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!
>^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< ^..^< >^..^< >^..^<


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