May Long....

Life has been good since my last post.  Other than some health things (nothing serious! Sore wrist, sore boob....all are being dealt with) things have been smooth sailing!

Molly is growing up and is a pretty good kitten.  She does get into a bit of mischief...what kitten doesn't?  I have tried to kitten-proof the place as much as possible (tin foil in the plants, putting things up where she can't get them, etc).  Here are some Molly pics....she is playing/sleeping with the dogs and her favourite napping place is on my chest tucked up under my chin!  But the other night I saw a head peeking out from under the dog blanket on the back of the chair in front of the window...she had crawled under and tucked herself in for a snooze!

Now crazy me has my eye on another one......Hubby will KILL me but he gets over it and this one was only born May 17th so she won't be coming here for awhile.

The calico I have wanted.........am I crazy to have two here???????  YEP, likely!!!!

Okay, so backing up to Mother's Day weekend.  I usually wallow in self pity and miss my Mom like crazy but this weekend I got to see both grand babies and their parents!!  Son2 was also here....only missing Daughter2  😞  Once again feeling so very very blessed!

The weather was fantastic and we even took the kids down to the river and just had a great time.

Last Friday I had my final course at the college and looked closer at the trophy case and found a picture from my first year there:

Yep the shortest, of course!!  hahahahahahaha!  Gosh time FLIES!!!!

Friday my Lyla and her Mommy came and slept over.  When they left the next morning I got ready and headed to St Albert where I got in some Jude cuddles:

Then I was off the Spruce Grove where I met up with my Dad to surprise this girl:

My cousin Wanda from Ontario.  She was out visiting her nephew (my second cousin) as he and his fiancé had twins 10 months ago (more baby cuddles for me!!!!!).  Wanda knew my Dad was coming for a visit but didn't know I was coming and I was sneaky and was texting her earlier making out like I was at home.  She had no idea!!!!  LOVED IT!  We had a great visit!!!!  Not near long enough but I am thankful for the time we did have.  

School is still in session....we are all counting down!  I think 5 more weeks with the kids and another few days of cleaning up and stuff.  I am looking forward to the summer and I hope LOTS of grandkid visits!!!  

Molly

Sooooooooooo I went in to Red Deer to have supper with my Dad, who was there for a few days for something work related.  I had asked him earlier if he minded going to LOOK at the kittens and he said okay.  So after supper we found the place where these kittens were.........now I have lived in a trailer in a trailer park as a kid growing up and then after we were married.  I have not one thing against anyone living in the "Parks" but the place we went to gave the trailer park their reputation.  The people were super nice, a mom and her two daughters and a granddaughter living there with 2 Momma cats and 9 kittens.....the smell almost knocked you over when we entered the home (once we got through the broken gate and garbage ALL over the yard and deck.  Mom, the one I was communicating with, greeted us in a housecoat (before 7 pm) and the granddaughter wearing a Pull-up who was long past the potty training age.  ANYWAY, they said they were having trouble with litter box training but it was likely because the 2 mommas and 9 babies had to use ONE cat box....I smiled and thought "YA THINK????"  The one daughter, who seemed to be more in charge of the kittens said she looked it up and kittens could go at 6 weeks so I could take her home today!  A) I did not bring a kennel with me, B) I had not broke it to Hubby that I was going to be bringing home a cat and C) I had pictures of swerving around on the QE II highway with a freaking out cat attached to my face!!  But I had to rescue her from that place....full of love but also full of filth.  :(  It was all I could do to not take another home with me too but I have lived through the chaos of two kittens at the same time and didn't want to revisit that experience...yet!  So Molly (I had already named her from the picture on FB) sat on the back of Dad's neck while I popped into Walmart to get kitten food, a small litter box and some toys.  

After dropping Dad off at his hotel, this little girl snuggled my hand for awhile then laid on my lap and slept the whole way home.  Once home, I brought her in, plopped her on Hubby's lap, explained the situation and well, we now have a kitten.  She rules the roost here....hisses and spits at the dogs (but is getting much better).  Don't be fooled as this cat does not sleep all the time as these pictures might suggest.  Today I found a squirt bottle.......and she's already got a couple of squirts while she was playing with the plants!  She will get more when she scratches the furniture too!  LOL  But she's doing really well!!!!!!!  

I re-did the letters on this wallhanging.....I couldn't erase them so added them to a piece of wool and appliquéd the wool on to it.  I have also added a bird to the bottom right corner now....it's all ready for quilting!

We had a day off yesterday so I took a trip to High River.  I really miss that place.....I visited with Sue and we went to the quilt shop and then for lunch.  I popped into the Sally Ann to look for treasures then off to visit our old neighbours Ted and Maureen.  It made me really miss the house and the neighbourhood........after that I was off to Calgary to see my former neighbour Deb and her daughter Christy and her new daughter Lilly.  Deb made us a yummy pizza for supper.  I arrived home at 9:45 pm...it was a great day.  Too short of visits but maybe this summer I can go for longer and/or they can come here.  

Laundry today and the house is gross but that might be tomorrows job.  I have a few things I want to do including another assignment due next week.  Grrrr, I think I will respectfully decline these courses next year......

Off to embrace the day and enjoy the sunshine!!!!