The Waiting Game

Well my sissy had her surgery and all they ended up doing was a tissue sample for pathology due to some issues is what I heard.

I try to take all the information and life experiences and what I may gather to come up with, are they trying to find the point of origination to better attack the cancer?  Now that is my speculation.

I, as many of my family members had a hard time just waiting to hear what they did in that hour and now we have to wait until Tues or Wed to find out more.  I am pleading to everyone one to send her positive thoughts and prayers she has such a good heart and is wonderful sister and I want her to be well she has really just started living and is on a good path.

OK on another subject....

This will be my blog once again which I am kinda happy about since I love what I named it.  If you don't remember or didn't see that post it's because my cats are my best therapy.  They always can put a smile on my face when I feel defeated or down.  So The Cats In is like the Dr is in. 

I consulted with an IT guy and he said not to go on my old blog there is something attached to one of my advertisements.  So this blog will not have all my fun junk on it.  Just words of wisdom from me! (you know I am kidding if you know me)

So today I was getting ready for my play date with Pam (which is on Friday).  We were suppose to get together on Tuesday but I woke with arthritis pain on Monday and then did my injections only to find myself sick from them.  UGH!  I don't get sick like I use to on them but once every three or six months it reminds me I am on big meds.

I have my craft room all set up, snack bought and making from my favorite site....Pinterest a crock pot chicken and dumpling meal for lunch with fruit and later chocolate pudding.

Pam and I love Halloween or just fall in general so we were going to make a paper mache witches boot and then paint and decorate.  I tell ya yesterday and last night I was fretting over it!  How are we going to do this I have no idea or a plan...Where is my muse?!

So I went out this morning to pick up things like paint, glue and paint pens, I have some but wanted to be sure I had enough to share, when I came across a paper mache witches boot on sale at Joann's!  BONUS!  I immediately called Pam to see if it was OK to just take the easy way out but I am up for the challenge but not in October when I want the boot.  She agreed so I bought two.  Didn't matter I was going to do it my way anyway, the easy way and probably would have been jealous of her by scratch boot in the end.

We are pin sisters and we tend to pin each others pins a lot!  so this boot and lunch is something we both pinned on Pinterest.  Fun huh?

I need to enjoy this fun time during the day since I see it may not last much longer.  We will need a new car and Mr. Man and I have always lived by this rule,  we live on his pay check but vacations, extra house stuff, braces for the girls and new cars falls on me having to help out.  Which I am totally OK with since I seem to be able to pay off a car in three years so I can be home again!  lol! 

I kinda know what car I want I don't know the sticker price yet so I will gage that once I know.  But for now I will enjoy my fun play dates and dinners with my gals they are my best therapy....well next to my kitties of course.

Again...thanks for the prayers sent our way you have no idea what she means to me.

Hugs,
Tania

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