Thankful Thursday

I am always THANKFUL when I get an email and pix from one of Furrydance's 'Extended Family'!

We often look at your blog and then we remind ourselves that if we send you pics, others could see our pretty girls.

Twiggy has been good on the seizures she went 5 whole months without one, we thought maybe she was finally stopping, but she has had 2 in the last 2 months. Wishful thinking.

Ruby continues to be quite a handful. She still sleeps under Susan's arm at night and continues to scream for no apparent reason. She really likes to run and play with the “kittens” we wound up keeping, for a lack of a good home. Living with 7 cats is quite a challenge.

Then we still feed our 3 outside feral girls who have a home with us. WE really didn’t start out to be the crazy cat people but they chose us sooooo, the only downside is we have not been able to take a vacation in the last 2 years. With 3 cats on medication it’s tough, we don’t have the heart to board them and we don’t know anyone who would stay at our house, but you know, we make choices, and they bring us a lot of joy.

Have a great day,

Susan and Gary

Wordless Wednesday

...Oh, not another photo of that 'envied fireplace'! But who doesn't love seein' two brudders snuggling?!

Percy and Brinkley of Davidson, North Carolina fame

Fashion Friday 'n More

Hi Furriends! For all of you patiently waiting for your auction prizes to arrive...no, they aren't lost--they are all sitting right here on our house still. Teri wanted to make sure she got the right prize to the right place and well, like she told Gracie, her brain kinda felt like it was made of scrambled eggs when she tried to get all the details straight. She has great admiration for all the work that Gracie does every month with these FunRaising Auctions!




But she thinks it's all done now and she will work on packaging all the items up and getting them out to everyone soon! We know how hard it is to be on the 'waiting end' of getting your purresents and we are furry sorry for the delay! Oh, we got one more cash donation after the Auction closed, too! It was from Teri's therapist--she donated her fee for a therapy session because she knew all about Brighton and the auction and the wonderful CB support, and Teri has even helped her with finding a new puppy and dealing with a poodle breeder lady. Teri hopes it all works out for the best, as her therapist is very sad without a doggie to keep her company.


And, since the title of this post was Fashion Friday, here are Brighton and Disco in their newest outfits! Teri has known Carla, of Meow-Wear for many years and finally she asked her to make a custom made shirt for Brighton. Since his nickname is Surfer Dude, she wanted something 'Beachy' in theme and when Carla sent her photos of the fabric she found, Teri liked both of them so much she had her make one of each. Disco's will fit better when he is down to 12# and Brighton's fit's perfectly. Teri said she thinks Brighton looks like Don Johnson from Miami Vice, and hahameow, Disco reminds her of that chubby TV detective,

Frank Cannon .

Wordless Wednesday

These two sweetie pies are Furrydance Lola & Furrydance Furlinghetti, who live close by with the other snugglebuddy, Slick the Sphynx! Teri got to spend Christmas Day with them and their pawrent, Kaye.

Caturday Saturday!

Well...did ya miss us? Our Teri has been busy helping Gracie out with Brighton's Yule Tide Auction and we haven't been able to visit any of our furriends cuz she's been on the computer workin! We have visited a few of you, to thank you for supporting the auction, but we have on our to-do list to do something a little fun and special for each of you...

Gracie said Teri helped her so much that she wants her to write out 'instructions' to assist future 'cats-in-need' when they have an auction! Gracie said Teri was so organized and right on top of things, and that she got lots fewer emails with questions this auction. Teri got right on that...Pawing it Forward so to speak.

We are actually still getting donations, even though the auction is over! Gracie said Brighton's Auction was the most successful one and brought in more green papers than any she can remember. We here at Curlz and Swirlz are on Cloud 9, and feel like we've all been rolling in the Nip, we are so high with happiness!


We all had a very special Christmas because of you who came to Brighton's aid! It was fun to have the house decorated for the holidays again and listen to Christmas Music (Teri, did you hide that Meowy Christmas CD?). Even our petsitter said they all had fun while watching us over New Years weekend, looking all around the house and finding all the decorations Teri put out everywhere!

She and Brighton had fun visiting friends in North Carolina over the New Years weekend--you know, Percy and Brinkley's house with that lovely fireplace, screened in porch and super cat tree!

She also is happy to report that having just Brighton with her on this trip gave her a chance to monitor his urinations easily and he made 2-3 big clumps every day and that is good news, as the vet said his urine is still too concentrated and that makes for crystal formation sometimes and shows he isn't peeing often enough sometimes.

Here's some pix of Brighton and Teri enjoying their holiday:

Ahhhh, Roast Beef for our New Years Eve Dinner!

And a lovingly prepared breakfast!

Brighton looking stylish in 'his' guest bedroom...

Brinkley attending the Rose Parade!

Teri watchin' Brinkley in the Parade, hahameow!

Teri and Brighton in front of the envied fireplace!

Percy in a sunbeam... he is not as 'angelic' as he looks!

Pasha, thinking that a taste of Roast Beef might be nice!

We all got new collars and name tags for Christmas, too! Even though we are microchipped, Teri says it's still a good idea to have a collar and tag so if we get out accidentally or there is a catastrophe like a hurricane or flood, that whoever finds us can call Teri instead of having to try and get to a vet's or shelter to have us scanned. That is what she tells all the people who have Furrydance cats, too. Here we are, sporting our new Beastie Bands and Red Dingo tags--hubba hubba!

But we never had collars or tags before! Teri said this is part stopping breeding...to have us be 'Just Pets' and not have to worry if the collars rub our furs off round our necks cuz we won't be going to cat shows now, except just for fun, to be 'Ambassador' cats.

The CFA Ambassador Cat program is set up to engage spectators with the various breeds of pedigreed cats. This gives spectators the opportunity to interact with the show cats - feel the coat of a Persian, the waves on a Cornish Rex, or the suede-like body of a Sphynx. Find out for yourself what the boning of the Maine Coon, or body of the Oriental, actually feels like.

Most of the time, at cat shows, people are busy showing their cats, don't want you touching them, and are sometimes even downright unfriendly. But the exhibitors who join the Ambassador Program are the ones who are social and friendly and know that their kitties are there to be petted and handled, and they bring the cats that also enjoy it, too. Look for the CFA Ambassador Cats at the next CFA cat show you visit!

Oh, the other big news we have to shares....Coco is pregnant! The vet said she can feel 3 or maybe 4 little ones, and this will be Furrydance's very last litter, and we already have 4 people waiting for babies! They all have had Cornish Rex before and either want to add another one to their family, or they lost a special kitty and their home is just not the same without the companionship and love of a CRex in their lives.

Teri once again is promising us she is going to work on the basement tomorrow as she wants to get that 'albatross' from around her neck and be able to enjoy the space (and have us enjoy it again, too). Coco ran down there recently and Teri thinks she saw a flea on her when she picked her up and if that is the case...she does need to clean up down there!

We are all on Revolution but she will need to get those fleas deaded in the basement. She knows insecticides can be bad, but she has used Vet Kem Siphotrol Plus House Treatment in the past safely, and she ordered that already! There have been lots of raccoons around outside now we are feeding the ferals, TomTom and Mama Katz, so Teri could have brought in a flea or two on her socks when she went out in the backyard...it can happen! She has set up the trap again, all covered and with a bathmat inside, in hopes of trapping Tom Tom soon!

She saw him yesterday and he had oil on his head and back--a sure sign he has been trying to keep warm under cars!! Dangerous and sad--but so far neither he nor Mama Katz want to use the shelters Teri made for them, even with the heating pad inside! It snowed today and has been cold, and she would feel a lot better knowing they were safe and warm.

Disco put on a few ounces (ummm, 6...) in the last couple of weeks and Teri still isn't keeping to her promise of getting him to exercise every day, or even once a week! Bad Teri! But he is still under 15# and that's good. He is looking much more fit and not so flabby!

And little Fifi? She is doing great in her new home, lots of hallway races and laptime there! I'll post some photos soon as I figure out how to download them...

Tortie Tuesday! Co-Starring Brighton!

Fifi heads off to her new home tomorrow, and I think her buddy Brighton is going to miss her! Here's a cute video of them playing with the Christmas present a friend gave them and it's rather entertaining, for cat and human alike!



We want to thank everyone who submitted a photo for Brighton's Christmas Photo FUNraiser and we are glad we aren't the one having to pick a winner...that would be furry hard to do! Twenty-six photos were submitted and each one was Holiday Fun and raised another $80!! We are so furtunate to have furriends who love a kitty they have never met, but feel like they know Brighton because we are CB family.


And now into the final week of Brighton's Yule Tide Auction...the bidding action is purrity fast and furrious, and so fun to see what our furriends have donated and who wants what....furry exciting! And it'll be like Christmas all over again for some lucky winners! Brighton said he'd include a pawtigraphed photo with each item and maybe even some furrs for those girls who would like to sniff a little Eau de Brighton, hahameow!