Monday, February 11
Feb 11, 2008
I took the camera down last night - the temp was supposed to go down to 10 degrees so I couldn't leave it there. There is no point in destroying equipment for the chance of a picture. I will put it back up again when the temps are better - which should be in a few days according to weather.com
Sunday, February 10
Feb 10, 2008
I got a call from someone who saw a black and white cat walk out of her yard. She only saw his back so doesn't have a good description and it sounds like more white then Roy had but I didn't want to take chances so put a camera in her yard. I tried to put up more posters but failed - the first went up no problem. The second I got halfway before I was unable to get enough force to get the top half up. The third one I couldn't get the staples in - i guess the wood is too frozen. I hope it isn't so cold that my camera breaks.
Saturday, February 9
Feb 9, 2008
The first batch made it to houses because i got two calls today. One lady wanted to know how I got her address and one lady to let me know she saw a black and white cat a few months ago. I will be putting up posters in that area tomorrow.
When I did the final count of postcards yesterday I discovered that I was 9 short. Since I had been sending them out as I stamped them it will be impossible to tell which 9 are gone. I figure as long as one of them is not feeding Roy that shouldn't be a big deal but I did a search of some of the streets in my immediate area and couldn't find them in the list! The areas where I had a positive sighting are not in my address list! Those are the houses I wanted to hit most of all. I will need to look further to see if maybe they have a second official name (although I doubt it). If not then I will need to go to a different site and get a second list and compare. grr... this is not what I wanted to do. I am not exactly an expert in excel so searching for missing areas is not going to quick or easy.
When I did the final count of postcards yesterday I discovered that I was 9 short. Since I had been sending them out as I stamped them it will be impossible to tell which 9 are gone. I figure as long as one of them is not feeding Roy that shouldn't be a big deal but I did a search of some of the streets in my immediate area and couldn't find them in the list! The areas where I had a positive sighting are not in my address list! Those are the houses I wanted to hit most of all. I will need to look further to see if maybe they have a second official name (although I doubt it). If not then I will need to go to a different site and get a second list and compare. grr... this is not what I wanted to do. I am not exactly an expert in excel so searching for missing areas is not going to quick or easy.
Thursday, February 7
Feb 7, 2008
The first 300 are in the mail. The next 300 will go out tomorrow and the last batch will go out Saturday. I have my fingers crossed I will get a sighting.
Wednesday, February 6
Feb 6, 2008
The postcards are finally here! I am putting on the stamps now. It takes me a while to make sure I haven't missed one. I will be sending them out in waves. The first wave of 300 goes out tomorrow. I am going to try to spread them through a few post offices so that I get the postal workers aware too. By this weekend they should all be out the door. I really hope this works.
Monday, February 4
Feb 4, 2008
I was going to take in the second camera but I got a long haired tabby there. So that is three cats in a location that only knows about two. I put it back out today and see what happens. I still don't think Roy crossed the highway but I am not willing to totally give up there yet.
Sunday, February 3
Feb 3, 2008
Today I discovered we have a tabby eating at the buffet. So I am attracting other cats - the tabby is a new one to me. Which is still a good thing - who knows where this cat comes from, but the goal is to get a little kitty trail going to my house.
The postcards still aren't in - I am getting upset over this. I want them out ASAP so I can see if Roy is in the area or not.
Someone suggested that I contact the local newspaper and see if they will do a story on my search. I am not sure if that is something they would be interested in, and how to suggest it to them. I will have to investigate this.
The postcards still aren't in - I am getting upset over this. I want them out ASAP so I can see if Roy is in the area or not.
Someone suggested that I contact the local newspaper and see if they will do a story on my search. I am not sure if that is something they would be interested in, and how to suggest it to them. I will have to investigate this.
