RIP, Sweet Romeo

I lost my best friend today.

He had 4 furry paws with mittens on them.

He was my sweet Romeo Kitty.

This is my very favorite picture of him.

I'm not going to say I am ok.

I am soooo not ok.

My heart has been broken

 and it will never be the same.

I am going to miss him so much.

Showing fluffy guts:

Or being curious to discover why we named

our house Finch Rest -

 oh, how he loved watching those birds!

Yes, he was my true Prince.

(I married the King ♥)

This is the earliest pic of him I could find today.

When he stretched we called him Tube Cat.

He's so tiny here! Hardly any fluffiness at all yet.

He was ALWAYS finding the highest spot to be....

This kitty stole our hearts when he was sleeping.

My office chair was his absolute favorite!

Remember he was always my Lumbar Support Kitty!?

He looks like he is in pain but he was there 24/7!

He was the best office assistant!

He always kept me company.....

Even when sometimes I didn't want him to do so!

He just had to be close by at all times.

He always knew when I had a migraine -
he'd be close by, keeping a watchful eye when I napped it off.

He was my Comforter Blankie.

(Hubs says it looks more like I was captured here, heh.)


I was captured all right - my whole heart and soul!

Or the time during a bad summer storm
when we didn't have electricity for a long while....

He was right there with me the whole time-

keeping me company, whilst I read.

Just how am I going to be able to stand 

losing my favorite little shadow?

It's not easy letting go.

He was so easy to love - and to NEED.

I have to believe in the Rainbow Bridge.

I cannot imagine not being reunited with my Romeo again.

Be at peace, little furry britches.

I shall never EVER forget you or stop loving you.

Our home just won't be the same without you!

Goodbye, my dear friend, Romeo.

Parting is indeed such sweet sorrow.

"Turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image.
 His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world 
will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun."

                                                     ~ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet


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Teacup Ornament Giveaway

I am so sorry I have been away so long.

With showers and weddings and proms

 and all kinds of assorted things going on

I have had very little time to blog!

Because I have been so negligent I thought

 a little tea-themed giveaway

would be just the thing to brighten up my day, and hopefully yours.

No rules. Open to anyone who leaves a comment.

Except if you keep a "tea tree" up year 'round you get entered twice.

If you can PROVE it with a pic, you get entered three times!

Just let me know.

Giveaway ends Tuesday 19th.

Keep in mind this little teacup is a large dolly size,

 not a dollhouse miniature size.

(Also it has a thin chip on the plate in back!)

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Most of you now know my sweet Romeo kitty has been sick. 

Then he got better, but he's back sick again.

He had to go to the vet again yesterday.

I think this is the 9th time in just a few weeks.

Not sure how this is all going to pan out,

but please if you would, say a little prayer for him.

You know how much I love this little fur baby of mine.

Here is an older pic with him sitting on my tummy.

He wouldn't look at me because he KNEW I was taking a pic!

Sorry about my foot in the pic, haha.

I have a million things to share with you all soon.

(Once things calm down, but will they?!?)

Going to another baby shower Saturday.

Hosting a huge tea party for 16 on Sunday.

Having daughter's bridal shower in a few weeks.

Still have to share my sister in law's precious little baby

 and also her amazing baby shower, too.

I just wish there were more hours in a day!

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Don't forget to leave a comment letting me know

you want to win the little teacup ornament!

Thanks for coming by!

HUGS!

♥

~Michele

Sharing with Tea Time Tuesday

Romeo Kitty - Office Assistant

My hubs took this pic from his phone camera this morning

of our patient kitty cat Romeo waiting for the office to open!

Sorry it's so grainy and poorly lit, but he's just so CUTE!

I just had to pop in and share!

♥

Believe it or not this pic it isn't in black and white!

Our home office is light grey, white and black - 

and Romeo matches it perfectly as if I had planned it as such!

I use a large heavy antique white painted wooden dresser

 to hold most of my office supplies.

It has a matching mirror too but I just use this large black one

at this time for the room. We have a modern sleek vibe in here

and the girlie fancy mirror doesn't work as perfectly.

My youngest daughter's fiance gave me this awesome dresser.

I LOVE it and it is deep and wide and holds a ton of stuff!

To the left you get a tiny glimpse of my metal storage boxes

from Decor Steals - perfect for a black and white office

and perfect to hold things like my digital scale!

The huge black box you can only kinda see on the left

is a painted wooden box that houses the kitty litter -

so it have dual function - which is always good.

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Rom really likes his new rug from Joss and Main!

He's made it his own, naturally.

Cat fur, life as we know it. : - )

Yes, I really DO share my office with kitty.

(I am lucky he allows it, after all it is his domain he is a CAT!)

Anyway, lots going on to share with you,

 but doing some travelling this weekend - so see you soon!

Have a truly wonderful weekend.

Make it a good one!

♥

As always, thank you for your visit!

~Michele

Silly Kitty!

We have a LOT going on here at this nest lately.

This week we had new house windows installed -

and soon we're going to elevate a "sunken" music room floor.....

In order to get that done first the piano (huge 7 foot grand)

 had to be moved this week as well!

BUSY BUSY BUSY!

So....before the floor can be elevated, before the new flooring is installed...there was a matter of a heaping GOB of precious china

that had to be wrapped....and stored -

 in order for us to be able to move the

 antique china CABINET!

So, my youngest came over

 and helped me wrap & pack it all 

in bubble wrap for safe keeping!

We drank coffee, we caught up, we giggled..........

and we even got a little "help" from Romeo the Kitty!

Hubs came home from work just as this happened

and captured it on film....

he hoped my blogger readers would find it funny, too.

So here is Romeo in all his 2 seconds of 

"YouTube Glory"

being the UnHelper Kitteh that he is know to be! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFkbBGExctc&feature=youtu.be

He really is a clueless sweetie sometimes. 

As always, thanks for visiting!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

♥

~Michele

Grateful for my Furry Romeo Valentine

I am grateful for so many amazing blessings:

Good health, safe home, loving family and friends, freedoms, security....

And today I am sharing a special grateful heart for my

sweet Valentine rescue kitty.

His unconditional love astounds me sometimes,

and I truly consider him one of my best friends.

I got this post idea from an awesome blogger
 named Judith from Lavender Cottage
 when she posted about the sweet pootches in

her life here. 

Linking:

Camera Critters

Pets Forever

My poor sick kitty

Many of you readers may remember my sharing how much I love my rescue kitty Romeo.

I have blogged about him a few times - and invite anyone not familiar with him to go to the subject tab on the right side of my blog and look up Kitty - and get to know this sweet fella.

He really is the sweetest, most gentle and BEST CAT EVER.

Remember how we always lovingly refer to him as "Lumbar Kitty" because his favorite spot to lounge is behind me when I sit at the pc?

He is really fighting something tough and we sure would appreciate if you could send up some good thoughts and prayers for him.

He somehow scratched his eye and it very quickly became infected.
He is on 4 kinds of medicine - 2 antibiotics and 2 kinds of pain reliever.
He has to wear his Cone of Shame (family funny but not so funny now.)
He has to be given doses of artificial tears.
He had to get his eye scraped 2 times, ugh, ouch.

He is now at the vet again (DH took him for another follow up) for the 5th time this week.

They say if it doesn't get better soon he may have to go see a specialist and may actually lose his eye.


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Blessing of Animals
by Kevin E. Mackin, O.F.M.

As autumn arrives, people in various places may notice something odd.
A procession of animals, everything from dogs and cats to hamsters and even horses, is led to churches for a special ceremony called the Blessing of Pets. This custom is conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures. Francis, whose feast day is October 4th, loved the larks flying about his hilltop town. He and his early brothers, staying in a small hovel, allowed themselves to be displaced by a donkey. Francis wrote a Canticle of the Creatures, an ode to God’s living things. “All praise to you, Oh Lord, for all these brother and sister creatures.” And there was testimony in the cause for St. Clare of Assisi’s canonization that referred to her little cat! That there are today over 62 million cats in the U.S. attests to the continuing affection we have for our furry, feathered or finned friends. We've even had a cat called Socks in the White House. Other popular presidential pets range from Abraham Lincoln’s Fido to Lyndon Johnson’s beagles, named Him and Her. For single householders, a pet can be a true companion. Many people arrive home from work to find a furry friend overjoyed at their return. Many a senior has a lap filled with a purring fellow creature. The bond between person and pet is like no other relationship, because the communication between fellow creatures is at its most basic. Eye-to-eye, a man and his dog, or a woman and her cat, are two creatures of love. No wonder people enjoy the opportunity to take their animal companions to church for a special blessing. Church is the place where the bond of creation is celebrated. At Franciscan churches, a friar with brown robe and white cord often welcomes each animal with a special prayer. The Blessing of Pets usually goes like this: “Blessed are you, Lord God, maker of all living creatures. You called forth fish in the sea, birds in the air and animals on the land. You inspired St. Francis to call all of them his brothers and sisters. We ask you to bless this pet. By the power of your love, enable it to live according to your plan. May we always praise you for all your beauty in creation. Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your creatures! Amen.”

 

 

Thank you!

♥

~Michele

UPDATE REPORT AS 11/1/12:

Your prayers have REALLY HELPED!  Our kitty Romeo is getting better! He doesn't have to lose his eye but he has lost some sight in it, and it is cloudy - but he IS showing some use of it, though limited - this is REALLT great news. Thank you all so much for your care and prayer!

Hugs,

Michele, her DH and Romeo most especially!  

ROMEO - Camera Critter Cat

ROMEO - Camera Critter Cat

~~Shadow Metamorphasis~~

 as the sun moves during the day.



Start with one very-much loved adorable kitty
sitting in his favorite sunny spot just chillaxin'.......

Then the combination of the bright warm sun

and a happy full tummy makes him kinda sleepy.

Doesn't he have that "What, Mom? Sheesh,  can't you just please leave me be and quit your blog pic takin' for half a second so a kitty can be lazy for a while uninterrupted??!!??"

He's closing his eyes, oh boy, look out, he's gonna be out all day!

Like this!

He is a seriously sound napper

who can and will sleep for hours upon hours

and roll about, trying to keep up with the

changing moving sunbeam.

Yes I have used this pic before but it is just perfect for this post.

Hey Romeo, you silly!

Half of you is out of your sunbeam, my friend!

And now you're out of ROLL room, goofy kitty!

He is the sweetest rescue kitty boy in the history of EVER.

Sharing this with Camera Critters linky party!

Also Linking:


Shadow Sunday

Metamophasis Monday

Power Out - reading in shadow

WOW did we get hit with a really nasty storm - one of the worst I have ever seen! We had 83 mile-an-hour winds and it wreaked havoc all over - trees down, power out, roads closed.....fortunately we lost no trees or big limbs, but we lost several potted plants.

This storm even UPROOTED some of our recently planted plants - tore them right out of the garden!!!!

So, it's been super hot (high 90s) very humid and we had no power for two whole days.  What's a blogger gal to do with all this time in the dark,  you ask?

Yes. Keep very still (to keep cool) and read with a flashlight! (DH took this photo and I didn't even know it till afterwards!) I guess when I am reading the world could collide with the moon and I probably wouldn't notice. Haha.

Yes, that's our trusty kitty cat Romeo keeping me company (and adding all sorts of extra heat- thanks, you furry beast) lounging away on my tummy. I like to think it is devotion, but most likely it is because my tummy is extra soft and super comfy. Sigh.

It was challenging to hold the book up like that but I was enjoying that cat and couldn't exactly put the book on my tummy or on his back, so out of love I held it and kept switching arms when they would tire.

The book I am reading is fantastic!!!! It is called THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN by Kate Morton. It's one of the best contemporary books I have read in a very long time. It's flavored a little bit with Jane Austen's type worries, a reminder of Titanic, and more than just a hint of the Secret Garden. It's definately a page-turning mystery all rolled into one wonderful book.

As inconvenient and uncomfortable it was losing our electricity, it ended up quite nice being "unplugged" for a few days. I realized during the outtage just how much time I spend with working, playing and blogging on the computer - WAY too much!

 It's been entirely too long since I have read simply for pleasure. I was long overdue - and it took that act of God to remind me.

So, yes, I have a lot of catching up to do in Blogville and for work- and I shall - but for now I am just enjoying being safe and "air conditioned" again!

I am truly sorry for anyone who experienced serious loss in this storm as it ripped through the States. I am praying for you all.


Linking:

Shadow Shot Sunday

Romeo the Kitteh

 

Ok.

It's just the truth.

Sometimes my cat is just so danged cute I almost can't take it.

I mean this sweet guy is ADORABLE.

(With the temperament of it as well.)

 He is a SWEET kitty!

His furry underbelly is really just too. much. cuteness!

He sometimes climbs up on our desk and falls asleep next to me keeping me company while I am really busy bloggin' working.

And he is the best shipping assistant!

"But wait, hey, Romeo!

We're not shipping YOU anywhere today!!!!"

All this work has made kitty very sleepy!

(In my next life I think I wanna be a kitty and sleep all day too!)

 

 

Cats on Tuesday linky party!!!