The scary first post
OK, here it is...the first post.
I have been wanting to Blog for a while now, not quite sure what stopped me. Perhaps it was my lack of confidence with the whole computer thing ? I am thinking that I will blog the way I write letters, as if I know whom I'm blogging too.
Well, here it is, two days after Christmas and I have to say I am very glad it's over. Not because I don't like Christmas, even though I am not Christian I still love the season. I think it's a shame what we've done to what's supposed to be a religious holiday, leave it to Americans to make it all about commercialism. Some times I am just sickened by what this country has become, mostly because I LOVE my country !! The reason that I am so glad Christmas is over ? Well every year my husband and I do the same dang thing ! We try to get ton's of stuff done on the house, construction type of things, and I have to struggle with keeping the house as clean as possible, while doing all the other holiday stuff too. I hate it !! We have no one but ourselves to blame though....what we need to do is work like crazy all Spring, Summer & Fall and then take November and December off !!!
I'll let you know when that starts happening :)
As I am writing this I am surrounded by my four lovely cats...who are mostly napping at this time, with one bathing and then I am sure she will be out too ! Here, lets introduce you all to them :)
First is Buddha, he is about 9 years old as we can figure. He was a rescue,( well ALL of our pets have been rescues), when we got him he had 3 broken toes and was infested with fleas. However, he was neutered, and unfortunately some cruel person declawed him. I am NOT a fan of declawing, I don't approve of ANY form of torture for animals, or humans ! So our wonderful vet ( Thanks North Gratiot Vet's !!) fixed him right up-poor guy had to wear a cast for 2 months, and has pins in his toes, but it doesn't slow him down ! Well, he really doesn't do much but nap...and eat. Buddha is a bit.....portly and because he has such a sweet and calm demeanor, I thought the name would fit, and it does ! Buddha is a Maine Coon, a short hair, very dark coloring with beautiful hazel eyes. He has the face of a Tiger, with a very broad nose, and at last weigh in he was at 16#.
I believe that pets will let us know what they'd like to be named, if we give them the time to communicate with us.
OK, next in the line up is Ti Gra....which is Sicilian for Tiger...she too is a Maine Coon, a long haired MC, and she will probably be our last long haired cat ! Why ? Well, we'll get into that in another post. Ti Gra is a very beautiful cat with lots of gorgeous Black, Brown, Carmel colored fur-she is VERY fluffy and her fur is wonderfully soft. Not that I get to cuddle her very often, she is a Daddy's girl and only tolerates me ! My husband ( Joe) would tell you that I am exaggerating that, but I swear I am not !! Ti Gra has gorgeous Green eyes, and is what I would consider a bit small for a Maine Coon, about 10#, she is almost 6 now. She was adopted from the Michigan Humane Society, the Detroit Shelter, and had been one of a litter that was found in the slums. She was a really feisty little kitten which used to crack us up. When we brought her home she immediately became Alpha cat and ruled the roost over Ceili, Gypsy and Simmone who are all gone now. She would attack all three even though they were older, bigger and more experienced than her. Ceili and Gypsy would run away from her, but Simmone would smack her with her big Black Lab paw, and that would usually do the trick.
We had gotten Ti Gra for Simmone, as we had lost one of our other dogs, Max ( the worlds greatest dog !!) and Simmone was just devastated by it, so I thought another dog would help. Well, as we were in the middle of moving our house ( yes, moving the house) and Joe didn't want another big dog to contend with, we agreed on a kitten. Simmone had never been around a cat before-the dogs had been in a pen ( really a palace) and when they did come in the house the cats ran and hide. We weren't sure how well she would do, so I bought a muzzle for her and we always supervised her time with the kitten. After about a week, they were fast friends !! See Ceili and Gypsy didn't want ANYTHING to do with Simmone, I think it was her exuberance and her breath ;). She loved her little kitten though, and Ti Gra loved her !! When we lost Simmone this past September ( at age 15.5) Ti Gra was SO sad....so I decided what would be better for her than a pair of kittens ???
The kittens came from our local Organic farmer ( Thanks RC Organics !!) from one of they're farm cats. Well, they have certainly kept Ti Gra on her little toes :). They love to chase her, mostly they want to play, but she really doesn't want much to do with them. We think it is divine retribution :). I have a feeling that Ceili and Gypsy are egging those kittens on !
So, the kittens are....Pearl, a grey and white short hair moggy who is just the sweetest little girl and her brother Black Velvet ( Velvet for short) who is 99.9 % black. They have the most unusual eyes I have ever seen, green around the pupil and amber around the green. They have brought such joy into our house, well for Joe and I at least ;)....we have never had two little ones at the same time. The only real problem we've had so far is that they really love the Christmas tree !! So we had to wire it to the wall, but we only lost one glass bulb this year and I'm hoping by next Christmas they will be past that stage. Pearl got her name because she has the color of Pearl's in her coat ( my birthstone) and Velvet got his name from a hair promenade that my departed Father in Law created beck in the 40's...it was called Black Velvet and it was going to make him rich !!! Which it did not, perhaps because of the smell ?? It does smell something horrible. Our Velvet smells wonderful, like his Daddy most of the time...because he is a Daddy's boy ( which is NOT going over too well with Ti Gra). I told Joe that they were MY kittens, but he has to keep luring them away from me, he's irresistible to cats !!!
Well, I think I should probably go and get ready for the day, its a very dreary day here in SE Michigan. It's raining right now, and melting all that lovely snow :(......yes I am one of those strange people who likes the winter and snow/cold/ice.....
Today we are off to our jewelers ( Lalonde's in Grosse Pointe) to try to find me an antique locket to start my collection...wish me luck !
I have been wanting to Blog for a while now, not quite sure what stopped me. Perhaps it was my lack of confidence with the whole computer thing ? I am thinking that I will blog the way I write letters, as if I know whom I'm blogging too.
Well, here it is, two days after Christmas and I have to say I am very glad it's over. Not because I don't like Christmas, even though I am not Christian I still love the season. I think it's a shame what we've done to what's supposed to be a religious holiday, leave it to Americans to make it all about commercialism. Some times I am just sickened by what this country has become, mostly because I LOVE my country !! The reason that I am so glad Christmas is over ? Well every year my husband and I do the same dang thing ! We try to get ton's of stuff done on the house, construction type of things, and I have to struggle with keeping the house as clean as possible, while doing all the other holiday stuff too. I hate it !! We have no one but ourselves to blame though....what we need to do is work like crazy all Spring, Summer & Fall and then take November and December off !!!
I'll let you know when that starts happening :)
As I am writing this I am surrounded by my four lovely cats...who are mostly napping at this time, with one bathing and then I am sure she will be out too ! Here, lets introduce you all to them :)
First is Buddha, he is about 9 years old as we can figure. He was a rescue,( well ALL of our pets have been rescues), when we got him he had 3 broken toes and was infested with fleas. However, he was neutered, and unfortunately some cruel person declawed him. I am NOT a fan of declawing, I don't approve of ANY form of torture for animals, or humans ! So our wonderful vet ( Thanks North Gratiot Vet's !!) fixed him right up-poor guy had to wear a cast for 2 months, and has pins in his toes, but it doesn't slow him down ! Well, he really doesn't do much but nap...and eat. Buddha is a bit.....portly and because he has such a sweet and calm demeanor, I thought the name would fit, and it does ! Buddha is a Maine Coon, a short hair, very dark coloring with beautiful hazel eyes. He has the face of a Tiger, with a very broad nose, and at last weigh in he was at 16#.
I believe that pets will let us know what they'd like to be named, if we give them the time to communicate with us.
OK, next in the line up is Ti Gra....which is Sicilian for Tiger...she too is a Maine Coon, a long haired MC, and she will probably be our last long haired cat ! Why ? Well, we'll get into that in another post. Ti Gra is a very beautiful cat with lots of gorgeous Black, Brown, Carmel colored fur-she is VERY fluffy and her fur is wonderfully soft. Not that I get to cuddle her very often, she is a Daddy's girl and only tolerates me ! My husband ( Joe) would tell you that I am exaggerating that, but I swear I am not !! Ti Gra has gorgeous Green eyes, and is what I would consider a bit small for a Maine Coon, about 10#, she is almost 6 now. She was adopted from the Michigan Humane Society, the Detroit Shelter, and had been one of a litter that was found in the slums. She was a really feisty little kitten which used to crack us up. When we brought her home she immediately became Alpha cat and ruled the roost over Ceili, Gypsy and Simmone who are all gone now. She would attack all three even though they were older, bigger and more experienced than her. Ceili and Gypsy would run away from her, but Simmone would smack her with her big Black Lab paw, and that would usually do the trick.
We had gotten Ti Gra for Simmone, as we had lost one of our other dogs, Max ( the worlds greatest dog !!) and Simmone was just devastated by it, so I thought another dog would help. Well, as we were in the middle of moving our house ( yes, moving the house) and Joe didn't want another big dog to contend with, we agreed on a kitten. Simmone had never been around a cat before-the dogs had been in a pen ( really a palace) and when they did come in the house the cats ran and hide. We weren't sure how well she would do, so I bought a muzzle for her and we always supervised her time with the kitten. After about a week, they were fast friends !! See Ceili and Gypsy didn't want ANYTHING to do with Simmone, I think it was her exuberance and her breath ;). She loved her little kitten though, and Ti Gra loved her !! When we lost Simmone this past September ( at age 15.5) Ti Gra was SO sad....so I decided what would be better for her than a pair of kittens ???
The kittens came from our local Organic farmer ( Thanks RC Organics !!) from one of they're farm cats. Well, they have certainly kept Ti Gra on her little toes :). They love to chase her, mostly they want to play, but she really doesn't want much to do with them. We think it is divine retribution :). I have a feeling that Ceili and Gypsy are egging those kittens on !
So, the kittens are....Pearl, a grey and white short hair moggy who is just the sweetest little girl and her brother Black Velvet ( Velvet for short) who is 99.9 % black. They have the most unusual eyes I have ever seen, green around the pupil and amber around the green. They have brought such joy into our house, well for Joe and I at least ;)....we have never had two little ones at the same time. The only real problem we've had so far is that they really love the Christmas tree !! So we had to wire it to the wall, but we only lost one glass bulb this year and I'm hoping by next Christmas they will be past that stage. Pearl got her name because she has the color of Pearl's in her coat ( my birthstone) and Velvet got his name from a hair promenade that my departed Father in Law created beck in the 40's...it was called Black Velvet and it was going to make him rich !!! Which it did not, perhaps because of the smell ?? It does smell something horrible. Our Velvet smells wonderful, like his Daddy most of the time...because he is a Daddy's boy ( which is NOT going over too well with Ti Gra). I told Joe that they were MY kittens, but he has to keep luring them away from me, he's irresistible to cats !!!
Well, I think I should probably go and get ready for the day, its a very dreary day here in SE Michigan. It's raining right now, and melting all that lovely snow :(......yes I am one of those strange people who likes the winter and snow/cold/ice.....
Today we are off to our jewelers ( Lalonde's in Grosse Pointe) to try to find me an antique locket to start my collection...wish me luck !
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