Kitty Island
I once told my husband that saving for retirement was pointless. He made a simple suggestion: create a retirement goal to make my 401K seem more relevant & important in my life.
I’m a short-term, impulsive thinker; however, I decided that my retirement goal is to reduce the pet population and rescue abandoned animals. I haven’t written a business plan, but I envision some kind of “kitty and doggy” island where stray, abused & neglected animals benefit from my years of toiling in Human Resources.
So welcome to kitty island. You’ve stumbled upon a repository of awesome kitten photos that chronicle my experience as an orphan-kitten-foster parent in preparation for my retirement plans. Enjoy!
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February 14, 2008
Miss Emma is six months old and totes healthy. She survived being tossed out of a car & is thriving. Hooray for The Divine Miss Emz.
February 2, 2008
We have rescued and rehomed a total of 12 cats since July 2004. Not bad, eh?
Emma: Fall 2007
January 2008 Update
Emma has been adopted by a wonderful, loving family. Ours.
Biggest lesson learned in 2007: Fostering is not for the faint of heart.
November 24, 2007
Emma is available for adoption and has super-cute taste in fashion accessories!
November 23, 2007
Emma is still up for adoption, yo!!
October 24th, 2007
October 22nd, 2007
October 19th, 2007
October 15th, 2007
October 12th, 2007
Meet Emma, our newest foster kitten who was tossed from a speeding car. She is currently recovering from her bumps & bruises and will be available for adoption shortly.
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The Muppet Babies: Summer 2007
I rescued, raised, and adopted out six kittens in (roughly) 60 days. Scroll down and start reading from the bottom. The saga begins on July 30th…
Love,
Laurie
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September 25th, 2007
Oh man, I might be going through kitten withdrawal.
September 23, 2007
We found an adopter for our final Muppet Baby, today. Pepé will be going to a new home, this week.
Six kittens in sixty days. It should be the title of my next book.
September 19th, 2007
A little castration in the morning doesn’t get in the way of being adorable and frisky.
They’re too busy to notice that they’ve been neutered. They are going to a wonderful home on Friday. It is so bittersweet.September 17th, 2007
Oh my god. Everyone has a home except Pepé. Don’t you feel sorry for him? Don’t you just want to adopt him?
September 14th, 2007
Three down, three to go! Scooter Baby has a home!
September 12th, 2007
Shameless self-promotion. I need to get six kittens spayed & neutered. Can you help by sparing $5? Let me know!
September 8th, 2007
We are attending our first adoption event, today! We even made a sign for the cage! muppetbabies.pdf
I’m so nervous for them & I hope we find good adopters who will be kind to my kittens. Only two more weeks until they are eligible to be neutered and to go to a “forever home.” Time flies and I’ll be sad to see them go.
September 4th, 2007
Updated pictures of the boys who are up for adoption! [In this order: Scooter Baby, Pepé, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear]
September 3rd, 2007
The view from my lap as I type email.
August 30th, 2007
Boss of One & Sweetums are lookin’ mighty fine.
August 28th, 2007
These guys are available for adoption.
- Scooter Baby
- Pepe
- Gonzo
- Fozzie Bear
Sweetums has been adopted. They are changing her name to Lucy. Hooray!
August 21st, 2007
After a rousing trip to the vet, Mama took the Muppet Babies to Starbucks on West Main. They all had venti sugar-free decaf vanilla caramel macchiatos and it was so expensive!
August 20th, 2007
Mama has a new haircut (5″ cut off), color, and six awesome kitties.
It’s bath time!
August 17th, 2007
Rowlfie has been adopted. He will go to his new home after he is neutered in approximately 5 weeks.
One down, five to go!
August 14th, 2007
The Muppet Babies are online and ready to be viewed for adoption:
August 11th, 2007
August 8th, 2007
We had a bath at 1:00 AM — after making a mess on one another!
August 6th, 2007
August 3rd, 2007
Here are a few more pictures of the “Muppet Babies.”
July 30th, 2007
Kitties are five days old and almost too cute for words. They don’t look like future cats, though. They look like gerbils. They are eating every four hours. This endeavor reminds me of why I don’t have kids.
The kitties will be available for adoption beginning in seven weeks. You can adopt one sooner, but they can’t go “home” until they are spayed & neutered.
There are six kitties. One is buried underneath the others — you can see his head!
July 30, 2007
These are my orphaned kittens — The Muppet Babies.
- There are six of them: five boys and one girl.
- I began fostering them at five days of age after their Mom was shot by some guy with a fully legal & licensed gun. (Thanks, buddy.)
- I began bottle feeding the kittens on July 30th, 2007.
- Scroll up from the bottom to see the evolution of our story.
SixFive FourOne needs a good home! It’s Pepé!- Email me if you are interested in adopting one of these babies!
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