On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

eleven pouting pussies, ten crotchety creaking canines, nine grumpy geese, eight kicking kittens, seven guinea fowl freeloading, six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Tenth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Tenth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

ten crotchety creaking canines, nine grumpy geese, eight kicking kittens, seven guinea fowl freeloading, six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

Vote for Vincent

Vote for Vincent
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

LOOK LOOK We moved up a whole notch in the NATION yesterday – do it again today. Vote every day thru 12/20. Please make my home Rikki’s Refuge, Orange VA number ONE !!! http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs Remember, the more Rikki’s wins the more animals we can save. Vote Vote Vote. Tell everybody you know! No matter where in the world you are you can vote for Rikki’s EVERYDAY!! They’ll be dividing up $100,000 to the winners. Help us get our share! Love, Vincent

On the Ninth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Ninth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

nine grumpy geese, eight kicking kittens, seven guinea fowl freeloading, six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

And if you can help us feed any of them http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php
We're all eating more in the cold weather.
I love you all for saving all of us and giving us a chance to life, Vincent

On the Eighth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Eighth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

eight kicking kittens, seven guinea fowl freeloading, six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Seventh Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Seventh Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

seven guinea fowl freeloading, six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Sixth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Sixth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

six lizards a lazing, five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Fifth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Fifth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

five guinea pigs a gnawing, four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Fourth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Fourth Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

four elderly equines, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Third Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Third Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

On the Third Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s, three burly bossy bovines, two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

On the Second Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the Second Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

two rabbits a mating, and a chukar in a cherry tree.

Vote for Jan

Vote for Jan
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

PLEASE VOTE NOW and VOTE EVERYDAY for Rikki's Refuge, Orange, Va on the Animal Rescue Site !!! It costs you NOTHING and Rikki's could win money to feed ME!! Vote every day thru 12/20 http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs
I know you can make me a winner!!! LOVE, VINCENT D. CAT

PS Look at Jan chase Joey trying to get him to pose!!!!

On the First Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,

On the First Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s,
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

At Rikki’s, we always do things in a BIG way. I order cat litter by the ton and food by the pallet. My humans clean up 400 pounds of poop every day. It takes 16 hard working human house a day to sanitize for my protection. “They” have 12 days of Christmas. WE have 28. And today is the First Day of Christmas at Rikki’s. Love Vincent


On the First Day of Christmas, look what came to Rikki’s, a chukar in a cherry tree.

Vote for Vincent

Vote for Vincent
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

PLEASE VOTE TODAY It’s free to you and it could win big bucks for Rikki’s Refuge, Orange VA www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.... Remember, the more Rikki’s wins the more animals we can save. Vote Vote Vote. Tell everybody you know! No matter where in the world you are you can vote for Rikki’s!! Contest ends 12/20, please vote everyday until then. They will be dividing up $100,000 to the winners.

www.RikkisRefuge.org

No Snoozing for Vincent

SO IT’S LIKE RAINING OUT THERE THIS MORNING
And Kerry says, “Wake up you lazy cat and get to work, we have 1200 animals to take care of. No more snoozing around here.” HUH? It’s like o’dark thirty and raining to boot. I call this hibernation time. Then she yanks my covers off. “To work you beast. If I have to work, YOU have to work! Your choice, get out there to check on everybody, start scooping boxes or go write a Hairballs.”

Ok Ok I’ll go do Hairballs. After I get a cup of catnip tea. Ahhhh Yaaawwwwwnnnnnn … Maybe just a little cat nap …. Ok Ok I’m just kidding, I’ll get over to the office and to work right away. “And, Mr. Vincent, why don’t YOU explain why there was no Hairballs last week.”

Ok, so I missed a week. It wasn’t MY fault. SHE was messing with the computer. SHE was a howling and a squawking about mud stuck between the keys. SHE was screaming about wipe your filthy paws, all three of them, before you set paw in my office! SHE was ranting and raving that if she ever found HER computer out in a cat house again…..

HER computer? Where does she get off with that kind of crap? HER? Lady, YOU invited me into your home knowing full well I’m a CAT and I live by MY rules, what’s yours is MINE. Gonna throw me out? Huh? “Don’t push your luck, Vincent! I’ll spend the day on the phone finding a sanctuary that takes handicapped sassy cats! Don’t you dare tempt me.”

MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS
Christine Greene & Christine Hawley independently posted the challenge: Every Day ‘til Thanksgiving, think of one thing you are thankful for and post it on your wall. The longer you do it, the harder it gets!

Do you think it will get harder? I think I can do it. Can you? My first post: Today I am thankful for Christine Greene who helps us to remember that we should be thankful.

It was a few minutes later that I saw my other friend Christine had made that request too.

My facebook is http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000443110622 and you can sign up to be my friend and learn about my philosophy of the world. As I write this, I have 265 facebook friends. I really want 1,000 facebook friends but all the humans tell me I’m greedy. ME? Come on, I’m perfect, NOT greedy! And look, in 24 hours I got my first 100 friends and in less than two weeks 265 – so I can’t be all wrong now can I?

Help me to prove the humans wrong and show them EVERYBODY wants to be MY friend. Log onto facebook and be my friend.


POST WHAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR
Every morning. If we can all think of one nice happy thing we are thankful for, I think it will make our days much happier. I can’t wait to read what you’re thankful for!


BE A RIKKI’S REFUGE FAN
Rikki’s Refuge also has a serious facebook page where you can keep up to date about what’s going on. Just go here
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rikkis-Refuge/169651012390 to sign up as a fan.

My facebook is a lot more fun. Rikki’s is just kind of stuffy business stuff. Mine is cool. Sometimes even a dating site!! Check it out. My first attempt at computer dating! From Kat Knipp, “OH Vincent....I think I’m in LOVE! My first sleep over invite...you've been fixed, right?”

And if you’re interested in boring Kerry who thinks life is all work, work, work http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000425680511

Love, Vincent

Thank you Nanny T. Goat

Thank you Nanny T. Goat
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

for taking care of the office and the refuge for me and for working so hard to get me out of jail. Work party this weekend, come help shovel out my office! Bring BIG shovels!!!!

Thank you all you donors who made Nanny's work of saving me possible.

And Thank all of you who gave Nanny such a wonderful Birthday Party on Sunday. So many wonderful people came out to the Refuge Birthday Party and Open House. I hope you had as much fun visiting us as we had with your visit!!

Bring Kerry Home for My Birthday

Fill this jar with $20's
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

Fill this jar with $20s and Kerry can come home. We're only $576 short of getting Kerry home. Help us raise the money so Kerry can come home for Nanny's Birthday Open House on Sunday August 16, 2009 from noon till 4 pm. Open to the public, free vegan yummies cooked just for you, lots of fun, tours every half hours, lots of love for everybody, come and kiss a pig or goat or pat a cat or dog. 540-854-0870 x2 for details.

Please send your support. $1, $5 or what ever you can. http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Feed Paypal, Credit card or send a check to Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960.

Sincerely, Nanny T. Goat

Will Kerry survive incarceration in the dog run?

"I will never get used to dog etiquette",
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

Kerry will remain in jail pending investigation and possibly a trail. Bail has been set at the price of the over due feed bill $6,782.47. So far Nanny T. Goat (with help from YOU), has raised well over half the funds to get Kerry back to work. The animals all beg for your help .... Help bail her out before there's nothing left but a pelt.

The future of Rikki's Refuge is in your hands! Please send your support. $1, $5 or what ever you can. www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Feed Paypal, Credit card or send a check to Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960.

Kerry says prison is like a vacation !!!

Fun in the Sun
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

Kerry is quoted as saying, "I've always said I want to be a cat when I grow up! This ain't half bad! Sleeping in the sun! No phone! No computer! And, hey! They are scooping MY litterbox instead of the other way around. Eat, Sleep, Sun .. I could get into this ...."

Kerry will remain in jail pending investigation and possibly a trail. Bail has been set at the price of the over due feed bill $6,782.47. So far Nanny T. Goat (with help from opposable thumbed bipeds has raised $2,817.10, leaving only $3,965.37 to get Kerry back to work. The animals all beg for your help .... don't let her lay around relaxing and sleeping in jail - get her back to the drudges of cleaning up after us !!!!

The future of Rikki's Refuge is in your hands! Please send your support. $1, $5 or what ever you can. www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Feed Paypal, Credit card or send a check to Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960.

Read the detailed story at
http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/kerryjail.html

Kerry Charged on 3,206 Counts - Locked up Pending Investigation

"So you claim no cats are being fed?"
Originally uploaded by rikkis_refuge

Accused by Vincent and charged by Officer Lena Stocks with 7 counts of uneven fur trimming, 4 counts for what a horrid haircut , 639 counts of no tuna for breakfast, 639 counts of no Fancy Feast for snack time, 639 counts of no tuna for dinner, 639 counts of no silk pillows at bed time, 639 counts of no midnight snacks of fresh mouse.

Kerry will remain in jail pending investigation and possibly a trail. Bail has been set at the price of the over due feed bill $6,782.47. So far Nanny T. Goat has raised $1,660.00, leaving only $5,122.47 to get Kerry back to work.

The animals all beg for your help .... don't let her lay around relaxing and sleeping in jail - get her back to the drudges of cleaning up after us !!!!

The future of Rikki's Refuge is in your hands! Please send your support. $1, $5 or what ever you can. www.rikkisrefuge.org/donate.php?purpose=Feed Paypal, Credit card or send a check to Rikki's Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960.

Read the detailed story at

http://www.rikkisrefuge.org/Rikkis/kerryjail.html