reflections in the mirror

this was sent to my by a friend.

On the first day God created the dog. God said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years.”

The dog said, “That’s too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten.” So God agreed.

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, “Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.”

The monkey said, “How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don’t think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that’s what I’ll do too, okay?”

And God agreed.

On the third day God created the cow. God said, “You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years.”

The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live fifty or sixty years. Let me have twenty and I’ll give back the other forty.” And God agreed again.

On the forth day God created man. God said, “Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I’ll give you twenty years.”

Man said, “What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I’ll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?”

“Okay,” said God, “You’ve got a deal.”

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

…it appeared that this winter might just have been done and over with, it snowed ALOT! 10 inches of snow covered with 1 inch of ice. It makes that back yard look really nice, but it made the driveway a mess. Thank goodness I have a neighbor that plows, and they were kind enough to plow our little bit of a driveway, for free!

It is starting to melt, thankfully. but it did make the weekend plans a little messy. Friday, four cats were brought up to my house, they drove up in the storm, it took them a lot longer than it normally does. But they finally made it. The cats were not supposed to be with me more than a few hours, but with the snow, we had to wait till the storm was over. So Here are the little bundles of fur.

First, we have a feral little girl named Kitty. I had little to do with this little girl as we didnt want to upset her, and we didnt know how friendly she was.


Autumn


and Blossom, are sisters. They spent some of the evening together, but I later decided that they needed a little space. They had a little fight when I gave them both food. They seemed much happier, when they didnt have to be right on top of one another. I have heard that Autumn is a wonderful little birl, and very friendly. Blossom has taken her time, but once she gets settled, she will be fine.


Last but certainly not least, come Snowy. What an appropriate name for this little girl. She has the best personality and with the exception of getting angry with me for putting her back into her carrier, she really was a happy girl. She always came to the front of her cage when I walked up, which made getting photos of her a little difficult. She is now with her new foster mom and I am sure, getting all sorts of spoiled.

I would like to introduce my newest little feline…Missy

Missy is the first cat that I have had to “rescue”. I went to get her from her previous owners last week and brought her to my home. I am happy that her previous owners gave her up. They either didnt care for her or didnt want her badly enough…they couldnt tell us the truth about this little girl to save their lives. When we first learned of this little one, they said that she was 9 months old. She came in and was a mess…she had been left to sit in her own pee. They also didnt know where any of her paperwork was, so I took her to the vet…that is where I learned that she wasnt 9 months old…and the shelter that she had been adopted from, thought that she might have been adopted by someone entirely different than the people who gave her up. It doesnt matter much anymore anyways…she is safely with us and learning that there are people that love her.

Missy has had a bath and she is a pretty girl, I am going to get some pictures of her really soon and then I will have something to share with everyone. The pictures that I currently have are not all that good…the best one, I have put above.

We have also had a very interesting weekend with tons of snow…ok, it was only 10 inches of snow covered with an inch of ice…a mess to clean up, none the less.

Nikki take’n a nap

The forecast for the next week and then some…is calling for temps in the 50F’s!

It doesnt seem like much, but after the cold weather we have been having, I am just happy to see warmth. I finally can open the window to the porch and let the cats visit the porch for a long while. In fact it was so warm the other night…I debated keeping the window open all night, but I had the pellet stove running…so the window got shut. Tomorrow, Kitties will get fresh air and sunshine! I might actually get out to the yard and see what is going on out there

Tonight, I brought Baby to his new home. I am so very happy that he has gone to his furr-ever home. The couple that adopted him are really nice and I am sure that he is where he will be loved for ever.

On not so great news…Kabuki is back with me. She is having problems adjusting to life in a home…with litterboxes. Hopefully, we will figure out what it is that is keeping her from using her box the way she should.

Thank goodness it finally stopped raining. That horrid storm that caused so much destruction, hit New England too. Fortunately for us, we got alot of torrential rain, had many flooded basements, roads, yards…heck, there was a mote around the house. Unfortunately, the house proved to be a little less waterproof that I would have liked. as a matter of fact the water went above the cement basement walls and ran right into the basement. I was able to get the drain in the basement cleaned out in time to save us from breaking out the boat. The garage, however, still has a little bit of a lake in it. The floor was not made correctly, so the water never actually makes it to the drain. We also found out that the new roof that the owner put on before we moved in, leaked. Thankfully I found it in time and was able to get a bucket under it, and it also seemed to be contained to one spot.

So today, the owner came, along with the roofer/fix-it guy. They “fixed” the roof and will be returning on Monday to take care of the basement problems. The storm had alot of people with basements full of water, finding a wet/dry vac has proven to be a difficult task, and will have to wait for next week as the stores are not going to have any till then.

I can only hope that we dont get another rain storm like that for a while