Waffles Wednesday: It's the #IceBucketChallenge – CAT EDITION!

WAFFLES:  Hey Boss! It's Waffles Wednesday. What are YOU doing here?

KATIE:  I just came to find out if it's really true.

WAFFLES:  Whaddya mean?

KATIE:  I mean are you REALLY going to do the #IceBucketChallenge?

WAFFLES:  Yeah! I think it will be really COOL!

KATIE:  It'll be cool alright.

WAFFLES:  Do YOU want to do it, Boss?

KATIE:  Uh, yeah... NO.


Watch Waffles #IceBucketChallenge video below, or click HERE to watch on YouTube.


Our Challenger
Hazel McFluffyPants, a feline friend from Facebook, called upon us to take the #IceBucketChallenge. We were thrilled to comply. Though I think Waffles was hoping for more of an ice HOCKEY challenge. And before our ice even melted, we made a donation in Waffles' name to ALS. So far, the #IceBucketChallenge has raised over $88 million dollars and the number keeps climbing. We think that's pretty COOL. Ice-cold-COOL!


SO... Who's Next???
We want to invite any and all of our friends - feline, canine, human and otherwise -  to join us in taking the #IceBucketChallenge. But to make it REALLY INTERESTING, we're calling upon the cats and goats of a certain Montana ranch... Ok, Pricilla! Ok, Luke! Ok, Harry and Sherpa! Game ON!

What's ALS?

ALS was first found in 1869 by French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, but it wasn’t until 1939 that Lou Gehrig brought national and international attention to the disease. Ending the career of one of the most beloved baseball players of all time, the disease is still most closely associated with his name. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to death.

Kitty Lounger & T-Shirt WINNERS!

Hi everyone, Katie here.

We want to thank everyone who entered our fabulous Peach Industries Kitty Lounger & T-Shirt Giveaway last week!  We had over elebenty gillion entries from so many of our friends...and it's pretty clear you're loving this kitty lounger as much as we are!

We added up all the entries, making sure everyone got credit for their extra entries. We also heard from a couple of our friends that they had trouble leaving comments here on the blog so we made sure to add them in too. In all we had 182 total entries.

We assigned each entry a number in the order we received them. Then we used random.org's random number generator to pick our two winners. I want to assure you that Waffles had NOTHING to do with the numbering and/or the picking of the winners. He can't even count past 2. So without further ado...


The winners are...

Patty Woodland from The Maaaaa Of Pricilla (the famous goat) and her farm cats, Harry & Sherpa! Congratulations, Harry and Sherpa!  Looks like you'll be able to upgrade from your cardboard boxes to a brand new Kitty Lounger! So the $64,000 question is:  Will you BOTH fit on your new lounger or will you have a signup sheet?

And......

Sparkle from Sparkle the Designer Cat and her human!  Sorry Sparkle, but we couldn't resist having you model your new t-shirt.  I mean you ARE a supermodel and all. I'm certain you'll be willing to share your prize with your human. Just make sure to fur it up a little bit before she wears it.

We'd like to thank the wonderful people at Peach Industries for this pawsome giveaway.  

And we'd also like to thank YOU...our wonderful, fabulous readers and friends who entered. We wish everyone could be a winner. Thank you for making US feel like winners every time you visit. We heart you.

It's Petties-Time!

Click our button to nominate your favorite pet blogs & shelters for the 2013 Petties!

These are some of the most prestigious awards out there for excellence in pet blogging. If you like coming here to hang out and laugh with us, would you please consider nominating us for a Pettie? 

It's super easy. There's a bunch of categories like Best Cat Blog, Funniest Blogger, etc... For every blog nomination, you ALSO get to nominate a 501c3 shelter or rescue for a chance at $10,000!  That's a LOT of green papers for homeless kitties!

You can nominate daily so that means you have a chance to nominate all of your favorite blogs. And you can nominate blogs in as many categories as you want. 

You'll need the URL of the blog you're nominating (ex: www.GLOGIRLY.com) and the name of your favorite shelter or rescue.  Happy Nominating!