Newbie Request: Help Me Get To Know You?

Hi Debbie, thank you for the welcome.

It can sometimes take so long to become familiar with the folks you post to and read from/about on forums, I like introductories to help out! I'm one that has trouble remembering people if I don't post back & forth with them on a regular basis!

Hi Ellie, nice to meet you!

Hmmm, blizzard of 2003, I don't remember that one for some reason. I remember the one in '96, though.

I am about 20 minutes from the Delaware Memorial Bridge, North up 295.

Welcome Pat! :) I am Krista - I am 24 years old and reside in NW Montana. I am an animal shelter kennel attendant. I LOVE my job. My family and I have 3 wonderful dogs and 3 wonderful cats.

Buster is a 6 year old coonhound, Rudy is almost 2 and a terrier cross, Dixie is a 3 and a half months old and a schnauzer/terrier cross. Miagi is a 7 year old tabby cross (he was cotd in December), Tiger is my 'soul' kitty he is about 9 years old and a tabby/bengal cross. We will have him for 5 years next month and last but not least Angel is a DSH/russian blue cross she is about 10 months now. :)

Hi Pat and Welcome.

I’m Gretchen, married to Douglas – 31 years come Wednesday.

Retired nurse, living in Michigan, originally from Rhode Island. I’ve been volunteering in a local elementary school library for 10 years. One son who is married and living in Virginia – with his wonderful wife and my two fantastic grandsons.

6 cats:
Duffy, 12, orange and white, without a mean bone in his body.

Reese, 9, long white hair, found in a parking lot. She rules the roost with an iron paw.

Abby, 8, found her on Petfinder. Sweetest one we have, with long, dancer’s legs. I sometimes call her Cyd Charisse.

Grady, 7. Once lived up the street, but was ignored, so he moved in with us. We think he’s a SMIB (southern Michigan inbred) –his daddy was most likely his older brother. Soft gray fur – a real love.

Red, age unknown – most likely in the 11 – 13 range. Big, orange with one green eye – the other eye had been surgically removed before we found him wandering in the woods and fields around our house. He’s been with us for 6 years now – and still has issues. He and Duffy are best buds.

Charlie, 6. Black and white. Another stray from the neighborhood – maybe from the same house as Grady? He has a bit of Dennis the Menace and Eddie Haskell thrown in for good measure.

My passions, besides cats, are reading, the Red Wings, the Red Sox, and March Madness.

And FYI - Ellie, from Delaware, and I are from the same hometown in RI - went to some of the same schools - a few years apart - I'm older :)

Hi there Pat, and a huge welcome to PT.

My user name is my real name, Carole, and I live in a little piece of paradise called New Zealand, currently i am the only NZer here on PT, and have been here for about six years.

I am married to Steve and have two children, Scott who is 28 and Melissa who is 17, and am cat slave to four felines, Ash,Lexie, Ellie-Mae and Nikkita who are all pictured below in my siggy.

Lovely to meet you and I can assure you once you are here you will fall in love with the magic of PT, it is a great place to have a laugh,a vent,get advice, give advice, but most of all a place where you can share as much as you want, or as little as you want,share the love of pets, and spread kindness.

Hope you enjoy your time here.:)

Hi, Pat. Welcome to PT.

My name is Shanna. I live in Wyoming. I am married with four kids between us; 17,18, 19 and 21.

I have nine dogs.

I own a boarding kennel and grooming shop.

Hi, Pat! Welcome to PT :) You will surely stick around, I'm sure, it's very addictiing :D

My name is Alyssa and I'm 17. I'm in New Jersey too, central Jersey as it were. I have a Pug/Beagle mix named Mikey, 2 Hermit crabs - Shelly and Otto, and 1 Cory named Gary Chubbles. I had a Maltese who died in June 2008 and is still very much missed. :( I'm a Junior in High school who cannot wait to graduate and plans on majoring in Marine Biology or Enviormental Science, I'm in a special Science program at school as well. I'm a hopeless Sci-fi nerd and proud Trekkie. I also volunteer at a local shelter, which you may have heard of as you are not too far away, but I'd prefer not to specify in a public post - I don't want to give to much away from where I live. I almost forgot to mention I am a Costume Character and Fright fest ghoul at Six Flags GA, I've worked there for the past 2 seasons and will probably be stuck there another 2. This coming one will be my third year

Your pets are adorable, and I really hope you enjoy PT! Hope to see some pics of your pets soon. :love:

Hi, another way to get to know folks is to read through all the posts in the Introduction forum. It's kind of a compendium of who is who!

My name is Karen, of course, and I am one of the moderators here. I do not have a pet right now, but the bunny you see as my avatar is Miss Hoppy, she was our house bunny for 11 years, and is now at The Rainbow Bridge.

The other moderator here is Paul, he is my husband, and together we founded PetoftheDay.com on September 1, 1997, and a year later added Dog of the Day and Cat of the Day, and then founded Pet Talk a few years later!

Hi Krista,
Nice to meet you. How wonderful for you that you work with animals on a daily basis!

Hi Pat, Welcome to PT.:D I'm Tracey and I've been a member of PT for many years now. It's very addictive and I've met so many nice people here.:)

I was born in PA grew up in S.C. but now live in Santa Clara,CA. I work in a dental lab as a dental technician.

I currently have 5 cats which are all rescues.

Storm is 14 years old, my first cat, and my :love: kitty. He's a blue DLH with beautiful light green eyes. He's the alpha cat and is always purring.

Sunny is 9 years and 5 months old and he an orange and white Aby mix. He's a big goofball and my eternal kitten. Unfortunately he was diagnosed with cancer in early Dec. so he only has several more months left with me.:( I know that the nice people here will help me get through his passing when the time comes.

Sky is 7 years and 7 months old and he's a Norwegian Forest Cat/Siamese Mix and he has very pale blue eyes. He's my dog kitty and loves to socialize with people. He's a lover not a fighter.

Pearl is 4 years and 8 months old and she's a Lynx Point Siamese Mix. She's very vocal, demanding, and very intelligent. I adopted her from another pet talker in Arizona.

Ziggy Stardust is 3 years and 7 months old and she's a huge fluffy girl and seems to keep on growing. She may have Maine Coon or Norwegion Forest Cat in her and has a huge bushy tail and teeny tiny baby meow. She's an odd eyed cat with one blue eye and one amber eye. I adopted her from the same pet talker as Pearl. She was adopted almost exactly a year a part from Pearl.

I look forward to learning more about you and your fur family.:)

Gee Pat, you are making a LOT of friends here.. I never saw anybody do a thread like this but it was a GREAT idea!! Gives the rest of us a chance to also learn things we didn't know about someone else here we didn't know that well.... GREAT IDEA! ;)

Hi Grace!

Hi Tracey!

Hi Carole!

Hi Shanna!

Hi Alyssa!

Hi Karen!

Thank you all for replying!

Karen, I should have looked for a topic with introductions or 'meet our members' type topic. This has been fun, though! Sometimes the less info I have the better I remember...I have some reading/comprehension issues and am starting to get a few of those senior moments now and again.:eek: If I have to read too much, I start losing track and have to keep going back to the beginning to start all over. I like my instruction manual to have lots of pictures and few words or chances are, like my camera manual, I barely look at it!:eek:

Alyssa, I am down in the southern half of the state a little below the town of Woodbury which you may have heard of. I'm not far from Deptford, which is another town that may be more familiar than my little town.;)

Hi, Pat. Welcome to PT. I have been here awhile, maybe 7 years? Too long, by some, I am sure, lol.
My name is johanna and I have 1 son, who is five. We have 8 cats. 5 are tuxedos, 2 are blackies, and 1 is a tabby. The tabby and 1 of the blackies are 7 month old kittens. The rest range in age from 2.5 years to 9. I currently have a 6 month old shepherd puppy that I am fostering. Her name is Gretchen, and she is recovering from parvo.
I work in the legal profession. I have learned a lot here, lots of valuable info. And, frankly, no one understands the love we have for our furkids like PT'ers do!!

Hi there, Pat!

I agree with Laura, this has been a great thread for me as well as for you!

I'm Sandie. I live in Rhode Island, and have been on PT a bit over 3 years. I joined here owning 5 cats. I now have the crew of 14 you see in my siggy, lol. We have an old thread somewhere, that PT can do that to ya, grow your family! :D All my pets are rescues.

My Dad lives with me, he moved in 8 years back. He has dementia which has worsened recently. He is move "trouble" than the crew of 14 put together! ;)

I did cat rescue (thanks to prompting from folks on here). For about 8 months I was actively trapping in a TNRM program. I kept all the kittens, which I was SUPPOSED to socialize and put up for adoption. The cats are listed in the order they arrived here. Ebony was my first foster, that lasted all of 29.5 minutes a record for the group, he hee. Tommy and Tuppence are brother & sister, and they are cousins to Bobby (the moms were sisters). Chaplin and Mandy are also cousins, from a different colony.

Sparkle is 13, and Mandy is 3, so I have quite the age range in between. The ones not from the TNRM program are either shelter kitties or foundlings.

Not being able to foster cats (I failed Fostering 101 every time!), I switched over to dogs. Thanks to the wonderful folks on the Dog side of PT, they suggested I look in to the bichon, and one person put me in touch with Small Paws Rescue. The dogs are also listed in the order they arrived here! I keep failing Fostering 101 in the dog realm too, so I just plain do NOT foster any longer! Unlike the cats, the dogs did not arrive here oldest to youngest. Sugar is 12, Lacey is 7, Marlin is 11 and Tasha is 4. Tasha is a puppy mill rescue. Working with her has been quite rewarding.

What a great idea, Pat!!


First of all: WELCOME TO PET TALK !!!!

I'm LUT, and my PT-name is Maya & Inka's mommy. Maya & Inka are 2 of my babies. Zazou & Snoopy joined our family later on. Maya is my calico girl. She is the sweetest and calmest cat you can imagine! Then there is my sweet Inka, my precious CH-cat; she has the softest fur on earth! Zazou is my gorgeous tuxie. She has the true tuxie-spirit! Zazou loves to be admired, scratched, petted, but hates to be picked up! She prefers to jump on my lap only if that's her OWN decision...;) Last but not least there is my baby Snoopy! She is my 3 legged girl, who can run and jump faster and higher than any other one of my girls :rolleyes::D; She has a short underdevelopped 4th leg, which she does NOT use to walk, but to spank her sisters :p or to play hockey with her toys:)

I am from Belgium; I live near Ghent, which is in the flemish part of the country.
I am married to Bernard. Last summer we celebrated our 30th anniversary!

I'm a housewife since 22 years now; Before that time, I was teaching in primary schools.

My hobbies are: posting on PT and another Flemish board, making 3D-cards, sending and receiving postcards from all over the world ( www.postcrossing.com ) reading, and traveling.

Oh yes, very important: I am rather an "oldie" with my 53 years old

Again: what a great idea to introduce yourself to this forum!!!:love: