Happy Mew Year!!!!!
Welcome to our very furst Blest Sunday of da Mew Year. Can you believe it? Another year has come and gone. Saying goodbye to 2016 was very bittersweet fur us. Last year brought us so much sadness and yet, so much joy. We all meowed and chatted ‘bout just what kind of posty we would make today. We’ve made some mew furiends this year and lost some old ones, so in da end we decided a look back was the way to go. Fasten your seatbelts and let’s zoom back to January of 2016. (This posty looks longer than it is, cuz we added lots of fotos fur your viewing purrleasure.)

What a fine time; sis Lexi was still with us. We don’t make resolutions in our house, so instead, me gave you all a challenge. With so many anipals awaitin’ their furevers, me challenged you to all share and do whatever you could to help more of those anipals than ever befur. We partnered with a shelter here in Oklahoma and shared adoptable kitties every week till the shelter was empty. That’s right, they actually went fur several weeks without any kitties needin’ furever homes. January wasn’t all work tho’. Mommy and me made mes furst pick up truck fur the annual Cat Scout Derby. Me didn’t win, but we did have a good time. Mommy fur sure isn’t crafty. MOL And we never could have known when we wrote ‘bout our pets grief that we would be facing that ourselves very soon.

In February, sis Lexi was havin’ more bad days than good, and we started getting all sentimental and mushy. We celebrated our 2nd blogoversay; and just in time fur Valentine’s Day, sis Lexi wrote a thank you post to mommy. Me wrote mes thank you a couple of days later. And we got all educational and wrote a post telling you all about spay/neuter and vaccinations.
When March came blowing in, sis Lexi took a turn fur the worse. She couldn’t balance very well, and wouldn’t eat much. Ever the Service Cat tho’, she continued to do what she could to help mommy; giving her massages meowning and night. And on Wednesday March 9th, 2016, sis Lexi gave up the fight and went to heaven. Mommy was a mess; me was a mess, and we wrote another post on pets grieving. We ended the month explaining why mommy needs Service Cats.

April found us trying to figure out how to go on without sis Lexi. We began our search fur a new Service Cat to help me help mommy. Little did we know, that she hadn’t yet been born.
May came rushing in, and found us posting home made treat recipes. You can check out a couple of those treats here and here. And furinally on mommys’ birthday, May 27th, she got a lead on a new Service Cat in training. She had been born April 21, 2016. Sis Lexis’ birthday would have been the 29th.
So we waited with baited breath fur June to roll round. The day finally rolled around and mommy went to pick up mes new sisfur and helper. She was a little puff ball of pi_ _ and vinegar. A real spitfire, mommy called her. Of all the names mommy threw out, the little spitfire answered to Raena. Mommy had done a little research and thought that was purrfect. It’s a shortened form of Rahannan and means “New Beginnings”. We purrticipated in our furst Blogville Pawlympics, and turned Miserable Mondays into Service Cat Mondays. We plan to continue posting those Service Cat posts this year, so ifin you have any questions about Service cats or training cats, just let us know.
July came bounding in just like Raena. We continued our Service Cat Monday posts and Raena got to make her furst post all by herself. And she learned all about treats, catnip and giving reviews. She learned how to be a blogging cat.
August sped in and saw Raena saying goodbye to monthly VET visits where she got poked and prodded. Raena continued to grow and explore her new home. We continued with Service Cat Monday and also wrote about kitties teething. We ended out the month with a day of remembrance written by mommy for sis Lexi.
We joined you part of the way through the year (just before Raena’s “spa day”. We didn’t know how tiny she was! You both have beautiful spirits and so does your Mommy. Hope you have a wonderful year.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaw Fank you, and mommy says fanks too. We’re so glad you joined us and hope you stick ’round fur a long time. big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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We are um…way late…but nevfurtheless we still are going to mew to you our greeting:
Happy New Year! May you be more blessed than you can ever hope for, and may all the blessings spill over to bless many others as well.
There! We may be late but we couldn’t miss the chance to join you in these happy times that we hope and pawray will continue be ours in 2017.
MIAOW!
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Oopsie, we furgot to check the notify box…MOL!
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Happy New Year, and may 2017 be a good year for you all.
Happy Sunday Selfie!
Marjorie ad the Dash Kitten Crew
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Fank you, same right back at ya’.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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I loved seeing all of the pictures. I didn’t really get to know Lexi since I only found your blog this year, but I know how hard her loss was and how much you loved her. Happy New Year to you all! I hope that 2017 finds you well. Hugs!
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Fank you. Sis Lexi was amazin’. Mommy plans to finish da book they were writin’ and maybe you will wanna read it and get to know her. We’re just glad we found each other and are furiends. We’re sendin’ big hugs to you all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Oh, I would LOVE to read it!!
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Fanks awnty Rachel, she hopes to finish it this year. We’ll keep everypawdy posted. Mommy has lots of plans fur this year. Hope she gets all of them done. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Happy New Year girls! Whoa! Where did you find such a neat calendar template. I think we be wearing the same pawty dress for New Year’s Eve. MOL!
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What a whirlwind of a year you’ve had! Such sadness and such joy, in equal measure. I’m hoping 2017 is a little kinder to you, and that you have only joy. You give so much to your cats and to your community, you deserve a little respite!
Jean from Welcome to the Menagerie
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Fank you. We are blest and purray dat continues thru da Mew Year. We purray da same fur you.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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You look so precious in your calendar photos. We enjoyed reviewing your year with you. Thanks for hopping. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Happy New Year! May your year take you down whatever journey brings you the most inner peace it can. Be grateful for a new day and be grateful for new opportunities. And most of all, love yourself so you may love others. Purrs from Deb and the Zee/Zoey gang
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We hope and purr-ay that 2017 will bring health and happiness and many blessings to you all.
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