The Good Stuff:
- Hubby's older daughter was able to get away from Dallas for the weekend and brought the younger granddaughter with her. We thoroughly enjoyed having them here this weekend. Granddaughter got some quality time with the kittens and helped socializing them to new people. She made good progress with Rossie while she was here. Daughter got to spend quality time with her dad sharing some family genealogy information and making copies.
- Is it only this week that we got all four kittens caught and together again to socialize? My. It seems like longer than that. The kittens have a long way to go, but they have come so far. They are great with the litter box, they're learning to use the scratching box instead of other things. They are learning to play and wrestle. They're learning to be handled, but they are only just beginning to welcome it. (Ruby is our fastest adopter at this point.)
- Hubby has made good progress in getting the downspout upgraded at the shop. He's working on the key downspout, but we have several more to do.
- I lost a couple of pounds this week, but I didn't feel as if I'd done anything to achieve the loss. Maybe that's a good thing?
- Had the follow-up ultrasound, and all they found was a well-formed cyst. I'll do a follow up in six months to make sure it doesn't change size. I scheduled the GYN followup for mid-January for the fibroid problem follow-up.
- Hubby was trying to show the kids something, and I attempted to help him, causing what I was trying to avoid -- dropping the item on an antique lamp shade and cracking it. It was a hundred year old milk glass shade that he has not found another of even though he's been looking. He's furious with me. He says he'll get over it, but he's heartsick about the damage to that item. And I feel terrible.
- I didn't even pull PBOTL out to look at it.
- Semi-annual doctor visit on Tuesday
- Heading to San Antonio to do some work down there on Wednesday
- I need to do some goal work in preparation for closing out this year and beginning next year.
- Including looking at PBOTL.
5 comments:
It's so impressive that you're taking in those four kittens. So many people talk about taking care of animals, but it's only talk. You're a doer. You're awesome!
As for the lampshade, accidents happen. You didn't mean to do it, and you're certainly worth more than it is by a long shot. One of the hardest things I ever had to do was forgive one of my roomie's grandchildren for breaking a glass figurine that my mama gave me. But I'm glad that I did. The grandbaby was worth much than it, and my mama would have approved. She loved babies. My point is, forgive yourself and move on. You're still awesome!
Thank you, Stephen. Things are very important to hubby, but he went to the shop and worked for a little bit on Sunday afternoon after the girls left, and he came back and had put it behind him (except for having more fodder for sarcastic comments about me and irreplaceable glass--since even before we were married, I've managed to break his glass a time or two).
I'm sure I'm crazy for taking care of the kittens, but they are adorable. Hubby and I both fear me winding up being one of those people you hear about on TV with hundreds of cats. I started out with one. Then two. Then five. Then four. Then seven. Then back down to four. Now, we're at eight. I'm sure there's a mathematical progression to calculate what the next number will be.
Are you sure you don't want a kitten? ;) Rubymae, the tiniest one, is pretty ferocious on the kitten wrestling and playing front. And my money is on her as being the first one to seek out our attention.
You're a kind person. I've been -- don't tell anyone -- feeding a wild black cat in my neighborhood when it's around. It looked hungry. It likes tuna. It has never approached me, and if I step out when it's feeding, it runs away. I doubt I can ever tame it, but I do like it.
Some of the beauty of glass comes from its ability to be broken. We rarely value unbreakable things; when's the last time they had an exhibit of plastic bottles in a museum? You're just making his remaining glass even more valuable. :)
Peaches and Sneaky are the same way. If they catch me even watching them through the window, they run away ,too. But I've managed to get quite a few photos of them anyway.
See. I knew you were a much sweeter man than you were willing to let on.
I'm always sweet to animals. It's people I don't like! :)
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