Oops, Ok - he's a boy

Ok, so I've only ever owned one girl kitty - guess that explains why I and two other people didn't know Smudge is a boy! I wonder what he's gonna do about wearing the pink collar Aanika picked out......

He had his first check up and shots yesterday and got a clean bill of health. His ears needed to be cleaned and he did NOT like it one bit! For such a sweet kitty, he sure has got a loud voice when he's mad. He's gonna go for a snip-snip on Thursday seeing that he's getting close to "that age" when they start marking their territory. The vet thinks he's about 5 months old because he's losing his baby teeth (incisors) and has yet to lose his canines.

Check out his newest fascination:
Poor tree hasn't got a chance against those claws!

Our newest addition

Meet Smudge.

She's the newest addition to our world and she's absolutely as sweet as can be! Much to Kevin's dismay, I've thrown caution to the wind (bad cat allergy), and went and got attached to her and refused to give her up.

I found her on the side of the road on Wednesday while I was walking along the river road. I carried her 1 1/2 miles home and she never tried to get away....she purred the whole way home! I tried for three days to find a home for her but I guess she was just meant to be a part of the family. : )

She's such a nice cat - only about four months old - very calm and loves to be held and snuggled. She loves to be held so much, I finally made her a little sling so that she could be close to me but yet I could have my hands free....Yeah, she's spoiled already.

This is a picture of contentment........

Remembering my Mom

Wow, it's been five years since my mom passed away. Five years of no pain, no worry, no sadness....how could you ask for anything better?

She was a spitfire and quite a handful at times, but there are so many days when it'd be so nice if she was just a phone call away. I miss her checking up on me. I miss her birthday calls. I miss seeing her wrinkle her nose when she smiled at me. I miss watching her ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl because I'll never forget her laughter when she was on it.

These are the memories I hold on to until I can see her again.

My friend's song for me

My friend, Doria, who lives next door recorded this song for me. It's her version of Martina McBride's song "In My Daughter's Eyes" - she posted it on her MySpace page and dedicated it to me. I am so touched; words really cannot express my feelings about it.

Listen by clicking the link below:
http://ksolo.myspace.com/ms/showSong.do?sid=24553&rid=453133&uid=4053101

Remembering Feather, the fish

Sad day in our house. Feather, one of the funniest fish ever, died unexpectedly yesterday - we've had him for over 1 year. He was a hoot to watch swim because it was sort of this upright, wiggly dance-swim movement and then he'd add in a corkscrew turn to it. Very strange but very amusing! He's the orange one on the right in the picture below.

We found him just before bedtime so it was a sad and sniffly prayer time while we explained things to Aanika. She asked if I'd take her today after school to find a new fish-friend for Tiara and Chewie. At Aanika's request, we're going to print out a picture of Feather and tape it on the tank (picture side in) so that the other fish can see it. Too cute, but sad too!

Aanika's Hip Hop moves

This is Aanika doing some hip hop moves. Too bad I didn't get any of her spin moves in the clip!