2 posts tagged “pets”
I am just floored at what you have sent on behalf of my local Pet Rescue. I strongly suspect they have never experienced this much generosity. I wasn't sure what to expect. I thought a padded envelope or two might show up with a few rawhide bones and a few catnip mice but I have gotten boxes of wonderful things and I am sure they will be overjoyed when they get them Christmas Eve. I still have a few weeks to gather more stuff and since they have such a hard time getting anything they will be as floored as I am at your generosity. I am thinking I may have a truckload once I add some big bags of food.
I have an idea and maybe one of you may have more insight. I thought I could go to carpet places and see if they have carpet samples with the bound edges. They usually throw them out. I thought they might be good for pens since it has been colder out and many of the floors are cold concrete. Does that sound like something they could wash? I don't want to call the rescue because I want it to be a big surprise for them. My hope is to pull up with a truckload of stuff and take some pressure off a few of the people that spend so much of their own time and money on this project.
Any other ideas are totally welcome. You all know as much as I do about this.
I want to give a special shout out to snoringKatZ, Cranky Pants, and Robbbiedobbbie who have made me cry repeatedly with their generous gifts. These are those random acts of kindness we all hear so much about. They have eached raised the bar for me. They have made the possibilities seem endless for me. One small act at a time and before we know it we have conquered another thing that makes a huge difference for humanity.
God bless the beasts and the children. To me there is no difference with the exception that the kids stand a far better chance of at least getting fed everyday. I thank you all for your kindness. Christmas has come early in Nashville.
Millie and Lolo are little tiny cats even though they are full grown. I found them on the streets of Hollywood and we have had them ever since. They were so malnurished that they never grew any larger than when we found them. Tater came home in a baseball hat the day of the OJ Simpson chase. Gulliver came home from the pound and has been with me longer than even Kevin. They love him so much. His little Tater was a gift to me after another little kitten we got died afew days after we got him. They all miss Dexter. he was the king of the house. I knew Kevin was welcomed into the house when Dexter walked up, rubbed his nose on him, and never left his lap for the next 10 years. Gulliver will always be my big boy. He follows me like a shadow andeven though he is very old and frail he insists on walking room to room following me every minute. When I go out of town on business kevin tells me he sits and looks at the door the whole time I am gone. He's at my feet right now and is my very best friend. He loves me. Kevin had a huge Iguana named Gladys. She was a rescue. He fed her with a bottle and held her like a baby when he did. She was huge and did not like me at all. She would chase me through the house. She slapped her tail on the floor and tried to eat me. The birds liked being with the Iguana in our Vivarium. It was sunny and warm and had a little fountain in it. I miss California but we brought the best part of it with us. Millie, Lolo, Tater, and of course Gully. that I had for 10 years. A Tokay Gecko named Gustav who lived in our garden. A turtle named Shelly, a tarantula named Rosie, and two male Cockatiels named Adam and Steve. Also the four babies we still have and have had for at least 13 to 15 years each. We are a little pack. A family.
