December 28, 2011

A new fave, and a new award :)


A little more than two weeks ago, we were selected as the winners of KC & the Sherwood Bunch's PetFusion Cat Scratcher Lounge contest. Thank you Mom ML, KC, and the rest of the Sherwood Kitties from all of us. Especially Moosey, who has made it clear that it is his new favorite piece of furniture AND his scratcher of choice. He took to it immediately, and as you can see from this picture, can often be found on top of it. :)


Then, a week ago, we were incredibly honored when our friend Sparkle the Designer Cat gave us the Liebster Blog Award (Liebster is German for "favorite" or "beloved").  This is an award for "up and coming blogs with less than 200 followers." Apparently, the bloggers who gave the Liebster to Sparkle bent the "less than 200" part of that rule for her, and Sparkle made an exception for us, too. We're actually glad, since it gives us the chance to pass it along to five of OUR favorite up-and-coming blogs.  So here's our list (in no particular order) ... we had such a difficult time choosing just five.  If you haven't already done so, please visit them ... you'll be glad you did!


Have a great day, everyone! :)

43 comments:

The Island Cats said...

That scratcher looks awesome! We can see why Moosey likes it so much! And congrats on your award!!

Ellen Whyte said...

That looks like a pawsome scratcher. And concats on the award!

Marilynn said...

That scratcher/lounge DOES look comfy and wonderful. We're so happy you won it!!

Love, Grace & Company

Sparkle said...

How awesome - you picked some bloggers that are new to me! Going to check them out now.

Dorothy said...

Congratulations on your wins!! You deserve them! :)

KC and the Giggleman Kitties said...

Hooray for Moosie, he knows sumfing good when him sees it.
Mom ML says that we haffed stopped scratching tha furniture almost completely now that this is in tha house.
She says it is a miracle and she's buying us annuffur one.
And I love Sparkle's award, concatulashuns.
Love,
KC

haopee said...

Who's that kitty posing in the photo!?! So plump and fluuuuffffyyy.

Congratulations on the win!!!

Huggies and Cheese,

Haopee

Old Kitty said...

Awwww congratulations with your fabulous and well deserved award! Yay!!

Moosey - you are looking gorgeous on you fave bit of furniture! Take care
x

Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...

Great looking scratcher , especially with you on it , Moosey !
ConCATulations to the Liebster Blog award !!

Hannah and Lucy said...

That looks a great scratcher cos you can have a snooze after each paw sharpening and then sharpen another one and rest again!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

Hilary said...

Cool scratcher!

Marg said...

That scratcher looks like a great one. And congra rats on the award. We will go visit those blogs. We love to meet new people. Thanks for your nice comments on BB.

Gattina said...

Moosy looks adorable on the scratcher ! Congratulations to the award.

Cats of Wildcat Woods said...

Congrats and we love that pic of Moosey!

Memories of Eric and Flynn said...

Concats on your award. Moosey looks very comfy on his lounger.

Unknown said...

Moosey looks very comfy! Will he share? And yous deserves the award!
Kisses
Nellie

www.shelter-cats.com said...

Moosey looks like he's taken up permanent residence on that wonderful lounger. I hope Sammy gets a turn.

Thank you for choosing my blog for the Liebster Blog Award! It warms my heart. Looking forward to visiting the other blogs on your list.

Brian's Home Blog said...

I sure can see why that scratcher is a fav! Congrats on the very nice award too!!!

catsynth said...

I love the design on that scratcher, very modernist with its undulating curves.
Nice award, too!

Julia Williams said...

That looks like a great scratcher -- nice and large, and comfy for naps in between all the scratching!

Langley Cornwell said...

Congrats on the win and the award. That scratcher/lounge look comfortable! Happy New Year.

Cara n Crew said...

Concats on the award! and concats to Moosey for the new scratcher-lounge ;-/

Pip, Smidgen, minnie, hollie

Avalon Cat Cartoons said...

Happy Meow Year!

Tamago said...

Oh the scratcher lounge looks great!! Sounds like Moosey is enjoying a lot :-) It's a very cute picture of him too! And congratulations on your award!!
We are not going to eat ozoni or osechi or anything...but I sometimes miss new year in Japan!

Avalon's Garden and Mewsings of Garden Cottage Cats said...

Sure lookz like thoze scratcherz are pretty popular ^..^ we luvz owrz :))))))
Concatulationz on your awardie ^..^

Happy New Yearz ^..^
Purrz & Kissez ~

Clooney said...

That is such a cute picture of Moosey, awesome that the scratcher is loved so much! Congrats on your Award, you folks deserve it big time, you are dear to us too.

Jingle Cat said...

Congrtulation and
Happy Scratching to Moosey

White Dog Blog said...

We are honored to share this award with you. The White Dog Army is grateful for your generosity and your friendship. We will strive to keep our stories up to the standard you set...and will pass it on to other great blogs out there that deserve recognition. Thank you and congratulations.

HH and The Boys said...

Congratulations on the award. You certainly are up and coming and deserve the award. What a great new scratcher and seat. That looks like a sturdy one. I think I'll have HH look into that. The boys both got on their X at once and it collapsed... MOL...

have a great day.

pawhugs, Max

Milo and Alfie Marshall said...

Congrats ~ no-furry deserves an award more than you guys. Purrs. xx

Unknown said...

A well deserved award and comfy looking scratcher, hope he will get many hours of pleasure out of the scratcher.

The Whiskeratti said...

Concatulations on the award. And that scratcher looks really pawsome, too.

"The Boys" and Karen said...

Wow, two awards/recognitions in two weeks (give or take). Fantastic news.

Love that scratcher mountain Moosey is on. Looking pretty regal there, too.

Thanks for stopping by Kittens 'n Things. We had a pretty nice Christmas, and are looking to 2012! with much anticipation.

Happy New Year.

Cat with a Garden said...

That scratcher looks pawsome!
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebration and wish you all the best for 2012!

Gigi said...

Pawsome present and concats on your Awardie! We luff your blog lots.

Happy New Year, Sweet Furiends!

Beth said...

Congratulations! Moosey looks adorable - living the life of leisure, as well she should be!
Beth

Anonymous said...

WOW you got in twice!!! ConCATs! :o)

one of Fae's humans said...

congrats on the award and scratcher! definitely cant blame Moosey for hogging the thing, it looks awesome! :)

GRAÇA said...

Couldn't help but come to wish you a year of 2012 with all who wish to, you are in my heart it is small but has always place for friends
Turriquinhas's friend
Kika

Cat said...

Wow that is a fantastic scratcher!! Congratulations on your award, you are very dear to so many of us :-)

I don't think we will be blogging this weekend so we wanted to send along a little early our very best wishes to you for a happy and healthy new year!!!

Photo Cache said...

Concats on your awards!

Happy new year. Hope this new year finds furever homes for the ones who doesn't have one yet. Purring for that!

Emma and Buster

Anya said...

We want wish you and yours
A HAPPY & HEALTHY New YEAR
enjoy New Years Eve with your family

Hugs from your Dutch friends :)

Alley Cats and Angels of North Carolina said...

Thank you so much Animal Shelter Life Volunteer. We appreciate being selected as one of your five favorite up-and-coming blogs.

Now that year end is over and we're almost done with 2011 paperwork and 2012 budgeting, we'll be able to post more regularly again.