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DECEMBER 3, 2011 Christmas Photo A Day

A bittersweet day. I have never given up an animal before, because they are family and you tolerate quirks from family, so you should from pets as well.

But we have two senior cats, and one is chronically ill. And then we have Rory. Who is 5 years old, and playful as the day is long, and who totally can’t understand why the two older cats have little interest. If it were just that, we’d probably work things out, but because of the aggressive tendencies of his play, he has caused destruction in the house via the others marking. Everything.

Having attempted for almost 7 months to work things out, Rory is going back to the rescue today.

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My Christmas wish for him is to find a home with younger cats, or to be an only cat to someone who can lavish attention on him.

In better news, Arlie is moving in today!

The balance of cats to people is swinging again towards the humans—the servants will outnumber the served.

December 2, 2011 Christmas Photo A Day

The other day, Timmy and I were talking about Christmas’s past. It’s strange what memories are made, what things mean to us long afterwards, versus how sure we are that we are being wronged at the moment.

No one is perfect, and Timmy would agree his father wasn’t. (I never met him, I only know him through the stories I hear.)

This story gave me a totally different view of my father-in-law than the normal stories I’d heard.

He was a Greyhound bus driver, and often was on the road on Christmas morning. Timmy recalls more than one Christmas with his dad having driven the bus (sometimes even with passengers who agreed to a detour) and parked it in front of the house, early on Christmas morning, so he could be there with his kids while they opened Christmas presents–still in uniform– and ready to get back on the road 20 minutes later.

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As a child, we might think, but Daddy is never here! As adults, we look back and see the sacrifices and the love that is deep inside, that makes us do the things we must…

(Happy birthday to my dear, dear husband!!!!!)

DECEMBER 1, 2011 Christmas photo a day

It’s back!!!

DECEMBER 1, 2011. A wall hanging quilt I made last year, using fabric yoyos for the tree.

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ENJOY!