Saturday, December 26, 2009

Meowy Christmas

Okay, some time has passed... over 6 months, but that's okay. I've been busy. Moving, settling in, getting a new job... next thing I know it's Christmas. I have a couple of days off from work and we finally have Internet so I thought I'd stop in here and visit some old friends. Hi. 

Christmas was great. Little One had a great time, and got some nice gifts that she loves.  I think her favourite gift though is the little visitor that showed up last night. I'll tell you the story.

Lawn was cleaning up the dishes from a fabulous turkey dinner when he heard a pitiful mewing coming from outside. Well, what can I say, it was Christmas and he found some pity for a poor lost kitty and fed it some left over turkey. I would have too. The cat is quite small and young (less than a year old), fluffy, cute and very affectionate.  But of course, after feeding it, it wouldn't leave. It ran around the outside of the house mewing, scratching at the front and back doors, looking in the windows, hanging off the screens and looking oh so cute and pitiful. Lawn put a little more food outside for it, closed the door and we didn't hear from it again. A little while later we looked outside and didn't see it so we went to bed. In the morning when I got up I looked outside again. No cat. "Good", I thought, "it went home".  Wrong.  A couple of hours later I opened up the front door and who do you think came careening around from the side of the house?  Yup. The kitty. It must have spent the night under our truck.  I felt bad for it (because it was cold last night) and let it in the house to warm up. We made little bed for it from an old blanket and a box, Lawn went out and bought a small bag of kitten kibble and the little stray now seems quite comfortable and is currently enjoying itself in front of the wood stove. Little One is in 7th Heaven, she played with the kitty all day. The cat seems to be housebroken and it is a very cuddly kitty.  I've started putting the word out in our neighbourhood that we've found a little lost kitty, but so far no one has claimed it.  Oh man... have we just been adopted by a cat?

Sunday, June 07, 2009

Now the fun begins

Hooray! We have a moving destination! We know where we're moving this summer! We visited the community a week or so ago and it is beautiful! I am so excited about our new home! Now for the packing. Ugh. That's probably what I dislike most about moving - the packing. Oh well, gotta be done. I'll put on an extra pot of Kick Ass (shameless plug) and hopefully all will go smoothly.

Monday, May 25, 2009

No Worries, Still Alive

Hello All. Been absent more than usual. Lots on the go at the moment. Been trying to catch up on every body's blogs. 

Things are changing around here for my little family. If you pop on over to Lawn, you will know that we are moving from this little neck of the woods to an unknown destination. It's kinda scary and exciting all at once. I am looking forward to a change, but leaving this little isolated community makes me sad too. We've had some good times here, but it's been seven and a half years and it's time to move on and grow some roots somewhere closer to our family. 

I am most concerned for Juno. She's lived here her whole life (all 5.5 years of it), this is home for her, the only school she's ever attended is here, the only house she's ever lived in is here, and all her friends live here. I hope she will happily adjust to the change that's in store. I grew up in a military family and we moved around lots. Some kids can deal with the changes and settle into a new life and new friends quite easily - I was one of the kids that couldn't. I had a hard time with change and with making new friends. I am hoping Juno is not like I was. She is more social than I was at her age, which is a good sign, and she knows and seems to understand that we are moving. We told her that we will live in a different community, in a different house, and she will go to a different school and make different friends. Her only question was, "Will there be a swimming pool?" It's good that she has priorities. But she says she's excited about moving and that she too wants to move closer to Grandma(s) and Grandpa(s) - and closer to a swimming pool of course.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Chocolate Bunnies Fix Everything

Wow, it's been a weird week for me as far as work goes. It's been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. I laughed, I cried, I felt inspired, infuriated, motivated and I almost quit - twice. All in one week. BUT, the week is over. I am now looking forward to a fabulous four day weekend with my lovely little family and I am going to put all the crap and shenanigans from work behind me. Plus, this is the weekend that is filled with CHOCOLATE!!!! Hooray for chocolate! It fixes everything (well, almost everything). 

Happy Easter!