3rd Blogoversary

Brulee, Mom Paula, Truffle

Can you believe it?  We've been blogging for 3 years!!!  Our very first post was July 12, 2011 when Mom Paula began blogging again after losing Sweet Praline in April 2011.  Mom Paula had continued to blog with Sweet Praline until her 3rd blogoversary in June 2011 and then she stopped in order to give herself time to heal.  She already knew in May that she had some new furbabies coming to live with her, but she didn't want to jinx anything by announcing our arrival too soon.  She decided to start a brand new blog with a new name that honored Sweet Praline but was unique to a new family.

Our first header designed by Ann at Zoolatry

Our first header was designed by the wonderful Ann of Zoolatry.  Mom Paula had no idea which kittens would come to live with her, so Ann came up with the unique design using some kittens from the cattery with the "coming soon" subheading.  The pictures in the heading aren't of us, but are some of our fur relatives.  Ann has done some beautiful headers for us the past three years and we definitely wanted her to design our special header for celebrating 3 years.  We couldn't have asked for a more purrfect header for this special occasion.  Mom Paula sent Ann some ideas she had in her head along with numerous pictures and what Ann designed was exactly what Mom Paula had in mind.  We LOVE it!

Angel Sweet Praline's last header designed by Ann

Just how did we get our name?  We shared the story on our 2nd Blogoversary post last year.  Our blog name and our given names (Truffle and Brulee) were all to honor the memory of Angel Sweet Praline.  Sweet Praline was named after a New Orleans/French confection that is very sweet.  Mom Paula actually researched names of New Orleans/French desserts on the Internet to find our names. When she saw us, she knew we were going to be "purrfect", so she combined purrfect with confections to make purrfections and added the word sweet in front to honor Sweet Praline.

Chey from The Cat Post Intelligencer

Our very first visitor was Chey from The Cat Post Intelligencer.  Chey had been furiends with Angel Sweet Praline and Mom Paula had met Chey's mom, Bonnie, right before Sweet Praline left for the bridge.  Mom Paula was able actually meet Chey, Ichiro, and Gemini the next year (even though Gemini never came out from under the night stand).

Brulee, Mom Paula, Truffle (2011)

We've gone through a lot the past 3 years.  We've lost some close furiends, maintained furiendships with long-time furiends, and met some new furiends along the way.  We've never missed a day of blogging (Mom Paula is a little ADD) and today marks 1,098 posts.  We hope to continue blogging for many years to come.  Many of our blogging furiends have left the blogging world for other social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.  At least we're able to keep up with them through these methods, but we'll always love blogging first.  We're so thankful for the Cat Blogosphere (CB) and those who started it and have kept it going (Robyn, ML, Sue, Mo, and ?).  We wouldn't be where we are without everyone in the CB.  Thank you for being our furiends!

We wanted to do something special for our 3rd Blogoversary, but Mom Paula's schedule just won't allow it.  Instead, we're designing a 2015 weekly planner of the Cats of the CB this year.  We hope to have it completed by the end of the month to submit it to the publisher and that it will be available to purchase by the end of August.  We also plan on continuing to sponsor the Secret Paws in December. Thank you again for visiting us the past three years and we look forward to many more.