Thursday, June 14, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
A new man in my life
There is a new additiion to our family. A cat. I have written about my cats before.
There is Kitty (real name Lucky). My son found her in the engine of a car. The mother probably took her there to get warm. Her paw was cut and she, at 6 weeks, was pretty scared. When my daughter-in-law became pregnant we took the kitten. She has pretty much been raised by our very loving pit bull. She is an indoor cat who longs to be an outdoor cat.
A couple of years ago a skinny tabby showed up and I started to feed it. Just a cup of dry food every morning. One day it has what appeared to be an abcess on her paw. I could not decide if I should take it to the vet. I mean it was just a stray, right? Next day it showed up with a shaved paw and all was well. OK, this was someones pet. Later a woman was walking by and said to my son, " That's my cat, Dexter," Seems that because of the ecomony her son and his family had moved in with them and the cat did not like the children. She offered to pay for the cat food. How nice was that? But ~ no I can handle it. Just nice to have a cat around to keep the mouse population down.
Then came the poor little gray cat. I have a bunch of photos on my phone but don't know how to get them here. She / he, we didn't know was so skinny and shabby. I think maybe it was left behind when someone moved. About six months ago it disapeared for about four weeks. I only hoped it was quick and there wasn't any pain. We have racoons around here and they are pretty nasty. So when it showed up at my door one morning I was so happy I gave it a can of tuna. I then went to the store and bought some canned cat food. Indoor Kitty can't eat it because it gives her the runs. The gray kitty started to gain weight and her coat improved greatly. Now that the weather had started to get colder and wetter I have noticed that Dexter and another gray cat, clearly a pet, have stopped greating me in the morning.
The stray gray kitty has worked his (yes it a boy) into our house. He has very good manners. Except for one spraying insodent in the garage he has not caused any problems. He is so much more like a cat than our indoor Kitty. I think she was very damaged by her stressful entry into life. She must have cried so much that awful day that she really has not much of a voice now and is, despite of a very pampered life, very fearful of anyone but "family".
I just looked back and realized I have already written about the damn cats. What kind of nut ball am I??
There is Kitty (real name Lucky). My son found her in the engine of a car. The mother probably took her there to get warm. Her paw was cut and she, at 6 weeks, was pretty scared. When my daughter-in-law became pregnant we took the kitten. She has pretty much been raised by our very loving pit bull. She is an indoor cat who longs to be an outdoor cat.
A couple of years ago a skinny tabby showed up and I started to feed it. Just a cup of dry food every morning. One day it has what appeared to be an abcess on her paw. I could not decide if I should take it to the vet. I mean it was just a stray, right? Next day it showed up with a shaved paw and all was well. OK, this was someones pet. Later a woman was walking by and said to my son, " That's my cat, Dexter," Seems that because of the ecomony her son and his family had moved in with them and the cat did not like the children. She offered to pay for the cat food. How nice was that? But ~ no I can handle it. Just nice to have a cat around to keep the mouse population down.
Then came the poor little gray cat. I have a bunch of photos on my phone but don't know how to get them here. She / he, we didn't know was so skinny and shabby. I think maybe it was left behind when someone moved. About six months ago it disapeared for about four weeks. I only hoped it was quick and there wasn't any pain. We have racoons around here and they are pretty nasty. So when it showed up at my door one morning I was so happy I gave it a can of tuna. I then went to the store and bought some canned cat food. Indoor Kitty can't eat it because it gives her the runs. The gray kitty started to gain weight and her coat improved greatly. Now that the weather had started to get colder and wetter I have noticed that Dexter and another gray cat, clearly a pet, have stopped greating me in the morning.
The stray gray kitty has worked his (yes it a boy) into our house. He has very good manners. Except for one spraying insodent in the garage he has not caused any problems. He is so much more like a cat than our indoor Kitty. I think she was very damaged by her stressful entry into life. She must have cried so much that awful day that she really has not much of a voice now and is, despite of a very pampered life, very fearful of anyone but "family".
I just looked back and realized I have already written about the damn cats. What kind of nut ball am I??
Thursday, January 12, 2012
A New Year!
It has been a while.
The holidays were not as bad as last year. We managed to get together as a family on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve/ Christmas. Everyone got along. Like walking on ice with my family.
Today would have been my mother's 90 birthday. Yesterday my husband and I went out to a fancy dinner at Salty's with my son, daughter-in-law (who has the same birthday as my mother) and grand-daughter. It was very nice and we had a great time.
As we were driving home I was looking at the river and the moonlight. (I think it is almost a full moon.) I was over powered with thoughts of my mother. There is a song by Carley Simon from the album Letters Never Sent, Like A River. After my mother died my ex son in law told my sister about the song, he had heard it on a PBS show featuring Carley. It captures it so clearly. Carley lost her mother and wrote the song for her, and all of us. If I knew how to link it here I would.
It has been 16 years and I still miss her so much. So much I want to share with her. Now I get to do it with my daughters. (Well, one of them)
The holidays were not as bad as last year. We managed to get together as a family on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve/ Christmas. Everyone got along. Like walking on ice with my family.
Today would have been my mother's 90 birthday. Yesterday my husband and I went out to a fancy dinner at Salty's with my son, daughter-in-law (who has the same birthday as my mother) and grand-daughter. It was very nice and we had a great time.
As we were driving home I was looking at the river and the moonlight. (I think it is almost a full moon.) I was over powered with thoughts of my mother. There is a song by Carley Simon from the album Letters Never Sent, Like A River. After my mother died my ex son in law told my sister about the song, he had heard it on a PBS show featuring Carley. It captures it so clearly. Carley lost her mother and wrote the song for her, and all of us. If I knew how to link it here I would.
It has been 16 years and I still miss her so much. So much I want to share with her. Now I get to do it with my daughters. (Well, one of them)
Monday, November 7, 2011
TMI
Too Much Information!!
I realized a while ago that I have an iPod, iPhone, iPad2, Macbook laptop and a Dell PC.
I can read a book, play a game, send an email, check my facebook page, download an App for Anderson, pay my bills, etc. . . . . . but I can't figure out how to download music.
Yesterday I watched every single episode of a sit com called Last Man Standing staring Tim Allen and Nancy Travis. What a waste of an afternoon, but I did laugh out loud a couple of times, so maybe it was worth it. I watched on my Macbook Laptop.
I long for a simpler time. I have been watching all the obituaries of Andy Rooney. He had quite the life. Leave your beloved job and three weeks later just drift off after surgery.
Things are moving too fast for me. I mailed a birthday card. I went to the store and picked out what I thought was the perfect card, I hand wrote (even though with my health problems writing has become a huge problem) I addressed it and put a stamp on it and then Anderson and I drove to the post office because it had to arrive on the special person's birthday. I felt so good after doing that. I did wish her Happy Birthday on facebook but it was not nearly as satisfying as the card!
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