The life of Pets

I am loving these last days of summer with 2 kittens that have double in size since they came to live with us the first of August.

I am living the dream in walking Oscar every morning in his summer time grooming, in his all healed paw and better health. We take afternoon naps in the shade of the backyard, or on the bed with Tinker. She is eating 4 times a day now, she looks better for being an old cat.

I am proud of Lewis for always sleeping outside in his patio bed that is up high and covered for safety. He cuddles with Jazzy so often, then comes inside for breakfast and attention. He has been nice to the kittens as they meet, as the kittens run right by him and he wanders back outside looking revealed to not have to "babysit."

   

Jazzy is far more pissed off at the kittens right now, she was acting all nice at first then something snapped in her while the little kitties grew up a bit more and she is acting like they need to learn she is in charge around here. I love my cuddle clever Jazzy yet I've had to grab her just she swipes at Dory and Marlin. It'll take some time for her to be relax around our new family members.

    I love that I can be here all the time in training, in feeding and in giving all the pets my full attention.
It helps in making these new adjustments, in creating a utopia from the world. I have been reading how the animals shelters are over flowing with cats and kittens right now in the treasure valley and I can't help but think I am doing my part to help! 5 cats and a dog keep me on my toes every day in such delight of all things great and small!

I believe in the saying "There is always room for one more."

I love my life with these pets, as I go through counseling, as I get my project list finished and as I embrace being 40 years old I have come to see that this past month has been truly AMAZING!

I love summer time so much, I will miss it deeply when it's over and yet I will keep my furry babies safe through all the seasons! 

How to setup a peaceful home

      I have been keeping my dog Oscar on a leash beside me when the kittens come downstairs to play after breakfast time.

It's getting a bit better in him watching the kittens play without trying to break them up or control them. Oscar has always acted like he knows when the playing is getting to rough or crazy.
Last week was about meeting the kittens on a leash not behind the gate anymore, now this week is about learning to stay on the couch or chair if the kittens bolt around the room. Oscar is getting use to the kittens along side Jazzy, Tinker and occasionally Lewis. Lewy bolts for the front door the moment he sees movement from the kittens, he eats his breakfast just a bit faster hearing them meow upstairs. Tinker climbs up in Tony's clothes closet to nap after breakfast and only comes back out into the living room when I put the kittens in their base camp again.

I try small spurts of time in mingling everyone, right after breakfast everyone know the kittens will be exploring the home more, Jazzy has been watching hem through the screen or window because she is playful and it startles them, she may turn into dominating so I am very careful when scent swapping that she isn't ever alone with the playful growing up fast kittens. I also keep Oscar in his bedroom until I have time to handle him on the leash while the kittens run about.

All in all we are making progress, mid morning nap time is still important so I put the kittens up in their room for that. This allows Oscar to rest not worrying if the kittens will run over him too.

My life is so very blessed with my 3 old cats, my well trained dog and my 2 new kitties.

My home is getting setup better for this time in our lives.

My husband knows how much I love helping animals while he's a busy scheduled hard working lawyer now, I know that he likes the joy bringing kittens into our home would mean for me as he can't be home like he use to.....

My schedule, my time in watching over everyone and creating the perfect space has been such a gift!

I have been extra careful in keeping Oscar with me so he knows we are partners in everything. He will be turning 13 years old next month and I am all to aware of how the kittens will most naturally out live him....so my mission is to never let Oscar think he's replaced.

I think he's such an awesome dog and the best part of me is always him!
Now the kittens have burst into our lives with such new joy and laughter! Although Oscar might not be laughing quite yet.....

The Best Way To Introduce Your Two Cats

This has been the week of introductions in our home since the kittens are bigger, they want to explore and see the rest of the home.
They are cuddling more with me in purring, in wanting me to pet them and feed them. I play with them in all the new toys too.
I have tuna, chicken and salmon rotating their 3 wet food meals, while they can eat dry at any time. The bonus room is a kitten utopia.
Yet the kittens are growing up so quickly week to week, so I know they need to meet everyone else as soon as possible in cute caring ways.
The mornings of breakfast time is when the kittens come out to play meeting Lewis, Tinker and Jazzy. I think Jazzy is the only one who wants to play with them while establishing that she is the boss of the house. Tinker hisses and follows along the wall watching the kittens play yet not letting herself be known. Lewis is all about eating as much as possible while the kittens run around under the table he bolts outside meowing at me like "Hey thanks got get outside NOW." I always jokingly tell him and I kiss him on his way outside "Lewy, you are NOT the father, not responsible." My husband often laughs when I say that.
When Oscar has his breakfast in his bedroom then he can listen to the kittens run around freely, I put him on a leash until I get him outside to run around and watch through the screen door. Introductions are all so important and take time.
Time is the key to embrace, to help everyone have safety and trust.
They will eventually be well known, as in a year from now I hope to see everyone eating breakfast at the same time with no separation.
I will follow Jackson Galaxy's advice!
I will keep Oscar by my side, keep him safe and understand when he needs his down time, his safe space away from the endless playing of the kittens <3
I am glad that I understand the animal kingdom, that I can use all my knowledge and find videos like these to help me use this time wisely!
My home is a utopia for all! 

Create Your Cat's Happy Place!

I love creating fun new places for the pets to sleep or rest in, I love how my home is full of blankets and pillows.
Every time we moved in the last decade, I always made a base camp first. Tinker got her own private suite because she would freak out on Jazzy and Lewis so while they shared their first bedroom when we moved into a new place, Tinker go the closest because it always took her longer to get use to a new home.
Now we have cat doors setup for them to move in and out easily for their litter boxes and escape to a new room.
I have 2 litter boxes per cat in my home always.
I clean it out twice a day, and I keep everything clean, with cat beds up high and down low.
I am feeding my kittens soft food 3 times a day and increasing the amount as they are growing, they meet the other pets through gates and screens after scent swapping.
I put the kittens in the crate to get use to it, then set them out in the open for the other cats can smell them too.
There is quite a lot of work in getting everyone aware of each other.
There is very important steps in order to ensure safety first, then trust and eventually routines. I know it'll be better for my dog is the kittens grow bigger before they are both free to move around each other....since terriers are rodent killers my tiny little kittens are at risk for being mistaken by the hunting dogs as a rat or mouse....so in this I am going to wait till my kittens are bigger to be able to meet Oscar face to face.
The basecamp I have setup is totally awesome and perfect for my 2 kittens. I am glad I have the space for this all to happen safely in my home. I picture everyone napping together on my bed by the cold winter time, Oscar may always need his own space as he is an old grumpy dog. Yet he's use to chilling out in the guest room or as I call it his room. I say "Go get in." to him and that is where he goes to wait for me to close the door and he can feel safe again. The home is over run with cats now so he will need his own safe space, his own basecamp too.
I love these early mornings in this late summer time to get everyone introduced slowly and carefully.
The kittens have such energy even Oscar and I look at each other in surprise by it!
The kittens get an hour out to run freely while Oscar is on the leash by me, then I put them back into their basecamp and Oscar takes a long deep nap.
Hopefully over time like this the whole home will be the peaceful happy place for all!

The best of both worlds

My Lewis is a outdoor cat with the occasional need to come inside, especially in winter. He has a bed on the chair closest to the back door so even in winter on sunny days he begs to be outside and I have big fluffy bedding under the canopy up high on the patio that he loves. He is a wise old cat who walks the sidewalk not the streets, he never lets anyone new touch him and he can climb up fast as our neighborhood has plenty of trees out front. He likes laying in cool soft damp dirt under the ever green tree. He gets brushed out every morning when he comes into eat his chopped chicken and get his medicine.  He suffers from bite wounds, or scratches on his face because he is such an outside cat, I am thinking every time he goes across the street he gets into it with the neighbor cat.
Yet in the winter he usually stays very healthy and fatty, with soft thick cleaned fur as Jazzy cuddles him more.

My Jazzy is a "Mojito cat" for sure! She is calm and confident. She greets everyone at the front door with a rub and a meow. She lounges in whoever's lap will allow it and she purrs the second she is picked up or carried around. She is a loner too, when she feels tired of being so super social she will find hiding places to nap, right now her favorite place is napping under the raspberry bushes in the far backyard corner. She comes whenever she is called and she loves to ride on my shoulder all fluffy and chilled out. She sleeps up high in the office during the winter months with her big cozy blanket and food not far as my husband and I will play video games in there as she snores.
Jazzy loves to clean Lewy's face like a Momma cat, she naps into him so trustingly and she likes to tease Tinker, it's a game to her to go hide around the corner so when Tinker walks by she jumps out then Tinker freaks out and Jazzy just lays down like she is the Queen bee of the whole house.

My Tinker is really Tony's Tinker, He never takes her to the vet because he never wants her to think of him in a bad way. He learned so much about kitten care when we rescued her almost 13 years ago. He bottle fed her, he followed all the medications and he can just say her name once from where ever she is and she will be in his lap within seconds. I have never seen such a cat so loyal to only one human before! Tinker likes that I feed her, brush her and keep her litter boxes clean. She hates me when we are are at the vet or if I am playing with another pet. Tinker is the wallflower, the hidden cat waling through the house in hiding. Even though she can throw a fit, she has never bit, never attacked us on purpose...she just makes a lot of warning noises, she is pissed off all the time having been the only cat for the first 4 years of her life. Sometimes she will chase Lewis and then he will turn around to chase her the drama is never bad just warning that each one of them have places they don't want the other to share in. While Jazzy has no fear in facing either of them, Tinker hates being teased. She does love to play with Oscar, he grew up with her so they still snuggle and roll around with each other. Tinker loves going outside only if we go outside with her, she freaks out the moment we go back in or close the sliding glass door as she grew up inside only in a not safe crowded high traffic place. Once we had a safe backyard for her, she loved it! She was still very cautious of course. 
Even though Tinker belle has been so grumpy through out the day it's at night when I am about to fall asleep that she comes over to sleep on my head purring. She wraps around my head like a hat and I know she is saying she is sorry for her bad attitude all day.

I wonder what will be the personalities of the kittens.
Marlin is chilled and fatter then Dory. He eats first and then goes play while she will play and play then go eat later on. They nap together, they clean each other. Marlin will go off into new places of the house while Dory will follow and if she looses sight of him she cries.
She will growl at him if she caught a new toy or is eating when he walks by, he lays down and she climbs up and up. So I can see different personalities in them already. They will be inside cats for at least a year or more since I hope they can bond with the older cats and learn how to be safe when going outside.

My life has taken on new challenges and new knowledge. I love watching how the new cat toys I just got have brought such excitement to the kittens too!

Do You Understand Your Cat's Behavior?

Of course my coffee time mornings are filled with Cat videos, when everyone is fed breakfast and Oscar has played with his ball or Frisbee outside in the cool early summer morning, I drink my coffee watching info on Kittens and cat care for introducing them to my household.

Of course Oscar takes his after eating breakfast nap while my kittens play upstair waiting for me to come play with them after my coffee time.
I like that we have so much room in our home for pets, for separation and peaceful pathways that never get crowded.

Of course we go these 2 kittens with the hope the older cats will help influence and help train them into being the best kind of cat they can be! My best cat is Jazzy, social and smart.
My hunting wise cat is Lewis, he lives outside from spring to fall. He loves cuddling with me and being there for breakfast but he doesn't trust anyone else. Our Tinker is looking older then all the cats, she has some blood work and tests yet the vet said it looks like she is just old with arthritic problems...she has never bit me, although she can throw a fit when she is upset. Tinker hides mostly under any stressful new environment and when we left for the coast in July she knew we were leaving for a long time because she climbed up the shelf in the clothes closet higher then I have ever seen her nap in, i told her "You know what is going on, 12 years has taught you what our vacation time looks like huh? We'll be back, don't worry old lady."
Everyone who helped in our pet care said they never ever saw Tinker. and I knew that would be the situation as she is very cautious and very careful.
These 3 cats have grown comfortable with each other over the last 6 years now, in 2011 Tinker met Lewis as a neighbor, they never really trusted each other through the fencing then when we moved in next door to where we had been renting Lewis became a part of our lives, I love how he still cuddles so deeply into me as he is 14 years old now. He has a safe high up place with bedding outside in our nice big backyard with food and water he never has to come inside unless he wants to. Every winter he lives inside on the top on the big furniture by the sliding glass door to be outside at first light. He's an awesome cat to watch curse the neighborhood, he'll meow at the front door when he needs some snuggle time, Jazzy and him sleep together most every night as she always loves to keep him clean. They bond and companionship is what I hope for the kittens, Dory and Marlin. 
I hope they can always care for each other when I am not around too. 
My home of 5 cats have been a whole new level of adventure and joy! 

How to STOP Kittens From Biting You

These are important tips that I follow and I also love having "play dates." with my friends who love kittens and want to come over to visit.

My kittens love meeting new people now that they are 8 weeks old and they have been growing aware of me in purring and wanting my attention more.

I feed them 3 times a day and have a long play time on the stairs before bed which is usually 9pm.

I love how they can still play with each other all through the night in the bonus room and not freak out.

During the afternoons I make sure to take my naps with them running all over me and getting use to me watching over them.

It's fun to start training them and to just watch them play!

It's a bit more stressful, and cautiously concerning in getting these kittens of mine big enough to meet the rest of my old pets too. Every morning after everyone has breakfast time I then interact and introduce them all one by one with Dory and Marly.

It will take time, the kittens need to play and run fast is adorable yet upsetting to the rest of my pack that move much slower.

I love these days, these very important kittens days of my life! 

How the float tank works

It's one of the most peaceful places I have ever discovered.

My own brain is a fascinating place to be.

I have always created a peaceful home, I get upset or annoyed if it's full of multiple noises, like my husband yelling at a football back when we were first married and I noticed how stress out the environment became so I told him that it would be better to go out into a public place with his buddies and how he will have many websites open at the same time as the TV on and I will instantly notice his ADHD kicking in covering many topics of world events, politics, health tips and over all new knowledge in studies about everything. While being educated and update on what is going on it's important to desensitize, down load, sit in silence or meditate before going to bed, before taking on a big event in your life. I appreciate my constant desire for quiet peacefulness and my husband benefits too, he is the one always telling me meditation is the key for mindful peace. I think my times in the float tank have been even better then that as I love the dark salty water cave of no noise and no distractions. I have discovered my mind returns to my childhood farm in moments I found peace among the chaotic and crazy days of my life.

Floating has brought me to this very day when my counseling and physic evaluations help me deal with my past and be better for my future.
The reason I am extremely focused on being quiet and peaceful in my home more often then not is because I had loud, busy, bossy and unstable schedules in my childhood home.
The reason I am having panic attacks is because I am having flashbacks to those helpless memories and the real fear of sudden screaming and yelling and hitting to make me wonder if I can handle my family without my calm, peace making brother Derek.
I can't be as brave as he was in how easily he handle the craziness of our family home, at least I feel like I can't be as brave as him.
He simply took on the role of encouraging us all to get along, now I miss him so much when my parents are going crazy at each other, I was frozen in place a month or 2 ago as they let out their frustrations with each other the chaos and the stress of them made me freeze in place.
I am not going to make it in the future, I thought to myself....not as I am anyway.
I signed up for help the very next day after having stepped back in time reminded of where I really come from. The battle between my parents is their own marriage, their own relationship issues I am walking in on a private part of their lives yet they created 6 more people in this structure of good and bad communications.
When life is good, when all of my family comes together in a loving supportive way I cherish it!
When life is hard, when no one seems to be talking to each other I take a longer walk with my dog and cry a little more in knowing it's all so important.
I am developing new tools in helping my parents, and just accepting that without my brother it will never be as peaceful again.

My husband is so happy I am getting the professional help I have needed, ever since I said "I feel as though I have already had kids of my own, my baby brothers could never be replaced!" I was 24 years old and believed that those last 10 years was my parenting time. I had no desire to do it all over again as I gratefully loved 3 adorable boys as if they were my own.
The float tank took me all the back to being 10 years old again and I saw the farmland as it was and as I wish it could of stayed in it's glory days!
The environment of pure peace, of quietness to process all the new therapy I am getting has been a wonderful journey!
My good memories are encouraged more then my bad memories, my panic attacks are lessening and my hope for the future has returned!

I love how the salt water feels, how I picture myself floating in space looking back at the pale blue dot we know as earth, maybe death is exactly like that looking back to place you once were at.

Surrendering this body into the tank and helping the mind to focus and then just let go, lets all the sore muscles to release as well, I can stretch in amazing ways while floating and I have noticed where my grief is being stored as well. Such stiff pains, such emotional triggers and such exfoliating of my skin is why I love floating so much!

Learn How Baby Kittens Grow: 0-8 Weeks!

Today is Marly and Dory's 8 week birthday!

They are so adorable! 

I feed them wet food 3 times a day and slowly allow them to meet other pets in a safe slow way. I have been enjoying my friends visiting coming upstairs to sit and snuggle the kittens.

I have been watching how these kitties groom themselves right after eating chopped chicken, salmon or tuna. I make a wet cat food that looks like oatmeal in a way from Honest Kitchen.
This good quality food is mixed in water and the kittens love it!

I keep fresh water and dry food out at all times for the kittens as I bring in new toys and boxes to play with along side newspaper, pillows and blankets. I clean their litter boxes 2 times a day and always sit on the stairwell drinking coffee talking to them as they run and play!

I am truly in awe of my life!
I am very excited for the future with these 2 very smart and sweet kittens in my family now!

Dory and Marly are such good friends with each other, they keep each other safe at night as I close them up into their bedroom about 9pm and bring breakfast about 6am. They purr so much after breakfast that I give them so much loves and kisses. At noon I bring lunch up to them and they usually take a long nap with me or I go walk my dog after he's been watching and learning about our kittens through a safety gate.
Each cat knows we have kittens and they have been slowly curious and cautious. I would never leave my home without putting the kittens away safely, I always put Oscar away too, he needs time with himself and I have always known the cats could bug him when I am not home so in this big home I am able to do all of these safety first private rooms for everyone. It's wonderful that my home has such new life and new laughter in it!

They will really awesome cats as I can see how smart they are right now!

I picture Jazzy cleaning and loving them as if they were her own once they have learned to trust each other....they don't know what to think of such huge cat as her walking by them so we are taking it slowly, in 10 years they will be Jazzy's age and they will be such a comfort to me I know.....

My life is moving forward in the delight of kitten time right now!
I love this 8 weeks birthday for my kittens!

Partnership

         It's been a whole week now since I took the kittens home with me after sitting awhile with their mama cat Penny, her name on my parent's farm was T.C. (because my dad called her Tony's cat as a joke) then when she was so very pregnant my mom kept trying to get Tony to take the cat in and he found a good safe home for this little sweet cat.

Penny had 5 kittens and she is a very good mother, an amazingly good smart Mama, I could watch her for hours in how she cares and teaches her babies how to survive this world.

She will live safely and cozily in a loving family with the companionship of one or 2 kittens of her kittens in the end, I am still in awe that my husband said it was a good idea to bring kittens in our home.  

I am truly loving it!

      It was hard a week ago to take Dory and Marly away from their Mama Cat Penny.

I sat on the floor awhile talking to her and assure her that her babies will live a very good life with me.

I cuddled her thinking I am so very grateful she has a safe home for her having her babies.

That she gave the very best care of her wee ones that now run all over in joy of being together. 

Sweet Penny Mama cat!

I knew that by taking 2 kittens helps them be friends with each other, being born from the same litter, makes them siblings against the world into a partnership. I am glad they have each other as I don't always have time to be with them, in taking care of my 3 old cats and my Oscar who will be 13 years old in September. They are all upset by the kittens, yet they are adaptable to the fact these 2 tiny little kitties are cute and need help so they are concerned yet guarded too.

It will take time to have everyone trust each, Oscar loves cats especially kittens yet he has a need to be the alpha of them so I am still working with him on understanding these kittens are for us to protect not dominate. Oscar will get worn out worrying about the kittens running up and down the stairs that he will put himself away, hidden for his usual nap time I think this is a good sign that he will eventually be use to them in our family, if not I will always keep them separated for safety in all, I am not worried on how it will all go....I am delighting in just being with Oscar as he has healed so nicely and seems like a puppy again.

I am delighting in the kittens growing and learning! One week has gone by and all things have gone good in adapting and changing our quiet, simple home into new adventures and a new partnership!

Spaceship

I have dreams of being in a spaceship, and I don't like it. There are so many movies made about space and traveling into the galaxy.

I for one have never thought I would love to do that, in fact after each and every story that covers the topic of outer space I think "Thank God I am on land in real air with gravity!"

I like the concept of unknown beings out there, of weird worlds we can't really fully imagine. In some of these movies these landing sights for a spaceship is often just a delusion or a detailed scene of someone having taken drugs. They bring a bit of spiritual wonder and vulnerable fears into these stories of new discoveries of the last frontier we call Space.

I think all of these stories are profound, even in the ridiculous landscape of hollywood's control, such a setup for entertainment makes the Si-Fi category a hidden spiritual category as well.

I know that the first time I watch this clip with Carl Sagan in a documentary I cried in awe and in the messed up situation we humans have made of this pale blue dot we were given. Either God or the Aliens gave us this environment to evolve into many moments, stories and profound accomplishments while also choosing destruction of the land for profit or personal gain. Humans could of been made from dust or mud or anything.....we might of been always. I guess in all the things I have study and learned about I still can't tell anyone for sure where humans came from...the imagination is open for any idea as it's so clearly a concern like maybe knowing will help us move forward in a better way.....
I doubt it, For if all the truths were known humans would be like Gods and impossible to deal with, so the not knowing if God made this planet to begin with allows for humble, kind and grateful attitudes to dwell on this utopia.

I will always believe that human beings are the servants in this world.

I will always know that we are the caretakers and the zoo keepers of these days that we live, yet not every human being thinks this way so the sadness I cry is for the truth that is shared in this video.

The spaceships that take us out of this world reminds us that we never want it destroyed from our lives, that everything we deal with day to day is nothing to the bigger picture of how everything is happening way beyond our own little minds can take in, we seek to understand or we make peace with the fact we will never know for sure just what it's all about......

I love this earth so much, I can see how without us, without any humans it will still be there maybe even thrive for we would stop draining all of it's resources. The domesticated animals would adapt or die off as this earth gives a balance to the births and deaths of all. 

I wonder if there are other earth like planets out there, if in another galaxy they are just starting out as the first humans to dwell and care for the land wondering if there is a God or another level to a person after they die? It would be fascinating to discover if there was and yet I would still not jump on board the spaceship to go find such a place I like it right where I am, even though Earth is struggling and the human race is crazy as a whole, hard for me to really understand most people so I admire the trees and sky, the grass and bugs, I delight in helping my pets have companionship and safety. It's the little delights like in making my husband dinner that makes me so happy to be on this earth.

I look back remembering as a kid my Grandma talked about The Rapture, when Jesus comes out in the sky with trumpets to call all the Christians up to heaven with him. That we no longer have to suffer on this Earth, we no longer are stuck in this place. I said "I don't want to go! I don't want to leave the earth!" Such a desire has never ever left me, even though I can see why she would love that idea so much now.....

I would joke all the time in bible study back when I was 19 or 20 when we covered the Rapture or the end of the world prophecy, that it sure would be peaceful when all the Christians have been removed from the world and my friends would reminded me that I was one too while I explained "Yes that is why I would stay behind on purpose, because someone needs to help the rest of the world understand what has happened. I think it would wonderful to be left behind."  They would always roll their eyes at me and laugh but I was honest in how I felt. I look back and smile now that I am still very much the same person 20 years later only wiser in my peace of mind having less answers for all these topics that follow the human race.

I simply know and understand that I love this planet and I am grateful to live on this earth.
In my dreams the spaceship takes me away against my will and my own common sense.....So I awake even more delight in the early summer morning because I live right here in the right now time. On this very important pale blue dot!

Companionship

 On June 14, 2019 5 kittens were born from the calico cat that showed up at my parents farm. I would see her every week when I went out there to help my mom. I would worry about her and wonder if I could take her in as she was the sweetest little cat, who was very clearly going to have babies.

On mother's day my mother kept trying to get my husband to take the cat and he said a very stern NO.
Then he found a friend who would take in the Mama cat, so as the kittens were born we celebrated! I quickly put together a few pet things to help, I talked so much about the kittens every time we met up with our friend and as time proved that she couldn't keep all the kittens after all, I was so happy and proud of my husband to say we could help out in giving them a good home too.

We got to see all 5 kittens grow quickly so we easily fit 2 of them into our lives.

We talked about it carefully and I knew 2 kittens are better then one as they can be friends with each other and feel safer. They have each other's companionship.


With all that has unfolded this summer, bringing home 2 kittens was the very best part of it all.
I love just being with them. talking and kissing.
I make sure each pet has my attention and my care every morning, Lewis and Jazzy have been living outside so much now that summer is in full heat and Tinker's test results show she isn't dying after all. She is just old and has allergies. I have increased her chicken in hopes to help her gain weight again so after Oscar's foot surgery they laid together so much. I thought about how almost 13 years ago they were puppy and kitten starting out so my tears of delight is that I have been so blessed with them in my life. They have made me the best person I can be! I haven't been distracted on my pathway through life with them by my side.
They give me peace of mind in knowing we share everything!
The kittens have arrived in time to know these elder pets of mine, it won't be so easy to just have everyone together instantly but I know I can do this! I can create a bigger family for us all.
Companionship is the greatest gift in living!

Dory the speedy fast very cautious black speckled kitty only calms down when she sees Marlin her brother. He is a laid back orange and white purring fat kitten. I had to help Dory learn what the food taste like from my fingers as she was impressed and has begun to eat regularly now.

My heart and arms are bursting with such love and companionship.

Friendship

I was watching "Finding Nemo." the other day remembering how much I loved this movie when it came to the theater. I saw it a few times always encouraging my friends with kids to come with me! I was getting married in 2003 so I was busy planning, organizing and saving up for the ceremony I wanted. It was nice to take a break in all the life changing things to just go watch this movie and laugh so much!

I have been thinking if ever I get some new pets then I would name them Marlin and Dory maybe even Nemo....it would be fun to have new life in my home.

Oscar and I are insuperable of course, so I wouldn't do anything crazy to upset his elderly years.

Then my husband Tony said "We should help give the kittens a home. We could afford it and we have the space for sure!" I stared in awe and delighted shock at him.

He always said "NO. No more pets until we are debt free." I agree to those terms, I believe in being debt free and strong in our finical security before we ever promise to care for more animals again.

The calico cat who showed up at my parents farm, so nice and so kind needed a good home. Our friend Katie took the soon to be Mamma cat into her wonderful home not far from us. We loved helping out in any way we could, food, litter boxes and vet bills for we would of loved to have such a sweet kitty in our home yet our 3 old cats would of been upset by the birth of 5 kittens. I was so happy to babysit those adorable kitties, to talk to the very good protective Momma cat. Then Tony saw how happy all the kittens made me as I gave so many kisses and knew so much about their care....I was in awe that he said we could help out in giving them a home!

So Dory and Marlin came to live with us this week.
I turned the upstairs bonus room into a kitten wonderland and put safety gates up as I will slowly carefully bring the kittens into our elderly pet world.

Having 2 kittens helps them not being so scared or lonely, they rarely meow as they have each other to adapt to a new family. I would of loved having the whole family with me yet the Momma cat would of tried to kill all my other pets in her need to protect her babies. Our friend has the perfect place for her, I am so glad it turned out to be such a good story. For I had been worrying about that calico cat my father called "T.C." (For Tony's cat) in being on the farm those coyotes would of came in to get her so now I smile in this happy ending!

Especially for our home as I lay on the floor so they can run all over purring and loving all the good eats I can make for them. 
Dory and Marly have the best friendship!