Thankful for Fun Packages in the Mail

Two Spot here today.  We were chosen to do a review of Petbox..  PetBox is a monthly subscription box that delivers (with FREE shipping) toys, treats, and all kinds of goodies to your cat! They give you the option to choose the items you want for your cat (or dog), or you can have our team of pet experts surprise them with a selection each month! Also, they use all natural products made here in the USA. PetBox wants to deliver the experience that pets and pet owners love!

Look at what we got...

 A kitty DVD - with birds and all kinds of fun things to watch.  And Lawn Protector, something to put in kitty water to keep our pee from turning the grass brown. 

This is great to keep us interested during he day - Mom puts treats inside and we have to figure out how to get them out.  Tabitha and Woody went for this right off.

 An ID maker kit - just register your tag online and put it on their collar.  If they get lost all your info in just a quick link away to get your pet back.  Since we don't go outside, if anyone wants to try this let us know in the comments and we will send it to you free.

This is a cool handmade bandana for cats that slides onto collars for a cool look from an Etsey shop. Ivy has it on below!  Doesn't she look cool?

And last but not least, made in USA, all natural freeze dried chicken treats.  Yum!

If you want to try out a Petbox, use our discount code of  2SPOT, currently active for 10% off your first PetBox.  Since we let them pick out our goodies, we got some stuff not meant for indoor only cats but you can hand pick your items for your dog or cat.  They have lots of cool things to chose from - check them out!

We are thankful we get to review pet products like this and share them with you!

World Smile Day - Oct 3

Eating tuna make Ivy smile.

 

Today is World Smile Day. And all us cats are official World Smile Day Ambassadors.  Do an act of kindness - help one person smile!

World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday in the month of October every year. The idea of World Smile Day was coined and initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. (Mom's hometown.) 

Harvey Ball is known to have created the Smiley Face in 1963. The World's first World Smile Day was held in the year 1999 and has been held annually since.  After Harvey died in 2001, the "Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation" was created to honor his name and memory. The slogan of the Smile Foundation is "improving this world, one smile at a time." The Foundation continues as the official sponsor of World Smile Day each year. (info from Wikipedia)

Getting scritches makes Tabitha smile.

 

Sitting with Mom on her office chair makes Darby smile.

 

 

 

 

What makes you smile?

Welcome to the "Mice Bucket Challenge" for Mamacita and Rosa's Gotcha Day!

Rosa

Nine years ago on this day, we took in feral cat Mamacita and her two kittens Rosa and Angel Manny (he died at age 2 years of a kidney issue) to live the good life indoors.  The decision was made due to the advanced URI the kittens both had at the time - very swollen eyes and face and breathing issues.  Many feral kittens do not survive URIs due to lack of medical care.

Mamacita

In honor of this special 9th Gotcha Day for our gals, we are doing a "Mice Bucket Challenge" with Callie volunteering to be the recipient of the mice bucket dump!  Mamacita and Rosa are far too timid to do it - having mice dumped on them while being filmed would traumatize them for weeks!  They have come along way in being tamed but still after nine years are the least tamed of all the cats.

Mamacita and Rosa - always together

In the "Mice Bucket Challenge", the goal aside from getting a bucket of mice dumped on you, is to make a donation to a shelter to help homeless animals. Because we know how hard it is financially and emotionally to care for many animals,  we will make a donation to a super local rescue called Boxer Butts and Other Mutts  (their Facebook page )  who pull dogs and cats that are senior, handicapped or with medical issues from nearby high kill animal shelters to give them love, care and a foster home until they can be placed in a forever home.  Mom found this group last winter when she was trying to help a senior boxer in our neighborhood who was living outside during a very cold winter.  Heidi, the operator of Boxer Butts offered to pay for medical assistance if the boxer needed it and suggested Mom stop by saying they could help with a donated igloo, food and straw for the dog.  Mom did this with the help of Pop and a friend.  The owner accepted the donations and the boxer was able to have a warm dry place outside for the winter.  They also took her inside on really cold nights.

Anna

Boxer Butts and their operator Heidi, can always use more followers to their Facebook page and donations to help care for their ongoing rescues. They do help cats too - Titan is a black kitten who was thrown fro a moving car and sustained a head injury because of that. He is coming along with care and love.  Sadly, Heidi recently learned her own dog, Anna, who was a rescue a few years ago, has bone cancer.  Anna is not a good candidate for surgery or chemo due to her age and her arthritis, so her days are numbered.  Heidi, true to form, has set up a "Bucket List for Anna" to fill her remaining days with fun new things to experience before it is time to go to the Rainbow Bridge.  In the spirit of "Paying It Forward" for Anna's last birthday in October, she is asking for donations to the local  shelter.  If you are so inclined to donate any amount please send with a card to to - Anna Schermerhorn-Wagner, 108 Schermerhorn Way, Arden, NC 28704.  Or use PayPal to make a donation, noting it is for Anna's Birthday on their home web page.

So...without further ado, here is our Callie taking on the "Mice Bucket Challenge"......



If you can't view the video here - then go to Youtube here.

We hope you enjoyed our Gotcha Day "Mice Bucket Challenge" for Mamacita and Rosa.  Since many of you already have done this challenge - just share our post in hopes that others will donate to Boxer Butts for Anna's last birthday.  Thank you for stopping by!!!

Meow Like a Pirate Day - Sept. 19

Welcome aboard mateys, I be Capt Jack Turner, t' leader o' this scurvy bunch. We be headin' out t' sea at daybreak t' find t' hidden treaaye. Come join us on T' Dirty Buccaneer. She may not look like much but she be gettin' us t' where we go in t' southern seas.

Once we find this chest o' jewels, we will live high for t' rest o' our lives, with all t' ladycats, grog and adventure we could want. Who be joinin' us. Tis be a chance o' a lifetime. Arrgh.

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