The Wallingford Chronicles

The last word about PJ

Dear friends:
Please read Alfie's diary.
Thank you for loving us and for your support.
Love always
Wally

My earth family is in crisis.

Please read Alfie's diary.
Will you guys help me purr for my beloved family?
Please do not send rosies.
Please.
Love always
Wally

Purring for a Miracle

I know many of you know and love sweet Muppet. She has gone through so much. She is a fighter and a survivor.
She is an absolute sweetheart
The latest news so bad but I refuse to accept it. She is only 2 years
old. She has so much living to do.
Please read her diary here
Her MRI will be read by a 3rd vet. 3 is the lucky charm!!
I believe and hope!
Let's all purr for this adorable girl.
this picture if you like

Love always
Wally

The good times just keep rolling!

Today I was going to start thanking everyone who attended my birthday
bash yesterday and all those who stopped by with gifties and sweet
p-mail.
Guess what?
I am COTD!
I am overjoyed, thrilled beyond words
Thank you Mr Ted~you da man!
Catster is heaven on earth!
I do apologize in advance~ I should be finished sending thank yous
by Christmas!
In the meantime~ my angel friends~the party goes on!
Please help me celebrate.

I love you all~ most especially you ~my stripy girl!

Contented heavenly purrs~
Wally

Just added OVERJOYED by STEVIE WONDER To my music list.
It is how I feel right now
OVERJOYED!!
A memento for me
MOL!
Wally flies off singing ♪♪♪ Overjoyed♪♪♪

A poem for me:
Happy birthday to
Wally our friend
Cougar kisses to him I send
And Cougar kisses for those
who miss him so
I promise that Wally
Is nearer than you know
Wally is such a darling boy
And at the Bridge he is known to employ
His famous purr
To welcome newcomers
be they feathered, finned or furred
Eating is still something Wally does best
And he gets any food at the merest request
But Wally loves to share and cuddle
No one can resist a Wally Bear snuggle

Happy Happy Birthday dear Wally!
All my love,
Navin R. Johnson-Davis

Happy Anniversary Catster!

Today Catster is 5 years old!
Thank you Mr Ted Rheingold for giving us this awesome site.
Because of you and the wonderful kitties here I get to live my
10th life!
Congratulations and here is a hope and wish for many more
great years!

Love always
Wally

I wish....

My sweet brother in love Zack has been sick for a while now but I could not bring myself to meow about him in my diary.
I am an angel so that does that mean I am always happy?
I wish that was so.
It is almost unbearable sometimes to watch a beloved friend struggle
for his life. All I can do is purr and be there beside him and hope that he feels me.
I wish there was no pain, no suffering.
I wish our life span was much much longer.
I wish leaving earth would always be as easy as going gently to sleep.
I wish I didn't have to stand by helplessly watch the tears flow from the sad eyes of frightened moms.
I would give anything to make these wishes true but of course I cannot.
So I purr and purr and when the fight is over I am there to escort my sweet friend to the Bridge.
That is my job as an angel~a job I take very seriously.

My purr is strong and full of love.

I love you sweet Zacky~

Love always~
Wally

My friend Cookie

I was fairly new to catster when I first met
Cookie
We discovered that we shared a birthday~ April 1st~ except in 2007 he turned 20 and I had turned 4.
Before catster I have never heard of kitties living to be 20! Cookie
seemed ageless and I really thought he would live forever.
He had such an amazing life. He picked his mom when he was a tiny kitten
and she was a 5 year old girl. All it took was a wink and she was his!
Can you imagine sharing your life for almost 22 years?
There must be a cat shaped hole in his mom's heart.
My angel pals and I will teach Cookie (once he is settled and feels confident about using his wings) how to visit his mom.

Love is forever my sweet friend.
Love also hurts


Wally

I am back....

and I am actually smiling through my tears.
There has been so much sadness here lately....too many beloved
kits leaving their earth lives and broken hearted families behind..
Today I got a mousie from my angel pal Emma Kitty
She gave me a new nickname! It's Wally-Olly-Doodle
I love it!
So picture me floating on a soft cloud, my spotted belly fur gently blowing in the breeze and I'm singing ♫Wally-Olly-Doodle,♫ that's me♫ ....
I hope that means I am back cause I missed all my friends here at
catster.
Thank you for all the lovely gifties and p-mail.
Thank you for not forgetting me.
Love always
♫WALLY-OLLY-DOODLE ♫

Special purrs going out to sweet Susie
My sweet brother in love Zack My adorable tabby friend Mouse
my sweet orangie friend Hooch
Purrs for my sweet friend Hazel Lucy
I hope I haven't forgotten anyone...
I am watching over you and love you very much


Angel hugs going out to sweet Missy

Love is forever
Wally

A very merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy 2009!

Hello my friends
If you see my name first you already know that we are away.
Mom's computer died a slow and final death
RIP
New Dell is scheduled for arrival on Jan 1st
Until then mom will be checking back on her friends computer
which is where she is now.

I want to remind everyone who has not played the game to go ahead and play!
It is so much fun to win zealies! WOW!
You can start out here and decide if you want to play
dogster like we did or the catster version.

Have a wonderful holiday season~
Hope the new year will be filled with good health, happiness and prosperity!

Love always
Wally

Where is Montreal?

Last night I wanted to visit my family but guess what?
It was pitch black over Montreal
I got worried for a moment then I realized it was a power
failure!
The power is back this morning but I would not be surprised
If it goes again. Rain in December is not cool unless you live
in San Francisco or some lovely place like that.
It would help if humans walked on 4s like we do cause it is very
slippery too.
I think other parts of North America have the same conditions
So please be careful out there!
Love always
Wally

Thank you!

Holy kittens! I am a DDP! Thank you HQ
Someday I really need to solve the mystery about how you pick us.
Congrats to my fellow winners one of whom has a diary entry that is simply a title.
No actual diary entry. He is a winner?!
Clearly we are not picked for our awesome writing skills.
I am sorry I don't mean to sound ungrateful.
I am very grateful. I know when I am on the homepage others will read my diary.
Today hopefully you read about sweet Muppie
I was so unhappy and frustrated about what was happening to her I had to write about it.
I am thrilled that she is doing better.

Remember when mom told you that she saw me and felt me
for a moment?
Guess what?My sweet friend Chelsea Louise's mom saw me and my friends as beautiful kitty clouds.How awesome is that?
I best start at the beginning..
CL told me her mom was flying back to the USA from England. She asked me if I could keep an eye on her mom who is a bit afraid of flying.
I have so many friends, I thought it would be fun to fly alongside her.I am a gurdian angel, after all!
The word just spread, everyone
wanted to come....
Please read the story. as told by CL She did such a lovely
job,made my mom cry happy tears. Thank you CL!

Love always
Wally

Why?

Many of you know sweet little Muppet's story.
Such a rough start in life. Then the amazing rescue.
Finding a mom who loves her with all her heart.
The scary situation of needing surgery or dying. Surgery
which she could not afford.
The absolutely miraculous way catster came together to raise way over the $5.000 needed for the surgery.
A successful surgery!
So why am I so worried about Muppet now?
Muppet was sent home on Friday. Mom was told she is making nice progress and she is eating.
Well guess what she wasn't and isn't.
She took her back to the vet WHO WAS NOT THERE!
HE SIMPLY DIDN'T SHOW UP
A new vet was found in the area.
That is where Muppet is now.
I think catster is collectively holding its breath.
After all this there has to be happy ending to Muppie's story.
Please let's all purr for this precious soul
Purr Power
Love always
Wally
A proud Muppethead

HAPPY UPDATE

I just received a sweet rosie from Muppie in response to the milk
rosie I had given her:
Hi Wally,

I don't know what was in that milk you sent, but whatever it was it worked! *giggles* I can eat on my own now & I'm coming home tomorrow at 2 pm! *high-paw-five*

Luvs & Hugs for you & your wonderful family,
Lil' Grateful Muppet"


And this update from her mom:

I finally have some better news on little Muppet. She is eating on her own and my last report was that she was grooming herself and was alert being her cute purring kitty-self! Hurray!Her problem turned out not to be from paralysis, but from inflammation and pain. Once given proper pain meds and an anti-inflammatory, she began eating and has perked up. I had another vet consult with her surgeon and I feel comfortable now leaving Muppet in her surgeon's care. He didn't believe Muppet was in bad pain, however the other vet convinced him to put Muppet on Tramadol and it's working.

HAPPY HAPPY DAY!!
PURR POWER
Love always
Wally aka muppethead

I am cat ergo I am curious

It started late last night with an anonymous pretty red heart rosie.
In it was the sweetest kimi
This morning I looked at again and my curiosity level just hit the stratosphere.
It is so sweet, made mom leak of course ~so why anonmouise?
At first I wanted to put in my diary to show my friends who
actually read my diary (that is still boggles the mind of this
kitty but that's another story)
When I saved it to my computer the file had the name,
loveisforwally. Again, so sweet.
Suddenly I had a lightbulb moment.
My sister in love~ Hannah is a detective in Samoa's detective agency. I have learned a trick or two from her.
Do you know that when you right click on an image it will
give you its "properties"?
See it is rather difficult to be anonymous on the net.
This one said the image was in a photobucket album named bobcat.
Hmm.....I know a family on catster who has a kitty named BOBCAT
They are friends of ours too! Could it be?
The photobucket account is private so I could not go any farther there.
I found Bobcat whose family includes my angel
pal Rufus.
Most of the gifts they have given
has no pictures just wonderful heartfelt sentiments. Finally
did find one......
DRUM ROLL PLEASE
The photobucket account is named bobcat
YES!!!!
BUSTED!!!!
Rufus my friend, I don't know why you wanted to stay
an anon mousie but thanks for the fun and the most of all thanks so much for the wonderful kimi. You are a sweet friend and I love you !
Meet me at The Heavenly Ice Cream Shop. I will buy you some
salmon ice cream. Yummy!

Headbutts and purrs
Wally

UPDATE

I just got back from the candle site
I have 32 candles from 3 countries. Reading all the lovely
messages made mom teary again.
All I want to do is leave my paw print on as many hearts as I can. So many wonderful friends whom I love so dearly.
I promise to keep watching over you.
I will always be there for you.
Thank you dear Hannah for starting the candle lighting. I am almost ashamed to admit it but when Hannah first mentioned it to me ~my first thought was oh no, nobody is going to light candles for me AGAIN!
I should have known better cause that's the kind of friends
I have
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I heard from Rufus' sister Briana she explains that the reason Rufus sent the anon rosie (YEP I WAS RIGHT! IT WAS RUFUS!) is because he was afraid I would not like it.
Hello? What's not to like. Silly dude. It isn't about how "good"
a kimi is.It is about at the love and thought that went into
making it. How could I not be grateful and touched by that.
I will treasure it always.

Headbutts and purrs
Wally

A new day

It is December 1st on the East Coast so I decided to start the day
by making a difference in a kitty's life and to honor my Wally
I love Best Friends.
I found a beautiful brown tabby named GRISELDA
whose face tugged at my heart even before I read her story.

This is what the site says about her:

Some people feel sorry for Griselda when they first meet her. She was born with a neurological condition that makes her shake uncontrollably. But she doesn't want people to feel sorry for her. She just wants them to love her! She's in no pain at all, and she's got plenty of ornery spirit in her. Though she's darling most of the time, she'll swipe and swat with her claws when she gets a mind to! She's not humbled by her condition on little bit. She came to Best Friends because her New York street was undergoing construction, and all the stray cats had to go. The others found homes, but Griselda's shakiness didn't appeal to people. So she came to Best Friends, where there are other cats like her, and where she'll be loved no matter how much she wobbles.

I know my Wally will watch over her.

A magical night

Friday eve when mom was finally happy with my remembrance
kimi and put up on my page, the first one to comment was
my sweet sweet friend Hazel Lucy
She wrote:
Your page is beautiful, just like your soul.
And I know you will send your mom a sign soon.
Hmm? I have been trying HL but maybe not hard enough
so I concentrated really hard...
I will let mom tell the rest.

Time gets away from me when I am on my computer~especially on catster.
It was quiet in my house. Only my computer light was on.I was actually feeling OK I just love making those kimis and I think
Wally's turned out well.
I remember glancing at the clock, it was around 1 AM
Thought to myself time to go to bed. I felt one of my boys brush
against my leg. I smiled and thought, see? Even they are telling you to come to bed. I reached down and stroked warm fur, felt the vibration of a running motor.
Something made me glance at my bed (right beside my
computer) My heart skipped a beat. Alfie and Teddy Bearz
were all cuddled up together sleeping.
I rolled the chair back but of course there was nobody there.
I felt this wonderful peaceful feeling wash over me.
I whispered: Thank you my sweet Wally Bear.
Mom loves you forever and a day.

UPDATE

My sweet friends, thank you so much for your wonderful messages for the gifties and for using my picture.
I am going to ask you to me a favor/ Please don't to make it your main. Mom is happy too see a stroll.
Please tag the picture Remembering Wally
And put your adorable faces back to where they belong.

I have to share with you the most wonderful message my
beautiful friend KC Sunshine ^PAWS^sent

Your mommy's heart is hurting and she longs for her Wally angel so much. What a precious gift you gave your mommy -- your presence, a touch, contented purrs, a gesture of forever love that brought peace and a smile. May your presence and love fill her heart with comfort and peace.

I love you always
Wally

In honor of our USA Friends

We know that turkeys were part of the first Thanksgiving in America – or fowl that the Pilgrims called turkeys – but cats and dogs were probably there as well. They may even have sailed to Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower with the pilgrims. When the Mayflower reached America on December 21, 1620, the passengers numbered 102: 52 men, 18 women, 32 children – and probably several cats and dogs.

Mayflower Cats

Cats were welcome aboard sailing ships in the 16th century because they helped control the rodent population and protected finite food supplies. They were so well known as sea-going voyagers that National Geographic once reported that "cats, like people, found freedom from persecution in America. It is believed that they first came over on the Mayflower, although it may have been earlier – with the Spaniards in the 16th century. In any event, once here, they thrived."

Carolyn Travers, research manager at www.plimoth.org in Plymouth, Mass., a non-profit, educational institution that bills itself as the living history museum of 17th century Plymouth, confirmed that cats were common on ships, so common in fact that they didn't warrant mentioning.

"What they talked about was what interested people. Cat were too common to talk about," Travers said. "Dogs were mentioned on the Mayflower because they tackled wolves, but cats weren't mentioned."

The first written mention that Travers said she found of cats dates back to 1634, some 14 years after the Mayflower anchored in what today is Provincetown harbor. William Wood wrote in "New England's Prospect" how cats saved the colony's crops from squirrels and probably what we know today as chipmunks.

The First Thanksgiving

We don't know if Goodman's dogs or any cats were present at the first Thanksgiving feast, although they probably were. The cats had worked hard to keep the colony vermin-free, and the dogs had been involved in planting the corn. In fact, they had been too involved – they kept trying to dig up the fish planted with the corn, and the settlers had to tie their forepaws together to keep them from doing so.

So, this Thanksgiving Day, and everyday, give thanks for the fact that cats and dogs came to America to help the settlers survive. Today, they help us thrive by significantly adding to the quality of our lives.**
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Turkey Supreme (for cats)

Makes 4 servings

1 turkey breast, cooked and chopped fine
1/2 cup carrots, diced
1/4 cup spinach, diced
1/2 cups green beans, diced
3/4 cup cooked brown rice
No-salt chicken broth

Combine turkey, carrots, spinach and green beans. Add rice and enough chicken broth to bind ingredients. Cool until mixture is lukewarm and serve.*
**
The above was "borrowed from an online article.

Canadian Thanksgiving is in October.It doesn't really matter.
I am grateful everyday for my catster friends.
I love you all
Always and forever
Wally

Love friendship and purrs

Having been a DDP brought such wonderful letters and gifts.
I am still trying to thank each and everyone of you.

Those of you who are old friends and have followed my journey
you know that I think of this as my 10th life.
Here at catster I live on.
The love lives on!
Is there anything more wonderful than that to heal a mom's wounded heart? The short answer is no, there isn't.
Love heals. Love is stronger than anything. That doesn't mean there are no setback.Mom doesn't do well with "firsts."
The first anniversary of my leaving her is fast approaching.There are days when she feels like she has made no progress at all.She is stuck in the past.
She can hear my screaming in the middle of every night.
I slept with her but went to the living room to scream. It was the farthest I could go in the hopes of not awaking her.
Of course I always did.
She sleeps like us kitties, she is a Leo after all.
She would follow me.
Pick up me and sob in utter frustration. She would soak my fur. I didn't mind. I would end up licking her tears away..
My body was giving out.
She would not want me back to suffer. So one day at a time.
I want you to know how much I appreciate every gesture every paw that reaches out..A wonderful letter like the one Chelsea Louise wrote this morning~
Wally, you were just an Angel kitty even on earth. ...to remind us of why we are here in the first place. Unfortunately, it seems these angels just can't stay here on earth for too long. We are broken hearted when these angel beings leave but then we have to smile when we think of the love and all the things they taught us while we were here....
Of course Mom cried again but they are not sad tears. They are the kind of tears that bring relief ... What makes this even more special is the fact that Chelsea Louise and I became friends not all that long ago. She has read my diary. She loves me.
Where else but on catster? Thank you CL. I am so grateful
to have you for a friend. I love you too.
My Sophie's mom wrote to mine telling mom
to"hold on to her hand." She is one of the kindest humans. We are grateful for the never ending support and love.
Hazel Lucy sent a heart asking me "to send mom a message" I have HL, I know she can feel my presence especially when we do my diary. If only she could kiss my head.. just once?
The fact that she can't ever again do that, that is what so difficult to accept.
Purrs purrs and more purrs......
Chelsea Louise asked to keep my eye on her sweet guy Skinner
who is sick. I am doing just that! I love that sweet boy!
I am also purring for Muppet to have her surgery and get well! Can you imagine? I can.
So many are having such a difficult time~ Miracle and her family need a miracle and soon!!
Their house burned down and they lost everything..How can you not have your own home when Christmas is almost here.
I am purring for good news from the vet for my friend and
catster bro Arnold P.
He got another report that said they got all
the bad stuff during the surgery. That is not what the first report said!! How can that be happening to my friend?
I purr they can make sure without more surgery.
Purring purring and purring. Angels have lots of time to do that.
Love always
Wally

Another definition of TREASURE!

My entry yesterday had my precious love Sophie write she was weeping at the very thought of new pictures of me! No crying my love! There has been enough crying. I insist
in happy smiles!
So many of my friends wrote as well.
Thank you for writing but as always ~
thank you my great friends for reading my diary. This humble tabby is so blown away!
Knowing that I am still loved~ is the biggest treasure of them all.
My sweet friend Emily Felicity wrote that she can't wait to see my pix. She said that she will miss me (her parents will be gone from catster for 8 days! I will be right here waiting for you! Please tell mom and dad to have a safe trip!)
Sweet orangie dude Titch dropped by to say I must have been a cute baby and that baby pix are their favourite thing!
My angel pal Rufus dropped by with advice. Saying mom could always take a digital picture of the original.Hmm,that is an idea!
Beautiful orangie, KC Sunshine ^Paws^ offered her mommy's scanner! How sweet is that? They live in NJ!
Pretty Angel Tigger sent a pumpkin with the message that she was looking forward to seeing the pix!
Catsy Angel Princesswrote:
Doesn't your Mommy know that we angels are always working to comfort our humans? I know you guided her to those photos because your Bridge anniversary is coming.

Aw sweet Catsy, I think mom is finally convinced. The picture were in such an unexpected place that she would never have found them without my help.
Even my current main pix was a recent find. Mom and I were looking at my stars given to me when I first joined this awesome site. Well that led us to an old friend's page and his
guestbook. I couldn't remember if I had signed it or not and so I looked and there was this picture that mom no longer had on her computer!

Love always
Wally

Definition of TREASURE

Mom's hands are literally trembling as she types this.
You see, she found a treasure.
The dictionary definition of
TREASURE: wealth or riches stored or accumulated, esp. in the form of precious metals, money or jewels.
This is not what mom calls a treasure
It has no monetary value.
It is in fact priceless~ to her
She found some photos of me!
Some of me as a baby.
Some with my sister Sydney Rose (she even found some of Syd alone.)
Everything electronic is on the fritz.So~ no working scanner.
She must find someone to scan and upload and
send them back us~ASAP
You know she will.

Love always
Wally

This is one anniversary we are sad to have forgotten

Guess what friends?
November 8 marked our second anniversary at catster.
We all completely forgot.
Alfie's good friend the very handsome and sweet orangie, Monty just payed for our subscription renewal. Otherwise who knows when we would have
remembered. Now if only mom can not think about December 1st.
Another thing is~Mom doesn't receive gifts well. She really prefers to give.
This one really knocked her for a loop.
Unexpected and sweet but she already paid some time ago.
So they better give Monty his money back.
We have 2 candles on our cake!
I think Alfie should make a kimi to celebrate our two years on the best
site on the net!
We love you my dear friends and we love catster
Always purring
Wally

A grateful smile in the midst of sorrow

Thank you HQ and especially Mr Ted Rheingold who has given us the best cat site in the world!
This is the place we come to celebrate happy arrivals; we collectively hold our breath when they are sick and in the hospital. We rejoice in amazing rescues. We celebrate the awesome kindness and love of people who take in just one more cause the little guy needs a home.
We come here to cry on each others shoulder when they are sick; when they are dying and when much too soon they leave us for the Rainbow Bridge.
The heartache of loss is immeasurable. Often our real world friends just don't get us. I have been told,( it) is just a cat. Get over it. Get another one! They don't mean to be insensitive. They think we are overly sensitive!
So I just let it be. I bite my tongue. I say nothing.
I know where to go when I need real support and understanding.
Friends on this site is how I survived when my sweet little Sydney Rose left me so abruptly followed so soon by my precious Wally...

To have sweet angel Albie chosen today to be COTD is a such a joy.
Now members of the wider community who may not even know sweet Albie can reach out and comfort his mom.
You feel the empathy and the kindness of strangers.
You feel the love.
It is as simple and as complicated as that.

When my Wally died, I lived on this computer.
There have been so many heartaches here lately.
So many fur friends who have left us just this past month.
I have wept for Bee
Jazzi
Kinsey
Mandy
Macallan
But there is always one that breaks your heart.
Albie's death really devastated me. His sudden death; his sweet gentle face; His grieving brother Alfie; it all parallels our lives. I feel for his mom, Jennifer. I worry about their Alfie who is taking Albie's death hard...
I am still grieving for my Wally.
As the first anniversary of his death approaches it is like no time passed at all.
Please don't get me wrong. I have come to genuinely believe in the Rainbow Bridge and that these angels are happy and enjoying their
1oth life.
It's just some days it is cold comfort to me.
I would give anything to kiss my precious Wally's great big head; to hug him and have him hug me back;
To once again hear his mighty purr.....

Love and Hugs

Eva~ always and forever Wally's mama.

A sad day in catsterland

My sweet friend Albie arrived at the Bridge today.
His family is devastated. Would you help me show them our love and
support.
Please snag my picture and tag it "Albie we love you"
I have also posted in We Miss You

Thank you,
Sad purr and
Love always
Wally

COTD!!!

As some of you know, I have taken Keller under my wings.

He is a total sweet face,don't you think?
Looks like HQ agrees and today they made him COTD!
I am so happy, thank you HQ !!
You totally ROCK!!!

Please stop by Keller's page and wish him a happy day!

Love always

Wally

A diamond on my page

Mom just noticed a diamond on my page. For some reason she didn't get
notified.
The sender wished to stay anonymous, I don't know why.
This is what it said:

"You are like a diamond, dear Wally, very precious and eternal...and the love that shines from your heart and the kindness that is your soul glitters just as brightly as this stone.

You will always be luved sweet furriend...

So of course mom is leaking. Wonder if you know anon~mousie how
much your gift means to us.

Love always

Wally

Baby Wally

My precious little namesake is thriving and growing. Baby Wally is a month old. He sure knows how to relax, like me, his catster daddy.
Look mommy Sophie isn't he precious?

Baby Wally's Magical Dreams

We just love you to bits, little Wally!
Love always
Wally

Kittens at the Bridge

The most difficult thing for me is to see the nonstop arrival of tiny babies.
It is just endless. A sea of babies.Born but never having a chance
to know life; to know love;
In this world theyare embraced by us older cats. (It has become my sisterSyd's specialty. She is a mommy to so many, she just glows with love.They follow her around, it is the sweetest sight.

I bring this up cause the daddy of a kitty named
Sterling posted a lovely poem that I would like to pass on.


LOST...AND FOUND

Dear God...
Or Allah...
Or Bast...

Or Whoever answers
The prayers of kittens.

Please help me.
It's a big, cold world,
And I'm a tiny, cold kitten,
Hiding here, under the bush.

-I hear you, little one.-

What did we do wrong?
Why did they throw us out
Of the warm house
Where Mama is?

They put all six of us
Out here, alone.
We huddled together
All night, in the cold.
But my brothers and sisters
Have all stopped moving.
It's getting very cold,
And the rain is soaking me.
I don't know how to find food,
And I'm so tired.

-Your brothers and sisters
Have gone to a good place.-

Please help me!
Will I go there, too?

-Not now, not yet.
Cry out, little one.-

Help me! Help me!
Here! Under this bush!
I'm hungry! I'm cold!

-Louder, child.-

HELP ME! SOMEONE!
ANYONE! I'M LOST!
DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!
I WANT TO LIVE!

-Look in front of you.-

I see big shoes!

-I put them on the path to you.-

I see a face!

-I turned it toward you.-

Ah, warm hands have picked me up!

-They know kittens well.
They needed a new little one,
Like you,
To fill a hole in their heart,
And an empty place in their home.-

They have put me in their coat.
I will love them.
My purr will warm us both!

-Farewell, child.
Your prayer,
And theirs,
Was heard.-


--Mike Blanche

Perhaps someday the world will have more empathy and love for it's tiny helpless creatures. As the great Mahatma Ghandi said
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
The world is far from great, I hope one day it will be.

Love always,
Wally

Not such a bad day after all.

7 months since I have been physically gone from her life.
Mom considers it a good day when she has one during which she doesn't cry cause she misses me so.
Today is not one of those days. She would give just about anything to be able to kiss the top of my head and hear me purr.
So to opne the flood gates all she needed was to see this sweet little guy
named Moki
Please have a look? Mom started to cry and cry. She cried becuase there kind people who love Moki so much. She cried cause he is a brown tabby and they all remind her of me..
He also has a blog.save Moki
Mom made a small contribution. Lots of little bit become big bit, right?
Now we both feel better.
If you can please help this sweet soul.
So it's turning out to be not such a bad day after.

Love always
Wally

Love is forever

My sweet Sophie has stood by me. Loving me keeping me alive in her
heart.
A gift from sweetheart
I love you always and forever~
Wally

Can angels have nervous breakdowns...

....Can they drown?
In febreeze collars that is? I feel so terrible.
My whole family and I have received so many gifties with such sweet messages.
But we are losing track. They don't even go in order on our pages.
My mom almost missed one of the nicest messages ever from Auntie
Sophie, Giz's mom.
She had to email my mon to tell her to please read it.
How moritifying is that?!
I want to apologize on my family's behalf to everyone who sent them.
We so appreciate that we are in your thoughts.
We don't mean to be rude. Forgive us,please?
We love you~
Always
Wally

An invitation

Little Teddy is a baby no more. He is one years old today, July 29th
It is also a special day cause it also happens to be mom's birthday.
Amelia Rose is giving the not so little dude his first birthday party
Please join us at
Teddy's Birthday Party

Love always
Wally

Purrs do come true~sometimes

As an angel nothing gives greater joy than to try to help kitties in need.
One of such kitties as so many of you know is sweet
MR D ,
I always knew that this story would have a happy ending. I never imagined it would take this long.
He was found exactly 6 months to the day he had gone missing.
My mom received this letter from his mom, Karyn:
**********************
Hi Eva

I'm up, it's 11:50 pm and I am really tired but my husband has to get up very early and D is asleep on the bed. Sam has tired twice to get on the bed but then throws a hissy fit

when she finds D in her place. So I'm now up to keep the peace. I can sleep tomorrow, no more D hunting for me.

Darwin is in excellent shape, a little skinner but otherwise really good, with-out a mark on him. Amazing.

I really hope things settle down here. I'll have to hunt through the cupboards, because when I was doing the trapping

I brought some stuff to put in the water to calm them. I might just put it in the water here. Darwin is really good and very laid back, It's the rest

that are saying where have you been and you are in my place.

I suppose it's only been a few hours.

You know I was in the cat suit well the lady said she saw that, then she saw it in the paper. When she looked out her window she saw a ginger cat and decided to ring me.

Well like the rest I was around there like a shot and low and behold it was him. I called him he was sitting up a path to an old house. He meowed at me and kept meowing.

I kept calling him and he came right up to me and I put down some of their treats. He eat them so fast I did a quick inspection of him to confirm to myself it was him then grabbed

him so fast I didn't want to let him go. There was a lady in the street and I ask her if she could open my car so I could put Darwin in. I shoved him in so fast and shut the door

then I went to the house he was in front of to make sure I wasn't steeling anyone's newly found cat (our Darwin) The lady in the house said yes there has been a ginger cat living under her house

and meowing a lot but she said she hasn't feed him. This lady also had no idea I was looking for Darwin. I then raced back to the car not knowing how to get back in without letting D out.

I tried to get the cat carrier but gave up. I just jump in car when D wasn't looking and crawled home with a cat loose in my car. LOL he was walking all over the car and it took me

ages to get home. Now we are home as it's like old times with him, when I go to walk off he ankles taps me, then he tries to climb up on me. I pick him up till he wants down again,

then it's back to the ankle taps again. LOL

I'm so happy


************************************************* *
Oh happy day!

Love always
Wally

A most amazing day!

I would like you to meet Sweet Baby Wally

He is my namesake. Isn't he beautiful?
I am beside myself with joy.
It all started with an e-mail. One of mom's catster friends wrote to mom that she has foster babies. Could she name one for me?
First I must tell you, this friend is 16 years old. She has been fostering kitten since she was 11. Mom met her when she saw one of the fosters and helped her find him a home. She had no idea her wonderful friend, Brittany
was so young. She confessed to mom worried that mom would not want such a young friend. Needless to say mom adores her. She doesn't have any idea how special she is~smart and funny and willing to say up nights for weeks and week bottle feeding these very young kittens.
DearWally I
know you are loved and you are in good and loving hands.
I purr that you will find a loving forever home. Mom would take you if only you were not so far away.
I will watch over you for all your days. I know you will have a beautiful
long life
Love always
Wally

One year ago today

One year ago today, I asked my sweet Sophie to be my girl.
I told her I loved her from the first moment I saw her. She gently corrected me but I stand by what I said.
It feels like I have always loved her and I always will. I can't help but feel that she got shortchanged loving me. She is going to be upset that I said that but that is how I feel.
Someday we will be together my love, forever and a day.

Thank you my sweet friend Queenie and your lovely family for the wonderful suprise waiting for me this morning at TWT.
WOW! This is the first time I have seen an anniversary wallpaper. You are so sweet and thoughtful. It is beautiful and I love it but most of all I love you!
Thanks my kind and sweet friend Miles for the rosie and my bro and friend, Gizmo for the shiny star. I am so happy to see you back at catster. Hope this time you stay.
I have missed you.

Love always
Wally

The sweetest thing

There is a kitty out there who started something so kind and so sweet.
Anonymous blue rosies that says

In my eyes you are BEST IN SHOW! Find a few kitties you think deserve this honor and forward the fun. Don't forget to post in the Plus Fun Forum!"
My brothers Alfie and Teddy were hit last night and I was happy for them. Especially for the little Leo attention hog~ Teddy.
Today it was my turn. Then this evening I got a second one. This one is
the red rose and it says "Because you ARE Best In Show!!! The very best of ALL shows. Anon"
Made mom leak a bit.
I wish I knew who started this and I would love to know who picked me and my family. Anon rosies are lovely but I do feel the need to say thank you.

Thank you for the love.
There is no place like catster and none greater than catster friends.

Love always
Wally

Remembering Grandma

It was July 7, 2oo4 that grandma left us. Mom was home on her computer. Me with my head in her lap. When the phone rang at 12:33 AM her heart jumped. She knew. It was the hospital. My grandma slipped away in her sleep. She was very sick with Alzheimer's Disease but according to her doctor she was not dying as yet, otherwise mom would have spent the night in hospital.
Grandma had other ideas, she slipped away as quietly as she had lived. My grandma never wanted to be a bother to anyone...
Mom put the phone down. She held me close and softly kissed my head.
She didn't want to wake up grandpa so she held me for a very long time.
It seemed that night like mom and I were alone in the world.
By the time I had met my grandma she was just a shadow of who she had been. Mom kept telling me how beautiful she once was. I still
saw beauty in her smile and sometimes when she looked at me, I saw the beauty of her soul in her blue eyes.
Mom would place me in her arms, infant style and she would hold me and softly hum to me. I sang the song in my heart~my mighty purr brought her comfort. I am so happy about that.
href=" a kimi in honor of my grandma who loved lilacs. In the spring when they bloomed mom sneaked into strangers' yards to steal some. Mom said sometimes we do what we got to do for love...
But that's another story for another time...
I love you grandma.
Always and forever
Wally

PS A very special thanks to my sweet Sophie and her family and now my extended family TWB
for the candle and the beautiful vase of lilacs in memory of my beloved
grandma. Thank you all for your sweetness and thoughtfullnes.
You guys are simply the best.

Alex part II

Alex has a new photo on his page today with the caption
"As you can see by this photo taken today, rumors of my death were greatly exaggerated! MOL!!!"
That reminds me of a saying my grandma used to have.
She always said those who were thought to have died and were in fact still very much around were going to be blessed with a very long life.
I know Alex's quote is from Mark Twain, I don't know where grandma
got hers but I sure hope it's true.
Looking good Alex.


Another OF, 19 year old sweet Orangie, Taz who had been very ill and had surgery~posted a new main picture. I thought it was a kitten pix!
He is looking so amazing.
I am so happy you are doing well!

Hooray for OF~ I love you guys.

I will keep purring for you


Love always

Wally

Time to start this diary again.

It has been a while since I have written.
I have been busy watching over my friends and showering them with angel dust whenever they need it.
There are changes coming in this my 10th life that I will want to share
with my wonderful catster family and friends.
It is still a semi-secret and I can't just yet let the cat out of the bag. (It's just a figure of speech! There is no cat in a bag.MOL
For now all I can say is that I adore my Sophie (For those of you who know this should not be "news.")
Love lives on...



My friend Alex
might be on his way here.
Yes, he is 22 and he has had an amazing life. I hope for his mom's sake that he has some more time. Just ask my mom, it is never enough.
I love you dude and whenever you are ready I am waiting for you
with open arms.
Hey dude, I have made a tiki bar just for you

Love always
Wally

Update:

Alex's wonderful vet made a housecall and said he was doing good.
His appetitite is back and in fact he is feeling rather frisky again.
I am happy for you my friend.
Your moms need you...

My first big celebration at the Bridge

Angel friends thank you for making me feel at home.

Navin R Johnson-Davis
Beloved Wally is here with me
At the bridge we oversee
taking care of those we love
As we keep watch up above
Don't think for a minute that we
Don't know how to throw a birthday soiree
Though Wally may seem to be very far..
Here at the bridge we all are
having such a wonderful time
Wally is such a funny feline!
He sure knows how to cut a rug
What he'd like to do most though
is send his family a hug
For Wally knows they miss him so
And on this first birthday since he had to go
It's very important that they know
That though it's so hard to see
Someday for birthday's we all will be
Together and Wally waits for that day
In the meantime he will watch and play

To Wally's family, we had such a wonderful party with Wally. We lounged on leather couches, played with string and ate from never-empty bowls of food! And then we laid with our belly's upward in the catnip fields by the milky stream.

All my love,
Navin R. Johnson-Davis

Love always
Wally

It was a night for missing me~

Last night there was a sad p-mail from my beloved *Sophie* She misses me..
I don't know how to cheer her up. I wish I could.. She didn't deserve this..
I so want her to be happy. Now she will spend her life crying for me?
Noooooo

Sweet *Elsa* also wrote. She used to write that her dad wanted to kidnap me. I would always write, OK! I would love to visit the little lioness

It must have been the night for missing me cause I got an amazing letter from
*Simon* He included a poem that he wrote.
OMC! It is so beautiful. Mom cried and cried. She is somewhat obsessed with
keeping my memory alive. The poem really got to her.
Simon apologized for it being "late."
It is the purrfect time sweet guy.

An Ode to my furriend Wally




I know you may think I am slow to the gate,
Since this poem for Wally is coming so late.
But it is not that I simply forgot
About our sweet and dearest mascot.
In fact, I simply couldn't find the words to say
How deeply saddened I was that day...
And the next...
And the next...
And the next...
His absence burrowed into my soul
I felt like my heart had turned to coal -
The words, they simply couldn't come out right,
No matter what I said, whether day or night.
He had been so strong for me during hard times,
And for him I couldn't assemble even simple rhymes.
I felt like I'd failed him by not singing his praise
But I was caught in such a tumultuous daze -
My dearest Wally, my bud, my angel, my love
I know that you are happy up above.
You've told us, through Teddy, that you are keeping an eye
On us, here on earth, from your perch in the sky.
Please know that your departure truly shook the foundation
Of this, our Olde Furts and Catster Nation.
I miss you, your words, and I shed a tear
Each time realize you're no longer here -
But I just wanted you to know that I didn't forget,
That I my heart and soul is full of regret
That I couldn't express in a more timely way
All that you mean to me every single day.
The shock was so intense, the pain so profound,
That until now I've been unable to utter a sound.
I know you are finally healthy, happy and light
Especially now that you have learned to take flight.
Just know how much you have affected us here
and that I look forward to when you will again be near.

Thank you for all the love.
I still miss you


Love is forever

Wally

A week ago tonight~

~I was lying on mom's bed with my head on her pillow. I was feeling so very tired and I was hurting ..I was moaning which always made mom so upset and made her feel helpless cause she didn't know how to make it better.

She was lying beside me, gently stroking my body and giving me soft kisses. Her tears were soaking my head. But I never minded that.
I was purring cause that's what I did whenever mom touched me.

I don't remember much after that. I do know that I was with my mom until
my last minute on earth...Her voice and her touch is the last thing I do remember....

I am so sorry I couldn't stay longer. I know how much you are hurting still..

Please try to remember that I am watching over you and I will always live in your heart and in your memories.

Thank you for being such a loving mom.

Love is forever~

Your
Baby Bear~ Wally

An open letter to the great love of my life

My beloved *Sophie*
I have been wanting to write this for days~
It is so beautiful here ~it is beyond my abilities to describe.
I will leave that for the poets.
I am physically purrfect and yet I still feel a little lost.. I had this dream of being with you in real life on Cat Island and it is very hard to let go of that dream..
I do want you to know that it is true what everyone says..
Love lives on.. I love you so very much..I have met many friends here and they all talk about their loved ones and how that is the one thing that is missing here.
They tell me that the longing I feel will be less powerful but always there...until one
day when we are together for all time.

Life is a precious gift my sweet Sophie. I want you to be happy. Play and go strolling and roll in catnip..
When you go to sleep have sweet dreams..I may be there giving you gentle whisker kisses..
I wanted all my catster friends to know that you are and
always will be my love~my soulmate.
Your
Wally Bear

The love of friends and family

My lovely friends have been showering my mom with the most amazing letters.
Almost all of them start off saying " I don't know what to say"and then they go
on to write the most beautiful straight from the heart letters.
The rosies the stars the special gifts~my page looks awesome.
I will get around to thanking you all individually but it is going to take a while.
Mom starts leaking and then she can't see the keyboard.. Don't get me wrong
they are good tears. She almost can't believe how loved I am. (me neither!)
OMC Have you seen my page? Mom got flowers too. (Pictures on my page)
So like I say individual thank yous is what I believe in. I am a polite angel.
I must make a couple of exceptions
My lovely friend and one of my heroes
*Tyler* wrote this awesome poem,I must share it with you.


Mommy’s little baby boy,
Little tiger, full of joy,
It somehow wasn’t meant to be
For you to spend more time with me.

Mommy’s little baby bear,
I looked for you, but you weren’t there,
I felt you in my heart it’s true,
And knew for sure that it was you.

And then tonight as I reposed,
A glistening angel before me rose,
Her wings were pink and shiny bright,
She hovered near to my delight.

She gently whispered in my ear
“Do not worry, do not fear,
It’s no use Alfie, he’s here with me,
Wally’s in Heaven now you see.

His burden was a heavy one,
So God saw fit to call him home,
And now he sits upon the moon,
Just know that you will see him soon”.

Then up on angel dust she flew,
And a certain familiarity grew,
The angel smiled, and as she did
I saw that it was my sweet Syd!

Sweetest sister and brother mine
Are now together for all time,
They’re by God’s side and well I know,
One day I’ll be asked to go.

But just for now, Earthbound I’ll be,
It’s by my mommy’s side for me,
Another mommy’s baby boy,
I promise I will bring you joy.

And this sweet poem from the heart of my friend and catser brotherArn

I'm gonna try to put in words
my thoughts but it will be so hard.
You see my buddy passed away,
I've never had a sadder day.

Dear Wally, how you broke our hearts.
We knew you were sick from the start.
Still, we thought you would outlive us,
You proved us wrong; we want to cuss.

But cussing will not bring you back,
your presence we will always lack.
But please, we beg, I hope you hear it,
We want to know your gentle spirit.

Your body must leave, we understand,
We'll get through this by holding hands.
But the loss we will not overcome
if you don't still share with us some. cry

cry We love you, Wally! Please don't go away forever! cry


I honestly don't know what to say. You have touched my mom's broken heart and she is smiling through her tears.

I live on at catster and in the hearts of all who love me.

Love is forever~

Wally

December 1, 2007 : My baby bear, my beloved Wally is gone

He died in my arms, in a taxi. We were on our way to an emergency clinic.
I will try to write more tomorrow...
I know many of you loved my Wally~
I am going to need you all if I am to get through this.
Love
Eva~Wally's mom

UPDATE
I have been putting off writing this. It's all so complicated and hurts to even think about. There was so much wrong with my baby bear.
I think I always knew that he wasn't going to have a long life but still his death
was a horrific shock.
Wally starting feeling worse after Sydney Rose died. Tried not to talk about it here on catster cause it was all too much. There was such an outpouring for my Sydney Rose, that I didn't feel it was fair to make our friends sad for Wally when I didn't even know what was going on with him.
The last UTI he had they took an x ray. It showed a "mass" which I took to be a
euphemism for cancer. The vet said she saw something she has never seen before...not very comforting words. Something about his small intestine curling
into his bladder. She seemed to not know what it mean or what it was doing to him.
We had been waiting for a urine test result (which I only got after he died~there
was a problem at the lab. Wally had an antibiotic resistant infection. Because the results were delayed he was not getting the right medication.
All this time he was eating less and less. Moaning almost all the time and screaming at night. I had scheduled an appointment for an ultrasound (it would have been tomorrow)
Late Friday evening he was beside me on the pillow. I was gently stroking his head his body and talking to him..Begging him to be strong for mom..He suddenly stood up, jumped off the bed but he didn't land on his feet.He screamed once a terrible scream. He fell on his side and stayed that way.
Now I was in emergency mode. I grabbed one of his baby blankets, picked him up gently. He was totally limp.His breathing was labored. He was looking into my eyes...
The weather was horrible. We waited for a taxi for nearly 20 minutes when normally one comes in about 3. The Emergency Hospital is far, the driving terrible. I don't know if time would have made a difference...I will never know.

The radio was on..The announcer said it was
Midnight~(Eastern Standard time)
I looked at my baby. His eyes were shining in the semi-dark looking into mine. I held him close and kissed the top of his head.He took a breath. I watched the light in his eyes dim and fade.They gently closed. He never breathed out. His soul left his sweet body. I now was holding Wally's shell.

I don't know how I was able to function. I do know when the receptionist asked for my address I started giving her my London address, I haven't lived there in 5 years...I am pretty sure I asked for an autopsy. I so wanted to know what had happened to him. I also asked for a private cremation. I wanted his ashes home
with me. Everything is a fog..I just remember signing a whole bunch of papers and handing over my Visa.
I finally passed out it was morning. A bright sunny day. Managed to sleep a few hours. When I pulled myself together and called the hospital more shocks
waited for me. They cremated him along with others. No autopsy no ashes~ever
I kept hoping I was having a nightmare... but my baby and any answers I could have had are all gone.
His regular vet is very upset. She can't tell me why he crashed so suddenly.
Yes he was very ill and I would not have gone the chemo route or any other of what I consider extreme measures.
My Wally had already suffered too much
in his short life. His weight had doubled in less than a year. (He really wasn't eating more then what he was supposed to be) At 18 lbs he was fat. It's possible that his sweet little heart gave out.. Is there anyone to blame? If they had known about that the infection was bacteria resistant would it have made a difference?
Could the infection have spread to the rest of his body? It is not something
a vet would admit. So I have to let go. Nothing will bring him back. He is gone
but I know we will meet again.


God's Garden Must Be Beautiful
God saw you getting tired,
When a cure was not to be.
So He wrapped His arms around you,
And whispered, "Come to Me".

You didn't deserve what you went through,
So He gave you rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He only picks the best.

And when I saw you sleeping,
So peaceful and free from pain,
I could not wish you back
To suffer that again.

~ Author Unknown~


You can shed tears that he is gone,
or you can smile because he lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that
he will come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all
the memories that he left.
Your heart can be empty because you
cannot see him,
Or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and
live for yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because
of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that is gone,
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.
You can do what he would want : smile, open your eyes,
love and go on.

~Author Unknown~

Today, tomorrow, the rest of my days I will remember you with love and smiles. You were my baby boy, my Wally Bear

We are back

Mom was feeling so very stressed out. First Syd's death and then Alfie was sick
and I am still not well.
Have to go for more tests :( They promised me it won't hurt.
I am mainly back to offer my support to my friends.
I was saddened and shocked to hear that Sweet McKenna joined her brother Buddie at the Bridge
I can understand how for such a sweet old kitty the death of her brother most probably hastened her own (although she has not been well herself.)

I can accept that they are both in a better place. Happy and healthy again.
I hope they get to spend time with my sweet sis~Syd.
My heart is breaking for their parents. These two were so loved. How devastated
they must feel.
My sincerest sympathies to mom and dad(kisskiss) we are here for you
and we love you.

Purr Power,
Wally

Away for a while~

Hi my friends.
I want to say a special thank you for making our catster experience such an
extraordinary one.
When I first joined I never realized the wonderful community this is.
I have made such wonderful friends and so has my mom..
For reasons that I cannot go into I need to be away...
I know it is a bit early but I want to wish you all a very happy holiday season.
Hope to see you in 2008~ Wow?! where does time go?

Love and purrs
Wally

Happy Day!

I want to wish a very Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends~

Hope you are getting all kinds of yummies. Have a wonderful day with your families..Our thanksgiving is in October but I am thankful everyday for all
the wonderful friends I have made here on catster~

I am especially grateful to have found my soul mate the lovely and beautiful
*Sophie*~ I Love you sunshine!

Congratulations to a really sweet guy~*Ash* today he is
COTD
Have a purrfect day Ash

Also congratulations to my darling nephew~ Alex Finnegan "Finney"
He is today's Diary of the Day!

You both look simply pawsome on the home page


Love and purrs

Wally


UPDATE

How to make your mom happy~ Those of you who know me ~you know I love my eats! Yesterday afternoon when I came home from the vet, my mouth was so sore after the cleaning I could not eat.
My mom thinks I was also a bit loopy. My pupils were huge.
Anyway, I kept going to my dish and look like I didn't know how to eat.

In fact I only ate this morning~ a long time without food for me.

Mom put my chow on the floor and sat down beside me. She was ready to coax me if need be. But I started eating. Mom said she never heard my motor go so loud!
The cute part? I would stop eating and go and butt my forehead against hers
and return to eat. I did this over and over again..
Gosh, it takes so little to make a mom happy.
She says I am the best headbutter!
Must be my big head.

Love and big purrs

Wally

Another day same place

Hey my friends.

Thanks for all the lovely get well messages.
Yep I am still at the vets..


There is something wrong with me according to what my x ray shows! There is the dreaded word "mass" but the docs are not sure what it means. So more
tests...........
Mom says if this keeps up she can't afford to keep me.
Funny mom! She was kidding, right?



Hopefully I will be home today.

I received an anon "Catster Cutie" somebody's mommy wants to
squish me. It is fine by me.. but I would like to know who you are, please?


Love and miss you,
Wally

I am at the V.E.T. again!

Hi friends. I have been moaning and groaning for days. Sunday and Monday night
I went to the living room and screamed. Last time I did that I had a UTI.
Seems I can't be like normal cats and just strain in the litterbox or something.
So now I am in kitty jail. They are waiting for a "sample".
Also I might be ...ahem...constipated again.. Living with IBD is not fun.
OK ! Next subject...

Mom was really worried...but we didn't want to worry anybody so I have been
a bit quiet the past week.

I am missing my pals~

Hopefully I will be home tomorrow.

Love and purrs
Wally

CAT OF THE WEEK!

Look who is on our homepage! One of my favorite kitties, and Alfie's auntie~
the beautiful Hazel Lucy
Congratulation sweet HL!
It could not happen to a more deserving kitty. You are the heart of catster.
You represent everything that is good about this place.
My family and I love you and are so happy for you

Purr Power

Wally

Free Zealie Alert!

Hey friends, just stumbled across this:
HQ is giving away zealies just for voting in the World's Coolest Dog and Cat Show!

Read the details here!

We can help our friends and win free zealies! Isn't this pawsome??!!
Thanks HQ! You Rock!

Purr Power

Wally

Candles for Sydney Rose

Dear friends,
It is a very sad day but so much love and caring from catster families is helping us get through this. We will thank you all but for now I
just wanted you to know that
A sweet kit named named *Muffin* started a candle lighting for my sister, please
go *to light a candle for Sydney Rose

It would mean a lot to my mom

Purr power
Wally

In Memory of my sweet sister Sydney Rose

Aw, sweet sister of mine, why did you have to leave so soon? You know mom always had a feeling that it would be my life that would be cut short...She never
imagined it would be you who was never sick. Just a skinny little thing but tough! Just the other day, *GIZMO* said you were a rock cake, remember? We thought you would get to be a very grouchy old lady..........
This is mom's 3rd kitty~ the first Wally her beloved tux, Nikki the beautiful tabby never made it to their 6th birthday and now you, only 5 1/2 years old.

I have great memories of you my sweet sis. Remember when I was just a kitten?
You were the one who showed me the ropes. You even smacked me once or twice.
But that's OK I learned from you that it wasn't cool to scratch the leather couch.
I know I made a big mistake one day when I forgot myself and I thought you
were my fur mommy. You were sleeping and I shoved my little face in your belly and tried to suckle. I was hungry!! You looked at me with the most amazed eyes! I didn't know your eyes could get so big! I heard mom laughing, but you smacked me good.
You run off and after that we were never really close..I am so sorry about that...
When I see pictures of sibs snuggling I always wished it could have been like that in our home..
I hope you are truly happy now. I know you have family but also so many friends at the Bridge. One day we shall meet again my sweet sister. Until then please watch over us.
I love you~
Wally

My Poet bro Arnold P

I love this and I just have to share it with you. Besides it is great news!
Hope you don't mind *Arn*


My Mom just went and had a test.
She studied hard to do her best.
She had to drink some yucky stuff,
And that part of the test was rough.

She went, they poked her in the hand
Next she knew she'd been all scanned.
They said it's probably not cancer
but more than likely a giant ulcer.

We'll know for sure this coming Tuesday
In the meantime we want together to say:
We love you so, and all your kindness.
To not would amount to only blindness.

So thank you all and every one
for rosies and purrs for me and my "son".
Arnold loves you so much and so do I.
On that you can always and ever rely.

From Arnold and his very grateful Mom

OMC! Will not stop purring until Tuesday comes and we hear that all is well.

PURR POWER

Wally

I am such a lucky dude!

My mom came home for lunch, which essentially means she will gulp something down and spend some time with us (me?)
Today it meant going for a stroll!
YES!
The weather is glorious again
65 beautiful degrees
I saw Mr Squirrel again. His coloring is somewhat like mine. We stared at each other and then he skipped away..
I love it outside.
I stand the whole time, just taking in the awesome sights
I love my life!
I love my *Sophie*
( I wish she was here, strolling with me. She is a small girl. She could snuggle with me)
I love my friends!
I love my mom and grandpa!

PURR POWER !

WALLY




UPDATE: SICK MOMS


I heard from *Chrissy* (Arnold's girl)

She is worried about *Arn* 's mom and she is asking me to let her know as soon as I know anything.
It seems Chrissy's mom also has health problems of her own.
She very casually told me her mom had
"minor" back surgery today.
I don't know about you, but the word ~surgery ~scares me. So I hope Chrissy doesn't mind but I am going to ask you all to please purr for Chrissy's mom to get better fast!
Love and purrs
Wally


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A public declaration of furever love~

October 17,2oo7~ A very special day
My lovely **Sophie*
and I are celebrating our 3 months annifursary.
Where does time go anyway?
I love you Sophie with all my heart. Life before you was not complete.
You complete me my sweet girl. With you in my life, I am never lonely.
Thank you for choosing me to love. I will do my utmost to never let you down.
Always and furever
Your
Wally Bear


UPDATE:

Arnold P's Mom is ill and is having some tests done.
Let's all purr for Arnie's Mom~ PURRING that it is nothing serious!
Purring for Arn too cause where are we without our loving moms?

Hey my bro, sending you love and healing powers~

Please visit *Arn* and let him know that we love him.

PURR POWER
Wally

Today is National Feral Cat Day

This entry is dedicated to the lovely*Tylerina (Tina)* who is a feral kitty who lives in Indiana and is looked after by The Nice Food Lady..Until recently *Cookie's* mom and now Cookie's grandma has taken over cause Cookie's mom is away at grad school!
She is not homeless. This is her life and I would like to do a bit to help make her
life and all feral kitty lives easier.
Please help beautiful cats like Tina:
Get yourselves in a TNR program ( Trap/ Neuter/ Release) :
ALLEYCAT.ORG" They will help you find a TNR program in your area. Alley Cat Allies works very hard to promote legislation to protect feral kitties, like the city ordinance that protects them.
INDY FERAL" sells cathouses and noisemakers, and has a wealth of info on taming ferals and lots of other stuff.
Right now they are taking orders for a 2008 Feral Kitty Calendar. Proceeds go to help feral kitties in your neck of the woods

Purr Power,
Wally

UPDATE:

The happiest news possible! I heard from my beautiful Sophie and she is fine.
She promised to write tonight.
I love you Sophie, I am just glad to have you back. I missed you so much.

A quiet day

It has been very quiet for me here today..
I want to thank you for using my Amelia picture. I feel that angel paws were guiding me cause I am clueless when it comes to photoshop and this was done
online, a great site called imikimi.com
Then late last night I realized I had forgotten to tag the photo. I guessed that meant others had as well so I made sure my typist came back online and help me post in our groups. (Thanks mom.)
As I write this there are 13 pages in the stroll.
I hope sweet angel*Amelia* and her beautiful family feel our love.

I have not heard from precious **SOPHIE** in 3 days. Not only do I miss her but I am worried. I am hoping it is nothing more serious (although it is bad enough) than computer problems...
I love you my sweet girl, please hurry back.

I miss you too *Arn* Purring hard for good news. Please tell your mom that we are here and please let us know if we can help in any way. We love you.


*Giz* I miss you too. You promised to be in touch that was 2 days ago.
Come on bro, please with cheese on it?





Purr Power
Wally

In Memory Of Amelia

It always comes as a shock
There is simply no preparing for a beloved friend leaving us.
*Amelia* had been sick before but she rallied. When we heard from her mom yesterday we were numb with shock.
I am trying to smile through my tears.. I imagine the joy at the Bridge when ^Bill^ (An Angel now) and Amelia are reunited. So many friends
will be there to greet her including our angels.
I am so grateful to my pal, *Simon* I don't know if I could have done this without his help.
What an amazing little dude he is.
I simply have to share this poem that he wrote in Amelia's honor.

I must purr for a miracle
Amelia this cannot be true!
But how can I purr for a miracle
When I already got one - YOU!

Your warmth your caring your spirit and love
Is so divine
It must be from above!

So rather than wallow
cry and pout
I just need to remember
What miracles are about.

Just knowing you
is such a gift
That the magic is from
Your spiritual lift.

So thank you
for answering my purrayer
by having had
Dear Amelia there

Through the good and bad
That life may bring
She's always been
Able to make my soul sing.

So this song
I give to her
Along with a deep
And Heartfelt Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......

Love Simon

Thank you Simon for expressing what so many of us are feeling today but don't have your eloquence to express.

Sadly purring
Wally

Strolling ~

On catster that is...sometimes I just like to go looking at kitties and see where
it takes me...I guess you really call it surfing in computer language but I got strolling on the mind and it is too cold to go strolling. So mom says. I keep reminding her I am wearing a fur coat...
What happened to autumn? It is so cold here but at least the trees are such pretty colors,reds and golds. We are the land of the maple trees, after all.

Anyway my strolling/surfing found me on a kit's page named *sammy* He has
the cutest video clip I have ever seen.
You have got to check it out. I don't think I have ever seen a kitty do what he
does! Of course he has mom whining extra cause she is really longing for
a tux! MOL

Purr Power,
Wally

Changes on my page~

Wow there must some of you who agree with my **SOPHIE** that I am not fat cause the other day she asked you guys to give me treats if you agree with her that I am no fat.
Well guess what? I have an awful lot of treats all of a sudden. MOL
You guys are so sweet and such sweet liars

I also added a little video clip playing with my mom bootlaces~one of my favorite toys. Forget story bought stuff. I am very happy with my bootlace!

I also entered the photo contest, put a link on my page and guess what the link
is not working and for some reason I can't access my picture. *sigh*
I guess I will try again tomorrow.
Not that I have a bat's in h**l of winning. Some very pawsome pictures are
entered! And even if by some miracle I win? Guess what I could not claim any prize cause the prizes are only for US citizens.
Come on HQ that hardly seems fair. Catster has kitties from all over the world.
I mean this is the world wide web, right?!

I am feeling a little grouchy and worried tonight.

My problem is not the pictures. I am worried about my best friend and bro, Arnold P
. His grandma is very ill and now his mom has medical problems too.
He is in Florida and I am in Canada. I want to help but I don't know how..
I love you Arn, we are purring and praying for you.

Purr power

Wally

I do have the sweetest girl in the world!

Our moms happened to catch us sleeping in very similar poses.
Except **SOPHIE**looks like a little doll kitty and I look like a beached whale!
So what does she do? She puts the picture right underneath hers and
meows in her diary that I should get treats if you agree with her that I am not fat! MOL
Yep she loves me cause love is blind~

I love you Sophie!

Wally


UPDATE:

Went for a stroll late this afternoon.It was wonderful. The weather was warm again after nearly a week of cold. Dry autumn leaves were making funny noises and flying around and silly me tried to catch them.
Mom was happy cause she said I was in kitten mode.

Life is good!

Purr Power,
Wally

Who turned out the ligths?

So I decided we were going strolling today.
I got into the stroller did my little MEOW act.
Mom came right over locked the stroller and pushed me into the coat closet!
WTM??
It was grandpa who let me out. He thought she was being mean.
YEA, Grandpa!
Mom said I had to learn that everything can't always be the way I want.
She had a million things to do ( Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here.) Plus
the weather was nasty cold. Felt almost like winter, mom said. Yea well, I am wearing a fur coat! *sigh*
I slept most of the day in grandpa's bed~mean mother!
I know she feels bad for tricking a little kitty..
I don't think she was planning to give me any turkey tomorrow. (She is very careful about what I eat and definitely no people food.) But I have a feeling
I am going to get just a bit.
GUILT is good! MOL

Purr Power,
Wally

Went to an amazing party this evening

My lovely *SOPHIE*s
bro the very cute *Stinky*
had a birthday party.
The theme was Halloween and they did an amazing job.
We had to go through a graveyard to get there and now I have a skeleton attached to me. At first I was worried but I am getting used to him.. I guess he is lonely..
Probably will leave me after Halloween~ I mean this is just a wild guess MOL
Had a lovely time, Sophie has such a wonderful family. I feel like they are my family too! How lucky can I get? My bro, *Gizmo* was there
and my adorable little niece *Laurie*

I just sneaked away...took my Sophie with me..
We are going to go for a nice long walk..

I adore you Sophie thank you for making me so very happy

Purr Power,
Wally

~I am strolling addict~

Mom came home very tired today.
TGIF she said.
I said what? That stands for Thank God I'm Feline
My mom is a cat? I knew it! She doesn't look like a cat but yep she is a cat!
But I digress...She came in and instead of going to greet her like I always do,
I headed for the stroller and jumped in.
OK mom, let's rock and roll!
Wally, she said I am so tired...
MEOW? MEOW? MEOW? was all I said~very loudly too!
Wally please?
MEOW! MEOW! MEOWWWWW!!!!!

It worked. We went for a very nice walk. The sun was still shining the birds were singing. Wally was very happy with the breeze on his face.

When we came home she had a little talk with me. She said, Wally, this is Montreal, very soon it will be winter and it will be cold and there will be snow...

OK Mom, and your point is???

Purr Power,
Wally

PS. I just got a rosie from my sweet friend Hazel Lucy she said she would bet my mom felt better after the walk too...
So mom agreed we should add this.
Yes HL, you are absolutely right! Mom felt much better.Walking is the best exercise for non-felines.
So let's see~ hmmm~ this makes me a selfless kitty who wants to go strolling for mom's health. YES!!!

My Beloved Grandma

October 4th will always be a special day in our hearts.
My grandma was born on this day...
I miss you grandma. I remember how you loved to hold me..how my purring would calm down your anxious heart..
Mom likes telling me stories..Sometimes when it is just the two of us,she will tell me how wonderful it was growing up with you as her mom.
She told me one last night.
About your amazing baking skills. The huge wooden table that you would use to make dough as fine as paper stretched out on the table as if it were a tablecloth.
That was the start for cherry strudel (using fresh cherries from the garden)
I bet you would have sneaked me some!
Now I imagine you in heaven sitting with mom's beloved Bill, her besties Elizabeth and Christina, having some kind of heavenly chocolate cake and talking about my mom and all great times in your life which always included cats and dogs.
I hope all our angel furs are celebrating with you too.
I am sad that there will never be new memories to make.
You left us too soon my beloved grandma...............

Purr Power,
Wally

A day full of adventure

Shall I begin with the good or the not so good?
Well it all started with mom having a horrendous morning so her colleagues told to take the rest of the day off and please get some rest!!
Yea, right.
She came home to a tale of woe from grandpa who ratted on me. He told mom that I moaned and groaned and moaned some more in the vicinity of the litter box.
Well, I am OK in the wee department but I have been evacuating "pebbles" for over a week mom thought I was *Wally whispers* constipated~ Mom are you sure this is a diary topic? *Sigh*
So what does mom do? She calls the vet who also sighed and said bring him in.
This is where the good part comes in ~ listen up *Arn* ~ we took the stroller!
And for the first time I loved it! ( I have photos to prove it) Mom was excited cause she just saved at least $20.00 on cab fare. Of course that money and then some went to the vet..
It is a beautiful day here, still summer. The birds were chirping and people in cars waved to me and on the street they stopped to talk to me. What a handsome kitty they said..At the vet they have never seen a stroller and they thought it was the cutest thing! Except for one grouchy man who said, "now this has got to be one spoiled cat who needs to be pushed in a stroller"~ Mom got a bit miffed and said, "Well I don't think walking him on leash to the vet would work,do you?!"

Are you getting a feeling that I am stalling talking about the vet? Cause I am.
It was all OK, Dr Kalin loves me, she kept saying "Wally is the sweetest cat." I think she is pretty sweet too until she pushed a finger right into my back side~ How humiliating, how painful! I said a very loud OW~ OW ~OWWWW which they all found cute cause there was no M so I sounded so human....(well I am partly human!)
She was reluctant to give me an enema without first taking an X ray.
She showed the x ray to mom and my bowel was backed up way, way backed up. She said to mom I would have to stay and they would call her when they were done with me.
Lucky for me I have no clue what an enema is but I was less then thrilled to see mom leave me.
Mom was on her way out the door when the pretty tech lady, Dena came running after mom. They were so amazed. Dena put me in a cage where I would wait for the enema.She went to get a litterbox, but by the time she came back I pooped in the cage. I simply could not hold it. They were not "pebbles" this time either. I am so ashamed of myself~mortified!!*Wally turns crimson just thinking about it.*Doc was laughing. She thought maybe it was a combination of stress and her finger.She even said she had a "magic finger" Very funny. But at least I didn't need an enema!!
Oh and the bestest news of all?! The strict diet my mom has me on is working!!!
I lost over half a pound. Doc was so happy about that. She said that's 3% of my body fat. Keep up the good work.YAY!!
So we had a nice stroll home and now I am going to take a nap with mom
We are pooped~ MOL

Purr Power

Wally

Apologies

We have been without a server for the past 4 days.
It has been very hard to be away from my home away from home.
I missed my sweetie **SOPHIE** and my bro,
*ARNOLD P*

And I feel simply awful cause I missed some very important events and I have no idea how if at all I can make up for it.

I missed my bro
*GIZMO's*
7th birthday. ( I am happy to see that he had a fantastic party!)
And Giz was COTD on Sunday September 23rd. Thank HQ! You really picked a great dude for this special honor.
Sadly I also missed giving my sweet nephew his first birthday party. I am speaking of the adorable Alex Finnegan "Finney", Finney is very special. Those of you who know him, know that he was one of the kitties who ate tainted food and came close to dying. But miraculously he survived and he is now a beautiful one year old
He wrote me a such a sweet note saying he understood but I still feel bad.
I love you my sweet Finney and I hope that I never let you down ever again.

Oh a happier note~

Purr power in action: Our friend *ASH* is doing so much better and so is sweet *Simon*
My family will keep on purring for you

Love is All
Wally

Happy News!

My catster family is growing!
I am happy and proud to announce that I now have a niece. She is an adorable 5 month old Canadian tabby with a loving family of her own but she is honoring me by agreeing to be my catster niece
I love you*Laurie*
I am here for you,always

Wally wipes a happy tear from his eye.

Love and purrs

Wally

International Talk like a Pirate Day

It seems it is International Talk like a Pirate's Day. My fun loving bro, *ARNOLD P* who is always up for something different twisted my arm.
You can get your pirate name here: http://www.piratequiz.com/
Mine is Mad Morty Flint and Arn's is also Flint (Iron Tom) So it seems we are bros even as pirates~

So here is grog in your eye



Mad Morty Flint

Update:

My bro, Captain Iron Man Flint, sent a rosie in which he said

I deny the arm twisting, tho! Twere it twisted by this flinty pirate, it would have been a bloody stump! Avast!


ARRRRR Shiver me timbers!
MMF

Birthday wishes

My sweet **SOPHIE**
is celebrating her 4th birthday today.
I am wishing you a purrfect day, as purrfect as you are.
Thank you for making me such a happy guy. You are not only beautiful but you have a sweet and gentle soul.
I am blessed to have you in my life.

Do you want to know how special she really is?
When I told her I didn't think I could handle a birthday thread~too confusing with
all of us looking like Penny. You know what she said?
She said hopefully she will have many more birthdays but Penny will not so let's give this day to honor her.
That is how special my Sophie is.

I love you with all my heart~
Your
Wally Bear

There is good news but...........

We are relatively healthy.
My **SOPHIE**
loves me with all my shortcomings.
Penny Day is going to happen
*ASH* is feeling a bit better and there will be a catster wide Purr Day~ Sept 13/2007 ~ thanks to
to my little friend *Morgan*
*ARn* said today that he "loves me to death!"
My nephew sweet *Finney* loves me!
OK so what is wrong?
Why do I feel so grumpy?
Mom has canceled Christmas!
Can she do that?
She said Wally this year no presents So please tell your friends now!
Do you know why?
Cause the TV in her bedroom died
half an hour after the DVD player.
This added to the fact that we haven't had AC in the bedroom all August.
But the nights are cool. We can live without AC but she says she needs her TV in her room.
So it seems we are going to be drowning in more debt
Can we do that?
Drown I mean?
Aw I am blue, Sophie where are you? I need my paw held

Purr Power,
Wally

Going from cute to the dentist?!

Before my mom became a catsterholic she used to frequent other kitty sites.
One of her faves was the TheDailyKitten
~So many kitties so little time~
So along the way she picked up certain lingo that they call cat speak.
One of her favorite "words" is FB - facial bosom a.k.a. whisker pouches
If you take a look at my current main picture my mom said I have grrreat whisker pouches.
So this is when it all started.
She looks at the computer screen and looks at me.
She feels a wave of affection and comes over to me.
Didn't have far to go ( I am on the bed next to her watching her check me out on the computer )
I will refrain from commenting on the absurdity of this.
So where was I? Oh yea.
She cups my face and lands a kiss right on my mouth that is smack in the middle of my FB and she says BLECH!
BLECH???
Your breath stinks Wally-Bear. Well gee thanks for sharing that with the world, MOTHER!
Worse! It stinks she said cause my teeth are not so groovy. I hate letting her brush them.
OH NO
I don't have fresh breath
WORSE
She says a dental cleaning might be in my near future.

WTM?

This all started with me looking cute?!

Purr Power
Wally

A star for a very special dog~

I went for a stroll today. No, not a real one. That is really another story.
A catster stroll that ended up in dogster
where I found the heartbreaking story of * BANDIT*
a K9 police dog who died after being left in a hot patrol car for more than 12 hours before being discovered.
I gave him a star and shed some tears......

Bandit led me to RAVEN* a beautiful black dog~
Sadly, her daddy died in the 9/11 attacks. He was a hero among the 40 passengers and crew who fought the terrorists on United Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, PA. . Her mom writes Raven spent 2 solid weeks waiting at the door for her daddy to come home.
I am humbled by such love and devotion. I bow my head in shame cause no kitty that I know of would do this for anybody. (Please correct me if I wrong.)
I think Raven will get a star on September 11...

Purr Power,
Wally

A Special Day

Today it has been 2 months since I have stopped taking prednisone.
As you may remember I have IBD
Sometime ago a sweet and caring kitty, named *KC* wrote to me.
She also has IBD and she suggested (something that even the vet had not!)
I SHOULD NOT MIX DRY FOOD WITH WET Yep I had been eating both.
So when the PURINA EN came out and I liked it so much mom decided it was certainly worth a try.
The change in my body was almost instantaneous. I am eating less,(pred made me hungry hungry hungry~
Normal poopies (Sorry if that is too much info. But it is such a big part of what IBD is.
No more moaning and groaning in mom's ear at night (we share
a pillow...when bro Alpha Alfie lets.)
So thanks again KC for caring enough to write.

Purr Power
Wally

Thank you!

Thank you HQ ! You give me a place to MEOW about my favorite subjects~My girl, my bros and my dearest friends. For that I get to be a diary pick?
Sounds like the proverbial icing on the cake.

Things got straightened out with my Bro GIZ
I think i have convinced him that I do indeed love him. Always will.

So now I hear from my other Bro ARN and he sounds distant. He is questioning my feelings?
Is it me?

Can't a dude love 3 BROTHERS?
MY HEART is BIG! There is room for all of you. Why won't you believe me?
Love and friendship is everything to me.

Thanks you my lovely SOPHIE You are the best a guy could even dream about...

Thanks you my dear friend Hazel Lucy
and the adorable *Mercy*

Thanks for the rosie and the sweet message dear friend Ash

I love you all. I can't imagine my life without you in it.

PURR POWER
WALLY

A sweet little lullaby

My lovely **SOPHIE** left this in my shoutbox, pretty romantic, yea?
Here's MY Poem~
When you're near, I "bearly" hear,
I whisper in your ear, I love you, Wally dear.
~Night my love, XO Sophie .

She is so sweet~I love you girl of mine!

*GIZMO* if you are reading this: I love you my bro and I did include your poem
in my diary. Every poem from the heart is good!

Where is *ARN*? I miss you.. I hope you are not sick. *sigh*



Purr Power
Wally



UPDATE:
WALLY DID BAD!!!!!!!

OMC! I was reading SOPHIE's diary and I realize~I missed a very important date~
IT HAS BEEN A WHOLE MONTH SINCE WE HAVE BECOME GIRL/BOY FRIEND.
JULY 17th 2007 is our date
So where was I August 17th???

What am I going to do?
I thought I was the new male, you know? In touch with my feminine side. I know annifursaries matter to girls.
What am I going to do?
Can kitties have tattoos? I want to have that date tattooed on me~
I love you Sophie
I apologize to you in front of my brothers and friends.
I don't know how I am going to make it up to you.
But believe me I will not forget September 17th
That is a promise!
I love you my sweet girl.
Your
Wally Bear

In Sophie's light~

My lovely **SOPHIE**makes me believe in goodness and that kindness exists.
Lately I have been so blue.
Feel like the world is passing me by~ forgetting this guy
me~
Sophie wrote this lovely note saying that things look better in daylight.
You know what my lovely sweet girl, it isn't daylight that gives me hope that things will be good again some day~ it is you!

I hope she doesn't mind by I have to share what she wrote to me:

I picture you as this cuddly little teddy bear, with his basket brimming with little envelopes of love, running from door to door, not wanting to leave anyone out. That is what I love so much about you.

LOVE IS ALL

PURR POWER

Wally

Dell man came!

Computer is fixed finally. It has been tough. I felt like I had my face stuck against
a window~Looking in where everything is warm and cosy and I was out in the
cold

I hope I haven't missed anything important.
I like to be here for my friends ~good times and the bad.

There are still some things for mom to take care of so
I won't be here as much as I would like

My apologies...and I really do do miss you guys

Purr Power

Wally

Catster History

Today I am once again reminded how much I love this community of amazing cats
and just a bit amazed at how much we can do if we put our collective furry heads
together!
I think I realized that the very nice human(s) behind catster really care and they want to make us happy. I realized it when they made Jules Verne Cat of the Day
when he died.
This is different. This is silly frivolous fun but it is also personal cause it involves
my amazing funny creative adorable bro. Yes you
*ARN*
I can't even imagine what he was thinking when he created a game using a vegetable ~ If you ask me that is all those yucky green things are good for but a game? I would never have thought of it! MOL

When I saw everybody changing their main pictures to an image of bb, yea right I thought. Never happen. I changed mine for Arn cause I support my brother whatever is his endeavor
and now the bb rosie is born! Thanks HQ!
Congratulations Arn Your dream is a reality. How cool is that?!
**************************************************** **
I have admired Arn's poems in the Olde Furts Poetry Thread and now he has written one just for me.
Here it is:
Oh, woe is me,
how can it be,
I miss my Wally so.
I took my pal to be my bro,
His face, now, I don't see. cry

Wally's a true friend,
right until the end.
To everyone he meets
with rosies he does greet.
Hope his 'puter's on the mend!

So that's my tale of woe,
My life seems, oh, so slow!
Without my buddy dear,
Seems no one is 'round here.
I hope summer soon will go!

OMC! How often do I get poems written for me? (Not Very)
*Wally wipes a tear from his eye*
I love you Arnold P! You are without a doubt the best.
I am no poet so I will just promise you this:

I will always love you.
Forever and a day~

Thank you~
I also hope summer will soon go.....

PURR POWER

Wally

OH NO!!!!!!

Where did my favorite site go? I should say what happened to it.
I am talking about glitterfy.com
Between Google's image search and this site my family and I were able to do some very original rosies and stars.
So what did they do? They took away the upload feature. Now you can only do it by downloading their tool bar! Well guess what? Auntie H said go for it. (Remember it is not our puter we are using.) We did some research and while it does have some spyware in it~it is pretty much harmless. So guess what? We turned off the spy detector... Must say it did make us nervous. Imagine killing Auntie H computer too! But now it was a fight between human and the machine. So there we were loading and it was all cool until Hello? it informed us it was replacing the anti spyware software on Auntie H's puter with their better one! I don't think so!! How sneaky can they get. So we stopped everything and swept the computer. All cool.
But I still don't have a way to add text and glitter to pictures. *WHINE*
So why am I telling you all this fascinating ...not stuff ?
I am hoping somebody reading this will know of another site that allows for
adding text and glitter to a picture. *SIGH*
I know! I will ask Hannah
maybe she knows. She always has the most unusual pictures that's for sure.
Well the day was not all bad!
Managed to talk to my brothers! Yesterday I had a nice letter from *COOKIE* Although I must say I am really worried about him. His mom is going to be away at Grad school and Cookie will be living with his grandma. Well there is only one mom,yea?
But at this stage you just don't want to stress out a 20 year old kitty. So that is the dilemma. What is more stressful? Moving or having grandma taking care of him..I know they will keep an eye on him but I love that dude and I want him to be in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest kitty ever!
Had a nice chat with my other bros *ARNOLD P* who has been so supportive in these stressful times..And last but never least my funny bro *GIZMO* When I read his messages I am always grinning. He just makes me laugh!
Some more good news. Sweet *Amelia* is doing better and didn't need a transfusion! YEA! The power of purr And also Sydney's
nephew *Cassi* is doing so well they were able to cancel his 3 month visit to the cardiologist. More PURR POWER!!!!!
Heard from my sweet adorable girl *SOPHIE* And I hope I will hear from her again tonight..Although I will have to go now or Auntie H is going to charge rent MOL One of the many wonderful things about sweet Sophie is that she understands. She loves me! YEA!! I love you too Sophie!!
I think I will end this on that very happy note.

Love is All

Purr Power

Wally

WOWSERS! I am a diary pick~ again!

Thank you catster. I am honored to be picked. I love writing in my diary~
Today I was amongst a very pawsome group.
*Aspen* who looks very cool on the home page!
*Samoa* OMC!" The Diary Queen" My TWT friend Rusty
and the only kitty I don't know, a sweet girl named *Patches*
who didn't get a single rosie congratulating her so I had to.
I know what a warm and fuzzy feeling it is to get love from your friends
And like I so often say I have been truly blessed in the friends department.
I think I have thanked all of my friends personally. I certainly hope I have not forgotten anyone.
Purr Power
Wally

Blessed with friends

Just had to add to the previous entry. I am usually not this negative.
My diary is called the diary of a content kitty after all.
So the most amazing thing happened.
This evening I come back home to catster and and the first thing I notice
is our zealies have increased~a lot!
Mom reads her e-mail and catster informs us that my bro ***ARN*** bought us zealies!!!! How awesome is that?
I was just getting worried cause we were getting awfully low and we do love giving them to our friends and mom said. Wally! We can't afford any right now.
So my dear sweet generous bro came to our rescue!
My mom got all leaky eyed and gave my head a good soaking. Has she heard of
tissues??
Thank you Arn, there are simply not enough words to describe how you have touched our hearts. This is the first time ever anyone has done this for us. We are simply overwhelmed. We love you!

Then just now I got p-mail from my sweet friend Hazel Lucy She must read the diaries of her friends becuase she always has a sweet comment. But this time it was beyond sweet. She read my previous entry about me being stressed and she wrote asking if I have heard of Bach Flower Remedies. Well hello?! Somebody is having a blonde moment here. YES! We have it in the house for our wild child sister~Syd. Now why didn't mom think of this?
Thank you HL you are truly a special friend.
I also heard from my lovely and oh so sweet **SOPHIE** She just cheers me up by being a part of my life. I seem to star in her diary daily. That is so
sweet. I love you so much my lovely Sophie
Thank you for being a part of my life. You cheer me. You make me feel loved.
I love you back

Purr Power,
Wally

HOLY CATNIP!

Mom's godchild Nicky almost deleted me from catster!
He is a sweet boy and he is very smart. I think these kids learn to use a computer at the same time they learn to talk!
Anyhoo moms was using their puter as she has the past week. Nicky being Nicky and a very curious 6 year old human (almost as curious as we kitties) insisted
on sitting with mom while she was doing catster stuff.
So Nicky wanted "help." Next thing you know his little finger is on
Permanently delete this profile forever
EXCUSE ME? WTM?? Moms yelped. We were seconds
away from being gone furever.
*Wally wipes his brow*
That was too close for comfort.
Nicky keep your grubby little fingers off my page or I might have to do something very unlike me~ I will bite you! Naw I would not..
I think I am missing the kitty biting gene. MOL

Purr Power
Wally

KITTY PROZAC

Does any kitty know where I can get some kitty Prozac?
OR have you guys ever heard of a kitty hitting the bottle?
Maybe some nip wine?
I am so stressed out. I think I am picking up mom's very bad vibes!
This morning I BARFIED in the only sandals she can wear these days~
The sandals part is a long story but it is HER story and I am beginning not to care~ I mean, WHERE are her priorities?
I am in EXILE here.

I miss everybody~

My Sophie will find somebody else~

A very grumpy Wally

but still

PURRING PURRING

COTW

How pawsitively pawsome! Thank you catster for picking adorable *ADAM* to be COTW

We read about him in the news. Were shocked and so sad at the cruelty
he suffered. Breaks my heart, there seems to be no limit of what humans are capable of~hurting kitties. WHY???

But all that is behind him. Ahead of him only LOVE

Didn't even realize he was here, part of this wonderful community.

I get all happy thinking of all the attention he is going to get.

Congrats little Adam and I just know the 8 lives left to you are going to be
purrfect~just as it should be.

Still in computer exile.
Miss you my pawsome friends
Miss you my beautiful girl.

Purr Power,
Wally

OMC!

Managed to find a computer we could use. This is getting beyond stressful
My girl is a diary pick and I could have missed it!
MOM GET A NEW COMPUTER OR I AM RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME!

I am so proud of my lovely **SOPHIE** she is a diary pick today!

CONGRATULATIONS MY SWEET GIRL~ I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!


PURR POWER

WALLY

A very special catster Anniversary

When I first joined catster almost a year ago, *Mercy* was one of my very first friends.
Today she and her brother
* MILO* celebrate their 3rd anniversary on catster.
Congratulations to both of you.
Thank you for being such a great friend to me Mercy. Hope we shall be friends always.
Mercy tells me August 6, 2004 was also the very first day of caster's existence.
Wow~ I didn't know that. So that means it is also caster's special day


HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO CATSTER


Purr Power,

Wally

CALLING ON ALL ANGELS

Please purr for my dear friend *AMELIA*
I just heard from her and she is not doing well.
I know it is selfish of me but I can't lose another friend.
Amelia you are so loved. There are still things to do...Your mom needs you.
Your friends need you.
Help me out angels~ Nikki Wally Boomie, Bill everyone ~please help my friend.

PURR POWER

WALLY

Sunday August 5th, ~ A very special occasion

It will be my little dude pal, *VINCENT's* wedding to the cutie pie, *TIGRESS*.
Vincent asked me to be one of his groomsmen. I am so honored.
And if that wasn't enough. This will the first time I am not going places with my family.
I will be accompanied by the love of my life, my sweet **SOPHIE**

Life has been wonderful lately. I am so in love and my health has never been better. I am almost afraid to meow about it. Afraid I will jinx things.
But I am still doing well sans prednisone. I feel frisky and playful and so happy.
I still think it is all due to my Sophie.

Purr Power

Wally


UPDATE:

I just read Vincent's post in TWT. His precious sister *AMELIA* is not eating.
I am worried about you my dear friend. Please, please eat. I love you and I am purring for you.
Please friends lets purr for this very sweet and special girl!

PURR POWER

Wally

I am feeling a little melancholy tonight

Chadwick had his 12th birthday party tonight. The date was changed last minute.
It could not be helped but it meant my Sophie could not be with me.
So I went with my family.
It was a really great party.
Good company good food good music. Chadwick played the piano,very well too.
I danced with sweet Elsa
It's OK! She is my friend and she is mad about Maximum who also could not be there) So were lonely together...

Purr Power,
Wally

GUESS WHAT??!!

I am so exited!!!

Last night I jumped on to the window perch. Not exactly a graceful jump.
MOTHER got scared cause she thought a meteorite landed in our bedroom.. Very funny MOTHER

But hey I made it. I am not a jumper, not even when I was a kitten.
V.E.T said this is because x rays showed I was born with a defective spine.
HA!!!
So now I am a big fat kitty and I jumped.
Take a look at the second picture on my page. Photographic evidence. Leave it to my MOTHER to get the camera.

OH! The perch is 45 inches from the floor! I measured it.

Mom thinks I even lost a bit of
weight and I have been feeling lots better. (Must be cause I am in love!!!
Thanks my sweet **SOPHIE**

Cross paws and purr for me every one. I have been off prednisone for a month and my poopies are beautiful. (Sorry that was my MOTHER !!!)




Purr Power!

Wally

PS. Thanks also to my sweetie for mentioning my mom's (yes I forgive you mom!) birthday. Now that is just about over I am allowed to say,that was born JULY 29th. If I want to live to see tomorrow I do not mention YEARS! MOL

Stroller Update~

Guess what?
We are getting a stroller after all!
Thank you eBay!
It is not a fancy one like some we have seen here, mom is not at all sure we are going to go for it as it were. So at least this one doubles as a carrier.
It is called the KITTYWALK SPORT PET STROLLER and mom got one in blue.
I wonder why she didn't get the pink? Hmm
It is supposed to get here in 6 days and it is coming by Fed Ex (so that means it
will actually get here when it is expected.)
It will be interesting for sure.
I just know mom is going to chart our progress with lots of photos.
Wish us luck!

Purr Power~

Wally

Tired but happy!

All the pmail is answered. (Over 120 of them!)
Thank you all for your wonderful notes of concern.
Gave some stars to my lovely friends......

OMC! Alex and Annie made me my first Blingee Star!
I am going to put it on my page.
Thank you! I do love it and you guys are just so sweet!

I can't click on the rosies, so I don't know who sent them! Will try tomorrow.

It has been a crazy hot day.
We are still tired from all the excitement.
Thanks again and again for loving us and being such wonderful friends.
CATSTER ROCKS!

PURR POWER

WALLY

PS I love you Sophie~ more today than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow....

Sister Sydney's Not So Excellent Adventure

Hello my friends
So we left you yesterday with one missing sister.
At first mom got very busy. She made up a poster with pictures of our pretty girl and all the important info including A REWARD
She got on the phone, got fax numbers and email addresses. Sent them to vets and the SPCA. Went and put one on in the elevators of the surrounding buildings. Stuffed into mail boxes in houses where nobody answered.
Walked and walked some more, armed with GREENIES ( kitty crack) and when it got dark, Syd's fave toy~The laser thingie. At one point she was walking with a dish of hot tuna (Ashley's recommendation )
She sure got some weird looks! But no Sydney.
Somehow instinct was telling her that she could not have left the building or even our 6th floor. The elevators were not open during a fire. The only way out would have been the emergency doors and great big fat fire hoses and lot of big scary looking fire fighter with all their gear.We just could not imagine Sydney running around in all that chaos and surely somebody would have seen her, no?
That really left neighbors coming in and out of their homes on our floor. Problem was she talked to them all. 3 of them are just about
friends of mom's with pets of their own. They were all very sympathetic and let mom look in every nook and cranny of their apartment (including
behind the fridge, where our skinny minny would be able to squeeze in.
That left one apartment where 2 somewhat odd dudes live. They are young college kids ( except they are always walking around
with their guitars, looking like hippie wannabes. They also use... ahem.. weed. Mom says you can get contact high standing beside them in the elevator! When mom knocked on the door only A was home. Frankly he was stoned.He kept saying, "No man, there was a fire, really?? Oh wow major bummer!!! I was listening to music" ( in fact there was an iPod dangling on his person and mom could hear loud music leaking out.)
So OK, he should know that much, right? He had not opened the door!!!! Reluctantly mom let it go.
We spend a sleepless night, watching but not really seeing TV. Even Alfie felt something was up cause he was awfully whiny.
Lying in bed we watched morning break, the sun rising was a beautiful sight. Wherever she was at least it was not in the dark anymore...

Day passed with lots of pmail, rosies and stars. Mom went on her many tours of the neighborhood. Our lovely friends showing their support really made such a big difference. I hope you all know that. Thanks again from the depth of our hearts. We love and appreciate you (There will be more personal thanks in the coming days when mom's fingers function better!)

Grandpa came home just before dinner time and was dismayed to hear that Syd was missing. He was tired but he wanted to help mom.
They talked it over and again the nagging thought came up that she had to be in one of the apartments on our floor.
Mom decided to go back to the hippies. This time B answered the door. The dining room table was visible from the doorway and mom nearly passed out~
Sydney was sitting in the middle of the table having PIZZA!!!! WTM???
The room reeked of you know what. We think Sydney was stoned.
Cats get stoned? Does any kitty know?
When mom got upset they kept saying~ "relax man!"
RELAX MAN??? They said she had just
strolled out from under the bed and they thought they were just being "good neighbors" by giving her some food first. PIzza with anchovies
for a kitty? *sigh* It was hopeless they seem to inhabit another universe. So B says what about our reward? YEP, they got $100.00 It seems the poster in the elevator penetrated the fog they live in.......

Sydney has not been a lap cat for a long time. (Well she does come to mom and sit on/ by her legs at night but she does not allow mom to carry her. Coming home not only did she allow herself to be carried but she shoved her head into mom's neck and PURRED.
She has been sleeping in mom's lap as she types our diaries.(All of a sudden our Syd has turned into a Velcro Kitty firmly stuck to mom.
She has not asked for food nor did she take any when mom tried to feed her. ( I hope she isn't expecting PIZZA from now on!) She also looks a bit skinnier, is that possible?
Just in case you are wondering the hippies also have a sweet little kitty (who seemed to make herself scarce while Sydney was visiting.) What a good little hostess. Her humans could learn from her!
So lucky Syd had access to water and a litter box.)
So that is it. That was my sister's little adventure. When we think how much worse things could have been for grandpa and our Syd we are grateful we are all together tonight and reasonably well..
Can't wait for a good night's sleep. Mom is still officially on vacation. Tomorrow she is planning to sleep in. Well, after she fed us at 5:00 am

One more time thank you lovely friends. We will thank each and everyone of you soon.
My sweet Sophie, I love you. I definitely could not have done this
without you.

PURR POWER

WALLY

The vacation that wasn't!

So the good news is I am back earlier than expected. I am happy about that cause I missed you all terribly, especially my sweet **SOPHIE** and my bestest friends and bros in the world, *ARN* and ***GIZMO***
Where do I start? Mom mentioned something about Murphy's law: "If anything can go wrong it will."
She never really felt right about going. A natural worry wart? Or in this case a bit of ESP?
She took a great big book about Marie Antoinette by Antonia Frasier. She kept reading the same page over and over again.
It was hot and wasps were everywhere and she is truly terrified of them. ( One time she was stung and landed in the hospital. (Wasn't exactly an allergy or she would not be typing this but it was a nasty experience anyway.)
So this is the good part of the vacation. This morning she called home and got no answer.
This is what was happening at home.
Grandpa trips over Alfie (Alfie denies this but his name is not Underfoot for nothing!)
Grandpa knocks himself out.
At approximately the same time. The apartment down the hall has a fire. ( Later I find out that it is the elderly lady who has Alzheimer's and is living with her young granddaughter ( who is never home)~set fire to something on the stove The lady not the granddaughter.)
Our friend Sandy arrives and can't get in (grandpa is still out cold.)
Fire alarm is making me deaf. But I do hear the knocking. I scratch at the door like a good boy!
Firemen brake the door down.
Sandy calls an ambulance. By now grandpa is screaming bloody murder. HE HATES HOSPITALS!!!!!!!!!!
Sandy calls mom who makes the two hour trip in one (Nuff said about that!)
Mom rushes to hospital..Spends hours there. Docs can't accept a simple fall. They are worried about a possible stroke. So they insist he is staying overnight.
Sandy stays at the house where now we have no door.(It has since been fixed)
Mom comes home gives us great big kisses and hugs. First me and then Alfie rudely jumps into her arms. She stops and says where is my girl?
House gets searched and searched again. Sydney is not in the house.
Sydney is now officially MISSING.
Mom and Sandy make a poster. Sandy and mom went to post them around the neighborhood. Mom called vets in the area and the SPCA
I think mom is in shock.
She finally sat down. Her suitcase is open on the bed.
I barfied in it.
Sorry mom. I can't take all this stress!
SYDNEY ROSE please come home!
Grandpa please be well!
I love you MOM, please, be strong.

PURR POWER~

Wally

PS Mom thinks she is getting a summer cold. She can't stop sneezing and her nose is dripping. She is hot and she is cold.
Really, I think we need divine intervention here!

UPDATE

No news. But I want to thank my best friend in the world, Arnold P for rushing to all the groups to post about my sister. At first we thought we didn't want to worry you all but you know what it really helps knowing you care.
Thank you so very much for your good wishes for your rosies and stars
Please keep purring.
Mom went out twice since I wrote in my diary. Armed with Greenies (kitty crack) and Sydney's fave toy, the laser. Shines nicely in the dark. But no Sydney.
We are purring and praying somebody took her in. Can't think of her out all night all alone. She is a house kitty. Please Sydney come home.
Mom is going to go for another walk.

Purring extra hard tonight

Wally and Alfie too

Until we meet again~

I am a sad kitty this evening. Mom has a suitcase on the bed. I jumped in it
So did my brother Alfie. Did she get the message? No she thought we were
being "adorable."
That is not it MOM! We don't want you to go!
NO! Wait!
We want to go to the country too!
Birds!
Trees!
Fresh air!
*SIGH*
No fair! She will be back August 1st. (Grandpa is taking care of us while she is gone)

I already miss you guys!

Thanks you for all your help today and everyday. I am a truly blessed kitty.

Purr Power,
Wally

TO MY FRIENDS:

I will need your help tomorrow.
A sweet little friend of mine is going to Bridge.
Her name is TAMMY SUE*
She is only 2 years old. She was never very active at catster. Just a quiet shy girl who was sick most of the time.
Her sister *LAURIE* was COTW recently
Tammy is very sick and there is no more help.
The last gift her sad mom can give her is to release her from her suffering.

I will be starting a thread in the forum: WHEN IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
It will be titled. SAYING GOODBYE TO TAMMY SUE
I will also begin a candle lighting.
Let's show some love and support to Tammy's mom.
Bridge kits, could you be there to greet Tammy?
Thanks, I love you all.


PURR POWER

WALLY

CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT WORDS

I have received a pretty pink rosie from my sweet friend *OLY* congratulating me about Sophie. Thank you, Oly. You really touch my heart.
I got another a sweet rosie from one of my best friends, the adorable
*Gitta* telling me she is happy for me. Thank you sweetie. I hope you know I will always be your friend. I love you.

I haven't really told anyone as yet. I want to talk about how blessed I am.
The right words just just won't come. I wish I was talented poet like my friend *TYLER* but I am not.
I think better late at night.
I am just a kitty in love. I will try again..later *sigh*


Purr Power,
Wally



*STROLLER UPDATE*

It looks like our stroller quest has hit a snag. Not only are they very expensive but they want a ridiculous amount for shipping. Hello? We are the country next door! We are in Canada not on the moon! So how come it costs 3 times as much to ship here as within the USA?
Not happy about this.
I was all ready to give it a try. My friend *HAZEL LUCY* wrote to me just the other day encouraging me to go for it. She never even used to like to sit in the window and now she loves to stroll.

Purr Power,
Wally

Stars!

Whoa! Who is this mysterious "catser cat" He is giving beautiful blue stars. Each member of my family received one as well as many of my friends.
I am loving it!
Thank you so much!

Purr Power

Wally

A phone call~

Mom got a phone call from the rescue people. They have the cutest tuxedo available for adoption.
We went to look at her picture she is adorable(looks a lot like a young *SIMBA*
But we were told she is not crazy about other kitties. So why did they call us?!!
Mom is already in love! She did tell them the kitty must be a boy!
We know how difficult it was/is with Sydney. We just can't take the chance that she won't adapt. Sydney is still holding a 3 year grudge...
I guess we will keep waiting for our boy tux whose name will be PJ!

PURR POWER!

WALLY


UPDATE:
If you look at my page you will some changes. That's because something wonderful has happened in my life.
Will tell you about it tomorrow but that just in case it is not obvious her name is **SOPHIE**

*Big happy smile*

Love you all and purring purring for happiness for all my friends.

Wally

A stroller for us?

This is the second summer mom has been looking at strollers on eBay.
I think this time she is going to get one.
Not sure how I feel about this. It is a big world out there? What if I hate it?
What if we all hate it?
Must ask some of my pals how they feel about it? My buddy, *ARN* has one.
Will have to ask him.
Worried purrs

Wally


*UPDATE*

How trivial my worries are when I have friends fighting for their lives.
A sweet orangie's fight might be over. Jules Verne He is scheduled for the Bridge on Wednesday. We are all purring for a miracle. I am so sad for his lovely girlfriend Queenie*
Thanks to *Chester* July 17th is Jules Verne Day on catster.

I am also worried about our dear friend *ASHLEY* His blood pressure needs to come down or else! Listen to relaxing music, OK? Extra loving from mom might help. Although I know he gets all the love possible. Ash has a great mom and she adores him. We love you too Ash.

On a slightly happier note,I finally heard from my friend *FIESTA CAT* I was worried about him but it seems it was only that his mom/typist was busy and could not write. While FC is has all the earned woes of a 20 year old kitty, he is hanging in there. Love you FC!

PURR POWER

WALLY

Sad news

I just got some very sad news. A little guy,Wallaby(Wally) died suddenly yesterday. He was so young. We feel very sad for his mommy.
Mine also knows what it's like to lose a kitty to asymptomatic
cardiomyapathy. We lost my sister Nikki the same way.
I am sorry Wally, I am so sad you could not have more time in this lovely world.
I know it is beautiful at the Bridge. My angel sibs and all the other Bridge kits
will be your friends now until one day you will see your family again.

Sadly purring

Wally

Dreams, wildcats and love

I had a nightmare last night. A Scottish wild cat was trying to hurt
**SOPHIE** He was big and ferocious.He was chasing my lovely friend. I wanted to help but I seemed to be moving in place as if on my mom's treadmill. It was awful. Mom had to wake me up, she said I was whimpering.
So it all started with Google. Mom and I like to look at all things CAT. That is how we found the fascinating wild cats of Scotland. They are beautiful and frankly they remind me of me. Maybe even more of my feral friend **TINA** But the resemblance is deceptive. They have more in common with tigers than with us domestic kits. These Scottish beauties are also infamous for their inability to be tamed. There is only 400 of them left and there are humans trying to save them from extinction. Have a look at these beautiful creatures here
So what was my dream all about?
I love Sophie, I want her to have a long healthy and life but could it be that I am falling in love? Hmmm
Speaking of falling in love, there must be something in the air.

My Tiara *Elsa*and *Maximum Katzenfergnugen aka Max* are engaged. What makes this especially sweet is that they are both 16 year old Abyssinian cuties! A match made in catster heaven.
My best wishes to you two, I love you both very much.I think Elsa will keep Max on his toes. She is a little flirt but totally harmless, a lot like me. MOL

Also engaged are my young friends,
*Vincent*and *TIGRESS* Not only that but they have a wedding date set for August 5th. ConCATulations you two.
I wish you all the happiness in the world. May you have a long and happy life together.

PURR POWER

Wally

What a night...........

Or should I say morning?
Spent almost the whole night on catster. First I was talking to sweet **SOPHIE**. She kept saying she was tired and really going to bed and I was saying the same and then we would just chat some more! OMC! She is so easy to talk to..I just want to hear all about her life and her family. I feel like I have known her forever....
Then my sister, Syd wanted access to the computer cause she had to give ***Picasso*** his countdown rosette.
Well we were ready to call it a night when mom gets an email from catster HQ informing us that Sydney Rose is being featured Diary of the Day (July 13) so of course I had to see her pretty little face right there on catster's home page.
WHOA! Who else did I see? My lovely friend, **Hannah** is COTD! I couldn't have been happier. She is a sweetie and of course she is Sophie's sister.
I wrote her a quick note, she was also awake. Now we are not talking midnight here like for those of you lucky enough to live on the west coast. We are talking 3:00 am and I think Texas, where Hannah is 2:00 ( I guess somebody will correct me if I am wrong) Anyway, she p-mailed me right back and said she got the news from ME I don't know but that made extra happy. In fact by now I was quite giddy. So lucky for me I had a picture of the lovely Hannah saved (her pictures are secured) and off I went to blingee.com ~one of my favorite sites~to make her a special star in honor of her special day. In a short while she had put the picture on her page. Thank you Hannah, I am honored!
By the time mom and I got to bed it was after 4 and the sky was turning pink. It was quite pretty............I think we didn't so much fall asleep as pass out! MOL
It seemed like 5 minutes later, grandpa was shaking mom (and therefore me!)
awake~ We didn't hear the alarm! Grandpa had a big grin on his face. He asked mom does Wally always sleep on top of your head? Mom was feeling a bit grouchy (she doesn't do mornings well)and said somewhat rudely, I think~ how would I know, if I am sleeping? And then she stopped short. I think the words got through the fog in her brain. She looked at me and she looked at grandpa,
WALLY, my WALLINGFORD? was on top of my head? I think she was thinking of Alfie. She looked at me and asked, "Is that true, Wally?"
I tried to look nonchalant...and walked away..I am not telling.......

Purr Power,
Wally

My question answered

I received a p-mail tonight from the very kind
*MAGGIE* She knew I was talking about Muggadoi ~that is the name of the lost kitty whose mommy so misses him and has been desperately looking for him since 2003!
I just sent an email to Muggadoi's mom
here is the website she started in the hope of finding her kitty:

http://www.mugoddai.com/

I want her to know there is always hope and to never give up!

I know my mom would never stop looking either if I ever went missing. Thank Cat I live on the 6th floor of an apartment building and I have no desire to go anywhere.
I like it here!
Otherwise she would have me and my sibs MICROCHIPPED
Thanks for your help Maggie!


PURR POWER

Wally

I am happy!

For me it is all about friends. Always has been always will be.
Today I made a new friend.
Her name is *CATSY*
3 months ago she was rescued from the mean streets and given a loving home.
What makes me all teary about this story is that she is 15 years old and she was a sick girl. Today she has a new lease on life.
She looks at you from her page with this huge haunting eyes...She loves pink (like me) and she is happy and so am I.......

*SOPHIE* and I have been writing letters. It is so nice getting to know her. She is very sweet and kind..
The more we talk the more I am amazed how much we have in common.
I am happy...........

An adorable baby kitty was chosen COTW I am friends with her family.
She is a new addition,3 months old, a cute tabby (member of Tabbies with 'tudes~
hey tabbies, why not join, this is the second COTW in a row from our group.
*VIOLET* just turned over the honors to *LAURIE*
Congratulations sweet girl, have a fantastic week~
I am happy...........

PURR POWER,

Wally

Missing 10 years,tabby kitty is found!

Maybe some kitty can help me out. In a catster newsletter (March? April?)we read about a sad lady whose kitty has been missing for a long.
I would love to tell her about a returned kitty but I can't remember her name.( She has her family here at catster.)

This is the story:

Lynx, a tabby cat, disappeared from her home in 1997. Her owner thought that she would never see her again.

Last week, after 10 years, this now 12-year-old cat was picked up by an animal center and her microchip was scanned and the center was able to locate Lynx’s owner who lived 60 miles away.

Her owner was completely surprised and happy that Lynx was found after 10 years of being missing and she just wishes that Lynx could talk because she sure would have some stories to tell.

A representative for the animal center said that: “I still can’t believe we were able to reunite her with her owner after such a long time -
Welcome home Lynx.

Source: BBC News

IF any kitty knows this catster family, could you let me know or let them know.
There is always hope!

PURR POWER

Wally

Another special name just for me~

My nickname list is growing~My amazing bro
***COOKIE*** ( Cookman) calls me Wallman! YES!
Thank you, I love you too!

PURR POWER

WALLY

NAMES~

I have noticed many kitties really caught in HARRY POTTER. Mom LOVES to read but somehow never got into it.
So I got worried that some of my friends were leaving me behind. Tonight,
I got the sweetest p-mail from one of my best friends the snorgable
*SIMBA* Not only did she reassure me that she wuvs me (Did I ever tell you guys, I am somewhat insecure. *sigh*) But sweet Sim gave me a name! MUGGLE. She says that it means a non-magic purrson or kitty.
Thank you sweet Sim! I love you for thinking of me.

I also have another name~ It is the GREAT WALLY-ONDO my bro ***GIZMO*** gave me that.

And my buddy/bro to be?*ARNOLD P* calls me WALLSTER! I love them all. Pet names are are terms of affection..*Wally wipes his eyes with his paw* I am so lucky
Thank you for loving me~I love you back~

PURR POWER
WALLY

Getting to know a pretty lady

I was meowing to my friend *Hannah* about my having a girlfriend or not. She is so sweet and patient.Listened to my woes. She gently said "I have a whole bunch of pretty sisters." So it was a lightbulb moment for this occasionally not so bright guy.
YEA! She has a pawsome family! 28 siblings, even a Wally for a bro. So then I remembered her lovely tabby sister *SOPHIE*! I do seem to fall for tabbies. My first big crush was on the adorable*Mercedes*(Mercy)
and oh how my heart melted at the sight of the lovely *TINA*'s eyes. I have accepted that these lovely ladies will be my friends and that is all (Although it is a lot!!!)
So Sophie~ she is lovely, as I said. She loves sunflowers and birdies, just like me!
And she has Enya's lovely music on her page! But most important of all she is so sweet and kind. Even the name SOPHIE is special to us. It is the name of my bro,*GIZMO*'s mom.(Shhh, I think I am not supposed to say that. Hi Auntie Sophie!!*Wally waves at the screen*)
We decided we are going to get to know each other and see what happens. (Cross paws!)
I am giving my pal *CHADWICK* a birthday party on Sunday August 4. Sure hope Sophie will come with me.

I am a kitty blessed with many friends. Some of them happen to be female but we are great buddies. I am also a bit of a harmless flirt. I need for any future girlfriend to understand that. Sophie already says she does. So I think we are off to a great start!

Wish me luck!

PURR POWER!

Wally

We Miss You Grandma

July 7, 2007 is the 3rd anniversary of my grandma's death. She was my mom's mom. She was a very special lady. By the time I met her she was just a shadow of who she used to be. She died of Alzheimer's Disease.
I loved being with her. She loved holding me.When she would first pick me up I could feel her anxiety.But then she would slowly calm down. She would hold me in her arms like a baby. Kiss my head a lot. . I am glad I was her therapy kitty. I purred constantly for her~the music of my heart.

We miss you grandma

Purr Power

Wally

He has a name.

His name will be PJ ~in honor of the great PETER JENNINGS
Mom is keeping in touch with the rescue network. No sweet boy tuxedos available right now.
She could go the Montreal SPCA but she literally has anxiety attacks in that place.
S0 many kitties in cages,their plaintive meowing echoing through the large room. Furry paws dart out~me, me, I am a sweet kitty! Take me home please...
Sadly, most of them will die. We are ashamed to
say that they do not have a "no kill" policy.
There is a horrendous tradition in this city of ours of abandoning hundreds of kitties on July 1st which is officially moving day here. Humans cannot take their pets to a new apartment so they simply abandon them. Last year the SPCA received 800 cats. It was front page news. *sigh*
So mom being overly sensitive will not step in there.
Instead she dreams of opening a shelter of her own where every kitty will be loved and taken care of...maybe someday...

PURR POWER!

WALLY

OMC! A Diary Pick Again!!

Sydney insisted we had say up to wait for it to be officially July 6th which means it is 3:00 am here. She has to give sweet ***Picasso*** his daily birthday countdown rosie !
Guess what? Mom got an e-mail from catster that I am a diary pick- again!!
Thank you catster! I am loving it~purr purr purr~~
Two seconds later p-mail for my big bro***GIZMO***
I was waiting to hear from him all day. We are worried about his sweet sister
***Miss Maxy*** She was having problems with a swollen jaw.When one is 20 years old, anything wrong sounds scary! He said she is somewhat better but you know how I feel about the power of the purr so I think I will have to talk to
*HAZEL LUCY*so Maxy can be put on her purr list.


PURR POWER

Wally

ANOTHER BRO? NO! NO! NO!

Cookie was right. Mom is longing for a tux!
I heard her on the phone yesterday. She was calling the Rescue Group that put her in touch with the people who were fostering Alfie.

We do love tuxedos for sure. Two of our most favorite kitties on catster
are ***COOKIE***and sweet ***SIMBA** but having one here ? I don't know.
Sydney might go over the edge. She might need a kitty shrink!

Mom wants a boy kitty. Not a kitten but an older kitty with a very laid back personality.
She already has names!!! She can't decide between two. One is *JACK*
in honor of her childhood hero, President John F. Kennedy or
*PJ* in honor of the her favorite news anchor. Many years head of ABC news and a Canadian~ Peter Jennings. She says he is the reason why she will never be tempted to pick up smoking again. Peter died tragically before his time of lung cancer.

I am not happy with these developments.
Please keep purring for me.

PURR POWER
Wally

***** STARS*****

HOLY CATNIP!


I received 5 anon *****STARS*****

OMC! That is just so pawsome. I am humbled by
your love and generosity.

I hope you will let me know who you are so I can thank you properly.

LOVE IS ALL

PURR POWER

Wally

HELP ME PLEASE!

Sign petitions p-mail my mom. I heard her talking about a new brother for me.
I don't want anymore brothers. ***COOKIE***is my brother,***GIZMO*** is my brother.
I will take ***ARNOLD P***! YEA! he can be my brother.
I have a brother, his name is Alfie and he is a pest.
NO BROTHERS!!
HELP ME!!
PURR FOR ME!


PURR POWER!!

Wally

JULY IS A PAWSOME MONTH

So many birthdays this month
Our country and the our neighbors next door.

Mom is having a birthday this month but I promised NOT to meow about that.

My sister Sydney is chewing her nails off, anticipating the birthday of her nephew
***Picasso*** who will be one on JULY 3oth
We all love that sweet little guy so much. He just stole our hearts with those gorgeous blue eyes of his.

It is 12:3o on the east coast and our holiday was a bit disappointing. Barbecue canceled cause it was cold and raining.(a few days ago it was almost 1oo degrees!)
Mom had promised to bring me some chicken, one of the rare times I would have been allowed people food!! * Sigh*
Watched the fireworks from our window with mom and Sydney. Alfie was under the bed..I will refrain from commenting...

In honor of all my AMERICAN friends I will now change my background to honor JULY 4th!

PURR POWER!

WALLY

Dedicated to Cookie's mom aka NFL (NICE FOOD LADY)

Found a poem which reminded me of a lovely lady~ Cookie's mom and Tina and her gang's NFL~

I sit beneath the bushes as she fills my dish each day,
I only venture out to eat when she has gone away,
I know it will upset her when I turn away and hide,
As every day she tries her best to get me by her side.
I wish that I could let her know that I don't want to run,
And hope that she will understand it's nothing that She's done.
I'd like to have her stroke me and pat my weary head,
But fear will overcome and I'll run and hide instead.
For all the kindly people who feed the strays each day,
I pray the Lord will care for them as they have cared for me



PURR POWER

Wally

DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE***

***A song by the 60's group the Mamas and the Papas (I just can't get it out of my head)

While Im far away from you my baby
I know its hard for you my baby
Because its hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn

Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love

(life can never be exactly like we want it to be)
I could be satisfied knowing you love me
(but theres one thing I want you to do especially for me)
And its something that everybody needs

While I'm far away from you my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
Because its hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn

If theres one thing I want you to do
Especially for me
And its something that everybody needs

Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love

This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
(this is dedicated)


Please don't go feeling all sorry for me. I don't think I have fallen "in love"
but I certainly love her.
She is a gorgeous independent lady
Her name is *Tylerina** affectionately known as ***TINA***
When I look into her eyes I see longing there. She told me I was a silly romantic well not exactly in those words MOL But I may be projecting.
You see it is very difficult for me to accept that she is a "feral" and has to look out for herself (with great help from the very sweet NFL (Nice Food Lady) aka COOKIE's MOM. I want her to know how nice it is to feel the loving touch of a human scratching her head. I worry about her safety. I worry about her on rainy nights. It is summer now but how happy can she be in winter? I wish......

*Light bulb moment* *Wally brightens up*
I am going to have mom make blankies and see if NFL can use them! YEA! We have some time until winter. I even pawmise to leave mom alone and not play with the yarn while she is knitting. This sacrifice I shall make for my sweet Tina
I will be purring for you every day Tina.
May you always be safe and happy

PURR POWER

WALLY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA

Canada is 140 years old tomorrow.
Sounds ancient to me but as far countries go it is very young! We became independent from Great Britain on July 1 1867

Canada Day~ is a national holiday in Canada that is celebrated with family picnics, barbecues, and fireworks.

Our anthem is OH CANADA

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North, strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free !
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Facts about Canada:

Canada's national animal is a beaver!
Canada's national colors are red and white!
Canada's two official sports are lacrosse and hockey!

Canada's motto "From Sea to Sea"
Canada's national tree is the Sugar maple

Canada is second largest country on the earth!
The border between U.S. and Canada is the longest unprotected border in the world.

Canada has the 2nd largest percentage of population on the Internet!

Canadians love their kitties more than anything on earth.

OK I just made that up but it would be nice, eh?

THE SAD KITTY IN A CAGE

Mom tells me everything. She says I am her shrink. (Not sure exactly what a shrink does. Hope I don't shrink her cause frankly she can't afford to get any smaller)
Anyways she says I listen well and I always know when she needs my special touch..
Saturday was such a day. She came home from shopping with my Auntie Ellie.
She would cheerfully shop online only, if she could. She hates malls, the crowds the noise but still I knew something more was up.
When she sat down on our bed and gave a huge sigh, I jumped beside...well, OK I climbed. She kissed my head and pulled me into her arms.
She cupped my face and looked into my eyes~"Wally", she asked "Why are people so awful?" OH! OH! Now what?! I just knew it had to be kitty related so I waited patiently for her to tell me.
It seems while in the mall (one she is unfamiliar with otherwise she knows to avoid pet shops!) She saw a cage with a kitty inside. Auntie Ellie tried to pull her away but it was too late! Mom went closer and saw the most beautiful little cat. She had pale honey colored stripes and soft cream colored fur.Normally kitties respond to mom but this one just lay there on her side. Mom went around and kitty opened her eyes and looked into moms' eyes and said a soft me-ow. Her eyes were the exact color of her stripes and they looked so sad. Mom took a good look at her and gasped. This was no kitten. She looked to be around 7 or 8 month old. Her breasts were swollen and her nipples looked hard and sore. Was she a brand new mommy cat? Was she missing her babes?
Mom was ready to march in the store but Aunt Ellie got mad and threatened to leave mom without a ride home...
Now mom can't get the poor little kitty out of her mind...

I am purring very hard that the sweet little kitty finds a good home and that she will be loved and she will never be sad again.

PURR POWER

Wally

Update on my sister SYDNEY ROSE

Sydney is going to the vet to be weighed. No big deal, right?
Except that it was almost a nonevent. Mom did not think she would be able to get her into the carrier. It is a top loading thing and in would go her head and out would pop her skinny butt. You would have thought she was struggling for her life WOW! She is strong and so muscular!
One thing that was rather sweet. She never tried to hurt mom.
She didn't scratch she did not try to bite.
So finally grampaw got involved and the 2 of them managed to put a 6 1/2 lb kitty into the carrier. MOL

By the time they got to the vet she was as calm as can be (Thank you COMFORT ZONE SPRAY)
Surprise, she weighs exactly the same as she did 3 months ago.

So maybe mom will now accept the opinion of 3 different vets that this is just the way she is. She is a picky eater and she is stressed out by Alfie so she does do lots of running away from Alfie and up the wall or up to the top of the 7ft tall bookcase, if need be.

I hope this is the end of trips to the vet for all of us, at least for a while..

PURR POWER!

Wally

INVASION

Last night I was reading my sweet friend, *HANNAH*S diary. She recounts a humorous encounter with a toad in their house. (MOM came to the rescue.)
So imagine my surprise this morning. (No, there was no toad in our house)

It was an ordinary morning. Mom with her coffee at the computer.She kinda notices that Sydney and Alfie were acting very strange, jumping at the window. Sydney growling ~Alfie whining. First she thought it was just the usual Alfie vs Sydney thing but then she heard a very loud buzzing.
I was sticking closer to her side and she looks at me and she says, Wally, is somebody cutting the grass? Hello? Do I look like I would
have an answer to this question? But it did sound like that.(Noise has a strange way of bouncing in a concrete building)
Finally she tears herself away from the computer and goes to the window. EEEEEK! It was a humongous bumblebee ! BUZZING!!! like crazy and guess what?
It was inside the window! ( I don't think this registered on mom right away. I mean we live on the 6th floor. Ever window tightly screened.
How did this bee get in our house?
Well poor bee would not live to tell the tale. Mom murdered it.~One rolled up newspaper and one well aimed swat.
Mom felt bad. But this was an invasion of our home!
She is terrified of creatures that sting. She once ended up in an ER having been stung by a wasp.
It did occur to her a bit too late that the poor thing was probably more freaked out then she was..
I guess there is one more bee at the Bridge today. *Sigh* S0rry Mr Bee.

PURR POWER~

WALLY

Zealies etc

Today we received the very nice June newsletter from catster.
They said we get 5 free zealies just for opening the newsletter
My first thought is WOWSERS! We could sure use extra zealies.
But then WHOA! How do they know we opened it? Hmmm???
And if we open more than once do we get 5 zealies each time? MOL
Just how smart are these computers?!

We also read in the newsletter the most amazing and heartbreaking story:

Prayers For A Long Lost Feline

Please post a link to this website: www.mugoddai.com. This poor person lost her beloved kitty three years ago and is still praying for his return. It's a very heartwarming website dedicated to the return of her kitty. Perhaps some Catster people in her area can help.

What an amazing woman. I am purring like mad she finds her beloved Mugoddai


PURR POWER

Wally

Purring for*ASHLEY*

It has been a very difficult week.

I cannot stand losing friends.Why do kitties have such a short life span? That is what mom is always asking? She loves all creatures (well, maybe not the creepy crawlies) but why is a PARROT granted as much as 80 years?. Don't want to offend parrot lovers but can you imagine if we could stay with our moms for their lifetime?

I am worried about my friend*ASH* . I got a note from him and he sounds to me like he is resigned that he is life is about over. OH NO~ Please, not yet! I don't want you to suffer Ash but could you try to hang in there?
You have so many friends who love you! We are all purring like mad........
Please Lord, hear our prayer.
Ash's mom needs her boy a little bit longer.



My sister goes to be weighed tomorrow.
She is a bag of bones! 3 months ago she was 61/2 lbs. ( Down from 7 lbs. The doc thought it was stress from the ORANGIE (Have to explain here. Alfie is the sweetest cat. He is playful as a kitten and just being in her face is enough to drive Syd up the wall~literally. One day she will break her skinny neck. Silly girl!)

The vet recommended a new food and said to bring her back to be weighed.
She has been eating better than ever but to us she looks skinnier so that can't be a good thing. She is not acting sick. So we shall see.

Wishing you all a great week-end.

PURR POWER

Wally

A day for decisions.....

And my decision is to make no decision. MOL

Sorry, am I being annoying?

I am talking about my girlfriend or my lack of one~ to be specific.
So *MERCEDES* my first love is and always will be my sweet friend. Thank you Mercy, I hope I didn't cause you any embarrassment.

I will continue being a bachelor for now. I think life is probably less complicated that way. I am afraid of being hurt. I know! I need to develop a more positive
attitude

Spent the evening sending out thank you to all my lovely friends. Hope I have not left any one out.

Oh! I have a brand new shoutbox too! So please meow with me.

Love you all

PURR POWER!

Wally

More thoughts on today............

My sweet nephew *ALEX FINNEY* wrote me a lovely note. He isn't even a year old but he is a wise old soul. He was very sick not that long ago. ( he was a victim of tainted food.) He told me we can't take life for granted. We must live life fully and make the best of what we were given.
Love that little guy! Actually he has really turned into a handsome young man!
I am so proud of him!
Anyway it all made me rethink my girlfriend situation.
I asked *MERCEDES* one last time. She really did steal my heart. (NO! That is not true, I gave her my heart oh so willingly.)
A long time ago she had said the sweetest thing to me. She said IF she would have a boyfriend it would have been me, but she was simply NOT into dating! (Hope I got that right, I don't want to misquote her.)
I need to make sure I am not asking a sweet girl for the wrong reasons. I would never want to make any girl feel she is second best. So maybe I need to think some more.
I miss my buddies *ARNOLD P* *COOKIE and *GIZMO* Maybe I need to ask for their advice one more time....
I think I just heard both Arn and Giz call me, CHICKEN!!!! MOL


Good night my lovely friends.

Wave~ our newest angel say hello to Wally Angel and Nikki

PURR POWER!

Wally

A Tribute to a sweet friend *WAVERLY*

Today should have been a totally joyous day.

I have been picked~ for the first time ~Diary Pick of the Day
Thank you Catster! I am honored.
My mailbox is full of sweet notes.
Stars and rosies are flooding my page

But it is a heartbreaking day when a friend dies.
My sweet friend *WAVERLY* could not keep fighting any more. He was so brave and he wanted to live because he knew his mom would be devastated but it was time to go.
He had such hard beginnings. He was approximately 3 years old when he and his mom found each other.
He didn't hold his rough beginning against the world instead he was a sweet little love bug who adored his mom.

I am shocked cause I talked with him just days ago and he was so happy cause he was able to eat baby food and he even gained an an ounce and a half of weight.
We thought he had turned a corner. It was just not meant to be.

My mom is plopping great big fat tears on my head.
I wish I could reassure her that Wave is in a better place. No more pain. No old age. Instead he is young again and playing
in the sun with so many new friends including our *WALLY ANGEL* and *NIKKI*

I wish I could tell her that he will see his mom again.
I want to tell her we all see each other again, it is just a matter of time.

Right now all I know is that a kitty who was adored is gone and life is never quite the same again.

Maybe tomorrow I will see things in a brighter light.

PURR POWER!

Wally

I am blessed with good friends.

What is wrong with me?

I have so many great guy friends, they are like brothers to me.
But even my female friends tend to be my buddies. Why is that?

I've had a crush on *MERCEDES* (Mercy) for the longest time but she made it clear she will only be my friend. I have accepted her terms and I will always love her.

I want a girlfriend!

There IS a girl, maybe I will gather up my courage and ask her
Yes I will~ Tomorrow~

Wish me luck.


PURR POWER

WALLY

"Rainy Days and Mondays.......

.....Always get me down." The Carpenters. You guys know that song?
Mom and I love the music of the 1960's


PURRING for *MERCEDES (MERCY) sweet bro, *MILO*
He has not been well and tomorrow he is going to a specialist. Hope you will have some answers soon and start to feel better!

I am s grateful that I am feeling better. It is no fun being sick!


Changed my background in honor of our country's upcoming birthday.
Went to *NEFERKITTY"S great site twilightmoon.net TRIED to change our font to 2 colors (blue and red) but it would not WORK!
Will try again tomorrow. *sigh*

So tonight will be an early night.

Love you all my friends

Sweet dreams

PURR POWER

WALLY

OH!!

It is sad not to have a daddy on Father's Day!

I want to thank *Mercedes* (Mercy) for sending me a sweet rosie wishing my grandpaw a happy father's day. That was very sweet of you my adorable friend.
You cheered me up.

Hope all of you with daddies had a lovely day! I could smell BBQ in the air this evening. Yum! I would love a nice chunk of mouseburger and cheese!
KITTING ! MOL

I had a lovely day.
My good buddy, *ARNOLD P* is always good for a laugh. He told me he sent his catnip cigar flying and scared his mom!

Sweet Morgan the Pirate Gato said this about in my in the forums:
Wally is an amazing and special friend. A cat you can depend on to be there through the good times and the bad.
OMC! *Wally wipes a tear from his eye* For me that is the ultimate compliment.
I love my friends very much. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope I can always live up to that wonderful very kind opinion you have of me.
Needless to say I love you and your pawsome family too!
Keep feeling better little dude!

Had a lovely chat with my sweet friend *Hannah* too.

I had pmail for my old friend *ARTHUR* He said he is feeling better, partly he thinks because of the all the purring! I knew it!

I also had a good day. No more YOWLING. Had a nice play session. Just mom and me and that strange laser mousie! Every time I think I got it, I DIDN'T !
Hmmm, just have to try harder!

PURR POWER

Wally

A HAPPY DAY!

When I first heard my friend Waverly's story.It seemed he was knocking on heaven's door. The v.e.t was making gentle suggestions that perhaps it was time for him to go.
I wanted to reach out through my computer screen and grab him and say
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Fight dude, life is good. The Bridge can wait!

Could it be I am psychic? I just knew he had a life or two left in him.
Guess what??
I heard from him today and his latest vet visit went well and his numbers have improved!

YAY!! *Wally does a back flip and remains gasping flat on his back.
Gets up groaning and moaning.* OMC! Remind me not to that again! But it was worth it cause I am so HAPPY!!!

I also seem to be improving. Did not yowl today and ate my meals. I even played a little with my bro Alfie.

This morning I saw my mom staring at me with worry in her eyes so I went over to her and gave her a great big head butt and then one more and one more.
She pulled me into her lap, and rained kisses on my head.( She always says
Wally my baby, I love your great big head !)

I love my mom! I love my friends! I love my life!


PURR POWER

Wally

A LITTLE KITTY HUMOR TO END THE WEEK WITH A SMILE

From: THE VERY FIRST MEDICAL CAT DICTIONARY. (Found somewhere on the net.Sorry we are unable to give credit. BLAME mom who is mucho disorganized)


ENEMA: The cat next door ... He's not my friend, he's my enema.


BIOFEEDBACK: Coughing up two hairballs in one night.


BIOHAZARD: Stepping in both aforementioned hairballs.


CAT SCAN: Do I *really* have to explain that one?


ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY : Accidentally walking on the electric stove while it is on.


HISTAMINE: A mean hiss.


MUCUS: A feline swear word.


PERSPIRE: Purring so hard you drool from the mouth.


FAlSE POSITIVE: Pouring fresh litter over the old to make it appear new.


WHITE CELL: The bathroom – Where humans sometimes lock you up.


WORK UP: The long minutes preparing to free a hairball.


ACUTE: What I am...Acute Cat.


FUZZY LOGIC: Trying to figure out cat medical terms.

PURR POWER!

WALLY

My continuing health saga

I hope I am not boring you guys cause honestly I am TIRED of all this.
Today the vet left a message that the infection was gone.
Unfortunately by the time mom got the message the doc was gone.
NATURALLY! Week-end coming up. Never fails. Wally is sick it must be the week-end.
OK. So according to the docs I had an infection which is gone.

Then why did I still have blood in my urine at the time of the test?
Why am I still YOWLING?
Why am I eating about half the amount I am allowed? MOI? That is not normal!

Why did I spend most of the day under the bed.
So unlike me that when my grandpaw could not find me he freaked a little. He was sure he locked me out.
Did not occur to him until he was really desperate to look under the bed.
BINGO!
He told my mom, I looked up at him and gave a huge sigh. He looks pathetic.
That would be me. I don't like that word grandpaw!

Continued thanks for all your p-mail purrs and rosies and stars.
I got the sweetest note for from *Waverly* who is very sick. I am touched that he is thinking of me. PURRING FOR YOU EXTRA HARD, DEAR FRIEND!
*SAGAN*
*TIGGER*
*AMELIA*
*VINCENT*
*KC*
*ANNIE*
*BUGSY*
*ALEX*
Alex found the cutest graphic! Must ask him where. I am always looking for them. They are so much fun. This one shows a sick kitty in bed under a huge duvet, a night stand covered with meds and the cutest little mousie is standing on top of the duvet holding a tray of goodies.

Love ya always and furever!

PURR POWER

WALLY

I DID IT!

Arnold P is not only a great buddy but a great persuader! MOL
He talked me into joining the *OLDE FURTS* My catster bro, *COOKIE* had also suggested it a while ago.
I did feel funny about it. Mainly cause I didn't want any kitty to misunderstand.
I am 4 years old after all.
Mom always thought I was an old soul.
But when I got really sick a year ago I had a zillion tests. The vet just shook her head. She said Wally was not so lucky in the gene dept. Lots of thing wrong with me.
Mom always found it strange that I was such a quiet baby. Never jumped or acted big time silly like other kittens. I had the cutest habit of climbing her leg but only when she was wearing blue jeans. Never climbed her bare legs.. OUCH!
She thought that was so smart of me, after all we are talking KITTEN here.
Well it seems the reason I didn't jump on counters etc like other kits is because I was born with a defect in my spine. The doc didn't think it would present problems until later in life. i.e. if I got to be old, I might feel it.

I am certainly not going to worry about old age with all my other problems not very likely I will get to be an old furt.

I guess that is why I love them so much. I just want to hug them and shower with them with love. So many of my friends are old, I just naturally gravitate towards them.
I am happy I joined. I feel loved and I feel like I belong.

PURR POWER

WALLY

Thank you~

I want to thank my dear friends for your purrs, rosies and stars~ most of all for your friendship. Means the world to me.

* HAZEL LUCY*
* VINCENT*
* COCOA*
* MORGAN THE PIRATE GATO*
* OLY*
* ASHLYE AND TROOP*
* JEFKE*
* ARNOLD*
*GIZMO*

Forgive me if I left any kitty out.

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I am back to YOWLING VERY LOUDLY that is why this is being written at 2:00
am. Woke mom an hour ago screaming MO! MO! MO!
Hmm maybe I was yelling for my bro, Gizmo? Can't be mom cause I call her MAW-MAW
Maw- maw is worried about me. Yesterday I hardly ate which is something very unusual for me. Not much keeps me from eating.

Hope tomorrow/today will be a brighter day

Purr power

Wally

PS Well I am still here, I received the cutest rosie from my sweet friend *MERCY* she must have read my diary cause she said : it's a REBEL YELL..MO! MO! MO!...like Billy Idol. I like that~ Thank you! I Love ya!

V.E.T update

I needed a urine test. Very simple. I pee and mommy takes it to the v.e.t.
Well, mom had to take me back to the v.e.t cause I won't do it on those beads.
No way! Not me! Not at home. But I do at fur that nice tech girl at the v.e.t.

So I had another test. It is $78.00 for a test. That sounds like a lot of cat toys,
don't ya think? Anyway not so good news is that there is still blood. So I got more antibiotics.

Came home and screamed my head off. I have no clue why. It just felt good.
I don't want to be sick anymore..

Wally needs lots of purrs and hugs and ........purrrrrrrrrrrrrs

PURRS do get answered!

Chester is home. I am so happy. I love happy endings.
I heard his sister Winnie is hissing mad at him.
Hopefully he will think before he goes jumping out windows...never again right,
Chester?


PURR POWER!

Wally

I cannot sleep!!

It is almost 3:00 here on the east coast.
I tried to go to sleep but I had to come back to catster.

I keep thinking about a poor tabby who is out on the mean streets right now. Unable to find his way home.
His name is Chester
http://www.catster.com/cats/420129
Poor Chester he must be so scared! Hungry too!
You know what happens when we freak out, we lose the ability to think! I am purring he is not far from his home.
His mom is beside herself. (She cut a business trip short to come to find her baby. It was under the catsitter's watch that he got out a window.)
Let's hope if not before his mommy's voice will bring him running.
His sweet sister, Winnie must be so worried too.
Oh this is so sad. *Wipes a tear with his paw*

There is also a candle light vigil. Please kitties,light a candle for Chester to find his way to his loving home.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=e ng&gi=CHES

Purr Power
Wally

BIG DOG 0 WALLY 1

I think I best explain,I do have a reputation to uphold. I am all about love and peace. Purring for my fellow kitties..
So some friends of mine have been asking me about this doggie I punched.
It is a funny story~~
It happened the day my mom took me to the v.e.t.
I have a nylon carrier with lots of mesh that can be zipped down.
Because I am such a calm kitty, yes even at the v.e.t. Mom placed the carrier on a chair beside her and unzipped the side so she can pet me and I could chat with her.
Well out of the blue, this humongous black doggie- really his head was like all of me- he is there shoving that face into my space! Excuse but I think I am somewhat claustrophobic. Not to mention that he had doggie breath~
So my lightning fast paw shot out and connected with the side of his snout. (NO CLAWS were involved) I don't know who was more surprised! He jumped back and pretended he was leaving anyway!
All the humans, doggie's mom, my mom, the v.e.t. and a technician (my fave pretty lady) saw it happen~ They all laughed~ I was rather pleased with myself~
So that is the story.
The only time I punched any living thing and I pawmise you it will be the last.
I am a peaceful kitty after all.

PURR POWER!

Wally

I have been tagged, more than once!

I have been tagged by *ARNOLD P* *SIMI* *KC* *PICASSO* *EVE* *HUNTER*
*TOONCES* *SAM LLOYD* *GERONIMO* *LOKI* *FALCON*
The rules: Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to write on their own blog about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and to read your blog.

MY SEVEN FACTS:
1. I have a crush on several lovely catster ladies. *Blush*
What's a kitty to do?I'm a lover!

2. I am very proud honorary uncle to Alexander Finnegan

3. I have 2 honorary brothers, GIZMO and COOKIE (who knows maybe I will be lucky enough and our litter will grow! Are you reading this *ARNOLD P *

4. I don't have a mean bone in my body. I cannot be provoked. (No 5 will instantly make a lie of this.

5. I recently punched a humongous doggie in the nose. (no claws) I think we were both equally surprised ( Only violent act of my life, hopefully the last!)

6 My favorite color is pink (Don't knock it -got me to be COTW- so said catster)

7. I love Hello Kitty!

I tag the following 7 kitties
1.Cookie
2.Alexander Finnegan
3 Gitta-
4 Gizmo
5 Amelia
6.Alex
7.Vincent

PURR POWER!

Wally

Navin and Buds!

HOLY CATNIP! It must be esp! I was so exhausted I fell upon mom's pillow and it wasn't even 9 pm so I snoozed a bit and then decided I was missing all my wonderful friends at catster and came back.
I am so glad I did! I have the biggest surprise waiting for me.
Navin and buds have picket me to BOTW! Aw, thanks Navin, Chrissy and every kitty who voted for me. This right after having been BOTD on Sunday -Mother's Day
This is such an honor for me. I really love Navin, I wish I could have known him while he was alive. But earth's loss is the BRIDGE's gain!
I love reading his diary. He is a very special angel..
Thanks again for making me feel so loved!


PURR POWER!

Wally

THE POWER OF THE PURR!

OMC! It is so good to be home, I can't wait to get on the bed with my head on mom's pillow all comfy and cosy.
The winds are howling and it is a cold rainy evening but I am a happy kitty tonight.
I do think we had an earthquake while I was at the vet! Could it be it was your purring that I heard? Yes I think it was.
Your purrs worked I don't have diabetes!!! YAY!!
There are some tests that will take a few days - they did find blood in my urine so we have to wait to see what that is about.
I also have some abnormal liver values but cause I have no symptoms of liver disease the doc said to leave it alone for now. I will ask Hunter about it though. Jeez it is nice to have a doc in the family! MOL
They switched my food and they expect me to eat a lot less. Don't know how that will work cause there is a loud and obnoxious side of me that you don't know.
Poor mom, I am going to give her a hard time but I really can't help it..I wuvs my eats!

I am blessed with the most wonderful friends. Your concern your generosity
your purrs - you overwhelm..excuse me a second, *Wipes his eyes with his paw*
You just make me tear up.. I will thank you all individually, please give me a few days.

Love is all,

Wally

PS During the night I saw two black and white angels running around me in circles purring and giggling. Was it a dream? I think it was my namesake bro and his lovely lady friend Boomer. Gosh, Wally and Boomie you make the cutest angel couple!

I am at the vet tonight

So the vet tech loves me and that's how come I am able to write in my diary tonight! She said it is my reward for being such a good patient.
So a little backtracking. I have been feeling under the weather for a while now.
Screaming at night worrying my mom to death.
She finally decided enough was enough and off to the vet we went today.
I have to tell you guys, I am a very good patient. As long as I can shove my head into mom's hands the doc can do anything with me.
So she poked and prodded and committed other assorted indignities on my poor body. *big sigh*
I just pushed harder into mommy's hand. Mom kept kissing my head which is
always so very nice.
So I put on a huge amount of weight in a very short time. Doc is worried I might have diabetes, but let's not go there tonight.

Tonight I want to thank my friends for all the love coming my way.
Gizmo my honorary brother and dear friend we love you and Auntie Sophie. I know you only let the cat out of the bag MOL MOL cause you love me.You guys have the biggest most loving hearts.How can we possible be mad at you?

A special thanks to my dear friend Hazel Lucy for putting me on your purr list.
I know I am in good paws with all you fur faces purring for me.
I didn't want to say anything until I know what is happening with me but I appreciate the purrs and the good wishes.
Thank you so very much for the stars and rosies:
Gizmo Arnold and Sagan, Miss Mercy Ashley, Alex and Hunter; Hazel Lucy, Karma Kitty,Ashlye and Awnee. Harry and Teddy..

A special rosie from Buddy (doing much better)
a "Buddie's Well Wishers GANG
Healing Rosette"--Given with prayers,
love & well wishes from HUNDREDS of
furfaces represented by this Rosette!
We love you, WALLY!!

My angel brother and his lady friend the beautiful Boomer came to visit me.
Yep, I saw them from the corner of my eye...I think I felt a very strong headbutt
and I definitely heard very loud purrs that shook the building.

*wipes a tear from his eye*

Wow! You guys are the best!
Please furgive me if I left any kitty out. I am getting tired and more than a little lonely.

I miss my mom and my spot beside her on our pillow.

I love you all very much

PURR POWER!

Wally

Dreaming of Jesse James......

That would be Jesse James the pawsome kitty and Maxy is the one dreaming..
But hey it got your attention, right? MOL
Maxy is 2o years old and COTD today!

I was actually on the home page at 3:00 am which was midnight for catster and I had to rub my eyes! There it was, a picture of Maxy as a sweet little girl and the heading said "Cat of the Day!"
Thank you catster, you made many happy with one lovely gesture.
Thank you Olde Furts, especially Cookie for organizing an amazing turnout.
Little Max never has to wonder again if she is loved!

My little angel brother Wally had his first date with the wonderful Boomer,
this is one of the many reasons we love catster.
Our beloved Bridge siblings get to live on in this wonderful virtual world.

PURR POWER~

Wally

I have 2 catster brothers!

One of my best buddies on catster is now my caster brother.
YES! ***GIZMO*** and I have more in common than the orangie, Alfie so why not?!
We get along so well and our moms adore each other...hmm maybe that actually makes us cousins...nah, I like the idea of brothers.

How lucky can one guy be?

***COOKIE*** my fave tux along with *SIMBA*> (they should be QUEEN AND KING OF CATSTER if you ask me. What's wrong with monarchy? England has a queen,yea?
Anyway I am digressing.*COOKIE* said he thinks of me as a brother!

OMC! I think I am speechless! I love you both very much. I am touched and honored and very happy!

PURR POWER

WALLY

May 4,2007:! DRIBBLES a kitty at bestfriends gets some love!

We have sponsored an amazing tuxedo kitty named Dribbles.
He reminds us of our much loved Simba!
That is why he is being sponsored in her honor on the eve of her 19th birthday!

PURR POWER!

Wally

A new group

Catster is has been so such a wonderful world for me. So many amazing friends
for me and my mom. It has always been my hope that I can contribute in some way. With that in mind it is my great honor to announce a new group
Doc Hunter's House of Medicine
It all started with an idea. A friend of mine Maggie Maymentioned how wonderfully helpful Hunter is and some kitty should start a fan club for him.
Well it was definitely a light bulb moment for me!
YES! I thought.There have a number of kits who from the beginning made catster a special place for me. As some of you know I have some chronic health problems.
Hunter has been very helpful. Another kitty who has been there for me since the beginning is Hazel Lucy


I am very excited! Really hoping we will be successful!

PURR POWER

Wally

Purrs for my best buddy ~ GIZMO~

OMC! Mommy came home today, blew us kisses and checked her email. She made a funny sound that had me running to her. My mommy needs me I thought.
Sure enough she picked me up and kissed the top of head. I felt a tear drop on my head an then another. OH! OH! Now what? I whimpered?
It is our lovely Gizmo she said. He is has a blockage and he is going to need
surgery. Oh no! Not Giz, First Arnold P now our Giz, what's going on dudes?

Mommy and I tried to get in touch with as many of his friends that we could. We want to thank our dear friend Hazel Lucy for always coming through.
HL you are the heart of catster. Thanks to Sagan and Alfie's little orangie pal Jefke
for helping us spread the word.It is late and I am very tired if I have forgotten anybody please forgive me.
http://www.catster.com/forums/Get_Well_Soon/thread/3987 03/6
A purr thread was started if you are reading this dear kitties and you haven't signed it yet please do.
Gizmo and his mommy really need our support.
Let's show them some love and a gazillion purrs so that they can feel our
vibrations all the way across the pond.

PURR POWER!

Wally

Mercy does it again!

OMC! Miss Mercy's present is the furst to arrive and since there is no postal delivery on Saturday she is the only one who made it in time fur my birthday. Not that it matters. To be remembered is always lovely but it just tickles me to no end cause Mercy is always furst. Come on kitties, I think she wuvs more than she is saying!

The packagage was pawsome! A big box full of goodies. Of course Alfie decided some it was fur him..and poor Sydney was watching from a distance.
I started on the cigar right away. There was also a bottle of catbernet and more treats. A really cool, colorful toy called CatFisher that both Alfie and I started playing with. A neat little laser and flashlight combo and other little toys. Cute gifts for mom, an adorable little book called 101 Reasons why Cats Make Great Kids. Mom agrees with them all and she loves the illustrations.A little package of delicious Raspberry candy -how did you know raspberry is one of her all time favorite fruits! Last but not least a very cute birthday card with a kitty on it and a very sweet message just fur me.

Mom was helping me open the presents with one hand and in the other she had
the camera. We haven't dared look at them yet but we should have a few uploaded soon.

I will remember this birthday furrever. I feel blessed by your friendship.
Thank you from the depth of my heart

Tomorrow is the party!
Hope to see you all, my lovely friends!

A magical week ends with more magic -- ***COOKIE***<

Overjoyed that is what I am tonight.
It has been such a wonderful week so much love from my friends.
Thank you for all the love that you showed me..
So there I was dancin' on the ceiling when mom let out a little yelp!
What?
Guess who is the new COTW she said. She looked so happy I could only think
of one kitty!
No?! I said
YES!! YES!! She said
***COOKIE***???
OMC! It is! It is COOKIE! I started dancin' harder and jumping higher, I bumped
my head on the ceiling and passed out.
Mom threw a glass of water on my head! Well maybe I dreamed that part of it..

But the rest is true my dear pal COOKIE is COTW!!

And it is not over yet..
Cookie and I have a birthday party to look forward to............and the magic
continues.
Thank you catster, you RULE

OMC!! I am Cat of the Week!!!

I have been on catster for 135 days. Made so many new friends. Some I know I will have for the rest of my life. We share joy and the sorrow of wonderful kitties who left us, always much too soon. We have purred and prayed for sick kitties too
we love catster and now this
CAT OF THE WEEK !!!!!!!YAY!! YAY! I am doing the happy dance; I am jumping up and down! I am going to pass out!
OMC!! OMC !! OMC!! Guess what? The first kitty to congratulate me? The adorable the sweet Miss Mercy! I love you my dear friend.
OK I can hear the e-mails pouring in. I think I am going to be a pawpular guy around here. Puffs out chest and does another happy dance.

Life is good!

I will be back to tell you more......

SAD NEWS

We received some very sad news today. One of our friends went to the Bridge.
*SNOW* died today. He was big brother to the late *BABY* one of the sweetest kits..
To the whole family including their extended family of *KARMA KITTY* *CHARLIE CLARENCE* and *PUNKIN POOH*
we extend our sympathies. Our hearts are heavy dear friends. We know Snow is not suffering anymore but it is so hard to say good bye.. We found this poem that says it better than I ever could

Home To Stay

My furry little feline friend
Silently passed away today
Our earthly time has reached an end
My little furry one went home to stay.

So many questions arise
Amid my mourning tears
Our life together I summarize
Hoping it closed peaceful for you, no fears.

Upon the opening of heavens door
I wonder will we ever be
Together embracing ever more
Eternally sharing our love carefree.

My prayer remains embedded in my heart
You are jumping and romping with glee
Only in flesh we had to part
At God's gates you will be waiting for me


Say hi to our angels Snow......we love you all.

PURR POWER

WALLY

WOWSERS!!!

Wowsers!! That is what Giz would say. I received an anonymous STAR!
This is a first fur me. It says "A secret star for you. Secret Star Donor"
Thank you purry much. I hope I can return the kindness.........

PURR POWER

Wally

Rules

The following is posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height.

My Darling Kitties,

The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack.
Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort.Cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years – feline attendance is not required.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell your bro's butt. I cannot stress this enough!

To pacify you, my dear kitties, I have posted the following message on our front door:

To All Non-Kitty Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Kitties:
1. They live here. You don’t.
2. If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That’s why they call it “FUR”niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it’s an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn’t speak clearly.

Remember: Cats are better than kids because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3 Are easier to train
4. Never ask to drive the car
5. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
6. Don't smoke or drink
7. Don't have to buy the latest fashions
8. Don't want to wear your clothes
9. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and…
10. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

Dedicated to my best buddy~ ***GIZMO***

Gizmo, I am so glad you are my friend. You are there for me with your cheerful wowsers and kind words. When I feel sad, you always know how make me smile- always understanding.
You da best.


A CAT'S PRAYER:
Lead me down all the right paths
Keep me from fleas, bees and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed and warm.
Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all.....
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.
--Lisa Malone

Giz sent this to me, isn't great?
Wuv it and wuv you! Thanks dude

PURR POWER
WALLY

Life is wonderful

I couldn't go to bed without writing in my diary. Might have to edit tomorrow cause I am half asleep.
Two days ago I was feeling miserable and had the barfies...again. The wonderful part? Word got around and I got so much encouragement that I felt good even though I felt bad, does that make sense? Cause it is going on 3:00 am here.
Going to have to give my beloved typist extra kissies and snuggles that is for sure!
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So we loved the new vet. Yea I am weird. I have no fear. I trust everybody.
But more important mom is happy and is encouraged by him. A real difference from our last vet who I liked because she was a very pretty lady who gave me kissies on my head...but.
This doc wants to try to get me off the cortisone which thrills mom to no end.
But she understands that we can only try and hope for the best . It will depend on how my body will react but at least this doc shares mom's concerns and is willing to at least try other ways...
So that is enough about vets
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2 reasons I couldn't go to sleep without writing this is the most pawsome thing just happened. Two of my favorite ladies in the whole world gave me a star within minutes of each of other. OMC ! I am so blessed. My dearest friend the one who is always there first for me, sweet Rocky Ann feels the same way and said so in the star she gave me. The other star. Oh I have to take a deep breath. OK. Calm down Wally.....breathe.. slower......OK I am good. The other beautiful shining forever star is from the most beautiful, kind and sweet and funny Mercy.
Thank you for your friendship lovely ladies. I wuv you and I will treasure you for the rest of my life.
I will sleep well tonight knowing I am blessed kitty..And if I am lucky I will be dreaming about you Miss Mercy

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PS I must add that my good friend Gizmo has asked me to be an administrator of Tabby Terrors. This is a first for me and I am deeply honored. I hope I will do right by them. It is a fun group of tabbies from around the world.Our aim is to take over the world cause Tabbies Rule, you see? *Chubby Fist in the air!*
I am a bit concerned about our name. I really hope the word "terror" won't scare any tabby away. We are all about Peace and Love. We want this to be a better world for all kitties.

The Postman rang 2x, really!

OMC! Mom was in the bathroom, why does the phone and or doorbell ring when she is in the shower? It was the postman, coming early cause we are expecting a humongous snow storm. He had a package for us from our dear friend ROCKY ANN! She is such a thoughtful friend! She sent the cutest hello Kitty card (I love Hello Kitty!) and a package of very potent nip. I saw it! Mom hid it. She says she has no time for us to go bonkers right now. Sometimes Alfie and I really get nutty and start a cat fight Woo hoo, the little guys starts up with me but I am bigger and stronger (witness the photo evidence, last time I tore out some of his fur.) He is such a baby, he can dish out but he sure can't take it! He runs crying to mama.. BOO HOO BABY!!
RA how did you know we are out of nip? Just yesterday mom was in a hurry to send a little package off to a new friend in Belgium. He is cutie name Jefke and it seems they can't find nip toys there. Hope customs won't think it is something else.MOL Anyway mom was in a hurry as usual and didn't have the time to go out and buy some so she sent ours. Here is RA sending us some the very next day! She must be psychic! THank you RA. She also sent mom the cutest kitty book called "You are my friend Be Claws." So cute and mom collect kitty books. (Mom collects everything kitty but that is also another story.) She must have a hundred books about kitties or more! Spill it RA! HOW DID YOU KNOW!!! We love and thank you very much. Thank you for being one of the best friends this family has.
OK I am in serious need of a nap!
Have a wonderful Valentine's Day everyone.
I saved the best for last! Mercy sent me a rosie that gave me hope that may be next year she will be my valentine! I love you Mercy either way. Furrever and ever you have my heart

Bill Gates was right.

He said:“The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.”
The most amazing thing happened to mom yesterday and she has allowed me to tell her story.
The day started like every other. Mom with a cup of coffee in her hand stumbling to her computer to check her e-mail.( I must digress for a minute: A HOT TIP to you catster mom's and dads. This comes from my honorary auntie, Maggie, mom's good friend who is a very smart lady. She told mom when carrying a cup/glass filled with liquid never LOOK at the cup. Focus on where you are going -look ahead of you! Guess what people it really works! No more spilled hot coffee)
Ok so I am dawdling in the kitchen (I likes to eat slow and purr to my food unlike some other kit who shall remain nameless but he is ORANGE!) when I heard this yelp. My heart skipped a beat. I thought mama was in trouble. Maybe the afore mentioned kit was UNDERFOOT ........*shudders* hot coffee and AU(ALFIE UNDERFOOT) well I ran to see what was happening and mom was having some kind of fit at the compooter!
When she saw me she said come here Waddy I want to show you something. (yes Waddy is one of my pet names, but that is another story) She was really babbling!
Mom! I said:" BREATHE and start at the beginning! I thought I might need to slap her but didn't want to push my luck. MOL So she took a deep breath and here is what she told me:
A little background so that you understand her story, we have to confess we frequent another kitty site called THE DAILY KITTEN. In fact that is where we first heard about catster. So everyday they post a baby kitty and people post their comments. We have been going there for months and mom has gotten to know some of the regulars. TDK has really grown when we started posting they were lucky to have 5 comments. Yesterday there were 300. So back to mom at her puter. She received an e-mail from the kittenmaster, a very nice English guy. He apologized to mom for "intruding" but he said there was a response to one of mom's posts on Jan 3oth. He went on to to say it is probably nothing but he thought she ought to know. So mom immediately thought some member of the lunatic fringe made some kind of nasty remark. Yes we do have some people there who are a few ants short of a picnic. Anyway she checks it out and that is when she yelps for the second time. This time I was ready. OMC! It was a voice from the past. Somebody was trying to find my mama. See my mom was born in Romania, she left there when she was 10 years old. She has no siblings so she always yearned for a sister. All her life her girlfriends filled that role very nicely. When she was a little girl one of her closes friends was a sweet little girl named Agie. Her mom died when she was very young and my grandmaw became a like a mom to her. Eventually she moved away from Romania and mom moved so many times in her life so that they had lost touch. The post was from a young woman named Suzana who is Agie's daughter and she said her mom has been looking for mine for a very long time. So this is the part that just blew my mama away. She would never have seen this post if the kind man, the kittenmaster hadn't written to tell her about it. He must read every post! What a guy! And another twist? Mom's user name is Evangeline. She uses this 99.9% of the time. The odd time because of the Google tool-bar's auto-fill she didn't notice but her full name was listed. This happened maybe 5 times out of hundreds! So what are the odds? So of course mom wrote to the kittenmaster and he sent Suzana' e-mail addy and now we are anxiously waiting to hear from her!
Bill Gates was right. The net is an awesome place.

A Tribute to a lovely man and the origin of my name

Well my tummy is full so we decided to make a minor change and here is the
explanation

A long time ago before I was born and mom was very young she watched a soap with her mom. The only one they ever watched -ANOTHER WORLD
Perhaps some of your moms were also fans?
Anyway mom just adored a sweet and funny character named Wallingford aka Wally.He was played by a wonderful character actor named Brent Collins, a dwarf who was as lovely a human being as his character. Everybody loved this man. He died very suddenly of a heart attack. (Often a complication for people of such short stature)
Anyway mom decided that when she was going to have a kitty she was going to name him Wallingford and she did. The sweet and funny black and white moggie who was her first kitty. Tragically he was only 5 years old when he went to the Bridge.

When I came into mom's life she hesitated for a second but then she decided not to be superstitious and make me Wallingford II. Now that is a pretty big name so of course just like the character and Wallingford I the kitty, we quickly became affectionately known as Wally.

So that's it. That is the story of how I came to be named. I am still me, Wally

A day to remember special friends.

There really is no way to properly apologize for being so very rude. It really isn't our style and we are profoundly ashamed of ourselves. We are not going to make any excuses because there really aren't any!
Oliver, Eve and Emma you touched us with your sweet Valentine's Gift. It was the first one we received. I mean ever! In our entire lives. Mom is very sentimental but she is ashamed to confess, right here in public that she never did anything for us on V Day! When the postman came we were so excited! We love mail! It was such a lovely package and we just tore into it without even taking a pic (like I said very poor behavior, I am a cat for heaven's sake but what is mom's excuse?) OH DARN I just said no excuses! Sorry, my bad!
So we got all kinds of goodies. Beautiful cards with pictures of the lovely Eve
and the adorable Ollie Pop! and a heart shaped key chain, and a fridge magnet with cute kitties and that mom adores cause she into fridge magnets! How did you know, guys?? And even heart shaped chocolates for mom and Greenies for us; an extra thank you for that from Alfie who can never have enough Greenies!Everything prettily wrapped..red and hearts everywhere!
We will make it up to you! In fact you should be getting a little package from our second fave place on the net -eBay!

So it is a lovely day.The sun is just starting to peak. So gloriously beautiful. We are happy and Grateful----THRILLED TO BITS that our sweet friend Rocky Ann is not seriously ill. She still has all her 9 lives YAY! la la la So happy!!! Wuv you my dear friend.

Hi Miss Mercy! I wuv you even if you won't be my Valentine. I will always wuv you and be your friend. I love seeing your adorable face in my p-mail box! So fun writing to you. You are not only beatifool but smart and funny...*sigh*

Well it is early and time for my breakfast! Food because I can't think properly without food. You know what they say breakfast is very important ....and lunch........ and dinner ...............and snacks................ and...............


PURR POWER~

Wally

What a day!

My first entry and a package came in the post for me, well OK, for us but what fun.
Our friends *Fido* *Boogers* and last but not least *Hondo* sent us the cutest Valentine's gift. They know I love Hello Kitty and we got the most adorable t-shirt. Mom squealed when she saw it! Now she also says OMC! Well first thing she did was to try and I emphasize "try" to put on Alfie. Well he totally freaked. Mom first showed him the shirt and he did allow her to put it on him but once she let go of him he streaked under the bed! We all were so shocked. Little Alfie aka the stuffed toy? So good old greenies came to rescue cause little guy likes his eats as much as moi. Anyway he got a couple of extra ones.....for being such a good boy?? In the end mom did manage to get a couple of pictures of him with the help of our grandpaw who is holding him...He does have that deer caught in the headlight look, don't you think?
So I was next. Me, anything goes for me, right! I am the true stuffed toy in this family. But I am so ashamed to say..hangs his head...I am too fat! Mom did get in on me but we had to take close ups. You should see the rest of me ....well maybe you shouldn't.

Mom keeps asking/wondering how did this happen?? How out of over 1oo,00o kits we meet the nicest kits and their families. This is all so unexpected. When we joined catster we didn't really know much about it. Mom thought it would be a great place to create a page for our Bridge babies, cause we don't want them forgotten. But she never realized what a lovely community this is..We have made so many wonderful furiends! (More to come about that another day.) I feel so warm and fuzzy inside, HEY! It matches my outside. MOL
I will write more later but now we are going to post some pics.
Thank you my furiends, you are pawsome and we wuvs you. Oh yes, forgot to mention but Sydney is naked and proud of it...as she said in her diary. So we didn't even try the shirt on her. Too bad she would look so adorable. Hey mom how about some calming medicine for our wild child...just a thought!!

PURR POWER!
Wally