The Book is Making a Couple of Stops....

Just a quick update. The book was finished a while ago, but it is making a couple of stops en route to Scootie's mom and dad. The final leg of its journey is imminent...!

Sneak a Peek

You can preview the first 15 pages of the book by clicking the link on the badge below:

Tribute to Sco...

By Scooter's Friends

Book Preview

Book has been submitted for printing

16 JUNE

IT'S DONE!!!!

As what I thought would be a 2-week project stretched into 4 months, I despaired of ever finishing the book. Among the obstacles: about 4 times as much content as I had expected, a hard drive meltdown and a Blurb software "upgrade" that caused crashes every 4 or 5 minutes and many calls to customer support.

But all that is water under the bridge. The tribute book has been ordered, and it will take ten days to two weeks for printing.

Sorry for the delays!
Karen

Scooter Tribute

UPDATES:

• 29 MARCH: I had hoped to be done before the end of March, but am not quite going to make it... we had about double the participation that I'd expected. So I won't be done for another week or so.



• I've started production of the book. It should take a week or two. If you are late submitting your tribute, go ahead and post it below.
  
  

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Sign on with username: scootertribute@gmail.com and pw: scooter2009

Once you log in, you should be on the Dashboard. Click the blue NEW POST button to add your tribute. Or, from the blog, click the "New Post" link in the top right. Please DO NOT ADD YOUR TRIBUTE TO THE COMMENTS FIELD of this post.

THE PROJECT: I'm creating a tribute book for Scooter's family and I would like YOU to write it. I'm setting it up in blog format, because I will use Blurb.com to create the book, and they have software that enables you to import blog content into their book templates. The books they produce are spectacular. It is a real "coffee table" quality book on heavy paper, with a dustjacket. (Shutterfly also produces nice memory books, but does not offer the ability to import content in the same manner as Blurb.)

FORMAT: Anything you like, but TEXT and PHOTOS only (no videos, audio files, or animated gifs). Please include links for your Catster ID and/or blog address in your entry. This will make it possible for me to contact you with questions/problems, and will make sure Scooter's family knows who you are.

*** IMPORTANT !!! ***

PHOTOS: Please upload high resolution images. It will resize them smaller for the display on the blog, but will retain the high-res version for import into the book template. Small images will display the size of postage stamps in book format. If you only have small photos, that's fine, but high res print better. High res is in the neighborhood of 1600 pixels wide or higher. Bigger is better. Much better.

I would like to get at least 50 cats to pawticipate. If we have fewer than 20 entries, it may not make sense to do this project, so please tell everyone you know who knew and loved Scooter about this project.

DEADLINE: March 1st 2009. You can continue to edit your post until the deadline.

PROBLEMS? Send me a pmale on Catster.

Happy Trails, Scooter...

Scooter joined us on Catster.com on May 1, 2005, and went on to become of our most popular members and regular contributors to date. 'Scootie Patootie' was a true friend to all the cats who contacted her, and went above and beyond the call of duty to make sure that other cats on the site always felt welcome and always had someone to meow to.

We were furtunate enough to have Skeezix interview Scooter on her 20th Birthday, an interview that was both humorous and insightful - a true milestone in the world of feline journalism. Scooter's tips on getting old and how to deal with the aging purrocess are bits of advice that apply to everyfur, four-legged and two-legged alike:

keep moving
stay curious
accept help when you need it
purr, purr, purrrr
&
enjoy each and every day with your family

Scooter, concatulations on living such a long and eventful life. And thanks for sharing so much with us and for doing SO MUCH to help Catster.com to become the #1 destination on the planet for cats and cat lovers. Catster exists because of wonderful cats like you.

You will be missed, my furiend...

purrs
&
meows
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
the catster cat

Tribute to Scooter

My one and only ScootyBooty!!! The girl that loved the sun. Loved her yard. Loved her Chicken baby food. In fact, you were the one who turned us on the baby food!! Aww, Scooty, you loved your best friend Kazumi Joy too. You and K-Joy were our first two friends on Catster or anywhere for that matter!! We have never forgotten that! You were always so warm and so friendly!! We had many a good times didn’t we? Oh my, do we miss you girl!

We will always miss you. You and your pretty little face in the sun….smelling the plants and flowers, strolling on your path, sitting in your chair….spending time in your beautiful yard you loved so much.

We will always remember you. We will always love you.

Kittypurrs, kittynuzzles, kittyloves and even a tackle from out of the blue……monkey(blue)…..zooooom!!!!!!

Forever yours, Monkey.....

and CooperGirl too!!

monkeybunkeybusiness

Oops! Photo mistake.

June 25, 2005 - Asleep on the windowsill: closeup.

(I mistakenly uploaded a small version of this photo before -- this is a higher-res photo.)

Scooter

Scooter's Photos

Feb. 5, 2009 - One last nap...

Feb. 5, 2009 - Scooter enjoying the morning sun from the back of "her" sofa, one last time...

Jan. 28, 2009 - Scooter was still curious. This box held a Siamese kitty ornament from Catster friends Luke, Sissy, Cooter, Shadow, Copy and Paste.

Jan. 23, 2009 - Scooter loving a Yeowww Stinkies sardine.

Jan. 21, 2009 - Scooter loved catnip. Yeowww! brand was one of her favorites. She knew there was something good inside this tin.

Jan. 18, 2009 - Scooter could still jump into her favorite chair on her own.

Dec. 31, 2008 - Scooter was interested in this little "intruder" in her home. It was a gift from Catster friends Jake and Samantha (Sammy). Jake called her Scootie Bootiful Siamoosie, forever endearing himself to her.

Nov. 12, 2008 - RayPod's mom brought Liv-A-Littles freeze-dried chicken treats when she came for Scootie's 20th birthday. Scooter loved them!

Oct. 23, 2008 - Scooter's 20th birthday, enjoying her chicken baby food treat.

Oct. 23, 2007 - Scooter on her 19th Birthday.

Oct. 21, 2007 - Scooter with some early 19th birthday gifts, from Louis LeBeau and Ethan.

Oct. 23, 2006 - Scooter's 18th Birthday.

Oct. 22, 2006 - Scooter opened gifts from Catster friends the day before her 18th birthday.

October 23, 2005 - Scooter's 17th birthday, with a card from her "furst" Catster friend, Kazumi Joy.

October 23, 2005 - Scooter on her 17th birthday. She needed just a little nap.

Nov. 21, 2008 - As pretty as a picture.

Nov. 21, 2008 - More beautiful than ever, at 20+ years old.

October 28, 2008 - Sleepy Scootie

Oct. 6, 2008

Oct. 3, 2008 - Pretty Scooter in her favorite chair.

Sept. 6, 2008 - Scooter in her Dad's computer chair. He can sit somewhere else!

Aug. 20, 2008

Aug. 20, 2008

July 20, 2008

June 17, 2008

May 17, 2007

May 16, 2007 - Sleeping in air.

"Sleeping in Air" watercolor painted by Scooter's Dad.

Feb. 7, 2007

March 18, 2008 - Big yawn! Who's sleepy? Surely not Scooter!

Oct. 28, 2008 - She slept good and looked good on her pink blanket, a 20th birthday gift from Catster friends Edie and Sylvia.

Oct. 28, 2008 - Looking adorable with the blanket from Catster friends Edie and Sylvia, a 20th birthday gift all the way from England!

August 18, 2008 - Streeeetch! Scooter wasn't just stretching, though, she was sleeping in this position.

Feb. 9, 2008 - This was Scooter's favorite bed, an 18th birthday gift from Catster friends Phoenix and Dagon.

Feb. 1, 2008

Jan. 27, 2008 - Scooter loved to use this Yeowww! catnip rainbow as a pillow (after she attacked it!). It was a gift from Catster friend Wally.

Oct. 29, 2007 - Vintage Scooter napping in her vintage baby buggy. The blanket was a gift from Catster friends MacIntosh, Pixel and Popka.

Oct. 25, 2007 - Snoozing on a 19th birthday gift from RayPod, Baby, Mouse and Coco -- a Hazel Lucy blankie, pink and purple, of course!

June 13, 2007 - She looks like an angel.

May 24, 2007

Feb. 20, 2006 - Scooter was not square, but she loved this square bed until it become too difficult to fit her Olde Furt body into it.

August 2, 2005 - Sometimes it's hard to find a comfortable place for all 4 legs.

June 2, 2008 - Enjoying some fresh air on her windowsill.

June 25, 2005 - Asleep on the windowsill. The back of the sofa kept Scooter from falling off the sill, so we could never move that sofa.

June 25, 2005 - Comfy sleeping on her windowsill. She didn't want blankets or padding on the sill -- she liked sleeping on the wood.

June 25, 2005 - Asleep on the windowsill: closeup.

August 5, 2004 - Sleepy Scooter.

Watercolor painted by a local artist.

January 20, 2009 - The sun felt so good, it was like a Summer of Scooter day.

January 20, 2009 - Scooter's only 2009 walk on the line.

June 8, 2006

May 2006

May 2006

May 2006 - Planning her strategy?

May 2006 - Multi-talented, Scooter could walk the line in either direction.

April 27, 2006

March 26, 2006 - The "line" was still under construction when Scooter claimed it as hers. This is the first photo of her "walking the line."


July 26, 2008 - Scooter spent many happy hours hanging out on the back porch during the Summer of Scooter 2008.

August 23, 2007 - Enjoying the Summer of Scooter 2007.

August 24, 2006 - A perfect Summer of Scooter 2006 day.

July 7, 2006 - Lulled to sleep by the sound of the fountain. Summer of Scooter 2006.

August 4, 2008 - At almost 20, Scooter could no longer climb tall mountains but was still up to the challenge of perching atop a small boulder.

May 8, 2008 - Curious Scooter, always peeking through the cracks around the gate. What's on the other side? (Answer: A lot of sand and wild critters.)

May 26, 2007 - Scooter shows her Flehman response "ugly" face after smelling evidence of an intruder in her yard. She still looked beautiful, though!

May 5, 2006 - Scooter with spring flowers, posing as if she knew it would be a pretty photo. (This photo was used for the "ScooterPod" photo.)

May 3, 2006 - Rest stop!

April 29, 2006 - Garden supervision is hard work! Scooter was known to do a little sleeping on the job, on a bed of gravel.

April 18, 2006 - Warm flagstone makes another comfy napping spot.

Oct. 17, 2005 - Scooter asleep - surprise! (This photo was in the "Sleeper" finals of the World's Coolest Contest 2006.)

June 27, 2005 - Scooter could sleep anywhere -- and she did! -- even on gravel and boulders.

August 13, 2003 - Scooter, "Queen of the Jungle". (This photo was in the "Outdoors" finals in the
1st World's Coolest Contest, 2005, and was also used when she was Cat of the Week in Dec. 2005.)


August 13, 2003 - The "other side" of the story: Scooter was neither as hidden nor as "wild" as she thought, with her back-end clearly exposed and wearing a harness and leash. A girl has to dream, though.


January 24, 2006 - Glamour girl. (Scooter's Valentine photo for 2006.)


July 15, 2006 - Something caught Scooter's interest. A lizard? (This photo was in the "Captivated" finals of the World's Coolest Contest 2006.)


July 15, 2006 - Scooter looking pretty with plumbago.



Scooter