Brace yourselves, I’m about to say something sacriligious:
I’m not terribly fond of Mother’s Day.
I don’t know why. I want to like Mother’s Day – who couldn’t like a day devoted to celebrating your life’s vocation? But it’s so very “Hallmark” and there’s so much pressure to have The Best Day Ever and everyone [...]
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What More Could A Mother Ask For?
Posted in parenting, pets, tagged cats, mother's day on May 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Skittish
Posted in pets, tagged cats on May 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Also Flighty. Jumpy. Fugitive. Oh and Unhinged works too.
All good words to describe Miss Kisa, the Runaway.
Seems she hasn’t actually run AWAY so much as she’s run and hid. We’ve now had I think four Kisa sightings in the last week. The last two were on [...]
Titles Are Not All That Important, Really.
Posted in family, generic rants, parenting, pets, tagged cats, kids, movies on May 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It’s after ten on a Saturday night and I’m writing a blog post. Oh yeah, this is the life!
Can’t really complain though, I actually had a date tonight. Hubby and I went to see 17 Again. Good movie. Take your teenagers, it’s got a great message. But if [...]
Everytime It Rains It Rains Pennies From Heaven
Posted in pets, tagged pets on October 27, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Our cat Penny died today. And now I can’t get this old Bing Crosby song out of my mind.
All things considered, I was lucky that Penny lived so long after her prognosis in September. We gave her the medications prescribed by the vet and I did everything I could to keep her eating [...]
No Way This Ends Good
Posted in pets, tagged pets on September 8, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Our cat Penny is sick. She’s our quiet shy kitty so it took me a while to notice that she was hiding more than usual. And she’s lost a lot of weight. She’s a maincoon and used to be somewhat “stout” – now she’s all bones. I hoped it was just stress from the move [...]



