Hi Kitties,
I am happy to report that it looks like we found the apartment we will be moving to in the windy city. I am so excited to move, because I will be getting my own personal high rise. This is the Ikea hack from Stockholm. I am pretty sure that my mom will build it for us very soon. It will be good for relaxing in between my kitty visits.
Excited,
Figaro
Hi Kittens,
As you all might know the Economy is not doing so good right now and one of my favorite Nursing Homes has cut my hours indefinitely! They were sold to another company, and that company reduced the hours for activities. First, I changed my activity to only 30 minutes instead of one hour, and then, they cancelled my activity in January and February, and then they just called to cancel March, and when my mommie asked about April they said it is cancelled. My mommie is checking to see if I will be able to come a few times just to visit my friends room to room, and they have to check with the main office. In the meantime - I am vacationing and getting ready for our big move! We will be finding Nursing Homes in our new locale soon.
//Update update update! I am allowed to come anytime by myself for room-to-room visitation. Woo-hoo-hoo I am definitely dropping by this weekend!
Love,
Figaroon
Hi Kitties,
Yesterday I had a great time visiting all my friends at the Nursing Home and handing out my Valentines. My favorite friends were there and I even brought my photo album to share, with photos of me as a baby, and photos of me with my family.
I will be sad when I have to move if I can't keep visiting my favorite friends. I also checked out the car seat that my mommie is working on for me, which we got from one of our friends whose puppy outgrew it, there is space enough for both my sister and I and it is going to be padded with lots of comfy blankets.
I also dropped by great-grandma's place to pick up some fresh cooked chicken for the week.
My family had dinner together and I also got yummy yummy yummy freshwater fish. Special fish we get on special order. OH yum. It was tdf.
Cuddles,
Figgie
Hi Kitties,
I almost forgot to wish everyone a happy valentines day! Here is my valentine's day card for everyone. I made it on my Macbook. I hope you like it. I have printed out several to hand out to my friends at the Nursing Home and at the Library this week and I am very excited to give them out! I did not want it to be too girly so I put green hearts instead of pink.
Purrs,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Hi Kitties,
Here is another great photo of me from the library.
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I cannot WAIT to move to Chicago and get to live in one of those skyrockets. I mean, skyscrapers. We looked around for some apartments and the good ones come with "pet services". That will be very luxurious for me, if my mommie has to be out of town for work Veronica and I can get pampered! Mommie says she is probably going to meet friends to take care of us when she is out, but the "pet services" sounded like a great idea to us, for example I hope it includes breakfast in bed. There are also going to be granite countertops and wall to ceiling windows. I really hope the view is good, since Veronica and I will be the ones enjoying it the majority of the time since mommie will be at work.
Yesterday my mommie got interviewed by some journalists and on the TV about her thoughts on charging people for trash, which is a new ordinance in our town. We think that if people have to pay extra to have extra trash, then they will be more likely to recycle their recyclables and give their old stuff to the Goodwill instead of putting it in the garbage! This will be good therapy for the earth.
Love,
Fig-bunny
Hi Kitties,
Yesterday was an adventure! I went to my Nursing Home like normal, and this time so many people wanted to visit with me that there were people waiting outside the door to the room! I had at LEAST 30 visitors.. I was so happy. My regular friends were there, and I met a lot of new friends too. I went to everyone and got petted, and then I played with a string. At the end when people were leaving I ran around and lay down in front of their wheelchairs so they would not go! (But, my mommie took me in her arms and told me that we will be back next month). For next month - we will be going over Valentine's and I will have to come up with some nice Valentine's cards to hand out!
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Today I am humming "row row row your boat" with the words "read read read your book". I think it is very clever. I am sitting on the old HP laptop right now and staring out the window at some snow while mommie writes down what I want to say on the new MacBook. My sister and I both take turns sitting on the laptop, because it is the perfect size plus it has a snuggly cover on it. My sister is taking a nap on the bed instead, which is funny for her because she usually does not sleep in the mornings.
This Saturday I had an excellent visit to the library. As always we had a lot of little kiddos reading to me, which I enjoyed very much! Of course, I got a lot of treats and pettings. One of my favorite friends read me a book about Barney, and I also heard a lot about felines. I have also written my own book, which is just about me, with pictures, all about my life, from when I was born to pictures of everyone in my family, which some of the kids read to me too. Everyone likes that book, especially the part about my sister Veronica. You can see the book behind me, it has a beautiful antique silver cover. I am very fancy.
Tonight I am going to see my Nursing Home friends! I hope the snow stops, because I do not like to go outside much when it is snowing!
Love,
Fig-boat
Kitties,
An entire paragraph about me on the library website today!
"The weather outside may be frightful, but the library will be a warm and delightful place for children to read to Figaro, the Caring Paws cat, and several therapy dogs on Saturday, January 23. They will be eagerly waiting for children to read to them. Children may bring favorite books from home or choose some in the children’s department when they arrive at the library."
I cannot wait to go tomorrow!
We also got a crate for the car for the trips to Chicago - one of the puppies on our club outgrew it and our friend J. was giving it away. It is really big and both my sister and I will fit in it. Parents are going to set it up to connect to the seat-belts in the back and pad it on the inside with warm furry blanket. We will be traveling in style!
Love,
Figaro
Hey Kitties,
I need to decide soon about what kind of therapy work I will be doing in Chicago (and also, I need to ask parents WHEN we are actually moving already). We contacted a few therapy groups out there but they were DOGS-ONLY so we have to keep looking.
Some things I will be sad to leave behind when we move... all my extended family, my nursing home friends, my library reading friends, and my pet mole G'nesha who lives in the windowsill. I think we will get another nice new windowsill in Chicago, but maybe with less birds outside. I also hope to meet lots of new people to visit! And I can come back on weekends to see my friends at the Nursing Home, since I am a good car rider.
Love,
Figgie-snuggle-butt
