Thank You (Squared)! :)

What a nice start to our year! First, our thoughtful pals at Pet Blogs United generously gave us a $50 credit to use for PAWS at the online pet supply store Mr. Chewy. Many thanks, Pam and Oskar. We love you guys!

Once we had the code for our credit, we visited the easy-to-navigate Mr. Chewy site, and made our selections. We took advantage of the site's "free shipping with a $49 purchase" offer, and our order was delivered straight to the front door of PAWS within two days! Talk about great service!

We took some pictures, because we knew some of you might want to know what we ordered for PAWS. So without further ado ... here are the always sweet and helpful Freddie and Tommy inspecting the goodies. (Note: these two handsome mancats are also available for adoption, in case you were wondering.)

Freddie (left) and Tommy help sort the loot! :)

That alone would have been enough to make us smile for a while. But THEN, we were honored with the Versatile Blogger Award from our friends at the Cat From Hell's Blog. We love you, Nellie and Kozmo, and we're flattered to receive this award from you!  Now since we've won it before, we hope it's okay if this time we use a unique interpretation of the rules, which say we have to "share 7 things about ourselves." Instead of doing that, we're going to share pictures of 7 adoptable PAWS cats (and here they are):

From left to right: Jazmin, Anabelle and Ringo

Clockwise from upper left: Rupert, Praline, Elmer and Ian

The rules also state that we have to pass along the award to 15 blogs. How can we choose just 15, when we have so many friends with amazing blogs? It's just not possible! So we're going to give it to any of you who don't already have it. :)

Have a great day, everyone!

Easy Like Sunday - Susie :)

Here's beautiful (and adoptable!) Susie, settling in for a nice long Sunday nap...

Have a great day, everybody! :)

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - Felicia

Sweet and gentle Felicia was a stray who was being taken care of by many neighborhood residents. Little did they know that this beautiful blue- and gold-eyed beauty is more than happy being an indoor-only cat! :)

Felicia is three years old, and up to date on all her vaccinations, and has tested negative for FELv and FIV. In spite of her different colored eyes, she does not exhibit any hearing problems.

Happy MEW Year! :)

Question: What could possibly be happier than a formerly homeless PAWS cat beginning the New Year in its very own forever home?

Marmalade

Answer: A WHOLE BUNCH of formerly homeless PAWS cats beginning the New Year in forever homes.  And that’s exactly what’s happened since our last adoption update! Among the end-of-the-year graduates you may remember from our blog are sweet Calico Manx Marmalade and handsome cow cat Puck.

Here’s the entire list of exciting adoptions:

Adele and Bruno

Bailey

Boogie

Cal

Clarice

Divine and Knick Knack

Dolle

Eddie

Frankie

Jeannie

King

Kramer and Kosmo

Liza

Marion

Marmalade

Mayflower

Plymouth

Puck

Pumpkin

Riddle

Shasta

Romeo

Storm

Trinket and Tchochke

Vinnie

Zoe-Bob

Congratulations to all of the recent adoptees and their new families! And to all of you – our friends and blog followers, both new and old – Happy New Year! May your coming year be filled with peace, love and much happiness. :)

Purrs and head bonks,

us

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!

Sundays at the Shelter

Purrfect Haven

Alley Cats and Angels of North Carolina

White Dog Diary Online

Critters in the Cottage

Have a great day, everyone! :)

Happy Meow-lidays! :)

All of us here at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life wish you the happiest of holidays, and a blessed new year. We'll be taking it easy for the next few days, but want to thank you all for your continued support and friendship!

Love,

Kevin, Tracey, Sammy, Moosey, and all the PAWS cats :)

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - Jack and Jet

Cute boys Jet and Jack are definitely on Santa's "good" list. We're hoping their wishes for forever homes come true for the holidays. :)

Jet and Jack (foreground)

And for all of you last-minute holiday shoppers who live in and around Norwalk, Connecticut ... come check out all of the great stuff for sale at the PAWS store (located at the shelter)!