poIt is so nice to just be able to relax for a time. esterday, Chance went in to get spayed and she was my LAST (can I throw a party?) After all the euthanasias, the necropsies, the cremations, the mounting vet bills and all the worries, I made a payment on the bill when I picked her up. To my relief, my remaining balance is $97.04!!! (May I throw another party?) I again thank those who helped me wade through the tremendous vet bills and whittle it down to a manageable level. I couldn’t have saved the cats and kittens I did without your support.

Cagney, Sophia and Kojak got their last boosters and are now in with the general population. Mike is thrilled because I made the bedroom off limits to him while they were recuperating from exposure to feline distemper. He had never even met them yet! B-Dog scares the hair right off them, but she just lies down and looks at the spitting hissing kitties and knows that this too will pass.

This morning as the fed in Cyclone’s enclosure, Phantom stuck her head in the door. I just turned my back and continued to feed the others. As I left when I turned to set the lock, I noticed she was in the with the others eating (I am throwing a lot of mental parties these days!)

I am going to go for it with the contest that Halo and Petco and Ellen Degeneres have put together and I thank the person who called my attention to it. I am going to share the story of Reed a kitty who was poisoned by a product the person bought off the shelf.It was a flea shampoo (a very popular brand) but it harms cats and can even kill kittens). Why it is still available is beyond me. Despite being shampooed and dipped with this product, Reed survived. She grew all her hair back, no internal damage to her and she went on to be adopted by a wonderful lady who lives in rural Oregon. At my last visit, when I saw this wonderful fluffball and remembered how she looked when she arrived- the transformation was remarkable. It is amazing what TLC and vet care can accomplish. There are several grants available in this contest, so wish me luck. The composition can’t be over 500 words.

I need to go, I slept in this morning a rare treat for me. Mike needs to get his shower, then I have to wrap his legs so he can put on his therapy boots and get on with his days. Cagney has leaped on this keyboard no more than 7 times as I wrote this. Maybe, she is an aspiring writer too-

Take care of yourselves, hug those you love and smile at those you see on the street. I noticed the other day, no one smiles anymore. After losing all my tears to grief and heartache, I am tired of being sad and look to change my outlook when I am in public. My friend at the grocery store this morning told me she was glad to see me looking “chipper” again. I never thought I would smile again and am glad that I was wrong.