Box Cat

Jinx and his boxes...

Happy Birthday Terry

My baby turned 40! Happy Birthday Terry!

Mommy's Helpers

Jinx decided to help Mommy out with some crafting this evening. I had literally two more squares to connect and I was done!

Finished product! Proud of this one!

Lazy Sunday

Fun little morning with my boys. Jinx and Boomer were playing in the crinkle tube and I snapped a few pictures. Such cute babies!

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✿◕ ‿ ◕✿Boomer= 5 Years and 9 months old✿◕ ‿ ◕✿        

✿◕ ‿ ◕✿Jinx= 11 months✿◕ ‿ ◕✿

Happy Birthday Me!

I was kinda nervous about turning 40, but you know what, it's just another age and I plan on fully embracing it. Well, unless someone asks me how old I am!!

Day started out with a bang, ending up having my friend Missy come over to take me to the ER when I cut my foot in the bathroom getting ready!

There she is to the right, putting on make-up in the ER Room as they were making me all better!

We were the highlight on the doc and nurses morning apparently. They were joking around with us and making fun of the orderly. Good fun was had, well, as much as could be had in the ER!!

Thank you soooo much my Missy for rushing over to my house from the beach with no make-up on and still in your house slippers to rescue me!! I love you for that!

Had to get a tetanus shot since I could not remember the last time I actually had one. I'd assume it was sometime either before I got out of the Navy or maybe before we left to move to Italy. I think I was more nervous about a tetanus shot than I was about maybe getting stitches! So that was not fun!

I did however, arrive to work several hours after I should
have been there to a waiting bouquet of flowers from my husband! A sweet card that read:

"I love you more than baseball!"

40 multi colored roses for the 40 years that I have been alive. He's a keeper, that one!

I got home to a package waiting for me on the porch. He knows I love turtles. (Delta Zeta sisterhood will ensure that you will never ever in your entire life be able to turn down anything cute with a turtle or pink and green!)

He found a little diamond and platinum turtle for me and it is adorable. Jinx has a thing for necklaces and he's already eying the little critter!

Dinner was at the beach with some of my awesome friends! Side Street Cantina.. Taco's, guacamole, and a few beers. There was a shot of tequila in there thanks to Jeff and Erik!

Luckily, I have some amazing friends that stepped in for Terry since he was gone!

So, 40. I don't think you're gonna be an issue. I still look good. I feel amazing. I am happy! I have my awesome friends and cats.

Happy 

Birthday 

to

Me

Happy Birthday Spot!

Happy 17th Birthday my little Spotty Joe!

He was born in Newport News, VA in the St. James Place Apartments at 30th Street on the James River on this day in 1997, the day before my birthday. Our neighbor called to let us know that the kittens were here and we could have first dibs. 

There he was. Little and white with black tips on his ears and tail and a little black heart on his back. He was the runt. The tiniest baby! That was ours. It was too early to tell if he was a boy or a girl, but he would be ours in less than 5 weeks since they were moving away.

We brought him home and he was too little to use the litter box, so he used a cookie sheet. Teddy, our older cat, a Maine Coon, carried him around until he was a little over 3 months old. It was adorable!

There were the trash can wars of 1998 when he was a year old. We tried everything to keep him out of the trash at night. Tabasco, aluminum foil, tape. EVERYTHING! What finally worked? Terry tossed him in the can with the trash and shook it for a second. He never dug in the trash again!

There was the tumor in his paw incident leading to one digit being surgically removed. There are now the thyroid and kidney issues for which he is being treated. We love the little guy even though he can be a handful!

Happy Birthday Spotty Joe! Mommy Loves you!

Jinx Should've Been Born in Alaska!

So, he's at it again! This morning, there were just hints of snow left in some of the less sun-lit areas in the backyard.. He cried at the back door until I put on his harness and let him go out!

I let him out and he LOVED playing in the snow again!

I love this cat!

Jinx vs. Multiple Toys

Jinx-- At least he can keep himself busy!

Snow Day #3

Jinx had a little fun this morning before I went to work. He was begging at the back door to get back out there as soon as I finished giving them breakfast!

Snow Day #2 (Afternoon)

I let Jinx go outside.. He spent a few minutes looking around and playing in the snow. He didn't seem to be too phased by the cold...

He seemed amused so I made a few snowballs and threw them just in front of where he was walking.. It was hilarious! 

I brought him back inside and a few hours later, he was begging to go back out!

Jinx dug a hole where I has stepped and sat down to look up at a bird that had flown into a tree just outside of the yard...

Jinx playing in the snow....

Snow Day #2 (Morning)

It was still snowy today and our court was a sheet of ice. Had the Father-in-Law drive me to work...

Snow Day!

Woke up to a correct weatherman again! This morning the backyard was covered in snow. Looks like there is at least 7-8 inches on the table.

Looked out the front door and the same thing. My car is pretty much encapsulated in snow!

I left the door open so the kids could look out the door. Jinx was rather interested in the snow again!

I set up mu work computer and my home computer as well as my iPad at my desk, and made a cup of coffee and started working from my laptop. I got a few hours of work done!

Jinx was crying at the door, begging to go out. I decided to let him go. I never in a million years thought that he would like it this much!

He dug a hole, sat down, and began burying his paws in the show!

Warmed the little guy up and he fell asleep like this on the blanket that I am making for Terry

Goodnight Sweet boys: Boomer and Spot

Snow, Again!

Hard to believe, but it's snowing, again! 

First casualty of the massive snow storm was one of our yard chairs. 

It was cold in the house, so Jinx was cuddled up under a heated blanket.

Looked out the front door and it was definitely coming down pretty hard. They are saying that it might be a foot or more!