Posted on 03/14/2005 2:02:03 AM PST by PetroniDE
March Madness Time !!! --- Want to earn extra money? Want to win the office pool? Then follow the advice of the kitties regarding the men’s NCAA basketball tournament bracket. All new pictures this week.
Chicago Region --- Round by Round
Illinois over FDU; Nevada over Texas; UWM over Alabama; BC over Penn
LSU over UAB; Utah State over Arizona; Saint Mary’s over S. Illinois; OSU over SE La
Illinois over Nevada; BC over UWM; LSU over Utah State; OSU over Saint Mary’s
Illinois over BC; OSU over LSU
ILLINOIS over OKLAHOMA ST.
UWM Panthers --- Good Kitty; Arizona Wildcats --- Bad Kitty
Albuquerque Region --- Round by Round
Washington over Montana; Pacific over Pittsburgh; GW over Ga. Tech; Louisville over UL-Laf
Texas Tech over UCLA; Gonzaga over Winthrop; WVU over Creighton; WFU over Chattanooga
Pacific over Washington; Louisville over GW; Gonzaga over Texas Tech; Wake Forest over WVU
Louisville over Pacific; Wake Forest over Gonzaga
LOUISVILLE over WAKE FOREST
Too Many DOGS In This Bracket, Cats Default To The Birds (For Now)
Syracuse Region --- Round by Round
Oakland over Alabama A&M
UNC over Oakland; Iowa St. over Minnesota; Villanova over New Mexico; Florida over Ohio
No. Iowa over Wisconsin; Kansas over Bucknell; Charlotte over NC State; Connecticut over UCF
UNC over Iowa State; Villanova over Florida; Kansas over No. Iowa; Connecticut over Charlotte
UNC over Villanova; Connecticut over Kansas
CONNECTICUT over NORTH CAROLINA
Enjoy The Victory Husky Dogs, It Is Only Temporary 
Austin Region --- Round by Round
Duke over Del. St; Stanford over Miss. St; Old Dominion over Mich. St; Vermont over Syracuse
Utah over UTEP; Oklahoma over Niagara; Cincinnati over Iowa; Kentucky over E. Kentucky
Duke over Stanford; Vermont over Old Dominion; Oklahoma over Utah; Kentucky over Cincinnati
Duke over Vermont; Kentucky over Oklahoma
KENTUCKY over DUKE
Kentucky Wildcats: Sound Good – The Rest: KITTY BAIT !!
Final Four
Illinois over Louisville; Kentucky over Connecticut
KENTUCKY over ILLINOIS -------- KENTUCKY WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
I’m Going To Win The Pool; I’m Going To Win The Cache
SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!! 
Sorry to hear about your loss,Sandy!
Sorry for the loss of your dear kitty...They bring us so much joy!
It was Sandy who lost her kitty, not me. You are quite correct in any case - they do bring us much joy.
You are right though, when I went to fill the hole in my heart with a new kitten, I ended up walking out with 2! Meet Moo Moo and George. Now I have a total of 4 cats. They helped me in healing the sadness. We wish you happiness soon! 
How precious!
I can't wait to introduce new kittens to Phoebe and Tomas. I'm sure there will be an abundance of hissing and spitting, but they'll all get over it.
I know how you feel. We lost our Oma, a stray taken in on a dark and stormy night in 1997, suddenly to mega-bowel syndrome and colon cancer, all in a space of two days just before Christmas of 2002. The doctor called to tell me that there was nothing that could be done and that she was suffering quite badly. She was eased out of life while purring in my arms. I cried constantly for the next two weeks, and made arrangements with the vet to visit the clinic to be able to just pet and hold their "office" cats.
We found Mitzi on the 4th of July, 2003, eyes just barely opened and still nursing .. we had to buy a baby animal bottle to feed her .. on our doorstep, obviously abandoned by her mother and, as I saw it, a gift for my recovery from Oma. We called her Mitzi (as in Itzy-Bitzy Mitzi) because she was so very very tiny .. just five ounces when we adopted her.
We kept her in a covered playpen in our sitting room for the next few months, as she had to wear an elizabethan collar to keep her from licking an open wound on her right flank. She's now 11 pounds and the happiest, feisty-ist cat.
Oh, what a pretty kitty.
I wish I had a happy story to tell. I had to put my favorite cat down ten days ago, and he wasn't purring when the shot took effect, he was wailing and protesting. Eighteen years old, deaf and blind, and he still didn't want to leave me.
Aw.... that's sweet.
I have no doubt a new cat will adopt me soon!
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