Well! I have had a TON of changes in the past 2 1/2 months, and it has kept me so busy I have missed so much on here! I hope ya'll have missed us like we have missed ya'll. I can't believe I did actually happen to check in right when Bella passed--I was HEARTBROKEN! We will all miss her so!! I mentioned Brookley and posted a couple of pics back in August. She belongs to my son and his wife. Beautiful, tortie kitten--well, now she lives with me along with both of my sons and my PRECIOUS, ADORABLE daughter-in-law. They literally came to spend the night the end of August one Friday night and never left! Haha. After 3 weeks I finally said, "Are ya'll going back to your home?" (They rented) Long story short, we are all much happier together, so they worked it out with their landlord, we swapped with my parents (remember, my husband and I lived in the apartment and they lived in the house--now they live in the apartment and we are in the house), and Lulu and Gidget have a new playmate. Brookley is on Ziwipeak for cats and wears Kitty caps on her claws for the sake of my furniture and poor Gidget! LOL. Best of all, I am going to be a grandmother in December!!! A boy named Jake. Can't wait. So you see, I have been rather busy, but I am hoping things are starting to settle into a pattern and I will have more time to talk chis!!!!

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"Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished."Dean Koontz

Oh Tina, congrats! I'm so glad things are going so well for you!! Congrats on the grandbaby especially. I am my maternal grandmother's first grandchild and we have always had a special bond since we lived next door to her growing up. She was there when I took my first steps, said my first words, went off to kindergarten. Same with my sister. It was truly special, nothing can beat it. You are so lucky you get to have the same with your grandson- you and he will have an unbreakable bond.

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Tina, how dare you leave me?!

I'll let it slide this time, after all you do have some super good reasons!
Congrats my friend, I'm so happy for you. You sound like your spirits are
high, I'm glad. It's really nice to have you back, can't wait to chat some
more. Oh and you owe me some recent pictures of your bunch!

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Oooh, congratulations. Sounds like lots of exciting changes!!

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Thank you all for that WONDERFUL welcome back!!! I have got to learn how to use that thanks button! lol Yes, LS, I am going to post some pics this week of that darling, rotten kitty. I would love to post a pic of her and Gidget wrestling. She will get up on a chair over Gidget and jump off on her back stradling her--it's hilarious. They roll all over the floor like a black and white ball. Lulu, on the other hand, is the referee. She stands back and watches, but if she thinks for one minute that Brookley is getting the best of Gidget she will run over and snip at Brookley like, "That's enough, tone it down!" Brookley also thinks she is one of the dogs and follows them EVERYWHERE. If they get a treat, she thinks she gets it too!

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"Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished."Dean Koontz

Haha sounds very entertaining Tina. I can see you really like this kitty, I love
how you speak of her, with such affection. Oh and the thanks button is simple,
you just click on it when you want to thank someone. Like I thanked you for
your coming back post, because it made me happy to hear from you.

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Welcome back..glad all's going well with y'all!

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Our Girls

Lady, Sassy, Emmy, Abby, Zoe and the avatar picture is Mia.

Gawd woman, you gave me a scare when opening this thread ... so often we read when people take a long break it's because of some unhappy event/s that have befallen them and kept them away, but that was super uplifting!!! Never a dull moment in your life by the sounds of things, and all wonderful for you & yours, especially the as yet unseen little Jake = congrats Nanna to be.

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