1 Mar 2010
Blog Anniversary and Giveaway
It’s our First Blog Anniversary!
The Conscious Cat is one year old today! And what an amazing year it has been – a year ago, I couldn’t have imagined how quickly this blog would become popular and how fast our readership would be growing since our first post. Thank you to all of you who read, comment, and share what you read here with others – this site wouldn’t be what it has become without your support.
I started The Conscious Cat to share my passion and knowledge about conscious living, health and happiness for pets and their people. Over time, I began to include book reviews, author interviews, feline lifestyle articles, and more. Amber, the inspiration behind this site, has her own category, Amber’s Mewsings, where she shares her feline wisdom with us mere humans.
We’ll be celebrating here all week long! To kick off the celebration, we’re offering a fabulous giveaway – a gift basket from Whimsy Cats that includes an autographed copy of Buckley’s Story and lots of fun surprises for your feline family members.
To enter the giveaway:
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Leave a comment on this post.
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Tweet about this giveaway or share it on Facebook for an additional chance to win and leave the link to your tweet/share in a separate comment.
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Subscribe to The Conscious Cat via e-mail. If you’re already subscribed, you’re automatically entered in the giveway.
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Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave the link in a separate comment.
The giveaway is open until midnight Monday, March 15.
Our birthday week celebrations continue tomorrow with an announcement of some exciting new things coming to you from The Conscious Cat. On Wednesday, we’ll have a very special guest blogger. And of course, our birthday week celebration wouldn’t be complete without Amber’s Mewsings on Friday. We hope you enjoy our birthday week!
Congratulations on your Blogiversary, Ingrid and Amber!
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Elizabeth Spann Craig
March 1st, 2010 at 9:21 ampermalink
Congratulations, Ingrid and Amber! I’m a big fan of The Conscious Cat! The Daily Tail wishes you guys many, many more years of great posts.
Daniela Caride
March 1st, 2010 at 10:36 ampermalink
Congratulations to not only one year of blogging, but of choosing the right path and medium for your success! It’s been amazing to watch your success, and you either make incredibly good decisions or you are divinely guided–perhaps both. Here’s to another successful year.
animalartist
March 1st, 2010 at 11:03 ampermalink
Congratulations Ingrid and Amber! What a year it has been for you both – this will be a great celebration week for you! I’m so happy to know you!
Laura
March 1st, 2010 at 11:23 ampermalink
Thanks, everyone!
Elizabeth – thank you for all your support – it is so very much appreciated!
Daniela, thanks for being a fan. We’re big fans of The Daily Tail!
Bernadette, thank you – I’d like to think it’s a combination of both
Thank you, Laura – I’m so glad we met, too.
Ingrid
March 1st, 2010 at 11:50 ampermalink
Happy Blogiversary! I’m so glad I found your blog, and I love your newsletter!
Wishes for much continued success!
Crystal
March 1st, 2010 at 12:31 pmpermalink
Congrats on your blogiversary!
My kitties would love to have this basket!
Beth Monson
March 1st, 2010 at 12:36 pmpermalink
Congrats on your blog! What a wonderful gift basket.
Deb
March 1st, 2010 at 1:43 pmpermalink
Congratulations on your blogiversary! I really enjoy reading the blog.
Sandy Jay
March 1st, 2010 at 1:50 pmpermalink
A very Happy Blogoversary to you and Amber. WEll done. And we would like a chance at the basket. We will go put it on Twitter and then come back and leave the link and again we will write a post on our blog about the contest too. Thanks for the opportunity to win the basket.
Marg
March 1st, 2010 at 2:12 pmpermalink
I just put a tweet on Twitter and I think you find it at http://Twitter.com/Ande12
Marg
March 1st, 2010 at 2:19 pmpermalink
I do want to be in the contest for the basket. And a very Happy blogoversary to you. I have put a link on my Facebook page and I am going to put one on our other Facebook page which is MargsAnimals Fan page.
My Facebook page is just under Margaret Elmendorf
Marg
March 1st, 2010 at 2:33 pmpermalink
Thanks for the blogiversary wishes, Crystal. So glad you enjoy our blog and newsletter.
Thanks for the good wishes, Beth and Deb.
Marg, thanks for the blogiversary wishes and for tweeting and Facebooking about our giveaway!
Ingrid
March 1st, 2010 at 2:44 pmpermalink
Congrats on your 1 year!
Pixie
March 1st, 2010 at 3:18 pmpermalink
Congratulations on your 1st Blogoversary! Here’s to many more years of blogging!
Wally, Ernie & Zoey
The Island Cats
March 1st, 2010 at 3:24 pmpermalink
Ingrid and Amber, happy 1st Bloggiversary!
Dibbles, Pippa and I would be honored to enter your giveaway. We subscribe to your blog feed in Google reader and love every post.
Thank you for the chance and for making the web a sweeter, more cat-savvy place.
Mimi
March 1st, 2010 at 8:36 pmpermalink
Happy Anniversary Ingrid and Amber!! Keep up the good work!
Debbi Docherty
March 1st, 2010 at 8:52 pmpermalink
Thank you for the Blogiversary wishes, Pixie, Island Cats, Mimi and Debbi! It’s all of you who made this past year so fantastic!
Ingrid
March 1st, 2010 at 9:03 pmpermalink
Congratulations on your anniversary Ingrid and Amber. Here’s wishing you many, many more anniversaries and much happiness for the coming year.
Mason Canyon
March 1st, 2010 at 9:42 pmpermalink
Thank you so much, Mason!
Ingrid
March 1st, 2010 at 10:52 pmpermalink
Thank you for your votes and support-I think the kitties may get a gift certificate-which depending on the form I will give part of it to some animal foundation/sponsor another cat-did you ever read my post about the traffic ticket I got out of so instead I took the traffic fine that would have been and donated it to sponsor some kitties.
Esme
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:01 ampermalink
PS happy blog party-obviously no need to to enter me.
Esme
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:02 ampermalink
Congratulations! Your site is fantastic. I hope to check in on it for many more years to come.
Fisher
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:52 ampermalink
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March 2nd, 2010 at 8:09 ampermalink
Esme, I think that’s wonderful that you donated what would have been the fine for the ticket to sponsor some needy kitties.
Fisher, thank you – I’m so glad you like our site!
Ingrid
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 ampermalink
Her Supreme Largeness, Big Bad Baby Twinkle sez:
“Wow!! What a package of goodies!!
If I win, then
1) Meowmie alreddy has this wunnerful book so she will give this copy to her FAVORITE Kat Reskewer
2) I, Big Bad Baby Twinkle will get ALL the toys – and
3) Cee Cee can Play with the crinkly wrapping paper — what’s fair is fair!!!
MOL
PS– ok ok — IF I cannot fit into that pretty basket, then Cee Cee can have it for a beddie.”
Kind regards from Meowmie, BBBT and Cee Cee to Amber (Who LOOKS like Cee Cee!!!) and Ingrid.
Azar ATTURA
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:02 ampermalink
congrats ingrid and amber!
cindyascott{at}yahoo.com
cindy
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:22 pmpermalink
Happy anniversary!
Tammy
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:15 pmpermalink
Thanks you for the wonderful comment, Azer, Baby Twinkle and CeeCee – I love that you already have it all figured what you’ll do if you win the basket.
Cindy and Tammy, thank you!
Ingrid
March 2nd, 2010 at 1:54 pmpermalink
Ingrid…you are an inspiration and a wonderful cat advocate! Concatulations on a year of dreams realized and endless future possibilities! Ps: the cats love the idea of winning that basket too…they especially like crinkly cellophane (supervised play, of course!)
Teri and the cats of Furrydance
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 pmpermalink
Ingrid, congrats on your first year of blogging! Sending purrs of thanks and cyber-catnip to Amber from all the furry fans at Cat Saturday.
Layla Morgan Wilde
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:31 pmpermalink
Ok, I just put a post on my blog about the giveaway. I should have asked you before I did it, but I used the two pictures on your blog on my post. I hope that is all right. If it isn’t, I sure can take them off.
The link is http://www.margsanimals.com/blogs
Thanks for this opportunity. Have a great day.
Marg
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:20 pmpermalink
Thanks for posting the link to the giveaway on your blog, Marg. And it’s perfectly fine to use the photos.
Ingrid
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:46 pmpermalink
Hi there!
We just found your wonderful blog through Marg’s Pets! We wanted to come by and congratulate you on your first year of blogging. We’re rookies by comparison!
We’re looking forward to reading through your posts…looks like you have some great ones! We’d also love to be entered in your contest. That prize basket looks amazing!!!
Nice to meet you!
mew!
Glogirly & Katie
…Glogirly is the girl
…Katie is the cat
Glogirly & Katie
March 4th, 2010 at 10:55 ampermalink
happy anniversary….i love to come here and get information to help with caring for my cat…keep up the good work…
jerit
March 4th, 2010 at 12:04 pmpermalink
Thanks, Glogirly and Katie – I’m glad you found us. I’m heading over to check out your site.
Thank you, Jerit – so glad you’re finding our site helpful.
Ingrid
March 4th, 2010 at 12:22 pmpermalink
Hi
I just found your blog, thanks to Marg over at Marg’sAimals.
Awesome blog! Congrats on your anniversary, and we’d like to be part of the giveaway, will tweet and facebook and maybe even write a post!
rebecca
March 4th, 2010 at 3:36 pmpermalink
hey I added this post to Cat Lovers Fan page on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cat-Lovers/172138583714
rebecca
March 4th, 2010 at 3:40 pmpermalink
And…added to my regular facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cat-Lovers/172138583714#!/?ref=home
rebecca
March 4th, 2010 at 3:41 pmpermalink
Twitter too!
http://twitter.com/rjskater
rebecca
March 4th, 2010 at 3:44 pmpermalink
Hi Rebecca – glad you found us, and thanks for spreading the word!
Ingrid
March 4th, 2010 at 3:49 pmpermalink
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March 4th, 2010 at 4:03 pmpermalink
OK, I also wrote a post:
http://catloverssite.info/2010/03/04/the-conscious-cat-blog-and-anniversary/
Ingrid, i really like the tone and quality of your blog, we are learning to live our lives consciously too, with help from our furry friends.
rebecca
March 4th, 2010 at 4:07 pmpermalink
Congrats at your first year!!! It’s very nice to meet you!!
Rumblepurr
March 5th, 2010 at 4:01 ampermalink
Nice to meet you, too, and thanks!
Ingrid
March 5th, 2010 at 3:49 pmpermalink
Congrats on your anniversary!
Danielle Denhardt
March 8th, 2010 at 12:53 pmpermalink
We tweeted it too!
http://twitter.com/fcrt
Danielle Denhardt
March 8th, 2010 at 12:54 pmpermalink
And we shared on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/fancycats
Danielle Denhardt
March 8th, 2010 at 12:58 pmpermalink
And I’m subscribed by RSS feed… does that count the same as email?
Danielle Denhardt
March 8th, 2010 at 12:59 pmpermalink
Danielle, thanks! Yes, the RSS subscription counts as a separate entry
Ingrid
March 8th, 2010 at 1:07 pmpermalink
Happy anniversary for a wonderful blog and FB site!
Cheryl Schimenti
March 9th, 2010 at 7:13 ampermalink
Thanks, Cheryl – I’m glad you’re enjoying the Conscious Cat!
Ingrid
March 9th, 2010 at 7:57 ampermalink
Happy Anniversary and Congratulations on completing your first great year! Love your blog and intend to link it to our developing cat rescue website. Keep up the good work
Debbie
March 11th, 2010 at 12:10 pmpermalink
Thanks, Debbie! I love the name of your organization – how perfect! For anyone who wants to check it out, they’re called Lapcats, and they’re in Sacramento, CA. http://members.petfinder.com/~CA1078/default.html
Ingrid
March 11th, 2010 at 12:22 pmpermalink
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March 12th, 2010 at 8:01 ampermalink
Congratulations on your anniversary! I’m a fairly new subscriber, but read and enjoy the blog everyday.
Carol
March 12th, 2010 at 11:46 ampermalink
Welcome to The Conscious Cat, Carol, and thank you!
Ingrid
March 12th, 2010 at 12:18 pmpermalink
Sending you our Congrats on your 1st Anny – we enjoy readings your posts – and we wish you continued success! Cat mom Alison and her two sister cats – Keely & Fiona (nearly 1 themselves this past February 17th!)
Alison Roth
March 12th, 2010 at 7:18 pmpermalink
Thanks, Alison – and thanks for being a reader!
Ingrid
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 pmpermalink
Ingrid congratulations! I love your book and writting and enjoy every new in your block, God bless you and Amber!
Sheila
March 13th, 2010 at 4:46 pmpermalink
Thank you, Sheila!
Ingrid
March 14th, 2010 at 7:31 ampermalink
Congrats Ingrid!!! The cats at the ranch wish you the best. You deserve it. Keep up the good work.
Cheryl
March 14th, 2010 at 1:46 pmpermalink
Thanks, Cheryl!
Ingrid
March 14th, 2010 at 9:30 pmpermalink
Congratulations for being here for a year! I love your blogs, they’re informative, inspiring, and, yes, cute!
Connie
March 14th, 2010 at 11:29 pmpermalink
http://twitter.com/goinggreenisfun
Connie
March 14th, 2010 at 11:40 pmpermalink
Congrats! I love your posts on Facebook!
Gayle Keresey
March 15th, 2010 at 1:18 pmpermalink
Happy Blogiversary!
Luanne
March 15th, 2010 at 9:08 pmpermalink
Way to go Ingrid and Amber!
I enjoy your entries very much and love the idea of this blog!
Thank you for the insight.
Purr Purr,
AngieZ., Bertie, Rosie, & Grizzelda
;D
xoxo
@AngieZherself
March 15th, 2010 at 9:16 pmpermalink
I retweeted your contest here:
http://twitter.com/RustyDawgPetPro
Luanne
March 15th, 2010 at 9:16 pmpermalink
Oh, I subscribed to The Conscious Cat via e-mail as well!
Luanne
March 15th, 2010 at 9:18 pmpermalink
Retweeted you on Twitter –
@AngieZherself
Purr Purr
@AngieZherself
March 15th, 2010 at 9:23 pmpermalink
http://www.facebook.com/AngieZherself
Purrrrr
@AngieZherself
March 15th, 2010 at 9:28 pmpermalink
Thanks, Connie, Luanne, Gayle and Angie!
I’ll announce the winner later today!
Ingrid
March 16th, 2010 at 6:48 ampermalink