Hello. Ah am Gracie. Ah am one of Sarah’s cats. Ah am one of two girls in this house. Everyone else is a boy.
That is the disgusting.
Here is me. Am Ah not pretty? Ah am pretty. You can send me the tributes. Ah like the Pounce.
Sarah asked me to write the entry today because Ah have not ever done so, despite sitting on many, if not all, of Sarah’s romance novels. Mah Gawd, they are everywhere. Piles of them. Ah like to drape my
hairy backside
– ahem – beautiful puffulous posterior across as many as possible, especially if they are in the sun. The books make mah furs glitter, and Ah hear that is very desirable.
Let us go back a minute. Aren’t Ah pretty? Yes, thank you. Admire Mah
Booty
Beauty.
Anyway, this is my brother, Oliver. Sarah calls him The Diggus. Ah call him The Stupid. He is the very dumb. Oliver and Ah were born in Brooklyn. We are rescue kitties adopted from North Shore Animal League. Sarah adopted us because it was the easiest way she knew of to make sure she and Mah Man didn’t break up when they moved in together. See? Ah am pretty, and Ah am the relationship guarantee, in one pretty furry package.
Then came The Spawn, and his late brother, The Foo. They are rescue kitties, too, from… oh, Ah do not care where they are from, but I wish Spawn would go back there. He is annoying. There are more boys, too: DOG Boys. Can you imagine the indignity? First, there was Toto, and Logan, who both came from the Petfinder.org. And now there are the TWO boy dogs – this is unacceptable but no one is listening to me, here. Buzz and Zeb are from a kill shelter in Arkansas, and Ah will tell you between us that Ah am glad they are here, but Ah wish they would stop trying to sniff Mah Butt. Indignity, Ah tell you.
Anyways. Sarah asked me to write this to tell you that the people at the Avon Books have lost their ever loving’ minds. First they wanted to make a book trailer, but when they said Ah could not be The Star, I said, No. Spend your money somewhere else. Like on me. Then they said no. So then we had the idea. Their author, Liz Carlyle, has rescue cats (clearly, she is the woman of the excellent taste) and to celebrate her new book, One Touch of Scandal, Avon is doing A Touch Of the Crazypants Fund Raising.
For every comment left here, and at a collection of other blogs about the romance, AvonBooks will be donating $1 to Cat Angels, a rescue organization chosen by the Ms. Carlyle. She has the good taste, yes.
The donation will be capped at $3000.00 US, with one comment per person, though you can comment at the other sites including Avon Romance, DearAuthor, Romantic Times Blog, Borders TrueRomance, Fresh Fiction among others (links to come! – SBS). Comments will remain open until we hit $3000.00, or 3000 comments across all the different sites. How long do you think that crazy will take?
If you have the time for that kind of thing. Ah personally am due for Mah Nap.
So go leave the comments here and elsewhere. Feel free to compose odes to the awesome of animal rescue, or to Mah Beauty, or both, and help rescue kitties, like me. $3000, 3000 comments, all for the kitty rescue. Leave the comment, spend the dollar. Is easy.
Because rescue kitties like me, we are the Awesome. And so pretty, did you not notice? Yes, Ah know. So pretty.
Diggus, Spawn, Gracie, and Zeb have a message for you:
Despite being mad at my own cat right now (because there are cat hairs in my tea, because someone wanted a taste while I was getting the kids on the bus, grrrr), here I am 🙂 Go kitties.
here kitty kitty kitty >**<
ahh, Kitties! I don’t have one myself (mostly because I have a pit bull who would think it was lunch), but I adore them! Great cause, Avon – thanks!
Leaving a comment to help the kitties. Hello kitties and thank you Avon!
I love me some rescue cats! I don’t know what I’d do without my faithful office assistant sitting on the keyboard while I’m trying to finish a scene…
My favorite pet was a cat named Mystic. He was gray on gray tiger stripes and the sweetest thing in the world. When I came home from work he would wait for me to pick him up and carry him through the house. We’d watch a particular show together with him curled up on my shoulder and when it was over…he’d go about his business and I’d get changed out of my uniform. I miss him so much!
Yay for moneys for kittehs!! And, yes, Grace you ah Very, VERY pretteh!
What a wonderful thing for Avon to do! My own personal kitty, Lucy, Queen of the Universe, definitely approved.
yay for moneys for kittehs! And, yes, Grace – You are very, VERY pretty!
I can never have a cat (too many allergic people in my life) but I can’t wait until I can rescue two great dogs!
I’m ecstatic to hear that others have ‘floofy’ kittehs-my kids laugh themselves sick everytime I use that word 🙂
YAY for rescues! We rescued a kitty, Trixie, from the SPCA about six years ago. Then we annoyed her when we adopted a beagle, Lily, from a rescue-league.
Thanks to AVON!!!!!!!!
oh hai
Now that’s a good promo.
To those of you whose allergies prevent you from rescuing a kitteh of your own: I suggest you try vitamin B5. Also known as Pantothenic Acid, it’s been a huge help for me. I can now snuggle and headbutt with impunity!
Gracie you are indeed one of the lovliest dilute calicos I have ever seen. I think we should all thank Gracie for being the spokescat for this great idea!
All kittehs deserve to have cat slaves!
Have always had rescue animals, & always found them to be the most loving.
Great cause, thank you!
What a great idea! Throw another dollar in the pot!
Comment. I be allergic 2 teh kittiez, but comment!
LOVE that you’re raising money for the kitties!! We ‘found’ out kitty in our garage ~ I have a feeling my daughter coaxed him in there, but he’s such a sweetie we had to keep him and give him a good home.
Hooray for rescue kittehs! This is SUCH a great idea!!
We would have more cats, but Meankitty won’t allow it :(. So we just talk other people into getting more cats!
Kate, good advice on the allergy thing. I, too, am supposedly deathly allergic to cats, or so my allergist told me last autumn. She came back to look at my test needle marks and said, “Gosh, I hope you don’t have cats!” To which I said—- nothing, just glared. And then she sighed and said, “Well, just don’t sleep with them.” Bwahahahah. Who is she kidding? If cats are going to kill me, I’ll just have to go. I do take a MAJOR B-complex vitamin, though. Maybe that is what’s saving me?
What a wonderful way to rasie money for such a great cause!
Thanks!
Katie
Thanks, Avon.
Cute Cat.
great work. animals definitely need all our help!
Gracie,
You have true talent on the keyboard. Keep up with the excellent prose.
I am always happy to help spend somebody else’s money… and if it benefits beautiful kitties, even better.
Thanks for doing this!
My human told me about this effort. I applaud your work and deign to give my support.
Over 13 years ago I adopted my boy from a feral cat rescue. He’s getting more white in his black coat, goes on sneezing fits at 2 am, and sometimes thinks the carpet is stalking him, but I don’t know what I will do without him when he goes.
I love the kitty cat voice!
Always, ALWAYS happy to help spend someone else’s money. Especially for a cause like this!
We have three rescue kitties as well, Putty Tat is the oldest at 17, Ertha is 12 and Magic is 10…all happy and healthy.
Kitties! Books! Books saving kitties!
I love my rescue kitties too! Great cause!
My two rescue kitty boys, Carrot the Cake and Fatboy, approve of this message. They do not, however, approve of my plans to rescue a dog in the next few months. I am deaf to their protests. 🙂
yeah to the rescue of all animals!
Well, long as we’re talking cat rescue I was over at my vet’s today getting Minnie her shots and they have two kittens they’re seeking homes for.
http://allcreaturescarecottage.com/
I took some crappy pictures with my cellphone camera –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40566216@N04/sets/72157625053248530/
If that doesn’t work try going to my Flickr profile –
http://www.flickr.com/people/40566216@N04/
I understand they’re both girls. So if you’re in the Orange County, California area or anywhere near Costa Mesa, CA, there’s a couple of kitties looking for a good home.
Rescue the kitties! Our rescue from the humane society last December has been the best cat ever (and the most beautiful—but she knows that.)