Monday, November 25, 2013

The "Catch-Up Queen"...

Hello, All!
 
Once again, catching up...
 
So much going on here, so many changes...
 
Still not used to the "new normal" empty nest ~
 
 
We have also lost two family members
 
 in the last few weeks, one human, one "fur"...
 
My brother-in-law Charles, first  ~
 
Charles was a father-figure for my husband and my SIL (their own dad had passed away)...
 
they were practically still babies when he married their older sister, DeeDee.

Charles got not only a wife, but a whole family...he was their rock for 57 years.
 
♥ ♥ ♥

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"Uncle Charles" was a good man.

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Then yesterday, my daughter Mandy's kitty, Basil.
 
She explained it best in her Facebook post, which I will borrow here...

"My sweet Basil died in my arms this morning.
Six years old - heart failure, blood clot.
 I've known the end was coming for about a month, but I had no idea when,
 & I guess one is never really prepared.
 I am so thankful it was quick, at home ...
& that I was with him.
 He was a sweet, crazy boy from day one,
& life will never be the same without him.
So, now it's just me & two tabbies.
It's not quite right for BlackCatPratt to not have a black cat..."

 
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As for me, I've been trying to get some things accomplished...

(Can you believe a month from today is Christmas?)

a beading project is in the works...

Kitties love beads, I've found...

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Cyrus is guarding the beads...

Sitting on them like a dragon...

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When I kept snapping pictures with my phone,

he turned around...

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When Cyrus wasn't helping, Leo was.

Look how he lies half-on/half-off the table!

Graceful, that fellow is...no "Bull in the China Shop" here...

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"I caused Mom to have to re-string an entire necklace after I swished

it off the coffee table with my tail...my work here is done...for now." ~ Cyrus

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That's it for now...

Check back in a day or so and I will post step-by-step instructions

for my animal ornaments...

Really.

I'll be back.

Love,

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