Nursing Home

Hi Kitties,

Today was my first day back at the Nursing Home for 2009. It was very relaxing. The place I visit in is very sunny so I laid in the sun for a while and listened to the residents' stories about their kitties. I like to do that. I got petted a lot and showed high fives and got treats! After that I went to my grandma's house and spent some time there while my mommie ate lunch. Then we came home and now my mommie says she has to work on a lot of Important Things. I am going to take a nappy to relax! Here is a photo of me in my new house getting ready to take a nappy. I can't post photos from the Nursing Home because at that nursing home photos are Not Allowed!

Love,

Figaro

Hi kitties,

This week-end was a big week-end for me. First, my fambly moved to a new place. We unpacked a lot. The new place is the same like the old place now that I have my cat tree and all my cat things here with me. In the new place we are sharing with our cousin Missy. She does not like us so we have to stay in separate rooms. But that is okay because we stay with our mommie. And my pet fishes are here too of course.

Second, I had a very fun time at the library reading program!!! I got to hear a lot of fun stories again. My friend C. came again, here is a photo of her reading to me. Also one boy who came wanted to know if he can teach his cat to be a therapy cat too. My mommie gave him some advice. Then after that my other friend Y. read me a book. He always comes to see me because he is part Russian just like me! Next month my mommy has prepared some books to take with us for children to read. One is called "French for Cats." It is to learn to say important cat phrases in french. I hope that someone will read it to me!
Happy reading!
Figgy


Shout-out to Princess Sugar Pie!

Hi kitties,


As you may remember, when I first started my Training to become a threapy cat and before I was even one years old, my Mommie contacted the famous therapy cat Princess Sugar Pie and asked for advice. The advice they gave us was obviously very, very good because here I am only 1/2 a year later as a full fledged therapy cat! Princess Sugar Pie is very famous and she has been on TV. I am very proud that I am becoming a good threapy cat just like her. I am happy to realize also that I am listed on her links for other therapy cats!

Look on the left for a photo of her that I am displaying here from her site. She has many cute outfits. She is a very nice and helpful cat, she has been a therapy cat for a long time now and I aspire to be as good as her someday!

I already got a little bit famous. My daddy was at a work-meeting today and his colleague asked him if he knows about Figaro the Cat who is at the library for reading programs, because he knows my daddy likes cats. And my daddy said, that in fact that I am his cat! And another colleague said, oh there is ANOTHER Figaro who visits my mom's nursing home. And he said, YES that is my cat too and he will be there on Thursday! I feel very special and famous.

Love love and lots of e-visits to you,

Figaro


Happy New Year!

Hello Everykitty,

I am exciting for the New Year. I have many visits scheduled. I am going to a Nursing Home on Thursday, the Reading Program on Saturday, and also next Thursday and the Thursday after that I will be going to more Nursing Homes. Also - exciting News! The Reading Program used to be called "Read to the Dogs" and it is finally re-named "Read to the Dogs & Cat". I also have a special recognition on the library website that says "Figaro will be in the board room on the second floor." I sincerely hope that I will get to choose an apprentice while I am up there, but it is not that kind of board room.

Also, the other library by my house (although I might be moving soon..) is going to schedule a library reading program in March. Mommie has arranged it for our therapy club.

I will update after my Nursing Home visit!

Love and New Year kisses,


Figaro


Relaxing

Hi Kitties,

I have had "not much" going on recently. I am awaiting January because there will be two nursing home visits and a library visit.
So far I have just been relaxing. Can you see me relaxing? My mommie says I am very good at it.
One thing exciting happened, we got some more fishes in our aquarium. We got 7 more fishes from Santa Paws, they are Mickey Mouse platys and we have named them the "so long and thanks for all the fish" fish. They are looking very very nice in their aquarium. (And a little bit tasty, but I am not supposed to say that because they are Not For Eating!) We also got a little bit of hannukah gelt. I think I will use it to buy catnip!
Love and happy holidays,
Figaro


Look Alvin, it's snowwwing!!!

Hello my darling kitties,

I hope you are as excited as I am for Santa-Paws next week! I hope I get some catnip. Yesterday afternoon I went on the last of my holiday visits. I visited one of my favorite nursing homes. I got a lot of pettings, and then I got out and explored. After a while I got bored and lay down on my back on a chair and showed everyone my fluffy tummy. It was a pretty good day overall. After that we drove home and it started to snowww! I was very fascinated by the snow, but I did not like it when I got some on me when we had to go from the car to the home. It was kind of wet. I forgot to take a photo of myself, but later on I put on one of my favorite t-shirts and took a nice long nap on the couch while my mommie baked some holiday cookies. So here is a photo of me doing that. You can't see but my shirt says "naughty or nice." Of course, I am very nice and I am never never naughty!! I get a lot of photos taken of me just around the house - I think it is because I am so cute!

Love and holiday whiskers,

Figaro

Holiday Reading

Hi Kitties,

I had a great time this afternoon at the library so I wanted to post about it right away! My mommie was busy and said that she has to work on her grant proposal for one half of a million dollars but I think this is much more important, so she took a break on writing and is helping me with my bloggy.

When we were driving to the library, we had some traffic with the basketball game so we were a little bit late. I do not understand basketball, I do not think it is very fun because there are no mouse toys to play with in basketball.

When we got to the library, all the spots on the first floor were taken, so we parked in the "Library Employees Only" spot! I think I am a little bit like a library employee because being a Therapy Cat is my job and I was doing my job at the library. The librarian who is named L. said that it is okay for us to park there. Whew!

A lot of children were waiting to see me when I got to the library! I got to hear a story right away. First I heard a nice story about a Baby's Christmas. I really liked it because I am a baby (kitty), and I like Christmas! Then, I heard a story about Strawberry Shortcake. That story had a pink kitty in it. Then, I heard a story about a pig and his pancake. I thought that story was very silly and funny! Then, I heard a story about Mittens who is a cat. In that story, Mittens the cat finds a good hiding spot. I liked it so I jumped out of my stroller and hid under it. Then, I heard about some scary dragons. That story was a little bit scary so I stayed in my hiding spot. The boy who read to me about the dragons told me that he celebrates Hannukah, which is great because I am also a part Jewish kitty. I told him Happy Hannukah. I also told Happy Christmas to some of the other children, and I handed out my cards with my happy holidays picture on them. On the back I also wrote my blog address so that the children would come to visit me. (I hope they do!)

After the reading, my friend C. came over and petted me some more. She also held me. She said I am a very nice cat. She is also a very nice girl, I liked getting petted.

Then we went home. Right now I can barely keep my eyes open because I have had such a long day! I am going to get nice and cuddly on my blanket, make some purrs, and take a nap.

Cuddles,

Figaro

Dear Mommie, I'm Sorry.

Hi Kitties,

This morning I visited an Assisted Living center, for the first time. I have been making a lot of visits for this holiday season. I met a lot of nice people. One lady told me that she cannot pet me because then she will love me too much. But she told me that she already loves me a lot and that I am very beautiful and wonderful. I really liked her. Another lady petted me a lot and told me that her cat is also very soft like me. Then I met a nice man who told me all about how he used to live in Chicago during the Great Depression and babysit two babies for a Doctor. I really like to find out stories like that. He said the babies had a stroller that looked a lot like my stroller.

However, then I did a Bad Thing. When the lady petted me who has a cat at home, I smelled that cat and made a Big Hiss and scritched my Mommie's arm. I am very sorry about that. I usually am a very good kitty, but that is not good kitty behavior. Then we had to go because I was getting nervous.

Love,

Figaro

I got in the newspapers!

Hi Kitties,

I got a little bit more famous today for spreading all my therapy purrs. I was in the newspapers! Just in the event calendar for our town...here is some of what it said:

Event Calendar

Therapy dogs will be joined by Figaro the cat. Children may bring a book from home or choose one from the library when they arrive.

Lookit, my NAME is right theres! I hope a lot of children will come see me tomorrow! I am excited for tomorrow!

I will post an update as soon as I get back!

Love,

Figaro

Start of the Holiday Season!

Hi kitties,

How eggsiting! It is the start of the holiday season for me! Today I made my first visit of the holiday season to one of my Nursing Homes. I really enjoyed it. I see a lot of the same ladies every time and they really like to pet me. Today H. was there who has very bad vision so I had to be picked up and put close to her for her to pet me. She thinked I am very cuddly! I also got asked if I have any brothers and sisters who can stay in the Nursing Home forEVER. I said no of course that is not possible because it is difficult to care of me, since my litter box must be cleaned and I get into many shennanigans. :) I went around and around in my kitty stroller and showed some tricks. I got also a new trick, Mommie says "Raise your paw if you are a puppy!" and I raise my paw. It is a funny trick because I am NOT a puppy!!! :) I also gave out this holiday card to everyone. Do you see my red christmas shirt in the card? Mommie helped me make this card online. I am very happy here on my cat condo tree. Saturday I have 2 holiday visits, and another visit next week.

Love,
Figaro


 

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