The day Momma lost her merle.

This is my Momma kitty.  She came into our lives quite suddenly back in July of 2008.  We had just returned from a vacation in Williamsburg and was catching up on some yard work.  I heard the cries of little kittens near by.  I pulled back some bushes and there she was feeding her litter of kittens.  

When she was done feeding and the kittens slept I offered her some food.  She was skinny and looked like she needed some help.  She was starved when I fed her taking in the food as quickly as she could looking up asking for more.  

And that's it.  She's been with us ever since.  We found good homes for 4 of her kittens.  We kept 2 of them and got her spayed so she wouldn't go through that again.  She was feral but desperate.  The days after her spay surgery she didn't pee for 2 days because she didn't know what a litter box was.  I was keeping her in the bathroom and she finally went.  

It was a long long road but we are finally at a place where she will let me hold her briefly, kiss her on the top of the head and she will lay on my lap if I sit perfectly still.  

We finally figured out that she is pretty much deaf also.  

She has a habit of "calling to her people" a lot.  After eating.  When she's laying down for a nap.  When she's about to drink water.  She lets the world know very loudly.  And she sounds like she's saying MERLE!!! MERLE!!!!MEEEERRRRRLE!!!!!

But yesterday she lost her merle.  I think she must have had a mini stroke.  She went limp for about 5 minutes.  She's eating again though not as much.  She's going potty OK and seems to walk fine.  

But she has lost a zest to her.  Her merle is one of them.  Now I miss the middle of the night calls.  I miss expecting the loud proclamations.  I hope she gets it back.  

We'll see.

Until Next Time.  

That time we went walking in the park on a warm February day! 2018

We decided to go for a walk in the park since it was in the low 60's one Sunday afternoon.  

We decided to walk the walking trail at the Jim Barnett Park.  It was a little chilly but for February it was great!

We saw groups playing Frisbee golf and friends walking their dogs. 

We had a great time.  We got exercise (the trail was about a mile long) and got to spend some time together. 

It was nice to get out in the fresh air. 

After we finished the trail we made one more stop before heading home. 

Waffle house for dinner!  

Yum!

Until Next Time! 

A visit with Rosie! Late Jan 2018

We love it when Jared comes by the shop to visit!  Sometimes they come and hang out for awhile and we get lots of time together.  Here's some pictures of Rosie Posie!

Play time with her bowl and spoons!

When she saw the camera she stopped and posed!

Snack Time!  

I know we're going to miss these days when she's older.  She's a little sweetie!

Until Next Time.

Martin Luther King Jr Day January 2018

So we decided that we wanted a fun day to enjoy together this year.  It was too cold to go snow tubing, so we tried duckpin.  They were having a special so it was cheap too! 

Turns out I'm pretty good at duckpin!  I won!  The guys would never admit that though- I should've taken a picture of the score screen. 

We played around in the arcade- 

and laughed at the odd game choices!

After that we got a snack and headed to Winchester.  I had an appointment for a top down stretch Denny had given me a gift certificate for so we hung out in the library until it was time to go to my appointment.  Here's a picture of the "tranquility room" as the employees called it.

and here's me nervous as crap to do this appointment! It was pretty fun, I don't know if I'd ever buy myself one though.

We ended our day with a meal from a local BBQ place we had wanted to try called Up In Smoke. It was good.  We headed home after that for a relaxing evening at home.  

Until Next Time!