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You are here: Home / Diary / Good-bye 2013: Highlights

Good-bye 2013: Highlights

December 31, 2013 By: Sparkle Cat51 Comments

While 2013 was not the best year ever (we members of the Cat Blogosphere lost so many good pals that I don’t dare list them for fear of forgetting a couple), it did have its interesting moments. Here are the times I will remember from this past year, when I look back.

You will have to click to see!
The freaky thing that invaded our catio and upset me and Binga!

Catching some awesome rays!
When my human crashed the Katnip Lounge catio and met all the kitties (except Scouty). I was even able to post a second round of outtakes.

There! I hope this works!
My attempt to get 20,000 fans on my Facebook page was a big FAIL. Humans did not understand that it wasn’t just a random attempt at fame — I was trying to expand my reach so that when I wanted to promote something like a kitty in need, that it would find more eyeballs. The response was negative, so I abandoned it. Right now, my page is just a little under 7,000 fans.

Welcome to my party!
I was part of the AmazeCats Next Top Cat competition! I made my way up a couple of brackets before losing, and it was an awesome experience! I knew I wasn’t going to make the cut, so I used the last bracket as an excuse to throw a surprise party, giveaway and a commenthon! I always try to throw at least one awesome party every year and this one was it. The commenthon resulted in a $50 donation to Tabby’s Place!

The biscuit makes it extra tasty!
My Cat World Domination Day (also my birthday) party was pretty awesome too! The catering was fun and casual, and I gave away a cool Kitty-a-Go-Go! This was my second Cat World Domination Day event, and just to let you know, it is an annual feline holiday now!

Johnny Rotten has nothing on Binga
Binga got her own punk rock song! This is my human’s personal favorite post of the year. Her year was actually pretty nice — she started writing for Catster, and she now has her own blog on CatChannel.com! She has been apprenticing under me for over a decade, and I thought she finally knew enough about kitties to write under her own byline.

Send my human to Barkworld!
I helped my human win a free trip to BarkWorld, and found out it was a pretty cat-friendly conference! So cat-friendly, in fact, that they are joining forces with the Cat Writers Association and holding their two conferences together! There will be lots of fun and cat swag in November, 2014!

I'm just glad I did not find Zeki or Spirit in the bag!
Speaking of the Cat Writers Conference, look at the goodie bag we got this year! And I gave most of it away. I hope next year’s giveaway is at least as awesome!

My 2014 Calendar is seriously awesome!
My 2014 Wall Calendar is my best ever! Every year I think I won’t be able to outdo myself, and so far I have! And it is still for sale — you should get one!

It's not often I get to have presents all to myself!
And of course there was Christmas! And my Christmas gift to my readers: a children’s story written by my human called The Bad Christmas Kitty.

I had so many giveaways, and commenthons and donation pledges that it would take too long to mention each one! I will be continuing all that in 2014. Hey, you know what? I may not have had any really big accomplishments, but it was still a pretty good year! Onward to new adventures!

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  1. Basil says

    January 6, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Hope 2014 treats you well!

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