Hello, Sunday!

Hello, everyone!

It's 4 am and I'm still up..I attended a baby shower for one of my niece's this afternoon in the city and when I got home, I was exhausted and lay down ...I'd told JB to wake me in 30 minutes but he let me sleep for two hours so now I'm still wide awake.

We had a very difficult day on Thursday...I had to take our furbaby, Katie, in to the vet and have her put down...she failed very quickly and lost alot of weight, had real litter box issues and suddenly started hiding...then she started to fall over...I wrapped her in a warm blanket and carried her in the car that way and into the Vet's office...she was so placid..highly unusual for Katie.  Normally, getting her into the cat bag is like dealing with a windmill trimmed with razor blades!  The Vet told me that she was barely aware and that the best thing was to help her slip away. I held her until it was over, crying...Katie was only 13 years old. I miss her so much and keep finding myself calling out for her to come for a treat. LillyRose keeps looking for Katie and chirps where Katie always used to lay.

Vet's bill for that : $329.95

We have had terrible cold winds and snow here..almost two feet these last few days.  Derek is, again, working at the Club tonight 7pm til 4 am and soon will be home to change from his security uniform and into warm work clothes and go back out to snowplow his clients plazas and to salt the sidwalks.

Derek & JB will be attending town council on the 20th to apply for variance...meaning that the town says Derek's home-based business is illegal because we only have seven acres instead of ten acres...utter nonsence...such inflexible rule meant for urban areas instead of rural but they are so inflexible in this town because it is a historic designated area.  Even the inspectors and the Conservation Association side with Derek but he has to go thru the motions...and it's costing him $1800.00 just to apply..another money-grabber!

I've been very crippled up all week..can't sit or stand long at all...thats from standingn in line for 35 mionutes on a hard floor...waiting in line at the licence bureau to get a replacement for my handicap parking permit which I lost sometime Christmas week between the two family funerals we had to deal with.  Of course, the licence bureau gave me an application that I then had to take downtown (parking is next to impossible in the city core), got to the police station and get them to stamp the application form and then return to the licence bureau again and hand that in...all in all, it took me three hours of walking/standing/waiting....resulting in major lower back and lymphodemic leg pain. It is slowly improving now..I just have to be patient.

All this past week, I have been compiling a list of potential vendors for my Women's Health & Wellness Fair for May 28th for my Business & Professional Women's Advocacy Club.  All vendors businesses have to be women-related.  I now have 167 vendors & services listed and the invitations will go out this week... all carefully chosen and there are no duplicates.   I've signed the contract with the Hilton Garden Inn  and go in this week to hand over my deposit.

I've also arranged an excellent guest speaker for BPW's monthly dinner meeting at the end of this month, created a flyer and sent that out to my database.

I'm tired.

Sunday, I meet Feir for a brief one hour meeting, then meet a prospective new client for tea for another hour then off to Bella SeniorCare to spend time with Mom, take her more soup, reading material and a parcel of gifts that finally arrived in the mail.

Derek has just gotten home from work...4:30 am...As soon as he leaves and goes to the shop, I am headed to bed. There he will drive his plow and salters to town and take care of his clients.  Poor guy has been on his feert since 7pm and is tired but he is always reliable at his work and his clients all love him.

I do love him too but I'm still headed for bed (except I feel guilty going while he is still in the house...how silly is that!?...so I will sit here til he leaves.)

Nancy B

Nancy,

Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your dear Katie, I know that pain all too well and it is a sad day when we have to part company with those wonderful furfaced family members.

Amazing that they put you through all that to get handicap renewal.

Sending you warm hugs and I hope you slept well.

Hugs, Laureen

Nancy,

Not a good week for you. You made the most heart breaking and kindest decision for Katie .Don't feel guilty for getting some much needed rest.

Warm hugs
Annette

I already expressed my condolences over Katie ... how sad ... reminds me of how Scooter went, so quickly, even though he was 16. Now I have Miss Juliette sitting on top of the recliner behind me, and it reminds me of how special she is and how wonderful it is to have her in my life. She is so different than Scooter, though ... he was a snuggler and a sweetie, but only to me ... he wasn't very social. Miss Juliette is very sociable, she likes meeting new people (especially men, I've discovered ... she loved my brother).

That's crappy what they made you do to get a handicap permit ... you think they'd have some chairs so you wouldn't have to stand so long. I couldn't have handled that. I do have a cane with a seat, and if I know I might have to stand for a long period, I bring that along. It is supposed to hold up to 250 pounds, but I had it when I was 350 pounds, and it held me. It's quite sturdy. I brought it on one cruise, took it out when I was going to have to stand in line, and voila, I got moved up to the front so I didn't have to wait. It's a magic cane!

hello

sorry you had such a rough week. sometimes it just seems like all our issues
reach a head at once.

hugs, always

Jacki