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Friday, 02 December 2011

Tough Week

Enjoy everyone! its an email I received…

Have a super weekend

x Di

It all started this morning

When I made breakfast

For the cranky youngsters And fed the baby a bottle.

I loaded up the kids in the car seat

And took them to daycare & school

I was late for work and

Traffic was a nightmare

My husband called my cell Phone to tell me he got laid Off from his construction job

I got to the office

(I'm a Tech Analyst)

My supervisor chewed me out

For misplacing the mouse

I went out for lunch and

Got caught in the rain

I left work early to pick up

My new glasses (wrong size)

Drove the boys to karate lessons

And the girls to tap & ballet

When we got back home, all

They wanted to do was watch TV

Instead of doing their homework

After much chaos, they took

Their baths, got ready for

Bed and brushed their teeth

I read them their Nightly bedtime story

And they finally went to sleep

I tried doing some aerobics

In the living room

Uh oh, I don't think all the 'fast-food' and exercise is agreeing with me

Now, I think I'm getting a migraine

And a runny nose

I'm pretty certain it's the flu

After a long and gruelling day, I crawled into bed and Was just drifting off when

I realized I had forgotten something

Dear Lord, despite the

Topsy-turvy day I've had,I give thanks to you

For all the blessings you've

Bestowed upon me and my family...

Next week, I'm off to the spa and pool for some much-needed rest and relaxation with my girlfriend

That's how MY life is going....How are things with YOU?

Friday, 26 August 2011

Update day

It’s Friday and I haven’t updated in a long time…

I have been kept very busy and have been pulled in a million different directions!

This is the one line that has stuck with me this week. Once again I forgot to save who wrote it – so thank you – whoever you were.
“knock – knock, oh I’m here to put you down, ur cats over u… he says you cramping his style.”
This was in reference to the amount of people dumping their pets… there have been way too many cases lately where people don’t take their animals to shelters – the poor souls are left at empty houses, at shopping malls, or even deserted at kennels.

This week Rhino Poaching has been in the news… I followed ABSA’s progress and FB posts and reposted them for those unwilling to join the Aquila Private Game Reserve Page. We have to be aware that things like this are happening even if it saddens us. It’s the only way to educate and know how we can make a difference.
RIP ABSA boy. Your tragic death has brought together more people who are willing to fight to save other Rhino’s and SA wild live that are in danger. Your suffering although horrific was therefore not in vain…

What has upset me most with humans – and I know I’ve mentioned it before – is how people tend to toss you aside when you do what you want to do with your life… it’s as if they have a plan for your life and they want you to live it accordingly.
I for one can no longer live like this… I have tried to keep everyone happy my entire life, I have been there when everyone else vanished (they were too busy…) I have tried to make everyone proud… - except me…

In the time that I have been putting my heart and soul into animals; long time friends and family that I have always looked up to - have either walked out of my life or made it blatantly clear that they do not support what I do. It’s tough though – this is my life – my existence – and I have to do what makes ME happy.

So don’t expect to see me bowing out of the lives of the precious, voiceless four legged friends; any time soon.

I will however repeat how much I despise how people act and turn a blind eye to cruelty and abuse. You see it’s easier for them to do it. Turn the other cheek and become as much of a coward as the one who abuses.

On the positive side I have to thank the amazing people I have met online who are willing to speak out. Those who I consider to be incredible angels put specially on earth to make a difference…

I have to thank the few friends who have told me they are proud of me… My mom is one of them… to hear this made me smile in an extremely difficult time.

One of my long time friends has made me incredibly happy and proud of her. Through facebook issues and glitches – as well as a difficult period in her life has gone above and beyond the call of duty… Last night I received the most amazing thank you from this angel. It seems that we have been a positive source of energy to each other. Well if you think about it – it’s the animals we have to thank for strengthening our bond. So thank you to all the gorgeous furries.

On to my crazy cats

Miss Mimmo has settled in beautifully. She is a little tornado in the house. Her “dragging” shoe fetish has grown to being shoe protector.
She has learned to open doors too and invited my boy cats into the shower – while I was using it…
She has become everyone’s cat in a way. She follows my daughter, plays with my son sleeps with dad and well; she thinks I’m dirty… She decided that my hair was not clean enough for her liking and gave me a special kitty bath.
She is still getting used to her disability and so are we. She now at least “kitty kisses” Kitt and Stig instead of swatting them when they are on her blind side. Her tail is an issue she hasn’t quite mastered yet. She turned into a cyclone last weekend (at bed time) when it waved past her blind eye – if I wasn’t so exhausted I would have laughed. Silly girl.

Kitt has upgraded from his favourite sleeping places – boxes – and retires to the bedroom at night – on my feet. Although he still likes his boxes during the day… *laughs*

Stig still visits his girlfriend – another cat in our complex – pity that her owners aren’t likable. I say “her” here although “she” could very well be a “he”. We haven’t established that yet. If you know my boy cats – you will know how in love they are with each other… so Stig may in fact be cheating on his boyfriend Kitt…

That is all for now

I hope that you all have a great week end.

Friday, 03 June 2011

Help Durban’s Feral Kitties

My kitty Stiggy and I would like to appeal to you today…

Yesterday was one heck of a day so I would really like to see some good come from it.

While buying my groceries yesterday I ran into the lady from Animal Action Cat Rescue.

She used to sell books in a little centre on the weekends to raise funds for the kitties in her care. Yesterday she told me that she was no longer allowed to sell books there.

If you read my posts you will know that organisations like Animal Action rely on donations and fund raising to feed and sterilise animals.

Animal Action’s work stops the over population of feral cats within the city and surrounds. Without the feeding programme there would be unhealthy colonies as well as bigger problems than just trying to control the population of these feral kitties.

Toni who I chatted to yesterday, and Steve play a vital part in the Cat Rescue area. They have taken on responsibility for feeding and sterilisation of a feral cat colony in the city at their own expense.

Please consider helping out…

These are the ways in which you could help.