DDP AGAIN!

THANK YOU MISS DIARY LADY FOR CHOSING ME AS ONE OF THE DDP'S AGAIN TODAY. I AM HONORED.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY FRIENDS WHO SEND ME MESSAGES, GIFTS, ETC FOR MY SPECIAL DAY. MAMA WILL GET AROUND TO THANKING EACH OF YOU. SHE HAD HER REGULAR WEEKLY DOCTORS VISIT TODAY SO SHE JUST GOT HOME.

THANK YOU AGAIN AND I LOVE YOU ALL.

LOVE,
OREO

I AM A DAILY DIARY PICK TODAY

HOORAY! I AM ONE OF THE DDP'S TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH SWEET DIARY LADY FOR CHOSING MY DIARY. MY MAMA AND I WERE SO EXCITED TODAY.

THANKS TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO SENT ME GIFTS AND MESSAGES. MAMA IS WORKING ON SENDING THANK YOUS TO YOU ALL. YOU ARE GREAT FRIENDS AND I AM SO GLAD WE ARE ON CATSTER.

LOVE YOU,
OREO

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

HI GUYS,

WE ALL WANT TO WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. HOPE SANTA PAWS FILLS YOUR STOCKINGS WITH LOTS OF GOODIES BECAUSE WE KNOW ALL OF YOU (AND US) HAVE BEEN GOOD THIS YEAR. (lol) WE ARE ALL GOOD KITTIES AND DOGGIES...WE JUST LIKE TO HAVE FUN.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ THE POEM OUR PA WROTE TO MAMA, PLEASE CHECK OUT YESTERDAY'S DIARY ENTRY. OUR PA IS SO TALENTED AND HE LOVES TO WRITE POEMS ABOUT US.

WE LOVE YOU ALL AND HAVE ENJOYED THIS PAST YEAR ON CATSTER AND DOGSTER. WE HAVE MADE SOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. HOPE TO MAKE MORE FRIENDS THIS YEAR. THE MORE....THE MERRIER!!!

SWEET DREAMS TONIGHT AND WE LOVE YOU,
THE WILLIAMS FURS AND DOTTIE TOO

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS...OUR CATS GATHERED 'ROUND.
I WATCHED AS THEY SLEPT...BEING ALL SAFE AND SOUND!
THEY KNEW THIS WAS CHRISTMAS...WHEN GOOD GIRLS AND BOYS,
WOULD EXPECT SANDY CLAWS...HE'D BRING GOODIES AND TOYS!

IT WAS BARELY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHEN MY EARS DETECTED THE SOUND.
THE FAMILIAR JINGLE OF SLEIGH BELLS...AS THE RIG WAS SETTLING DOWN!
AFTER RISING SLOWLY FROM MY CHAIR AND GLIDING ACROSS THE FLOOR,
I REACHED FOR THE KNOB...BUT THEN I HEARD...SOMEONE RAPPING ON THE DOOR!

WITH A ONE-HANDED MOTION...THE DOOR OPENED WIDE.
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT? HE WALKED RIGHT INSIDE!
HIS SUIT WAS BRIGHT RED...AND SO WAS HIS HAT,
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF...NOW THAT'S A SHARP CAT!

HE LOOKED 'ROUND AND SAID, "WHY ARE THEY NOT STIRRING?"
I SAID, "WAKE THEM UP! THEY'RE TOO BUSY PURRING!"
THEN HE LIFTED HIS ARMS AND SAID, "WAKE UP YOU GUYS!
LOOK UP AT ME! I'M YOUR CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!"

IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS THEIR EYES OPENED WIDE,
AND BEFORE I COULD BLINK, THEY ALL RAN TO HIS SIDE!
WITH TAILS RAISED UP HIGH...CUDDLING CLOSE TO HIS KNEES,
THEY STARED UP AND SAID, "WON'T YOU PICK US UP? PLEASE!"

THEN HE REACHED DOWN SO GENTLY...AND LIFTED THEM HIGH,
AND RUBBED THEM AND HUGGED THEM...THEN GAVE A SOFT SIGH.
HE CALLED OREO, THOMAS, AND LEO AND CALLIE,
MICKEY AND SMOKEY AND BOOTSIE AND BRANTLEY!

HE CALLED PATCHES LAST...AND THE LIST WOULD BE LONGER,
IF LITTLE STRIPES' HEART HAD BEEN A BIT STRONGER.
NINE PRETTY CATS RUNNING LOOSE IN THE DEN.
IF STRIPES WERE STILL HERE...HE WOULD HAVE MADE TEN.

AFTER SETTING THEM DOWN, HE WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK.
ONCE THE STOCKINGS WERE FILLED, HE TURNED WITH A JERK!
WITH A THUMB ON HIS NOSE, HIS BOOTS MAKING A CLICK,
HE SAID MERRY CHRISTMAS! FROM JOLLY SAINT NICK!"

THEN BRANTLEY SPOKE UP, "DO YOU HAVE TO GO?
WE'D ALL LIKE TO HELP YOU AND FLY THROUGH THE SNOW!"
LOOKING MY WAY, HE SAID "WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AND LET MY EYES BLINK.

NOW IF MAMA WAKES UP WHILE THEY'RE GONE ON A FLIGHT,
SHE MIGHT BE UPSET...FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT!
SO SANDY MUST PROMISE TO BE BACK BY SEVEN,
OR ELSE I MIGHT END UP...IN KITTY CAT HEAVEN!

KNOWING THAT THEY WOULD BE SAFE IN HIS CARE,
I'D JUST HAVE TO TELL HER, "RELAX IN A CHAIR!
THEY'LL BE BACK BY MORNING...'TIL THEN WE CAN REST,
KNOWING THAT THEY...HAVE GONE OFF WITH THE BEST!"

SO I MADE UP MY MIND THAT THESE NINE LITTLE KITTENS,
SHOULD ALL DON THEIR HAND-CROCHETED WRAPS, CAPS AND MITTENS!
THEY NIGHT AIR IS WARM IN SOME PLACES THEY'LL GO,
BUT OTHERS WILL GREET THEM WITH COLD AIR AND SNOW!

WITH A NOD OF MY HEAD, I COULD TELL FROM THEIR SMILES,
THEY WERE ANXIOUS TO GO...TO FLY THOUSANDS OF MILES!
AS SANDY LED ALL OF THEM OUT TO HIS SLEIGH,
I KNEW THEY WERE READY...TO GET UNDERWAY!

HE UNHITCHED HIS TEAM AND THEY STEPPED TO THE SIDE,
SO THESE LITTLE KITTENS COULD SHOW OFF THEIR PRIDE!
THEY LINED UP IN PAIRS...IN THE LEAD WAS SWEET PATCHES,
WITH A CRACK FROM HIS WHIP HE SAID, "TIGHTEN THE HATCHES!"

AS I WATCHED WITH AMAZEMENT, THE SLEIGH SLOWLY ROSE,
BY THEN I WAS SHAKING...MY FEET NEARLY FROZE!
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE...THEY WERE GONE FROM MY SIGHT,
ON A LONG BUSY JOURNEY...THIS CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT!

I WENT BACK INSIDE...TO WARM UP AND REST,
KNOWING THAT SOON...THEY'D BE PUIT TO THE TEST!
FLYING ALL 'ROUND THE WORLD...TO SEE GIRLS AND BOYS,
TO FILL UP THEIR STOCKINGS...WITH GOODIES AND TOYS!

THE TIME WENT BY SLOWLY...AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW?
ONCE THE SLEIGH TOUCHED THE GROUND...I RUSHED OUT IN THE SNOW!
WITH HIS OLD TEAM HITCHED UP, SANDY GAVE OUT A CHEER,
SAYING, "THANKS A LOT, KITTIES! I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!"


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN CATSTER LAND! HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS POEM WRITTEN MY OUR SWEET PA.

LOVE YOU ALL!
THE WILLIAMS FURS

7 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

HELLO EVERYONE!

WE ARE COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SANTA PAWS BRINGS US IN OUR STOCKINGS. MAMA HAS A STOCKING FOR EACH OF US HANGING ON THE TREE. WE HAVE BEEN REAL GOOD THIS YEAR COMPARED TO PAST YEARS. ONLY PATCHES CLIMBED UP IN THE TREE ONE TIME. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME UNDER IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T JUMPED IN IT LIKE WE USE TO. MAMA LEARNED SEVERAL YEARS AGO NOT TO PUT ANY PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE----SOME OF US PEE ON THEM AND ALSO TEAR THEM UP. WHEN YOU PUT NINE CATS TOGETHER, YOU HAVE A HAND FULL, BUT MAMA DOESN'T MIND. SHE LOVES US A BUNCH. SO DO PA AND JIMBO BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PATIENCE WITH US AS MAMA DOES.

HOPE ALL OF YOU IN CATSTER AND DOGSTER LAND HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

LOVE YOU ALL
THE WILLIAMS FURS AND DOTTIE, TOO

WE'RE BACK!

HELLO TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN CATSTER AND DOGSTER LAND. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEND MUCH TIME ON CATSTER OR DOGSTER LATELY DUE TO MAMA AND JIMBO'S MEDICAL PROBLEMS. HOPEFULLY WE ARE BACK NOW AND WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP AND PARTICIPATE.

TO UPDATE YOU, JIMBO'S OPEN HEART SURGERY WAS IN OCTOBER AND HE IS STILL HAVING A LOT OF PAIN FROM BROKEN RIBS DURING THE SURGERY. HE HAS HAD A HARD TIME OF IT BUT TOLD MAMA LAST NIGHT THAT HE IS FEELING BETTER WHEN THOSE RIBS ARE NOT ACHING. THIS COLD, WET WEATHER HAS NOT HELPED.

TO ALSO UPDATE YOU, MAMA IS DOING FINE SINCE HER HEART ATTACK WHILE SHE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL TAKING CARE OF JIMBO. SHE WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE AT THE HEART CENTER WHEN THE HEART ATTACK OCCURRED. NOW SHE IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH A BLOOD DISEASE SO SHE STILL GETS TIRED EASILY. HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE BETTER SOON.

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE LUCKY CATS AND DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR SPECIAL HONORS EACH DAY. WE KNOW WE HAVE MISSED A LOT OF BIRTHDAY WISHES, ETC. TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND WE ARE SO SORRY FOR THIS. MAMA IS TRYING TO SEND WISHES EACH DAY NOW. FOR ALL OF THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE CHOSEN AS CAT OF THE DAY, CAT OF THE WEEK OR DDP OF THE DAY, WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND HOPE YOU HAD A SPECIAL DAY. WE WILL TRY REAL HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THINGS A LITTLE BETTER. FOR ALL OF YOU WHO SENT US WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, PRAYERS AND GIFTS, ETC.....THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. WE KNOW WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO THANKING EACH ONE OF YOU BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL.

THIS ALSO GOES FOR ALL OF THE DOGS WHO WERE CHOSEN, TOO. DOTTIE SENDS HER LOVE TO ALL OF THEM.

WE LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

MAMA LINDA, DOTTIE, OREO AND THE WILLIAMS FURS

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I HAVE NOT MADE A NEW DIARY ENTRY IN A WHILE. MAMA HAS NOT BEEN UP TO IT BUT SHE AND UNCLE JIMBO ARE GRADUALLY GETTING BETTER. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR GREAT FURIENDS IN CATSTER LAND FOR THE PRAYERS, GIFTS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT DURING THEIR SICKNESS. WE LOVE YOU ALL. MAMA SAID SHE KNOWS THAT SHE HAS NOT BEEN UP TO SENDING INDIVIDUAL THANK YOU'S FOR ALL OF THE SPECIAL THINGS YOU HAVE ALL DONE, BUT SHE SAID TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY ALL MEANT SO MUCH TO HER. YOU GUYS ARE ALL SO SPECIAL AND WE WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. WE ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

LOVE YOU ALL!

HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!!!!

JIMBO, PA AND MAMA ARE ALL HOME NOW. HOW WONDERFUL. WE HAVE ALL MISSED THEM SO MUCH. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW WHO HAVE READ OUR DIARIES, JIMBO HAD TO HAVE OPEN HEART SURGERY. HE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME AND IS STILL IN A LOT OF PAIN WHICH WILL TAKE TIME TO HEAL. WE ALL WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, GIFTS AND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. THEY MEANT SO MUCH. MAMA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO THANK YOU YET. WHAT YOU DONT KNOW IS WHILE SHE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL TAKING CARE OF JIMBO (HER SON) SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND HAD TO HAVE TWO STENTS PUT IN. SHE IS DOING OK NOW. JUST CANT GET USE TO HAVING TO REST. MAMA SAID TO TELL YOU THAT WE ALL LOVE YOU AND LOVE CATSTER AND DOGSTER. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS AS HER THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER HEART FOR THE GIFTS, ENCOURAGEMENT AND EVERYTHING FOR THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS DDP,BIRTHDAY WISHES, COMMENTS ON PICTURES ETC OR ANYTHING ELSE. SHE HAD HOPED TO THANK EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT NOW IT IS ABOUT ALL SHE CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AND JIMBO. SHE HASN'T EVEN BEEN ON CATSTER TO SEE IF WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN FOR ANYTHING SO IF WE WERE, THANK YOU AGAIN!!WE LOVE YOU GUYS.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR JIMBO. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO US. WE FEEL LIKE ALL OF YOU ARE PART OF OUR FAMILY AND WE LOVE YOU ALL A FURRY BUNCH.

HERE'S WISHING ALL OF YOU A HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

LOVE,
OREO, JIMBO AND MAMA LINDA

THANK YOU!

HEY MY GOOD FURIENDS,

MAMA AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE GIFTS, NOTES AND WISHES THAT ALL OF YOU SENT ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY. MAMA HAS BEEN TRYING TO THANK EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TODAY. SHE SAID TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE FORGIVE HER IF SHE OVERLOOKED ANYONE. WE LOVE ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU ALL.

ALSO, SHE WANTS TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SENT5 PRAYERS OUR WAY WHEN I WAS SICK, WHEN DOTTIE WAS SICK AND NOW THAT MAMA'S SON JIMBO IS FACING OPEN HEART SURGERY.

WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. OUR CATSTER AND DOGSTER FAMILY MEAN SO MUCH TO US.

LOVE,
OREO AND MAMA LINDA

MAMA IS FINALLY HOME!

HI EVERYONE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH ALL OF US HAVE MISSED HER AND JIMBO. THEY HAVE BEEN AT THE HOSPITAL WITH JIMBO WHO WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE OPEN HEART SURGERY BUT DEVELOPED AN INFECTION TWO DAYS BEFORE THE SURGERY AND WAS UNABLE TO HAVE IT. IT IS RESCHEDULED AGAIN FOR OCT 18 - IF HE IS OK. THEY CAN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.

IT SURE IS GOOD TO HAVE MAMA HOME. WE ARE ALL GOING TO REALLLY ENJOY HAVING HER HERE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. WE ALL HOPE YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR JIMBO. HE HAS A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF HIM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK GUYS! WE ALL LOVE YOU!

OH, BY THE WAY, MAMA FINALLY GOT TO MAKE ME A HALLOWEEN PAGE AND A NEW PICTURE.

LOVE,
OREO