The weather is wonderful these days and I just want to get out and go to all the fairs and festivals going on in our area. 

Saturday was Lilburn Daze, lots of foods, crafts and vendors along with music, school bands and dance studios performances.

We had a wonderful "snack" American Crepes, Club Med.  chicken, feta cheese, tomatoes, spinach, olives other ingredients I can't remember and a wonderful sauce.

What a nice day and beautiful weather.  Until I got a call from my sister.  She has cancer.  I knew a couple of weeks ago that there was the possibility of but they found it's bigger than they thought.

She is scheduled for surgery this Thursday and they will know more once in there.  Her doctor told her that if it's contained they can remove it but if not they can't do anything and close her up and talk about options after that.

I asked her if I should come up for her surgery but she has many kids and they will be there but she said if they can't do anything then she wants me up there to help her get through the next stage.

I'm praying I won't have to make that trip unless she just want help or company or both.  I am trying to stay optimistic but in the back of my mind I keep thinking I can't loose another person in my life.  Please send prayers our way.

It looks like Mr. Man maybe making a trip back to MN again, so maybe if he HAS to make this trip I may go with him then I can see how my sister is doing.

Even though I received some bad news Saturday I did have an up side to my day...Mickey and Erica came over to look at what costumes I had from when our girls were small and to have dinner.

Mickey decided she didn't like our costumes, makes me laugh writing about this.  I think Erica was a little sad that she didn't pick her cute scarecrow costume.  So off to Walmart to buy a Batgirl costume.  She sure did look cute in that.

We had a wonderful late dinner on the deck, later we turned on music so Mickey could dance and I had to join her.  We did have fun!  She is fun!

Sunday was our lazy day, I love those days too.

I am blogging today with a flare up and need to stop for now.

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Tania

Minnesota Visit

Recently Erica, Mickey and I drove to Minnesota for a wedding.  It was my life long friend, Robyn's oldest sons wedding on Saturday September 28th.  We drove up a week early to spend time with my daughter Candi.

On our drive up we took a different route so we could stop and see my sister and her husband but just hours before my sister said they both were very sick with a cold.  I was so sad not to see them.  Being on the medication that lowers my resistance to infection, Erica said she can't afford time off from work and Mickey can't miss pre-k, so we opted not to stop by and expose ourselves.

In a nut shell we had a very busy week, visiting with my friend Robyn one evening while Erica visited with many friends and did fun things like going to Como Zoo and The Walker Art Museum and Sculpture Garden.

I went to a few of my favorite shops and quilt shops, my happy places!

Every evening Candi took Mickey to the pool to give her swim lessons since Candi's part time job is a swim instructor for kids Mickey's age.  It was nice for her to have that special attention.

Friday Mr. Man flew up for the wedding and for the closing of his father's house which was sold to his niece.  After that many of my family members met up and spent the day/evening of it and then a couple of friends joined us. 

Saturday was the big event at Majestic Oaks Golf Course.  It was a beautiful wedding.  They had a photo booth there which is the thing to do for weddings these days and it was fun to try out.

It was a long drive home we did it in one trip rather than stopping for the night  I have done that many times but the older I am getting the harder it is on me.

I didn't upload my pictures yet but I hope to add some for you soon.

Now the reason I am posting on this blog...I keep getting a warning on my other blog about a possibility of link that may expose my finances and personal info so best not to push that until I know more about it.

Oh and since I have been home I bought a new laptop!  Windows 8 has proven challenging to me since I am not good with change. 

Well that's my news for today!

Thanks for the visit.
Hugs,
Tania

Fun Kitty Pictures

Just sharing some fun pictures today.  Enjoy!

Too Many Treats?

Minnie looks like she had too many treats from trick or treating....naw kitties don't eat candy she just looks this cute all the time.

Minnie hope you had a spooky Halloween and had your fill of treats!

Look Who Moved Into The Neighborhood!

Can you see Piper?  She decided to visit my Halloween village.  She just pushes her way in and settles down!

 I also spied Patches napping on her back below the window enjoying the breeze isn't she sweet?

There You Are

Usually the kitties are in windows in my "creative room" but when I went in there to play I didn't see them.

Where are they?

There you are!  No one invited mama!

There are three can you find all three?

We had a few days when it was too hot to not have the air on so we had to shut everything up again, then we had hard rain and no windows open so today they are all open again and the kitties are taking full advantage of it.

Minnie

Minnie is always finding something to crawl into. She looks so darn cute laying in Mickey's shopping bag.

I know she thinks she is so cute doing it too, just the sweet look she gives me when I give her the attention.

Our kitties and Fiona seem to be finding away to co exist.  Fiona is learning she isn't allowed on our bed or my chair with me and only the kitties can so they still feel they have their space.  

Fiona has been a good dog to have here and she gets me to walk that 1.5 miles a day!

Gotta love the kitties...and the dog too!

It's been a long time since I have blogged about my kitties and I am going to try to keep up with this blog, not as many post as Visiting On My Front Porch but I would like to blog once a week at least since I have such fun kitty stories to share.

My kitties are so happy that the windows are open once again.
We were able to open them early this year but then the pollen came out so they  had to be closed and a few of those days we had the air on (yeck) .

Then it got cold here in the south, well cold for the south.  So the windows were shut up again!  I see warmer temps in the forecast which means happy kitties!  

I have several windows open but for some reason a couple of them have to fight over one!  children!

Two New Cats!

Autumn

      When mom passed away she left behind four pets, one dog and three cats.

We were able to find a home for the dog and the oldest cat.

The initial plan for the other two was I would take Autumnand my sister would take Blackie but I struggled with this decision because Autumn and Blackie are siblings from the same litter and have been together almost 6 years.

One tearful morning I called Mr. Man and asked it I could take Blackie home too.  That would be over our cat limit for sure but he agreed they shouldn't be separated.

The first week went well considering Blackie and Autumn hid the entire week.

After that they started to come out more and Blackie wasn't very nice at all to my little Piper.  He really got at her one day so much I could no longer trust him with her so I pretty much carried Piper with me around the house.

She wouldn't stick up for herself like the other cats would since Blackie tried to pick on the others but didn't work.

I had to find a home for Blackie.  I was thinking at first Autumn had to be a part of the package deal but the more I saw she was accumulating to her new home very well I feel she didn't need her brother (yes Blackie is the only male cat and that maybe the issue) 

After a couple of week of this and no takers I had come to the hard decision of having to give him up to and animal rescue which I was not happy with.

Then our daughter Erica stepped up and said they really want a cat and she didn't want us to get rid of him like that and she would take him.

Blackie went to his new home on Sunday and as of last night Erica and Mickey said he seems to like where he is and loves for them to pet him because he is purring very loudly.

I hope this works out for everyone.  Autumn seems to be doing well she is trying to fit into her brothers shoes and is bulling a little but I think that will go away over time she just isn't that way.

A the life of a cat!

Patches and Autumn

Blackie

Pretty!

 Sorry I haven't kept up with my fun kitty blog, I have so much to tell!

But today I am going to do a quickie post on brushing my kitties.  Some of them love it and some of them avoid me when they see the brush.

Minnie can go both ways but this morning I pulled out the brush and she was first in line.  I'm not sure if she likes the brushing, the attention or the fact I say pretty, pretty with every stroke of the brush.

Poor Jewel she loves to be brushed but today no matter how long I brushed her hair it still looked awful. 

She hasn't been doing all that well for a long time and this past week I see a downward change in her.  She has a hard time walking but usually she can make it up the stairs at night to our room for her night night treats but this past week she doesn't even try.  Maybe that is why her hair isn't pretty this brushing.

The other cats...not to be found!  I will get them the next round!