Ice Cream Tag

I have been tagged to play the ice cream tag game by Reeses Thomas! One of the games is to name my favorite Ice Cream and I love ice cream because it is so much like milk. OK will pick Reeses Peanut Butter Cup with Vanilla Ice Cream, it's like my friend Reeses. The 2nd part of this tag is to name a flavor of ice cream that best suits us. I choose Orange , like Louis, Cream Dream. I am orange, also have white like a cream color. This flavor, mentioned by Reeses, sounds just like me to. I don't mean to copy Louis but this sounds like it suits me to as I am an Orangie also.

I will now tag the following pals for this Ice Cream Tag:

Tiger
Whitey Missing 3 Sept 07
Simon
Smudge


~Sampson

happy bday big guy!

I know you're out there and can hear me! Happy 8th Bday Samspon, we miss you as always and are still always on the look out. I haven't seen you again since that one very cold morning (months ago) but I'm sure we'll bump into each other again! :)

In the meantime, I'm always thinking about you and hoping you're ok. Wishing you a Happy Birthday and many more to come!

Hugs, purrs and love,

~FurMommy

cat on the run

No matter how hard I try, this cat is determined not to be spotted again. I have not seen him or her since that one precious morning, but clearly won't give up.

Waiting for the warm weather, hoping he or she will emerge!

WOW

We feel SO honored to be Diary Pick of the Day! The last time Sampson was picked was when he went missing, what exposure! We are humbled to feature Sampson at such a crucial time for him. If only we'd hear more answers from this, the more help the better!

FurMommy's printing off new fliers to pass out.

Thanks again to Catster for all their kindness and loyalty! Everyone keep your paws crossed for Sampson!

oh where oh where has the little cat gone?

I can't spot that cat again, no matter how much I try. It has to be Sampson, he was such a teaser!

I've driven by a dozen times, walked around and just can't seem to see him or her again. Oh boy how frustrating! I really pondered the trap, but then I ruled against it, it's so cold here and snowy, it wouldn't be a good opportunity for the animal trapped, if I didn't get to it soon enough, and for a multitude of reasons I decided not to. Perhaps I'll think about it again when the weather warms up, come the spring. This cat is around, but not forgotten - that's for sure.

This weekend is supposed to go up to the 50's so perhaps I'll see it again. I have my radar goggles on. He or she knows I'm onto him. I'm gonna get you sucka :)

Sampson, I hope it's you!! Praying for you every night, hoping your safe and warm (as warm as you can be outside) :( I miss you SO much.

no more sightings

But it is the weekend! And time for Mommy to be around more to look. Hoping to just see you. If all else fails, I might have to trap you (mmmmm....... Sardines!). I worry about doing that, hoping if I have to, you won't be in there long, OR hoping I won't catch something else for that matter EWWW!.

It will be my last alternative, but it also might be the only answer.

Love and miss you Sampson, dearly. If you can hear me, come out so I can check you out.

All my love,
~FurMommy

another day, another search...

Although it'll be limited with my work day, I'll drive by those houses to see if I can recognize you. I won't give up until it's confirmed one way or the other.

What's wrong with having hope?!

wondering...

It's 4AM, and I'm wide awake, thinking of this cat outside (cold as ever during the night). How could I ever get close enough to check you out? I feel obsessed, but determined. I did so much when you went missing, drove w/in a 2-3 mile radius, looking for you, posting flyers and putting them in everyone's mailbox, calling shelters. They must've been tired of seeing your picture, you were everywhere! Could you really have only been 4 houses away, taking shelter where you could?

It all seems surreal. In one moment, I find it impossible to believe it's you, the next I feel the owners instinct.

So glad it's almost the weekend, so I can be home during the day to venture over to the houses to check on you again. I suppose most will know what I'll be doing then :)

I feel so emotional about this cat.

COULD IT BE YOU?!!?

With tears streaming down my face, I type this of you Sampson. Today, not ever expecting to gain visual contact of you as a precious cat again, I drive to work. Right around the corner from our house, I see a cat looking identical to you, but still unsure it's you. I pull over, park the car to get out, trudging through the snow and ice with just shoes on, getting soaked as ever - but realizing it's so worth it! I see you, looking scruffy as ever (wouldn't surprise me in the least) - you were always such a survivalist (hunting, fighting, independent). You run away from me, I call your name, making sweet cat noises, with no response from you. You run into the backyard of an unknown neighbor. I knock on the door only to find no one home. A nearby neighbors car in their driveway, I knock on their door. She says she sees the cat a lot (after my description), he (or she) usually runs back and forth to a house behind. Knowing the neighborhood, I drive to that house to knock on their door. As I pull in the driveway, I see him (or her) again, yet not close enough to determine his (or her) distinctive markings. They too have seen the cat around. They lead me into the backyard, but he's (or she is) not there. He's (or she has) run off again. This cat must be feral or just very unfriendly, most likely lives outside, has no collar and very disheveled. I offered my name, phone number and show them my house, hoping they will call the next time they see him (or her). With no resolution before work and feeling pressured to get there, I leave only to know I'll return during lunch and look for him (or her) again.

After thinking constantly about Sampson, not able to concentrate, I come back home during lunch. Put my boots on, more prepared this time, I take a walk back to his original sighting, only to go to another neighbors house. I knock on the door, she mentions she sees the same cat around a lot. This cat also hides in her garage (her door doesn't close all the way) so he (or she) sneaks in to hide out, steal the warmth (the nights have been way below freezing - the worst winter in CT in years!). In the past she's gone in her garage and saw him (or her) running out (I'm sure startled). With no sighting of him (or her) during lunch, I provide my information (name & phone number) hoping she will also call the next time she sees him (or her). I proceed back to work and by the end of the day she calls! The cat is laying in her driveway, licking itself. I'm still at work, I ask my son to walk there to try to identify him (or her). By the time he gets there, the cat is gone :( This woman who was so kind to take the time to call me, told me she will call again the next time she sees the cat.

I am amazed at the kindness in people, the willingness to help, the understanding and compassion with me and the concern for animals others offer. I am very encouraged with the way strangers open their heart to help. These are people I've never seen or spoken to before, yet they're generosity moves me.

COULD this be you, Sampson, after 2 years? Could you really have survived all this time right around the corner from your house? Have you been living outside all this time? What have you survived on? (Do I want to know the answer to this question?) Do you NOT recognize your name or your Mommy for that matter (if it IS you)?

I have missed you so much for SO long, "if" (and keyword if) this is you, I can't expect you to be the cat you used to be, coming in the house, snuggling on my bed. I'm not sure what your well being is. I'm not sure this is you, I can't get my hopes up, but truly deserve closure. I cannot sleep tonight, I will not sleep or be settled inside until I determine whether you are the cat I raised since you were 6 weeks. I am on a mission, all of the old feelings and pain have resurfaced again. I long for closure.

My gosh, two years?!

I cannot believe it's 2 years Sampson! We miss you as much as if it were yesterday and that will never change. I can still feel your long fir, such an amazing feeling. Life hasn't been the same without you. I still question orange cats walking down the street, wondering if it could be you.

I hope your safe, warm, happy and full. You truly were a godsend.

Come home if you still can, we love you forever.