A note from Gizmo

Dear Female Human,

My life has become hard and barely tolerable. You expect me to cuddle in a large luxurious bed every morning with you. I am given something that you call my kitty kibble and expect me to share with the other two cats that you call my siblings. This can not be tolerated any longer. I expect my moist tuna served on special plate that is not to be shared with the others. I have to stay limber with dealing with the other beast that you call dogs. They must go. You expect me to play with toys that you lace with catnip ( Jax is an addict) I wish you to continue with this. The pictures most stop or at least I must be paid a modeling fee for them. I do not wish to continue with the leash training. I am not a dog and do not expect you to treat me as such. I work hard all day by keeping the birds, mice, and occasional snakes at bay (hehe I do love to hear the human scream when she sees a snake) I expect plenty of treats and chin scratches for this dangerous work. If I am sleeping please do not disturb by saying how adorable I look because we all know that this is true but I still need my beauty sleep. This is your chance to make amends or else I will not be pleased with this.

Yours truly,
Gizmo

Gizmo and Jax Starting their own version of Nascar

My cats Jax and Gizmo have apparently decided to start their own version of Nascar. Yesterday coming home from Hell (aka work) my cats were suspiciously calm and still giving me tons of snuggles and kisses. I should have known I was being setup with them. While fixing dinner Gizmo decided to beg for a bite of what I was fixing. He is the only cat that I knows that will beg for Indian food which I was fixing chicken curry. He gives these soft little meows that sounds like he is crying. So I give him one of his kitty approved treats. He proceeded to try and pull things off the table. After repeatedly removing him from the table his brother Jax decided to get in on the action. He decided it would be a good idea to try and steal my bookmark from a book that I have been reading, He did this several time which maybe indication that he needs help for kleptomania. I manage to get dinner done and kitchen cleaned up when the races begin. I live in a ranch style home when my two kitties decided to race all through the house at top speed. It got so bad that we started taking bets on who was in the lead and who would win. I do believe it was more exciting than any race I have ever seen, During this stressful time in my family life these two kitties know how to make us laugh and forget our worries even for just a little while.

Good Fortunes and Blessings,

Candi

 

Thank Goodness for my Cats

This past week has been a very long and stressful week. On Monday we put my mother's house up for sale. This house is where I grew up. I have very fond memories and some very painful memories. I know this is going to be hard on my mother in this new journey in her life. She has made this house into a home but it is time for her to downsize and allow another family to make their own memories in it.  On Wednesday I took my 16 year old , who is the youngest of my children to his yearly check up. We received a call an hour later saying that they wanted to do a ultrasound on is liver because of something that showed on his blood work. We took him to the ultrasound on Friday and found out that his liver is larger than normal and will have to see a GI specialist on what the cause is. He also went to see another specialist on Friday for Rheumatoid arthritis. This doctor did another panel of blood work and xrays. On Sunday morning my son and I had a fight that he started because he is scared and angry that this is happening to him. So as any teenager would do he picked a fight with me and blamed me and his father for everything that you could imagine. After he calmed down and I did as well we talked it out and all things are better now. I understand that he is angry and life is not always fair but we have to remember to keep living and not stop. So this brings me to my point about thank goodness for my cats. Gizmo and Jax has been giving me extra kisses and snuggles this week, I think they can sense how stressed I have been. After getting off from retail hell (aka work) which was past midnight I sat in my favorite chair where Jax proceeded to snuggle in my lap. I think he is trying to tell me he is there for me and everything will be ok. I could not imagine not having my two boys. I love them as my own children. Hopefully everything will be ok with my Austin and he survives being a teenager. I would not want to repeat being a teenager especially in this day and age.

Many blessings and good fortune,

Candi