So long old friend

We had to put our cat Cotton to rest today. His health declined really quickly this past week and he was really suffering today. You will be sadly missed little buddy.

Bad Hair Days

Ok so this is just a warning! For the next month or so my hair is going to look awful because I am trying to grow it out. I have had this cut for about 8 yrs and I want to grow it into a stacked bob like this, so please excuse my bad hair days

At the end of his days

I am sad this morning as I come to the realization that our 14 year old cat "Cotton" is at the end of his days.He has had a tumor on his side for a month or so and this morning he has a blown pupil and is drinking water constantly. Billy and I used to volunteer at the League for Animal Protection when we were first married 10 years ago. We had been volunteering for awhile and Billy, (not a cat person at all!) made friends with the biggest and sweetest cat in the shelter named "Cotton". We already had a kitten (our other cat Madison) at home but Cotton had such a funny personality that we decided to adopt him. He was already 3 years old when we adopted him and had been adopted and returned 4 different times. The last home he had the little boy became allergic so they locked him in a closet for several weeks before deciding to return him to the shelter. Needless to say we were his 5th and final home. He has always loved to drink out of the bathtub faucet. He has been known to ring the doorbell and one night he figured out how to turn the light on in our bedroom with his teeth. He has been quite a character in our home and our girls love him. He also loves to greet our company. He especially loves my friend Amy, he likes to eat her hair! I know this is a long blog about a cat but he has been with Billy and I since we were married and he was our first "adopted child". I don't know how much longer he will hang on but when he's gone we will dearly miss his loud meow as we get out of the car.

State Champs!!

Raiders win state crown Link


Last night we rode in my parent's motorhome to Richmond to watch my nephew Tyler and the North Cross Raiders win the State Championship against Blessed Sacrament. The article from Roanoke.com is linked above. This was the most exciting footbal game we've watched thusfar. I am sure there are many more to come! Congrats Tyler!!

Old Friends

I am so excited! I found one of my best friends from Florida on facebook today. We haven't talked in a while and I am thrilled to find her. Her name is Crystal also. We were inseperable in the 7-9th grade and we have had alot of good times together. I can't wait to see what is happening in her life now!

Lots of change coming!

As I sit here on the computer stressing about how much housework I have to do, I wonder how my house will look come January. I went yesterday and took my placement test @ VA Western and on Monday morning I will officially enroll for classes in January. My goal is to enter the nursing program in 2010. I hope I am not making a big mistake. I don't manage my schedule very well now just working a part time job. How in the world will I do it going to school, working, taking care of a family and possibly having a foster child at the same time? We submitted our application and have just begun the approval process to be foster parents. This will take awhile and we have no way of knowing how quickly we will have a child placed in our care. We are trying to figure out if we should make an extra bedroom downstairs so we would have a designated room just for the kids placed in our care. We have a twin size bed, a crib, dressers bedding etc. so I really think we should prepare a space. I talked with the girls a little bit about all of the new stuff happening. They are thrilled about possibly having little babies in the house and just as thrilled about Mommy being a nurse someday. Ava asked me yesterday "Mommy, when you're a nurse will you be my best friend and not give me shots?" Of course that would be her first thought, SHOTS!! Please keep us in your prayers as we transition into an exciting new phase of our lives.

Fashionista!

This is what Ava would look like if I let her dress herself everyday. As you can see she is quite the fashion queen!! This would probably get rave reviews in one of those funky fashion shows. As you can tell by her pose she was very proud of herself.