Newbie Request: Help Me Get To Know You?

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi all,
Being rather new here, I'm trying to feel my way around and get to know folks...
Was wondering if anyone would like to give a quick "synopsis" of who you are so I can start putting real names to screen names and recognizing people a little easier?

Just something brief, like your real name if you don't mind sharing it, where you're from(general or exact, whatever you're comfortable with) and your pets' names, married or not, anything you are comfortable with sharing but without making the replies too long so I don't have too much info to absorb all at once :

I'm PAT
From Southern NEW JERSEY, USA
Married to Chip (almost 30 years!)
Pets are:
Nellie the dog
Philly the almost 5 year old mostly black cat
Kit and Molly the almost 3 year old litter mate sister b&w tuxies
Piper the baby of the family at almost 2 years old, the gray tabby
I'm 'just' a housewife
Love taking pictures, figure skating and the Philadelphia Phillies

Thanks for replying!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Hi Pat!

It's very nice to meet you, and a very warm welcome to PT! My name is Leslie. I'm married to Ricky (4 years) and have 2 babies, Quinn (my almost 3 year old daughter) and Vincent (my 10 month old son) and I'm a stay-home-mom. I'm in N. TX (yuck) and have 2 dogs: Kersey, 8 year old GSD/Rottweiller mix and Boone the almost 4 year old GSD. I also have 2 kitties: Minion is about 13 and he's a long hair grey/white tuxedo and Miss Mindy who is about 6 and she's a long hair black/white tuxedo.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Leslie, thanks for the welcome and your introduction to me! I'm taking notes to cheat from til I get used to everyone here!

I've always wanted to come to Texas just to say I was there and to maybe see the museum that I heard there is for the tv show Dallas, which was one of my staples "BC" (before computer!).

[k9krazee]

Hi Pat! I lurk much more than I post these days, but still consider the people of PT as family. My name is Ashley, 21, 4th year college student in Michigan. My family has 3 Jack Russells and my lab mix - Jack.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Ashley, nice to meet you.

We had a JRT for 17 years. She was like the child we never had. I never loved a dog the way I loved her. Here's a link to her webpages:
Aggie's Pages

Aggie is 16 years old in this photo:

[caseysmom]

Hi Pat, My name is Shelley and I live in California. Married to Pete for 27 years and have two teenage daughters.

I have casey who is a 9 year old 40lb mix, bubba is a poodle/shitzu, and potter is a kitty I adopted when my brother passed away.

I work in IT and have since 1985.

Nice to meet you!

[Whisk_Luva]

Hi Pat, I do not post all that much anymore but I am almost always around reading threads.

I am Ellie and I am from England. I have two hamsters (Karno and Blanco) who I love very much, but I would love to get a cat (or a few!) when I am older and have my own place. I am still at school, and would eventually like to become a clinical psychologist. I also love taking photos!

Anyway, welcome to PT... I look foward to reading lots of your posts


Edit to add: Just saw your signature- all your pets are gorgeous... I especially love Piper

[Laura's Babies]

I am Laura (my cats are my "Babies")

I am in SE Louisiana and live with my 4 babies.. Boo, a orange & White lady that was my Mom's faithful companion until she died in 1999.. she is going on 15 years old now.

Amy is my CH baby ( cerebellar hypoplasia), a tabby & white that is about 6 to 7 years old now (time flys and it's hard to keep up).. See what her CH looks like in the link in my siggy.

Giz is my "clown" girl, a diluted calico (?) that is very mischievous, always into to something, bores easily and she is the funniest cat I ever met. About the same age as Amy, was gotten to be a companion for Amy.

Samantha is my black beauty that sat on my doorstep for 2 years begging to be mine. She is my shadow and constant companion.. Although she is the smallest of the bunch she is older by about a year than Amy & Giz.

I work on a boat on the Mississippi River, I am the cook and my job requires me to be gone 28 days and when I am home, I am home 28.. So I come and go here according to my work schedule.

The boat I work on..


(Just call me the "boat lady" if that helps you remember me)

[Taz_Zoee]

Hello Pat! My name is Cindy and I have two dogs, Zoee who just turned 5 and Taggart who will be 2 in May. I also have a kitty, Paizly, who will also be two in May.
I live in Concord, CA (Bay Area near San Francisco) with my boyfriend and our "kids". In my siggie you'll see a tabby cat. That is my Taz who I had to let go back in July of last year. I probably wouldn't have made it through that difficult time if it weren't for my PT family here.
One of these days I might get another kitty to (hopefully) keep Paizly company, if she'll accept a newbie.

I work in accounting at a management company and volunteer at a local animal shelter (Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation www.arf.net) at least one day of the weekend. That is where I found Taggart.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Shelley, nice to meet you!

[sirrahbed]

This thread is very nice - am learning more basic things about people I already "know"

I am Debbie, married for 35 years to Dennis. Three grown and married kids, four grandkids. I am homemaker and hubby is retired military - we live in Ohio. The fur family includes five kitties - Emily, Eliot, Dylan, Lizzie and Robbie. We adopted the last two from another PT friend here - Kimlovescats who lives down in Tennessee.

Welcome to PT, Pat!

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Ellie, nice to meet you all the way over on the other side of the pond! I had a hamster a long time ago.

[pomtzu]

Hi Pat! I'm Ellie and we're practically neighbors. I live in DE, about 10 miles NW of Dover. I share my home with my 2 pups: Myndi is a Pomeranian and her birthday is today - she's 14, and my little guy Sparky who is a ShihTzu and will be 11 next month. You can see them in all their cuteness in my siggy pic. I also have an outdoor kitty by the name of Sherbie - the stray who came to stay - 7 years ago during the President's Day Blizzard in 2003.
I'm retired - love the ocean - and have a passion for lighthouses. I have 2 beautiful grandkids and my granddaughter graduates and is off to Monmouth Univ in the Fall.
Welcome!!!

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Laura! What a unique job you have!
Nice to meet you!

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Cindy,
I'm sorry you lost your Taz.
Isn't it odd how our on-line fellow pet loving friends are more comfort than people in our real life when we lose a pet? So many just don't get it, that pets are family. I'm so glad the internet allows we pet lovers to congregate to share and support! I know I needed it when we lost our Jack Russell Terrier, Aggie, in 2007.
Your dogs are adorable! I love the name Paizly for your kitty!