HAPPY LABOR DAY, friends! We had a rather nice holiday weekend beginning with a lovely dinner at a new restaurant called, "Black Sheep Tavern" ...
Afterward, we stopped off at The Sinking Spring VFW for a nightcap or two. While there, we ran into our friend (and my "dance partner" Walt's youngest son), Billy ... 💙💚💛
On Sunday, we spent the afternoon at my hubby's cousin's house for a family cookout and the weather was gorgeous! 🌞
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Blessed Sunday, friends! Yesterday my "seester" and I spent the afternoon having lunch and, of course, shopping - lol! ...
Greetings and many blessings to you, my dear friends! My deepest apologies for not posting here on my blog for a couple of months. I will not try to make any excuses except for the fact that life has been very challenging as of late.
That being said, I will skip the "challenges" and give you all an update as best I can.
We took Bennie to our vet to get her tested for feluek, FIV, and other cat diseases. Well, first of all, HE turned out to be a SHE; however, we still kept the name "Bennie" as in the movie, "Bennie and Joon" which btw is her middle name - Bennie Joon. After our vet's approval, we began acclimating her to becoming an inside kitty and introducing her to our other seven fur babies ...
She is so very sweet and so far, the other cats are accepting her with grace. After all, she is an exceptional little girl with her own disabilities who needs to be loved - and that she is!
Moving on, last weekend my seester Aurora Skye and I celebrated her yearly birthday. Not an easy task given the fact that I am forced to work every damned Saturday on end, but that is an entirely different issue at the moment. However, fortunately we found a bit of time to get together ...
Greetings all! Yesterday was my 62nd birthday, but I celebrated it this past weekend with my seester. However, before I get into my birthday weekend I just wanted to post an update on our Charlie. I took him into our vet after noticing a skin irritation on his shoulder blade. It looked much like feline dermatitis. So after having him checked, Dr. Hoy did indeed confirm that he has dermatitis so she gave him a shot of convenia (an antibiotic which lasts approximately two weeks) and a topical dose of Neosporin twice a day. I asked them to run blood work on him since we haven't had that done in a year since we took him in from outside.
UNFORTUNATELY, we received a call the very next day informing us that he was diagnosed with kidney disease! We were devastated! He is currently on a special RX kidney food diet in hopes we can prolong his life. Now, we already lost TWO cats who have passed away from kidney disease and IT IS NOT PRETTY! In fact, it is utterly heartbreaking! We are doing everything we possibly can for him. :(
This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster - both relaxing and stressful. Not stressful due to the usual holiday bustle, but because of the horrible 20-some degree weather with a lot of ICE on top of it (not to mention the terrible winds) all of which caused my car not to start come Monday. Strange given the fact that Monday's temps here were in the mid 40's. At any rate, my hubby put a new battery in it on New Year's Day (of course he had a very frustrating time trying to get the old one out because it was still frozen to the inside of my car).
My good friend, Jesenia aka Chef Jesenia, and I had plans to FINALLY go to Murdough's Christmas Barn. A place which she had never been to before. I was supposed to drive us there, but since my car would not start that day, she drive us instead ...
