About Me

Hello. I’m Jenny Dean, the creator of Floppycats.com.

I get many requests wondering about me, what it is I do and why I have this website about Ragdoll cats.

So in an attempt to do a better job in answering those questions (and saving me time), I made this about me page.

I am 37-years old – born and raised in Kansas City, MO, but now I live on the KS side of KCMO.

After graduating from a private high school in Kansas City, I spent my freshman year at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. I decided that it wasn’t the right school for me, so I applied to the University of Kansas (where a lot of my high school friends were attending) and transferred there. My first semester there, I realized it was a mistake to transfer there.

So my second semester of my sophomore year, I decided to commute back and forth from Lawrence to my parents’ home in KCMO (Kansas City, MO).

I later transferred to the University of New Mexico to finish my Bachelor’s Degree. In hindsight, I should have started there from the very beginning, but I suppose things happen in the time and manner they are supposed to.

After UNM, I left to return to Kansas City, after college, to pursue my Masters in Spanish in the summers in Middlebury, VT.

Among other reasons, I returned to KC because I was totally crazy about my cat, Rags. Rags was a seal mitted Ragdoll cat who was given to me and my three siblings when I was 10-years old. Rags and his brother, Cosby, who died at 10 months old, were replacement cats for my first Ragdoll cat, Skittles, who died at the age of 2. I got Skittles (age appropriately named) from my grandparents as a birthday present when I was 8.

While back in KC, I worked as a substitute teacher and a field hockey coach for the private school I attended. I also learned to learn a little about me. Before my first summer in Middlebury, VT, I went on a trip through Europe for three months by myself – in fact, I followed the itinerary of a trip my grandfather took in 1937 through Europe.  I had never met my grandfather because he was murdered when my dad was 2 years old.  So it was neat to experience something he experienced (well, sort of – he experienced it before WWII and I experienced after WWII). It was one of the most extraordinary experiences in my life. I traveled to and through several different countries and saw over 17 famous cities.

In the process of getting my Masters in Spanish from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, I attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City to get a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. Sounds sort of hokey, I know. It was the best program I could find outside of the Southwestern United States that would allow me to study Chicanas (Mexican-American women). So I did and my Masters Thesis became a book.

After completing both of my Masters degrees in August of 2004, I started the job hunting process while substitute teaching again. I finally found a job the following February and began to work as a Customer Service Representative for a local roofing manufacturing company.

I left that company 2 and a half years later as the Inside Sales and Customer Service Manager. I left because I was miserable.

I started a blog writing business from home and continued working on Floppycats.com.  I have several other websites, including: Antioxidant-Fruits and Guide to Couponing.

I did have a disease of the thyroid, called Graves Disease, which you can learn more about by visiting my other website.

Rags died in March 2009.  In August of 2009, I found Charlie’s photo on Soulmate Ragdolls’ website and adopted Charlie and Trigg in October and November of 2009, respectively.

Welcome to Floppycats.com – I am excited you’re here and hope you’ll share your Ragdoll love on the site!