Hi Kitties,
Here I am sitting on my new girly bedspread. It has PINK flowers! I do not mind it because it is mommie's favorite. I have not been blogging much because of, (1) no therapy work! and (2) I have been too busy relaxing, while mommie has been too busy working.
Summer is almost over!
Purrs,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Last week I had a great time with my cat sitter Mr. Figuero (yes, it is true!) while Mommie was away, staying on Figueroa street (yes, yes, it is true again). I am so famous. Meow!
My mommy brought us back a golden goat trophy, because she won #3 overall in a drawing contest. It is a special contest where you can draw for 20 minutes and include the logo of the company and there is a theme. Do you see 
the drawing? Can you spot the logo of the company in the drawing? What do you think is the theme?
We also got back lots of swag from the conference mommie was at. One cool thing is a free mousepad. My sister is sitting next to it waiting for a mouse to come and then she will pounce.
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties!
I hope you are all enjoying the kitty-days of summer.
I am doing good. Recently I got asked to be a GUEST BLOGGER on another site. Soon I am going to pick a topic and get my paws ready for some serious bloggin'!
Luuurve,
Figgie
Hi Kitties,
Welcome to my virtual birthday party. There is food, treats, catnip and games for everyone! This morning we got tons of food and catnip!
PS I am 3 years old!
Love
Figaro
Hello Kitties,
Tomorrow is my BIRTHDAY! I am very excited. I am turning 3 years old. I swear, the older I get, the more fluffier gets my tail - check it out! Meowza!
My mom is out working ALL DAY today and tomorrow so all the fun will be held right here on this bloggy. There will be free food, drinks, catnip favours for all the guests.
I also wanted to share about my friends Faustine and Lux out on the West Coast. They got pet HENS! Their hens are so cool, and lay eggs. Although, the last few days they have gotten a bout of hen-o-pause and there were no eggs to be had. These hens are so cute.
Stay tuned for the birthday fun!
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Check out this excellent new chair we got from IKEA. It is my favorite place to sleep. So far, I have not used it for sharpening my nails... but we'll see. I've been having a great summer - lot of delicious foods, lounging around and relaxation!
Because I can't do therapy work, we are also taking this time to do some training. I am learning to go into my crate and to kiss mommie. Veronica is learning to kiss me.
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties!
Yesterday my family went on a vacation and my sister and I stayed home and got to play with our kitty-sitter instead. The kitty sitter came to see us in the afternoon. He was very nice and gave us food and played with me with all my toys! Now parents are back and I am relaxing with Mommie while she finishes up some work.
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Summer is here and we are peeking out the window at all of the birds out there! We have been spending a good amount of time relaxing and running around. Unfortunately I have not found a good therapy club yet so I will keep looking.
My mom showed some of our modeling photos to our family and they think I could be in a kitty calendar or a magazine! I am very proud. It is because I get bathed a lot and I am careful to properly clean my furs. Plus I have been working out!
Love,
Figaro
Dear Kitties,
I am proud to announce that I have weight lossed 2 pounds in the last few months! Do you see my "after" photo? My V-E-T told us that I should try to lose some weight for my health.
You almost cannot tell because I am so fluffy. But this week I stepped on the scale and sure enough I see some improvements. I have been exercising and working out with "Da Bird" and playing a puzzle game to get snacks.
My family is so proud of me! :)
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Yesterday was the end of my therapy contest and I have chosen a winner to receive a free Clean+Green product! There were many submissions, and many kitties who help their family and friends by being there for them, by helping raise moneys, by taking care of the babies in the family, by fostering kitties in need, and many other therapy activities. I am very proud of all of you!
I have chosen Prince Brutus from the Rose and the Royals family as the winner! The Rose and Royal's mom Rose had to go to the hospital for a week, and almost lost her kitty family. But thanksfully someone took care of the kitty family, and when Rose came back, HM Emily, Marigold and Prince Brutus (a great ManCat) took care of her and kept watch until she got better. Prince also spends time visiting neighbors. In addition, the Royals family has to do some cleaning because someone made special presents on the sofa.. :) You can read the full story in their comment on my last post. Congratulations, Brutus! Email me for your prize.
Have a good summer day, kitties! I am taking a long nap!
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
As many of you know, I am a therapy kitty and I also believe in therapy for the Earth. Last month, I got a sample of "Clean + Green" Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner for Kitty. Just in time, because we just moved to a new place with white carpets and got a new fancy, fancy couch and parents were a bit afraid about pet messes. We are usually very clean kitties so we do not have many messes, and we can say that this guy cleaned my sister's hairball mess from our white carpet very nicely! Both paws up! Best of all it is all-natural, eco-friendly, and pet safe. We had problems before finding a spray can that is eco-friendly and does a good job like the harsh chemicals, and this does even better. :)
Now for the giveaway - the company (who is very very nice!) is letting me host a giveaway of one product from the Clean + Green collection for kitties - there is a carpet cleaner, litterbox cleaner, floor cleaner, and more. Because I am a Therapy Cat, I decided to do the rules like this:
1- comment on my post and tell one good therapy work (anything like helping your human get through a tough situation, or going to see other humans) you have done in your 9 lives and put your bloggy link or your email.
2- on June 1, I will pick a winner. I am sure all of you have done good therapy work so it will be tough!
3- I will tell Clean + Green your contact info and you will get your giveaway prize!
Good luck everyone :)
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
My friend Marg did a nice blog entry about me on her website, check it out! http://www.margsanimals.com/blogs/index.php/margspets/
PS - we got an awesome new chair this weekend, I will post it as soon as I have pics. And my kitty shelvings are here, we will be installing them soon.
Thanks,
Fig-wig
Dear Kitties,
We are all settled in our new house. Just a few more boxes to unpack and this weekend our couch came in. The couch is SO COMFY I am having some sweet dreams right now. :) So far we did not go outdoors for any exploring but we do like to look outside of the windows a lot! We did not start up any visiting yet, but I did advise my friend Nic about visiting in our hometown today - I hope she will take my place as the therapy cat in my hometown, that would be so nice!
Oh PS - stay tuned! We just got a free bottle of pet carpet cleaner, and we will be reviewing it on our site as soon as we have a carpet stain - and there will be a carpet cleaner GIVEAWAY!
PPS - StumbleIT indexed our site and I had 75 visitors yesterday! Neat!
Love,
Figgie
Hi Kitties,
We are almost all moved in our new place. There are a LOT of boxes right now for me to play in, and I like that. Also, the views are purr-fect. I can see all the cars and people moving around down below, which gives me a lot of entertainment. The granite counter-tops are perfect for relaxing on when Mommie is not looking. So far, I do not miss my visits, but I know I will soon, and as soon as we are all settled we will be ready to look for new visiting places! I just hope my mommie has time for visits.
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
This week I went to my last Nursing Home visit in my town and I was feeling very sad and happy at the same time. Have you felt like that before?
I was happy to see everyone again, and V. at the Nursing Home told everyone that I am a Very Good Cat who brought a lot of smiles to everyone. Then I went around and got petted. I was extra good because of the nice weather outside so I was purring and purring and let everyone pet me twice! I felt very happy. But then, one of my best friends who I talk about all the time, R.A., did not remember me anymore. I think she was not feeling very well and she had to leave early. This was the second time that she did not remember me. I am sad since she is one of my favorite friends, and I hope she is feeling better today. It is one of the most sad things at the Nursing Home when my friends are not feeling well, but I hope they still get some happies when they see me. My friend E. was there too who can't see or hear very well, and I have to be held up for her to pet me, and she was happy to pet me I think.
The boxes are all packed and we are just waiting for our Dr. Mommie to get back with the moving truck!
Love,
Figaro
Hello Kitties,
Very, very soon we leaving for the big world out there. This weekend I had my very last visit at the Library, and it was raining "cats and dogs," so we did not have many readers there. Our friend L. at the library wrote a really nice flyer about our "reading to the cat" goodbye program, special just for me! I felt very sad to be leaving her and the kids at the library. I promised to come back often. Later this week I am having my last visit to one of my favorite Nursing Homes.
We spent some time packing this weekend. This is what my sister thinks about packing <-, apparently! We are almost ready to go!
Love,
Figlet
Hi Kitties,
Do you like this photo of me? Yesterday, one of my mom's best friends who is a photographer came over for a photoshoot. I had to pose on my trick podium for an hour (but I did get lots of treats!) These photos are going to be used on the photography studio website and I think they are beautiful. The photography studio will open soon and I will post a link to the website then!
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
My mommy works late hours sometimes, and in the evening when she gets home I make her a cute face and put my paws together to ask her for some treats. Do you see my pet mouse next to me? We have several pet mice, one is my color and one is gray, the color of my sister.
In other news, soon we will be receiving some sample Earth-Friendly kitty cleaning products (for the carpet) and I will post a review and have a give-away directly on my blog!
Love,
Figaro
Hi Kitties,
Yesterday was probably my last visit at my Nursing Home. I was very sad, and everyone else was sad too that I had to say goodbye because we are moving soon. If I become a very good car-cat, I will be able to come visit sometimes from my new house, but Mommie says it might not work out with everyone's schedules and the Nursing Home is busy with many visitors. I have really enjoyed doing my visits and meeting all my friends. Most of my friends were there to see me yesterday...and I have now been visiting there every month for almost 2 years. My friends have seen me through 2 Christmas holidays, gotten 2 Valentine's from me, and seen me in 2 of my Halloween costumes. They have also celebrated my birthday with me! I really hope I will get to come back again, but if I don't, I hope that the rest of our team in my therapy group will fill in for me.
Love,
Figaro
Hello my kitty friends,
Yesterday it was nice weather so I got to go outside for a walk and I got to meet our neighbor A. A. is only 4 years old and she just got a small puppy whom she named Lulu. The puppy is smaller than me! A. liked me a lot and she even petted me. I also met some neighbors from across the way who are going to be coming to the library reading program next month to see me!
Usually I like to talk about my work, but today I am also going to talk about my mommie's work. My mommie is going to become a doctor of philosophy next week! A doctor of philosophy is not like a real doctor, but it is still pretty good! Right now I am thinking of a good philosophy. It is about kitty treats.
Love,
Figaro
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
Hi everyone,
As you know I was adopted from a shelter, and I am so happy when animals receive happy homes! I also support Spay, Neuter Release programs to control the pet population.
Today, I learned in my email that PetSmart charities has helped adopt the 4 millionth pet! Chloe is a mixed-breed puppy who was adopted in New Jersey and there is a party going on for her on the PetSmart website.
I feel very happy to be invited to this party. :)
PS - thanks all for the tips about tooth brushing. So far I have settled on some malt flavour toothpaste and a blue toothbrush with rubber duckie stickers on it. I also got some all-natural dental treats which I liked a little too much because I got through the entire bag overnight, even though my mommie thought she hid it in the cupboard.
Love,
Figgie
Kitties,
I have been to the v-e-t for my teeth cleaning yesterday. Let me tell you - it was NOT fun! But I had to go because I needed clean teeth. My new v-e-t is very nice and called to check on me already today. I have been doing fine. I was drowsy when I got back because I had to have some anesthesia. My parents were very worried about taking me so we went to a very good vet, with a doctor, an anesthesiologist, and four or five students looking out for me the entire time. I am still feeling a little bit under the weather.
I have been prescribed to do teeth cleanings more often and to eat some dental treats on a regular basis. I am all for treats!
Love,
Figaro
