Sarah Senior Reporter March 2012 Sarah Here: Well I will be doing the news for the first time all by myself -- I miss my advisor Possum. On 02-13-12 -- Possum left us for Rainbow Bridge -- all the messages that came in are here www.ferretfarm.org I am not so sure I can do this on my own. I need help! Mum here: Sarah the reason Possum and I chose you to do the news was because you fit very nicely into Possums paws, you have her spirit, her spunk, her tenacity, her energy. You will do Possum proud; I know we made the correct choice. The new fur kid Daisy is a lot like Suzie Q maybe we can see if she wants to help with the news. You get this months news done we will work on getting you some help for next month. Sarah Here: oh okay, I really do not want to do the news right now but mum says it needs to get done the month is 1/2 over. I got this message from Miss Alex N. her mom helped her write it -- Sarah, mom wanted me to tell you I know where you can get that cotton candy stuff for mum if she ever needs some more. See we go to Chuck E Cheese to play and they have big bags of it there. Alex Wow another source for cotton candy for mum, how cool is that? Miss Priscilla Scardy Cat's far away mom sent mum some this week. Miss Jackie is M.I.A. again, where are you Miss Jackie we miss you! Mum says maybe she will pop up again when the weather gets warmer; Miss Jackie is just like mum she hates the cold! Miss Marcia, Daisy's far away mom came to help -- she and mum got every play area picked up -- papers changed -- food stations freshened -- nails clipped if needed -- Miss Marcia helped mum get some coroplast on the bottom 1/2 of the FN cage in the playroom -- that is where little Nora was going to stay while at camp -- Mum wanted to fix it so the other kids could not pester her if they had a mind too. Miss Marcia left about 3 that afternoon, little Nora came in shortly after -- mum got us kids put away -- meds done and cages cleaned after Nora's mom Miss Victoria left -- Nora's mom was having separation anxiety; that was the first time she had left little Nora with anyone, but little Nora did great at camp and since our mum had that week off Nora was able to write daily camp letters to her mom. This was Nora's was first visit to camp -- boy she had fun, mum taught her how to like soup and treats, and all kinds of things. She is a hisser she would hiss at mum when she was ready for her N-bone treat. Mum just laughed and laughed at her. Oh yeah mum wants me to remind you that you can still get IFC Arizona symposium shirts -- there are a few left. There are Goody Bags left too. Then there are the Globe T-shirts that are available. You can find out what they look like, and how much they cost here http://ferretcongress.org/Merchandise.html Because mum was so sick over Christmas she did not get her present to Miss Loana and Miss Mindy done, dinner and a movie day -- so they did it over February break, Mum makes them a scratch meal and they were gong to watch a special movie only Netflix took it off the streaming list the day before. Miss Brie made a surprise visit and joined them too. After dinner mum and the ladies visited for a while then Miss Mindy and Miss Brie went back to the finish the closet that mum stores our food in -- Miss Brie started hoeing it out before Miss Mindy got here and the two of them finished it -- well they are coming back to complete it with bins on wheels so all the unmixed food is in containers -- and mum can move it around. Mum keeps our mixed food in 5 gal pails. The mice were having a party in there -- it looks great -- and mum can actually walk into the closet now! Way to go ladies! You got mum to do the happy dance. IGive --sent us a check for $40.47 thanks you guys for helping mum take care of us though iGive. Miss Mindy came the next day to help mum work in the room mum keeps the food she cans each year in, to get it cleaned out - there is a still a ton of work to be done in there -- but mum and Miss Mindy got the jelly cupboard stripped -- vacuumed and washed down -- jellies and jams put back in it -- man did mum and Mindy come up stairs dirty when they were done. Miss Donna Dancer's far away mom and Miss Cindy came in the next day -- Mum was planning the last big dinner before going back to work. Mum lives off left over's and fast and easy to fix gluten free foods when she is working. Mum made chicken Alfrado -- Miss Cindy had to leave before mum had dinner done, mum asked Miss Cindy to stay but she needed to be back to Bristol Mountain to pick up Mathew. Mum got a surprise visit from Miss Cindy two weeks in a row -- Miss Shaylyn came to help for the first time, she is 10 yrs old, she loves ferrets so she begged her mom to bring her here to see us, she is now coming to help mum take care of us. Mum knew Shaylyn was going to come -- she is a good worker -- she is a bit timid around us ferrets but she will come around when she realizes we are just trying to get her to play with us. Shaylyn kept telling mum how organized we were -- a 10 yr old impressed with organization -- pretty cool, hey maybe she would help me with the news letter? Little Nora went home with her mom after a 2 week stay -- Miss Victoria stuck around for a bit to help -- Miss Donna came in shortly after that -- Miss Donna got the play areas done that Miss Cindy was unable to finish -- Miss Donna also made dinner for her and Mum -- salmon, raw fries w/garlic, onion powder and something else on them -- bakes them in the oven on a cookie sheet mum says they were awesome but she will not share with me -- Wow 274 of you looked at our picture site http://community.webshots.com/user/lakeroad2 mum is a bit behind getting new pictures on there. Mum had a special run to make so Miss Mindy came to stay with us while mum was out she did not get home until 5 so Miss Mindy helped mum get us kids settled and meds done before leaving -- Miss Mindy got the our porch set up so we can start using it as when the weather allows! We love playing on the porch. We finally heard from the IRS The shelter is now a Charitable Non-profit Organization; mum got the letter from the IRS yesterday! Is that weasel dancing news or what? Mum and I have been dancing the happy dance since the letter was pulled from our PO Box Three major benefits: 1. all future donations to the shelter are tax deductible for the donor; 2. the shelter is eligible to apply for grants that require charitable non-profit status from granting groups; 3. The shelter is eligible to apply for NY sales tax exemption for all its expenses. Thank you Miss Kathy Titch's far away mom for putting up with our mum and the board to get this done! You all rock! The last thing I want to report is our clinic day is set for June 9th if you want to know more you can go here http://www.ferretfarm.org/Ferrets_Only_Clinic_2012.htm you are welcome to stop in and join the fun even if you do not need to see our favorite doc. So for this month I will say farewell my cyber friends Sarah missing Possum Newest Shelter Video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0GEYL02fnU> Shelter Video <http://www.kwflatbed.com/videos/ferretfarm.wmv> Fur kids with new homes <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QDOOjil9A> The Giving Effect <http://ferretfarm.thegivingeffect.com/> [Posted in FML 7367]