Today I heard that Minna, Eric's black cat, may be dying. She has kidney failure. Minna lived at my home for a year last year and I love her dearly. I also had the pleasure of caring for her in my duplex home too. Minna was a special cat, so cute and princess like. She had a special meow we called "cancer meow".
It reminds me that everything good must end. Everything ends. Things change. Minna touched a lot of lives. She only let a few people into her world but many put her into theirs. We can't shy away from living because we are afraid of death. We must just live and accept death while loving and enjoying those (people, kitties, and doggies and other pets) around us.
Today, in sadness and gratitude, I value life. I value my kitties and my boys and my Bryan.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
A day in a mom's life
Today I woke up to my husband leaving for work just as my toddler poops in his underwear, which results in poop up and down his legs. I haven't ate breakfast yet so after he is wiped down with soap in the bathtub, I fix my oatmeal. By that point, Oj's show is done. I am able to watch the local weather while eating my oatmeal. During which Oj insists we need to leave the house because he is "bored ". I insist he play with toys because last night he couldn't go to bed because he said he never has enough time to play with his toys.
While brushing my teeth and watching hj go pee pee in the potty, the stool he is standing on freakishly slips out & he falls, his arm falling into the toilet. I toss down my foamy toothbrush as he screams in horror because he is shaken & stuck from the fall and also hates being wet or dirty. I wash his arm off with soap and cuddle him until he is finished crying, luckily he calms down quickly since he is cleaned & dry.
Then hj wants to watch koo koo kanga roo, so I insist they actually do the workout video with me. I usually don't do so much TV but I needed to workout & clean. They do dance a little and I jog & clean the entire floor, and sweep around them. I move onto the kitchen and sweep the floor and clean the counters.
By this time it's 1045 and I need to shower before "work". I break up a few fights over toys, put hj in a time out, discuss his actions, run into the bathroom, take the fastest shower possible with shaving because I now work in 20 min!
I wash the table to prepare for lunch and the child coming and there he is! So then they have playtime, and I prepare lunch. Clean up all counters and table after lunch. Teach the kids how to use a cleaning mitt on the windows & surfaces. They play toys while I wash dishes. I start the boy to sleep at 1. Then read books to hj, then 2 to Oj, totaling 6 books read. I convince my cats to sleep with Oj and they are all sleeping by 145pm. Whew.
Then the fun all starts again in an hour or 2 when they wake up and we do snack.
While brushing my teeth and watching hj go pee pee in the potty, the stool he is standing on freakishly slips out & he falls, his arm falling into the toilet. I toss down my foamy toothbrush as he screams in horror because he is shaken & stuck from the fall and also hates being wet or dirty. I wash his arm off with soap and cuddle him until he is finished crying, luckily he calms down quickly since he is cleaned & dry.
Then hj wants to watch koo koo kanga roo, so I insist they actually do the workout video with me. I usually don't do so much TV but I needed to workout & clean. They do dance a little and I jog & clean the entire floor, and sweep around them. I move onto the kitchen and sweep the floor and clean the counters.
By this time it's 1045 and I need to shower before "work". I break up a few fights over toys, put hj in a time out, discuss his actions, run into the bathroom, take the fastest shower possible with shaving because I now work in 20 min!
I wash the table to prepare for lunch and the child coming and there he is! So then they have playtime, and I prepare lunch. Clean up all counters and table after lunch. Teach the kids how to use a cleaning mitt on the windows & surfaces. They play toys while I wash dishes. I start the boy to sleep at 1. Then read books to hj, then 2 to Oj, totaling 6 books read. I convince my cats to sleep with Oj and they are all sleeping by 145pm. Whew.
Then the fun all starts again in an hour or 2 when they wake up and we do snack.
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