Hermione Grace

 HG would have been 23 today.  I got her from my secretary at work who had found her under her deck. We had a horrific storm and unfortunately her mom never came back to get her.  She did not want a kitten so I took her. Had to bottle feed her for a few days and she grew into a big girl.  She could be sweet and ten she could turn on you like a cat does.

She had that Hershey Kiss nose and the little black beanie on her head, she was mostly white with some black, I should have called her Holstein after the cow breed.  

 I miss you girlfriend and someday I will be with you again.  Leave Bucky alone, granddad will hold you as much as you want as you always loved that.  

Licorice

 I have a new feral been since April 2022 since LilyBug disappeared.  She was so pretty and I wish I knew what happened to her, I was planning on bringing in her.

I named him Licorice cos he has that black shade of black licorice (and yes I do love black licorice).  Right now he stays across the yard from me and we shall how his pans out.

LilyBug: she was a sweet girl.

3 Years

 3 years ago today I lost this little fireball.  Bucky Crookshanks.  She had liver cancer and it came on so fast we did not catch it until it was too late. Not much we could have done anyway. She was 16.  She was a sister to Groucho and Smudgey.

She was so onery, did not understand the word no, and she jumped off the kitchen island and broke a bone in her foot. Did that stop her nope she would clomp around the house and smack me in the face when she got on my lap with the cast.  

 When she would hear Charles Payne voice she would run in and jump on the TV stand and watch him, she also hissed when she heard Pelosi.  

I miss her a lot and I no longer have to worry about things getting knocked off the counter.  She is in kitty heaven with her buddy Harry, those 2 were the best of buds.

I Am Done

 Do you ever have those days where you just can not take any more.  Mine started about 2 months ago. I had finally got all the vet bills paid from last year and was gonna coast along and save up some money for my Personal Property taxes at the end of the year.  Well that was not to be.

First there was the cell phone that died, then the car needed a  valve, then my almost 24 year old a/c died, then I broke a crown, and then there was the annual vet bill.  As if that was not enough.....

Took the Murano in last week for a safety inspection, she is/was 18 years old.  She did not pass in fact she failed yugely.  A whole page of things for many many many hundreds of dollars into the thousands to get her past the inspection.  They had to order some parts and when I went home I was just done.  I seriously could not take any more.  As I sat there I decided I was not going to put more money in the car at her age and that I needed to go ahead and get a new one.  I got to the point where I did not really feel safe driving her cos everything was falling apart.

I went to the dealer the next morning and got a new car.  Well we all know you not only pay for the car but all those extras like processing fee, destination fee, etc etc etc.  You are at the mercy of what is on the lot so I had to pay a little more.  And now I have car payments for the next 4 years. On top of that is a down payment and sales taxes.

Now this afternoon my new a/c is leaking, the area where the condensation comes out in the pipe, so i am waiting for the tech, this better be a free visit cos I have no more money to give.

And our pastor is gone and we have a new one, I will not get into how utterly depressed I felt Sunday knowing our pastor was gone and we have no idea what is going to happen to us>  I have a feeling I may be looking for a new church.

I just want to get in the car and drive and drive and drive and just get away from all of it.  I seriously can not take any more.  

I made ice cream today and think I will drown my sorrows in it this evening.