Saturday, October 27, 2012

Jamie - Hollywood Here I Come!

Hi Pals:

I'm so excited today because the abandoned kitty (Jamie) leaves  North Carolina on Sunday to begin his journey to his new home with @MizzBassie in Southern Florida.   He's being driven by several wonderful volunteers whom M calls "Jamie's Angels."   The caravan leaves with Brian's Dad (Terry) driving the 1st leg.   He's being handed over to a new driver at each stop.  Dorian said she'd post pictures of the hand-off at each stop after the trip is over.

There are so many to thank as this is quite a trip with a lot of humans involved.   

M and I want to thank:

1.   Brian's dad (Terry at Brian's Home) so much for telling us about Jamie and starting the ball rolling to finding Jamie a new home and seeing that he was comfortable in the shelter and well cared for until a permanent home could be found.  Brian does a fantastic job with rescue kitties and many times is called out on an rescue in the middle of the night.     This is NOT his first rescue mission by any means.  He is a pro.

2.    The owner/Manger at the Doggy Shelter who took extra good care of Jamie while he was having to stay there due to lack of room at other shelters.  That nice lady kept Jamie with her in the shelter office, where he got lots of lap time and extra attention.     She said she would have liked to adopt him because he is such a nice cat, but she has a house full of dogs, and Jamie would not be happy

3.   Dorian of @YourDailyCute/ for lining up a group of Rescue Angels and coordinating with Terry on arrangements.   She coordinated and contacted her rescue people, set up the itinerary and schedule. Not an easy job I'm sure.  She has done this kind of thing many times before and has the system down pat!!  We can't thank you enough Dorian.   You are a real pro at this rescue business!  M says she's sure you spend hours and hours on each rescue because this one was so well thought and planned - right down to an approximate time schedule all day long.

4.    All the drivers, who are giving up their personal, free time, and paying for their own gas money  to help drive several miles to take Jamie  to the next designated stop.   You all are special Angels and I'm calling you #Jamie'sAngels.  Without you we'd probably still be trying to figure out how to get Jamie to his new home.

5.    @MizzBassie for adopting Jamie.   We can't thank her enough for saying she'd like to adopt Jamie because we know he's going to a very good home where he will receive expert, loving care.     @MizzBassie lost one of her special kitties about a year ago, and she said she was now ready to bring a new kitty into her home to live with the other kitties.   We know Jamie will get lots of love and attention with MizzBassie and her family.  He is one very, very lucky kitty
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6.  Then last, but not least, thank you to all of you on Twitter for RTing so many of my tweets and for putting up with seeing so many tweets over and over again on the same subject.   Without your  help, we would not have found two of the volunteers!    Once again, the anipals on Twitter and the Blogosphere ROCK!   

What a wonderful group of humans working so hard to get Jamie to his new home with @MizzBassie.  We feel so honored to be associated with such a wonderful group and to be a tiny part of this very special rescue.

SPECIAL NOTE:   You can follow Jamie's progress on Twitter by watching for the hashtag #JamieRoadTrip.  Dorian will post the tweet and a few of us will be watching so we can RT it.   It's going to be so fun to follow his progress.   As soon as the time line is posted, I'll tweet the begin time on Sunday morning with the hashtag of #JamieRoadTrip.   

Woohoo - this is all just so exciting!  Now I just hope "Sandy" gets out of the way of the route our "Jamie's Angels" are taking.

Oh yes, a big thank you to  all of you for your many comments and suggestions on my blog.  All the suggestions were good ones and were passed on to Brian and Dorian.  I'm keeping them as ideas if and when there is a "next time."

Until next time pals,

Mario

P.S.  M says special thoughts and prayers are going to our pals along the East Coast where Sandy is whipping up quite a storm.  We hope everyone is safe and out of harms way.  She will be worried about our #JamiesAngels also as they make the journey to Jamie's new home.


35 comments:

Brian's Home Blog said...

Thanks to you too for all the tweets, retweets and again tweets!!! Everyone pulled together to help this precious boy. We're ready to roll!

Angel Simba said...

This is so fabulous of everybody involved. Hooray for wonderful peeps!
We are doing preparations for Sandy. We hope it will be less intense than we are preparing for.

Cathy Keisha said...

I was so excited on Thursday when I found out during Nipclub that @Flacatlady was helping Jamie get to Florida. Mario, you are an angel too.

Cherry City Kitties said...

WOW! You guys are all SO amazing. We'll try to follow the trip along the way... you all should be so proud.
Harry, Dexter and Tipp

Sparkle said...

This is such great news! I look forward to Jamie landing at his new home!

Marg said...

That is such a great group of people to get Jamie to his new home. Fantastic. Mario, you and you Mom are the best to Tweet all this and keep it going. We are so excited that Jamie is going to his new home. Happy tears here. This is one for the good books. All I can say is Whoooo Hoooo.

CATachresis said...

Cat bloggers are the best. Jamie is so loved :)

Mr. Black said...

We're so glad that Jamie is almost home!

Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...

So glad to hear that Jamie soon will be on his way home !

The Island Cats said...

Yay, Jamie! Have a safe trip and enjoy your new home!!

Katie Isabella said...

I am so very delighted at this fabulous turn of events. I love that Jamie has a new home and a loving one and that so many people have volunteered to help him. xoxox

Beth said...

Wonderful!

A Tonl said...

Wow, sooo excited that this is going to happen for Jamie! Yay for all the generous human beans out there who made this happen!

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

Hurrahs and cheers to all those who are able to help! Yay! Yay! Yay!

George The Duck and the HotMBC Kittehs said...

Yay for everyone who's helped and helping out! I'm feeling lucky I get to ride with Jamie and @FlaCatLady on one leg of Jamie's journey. How exciting!

Sebastian said...

How exciting! Jamie is going to have a great home!

Your Daily Cute said...

Today is the big day! Huge thank you to you and your mom for all the tweets and help. So many people came together to help Jamie!

And you're welcome. I am glad Brian's dad reached out to me for help. I love doing this and I love seeing how much everyone cares and is willing to dedicate their time and money and effort. This is the most wonderful community ever, and I'm so proud to be a part of it!

Go, Jamie, go!

Seville at Nerissa's Life said...

This is such a wonderful thing peeps are doin' for Jamie. They truly are a bunch of angels! Wonderful, fantastic, spectacular angels!!! purrs

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE ALL ANGELS!!!! Blessings to all of them!

The Florida Furkids said...

We love happy endings! Mom is so happy that she can help get Jamie to his new home!!

The Florida Furkids

cats of wildcat woods said...

what a great story about Jamie and a happy ending too!

Pumpkinpuddy said...

Everyone involved in finding Jamie a new home and getting him there are just pawsome! You all just rock.

Unknown said...

Mario:

Woohoo! We at KT are so elated to hear that little Jaime is off to his new family! You are so wonderful to get the word out to all of us, too!

Love ya, M!
Purrs and mews,
BoBo and Mi-Mi

Gigi said...

MUCH LUFF to those wonderful people who are ferrying Jamie to his new furever home! You are all really truly angels! XOXOXOXO to everyone who played a part in this.

Connie and Boomie said...

What a wonderful thing everyone involved is doing for this dear cat. Hope Jamie goes on to live a long happy life with his new forever family. Hug hug hug

Kolo Martin said...

Such a wonderful project and well done for Mario's mum for putting it all together. I'm sure Jamie is going to have a fab life and what a start!!

Pat Wahler said...

Goes to show the wonderful things that can happen through working together. Great job!

Pat
Critter Alley

BeadedTail said...

We followed Jamie's trip home on FB and it was so wonderful to see him get to his new mom!

Ellen Whyte said...

We saw the news on Facebook that he's arrived. It's PAWSOME! Thanks for telling us he's with @MizzBassie. We're going to link on Twitter!

Gigi said...

Happy Halloween, Buddy! I hope Jamie's going to have a swell day in his new home with lots of treats and no tricks at all! XOXOXO

Seville at Nerissa's Life said...

Any news 'bout Jamie? Pictures? purrs

HH and The Boys said...

Congratulations to everyone involved in making this all happen.

hugs, Max, Bgusy, and Knuckles

Oui Oui said...

And, most of all, thanks to you! We are so fortunate to know you and so many wonderful people. Purrs, sweet furriends. We are so happy Jamie is finally going home.

Clooney said...

Oh that is just fantastic that Jamie has found a wonderful home! Happy Halloween Mario, did you get in lots of tricking and treating? Have a great week buddy!

Gigi said...

Happy Halloween Mario! Hope you had more treats than tricks today ;-) And hope Jamie had a great Halloween in his new home!