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Thank you

After exactly 4 long months off since his terrible accident, Momo is back home for real since last Wednesday. We’re so happy, and he’s too ! He can now move on short distances without his crutches, and he fetched his new car on Friday : Claire drove him to the garage, and he came back alone, by driving himself ! He is delighted ! We’re grateful for the support which you brought us in your comments, by e-mail, or via Facebook during these long weeks.

In another domain, we thank Dezi from Deziz World , Phoebe from 15 and Meowing, and Delilah, Sampson, Sophie, Sassy and Caster from Kitty Cat Chronicles for having awarded us the Very Inspiring Blogger Award and the Creative Blogger Award.

Here are rules to follow to accept them :

Thank the blogger that nominated you and link back
Share three things that have inspired you in the last week (Very Inspiring Blogger Award) / five things about yourself (Creative Blogger Award)
Nominate 15 blogs

We begin not to know any more to whom we have already given a price, and it is difficult to choose among all the blogs we follow : you’re all creative, and you inspire us all in your own way ! We’re thus going to cheat a little with the third rule : these awards are for you all !

Monday quote :

Going into an empty house, by the grace of a little cat, becomes going home. Odile Dormeuil

Have a good week !

How to fire the best of BlogPaws Conference

… if you cannot go there !

BlogPaws is an English-speaking platform for pet lovers wich goals are to gather them, to inform them, to educate them in the use of the social media, to professionalize for those who wish it, and to put them in touch with the brands which they buy.

Used with permission

BlogPaws Conference takes place once a year in the United States. This unique conference allows bloggers (sometimes accompanied with their favorite animal), brands of products for animals, photographers, writers, journalists, experts in marketing, sponsors, experts in social networks, veterinarians, pet care organizations, … to meet. Each helps the other one to develop his blog, to earn money with it, to get organized better, to have one better design, to promote his product, to support his cause, or little quite at the same time !

Claire would like to go, but there for the moment, she cannot. That’s the way it is. She knows that she will go once in her life, but she doesn’t just know when. So, what’s to be done ?

You can complain and moan : every time you see or every time you hear about BlogPaws Conference, let well understand how much you are to be pitied not to be able to go there, and complain abundantly. If you’re good at thisl, you will lose a large part of your subscribers and of your contacts in record time.
You can do nothing : you are dying to participate in the conference, but as it’s not possible, you never evoke this envy or a temporary regret, and you do just like that. Guaranteed frustration.
You can use all that BlogPaws proposes as various resources to continue to learn, to inform yourself, and to stay in the race : that’s what Claire tries to do since she’s a member of the community.

What resources ? There are so much… Here is an overview :

the blog : articles are always source of reflection or inspiration
the professional bloggers network
the gains opportunities by running campaigns for brands of pet food or pet articles (or their owner)
the active, great community : direct contact between bloggers, professionals and non-professionals, is incredibly easy and friendly
the newsgroups about fascinating subjects
the activities on various social networks : sharing on : sharing on Facebook, chat on Twitter, hangouts on Google+
the YouTube channel on which you can watch and watch again chosen moments of the previous conferences and the past hangouts

And it’s all year long !

GIVEAWAY : Don’t miss Pixie’s giveaway on the occasion of her first birthday : try your luck here !

Our 2015 planner : stay organized

The amazing Mom Paula of Sweet Purrfections designed this year a great weekly calendar with collages of kitties of the Cat Blogosphere. Individual bloggers were invited to submit photos for use in the collage. The front and back covers were designed by the talented Glogirly.

We want to feature this planner today, because we think it’s the most useful planner we got since a long time. Claire was used to design her own planners, but this year she didn’t need to do it after having bought this one !

Here are the front and back covers : gorgeous, isn’t it ?

And here is the inside : a beautiful collage on the left, and your week on the right. Blog addresses are listed on each left page, so you can easily visit each blog. With our help, Claire organizes her week on the right page : green is for school appointments (before or after teaching), blue is for private appointments, pink is for customers appointments at her nail studio Onglerie Céleste and pencil is for blogposts and tasks. She separates morning from afternoon.

Claire added her own monthly do-lists on the last pages.

Beside it, she has her home-made lessons planner as usual :