Pictures Of Kitties

Volunteer Work for HART

Thought I would share with you a little about what I do in my spare time. I do some volunteer work for HART, or Humane Animal Rescue Team which is a non-profit organization that goes around and rescues cats and dogs from local animal shelters, and finds homes for them. You can actually get a pretty good deal on a cat or a dog, adopting through HART....pretty much half of what you would normally pay if you went to anywhere else say the SPCA. I know for the cats you can get one for $100 and they come equipped with microchip, spay/neuter, carrier, tags, vaccinations, etc... I go into to the cat center and change the water/litter and food and let the kitties out to romp and scratch on their scratching post for a bit. They love to get out and play! This is a wonderful feeling for me to contribute my time to the little animals and give them a little love. I wish I could take them all home with me, but that is not a feasible option. ha, ha So, I can go to Petsmart and play with all of the hundreds of kitties my heart desires and I never have to take one home. I can sure share a piece of the story with you. Here are some pictures I took tonight, but they change from time to time of course with adoptions. The 2 dark colored tabbys are sibblings part maine coon names are "Snickers" and "Hersheys", the white/grey-spot is a siamese mix named "Purrcee", little orange tabby is "Clementine", and "Oliver" is the one with the white and orange, and the little brown/orange kitten is "Sophia". There was another big kitty that was in a bad mood named "Erik" whom I did not photograph in respect to his morale reasons....and plus I did not want to get my nose swatted off. ha, ha Now you know what I do with some of my time. Here is the official website if you want to check it: www.hartoftexas.org

Moms' New Pink Cashmere Robe!

She only wore it for 60 minutes or give or take!

Chistmas Lunch 2007

2008 Is Almost upon us! Here is a picture of our Christmas lunch, and looks like we had 25 people over as many dishes we had out and mess we made in the kitchen! ha, ha So I will not tell you how many people we really had at the table. We did enjoy ourselves immensely though with turkey, cranberry sauce, german chocolate cake, mince pie, squash, hot rolls, carrots, turnips, sparkling cider, and egg nog! We opened all of our presents early this morning, and Martha Lou the cat ran around and around the house so excited that she was getting to go in the parts of the house that are generally off limits!

Festivities!

This was my 2nd time to attend the annual EDJ office party Brian organizes, was a wonderful party. Hannah and Adrian played christmas songs on the violin with a group. We had our picture taken in front of this lighted revolving christmas tree.
Hannah looks so elegant in this red dress, had to snap a photo!

I am a Great Aunt!

Dollye and Walker are the Proud, and tired parents of 7 lb 10 oz 19 and 1/2 inch Remy, and she is adorable, beautiful and healthy! What a nice Christmas present! Looks like she has a little blonde hair? Little stork bites on her eyelids...those will go away. She is a big baby, did not know Dollye had that much baby in her! ha, ha! Can not wait to hold her!

On a recent trip to the Galleria Dallas Shopping Mall, this is the beautiful 4 story tree on display. They have professional olympic ice skaters that have performances on the weekends. They also have choirs singing carols and someone plays the piano in Macy's, amazing and wonderful! This is the time of year it is nice to treat yourself to a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks, and curl up with a blanket and watch a nice movie. (side note)... Starbucks also has a gingerbread latte that I would like to try, and I know their white chocolate mocca is quite yummy. We put up a 3 foot tree in the living room, and it only took about 3-5 minutes to decorate! If you are looking to cut down on holiday stress, this is the way to go. Merry Christmas!