Archive for April, 2009
Protected: We’re starting her early
Posted in Olive, fun, milestones on 30 April 2009 by saintlouisfricksBreathing again
Posted in Tenth Life on 27 April 2009 by saintlouisfricksNow that Sage is home, life has settled down considerably. It’s so great to have her home; not only because she’s safe and we love having her around, but because I don’t have to stay up til 2am or get up at 3, 4, and 5am to check traps. I’m not searching for her every time I go outside. I don’t have nagging guilt about her getting out in the first place. I don’t cringe with fear every time the idiot dogs in our neighborhood bark like lunatics. And I have actual time to do things other than set and check traps. Whew!
I had two events for Tenth Life this past week that also sucked up a lot of my time. Last Tuesday, we had a Catstravaganzaa at Cranky Yellow, complete with a cat circus, kitty artwork and cat related snacks (Goldfish, animal crackers, milk, etc.).
Chester made an appearance and seemed really stressed and uncomfortable the whole time. 
But we made a good amount in cash donations and we’ll get proceeds from tickets sales as well!
Yesterday, Tenth Life had a booth at St. Louis’ Earth Day Festival. It was a loooooong and gale-force windy day, but we made some good contacts, made a couple bucks in donations, and got the organization’s name out, which was my main goal. Seriously, the wind… I had to hold onto my tent for about 50% of the day. It seriously would have blown down the hill and into the lake. Whew! But we got really great feedback from attendees and most people expressed their excitement over a cageless, no-kill cat-only (no dogs!) shelter in St. Louis. It seems like there’s a great need for both the organization and the education I intend to make a top priority. St. Louisans have a looong way to go before catching up to the degree of progressiveness in Chicago!
