We have Babies!!

Ok. Wow. i made it back in less than a month. Well, just slightly less, but that's better than the last time, eh?

So, it's been a crazy few weeks with: Deb's health issues, travel postponed to MD, Deb turned 40 on May 25th, i turned 41 on May 28th and hey, we adopted two furdren just this past Monday. Whew! Busy, busy!

A young woman we know, Caitlin D., we will call her...posted a note on Facebook saying that a cat had delivered four kittens in her backyard 8 weeks prior and she was looking for a good home for them. I didn't say anything to Deb for a few days because i knew she would jump all over it, but then i couldn't stand it any more and was missing my little Luna kitty that we had to put to sleep in April 2008. As i suspected, Deb's reply was, "so when can we go get them?!" I sent a note back to Caitlin right away and we made the arrangements to go adopt this past Monday.

I decided on a mostly black female, she has about a nickel sized white spot on her neck. Deb decided on a peach/orange striped male. Brother and sister are doing well. As i write this they have just survived their first adventure into a mesh laundry bag full of clean clothes and are resting in their bed box...which, incidentally, they don't usually sleep in...they are more comfortable sleeping under one of the couches. Safer, i guess. Far away from Mama's grasp. Heehee!

They are still very scared and have only warmed up enough to get within maybe a foot of us and then they realize, "oh shit! too close" and scamper off. They are doing very well with the litter box and eating and drinking so i'm sure in time they will warm up to us and be just fine. they are quick little suckers so i only have a few pics and they are not so great...


Scout, the boy, hiding under the kitchen table inching his way toward the food bowl.


Cowering in the corner under the kitchen table, Scout protects his sister, Zuzu.


Zuzu and Scout playing together yesterday morning.

I'm sure i will be posting more pics soon.! Yay for Furdren!!

~Suz~

Yes, i am alive. Thank you for caring!

Ok, so we won't even talk about how long it's been since i've posted something, shall we? And really the only reason i even thought to come and post something is because my one remaining reader...Wendy, was over on Monday and just had to toss another dig at me for not blogging. So, Hi WENDY!!

Let's see, since i posted last. Deb came back to Md and brought me to Indiana toward the end of October. And we lived with friends of ours until mid March. Now we have our own little apartment and i am LOVING it!!

Deb is flying back to MD on Mother's Day and will then be driving our stuff that's in storage at her Mom's back here to Indiana. Ton's of fun. I'm looking forward to having all of my dishes and things. It will be like an early Christmas unpacking because i forget what all we kept when we moved out there in 2005. Hmmm. Could be interesting!

In knitting news...there are socks on the needles and Wendy has me knitting this. But i won't say why. Shhhh.

Hope everyone is well!

~Suz~

Whoa!!

:::walks in slowly:::

:::looks around:::

:::dusts off cobwebs:::

:::polishes writing desk:::

Oh my, was my last post REALLY in June?!! No wonder Wendy sent me an email asking if i am alive. Whoa!

Yep, i'm alive.

This past week my thoughts have been mostly with a friend down in the Houston area and with friends and family back home in NW Indiana, all of whom were dealing with Hurricane Ike or the remnants of. My Mom and DanTheMan were evacuated out of his house in Munster one week ago today. A couple days ago he sent an email with photos of his flooded house attached. I quite literally gasped when i opened the email and started looking at the pictures and then i started to cry, it was just completely overwhelming to see. I can only imagine how Dan, his girls and my Mom feel about the whole situation. Mom does not "live" there, but she's there enough and loves Dan enough to be as affected by it as anyone who "lives" there full time.

Here's a few of the pics from Dan's House:









During the earlier stages of the flooding last week. Deb and her coworkers at Superior were on call to be available in case any hospitals needed to be evacuated and they did get called to the hospital in Dyer, sat around for 3-4 hours and then it was determined that the water was no longer rising so they were sent back to base. Whew!

So, in the world of knitting....ehhh, not so much. A little bit here and there, still working on a pair of socks i started back in February. I know, i still sux!! I really do need ot ge tmoving on those and a few other pair i have on needles. And there's items to be made for the wee one who joined the family on June 25th. (I'll save that for another post, that will really cause all 3 of you to fall off your chairs!!)

Yeah, so i'm still sucked into my virtual Second Life world, playing that every day. I have a job in the game so i'm focused on that most of the time. The Music Club i work at is called "WanderLust world Music Club" and it finally opened on July 10th after i had been waiting since mid March for it to be built and opened. It's a very cool concept created by the Owners, Mellifera and Cael Szondi. The club is based on travel destinations and every 3-4 weeks we change destinations. so far the club has traveled to: Paris, Beijing for the Summer Olympics, Mars and we just landed back on Earth - traveling back in time and landing in Medieval England. Huzzah! LOL!!

Each time the destination changes, the decor inside the club changes, so it's always fresh and fun. Along with the decor change, the themes that we use to host contests also changes. In Second Life, clubs hold contests to attract guests and the contests are usually based on some form of clothing or costume that people can buy for their avatars. Yesterday our themes were things like best: Dragon, Bards & Rogues, Lords & Ladies and Pixies, Fairies & Elves. I actually purchased a May Pole to be used in a furture event...perhaps for a Medieval feast?

Here are a couple of pics of my in game persona, "Mauren Mureaux"...





Well, that is all for today!!

~Suz~

What The Fuck?

Have you seen this??



For the adventurous knitter, there are instructions here...

That is all...

~Suz~

Sneaks in...

Oh myyyy Gawd....is it really a blog post from Suz?? :::faints:::

I'll wait, while you all pick yourselves up off of the floor. Heehee!!

Yes, it is me. I'm really writing this.

Ok, so the last post was April 6th after we had to put our poor, sweet kitty girl to sleep. Awwws, i miss her so much.

Since then, i'm still addicted to Second life...in fact, Scarlett missed me so much, she showed up in Second Life the other day!! Woot!!! LOL!! So, i'm trying to help her out with some freebie clothes and hair and eventually i'll show her some of my favorite spots in world. so far, she's only seen my house, a bit of that neighborhood and the new club i will be managing in a week or two.

Knitting wise, i'm a total slacker. I've been knitting on the same sock since February and it really should have only taken me about 2 days per sock as it is being knit with Knit Picks - Shamrock, which should be knit on size 7-9 needles, but i'm using a 6 to make a thicker sock. Even though the socks are for a size 14 foot...they still should have taken no more than 3 days per sock. Ya know, but here it is June and i am still working on finishing the toe on sock #1. Oh well, guess i'll be ahead of the game for holiday gift giving. LOL!!

In the world of personal events..well, not my event really, but more Deb's...

Deb left Maryland on May 26th (two days before my 40th birthday!!)..and flew to Chicago Midway, was picked up at the airport by our friend TD and driven to Northwest Indiana where i am originally from....and she's been there ever since. I miss her TONS!!!

Ok, ok...i'll tell you why she's there, sheesh....calm down!! TD and his wife, Revia both work for an Ambulance Company and they had been trying to get me and deb to move back and for Deb to apply to be an EMT with that company. Well, after continued badgering, even though we did not have the money saved for a full move, Deb went and applied....and was hired. She began working for the company on June 2nd. So far, it sounds like she really likes it and that she feels like she has finally found what she wants to be when she grows up. Whew!! I'm so glad, cuz that means that the 6 months of her schooling was worth her time!! Woot!!

It sucks being apart, i won't lie. But this was the only way we could figure out to do this. Deb is staying with TD & Revia and i am still here in MD with Deb's parents. Deb is working and i should really start to pack all of her clothes and stuff and get this room all cleaned up...but i digress. We'll do our best to save money while still paying our bills here and when we have enough saved up for the moving truck, gas & expenses and two months rent...Deb will fly back and we will make the full move together. Could be 2 months, could be 6...we have no clue.

So, that's what's been going on.

What's going on out there?? Hmmm, guess i'd better get around and do some reading, eh??

~Suz~

Sweet Dreams, Luna

Sleep well, loving and patient soul...you were loved with all we had to give and you will be missed, always...you gave us joy and you gave us love, thank you for finding us.


I'll miss the way you always helped Mama with her knitting...and the way you inspected the final outcome of each project.



sI'll missed the pissed off looks and scratched from giving you a bath and making you smell like baby powder for a day.


I'll miss the way you snuggled up on Mama's lap and put your paw gently on my hand to say, "no more knitting right now Mama, it's nap time with the kitty".


And more than anything else, i will miss you all curled up on my legs while i was watching tv, or knitting, or playing Second Life...and i will miss having you sleep on my chest, warmest girl area ;) or on my hip....while i slept.


Sleep well, my little "lap whore" kitty.


Bye, bye Luna. :(...................................................

Deb and i are very sad, we had to put our sweet Luna kitty to sleep tonight around 12:10am. We had noticed over the past several weeks that she was losing weight and tonight she had a few moments where she sort of fell over. We were scared enough that something was terribly wrong and so we took her in to the ER Vet. Dr. Shawn found right away that she was constipated and needed to be flushed out, but knew that there had to be some underlying cause. We left her in his wonderful care while he ran tests and we came home. A couple hours later we were called with the news that she did not have feline leukemia, but that she had kidney disease. Treatment would have run around $700 and then that was no guarantee of how long she would live...2 days, 2 months, years? We can not afford that kind of money as many of y0u know. As it was, the course of action we took, in testing and putting her to sleep cost us almost $400. We feel that we made the best decision for the well being and mercy of our sweet little lover girl. She came to us one night and has left us in the night as well...

We sang to her a little during our goodbye, it may seem so silly, but it made perfect sense to us...

..."We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return;
like a drop of rain flowing to the ocean...

~Suz~