted because we don't have any room at the Funny Farm for him.
Buddy: Don't worry. Just start walking fast and Jan will have to follow. She can't grab him if she's running.
Sam: Jan running? Do you think she knows how?
Merci: No, but let's teach her. Heeeeeeeey, not so fast, guys. I have short legs.
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Remember, you can find Crystal on "Gotcha Day & Birfaday Pawty Contesty." He's #28. If you don't have a pet entered or another pet you'd rather vote for, we hope you will vote for Crystal. As Boris says, "Voting will runs until August 16, 2009 (ends midnighty EST). You can votes once a day so come backs every day! Tell you furends to come and votes fur u too! Crystal was doing well but 2 or 3 are really running ahead of him and the rest of the contestants.
Jan: And speaking of Crystal, there is something that needs to be clear, so I am going to repeat it. Crystal is a male kitty. He was not named by "Jan's selfish blunder," as one blogger commented yesterday. Nor is he going to be called Chrys or Chris. His name is Crystal. Look it up in the dictionary and the definition is not "it's a girl's name." If you can't get past it as a "name, consider that Crystal is also a last name. The word Crystal is not exclusively associated with female humans. I don't know whether the writer of that comment intended it to be offensive or funny, but it nearly had me in tears.
I enjoy reading your comments and it's okay to disagree with any opinions expressed on JFF but personal "attacks" are not welcome.
Now back to the post. I hope you will go vote for Crystal.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Vote for Crystal
Boris Kitty has posted the photos for the Birthday Contest. We entered our Crystal. There are a number of great entries, so we hope you will go by to check them all out and to vote. And if you just happen to vote for Crystal, we'd be ever so grateful. Of course, if you vote for another furry, we'll still be your friends.
This is our entry.
My human, Jan, named me Crystal even though I'm a boy kitty because she said I am as handsome as crystal glassware is beautiful. My furry siblings think I should enter your contest. You see, I turned 11 years old on June 1st and I don't know how many days ... I mean years ... I have left, and I've never had a birthday party. That never bothered me before. I have an endless supply of crunchies, a roof over my old head, a warm bed in winter, a big family to keep me company, and a human who scoops my poop. What more could a kitty want?
Well, I hate to admit it, but before I go, I dream of having a birthday party where we all wear a silly hat, agile mice deliver my cake, balloons float freely, a huge table bends under the weight of food and beverages, and all the furries attending get a present -- not just me. So I think I'm going to start checking the couch for loose change so next year I can afford to invite all my friends and family to a big birthday party.
You can find Crystal on "Gotcha Day & Birfaday Pawty Contesty." He's #28.
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Hey, you undoubtedly remember we have a collective bad memory. We've been asked for some Canadian pet blogging sites. We can think of a couple offhand, but it's hard to remember where everyone is from, so can you help us remember some furry bloggers from Canada? Thanks.
This is our entry.
My human, Jan, named me Crystal even though I'm a boy kitty because she said I am as handsome as crystal glassware is beautiful. My furry siblings think I should enter your contest. You see, I turned 11 years old on June 1st and I don't know how many days ... I mean years ... I have left, and I've never had a birthday party. That never bothered me before. I have an endless supply of crunchies, a roof over my old head, a warm bed in winter, a big family to keep me company, and a human who scoops my poop. What more could a kitty want?
Well, I hate to admit it, but before I go, I dream of having a birthday party where we all wear a silly hat, agile mice deliver my cake, balloons float freely, a huge table bends under the weight of food and beverages, and all the furries attending get a present -- not just me. So I think I'm going to start checking the couch for loose change so next year I can afford to invite all my friends and family to a big birthday party.
You can find Crystal on "Gotcha Day & Birfaday Pawty Contesty." He's #28.
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Hey, you undoubtedly remember we have a collective bad memory. We've been asked for some Canadian pet blogging sites. We can think of a couple offhand, but it's hard to remember where everyone is from, so can you help us remember some furry bloggers from Canada? Thanks.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
More Addicition, Luxor & Twitter
Samaritan: Hey, we received a package with more Addiction food. Someone must have told them we like to eat. So we ate it!
Rusty: Yeah, here we are checking it all out. It arrived right after Jan fixed the woofies that big pan of .... of....whatever it was. ( "Chef Needed, Apply Now")
Crystal (the kitty in the background walking away because the food hasn't been opened yet): We kitties received 3 cans of King Salmon & Potatoes, 2 cans of NZ Bushtail & vegetables., 1 bag of Viva La Venison and 1 bag of Salmon Bleu.
Buddy: We woofies got a box of raw dehydrated Steakhouse Beef & Zucchini Entree, 2 bags of Viva La Venison, and a bag of Premium Protein Formula La Porchetta.
Rusty: The first day Jan opened one of the cat cans of salmon. Here I am enjoying my share.
Percy: I ate my share of salmon too. However, when Jan opened the first can of NZ Bushtail, Rusty, Cameron and I turned up our noses and walked away. Sorry, Addiction, but it's true.
Cameron: I enjoyed the salmon but for some reason the NZ Bushtail doesn't smell fishy. What kind of fish doesn't smell fishy?
Cotton: Pssst, Cameron, I think bushtail is a posssum. Possums don't smell like fish.
Crystal, Cotton, Cyndi, Percy, Cameron & Rusty: We kitties enjoyed the salmon, but 3 of us didn't like the NZ Bushtail. And although the last time we ate the grain-free Venison without a problem, this time we all refused to eat it until Jan mixed it together with the bag of Salmon dry food. We would apologize but we are cats, and therefore we not only have the right but the duty to be finicky.
Buddy, Merci & Sam: We woofies ate everything without a fuss. We would have eaten the kitties leftovers too, but Crystal quickly dispatched them. (He's turned into a regular vacuum cleaner. Maybe we should make him an honorary woofie. )
Sam: Thanks, Addiction, for letting us try more of your pet food. For the most part, we enjoyed it. And although Jan refuses to try any of it herself, she likes that it's made from natural ingredients. Some of it is hypoallergenic for sensitive pets and some is grain-free.
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Every once in a while we visit Luxor's blog, hoping for a new post. Unfortunately, Lux got very sick while on a trip with his humans last Christmas and was diagnosed with a heart condition -- dilative cardiomyopathy, where the heart walls become thin. Since then, his posts have been sporadic and few. We hope you will stop by today and every so often to let his human know Lux has not been forgotten and you still care. She lost her heart for blogging when Lux became sick, which is understandable. Perhaps you can leave an occasional note of encouragement, not so much for her to return to blogging, but just to let her know you're here for her. Pet bloggers are a community and they care.
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And although we know it is hard to believe -- hey, we still doubt it! -- we signed up with Twitter today. Right now we haven't a clue what's what, but if you tweet, look for us. We're jansfunnyfarm (big surprise!).
Rusty: Yeah, here we are checking it all out. It arrived right after Jan fixed the woofies that big pan of .... of....whatever it was. ( "Chef Needed, Apply Now")
Crystal (the kitty in the background walking away because the food hasn't been opened yet): We kitties received 3 cans of King Salmon & Potatoes, 2 cans of NZ Bushtail & vegetables., 1 bag of Viva La Venison and 1 bag of Salmon Bleu.
Buddy: We woofies got a box of raw dehydrated Steakhouse Beef & Zucchini Entree, 2 bags of Viva La Venison, and a bag of Premium Protein Formula La Porchetta.
Rusty: The first day Jan opened one of the cat cans of salmon. Here I am enjoying my share.
Percy: I ate my share of salmon too. However, when Jan opened the first can of NZ Bushtail, Rusty, Cameron and I turned up our noses and walked away. Sorry, Addiction, but it's true.
Cameron: I enjoyed the salmon but for some reason the NZ Bushtail doesn't smell fishy. What kind of fish doesn't smell fishy?
Cotton: Pssst, Cameron, I think bushtail is a posssum. Possums don't smell like fish.
Crystal, Cotton, Cyndi, Percy, Cameron & Rusty: We kitties enjoyed the salmon, but 3 of us didn't like the NZ Bushtail. And although the last time we ate the grain-free Venison without a problem, this time we all refused to eat it until Jan mixed it together with the bag of Salmon dry food. We would apologize but we are cats, and therefore we not only have the right but the duty to be finicky.
Buddy, Merci & Sam: We woofies ate everything without a fuss. We would have eaten the kitties leftovers too, but Crystal quickly dispatched them. (He's turned into a regular vacuum cleaner. Maybe we should make him an honorary woofie. )
Sam: Thanks, Addiction, for letting us try more of your pet food. For the most part, we enjoyed it. And although Jan refuses to try any of it herself, she likes that it's made from natural ingredients. Some of it is hypoallergenic for sensitive pets and some is grain-free.
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Every once in a while we visit Luxor's blog, hoping for a new post. Unfortunately, Lux got very sick while on a trip with his humans last Christmas and was diagnosed with a heart condition -- dilative cardiomyopathy, where the heart walls become thin. Since then, his posts have been sporadic and few. We hope you will stop by today and every so often to let his human know Lux has not been forgotten and you still care. She lost her heart for blogging when Lux became sick, which is understandable. Perhaps you can leave an occasional note of encouragement, not so much for her to return to blogging, but just to let her know you're here for her. Pet bloggers are a community and they care.
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And although we know it is hard to believe -- hey, we still doubt it! -- we signed up with Twitter today. Right now we haven't a clue what's what, but if you tweet, look for us. We're jansfunnyfarm (big surprise!).
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