Gotcha Date: March 15th 2009 Coloration: Blue Likes: She loves to be petted, brushed or combed: she looks up adoringly. She loves belly rubs: she flops over on her back and invites us to rub her belly. She loves taking her morning "bath" in the sunny front windows. She loves people -- everyone!! Pet-Peeves: No lap available! Favorite Toy: She LOVES a purple and blue feather fishing lure, on a wand. It was a gift from Louis and Ethan to Scooter for her 20th birthday, but Scooter didn't get to play with it much, so Lola is making sure it's well-loved and appreciated. Favorite Food: Innova Cat and Kitten (canned) Dwells:
indoors Arrival Story: It was destined! After the loss of our beloved Scooter on Feb. 5, 2009, we knew we wanted another cat -- ideally, two -- but I was still trying to get past the initial grief. My husband asked when we could get another cat, though, so I started looking online, still not ready to look in person. The cats who fit our 'wish list' were too far away. Eventually, I felt brave enough to look at real live cats, so we went to the Petco and PetSmart adoptions one Saturday. We didn't find the cat for us, but it felt good to hold and pet a cat again. We talked with a rescue group volunteer at Petco and took home a brochure and adoption application. Back home, I looked online again. As I scrolled down Petfinder's list of breeds, I clicked on Burmese. When I'd checked it before, there were no possibilities for us, but this time, there she was: small, senior female, very friendly and social, and she was in our area -- exactly what we were looking for! The same rescue group, at Petco, had her listed. I went back to Petco, the volunteer called the foster mom and we arranged to meet "Luna" at Petco the next day at noon. Before we met her, I filled out the adoption application, just in case. We met, we loved, we brought her home immediately, on March 15, 2009. Lola (renamed from Luna) is home with us now, to stay! We feel we were destined and perfect for each other: she's the right kitty to help fill some big holes in our hearts as well as find a special place of her own (she already has), and we're committed to giving her the love and care she deserves. Bio: Lola originally belonged to a breeder here in Albuquerque. When the breeder died in late 2005, Lola and the breeder's other cats were taken to the city shelter and kept there for 3 months while the court decided what to do with them. Lola was estimated to be 10 years old at that time. Released to a rescue group in March 2006, she was spayed and treated for some illnesses, then adopted in May 2006. That person returned her to the rescue group on March 8, 2009, apparently because she was throwing up. When we adopted her on March 15, 2009, she had some obvious health issues but throwing up isn't one of them. All her teeth were extracted on March 27, 2009 due to severe periodontal disease. Blood tests show she has stage 2 kidney disease. She may have chronic upper respiratory infections, too, but we hope that will be helped by taking care of her dental problems. Lola's such a sweet, lovable lap cat, very social and friendly -- a real love -- and we feel fortunate and blessed to have her with us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lola blessed our lives with her beautiful, loving soul and indomitable spirit for only 8 months and 1 day, but she'll remain in our hearts forever. A rapid decline in her health led her vet and another vet to believe she had lymphoma. Lola was too weak to endure testing and treatments ~ we just couldn't ask it of her. We let her go in peace. On November 16, 2009, with the loving assistance of her vet and as I cradled her in my lap, she very peacefully began her journey to the Bridge, where she'll always be our sweet LOLA~Our Good Girl, forever. Forums Motto: I came, I purred, I conquered... The Groups I'm In: Frends of Skeezix (FOS), Hunka Hunka Burm Love How Mom and Dad became attached to me: When my foster mom took me out of my carrier and put me in my future Dad's arms, I clung to him with everything I had, purring and kneading furiously. No one had trimmed my claws for a long time so they got stuck in his clothes. My future Mom helped pry them out, then she held me. I got stuck in her tee shirt, too. Since we were all "attached" by then, they had to take me home!
Mom has been s.l.o.w.l.y re-uploading and replacing many of the photos in my Photo Book so they'll show at the new larger size and selecting other photos to add since we can have 200 photos now. Some of you have commented on the newly-uploaded photos, but since the email notification about photo comments hasn't worked for over a month now, I didn't always see them right away. But I've seen all the new comments and want to say THANK YOU! I'm still a good girl.
Then early this morning an Angel visited a photo. She must have dumped a load of magic angel dust while she was making a comment... and she fixed the email problem! We got an email about Marrakech's comment and received another email about a comment after that.
SAY! I think it's working again! Oh! We just got two more emails!
This isn't hard. Guess who was the first to congratulate me for being a Daily Diary Pick today.
Have you guessed yet? Now be a good girl or boy and don't cheat! Don't look ahead at the answer until you make your guess.
You've guessed now, haven't you?
That's right, one of our newest angels, Hazel Lucy, was the first to send me a pawmail of congratulations!
I don't know how she does it! A throng of angels has surrounded her since she arrived here on Wednesday, all waiting to meet the incomparable and awesome Miss Hazel Lucy, Tiny Gumdrop. Over at the "new angel orientation" classroom, they're still waiting for her to start her lessons, but she can't get through the crowd to get there.
She doesn't need any lessons on being an angel anyway, because we all know she always was an angel, long before she arrived here at the Bridge.
I saw her sneak off more than once to be with Buddie, though! Shhhh... don't let anyone know I told you that. I'm a good girl, I don't tell secrets.
Now can you guess what other angel is one of my new best friends here? My goodness, we're so much alike in some ways that it feels like we're sisters! She arrived here on Wednesday, too, almost at the same time as Hazel Lucy.
It's the lovely Marrakech. Shhhh... don't tell anyone she didn't take the flying lessons, but she's already been zooming around with me. She just put on her wings and off we went. I'm a good girl so it was okay for her to fly with me. She's already doing loop-de-loops and making all the boys' wings flutter with admiration and excitement. (Don't worry, Mommy Carol... Misha is keeping an eye on those boys to make sure they are perfect gentlemen around his Marrakech.)
Mommies Julie and Carol, don't worry about your beautiful girls. Your hands took care of them for so long and so well and so lovingly, and your arms caressed them so gently with love for all those years. You were their angels on earth.
But your arms lovingly let them go when their earthly bodies were too weak and too tired to go on. Don't worry, they're still in the loving arms of angels.
Being Lola means doing my best to sprinkle angel dust on all the mommies and daddies who are missing their sweet angels
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Thank you for the comments and congratulations in my diary!
Thank you for pawmails:
Hazel Lucy
BUDDIE..ALWAYS LOVED
Chef Rooster
Thank you for gifts, rosettes and stars:
Tate Cottontail
BUDDIE..ALWAYS LOVED
Kaci Sunshine and Miss Mittens (Gentle Angel)
Rocky Ann Forever
Sullivan
Being Lola means being happy Petfinder helped me find my home.
p.s. I was on Petfinder twice. The first time was in 2006. Mom has only a poor-quality printed copy of my Petfinder page from 2006. Below is one of the photos from the Petfinder page in 2006, showing me with a sable Burmese who was one of several others also left homeless when our breeder/owner died.
Thank you for the gifts and messages. To save your zealies, you can just leave a comment in my diary.
Thank you for the pawmail:
Chef Rooster and Clowder
Thank you for the gifts:
Misha Angel
Nala Sue [Angel]
Scooter O'Shenanigan
Riley and Skippy Skipster
Nikolai - Dreamboat #24
DA TABBIES O TROUT TOWNE
Calvin ~ Knead On
Kally Kat (please purr for Kally Kat - she's having surgery on St. Patrick's Day)
Family of: Sterling Mithril, Ceylon, Natalie, Jasper, Sasha ~ and kitten angels Weeble, Moonshadow, Nova, Virgo and Luna
Family of: Xena Princess Warrior, Queen Tallulah Angel in Pink, Zeke, Kandi and Princess Tu Two
River and Simone
Keisha
Family of: Penelope O'Dysseus, Minuette O'Hara and Bliss (In Loving Memory) - Penny, Minnie & Bliss
Family of: Ringo - HERE TO STAY!, Webster - HERE TO STAY! and Dusty McPuppycat *DLM*
![Afternoon nap... [July 17, 2009]](http://files.dogster.com/pix/cats/73/970373/970373_1307999315.jpg)
![Good girls should take a good long nap in the afternoon. [July 17, 2009]](http://files.dogster.com/pix/cats/73/970373/970373_1307999644.jpg)
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