On this New Year’s Eve Day, it’s the last moment to look back and review the past year.

In January, we took part in the Pet Blogger Challenge to help our new readers get to know us better.

The month of February was exceptionally hot, one would have thought it was already spring.

Claire was very eager to see the month of March arrive : in fact, #1 of the Poupounette Gang was coming to Switzerland, and they managed to find time to meet !

We welcomed Mimosa in mid-April ; its arrival was particularly appreciated by Momo.

Our friend Bibi got his wings in May ; we lost several friends during the year, and we keep them in our hearts, but Bibi was special to us because Claire had personally hugged him during her visit to the Poupounette Gang in 2018.

End of school year of madness as usual, and first episode of heat wave : June was hot, very hot.

On the heat side, the month of July was no exception : after a pleasant start, a second heat wave struck us shortly after Claire started her vacation.

Claire and Momo took advantage of their holidays in August to play tourists and visit Lucerne, and to catify the house a bit.

In September, we received a surprise package from Basil & the B-Team. It was totally unexpected, and we enjoyed it a lot !

We had a beautiful fall in October.

The month of November was studious : Claire took a course on cat intelligence, and one on developing balanced household rations to feed us (we’ll talk about it next year).

What happiness in December ! We were pleased to introduce you to the book Pet Blogging for Love and Money, a book that any blogger should own. We received two beautiful packages, one from our Secret Paws and the other from our friends at Poupounette Gang (we will also talk about this next year).

Dear readers, dear blogging friends, thank you all for your love, support, and continued friendship this past year. This community of pet bloggers is wonderful, and we are fortunate and proud to be a part of it. We wish you a very happy 2020 !

Claire began the year by following a very useful course about first aids for cats in January : what equipment to use, how to make a bandage, … you never know !

In February, Zorro celebrated his 5th Gotcha Day. Thanks to you, his commentathon was a real success !

The most incredible of the news fell in March : we were finalist for Nose-To-Nose Awards ! It was an nice present for Pixie’s 4th birthday.

At the beginning of April, Claire had the great pleasure to visit our friends of the Poupounette Gang. She did not know at this moment that she would not have any more the opportunity to see again gentle Tommy who left us on Thursday…
Momo underwent a surgery again, and we hope this time that it will be the last one !

In May, the traditional flower market of the village officially opened the gardening season. Pixie celebrated her 4th Gotcha Day, and we really had a big fright at this moment : a technical problem removed more than 10’000 comments of our blog, that’s all the comments from 2016 till May, 2018 !! Fortunately, the technical team of our host was able to help us quickly to get back everything.

Claire made an extraordinary school trip in June at Emosson : magnificent panorama guaranteed !

All the kitchen was unsettled then built up new in July ; fortunately that we could be quiet in the garden during the works !

All summer was scorching, and it was thus very hot for Zorro’s 6th birthday in August.

At the end of September, Claire had the opportunity to meet Sandra, the human of Frodo, Zulu, and Amarula (Hairballs and Hissyfits).

A magnificent autumn succeeded summer, and Claire and Momo were able to take advantage to have still numerous walks in October.

In November, we began to prepare the holiday season and our greeting cards.

December arrived without we saw it coming, with its Christmas markets, its Secret Paws and its presents.

Time to say “phew”, here we are almost in 2019 !