2020 Christmas Card

 With Thanksgiving behind us, I can officially start mentioning my Annual Christmas Card. 

This is the card I sent out in 2016. I like the current year to be a bit of a surprise, so I won't share it until after Christmas. Yes, once again I created a "Christmas" card, sorry.  One of these years I will do another nondenominational end of year card - as I did in 2017 - especially if someone mentions that they would prefer that.. 

To get the 2020 collectable, highly sought after, limited edition Christmas card you can enter your address at my Postable account (they ask for all kinds of info, all I need is your address).  I don't keep these, so please don't assume you'll get one because you are my bestest friend ever and I should so totally know your address (yes I am looking at you), mostly because I am horrible at writing out addresses and if you put it in Postable I can import it into a spreadsheet and then do a mail merge so that the address is actually legible and it will actually get to you! 😻 

If you prefer not to give your address to them (they don't keep it, I promise, I delete it out after I send you my card) you can email me or reach me through your favorite social media.

If you would like to send me a card (and I would LOVE it if you did, but no obligation) you can send me one: Tails from the Foster Kittens PO Box 554 Grantham, NH 03753

Merry Christmas

If you did not get a holiday card from us, here it is..

if you wanted one and didn't get one, let me know and I'll get one out to you. I hope you have a lovely holiday

Christmas Card

I just wanted to remind you that I am sending out no-obligation Christmas cards.. Technically, they don't say Christmas on them, but there are kittens in a Christmas setting..

And no, this isn't the card.. I like it to be a surprise for you when it shows up.

Please enter your info at Postable. You only need to give me your address.

And again, if you would like to send me a card my address is

Tails from the Foster Kittens
PO Box 554
Grantham, NH 03753

Tails from the Foster Kittens 2019 Christmas Card

Kreb from 2018

I'm a little shocked that I have already gotten my 2019 Christmas Card to the printers, but I did.. (gives self a gold star)

So I thought I would let you guys know if you want a no-obligation Christmas Card from us you can enter your address at Postable.  I won't be getting the cards for a week or so and I am guessing I'll be mailing out the first batch by December 1st (if you are an international follower you'll want to give me your address sooner rather than later).  If you don't trust Postable, just reach out to me directly.

I'll probably be mailing out cards until the new year - because I know how people let these things get away from themselves, but I'd rather you get them sooner because who doesn't want to enjoy cute kittens for the holidays.

If you would like to send me a card (not that you have to; your comments on the blog are more than enough) you can at:

Tails from the Foster Kittens
PO Box 554
Grantham, NH 03753

Tails from the Foster Kittens Christmas Card

This is not the photo I chose for my holiday cards this year.. If you would like to find out what photo worked for me, you can send me your address, fill out the postable form, or wait until Christmas when I'll post it.

If you would like to send us a card you can use the address
Tails from the Foster Kittens
PO Box 554
Grantham, NH 03753

Don't forget I also have a Tails from the Foster Kittens calendar for sale this year.

A great big thank you

You have no idea how flippin excited I was to find this on my doorway yesterday. I was absolutely giddy with delight. I had seen this container posted on Facebook something like two years ago and I have been searching for one (okay, fine, not very aggressively, but actively) ever since. Apparently, Dee knew me well enough that when she saw it at her local store she grabbed one for me and it totally MMD!!  Thank you, Dee!! This freakin rocks (and it looks like Scottish kittens don't wear anything under their kilts either)

Now, for those of you who were wondering, as I totally was, if the cookies inside were kitten shaped..

They are not. I know the Walkers Scotty Dog cookies are dog shaped, but these kitten ones are not. I am surprisingly okay with it though, as I am not sure I could have eaten kitten cookies.

I also want to send a great big thank you to each and every one of you who sent cards to me. We were so light on Christmas decorations this year, because of the move, that it was nice to have something to brighten up the kitchen.

I loved each and every one and they are currently being moved from the kitchen to my secret stash of cards people have sent me.

...but I am giving bonus points to Amy J for sending me a card with a cat's behind prominently displayed. I laughed so hard, and every time I looked at it I smiled. I mean seriously, what is Christmas without a cat butt in your face?

For those of you who didn't request a holiday card from me, here is this year's card:

I had one returned to me for an improper address, and so if anyone who wanted a card didn't get one, you can just let me know by emailing me at connie @ kittyblog.net as I still have plenty. Hopefully next year we can get back to kittens on my cards

Fleurp says Hello

My husband picked up Fleurp to snuggle her. It was so cute I wanted to get a photo and as soon as I said that Fleurp "waved" at me. I turned, grabbed my camera and asked her to do it again.

The smirk on my husband's face is because he couldn't believe that she did it after I asked her to. Me? I just expected her to, that is why I asked.

I am working hard on getting the kitten room set up and once I do I will go to the local shelter and beg for kittens offer my services. I am hoping I don't have to wait until spring, but it is very rare to have kittens up this way in the winter unless they import them from down south. If I have to wait until spring, you'll just have to put up with Fleurp carrying the blog.

I have created an end of year 'holiday' card. If you would like one, fill out your address on my Postable account and I will send one out to you. Since my blog has been so quiet lately, I only ordered 100 of them. If for some reason I get more requests than that I will order some more but that means it will take a little longer for you to receive it. I hope you don't mind. 🐱

Happy Boxing Day

This is usually the best day of the year for the kitties as we generally have oodles of boxes laying around for them to play in, unfortunately this year we have but one and it is a wee bit too small for proper boxing day celebrations.. but that is okay, I'll make it up to them with plenty of bags from after Christmas sales shopping I'll be doing in the morning... and some more salmon treats :)

For those of you who didn't receive a Christmas card from us, why not?? it isn't like I wasn't willing to send you one :D but I suppose I need to respect people's need for privacy on the interwebs, so here is an electronic copy of the card:

The costumed photo was photoshopped from four different photos. I put each one in their outfit (well not Ethan Errol as he was opposed to clothing) and took about 100 photos until the right look was achieved.  Since they were all taken on the same backdrop and generally at the same time of day we didn't have much more to do but crop and paste... well, there was a bit more to it.. I know I featured Jack on last year's card too.. but he's just so darn handsome.  I figured you wouldn't mind.

Gandalf is a sick little boy.  I took him into the shelter on Tuesday and the vet there said his lung sounded clear but his larynx looked inflamed. She wanted to sedate him to take a good look but she didn't have the time.  Arrangements were made to take him to a local vet the next day for a once over since the shelter vet wouldn't have the resources to check him over the next day either.  There he was given an x-ray and his lungs, which should be black, were all white.  Since he only reliably eats raw food and they didn't have any to offer him, he hadn't eaten that night so he had no stool to offer them, so they guessed he has lungworm.  They sent him home with two different antibiotics and Panacur a full spectrum dewormer.

I was also given instructions to get a stool sample from him. This is hard since he didn't eat while he was away from me and with no input there is no output.. so we are working on that

He produced his first stool on Christmas, so hopefully we'll have something to offer them today to test. I'm also afraid all of those antibiotics are going to kill the good bacteria in his gut and cause diarrhea, so I'm giving him some probiotics and a dash of vit c.

He doesn't seem any worse, but at this point we don't have any real improvement... it might just take some time.  I just need to make sure he eats enough to sustain his life while we get everything else straightened out.  He will be with me a minimum of two more weeks while he gets his course of medication and hopefully improves enough that at that point he can go on, but if it takes longer I'm okay with that too.. I mean seriously, with that face who wouldn't want him around?