Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Great cause!
Next time, can we represent the dogs too Ms. Carlyle/Avon?

I think this is a great idea, I have rescue cats myself!

This is a great cause!

I wish I could have kitties, but Hubby and The Boy are very allergic to pet dander.

Great cause. good for avon.

All hail to the mighty cats!

Gracie, you are beautiful - and with that southern accent I am sure you could get something better than Oliver, although I rather like stawberry blonde men. Mmmm, Oliver the dolliver.

lol. Great cause. I’m thinking the 3000 comment mark will be hit wicked fast.

Codeword: act16 (I’m told I already do)

WTG Avon!

Makes me miss my kitties… who live with my parents. I will have to go see them soon.

AWESOME IDEA!

Interesting factoid for the day: In Australia 90% of cats in shelters are euthanased rather than rehomed.  This compares to around 10% of dogs that are euthanased and not rehomed.
Thanks to Avon and Ms Carlyle.

Due to allergies, i’ve never had rescue kitties, just dogs - but my sister’s dumpster cats are I think representing the family. Good for the cats!

Such a great cause. Kudos!

We officially adopted two black cats from the local Humane Society yesterday. So far, they’re crazy. ;) Great cause!

If there was a kitty romance novel, Gracie would be the heroine :)

I have always had rescue or stray kitties. Rescue shelters rock.

I am all for this cause. My cat Mus (mouse) was a rescue kitten as well

Mah Gawd, thah is one pretty kitty.

spamword: ahe97 - Yes, Miss Gracie, I am sure you Ah indeed 97 times more pretty than all your other kitty friends.

Save the Kitties!!!
Save the Kitties!!!

Teh kittehs!
Yew ah so gorgeous, Kitteh Gracie. Good on ya, Ms. Carlyle.

Glad to help out the kitties! My kitty, Alley ( guess where I found him?) was also rescued-and now lives the life of a king. Just like every kitty deserves to!

My spam word is stay32. I’d love to let 32 rescue kitties stay, but I think the litter boxes would be way too much ;-)

Beautiful cat!

Thanks for posting this. We have a rescue cat here, a beautiful flame point Himalayan we adopted from a shelter three years ago. Glad to help out the cause.

I used to volunteer at the Save the Animals no-kill shelter in Cincinnati when I lived there—-my parents still do. 

Many older kitties have come home with us over the years, some of them as handsome as Oliver and gorgeous as Gracie, but mostly not.  I mean really not.  But we love them anyway.

Thank you Avon!  And all the blogs making this possible!

My cat Elliot was a rescue from the local Animal Rescue League and it was love at first sight.  I opened the cage door and he rolled over for me to rub his belly - how could I say no?  Five years later and he is still a constant source of comfort.  Thanks Avon for helping to save the kitties.  We all need a little fur ball to snuggle.

Paranormal Regency!
Animal Shelter!

Thanks Gracie & Avon

Paranormal Regency and Animal Shelter. There’s a win-win!

I’ve had rescue cats my entire life. The current one is sitting beside me as I type this, looking very pleased with herself. Kudos to Avon and all the blogs participating for helping out such a great cause!

Luurve cats!!! So want to have one but we are travelling and renting at the moment, so tough luck. Grace, you are a beauty ;) This is a great cause.

Great idea especially since I’m more of a cat person. :D

Ms Gracie, your personal beauty is only exceeded by your charm and, well, grace. Well done, Avon!

Pretty kitties!  We will be springing a couple of kittens from the Big House as soon as the younger offspring is old enough to take responsibility (i.e. scoopin’ the poop).  She’s been doing the hard sell all year, so I’m thinking that it might be a furry Christmas.

Goodness, what beautiful cats! I look forward with extreme eagerness to the day when I am in a position to have cats of my own - rescue cats, of course.

And yay for charity cat blogging :D

I have one stray and one rescue kitty! Yay for cats!

Aww, what a pretty kitty and a great cause too!

Patina the Catina is the Best Cat.  She chose me.  She makes sleeping even better, and waking up not suck.

Thank you Avon, Ms Carlyle, and lovely Gracie for your concern for homeless cats.  Good Luck!

So very pretty, darlin’.Thank you for lending your lovely and floofy visage to the cause.

Thousands of years ago, humans worshiped cats as gods. They have never forgotten that ;)

I adopted two kitties from a non-kill shelter in Ohio long ago. Best. Cats. Ever. I also support BEST FRIENDS animal shelter in Utah, a non-kill shelter for all sorts of animals.

Yes, Miss Gracie, you are one beautiful kitty.

My cat’s from a shelter and he’s the beast ... er, I mean best. So much personality, such tiny paws.

Miss Grace, you are indeed a very bootiful kitteh.

I live with my kitteh Jake who adopted me when he was wandering around the apartment complex I was living in at the time. He’s big and bootiful but not very bright sometimes.

Our cat is a rescue cat also.  9 years later, she is still leaving tasty morsels from her daily successful hunts on our doorstep in gratitude.  We love her but the gratitude, it is enough.  Good on Avon for spreading the love.

I so, so want a kitty.  I miss the cat my family had for 17ish years.  I was 12 when she died and am still trying to convince my dad that allergy medicine was invented for reason.  Mulitiple times this past month I have been tempted to sneak a kitten into the apartment, but the bathroom is too small for a litter box :( (and i don’t think my roommates would like a cat)  Good charity and thanks to you, beautiful Gracie, for letting me know about it.

Gracie, ah heer ur pane.  Mah advise: bite! Hard and offen.

Then, nap.

(PS. good werk. ah wood do dis 2, but am napping.)

—Sophie’s Cat Bubbles McFancy

Grace do you really want a rival for their admiration?

The opening to the Lolcats Waste Land:

april hates u, makes lilacs, u no can has.
april in ur memoriez, making ur desire.
spring rain in ur dull rootzes.

http://www.corprew.org/blog/2007/10/17/lolcat-wasteland/

Save the kitties!  They are teh cutez.

Another dollah for teh kittehs!!

Dear Gracie,

I feel your pain; I am the only female in my house. Stay strong.

spamword: maybe25 (I wished!)

Yes, you can has comment!  Go kittehs!

Four much-loved and overindulged cats here begged me to comment for their overseas brethren.  Magrathea, Cal, Abraxus and Ambrose.  Also got dogs, but not allowed to mention them in same breath.

Another allergy sufferer her who would love to have a kitteh, especially one as awesome as Gracie.  But since I can do that, I can still comment and help save kittehs for others to love.  And I can admire from a safe distance.
Thank you Avon and Liz Carlyle.

Spamword:  Special 23—there are way more than 23 special cats out there to be saved.

Hooray for rescue kitties! May your people rescue more female animals soon.

My Kismet, a beautiful big gray boy, walked in the door of our rented townhouse as we were looking for a house to buy.  We had planned on getting a cat from the shelter once we got settled in, so it was just fate that he found us!

What a great claws err I mean cause - Smoodge and Sparky - (wicked and spoiled felines)

Wonderful!  I just adopted an abandoned kitty.  His name is Selkie, and we are now the bestest of friends.  Mostly because he knows I give him food.  But he also insists on sleeping on my boobs whenever possible.  It’s rather aggressive.

Ah, the kitty. She’s right about the big, meanie boy kitties. And those dogs, what could Sarah have been thinking.

Rescue kitties, near & dear to my carpets… Seriously hair *everywhere*. Worthless beasts.

Killer (that’s what happens when you let the 5 year old name a cat)
Tycho (that’s what happens when you let the husband name a cat)
&
Bad Kitty aka Blackjack (extra toes really are a sign of the Devil)

all say thank you for the donation!

My rescue kittie says to comment and save her sisters/brothers of other mothers. Since I value my skin, my furniture, and my sanity- Here I am!
( not that she would actually do that- but we who own cats know who’s in charge- no? ;-) )

Rescue animals are the best! No kittehs here, but 2 rescued goggies who make life infinitely better. Dexter and Gary Cooper both say ‘Yay Avon!’

Clearly, Miz Gracie, you should blog more often.i

My brother and his wife rescue cats in Minneapolis.  They aren’t going to have kids, so they’ve got cats instead.  They only have two currently, but they’re both very pretty kitties, just like Gracie AND they’re girls! They and Gracie should totally become facebook friends.

Sadly I can’t rescue cats, I’m horribly allergic to them. And I’ve no room for dogs. :( But I’m more than happy to help out those who can!  So here’s my comment. And kudos to those who help rescue pets and to the SB ladies for promoting such a great cause.

Rescue kitties are the best! Dragon, Pippa, Indy, Emma and Jazzman are proof positive at our house!

Victorian Romance? I’m in! Kitty saving? I’m in! I have 4 kitties I found as strays myself.

Our rescue kitty is curled up beside me purring as I type this!

I’m all about cats—we have two.  One crochety old geezer who has to be the most irritable (and most handsome) cat there ever was.  And my baby girl who is 10 now and still completely adorable and good tempered.  She’s also the only other girl in the house aside from me, and well, we have to stick together, don’t we.

Go Rescue Kitties!

I <3 Rescue Kitties!

Our rescue cat, Captain Ty, agrees with about the pretty of rescue cats. Except he is handsome. Gloriously so. And so modest, too!

I just got a kitty and he is already starting to whip my dogs and I into shape. Though I will stand firm against his proposed wake up and play time of 4 am, regardless of if the dogs want to play/eat with the cat at any time.

Captcha word always95, as in I always get my animals from rescues, at least 95 out 100 times!

I have a rescue kitty, Mayhem. She is most awesome. :)

I have a rescue dog and used to have rescue cats.  They are all most awesome!

My rescue cats and I approve.

Hello, Gracie.  You are indeed very pretty.  Allow me to add to the insanity.

spamword: twenty36 Hopefully we’ll get at least 2036 comments here.

I have two kitties from the local humane society. Angel is the Diva of the house and Willow well she is the boss even though she is younger than Angel…

Thanks for the giggle

Shelter cats are the greatest ones.

Miss Gracie is the beeyooteefull, and Avon is the rockstars.

Three thousand thumbs up for this venture!

Great way to raise money for an even greater charity.  Thanks Liz and Avon.  Hope this idea catches on with other authors and their publishers.

Who is The Pretty?  YOU ARE.

(Also, Sarah, has she been watching True Blood?  It sounds a bit like she may have a case of The Sookehs.)

I have never been rescued by a cat (yet)

For Teh Kitties! <3

We’ve got one at my place and though she’s quite tiny (always been the runt of the litter) she makes up for her solo-kitty status of the house and her size with sheer force of personality. The little darling is Queen of the House, our two dogs who could’ve eaten her in one bite when we got her, and Supreme Ruler over me and my family too.

This is a great cause - thanks Gracie, Sarah, and Avon!

Teh kittehs, they are the bootiful.  We must saves them all!

Kittiez! I haz them. (Both adopted from no-kill shelters. Bless those dedicated humans.)

Great cause! I’m glad to be a part of it!

Yay for rescue kitties… They inspired this long time reader/lurker into leaving a comment!

Thumbs up to Avon for sponsoring this.

That’s very kind of Ms. Carlyle and Avon.

why, you are by far the prettiest kitty I have seen! and so well spoken…I think you’ve been reading those books you’ve been laying on!

Perfect cat attitude - here’s to making your goal:)

I’ve got one rescue cat (and a rescue bird, plus a spoiled rotten non-rescue bird). Yay for kitties!

This is an excellent cause. And maybe in the future we can have one for doggies too! I certainly love cats (I wish I could get them, but the rest of the family is against it). Here’s at least one more comment towards your goal!

Great - hope this helps many cats.

Spamword: had44 - would that make me an ex-cat lady?

We have plans to bring two rescue kitties home in the very near future. Good on Avon for sponsoring this!

Hooray for rescue kitties!

What a great cause!

My babies are…dogs (Sorry).  they are both from the Humane Society and are the BEST ever.  I love the little furballs (even though one isn’t so little at 80 pounds).

anything to support the four legged babies.

Go kitties! I have six rescue/special needs beasties, and they say “Romance Readers are awesome”!

My bookcat came from the Cat Protection Society here in Melb, the only way to ever get a cat IMO.

This is a great idea, much better than a trailer.

commenty commentness commencing.

Yay! for rescue pets!

Thanks AvonBooks for your generosity.

I’m one of those people for whom cats are best when they belong to other people. I’m so very happy to support pet rescue fundraising no matter the type of pet, though :D Keep up the good work!

I comment on behalf of Arthur and Ron, my gingers.  Also, the poor skinny kitty who spent the night of the Minnesota deluge in my garage.  I hope she was healthy enough for the shelter to find her a home.

*rescue cat in Pennsylvania wavez*

My peeples says hello! Now we looks for Avon books to sleep on, er… readz for dis week!

:)

I love my two rescue kitties! This is a great cause.

You go, grrrl… I have rescue cats of my own, and I always hit the donation button at the PetSmart checkout. Glad to help here as well.

My goodness, this group is up and at it early, and putting a serious hurt on Avon’s pocketbook!  Everyone must have had their coffee this morning.  Thank you all for being here, and a huge thanks to SBTB and Avon.  I’m not normally out in cyberspace much, but this is fun and worthwhile.  Jen, THANK you for adopting black cats.  They are the hardest cats of all to place.  I’m not sure why.  But they so often go wanting for homes.

I have my very own basement kitty draped across my shoulders right now, which makes for inefficient typing, let me tell you. Saved him from being drowned with his litter mates, and we’ve been pals ever since.  Save teh kitties!

numbers63 - The number of kitties I would like to have snuggling on a cold Minnesota night

Wonderful idea. I, His Most Spikalicious King Spike of Spikington, do hereby give my royal seal of approval. If not for the valiant and heroic work of Cats Protection in sheltering my mother, my infant siblings and myself, I might never have risen to the position I rightfully occupy: namely, as Supreme Ruler of the Universe, which I oversee from my comfortable house, kept by my staff of devoted slaves, and assisted by my carefully chosen acolytes: Jack, Daisy, and Jemima.

Of course, even the Supreme Ruler of the Universe has his nemesis. If anyone knows how to get rid of a Demon Puppy, you would find your monarch a very grateful cat.

Royally yours,

Spike

I have two rescue kitties and this is a great idea from the author and avon!

Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur…
Happy Kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr…

Gracie - you are one pretty kitty.  If I were there I’d pet you all day.

Awwww…..

I would like to help kittehs!  Writing this in memoriam of Stubby and Stinky - my two rescue tabby Manx brothers.  They lived to be 16 & 17, each succumbing to cancer in their old age.  Missing them terribly every day!!

Gracie you are sooooo prettiful.

We are rescue kittehs, too. We use our buttz, nozes and pawz to help our lady write her books. We are suggesting she shop for some new Avon books…

Merlin, Herne, Angus, Rowan, Morrighan and Willow.

Hooray for kitties!

Not a cat lover- but hate to see animals mistreated-I rescue dogs. Hope the funds help da kitties

Yay! I have a rescue kitty myself. Our neighbors moved away and left her to fend for herself, so when we moved we snatched her up and brought her with us. I just couldn’t leave her to starve or take her to a shelter where she’d be put to sleep. She’s now a fat, happy indoor cat with more personality than is good for her! :)

Miss Abigail and the Daisycat love romance novels - one of them tried to take a bite out of the plastic cover on a library copy of a Georgette Heyer the other day.  They offer sympathy and amazement to Gracie.  And thanks to Avon.

Commenting on behalf of my three cats, two of which were adopted from shelters or a vet’s office!

Cats make me sneeze, but I will still comment to help you, adorable cat :)

Oh, wow, what a beautiful cat!  If only I weren’t so allergic.

I miss having kitties.  We always had Humane Society kitties when I was growing up.

Reminds me that another donation to animal rescue is due. Thanks, Gracie

Wow, what a great initiative :)

This is a great cause. Props to Avon and Ms. Carlyle. People who abandon their pets make me crazy.

Way to go Avon!  My four rescue boys (cats) would all think this was a great idea if they cared for anything except themselves.  Right now they are 100%  focused on eating Friskies classic salmon pate.

KITTY!

That is all.

Both of my cats were adopted from shelters.  They are the best cats ever.

Awww!  This isn’t going to take long at all!  I grew up in the country and I had no idea people actually went to animal shelters to get pets because ours always just showed up . . . dumped by unfeeling arseholes because cats are wild creatures don’t you know and can survive in the wilds of Idaho with wolves and foxes and bears and other predators.  Idiots.  I actually have a kitty right now I acquired this way.  And then I have two others I got at a shelter.  Kitties are the best!

Great cause!  Save teh kitties!

Happy to do a good deed for rescue cats AND learn that Carlyle has a new book out, that I just pre-ordered *happydance*!

I have to confess, Stacy, that this was all Avon’s idea.  I think they wanted to drag me out into the public eye, and found my weak spot.  LOL.  I truly am a cataholic.

King Spike of Spikalicious, I bow down to you.

Yay kitties! Ours are rescues too. I was just reading through my old blog entries from when we got Sam-the-cat, poor wee scared tough cookie that she was. And now she snuggles and purrs and sits on laps and is happy. Every single day I feel tremendously glad that we’ve been able to balance out her awful first year of life by giving her a safe, happy, loving home.

I really enjoyed One Touch of Scandal, too!

What a gorgeous girl! We have three kitty babies and I don’t know what I would do without them :)

Hooray for the rescued kittehs!  Both of our kitty boys were rescued.  One from a drop off at a friend’s farm (why do people DO That?!  It’s not like farmers have money to feed hordes of cats!)  And the other one adopted us out of all the houses in our neighborhood after his crazypants (no really) owner was taken to live someplace nice and quiet.  So yay for adopting the kitties! 

And really PLEASE don’t drop your kitties off at a farm, they can’t afford them either and you’re just creating problems for other people it’s not nice.

For the Kittehs who have gone to the Great Scratching Post in the sky: Feeni, Capri, Hocus, Pocus, Dominocus, Zauberie and Mergatroid.  To the trio currently harrasing the dog, Tiki, Heavens2 and Bezzie. Rescues Rule!

This is such a nice idea! I love cats and I just had to comment on here.

My fat cat, The Mooster and I say yay!

My dachshund Yofi says, “Why would you want to rescue cats?  They make mom sneeze!  And they’re cats!!!”

But Yofi’s mom thinks it’s alright to rescue kitties and find them good homes.  With other people.  Good work, Sarah, Avon, Liz and teh kittehs.

Save the kitties! :)

Yay for cat rescues! I rescued my first cat, Othello, in May. He is quite possibly the funniest, cutest little boy ever (besides my two dogs). I’m obsessed. He makes me laugh every day and I couldn’t imagine life without him.

oh and Sarah - hilarious, hilarious writing. Seriously, my cat could have written this, because this is totally how he acts!

With gratitude from my own two feline familiars, who have to put up with the evil doggy minions chewing on their whiskers, and inappropriate sniffage.

PS; yay for NSAL - I too have donated for many years.

spamword: feet56 - what the kittehs like to run under when stoopid hoomans are on the stairs

What an incredibly awesome idea!

I CAN HAZ RESCUE PLZ?
I GO NOW. KTHXBAI. PFFTHT.

Great cause!  We had to put down one of our shelter cats this weekend after 13 long, love-filled years.  Once the sadness wears off a bit, I’m sure we’ll be back in our local shelter rescuing another.

I have 3 rescue kitties, so this is a grand thing!

My Henry looks like your Oliver.

Izzabelle is the self appointed Princess in our home.  She’s the only female cat and likes to keep it that way.  She rules with an iron paw.  We found her on Petfinders and had to bring her into our family!  Gabriel, our male cat and Izzy’s reluctant subject, was someone’s throw away.  When he showed up at work on a cold Nov. morning was about 6 mo. old and weighted around 4 lbs.  He wasn’t much more than skin and bones.  Now he’s twice as tall and long as Izzy and weighs twice as much.  And he’s thin!  If we were to ever to adopt another cat it would be another male, I don’t think Iz would be very happy if we brought another female in.
We also have 2 female Labs, Iz likes to think she has them under her thumb too.  They’re litter mates and no end to trouble.  I can’t wait until they’re 2 years old and start acting like they have brains.
Save 2 lives, Adopt!

My Dearest Lady Gracie,

As a fellow compatriot of those-who-live with-posterior-sniffers, I felt compelled to write and express my gratitude to yourself and Miss Carlyle for exercising this laudable enterprise.  May we get all the comments required and may our respective Fools find themselves interrupted a la toilette.

Yours in royalty,

Princess Tatia

I’m a dog person, but good for Avon!

Donate my comment buck, please!!

I was wondering why a cat would deign to entertain us with her queenly words, but this is for a good cause indeed.  Thanks for the opportunity!

This is for Zhu-Zhu, who was almost too tiny and scrawny and is now sleek and sassy.

Go Avon! What a great cause only next time we need to represent for the puppies too.

Rescue dogs too!  And spay or neuter your pet!  It’s a shame when unwanted pets are dumped to fend for themselves!

My dog says thank you. Keep them kitties out of his yard and away from his birds!

If you live in California, you might check out the rocking Spay and Neuter license plate we have going on. 007 did the art (his rescue dog and kitty).

This is awesome… yay for the rescues!

Happy to comment to save kitties like Ava and Tako who are not mine but are both very well-loved rescue kitties.

My 3 rescue kitties all say “meow meow,” which I will take to mean “thank you” but could also mean “feed me,” “pet me,” or “get off my couch stupid human and get that dog out of my face.”
Thanks Avon and Mrs. Carlyle

You are very pretty. You should write more blog posts. In between naps, of course. And yeah for Avon! Bravo.

KITTIES!
Dogs are cool, and I have one. But CATS, well, they’re a whole ‘nother level. They are fantabulous fantastic.

But can some one explain the midnight crazies?

Squirrel says MEOW!!! On behalf of her brothers, Moose and Zooey.

You are one pretty kitty =)

What an excellent cause. How could I not comment?

Thank you for doing this! My feline housemates, Sherman and Ash, appreciate it.

Because I have opposable thumbs and, oh yay, FINGERS…I have been told to write this. Yes, yes…verbatim…sheesh.

“We are your superiors in EVERY WAY. We can purr and drool at the same time. We have claws that make you stay where we want you. We can run at things SIDEWAYS, fast and slow. Our imitation of beached whales sunning themselves in a warm spot is BETTER than a beached whale’s.

We shall not go on because even human slaves with inferior intellect can catch our drift. Now give us our tuna. No don’t add that part. Stupid human slave. Pet us.

Wretched Bastard Cat and Hailey Bing”

There, verbatim, I hope you two are satisfied…No? Of course not…sheesh.

You’ve clearly found out that my one true weakness is cats. . .

spamword: army65. My evil army only has 65 people in it right now, but soon it will contain millions!

What an awesome idea!  They’re the one animal I wish I wasn’t allergic to =/

-Rueyn.

My humane society kitty, Belinda, says thank you!  I just wish she’d say it without the “brings live chipmunks into house and forgets them” bit.  (And believe me, it was her lucky day when we came in - she has it goooooooood.  I want to come back as my own housecat, thank you.)

Our previous cat was also a rescue, though not from the Humane Society people, but from the women’s dorms at Furman University.

Good for Avon and Liz Carlyle!

save the kittes !!!

From my rescues to yours.. great way to help out

I can have no moar dogs nao? Teh goggehs wif deer butt-sniffin is teh indigneety! Mah peeples found me in a tree as a litle kitteh and nao I have a happee home. Teh goggehs are big and furry but I rool dem. (Goggehs drool, kittehs rool!) Mah name is Adidas, Gracie, and I luv mai peeples. Dey reskused teh Cooper and Boone goggehs, too.

Yay for Avon and duh writer ladee. Smart Bitches rool, too!

Love ya, Gracie!

JQ

We have two rescue kitties and they are the best in the entire world! We’re also ready to rescue #3 soon. I LOVE this site (even though I lurk) and I LOVE this fundraising idea. THANK YOU!

Thanks for the heads up, Gracie!  Kittehs are teh awesome!

Brilliant cause.
I have a wonderfully cute (and completly mental) rescue cat myself.

Fellow rescue kitties Ringo and Mocha hope lots and lots of money goes to help other kitties find good homes, preferably without the dogs that sniff the butts (what is that about?!) because they know how it is to suffer such indignities. They also know how great it is to find a home where they can be King and Queen and lay all over computer keyboards and homework papers and annoy the butt-sniffing dog and generally live a nice life with lots of love.

Great cause!

Awesome! Brilliant idea…

Awww, Kitty!!  Floofy kitty!!  As a rule, all floofy kitties are fantastic.  Even when their floof gets stuck in your lipgloss.

I’ll just channel a two-year-old here - “Kitties!!”

Awesome!

Posting in memory of my shelter kitty, Pillow, my girl for 11 happy years.

Awesome cause. Thank you.

Gracie is teh byootiful kitteh…

Rescue cats are fabulous - I have one of my very own, and I’m so lucky that she’s been with me for 13 years.  There is nothing like it when the cat realizes s/he is home to stay and the hoomin is all hers/his to enslave.  Rescue orgs & their people deserve all kinds of kudos and support.

How fantastic!  All of my kittehs have been rescues in one way or another so this is a cause near and dear to my heart.  Lucie, Jasper and Olly thank you!

spambot: under75 -yep, still under 75 cats, not for lack of trying

Go, Avon.  Thanks from Phoebe and Jasper (my rescue kitties).

What a great idea!

Four paws up for Avon!

Most of the pets I’ve had through out my life have been from shelters.

The few that weren’t were special cases. The first was when I was a kid. A cat who’s mom was an alley cat behind our building. She died and left a littler behind. By the time we all realized this there was only one kitten left. We bottle fed him. The second cat came from an elderly lady who had to go in to a care facility. Her niece knew my uncle and we ended up with this HUGE adult cat who had been de-clawed and was terrified of the outdoors. He quickly endeared himself to the family and the little kids learned that just because a cat has no claws does not mean it can’t defend itself. That cat had a mean right cross. The last was a black lab puppy that my mother-in-law nearly ran over. Apparently it’s ma had been hit and was lying dead by the side of the road. My mother-in-law didn’t want it, bu she couldn’t leave it by the roadside, so we ended up taking it. We haven’t had a pet since we had to give her away because of an out of state move to an apartment with no pets. I’d never had to give a pet up before and having to give her up hurt so we decided no more pets until we have our own home. At least she ended up in a good place. One of my husband’s co-workers knew someone who had a several black labs and a large farm with room to run.

Love the kitties! Mine is on my laptop as I lean over to type the comment on my “laptop” computer which rarely gets lap time now that the weather is getting colder.  Gracie, be certain to have Sarah give you a good scritchin’ for me!

I bow before the gorgeousness that is Miss Gracie and the generocity that is Liz Carlyle and Avon Books!

oops, meant the kitty is on my lap taking the place of my laptop.  i need to learn to proof read before hitting submit!

My late rescue kitty, Stella, would be very happy about Avon’s promotion. My dog Anna, not so much.

Hellp Gracie -

While we have never met I am quite aware of your beauty (although I am just as, if not slightly more, beauteous) as I am Emily of the Iron Lesbians. They come to your house and gaze upon your beauty every now and then.  While they think I am their cat, really they are my staff.  However, that stupid poodle poochie, Autumn, is the bane of my existence and I do not understand why she is permitted to breathe my air. I express this sentiment loudly on a daily basis.  I am quite impressed that you have managed to get someone to donate money to help rescue kitties.  My dear departed sister, Sylvia, and I were rescued from a box at the Berlin Mart in New Jersey.  I think Sylvia was dropped on her head prior to her rescue because she was never quite right but I should not speak ill of the dead even if it did make my life easier when she “passed.”  I would say “come visit me” but I am not so fond of other cats really so let’s not kid ourselves.  We must gaze upon each other’s beauty from afar.

I’m a dog person, but save the kittehs!

Cats are wonderful!!!! As soon as I don’t live in my death-trap, anti-pet apartment anymore, I will be having one for myself. For sure. :) Thanks for the message, Grace!

One more dollar in loving memory of Clawed, Tigger and Free. Long live teh rescute kittehs in their forever homes!

Wonderful Idea!!  Posting in memory of my Ashley-girl and my Siamese Sasha.

I wish I could get paid a dollar for thirty second’s work. I wish it could be a dollar every thirty seconds.

I’m commenting on behalf of my rescue kitties, Shakes and Nikki.

This is such a lovely idea,almost as lovely as Gracie:) The oldest cat in my home is a shelter kitty-my sister picked him out as a Christmas gift-and he is the best.

We have a pair of kitten girls(born out in the wilds of Upstate New York and rescued by one of our relatives who passed them on to us)who drive him crazy but they all manage to get along somehow. Rescue kitties rule!

Your kitties are ridiculously cute