Monday, June 30, 2008

Deb & Lafonda



We adopted 2 adorable little kitty's a week ago and as you can see the kids are loving them...a little too much. Notice how Olivia has her hand around Lafonda's neck? That is a daily occurrence and I don't know how either of them are going to survive. Olivia has kicked them, thrown them and choked them all within a few minutes of each other. The little black kitten, Deb, has really been picked on because Lafonda is 1 month older and very territorial. We were hoping they would be good friends, but so far it has literally been a cat fight all day. So, while I love the kittens, there is a lot of work involved and I am not enjoying that. While it has helped distract me from my current emotions, I feel like a grouch because I'm yelling at the kids all day to leave the poor kittens alone!

For those of you that love Napoleon Dynamite, you might appreciate the names we choose for the little kittens. I had no idea what to name them so Neal came up with the idea. You should have seen the girls at the vet laugh! So over all, while they have put me to work, they have filled the void for me and given quite a few people a good laugh!

Saturday, June 7, 2008

What is most important

A friend of mine gave this plaque to me for my birthday (thanks Stephanie!) and I can't express enough how happy I am to have it. I put it in my kitchen right by the sink, so I look at it often. So many people have commented on it. Since my sister died, it has been a great reminder to me of what is most important in life......to love. Just love each other more. It is sad to me that I've had to experience a loss to realize I need to let go of the frustrations and irritations of life and just love everyone. I want to make my sister proud and more importantly, I want to be with her again so I am going to love my heart out!