Sad news ~ Our dear furiend Cocoa crossed the Rainbow Bridge- during the early moring hours

Shortly before 8:30am EST, we got some very sad news. Auntie Barbi called Meowmy to tell her that our dear furiend Cocoa had crossed the Rainbow Bridge. He will always be a special part of our furmily and always in our hearts. He left some big pawprints in each of our hearts. We are all still in shock. Please remember Auntie Barbi and Unkie Rob and all the sad siblings that Cocoa has left behind to mourn and miss him. Cocoa was and is very special to my meowmy... she always loved to hear his cute little meows (sometimes very loud) as he chatted when Auntie Barbi and Meowmy were on the phone chatting. Rest in Peace, dear and special furiend. You will never be far from our hearts. We LOVE you, Cocoa.

Finally, I can resume my birthday gifties.

Well, this is just unacceptable. My birthday was on Monday and here it is Friday and Meowmy is just now able to help me with my diary again. I think I will begin to take applicants for my new home... where I will be more important. Pffffftttt.

On my birthday I got so much love and many greetings and rosies. If you remember, my furry own meowmy actually furgot it was my birthday until she read the note from a furiend. What kind of a meowmy does that?

Sweet Bitu sent me a pink ribbon rosette. She said, "Happy Birthday!"

Wonderpurr Angel Mr. Sam sent me a Share the Love. He said, "Happy Birthday Patchez!"

Sweet Angel Wanda and her pawsome furmily sent me a fun ball of yarn. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez!!!! Hope you have a great day and get loads of special treats! Love ya, Wanda, Norman and family"

Angel Sonny Bono and his sweet sisfurs sent me a beautifur rose. They said, " Happy Birthday beautiful Patchez, hope your day is filled with lots of lovins and delicious treats,
Happy Birthday
Hugs From Heaven Angel Sonny, Love Presley & Paris~"

Sweet Harry and his wonderpurr furmily sent me a chocolate cupcake. They said, "Happy 6th Birthday, Patchez! We hope you have a wonderful day (now that your Mommy's remembered - MOL! Poor Mommy!) Hope you enjoy this cuppy-cake! Enjoy your special day!Lots of love and purrs, Harry, Albie, and Family"

Sweet Riley and Skippy sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! Have a great day! Hugs & Purrs Riley and Skippy"

Blizzard and his nice furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Happy Birthday!!!"

Zoey and her sweet furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUR FRIEND!! We hope you have a wonderful day!!"

Simon and his sweet furmily sent me a furever gold star. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez...hope you are having a great day. mom loves seeing your tile on your page...purrs to you and all your family...here is a star for a star..purrs Simon,Amos,angels Marybeth,Jacquelyn and Cassie"

The lovely Samoa and her adorable furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Sending happy birthday wishes from all of us and hoping your day is purrfect!"

Lovely doggie Molly and her furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Happy Birthday! We hope you have the bestest day ever! Love, Molly & Family"

Purrty Briana sent me a yummy shrimp. She said, "Happy Birthday! Purrs, Briana"

Handsome Zeeke and his furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said,"Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loves, Zeeke & the crew"

Lovely Emma sent me a beautifur bouquet of tulips. She said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! Hope you are having a supurrrrr day!"

Princess and her lovely furmily sent me a lucky ladybug. They said, "Happy birthday Patchez. We hope it was a fun birthday fur you."

Lovely Tabatha sent me a Share the Love. She said, "Happy birthday Patchez! Have a great party and year ahead! Love Tabatha xo"

On the 14th, Truffles and his sweet furmily sent me a birthday hat. They said, "Dear Patchez~
Wishing you a purr-fectly beautiful 6th Birthday and many more pawsome celebrations to come... Enjoy your Birthday week sweetie! Kisses~ Truffles & Co. xoxo"

Handsome Teebo and his sweet furmily sent me a purrty butterfly. They said, "Happy Belated Birthday pretty Patchez! We're so sorry we missed your special day - we haven't bee on-line because Mom has a bad cold. Hope this helps brighten your day!Purrs, Teebo, Callie and Rose"

Sweet Pooters sent me a beautifur bouquet of tulips. She said, "Happy Birthday Happy Birthday!!

A big THANK YOU to all my precious furiends who helped make my birthday a most pawsome one... despite the effurts of Meowmy to furget it.

I am 6 years old today and Meowmy furgot!

I am a big 6 years old today. You know what? Well, pffffffffftttt! Meowmy furgot it was my birthday until I got a birthday message. How could she furget? Fine state of "howdy do" for me, huh? I think I will sulk the rest of the day.

11:58 AM EST ~
Well, Meowmy finally helped me with my birthday greetings from furiends. *shakes head* I feel so unloved by my meowmy! I thank all of my furiends for remembering me! *glares at Meowmy*

Luke and his sweet furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! Love, Luke, Tully, Sammy, and Natasha"

Tundra and her sweet crew sent me a Share the Love . They said, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, PATCHEZ! May you have the best birthday full of all the things you love, pal! ~Tundra & crew~"
Happy Birthday
Thank you for my beautifur birthday picture!

My pawsome angel furiend Hazel Lucy sent me a Share the Love. She said, "Happy Happy Birthday pretty Patchez!!! loveya lots, Hazel Lucy" I love you, Miss Hazel Lucy... furever.

Milo and his wonderpurr furmily sent me a purrty rose. They said, "Happy Birfday Patchez! Hope u haz da most pawsome day efur! Hugs 'n purrs, MILO, Smokey Joe, Sam, Timmy 'n Ziggy

Cassie and her lovely furmily sent me a yummy shrimp. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! We hope you have a pawsome day!"

Chef Rooster and his most esteemed clowder sent me a Share the Love . They said, "Happy happy happy Meow Day beautiful Patchez! Have a pawsome day our friend! Lots of love and purrs Chef and clowder"

Anna and her sweet furmily sent me a purrty bluebird. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! this little Bluebird will sing for you. Hugs and kisses Anna and furryones"

DA TABBIES O TROUT TOWNE sent me a purrty bouquet of tulips. They said, "stoppin by with best fishes fora veree happy day oh birth patchez...hope ewe haza fun filled N treet filled kinda day; eat lotz oh cake N we hope ewe get a new cat tree, sum cash N a catillac two peace out n rock on!! de trouters"

Big Harry and his lovely furmily sent me a purrty bluebird. They said, "Happy Purrday to you, Patchez!"

Kibbles and his sweet furmily sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchz! Have a great party day! Enjoy! Love, Kibbles, Francis, Yoda & The Crew"

A crown from my Poo and love from furiends.

My handsome furhusband Poo sent me a beautifur furever crown. He said, "Thank you for the beautiful birthday cake and for making my birthday the best ever! I love you always and endlessly, my sweet wife. Every day is a blessing with you~ All my love forever, your adoring husband, Poo"

River and Simone sent me a Share the Love. They said, "Sending a little love to all our friends before this beautiful heart is all gone. We hope everyone's days are full of nom noms, belly rubs, and HAPPY RIVER DANCES! Lots of Love, River and Simone"

A wonderful gift from Poo and his meowmy!

Oh my kitty cats. You won't believe what my handsome furhusband Poo sent me. Actually, a BIG package arrived earlier in the week. It was addressed to my meowmy and to me from Poo and my sweet mother-in-law. Meowmy told me that, since her umpteenth birthday was on the 18th, that is was probably a gift for our birthdays, even though mine is in June. I was so anxious to open it but Meowmy, being the pawty pooper she is, said we would wait until HER birthday... pfffffttt, IF I had to wait, then I think she should have waited UNTIL MY birthday. Only fair, right?

Well, we opened the box last night and it was full of beautiful pawresents. Meowmy got a beautifur picture that has Believe, Dream and Imagine on it and all in meowmy's colors. She loved, loved, loved it immediately and is anxious to find the purrfect spot for it.

My gift was too wonderpurr. I got a beautifur pink bed. It is so soft and fluffy and I love it. Meowmy told me that Baby G was sleeping in MY new bed last night. I may have to talk with her about that later on. I got more... there was a bag of yummy treats and Meowmy told me she would keep those in MY room just for me, a package of 4 catnip mousies and my VERY favorite was a catnip cigar. I started playing with it immediately and rolled around and had a blast. Meowmy took pictures and hopes to upload them later on today or tomorrow so Poo and his wonderful meowmy can see me with all these special gifts. Thank you for the wonderful surprise. Meowmy and I really love our gifts. Poo and his meowmy are furry special to us.... We love you both so much.

Yesterday Catster lost the BEST of the best.

Yesterday was a very sad day, indeed, for my furmily and me and for so many Catster furiends. We were shocked and saddened to learn that our beloved furiend Hazel Lucy was to go to Heaven at 12:30 PM EST. Our meowmy had come home from getting her hair cut about 11:30 and turned on the catputer to see what was happening. She went to FB first and saw the posting about Hazel Lucy. The next hour we all spent our time crying and praying for Hazel Lucy and her wonderful meowmy Julie.

Hazel Lucy and her meowmy were and are such beautiful and caring souls who started the wonderful Purr Threads on Catster. Hazel Lucy touched all of our hearts in such a special way and she will always hold a very special place in our hearts and in the hearts of so many others. True love never dies and we do truly love Hazel Lucy and thank her for being a most special part of our lives.

Please keep Hazel Lucy and her meowmy Julie in your purrs and prayers during this sad and difficult time. We know that it is never easy to say our earthly goodbyes. We know that our lives will be reunited again one day and that, while absent from the earth, they are always present in our hearts.

We wanted to write yesterday but our meowmy just could not gather herself to help us. Hazel Lucy and Julie hold a very special place in our hearts and we found ourselves too devastated to write.

We still find ourselves shocked and deeply saddened but we know that Hazel Lucy is free of her earthly pain and is healthy again and is now happily reunited with her beloved furhusband Buddie. What a special reunion that was.

Hazel Lucy, we will forever love you and are so blessed to call you our furiend. Our meowmy is blessed, also, to call your meowmy a special friend. You are both dearly loved.

Happy Valentine's Day to all my furiends.

Oh my kitty cats! I can't believe that it has been eight months since my meowmy has allowed me to paw in my diary. None of us have been pawing much but eight months is way too long. We have had lots going on in our furmily with different sickly kitties and issues and my human grandmother has had lots of problems with her health and my pawrents have had furry full plates. I was one of the sickly kitties and will try to get Meowmy to write about it in a later diary. The good news is I am doing fine now.

We lost too many furiends during this time. They had to go the Bridge and we have been furry sad about it. Each furiend lives in our hearts but it was just too hard to visit Catster.

Another reason we have not written in our diaries is the changes in Catster. For us, the changes made Catster so slow that Meowmy has not found the time to work with us on our diaries. Many of our furiends were put in the kennel for their comments about different things and we did not care for the punishment that our furiends received. We love our furiends furry much and it made us furry sad that they were being punished.

Today, Mr. Skins and his sweet furmily sent me a beautiful valentine heart. They said, "Happy Valentine's Day, you beautiful kitty! May you continue to be spoilt and loved by everyone!"

I want to wish all my furiends and their humans a very Happy Valentine's Day! Sending much love to all of you.

Thank you to effuryone who celebrated my birthday with me.

I really want to thank all of my furiends for helping me celebrate my birthday yesterday and more celebration today. It was the best birthday I have effur had. I know most of you have seen the beautifur tile my precious furhusband Poo had made for my birthday. It was painted by Nina. I love it so much.

Yesterday, I got more gifties after I signed off.

Kaci Sunshine and her lovely furmily sent me a delicious ice cream cone. They said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! Wishing you the best birthday ever and many more to come! Hugs, Kaci & Miss Mittens"

Bitu sent me a yummy ice cream cone. She said, "Happy Birthday!"

Adam and his sweet furmily sent me a bouquet of tulips. They said, "HAPPY 5TH MEOWDAY PATCHEZ! We hope our FURRY SWEET & BEAUTIFUL FURIEND has A PAWSOME DAY. TULIPS for a PRETTY LADY! WE LOVE YOU SO FURRY MUCH! Purrs & Hugs & Kitty Kisses & MUCH LOVE, Adam & Eve & Pudd & Puff & Pumpkin & Little One. Please remember Adam and his sisfur Eve in your purrs and prayers.

Ele' and her nice furmily sent me a refreshing ice cream cone. They said, "Happy Birthday, Patchez!! We hope you have a pawsome day!! Love, Ele', Gimme,and Ambro"

Bella and her sweet furmily sent me a most delicious ice cream cone. They said, "Happy Birthday, Patchez!!!! Hope you have an absolutely furrrabulous day!! Make sure you gets plenty of treats and prezzies and loves, cuz it is your day! Love from all of us"

Big Harry and his nice furmily sent me a yummy shrimp. They said, "Have a Happy Purrday! Love, Purrs and Headbonks!"

Sugar and her sweet furmily sent me a delicious slice of watermelon. They said, "Wishing you a happy birthday from all of us and hoping your day is filled with all your favorite things!" And today is the 13th birthday of the adorable Sugar. Do stop by to wish her a Happy Birthday.

The effur adorable Hazel Lucy sent me a refreshing glass of lemonade. She said, "Happy Birthday Patchez! loveya, Hazel Lucy" We do enjoy those Hazel Lucy daily pictures.

Teebo and Callie sent me a yummy pink iced cupcake. They said, "Happy 5th Birthday Patchez! Have a purrfect day! Purrs, Teebo and Callie"

Muppet and her sweet furmily sent me a birthday hat. They said, "Happy, Happy 5th Birthday Patchez! Hope your special day is a wonderful one, pretty girl. Birthday Cheers, Hugs & Love, Lil' Muppet, Nakita, Sampson, Chico, Armani & Krikit xoxo"

Milo sent me a purrty rose. He said, "Happy Happy Birfday saweet Patchez! Oh u r bootifur! Hope u git's loads of toys and spawcial gifties!!! Love, Milo"

Pooters sent me a beautifur bouquet of tulips. She said,
Happy Birthday
"Hugs!"

Today, I celebrated some more.

Mr. Sam and his wonderpurr furmily sent me a bouquet of tulips. They said, "Belated Birthday wishes to you, Patchez!!! I hope you had a pawsome day!!! love and hugs, mr sam and his family"

Angel Wanda and her wonderpurr furmily sent me a delicious cupcake. They said, "Patchez, our sincere apologies for the belated birthday gift, we have been without internet. I hope your birthday was terrific. We love you very much and continue to purray for dear Hooch and your meowmy also. You are all very treasured friends."

Penelope and her pawsome furmily sent me a purrty heart. They said, "We love u & have missed u so much!Please forgive us 4 being out of touch 4 so long Though Mommy is still very busy caring 4 our Mr. Harry she is going 2 try 2 at least keep us updated on our friends. All our love, Penelope, Autumn, Roscoe, Dog & Mom XO"

A big THANK YOU for helping me celebrate my 5th birthday in such a special way. It was the best one effur.

I am 5 today! Look at the pictures of my beautiful new gift- from Poo. Wow.

I turn 5 years old today.*whispers* And my furmily said that with my cattitude, I would never see 5 years. MOL!

Guess what? I received a special package late on Friday but we did not find it on the front porch until Saturday because our doorbell does not work since we had the workmen out to put our new furnaces and air conditioners. Well, I was all excited but my meowmy told me that I (actually we) would have to wait until my birthday. As promised, Meowmy allowed me to open my pawresent this morning. It was from my most special furhusband Poo. Guess what it was? OMC! It is the most beautifur framed tile of me. I looked at my meowmy and the silly ol' gal was crying. I asked her if she was sad? She told me no that she was happy. Humans! *shakes head* Nina did a purrfect job of capturing me. It is so beautiful. It has Love Poo in the lower left hand corner and Nina on the lower right hand corner. We must find the purrfect place to properly show off this most treasured gift. My image is textured while the rest of the tile is smooth and beautifully glazed. I am still in shock at the most beautiful gift I have effur received. It will always be the most treasure gift of my life... well, Poo is my most treasured gift... a special gift of the most beautiful love effur. I love you, Poo. I love the beautifur card you enclosed with the most special pawresent effur, too!

Last evening, I received a lovely birthday picture from Cally Jane and furmily.
Happy Birthday
It said,
"Happy Birthday Patchez
Chandler Ray, Lilly-Rose, Tweety, Cally, Toby and angels Wyatt, Sammy and Aragorn"

This morning I found two gifties on my page ~

My most precious and handsome furhusband Poo sent me a BIG birthday cake. He said, "Happy birthday to my dearest most beautiful wife! I could not have imagined how happy I'd be until the day I met you. I hope your birthday is as special as you are. I love you always and endlessly! Love, Your furever devoted Poo" Poo always know how much I love you and how much you have blessed my life with your love.

Angel Picasso and his sweet furmily sent me a yummy pink iced cupcake. They said, "Dear Patchez~
Wishing you a purrry Happy 5th Birthday and many more wonderful celebrations to come... May your day be as special as you are! Love~ Angel Picasso & Co. xoxo" Picasso and I began our furever furiendship when we were both selected as DDP honorees. I will always love you, Picasso, dear furever furiend.

Happy Earth Day to all.

My most handsome and thoughtful furhusband Poo sent me a furever Planet Earth is Furever!! He said, "Happy Earth Day to my beautiful wife! Your love is the most precious gift ever. Love, Your ever so devoted Poo" My handsome furhusband, you are the world to me!

This morning, my meowmy had made plans with her special and longtime furiend. You see, Meowmy's furiend Daryle is one of the people she admires the most of anyone we know. Daryle was born with a condition of her eyes called Aniridia. Daryle's eyes were so bad that she was deemed legally blind with only some vision. As time went on, she lost more of her vision and had to go through several cornea transplants and even cataract surgery for the clouded lens. Daryle did NOT allow this to dampen her spirits. She was determined as she went through all of the surgeries to get her Master's Degree and took public transportation to UNC-Charlotte where she achieved this honor. Daryle became a counselor at a large local church and has become an inspiration to many. My meowmy is furry proud to be one of Daryle's furiends and they have had great fun with each other over the years. They (just Meowmy and Daryle) even took Daryle's two human children and three of my human siblings to Florida for almost a week on a furry limited budget. They saved so much money at Disney that they managed to squeeze two more nights in Daytona Beach. What a trip! Now, let me tell you that my meowmy and Daryle know how to squeeze blood out of a turnip when needed. Daryle has never given up and continues to wear her rose-colored glasses (Daryle's description of her view of life). Sadly, Daryle's vision is almost totally gone now and she basically sees only shades of greys. Meowmy says she doesn't know many people who would take the lemons that Daryle has been given and who could make such sweet lemonade. Daryle may have been given a little hope recently for some more vision with a doctor she found in Ohio who does artificial corneas. Daryle has had the limit of cornea transplants and has such scarring that nothing else can help her. My meowmy prays that this doctor can help her precious furiend.