Pearl

Pearl died this morning.
She's been a sick kitty, having a tumor stemming off her liver, so it wasn't unexpected, but still sad to see her go.
She was a very friendly, sociable cat, which seems strange since she was born in the wild and was a stray.
She showed up at our door in North Carolina in 2004, with a broken tail, broken tooth, and a chewed ear.
She was loved very much and we will miss her.

Rest In Peace, Pearl. We love you.

Beauty is Everywhere

Spring has sprung and there is beauty all around.

Funny or Not?

Abigail handed me this animal cracker yesterday. Donkey attached to cow, who can't go anywhere because of missing front legs. What would their offspring be called? Cowky? Donkow? Maybe it's a zebra! Then it would be a cowbra! Funny? I chuckled a little.

This next picture may be gross to some. OK it's going to gross to all.
My cat puked, but not just any ol' puke. She puked a face inside of an exclamation point! Such talent!
Funny? It's funny to me!

These next pictures....so not funny!

We had 8.5 inches of snow yesterday. It is heavy! It is melting and will probably be gone in a day or two. Why did it bother falling at all if it is going to melt right away? School is delayed 2 hours so roads can be plowed and we can dig out of our driveways. I doubt the tree branches are going to be upright again. I have to go shovel since Perry is out of town. He's always working out of town when this stuff hits. I'll say it again. SO NOT FUNNY!

Snow Day

After the foot of snow we got yesterday, school was canceled today.
That didn't stop Abigail from getting up and out.
While Perry cleared the driveway,
Abby started building a snowman.
The snow wasn't packy enough to make a snowman, so she just made a snowblob.
Then she took shelter under a big pine tree.

Then off for a venture to the backyard.
It's deep.

Finally, enough was enough.
Where is Phoebe during all this?
Both ways are great ways to spend your day off from school.

My kids are better

at taking pictures than I am. That's OK. I love these photos of Pearl. I'm not sure which daughter took them, but one of them did a great job. Love the reflection.


Phoebe got new glasses today. Her eyesight got much worse since she first got glasses, and now she says she sees so much clearer. They are pretty cute on her too.
As you can tell, I took this picture. I do have the excuse that I was waiting at a red light, and when it turned green I started to drive but still needed to take the picture. This is what I ended up with. Now she's complaining at me as to why I put this picture on my blog. Because Phoebe, it's the only picture I have.

Mouse and a Chipmunk

Like my new mouse pad? Aren't we purty?Now I have two, because they first sent me this one.....and it was not the picture I picked out for the mouse pad. Not bad, but not the one I picked out.



oh, about the chipmunk...Pearl, the cat killed our chippy friend. He's been hanging around for a few years, not bothering anybody, well.. except Pearl I guess. I heard Pearl meowing pretty loud and go to the door to let her in and there she sits real proud-like with an upside down chipmunk in front of her. (no photo. I thought of it, but I didn't take one) Boy, oh boy, you can take the cat out of the wild, but you can't take the wild out of the cat.

I ♥ Faces

This week at I ♥ Faces they are having an anything goes pets category. Since I have a cat and she is a pet, and she has a face, I will enter her photo.

Pearl dressed in a towel bib. She's such a sport.

Wordless Wednesday

Still below Zero and no school

17 below 0 this morning. School was called off last night already. The wind chill warning is supposed to end around noon today. And...oh happy day, we are to get into the 20's this weekend. After weather like this, 20 really does feel like a heatwave.

Last night, I fell asleep at 9:30. I never go to bed that early. It felt great. Until the phone rang at 10:30. Hubby is working a state away, but was reading on the internet that school was canceled already, and he called to let me know, so I could sleep in.

Nobody slept in. Pearl, the cat has her little food timer inside her and wanted to eat at 6:30. Phoebe was up before 7, asking if she had school, then got mad at me for not letting her have a sleepover with Abby. (Abby has a double bed, so on weekends they have a "sleepover" in her room). Like I knew if school was going to be canceled at 8 last night.

Abby was the only one who slept later than usual. 7:30. They all piled into my bed, cat too, and watched cartoons, while I tried to get a few more winks. It was so cozy and warm, that I didn't want to get out. But, the girls were "starving" and did I want them to "die" from hunger?
Sleep, have kids die from hunger, sleep, have kids die from hunger? Ok, I chose to feed them.

Pancakes, and bacon. Yum. Made Mickey Mouse pancakes. One large pancake for head, 2 small ones for ears, bacon for face. They were impressed.

They want to go to the movie, Hotel for Dogs, but I'm trying to get it in my head that spending about $30 on movie and treats makes sense to me. Even though Phoebe said she would use her own money. We'll see.

Time to go walk on the treadmill. What bugs me about exercise, is that when I do exercise, I think I can eat any way I want and anything I want, and this is what I am doing. I rarely eat potato chips, but because I have been treadmilling, I have been eating potato chips. And candy. Like this is really going to get me anywhere. (note: junk food would not be in the house if hubby didn't want it. He's one of those who can eat and eat and eat and not gain an ounce. I hate him for that)

Pearl found a new place to cozy up in. Perry got some new coveralls, and let them lay on the floor.( and he gets after the kids for letting their stuff lie around) Pearl curled herself up in them and has been being lazy there for 4 days. I haven't got the heart to put them away.

Merry Christmas

Wishing all of you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. Celebrate the birth of our Savior with praise and prayer. Jesus is the reason for the Season.

When mom's away.

This is what happens when you leave a 6 year old alone with the cat and a camera.





Actually, she did a pretty good job. Pearl was a good sport.

Wordless Wednesday