A Very Merry Christmas and Great New Year

Hope you all had the best of times during the holidays.  I had a great one this year as my daughter came down for a couple of days.  It's rare that she gets to come down so we made the best of the time we had.  She and I are like oil and water so we don't schedule long vacations with each other.  She is a do something every minute type of person and I'm a do some things but then relax and breath.  It's really nice though. 

I still miss my cat, Clyde.  I sometimes think I see him out of the corner of my eye.  Just sitting there looking and me the way he used to.  Of course, he's not there because when I turn to look the space is bare.   But maybe he is and when I turn full face to him I refuse to see him.  Who knows.

The weather has been so dark and gloomy here that I have already started my hibernation process. Ha!  Today it is brighter but cold, snowy and windy.  Ah WINTER!

Anyway had a great selling month in December.  So far January has been kind of slow but hopefully will start getting busier.   Thanks to all who bought from my stores.  I very much appreciate the business. 

Hope you have a great January and a great 2015.  I will try to add more posts this month but won't promise.  Thanks for your time.

Adopt an orphaned elephant this holiday season

Missing Clyde...

No matter how much you feel like you did the right thing helping your furbaby go on to cat heaven the loss hurts just as much as it did the day he was put to sleep.  I miss him at the weirdest times like right before I go to sleep at night.  I don't really miss what he had become in the last year or so as the hyperthyroidism and cancer ravaged his body but missed the fat and sassy boy that he used to be. 

I look at pictures of him a year or more ago and see an entirely different cat than the way he was when he died.  He was a total nut and would sometimes get up in the morning and run like a demon all around the house.  I loved the way he would come up in my arms and tilt his head so I would kiss the top of it.   He was a total lovebug.  I also miss the sweet innocent looks he gave me from his beautiful green eyes even when he knew he was in trouble. 

I know that I will hurt for a long time as I still feel the loss of all my furbabies throughout the years.  I only hope the ones we still have live long, long lives as they will be our last ones. 

Thanks for reading my blog.  If you need any special gifts for Christmas please check out my stores as I try to add more things on a daily basis.

Take care.

UPDATE on Clyde

Unfortunately Clyde got so bad that we had to let him go.   It was really hard but for his sake we couldn't let him live the way he was.  He really went downhill in just a short time.  We stood by his side as he slipped away and he wasn't afraid.  We miss him and hope that he's running through sunny meadows of cat heaven chasing birds and mice.

I pray that none of our other animals ever get this horrible disease and they stay healthy until they are extremely old and slip away in their sleep.

Until next time.

Latest Clyde the Cat Update

Finally got a definite answer on my baby's disease.  He has a large lump in his stomach that is cancer.  I knew it was more than just thyroid as nothing seemed to help him much.  We have some more medicine (poor Clyde) that is supposed to help him with the cancer.   It will get worse as he is in too bad shape to have surgery so not much can be done.   When it gets too bad for him we will have to make the decision to have him put to sleep.  Hopefully that won't happen too soon.  He just looks so bad though it's really feels like it won't be long.   He had to have fluid injected under his skin as he was dehydrated.  Will have it done again next week.

Hopefully things will get better.  We could sure use all the prayers and good thoughts you can give.

Thanks for reading my blog.  Until next time.