My human spent the weekend at the Cat Writers Conference and came home after midnight Sunday night. That was no fair! It meant we had to wait until morning to find out all the cool stuff she had in her suitcase.
Binga was at least twice as impatient as me!
I knew from previous years that there would be lots of cool cat stuff! The sponsors of the conference are very good to the cat writers. Not to mention the cat writers’ cats.
We think this year’s haul was the best ever!
I just want to say that this Neko Flies Katarantula was the best toy out of all of them!
In fact it was so pawsome that I may have to do a whole blog post about it! (Of course I played with it the most after it got dark and my human could not get photos!)
Oh. And there was even something for the dog.
In fact, there was so much cool stuff, and we have so much already, that my human and I decided that we should give some to cats less fortunate than me. So these items will go to Kitten Rescue.
But there was even more! My human brought home two Muse Medallion awards for me! I won for Blog: Entertainment and my 2010 Wall Calendar won for Color Photograph (series)! This is the second year in a row that my calendar won this award.
Even though I could not be there in person, I thought maybe I should give a speech. But my human said it was not necessary.
Oh yeah, my human won a couple of awards too — she got a Muse Medallion for a breed rescue article she wrote for Cat Fancy,
and she also won a Special Award: the Kari Winters Rescue and Rehabilitation Award for an article she wrote about shelter kitten adoption for the 2011 issue of Kittens USA. She was very honored to receive the latter award, because the late Kari Winters was one of the most beloved members of the Cat Writers Association, and one of the most passionate about animal welfare.
But enough about my human. In spite of the toys, awards and everything, I am still annoyed that she left for days and days. I did not get brushed once and never got to have a meal without the dog hanging around. So I think I will make this suitcase into a cat bed. That way she won’t be able to use it again.
At least she brought a lot of stuff that recompenses a little bit and then you also must be proud of her !
I’ve been holding this post all week so I could come back to leave a congrats comment. How awesome for you to have won awards and loot. You and your human deserve it!
Congratulations on all the awards!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Wow! Your mommeh sure brought home a LOT of peace offerings, Sparkle!! That was sure nice being that she is like a Major Award Winner!!! I am very impressed with her!! Yea!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my pallies at your place, Sparkle!
The Neko Flies toy was a huge hit with Allegra, too.
I pretty much have not stopped playing with it since it arrived here. I bet it’s the same with Allegra!
Congratulations on all of the awards and what cool cat stuff. That is very nice of you to share all of your toys with the less fortunate kitties.
Sparkle! I feel your pain. My human is off for FOUR days away from me–ME! Can you imagine?! And I don’t think she’s going to come home with any prizes, either.
Wow, what a haul! Some lucky babies will be very happy with your generous gifts! Congrats to your mom for the awards!
P.S. We knew of Kari from that very page on the city of ABQ site. We have to keep a very close eye on our mom when she views the cats for adoption, you know.
Wow! Concats on all yur humans awards! We member da days when cat blogging wuz jus about meowin’. Efurryday dare are more an more awards to go for. It reminds owr mom of werk. It is so much fun to get all da gifts an bags of stuff an candy and lots foods an netwerking an stuff.
Sparkle you and Mum are very kind to donate some of your special treats to the poor kitties. Well done. ConCATulations on the awards – that is pretty awesome going
Looks like that haul was worth waiting for!!! Congrats on all the wins too, you sure deserve them!
That’s a lot of cool stuff your human brought back from the conference! It’s so wonderful you’re going to share some with less fortunate kitties too. Concatulations to both you and your human for all the pawesome awards! You both certainly deserve it!
Our mommy was gone for too long too so we keep sitting on her suitcase every time she goes to empty it and she still hasn’t been able to get things out. That’ll teach her to not leave us again!
Hi Sparkle! Wow, that is a lot of cool stuff your mom brought back from the writers conference, and also a lot of cool awards that you won! Congrats! We do understand, however, why you would be upset that she was gone – that sounds like a long time. We think the suitcase bed sounds like a great idea!!
Wow! Look at all the stuff she brought home with her! Did she need a separate suitcase for all of it??!?!? Heehee!! And how nice of you to donate some of it to the less fortunate kitties.
Congrats on your awards, Sparkle!! That is so cool!!
She actually did need to bring her small Hello Kitty backpack to carry the extra stuff. Thanks to everyone for the congratulations! This has been quite an exciting year for me, to say the least!
Wow. That is an amazing haul (both awards and goodies)!!!
Sparkle, Congrats on theese awards…You guys is really professional over here, what can I say? Well, I can say that I finds myself a bit jealous of all your new toys…make sure you has lots of fun…I look forward to your future review of your most favorite toy.
That is a great haul. Those kitties are going to love it. Suitcases make the best beds.
Concatulations to you and your human. It is very nice of you to donate some of your haul
Concatulations to you and your human – Excellent work and {huugiez} for your generosity.
Concats on the awards! That fly toy looks like big fun. We may need to add that to our Christmas list!
Wot an awesome stash! And how kind to give some to the less fortunate.
What a haul!!!!!! ……..and concats on the winnings!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good idea about the suitcase, be sure to shed lots of furs in there.
We (and Mom) are so happy for you and your Mom on winning the wonderful awards!!
The new toy looks like a lot of fun, it looks like a real bug. Hope to see some pictures of you playing with it.
Happy Tuesday~
~Anna Sue
You can use the suitcase as a litter box too and then your human can’t use it…just sayin…:)
What a great haul of stuff – though we can tell you aren’t impressed about the dog bone (don’t blame you). The Neko flies look like a lot of fun. Super concats on your awards, and to your human too!
Pip, Smidgen, Minnie
Congratulations on the awards, that is very exciting!!! It was very thoughtful of you Sparkle to donate your toys to the kitten rescue, I know they will be thrilled 🙂
Sparkle, concats to you and your mom on your awards! That’s fabulous! And what a haul! Wow, they sure do give away pawsome stuff. It’s wonderful you are sharing the goodies with Kitten Rescue!
“We hope your suitcase idea works Sparkle but somehow if your mom is going to get loads of gifts when she takes it with her we don’t think she will be purrsuaded. It is lovely that you are sending some items to the Kitten Rescue we are sure they will be very welcome.
Congrats on all those awards and they are well deserved. What a good idea to give your toys to the Kitten rescue. They will sure enjoy them. That really is a lot of toys and the dog got something too. Sparkle, we have to tell you, that last picture of you on the suitcase is wonderful. You look so pretty.
Hope you have a fun week.
Concatulations on the awards! And all that stuff. So much new to play with.
You all hit the jackpot! Congratulations on all your fabulous and well-deserved awards! Now I am off to check out the Neko flies!
WOW – you furbabies really made a haul! Congratulations on the awards for you and mom.
Good luck with the suitcase/cat bed ploy, Sparkle. Let us know if it works!
Great stash from the conference!
Purrs,
The Chans
How exciting! Congrats to you and your human on winning those awards, and oh my! what a haul! Very nice to donate to the kittens.
Good plan, Sparkle. And what a great haul of stuff! Some kitties are going to be very happy.