Tag: cat’s meow

Let me introduce you to our cat. Not only does she look unique with her green eyes and split face, but so is her story and her never ending daily adventures. Our cat was adopted five years ago when she was very young from the Macy’s S.F. store. She came with the name Halloween, but we call her Macy, but never forgetting her original name.

Moosie and Lalo adopted us about a year ago after a trip our family made to Pet Friends. We’d stopped by the animal rescue center not expecting to take home a new pet, much less two of the furry creatures. We had decided, on a whim, to spend an afternoon playing with the cats at the center only because we desperately missed our own Rael, who died unexpectedly. You see, we are cat lovers and we’ve always had one or two or four of them around to keep us company and to not have one roaming around the house just didn’t feel right.

Beachball is my feline master and I can tell you that he is a “one-in-a-million cat! He bounded into our school yard one cool, Monday morning in October of 1998. The entire school at Paradise Valley was in a circle as we sang patriotic songs. My students knew I loved cats, so one of the boys asked permission to snatch him. Beachball spent the entire day, taking turns sleeping on jackets, backpacks, and laps of all the students. He is a tabby and white domestic short-hair with a large head, expressive yellow-green eyes, and quite the pink nose. The students decided to name him Beachball, because he had a large head, but I felt the name fit him, because of the way he “bounced” into our lives!

Bear is a 5-year-old tortie with personality plus! Her favorite pastime is hiding in a chair, in a box or behind a door for a sneak attack on her humans - or just lounging in daddy’s lap.

When I walked into the San Martin Animal Shelter that August day, I wasn’t sure what I was looking for. I was never much of a cat person and I wasn’t sure if I had room in my heart for another pet, but I was drawn there.

It’s difficult to explain why I love Kiara. She has wonderfully silky fur, bright blue eyes and an endearingly curmudgeonly personality.

“Snowball” was brought to our home as a kitten by one of our daughter’s friends, as she arrived for a sleepover at our house. Apparently, she couldn’t keep him, and who was I to say no to a pre-teen who so desperately had already fallen in love? (Thanks a lot, Jenna’s Mom).

Jack was introduced to our family in basket full of kittens that had been abandoned in a field in 2007. A friend of ours rescued the litter and brought them to our school fall festival to find homes for them. We brought him home to our family. With fall leaves on the ground and pumpkins throughout our neighborhood, we named of Jack.

Meet Cooper (top right). He is about 10 weeks old. He was found as a stray and taken to the Hollister animal shelter. The girl who found him adopted him, but her father wouldn't let her keep him. She asked friends and coworkers if they knew of anyone who might take him.

Before Cheeto became my cat, he was a cute orange and white stray kitten. He was found in a school for special needs children. One of the children who found him took him to his teacher (my brother-in-law’s sister). She decided to keep him as a class pet. The kids fed and cared for him. But like we all know, school years come to an end.