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June 19, 2008
Rusty came home!
Our kitty Rusty has returned after a month of missing in action!
He disappeared around the second week of May and we were sure he was never coming home. He's our big orange tiger cat and off he went one day and just never came back.
I had a dream last week that he had returned and I mentioned it to my mother and she said, "Must mean he's on his way home."
Then...exactly a week later I came across his vet record, I had it out to take him to the vet's for a check up before he went missing. I looked at it and thought, "I may as well put it away, I don't think he's coming home."
Well, low and behold, Hannah and I got up this morning and she went into the kitchen to let one of our other cats out, opened the door and in runs Rusty soaking wet from the rain!
He's very thin, but we are feeding him good and he won't leave your side! He's happy to be home!
Posted by tracey at 10:37 PM | Comments (0)
June 15, 2008
Long week at an end
Thank the LORD!
It's been a trying week for sure. I've had a never ending headache and stuffiness, part from the pollen in the air and part from tears that seem to turn on as fast as they stop.
No, it's not the change of life, but it sure feels that way.
My mother always said, "Pay back is a bitch dear." and OMG, was she ever right!! But I'll be damned if I'm going to admit it!
Things take time I guess and I'm just hoping that this one will work it's self out, in time. I can only pray that it will and I've been doing a lot of that as well.
On a lighter note, Hannah and I enjoyed dinner out with Andy tonight for father's day. We went to a small out of the way little place and it was very good. Then we took the long way home just enjoying the warm and sunny evening.
I tried calling my father this afternoon to wish him a Happy Father's Day, but there was no answer.
Otherwise, it's peaceful tonight and I will enjoy my day off tomorrow to rest and maybe take another bike ride!
Posted by tracey at 09:03 PM | Comments (0)
June 06, 2008
Just a blog
And that is all this really is. Do people come here to read it, I'm not real sure, but my counter does indicate that someone reads it, occasionaly and that's all I care about, or not. I've always liked to blog ever since I discovered this online several years ago and it's popularity has since grown, a lot!
I don't blog often, sometimes more than others, but for the most part I just enjoy logging some of life's events or thoughts or occasions.
As of late, I've pondered my faith and what is going on in the world around us. It seems that no one, especially this younger generation, say 18 - 30, have no clue what kind of economic problems we are in and the hardships we are facing. They go about life spending on credit, buying things they don't need, driving beyond the speed limits and wasting fuel and I could go on, but basically, I just want to say, how grateful I am for what I have. My home, which isn't a mansion by any stretch, but it's ours and our mortgage is a livable one. We have land to grow a garden and can heat with wood or oil and fortunately my father still cuts firewood and gives a us a deal every year.
I love where I live, here in the green mountains of Vermont where crime isn't running rampant, people, for the most part, are still pretty decent to one another, you can count on your neighbor for a favor and vs/vs. We live near farms where many products are grown organically. We can pick strawberries or grow them yourself!
Recently someone in our community, an out of stater as we refer to them, complained about the smell of manure when it is spread in the spring in summer months. It was a bit entertaining to read her letter of woe and then even more entertaining to read the replies! Basically, she was told to put up or get out, but more importantly, someone, the one accused of the terrible smell, said he understood, it's not pleasant, but to remember it's people like them that work the land here to help feed the millions of people that populate this earth and I applaud him for that.
I'd much rather smell the manure then sticky foggy air pollution or live near a nuclear power plant.
It's a wonderful God given blessing to live in a place such as I do. I am grateful for my family and that my children are growing up here as well.
Maybe it's just the old farm girl in me myself, but whatever the reason, I just felt called to thank God for all I have here...
Posted by tracey at 10:04 AM | Comments (0)