Innernets Problems

Mom wanted to let everyone know she is having internet connection issues. Since Monday our internet has been hit or miss. A # & T has been out in our area for 3 days in a row and Mom has been on the phone with tech support. Tech support always upsets Mom because it is always a hassle when she tries to explain the problem. She knew we had an outage last night and the man made her change her network password and then she knew it would cause more problems and it did. Because he really didn't have her change it correctly and yet it was what he had done on his system so she had to call back again...oh wow Mom wasn't happy.

In addition to all of that she and Dad are doing a BIG sale outside in the big garage tomorrow and the next day. I will post some pictures Mom has been reeely buzy. So luckily she posted ahead for our normal kitty posts....

*sigh*
We hope stuff gets back to normal!

Mr Kitty

Feeding time.
We have a new visitor.
Daddy is feeding this orange kitty that is coming every day to breakfast and dinner.

Mr Kitty comes to visit from the edge of the woods.

He stops and eats his dinner.

Wordless Wednesday

Miss Boo

Tuxie Toosday With Abby

Mancat Monday With Ping

A mancat needs his rest.

EZ Sunday

Miss Boo

Ripples

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Femme Friday

Girls just wanna have fun....covered in nip!

Thoughtful Thursday

purrs,

Wordless Wednesday

Mr Jinx

URGENT ***Sniffie***

Sniffie's Mom Sharon left a comment this morning that Sniffie would be making her final trip to the Vet this morning at 10:45 AM EST...we are heartbroken and leaky eyed. Our soft purrs for Mom and Dad and Tamir, Ellie, Allie, Cubby and Clifford.

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The Greatest Gift

I always knew this time would come,

From the very instant our eyes first met.

How I loved you then! How I love you now!

I made a promise then, and I will keep that promise now...

You will not suffer from a pain that will not heal;

You will not know the loss of a life remembered, now gone.

It is for me alone to make this decision,

The price for the bright joy and pure laughter

You brought me during the time we shared.

I am the only one who can decide when it is time.

When my hope dies, and my fear rides high,

Just when I need you most, I must let you go.

It is for you alone to tell me when you are ready

For without your guidance, I will not know

When to lay my grief, my guilt, my anger

My sorrow and my selfish heart aside

and give you this last gift, this greatest gift.

You eyes will speak to mine and I will know.

The pain of this moment is excruciating.

Tears stream down my face in a river of sorrow.

And my heart drowns in a pool of grief.

For you have spoken and I have listened,

and unlike other decisions I have made

This one brings no relief...no comfort...no peace.

For if there's one thing you've taught me

If there's only one thing I've learned....

Unconditional love has a condition after all,

I must be willing to let you go, when you speak to me

I must be willing to help you go, if you cannot go alone

And I must accept my pain so you can be free of yours.

Go easily now, go quickly now,

Do not linger here, it is time for you to leave.

Go find your strength, go find your youth

Go find the ones who have gone before you

You are free to leave me now, free to let your spirit soar

Rest easy now, your pain will soon be gone.

I pray I will find comfort in my memories...

in the dark and lonely days ahead.

I cannot say I will not miss you, I cannot say I will not cry.

For only my tears can heal my broken heart.

But I promise you this; as long as I live,

You will live, alive in my mind, forever in my heart.

So I give you this last gift, all I have left to give,

And this will be my greatest gift...sending you away.

It is the measure of my unconditional love....

For only the greatest love can say

"Goodbye, go find the bridge, we'll meet again,

Loving you has been the greatest gift of all."

By Karla Bertram

Tuxie Tuesday

Gorgeous Boo with the luscious green eyes.

Sniffie

Our dear furfriend Sniffie has two masses in her abdomen. She was diagnosed with these masses in early September after having gone through one surgery in August. The prognosis is not promising but her Mom and Dad want to give her the best quality of life without putting her through any additional procedures. Sniffie recently celebrated her 12th glorious purrday on July 14th. She has been a precious sister to Ellie, Tamir, Allie, Clifford and Cubby. Her Mom and Dad are understandably worried, so please keep our beautiful sweet precious Furfriend in your purrs, and drop by and wave a paw and leave a purr. We are purrin for you Sniffie and lighting our candles.

{{{Sniffie}}}

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"Once you choose hope, anything's possible"

-Christopher Reeve

Mancat Monday With Ping

Our Golden Boy

EZ Like Sunday

Mr. Jinx hangs out

Importance

Jacksonville Beach FL

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever...
-- Isak Dinesen

Femme Friday -- The Face of Grace

Sweetness

Is this not a sweet face?

Wordless Wednesday

Tuxie Tummy Toosday

Abby: I'm lovin getting some rubs on my tummy!

Naughty Mancat Monday with Ping

EZ Sunday

Miss Boo gets playful.

Where Were You

Remember
"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)"
Alan Jackson

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Working on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the site of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry

Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below

Did you burst out in pride
For the red white and blue
The heroes who died just doing what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself to what really matters

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

The greatest is love
The greatest is love

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day

Femme Friday

The one...
the only...
the Divine Miss Boo!

MO CATS DAY

About a year ago some silly purrson declared that there were too many cats on the innernets.
Derby (and now Ducky) have decreed that 9-9 will always be remembered as "mo" cats day. Please join us in celebratin more and more cats joining the innernets!

Cat Ladies

Last night on Animal Planet I found a special show called Cat Ladies.
It saddens to me to think that media wants to portray people, especially women as "crazy" cat ladies. I wish I knew what the women who were depicted in the show thought of how they were portrayed.

There were four stories woven together, one mid-aged woman had three cats and spoke of her devotion and love for them, and only them. She was made to appear that she shunned human interaction.

Another was a younger single woman looking for romance but unable to find a suitable partner, and she seemed to want to believe the reason she couldn't find love was because of her 16 cats. At one point, she finally admitted that her abusive childhood made her have 'trust issues' with people.

The other two were a bit disturbing to me. One lady was a "rescuer" who felt that she alone could take care of over 100 cats in her suburban home (much to the chagrin on her neighbors). When you give up your bed to sleep on a plastic chair it's gone too far. Plus with having no medical background I don't think that there is any way housing that many cats in a small area is good for their health.

The last lady was a middle aged retired woman who had spent all of her savings on caring for homeless cats. She knew she had gone too far -- she had over 90 cats and was trying to adopt out.

Why does the media focus on making women look crazy?

I know of many people who serve animals to better their living conditions and they aren't anything like some of the women depicted on this show. It upsets me that those people who are striving to make a difference aren't given the attention they deserve.

Thoughtful Thursday

My mellow fellow takes it easy in the warmth of the afternoon.

Wordless Wednesday

Tuxie Toosday With Abby

Doesn't this just make you want to scoop her up and kiss her?
My teeny tiny tuxie beauty.

Mancat Monday With Ping

Check out those whiskers girl....

Happy Purrday

Today is Momma's purrday...she's way older than dirt...but we love her and wanted to send out a furry Happy Purrday to her.

Sail Away

Jacksonville Beach, FL
Atlantic Ocean

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

Femme Friday

Those eyes -- pierce the heart -- with complete devotion.

Goodbye Earl

Today out at Jacksonville Beach, FL the red flags are posted for extreme warning to enter into the churning water.

The Red Flag is used for extreme caution.

The ocean was very active for our area. Although the waves were higher yesterday. Unknowingly yesterday I went out at high tide, so I got the full intent of the activity.

Lifeguards have their hands full I'm sure. The run out are really bad. Did you know if you're ever caught in one the best thing you can do is just let it take you out (easier said than done I'm sure) the farest it runs is just past the first breakers. So it really doesn't run out to sea. Then you swim to the side to get out of a rip current.

We shift our concerns now to our neighbors to the north of us. Earl is 400 miles north of us and we know our friends in NC are under the effects of Earl. We hope that it just skirts by and moves on out to sea...but we know that the track is on for it to impact the outer shores of the Eastern Seaboard and then find landfall in Canada. We hope that when it does it comes onshore as a rainmaker and does not cause any major damages.

Aiming High

Miss Boo takes aim..........

A Visit With Earl

Today I went on a visit to St Augustine FL,which is only about an hour from home.
I wanted to know how Earl was affecting the Beaches of the area.

THIS is very atypical of the Atlantic.

We basically do not get waves. Not like what you are seeing here.

The ocean is angry, and Earl is 650 miles away.
If possible I may go and visit the Beaches again tomorrow because that is when Earl will be at it's closest to us.