Jan 1, 2007 | Pets, Photos |
Flights of angels are singing my sweet Thumper to his rest right now. This is the last picture we took of him. It's only a couple of weeks old. Here, he's lying in his favorite chair at my parents' house. Nimitz (grey tiger) is lying with him.
Thumper got sick very suddenly. The vet diagnosed acute kidney failure, the same thing that ended up killing my Miss Kitty two years ago today. It's so hard to say goodbye. I miss my good old boy. He was the best, sweetest, steadiest cat ever created.
Here's Thumper in 2004, shortly after we moved to Hawaii. I'm sad, but thankful his end was easier than Miss Kitty's. He had a good life and passed quickly at age 16 1/2.
So we begin the New Year with our Nimitz, thankful for his cute self. We're sad our Thumper is gone, but we're also certain we'll invite another pet into our lives this year.
Hope your New Year is a happy one. I'll be back with resolutions soon. What are yours?
Dec 24, 2006 | General, Photos |
Mom and Dad's house in the Albany Historic District of Decatur, Alabama. Photo taken by my adorable hubby, Mike. 🙂 I believe it was around 60 degrees or so that night. Not bad, really.
Merry Christmas Eve!
Dec 23, 2006 | Life, Photos |
To my husband, whose big day is today. I cannot tell his age, or he might yank my internet cord. 🙂
Still working on the blog, still adjusting to Bama, still frowning at commercials featuring ocean, surfing, and people in shorts.
Here we are, giving the shaka, from Monte Sano in Huntsville. Pretty, isn't it?
Dec 21, 2006 | Life |
Okay, so you can tell I'm fiddling again. I switched to the new Blogger, so we'll see what happens. If I was linking to you previously, I will do so again! It's just going to take me a little bit of time to figure this all out, so don't worry, I'll get your link back up soon. 🙂
Aloha, Mele Kalikimaka, and bye y'all. 🙂
Dec 20, 2006 | Life |
I owe some emails, I know, but I'm finally beginning to emerge from moving hell and I wanted to pop in here with a post to that effect. I have missed blogging! I have missed everyone! I have missed writing!
The hard parts of the move are done for now, but there's more hard stuff to come in the future (job, house, unpacking, etc). We are in Alabama, experiencing Southern hospitality and wonderful food, enjoying the company of family, and finding the weather isn't all that bad after all. My feet are a bit miffed about having to wear shoes, but I'll adapt. 🙂 I've even managed to wear my flip flops a couple of times since being here (see, weather not bad).
I miss Hawaii, but not as badly as I thought I might. It's a great place, but it's small and after awhile the adventure factor drops to nil. Here, we've got so much to explore and experience that it's almost overwhelming. Like driving to Atlanta to get our car a couple of weeks ago. It was simply amazing to be able to drive so far in one direction on highways without tons of traffic (until Atlanta, of course, where the traffic became very thick; oh, and Birmingham, where the drivers all seem to be in training for Talladega).
My goals in the next couple of weeks are to get this blog back into shape, start working on my manuscript again, get in touch with the people who emailed me about critiquing (hope y'all still want to critique!), and just generally get back in touch with the writerly things I love to do. So look for updates to my profile and maybe a template and name change. 🙂
How about you? What have you been doing to get ready for the holidays? I love this time of year, whether I'm in the tropics or in a place where the grass is brown and the trees have no leaves (but it isn't cold, hallelujah!). It's about beginnings to me, starting a new year fresh, with new goals and plans and opportunities to accomplish dreams. So I'm really looking forward to a fresh start and having 2007 be the year I get some things done that I've wanted to do. I'm also looking forward to joining a new RWA chapter and meeting new friends, as well as keeping in touch with old friends and sharing in their writers' journeys.
Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka!
