Wordless Wednesday

Pay It Forward

I won a Pay It Forward

Given by Juanita Tortilla

She gave me a cute handmade cat decoration.

As I do not do handmade, I will be giving away

something bought that looks handmade.

Tis the time of year for Holiday Bazaars ...

So, sign up and I will be giving

away something
handmade looking
 cool

(If you have a cat or dog, I will give them something too)

(No special request though ... what I buy you is what I send you)

Sign up if you are interested
(If you don't mention it, I wont' add you to the list)

Ride In The Old Red Truck

Maddy Jean & Bella
Photo taken while they were riding in the truck
On the way to the beach house

I had a list ... Part Two

Update On Hazel

(I'm not in town. I'm at the beach house.

Thus, I haven't had a chance to get

back to the PetSmart yet)

I looked and looked and looked

I finally found her information

No Photo but at least now

I know her story

(I didn't have my glasses on

when I was looking at her

information. I remembered that

she had kittens and that she

was in foster. I knew that the group

sponsoring her started with a P)

Domestic Short Hair [Mix]


Small Adult Female Cat Pet ID: 24570 Printer friendly Email a friend More About Hazel Hazel and her adorable kittens Harper, Hannah, Holly, Hayley, and Helga are a sweet kitty family found as strays in Lake Stevens. They were taken to a local shelter and rescued by Purrfect Pals. These adorable kitties were placed in a loving foster home where they have thrived. They enjoy being with people and are very affectionate! They have been viral tested, microchipped, altered, and vaccinated.




Hazel is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.
My Contact InfoPurrfect Pals
Arlington, WA
360-652-9611

OK, I'm in trouble ...

Last night Mr. Boatman takes me out shopping.

I needed to go to PetSmart for supplies.

I even had a list.

Miss Organized is my new name.

List ~

bird suets,

bird seed,

cat litter,

look for Elizabethan Collars for Bella

(I saw a cat one in a catalog that was soft)

look for Cat Christmas cards

look at the cats up for adoption

Do you want to guess which one got me in trouble ?

Her name is Hazel.

She is a one and half year old calico.

It was the end of the day and

 they had the cats out playing.

Hazel was a stray with kittens.

I'm in LOVE.

Mr. Boatman says I can have her if

she's still there in two weeks.

We don't need another cat.

Does anyone want her ?

I'm in so much trouble.

I know this feeling.

Five is a good number .. Right ?

The Purr & Fur Gang

Lousy Day

I can't tell ya the lousy day I had yesterday

Oh I can

So I will

Most of you know that I woke up from my coma almost four years ago

After the .. dah ... who are you ... where am I ... oh I can't move

Reality of my new life .. there were the Headaches

Always, never ending, not leaving, no bag packed

HEADACHES

After going to my Dr's and them telling me it was just a new type

of after the coma ... Headache .. I was sent on my Merry way.

Did I just say Merry ...

So, I live with this ... this body I woke up with ... not that I'm

complaining ... ok, I am but I don't all the time ...

I live with whatever I wake up with each morning

Mostly a weakness on my right side

It comes and goes depending on the will of the after the coma gods

And I don't mean the God that everyone talks to on Sundays

I mean the Oh My God .. God ... the mean one that causes havic

In nice, at least I try to be, I think I am, people who try to keep on going

Why am I Crabby today ... which really I'm not ... if you lived in my old

body for just one of my weird, odd, terrible, exhausting ... session

You would know what I go through ... what is a normal thing for me

Yesterday, I felt a bit out of it. Thought I was tired cause of the dogs

getting me up at 2:30. Took it slow. Decided to take a sort of nap

with my girls. Felt a bit better but still like a Mean Migraine

 was waiting to pounce on me. Which it did.

My son, who should have his license by now but doesn't, calls to have

me pick him up. On the way home, he asked to go to the grocery store.

Simple request one would think. Within a few blocks, my right side goes

and I mean it's like it isn't there. Not numb .. just not there. I pull over as

soon as I can. It gets a bit better. We decide the best thing is to continue

to the store. I make it. By the time he gets out of the store, I can't move

my face on the right side. My voice has gone but only on the right side.

I can still use my foot to drive but I'm really just using my left side for everything.

We get home. I feel a bit better. That one is over. My leg and arm go

numb. Limp ... thump. I start talking fast. I start talking jumble. I go to

bed but not before calling Mr. Boatman to ask him to bring something

home for dinner. I left him the message on his phone.

I wake up after taking a nap with my dogs and cats. I love them. I know

I talk about them a lot. They seem to know when something is going on

with me. I don't think I could do this without them. Just saying.

As the night goes on, I improve. Then the pain of the headache arrives.

The previous attack was the start. The pain part is actually better. The

face is better now so I can talk only I don't really feel like talking.

Now my pinch nerve on my right side is acting up.

 I think cause well ... why not.

So, this morning all I am left with is a pain in my neck and a hope that

this is all in yesterday. I try to pretend this doesn't happen to me.

There isn't anything I can do. It's what we do .. isn't it ... to continue on.

I just had to tell someone. Cause it's my blog and I can say what I want.

I don't even feel sorry for myself. I'm lucky to have had these four years.

I wasn't supposed to live. I'm Lucky. It's just that lucky had a bad day.

So, how was your day ?

Really

I've always wondered what was REALLY down a vent

I caught Ashton looking

He'll get back to me about it soon

How are you ?

It's Rainy

It's Cloudy

The birds are singing

The big squirrel is on the tree

My daughter is sick

My car is sick

My dog is sick

I'm not yet

Cats are napping

Dogs are too

Time to go do my list

How are you ?

Two For One Special

Maddy Jean was having a two for one special

Her cow and her holiday bone

While wagging her tail

Comic Relief

On a rainy day

With all that's been going on
Around our Crazy house
It's good to know
That Al
Has taken it well

Old Dogs ... Part Two

My old dog, Bella, looks terrible on x rays.

Arthritis here .. a bone spur there

Hips look ready to quit

Although they aren't the problem

My Dear Bella has blown out her left back knee

A torn ACL to be exact

The surgery if we do it with our vet

Will be in the $3000 area

A specialist will start there & go up

Her visit was over $400

Her pain meds were over $100 and

I have to give them in a syringe

Recovery is six weeks at the least

We will have to have her locked downstairs

Luckily I still have old baby gates

Going outside by leash only

No running ... No anything

She has to lose weight before

So now on top of everything else

I have to cut her food intake

Today I have to look up specialists

To see if they cost more

I think he's an ok vet but what do I know

It's only money ... right

She's only my daughter

Yikes, I need more coffee ...

Old Dogs ... Update

Monday Update

Just waiting to take Bella to the vet

for her xrays. They have to sedate her

so no food this meowning. That went over well.

The meds they gave her on Friday have helped.

She still can't use her back leg though.

Will let you know more ... when I know more.

Friday afternoon Update

Bella is ok but still can't walk on her leg

Scheduled for Xrays Monday morning

I'm going over to the vet now for meds

that she will take til they get her in

And, I think even if she's all better

That this is the next necessary step

(sorry for the bun)

Update On My Old Dog Bella

All we can figure is that she fell or repinched a nerve

As of two pm on Wednesday, she was fine

Was running around with Maddy Jean in the back yard

Now, a three legged beauty

She seems more able to get up and down the stairs

Still not using her leg but seems in a better mood

No crying when touching the leg

Mr. Boatman and I had that talk

We decided we would wait to see if this gets better

Not put her through the vet, which sometimes makes her worse

I'm sure most of you know what I mean

If she's not improved by next week

I will get her in and spend the money to have them tell me

That there's nothing I can do

I'm going to be looking up specialists today

This morning she was in the back yard and

 I had to go out with a flashlight

I found her and she got up on her own and came inside

She's really not that old .. only eight

 I paid for her hips and eyes guarantee .. papers

This is the 2nd labrador I've had

That has back leg troubles

I'm no where close to giving up on her

It's just going to be a long battle

Yesterday, was a sad day for us

Cause as much as I like to pretend that everything is fine

And I do like to do that

Everything is not

This is my OLD DOG BELLA

She has trouble with her back leg

Yesterday, she started to hop on three legs

Leaving her bad one in the air

We gave her more of her nerve meds

She has nerve pain and old lady arthritis

The next step is to take her in for x rays

The vet said it would show him what exactly is going on

He did say that there wasn't much he'd be able to do

So, I wait and see if this is just a day thing or if

 I need to take her in for a possible mri

Or whatever they do

Just to have someone tell me I have an old dog

I forgot to say that she is one of the nicest dogs ever

What's Your Version ?

A Boy and His Toy Mousie

On this overcast Wednesday morning, I was thinking ..
What's my version of a catnip mousie ?

I do enjoy a great cup of coffee in the morning.
 Add in my lowfat .. of course .. vanilla powdered creamer.
Wa La ... delic ..

I also enjoy a great old song from my younger years.
This morning on my drive to take my teenage son to school  ..
 who still does not have his license ...
and that's a good thing for the rest of the world ..
on the old red truck radio came
 a Peter Frampton song.

My son ... are you ready for this ... asked .. who's that ?
 Oh Dear Mother .... fill in the blanks ... that poor teenage boy had to hear all about him ... all the while ...
his 50 something Mom was trying to sing along.

What's Your Version ?

They talked to me for weeks

I'm having my meowning coffee
Thought I'd write a bit
Tell you what's what in my life


Had a busy weekend
Mr. Boatman got home from his travels
Continued to paint the house
That meant two trips to Lowe's
That's right ... I feel at home there
Been there so much that I broke down yesterday


I've walked by the Halloween & now Christmas counters so many times ... it's on the way to the bird seed section.


(Have to do something while Mr. Boatman takes forever to find that ever loving part to the thing that he is fixing. I'm sure you all know what I mean ...)


Anyway, I got a six pack
of the cutest candy cane ornaments
The box talked to me
You know how they do that

~~~ dog barking .. be back in a moment ... which dog you ask. Cause you always ask these things. Maddy Jean my Golden Retreiver. Who is the trouble maker in the family ~~~


I'm Back ... she, I am guessing, needed to see if the 35 degrees out back had warmed up in the last ten minutes. I'm going to sip on my coffee and let her think about it for a while. Ok, I'll leave you all if she barks. I'm a softy but next time I will let her bark it out ....

Back to the local guy supply store ... that has every thing anyone would ever need to fix, tear down, paint, remodel their living space with.

Anyway, those candy cane ornaments did not just jump in my hand. They'd talked to me for weeks. Yes, I go to Lowe's almost every weekend. Seems like I ought to buy stock ... maybe I already own some. Oh by the way, the boy scouts are selling popcorn as you leave the store. A bit pricey, fifteen dollars, but be prepared. I was after my third trip. Not bad popcorn ... buttery ... full of calories ... YUM. Not the low everything kind I usually buy.


So, I got new bird food. Suets to be exact. Mr. Boatman got more of our trim. He got more of the actual house paint on Saturday. Could he have bought the trim then too ? Of course but he knew I would miss my so called dates. I told him that this was not a date. He just laughed.


~~~ Dog wants in now ... drink your coffee while you wait ~~~


Back. Maddy Jean has settled in front of the door. Looking oh so cozy.


What else is knew ? Spiders everywhere but that's not new news. Cats are being cute. That's old news but never dull.  We moved the old tv to my sons room. That meant we moved the old tv cabinet downstairs. It spent Saturday night in the hallway. I told the boys to lean it against the wall. They thought it was fine standing in the middle of the room. Oh those sillies ...

Not two minutes later, all four of my cats are either on top of it or inside of it ... where the two drawers used to be. Jumping and hiding went on for quite a while. The cabinet is now in the garage. So are a lot of the boxes from the last several weeks. I did leave Ashton one of his boxes which he jumped into first thing this meowning.


That was in the middle of his talking spree. Yes, he was mewing away. He's finally napping but boy ... ha ha ... did he have a few mews to say to me. I could go on and on about the remodeling of this old house but I'll save that for later ... have to have something to blog about don't I ?

Some Tea

It's Raining Cats & Dogs

I'm going to have some tea

What are your plans ?