Monday, November 24, 2014

Thelma Kitty

I'm Grandma and share my apartment with 2 kitties, as previously mentioned. Or maybe they share it with me...since they truly run things around here. Thelma is 15 and diabetic, moves slowly, has a gait sort of like John "The Duke" Wayne...that is what I think of anyway. She rests in her beloved most of the time, but she does take short walks to check the place out and go potty. When she does, my heart melts watching her. She moves slowly, takes time to sniff and look all around. Within minutes, she waddles back to bed. I love my kitties!

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Another night and day with the dilemmas of Outdoor Kitty

Last night/early morning, I and my 2 indoor kitties were jarred awake by a bloodcurdling cat shriek coming from outdoors, near us. If I were 30 or 40 years younger, I'd have gotten up, gotten dressed, and gone out to check. But the conditions of aging and a more logical understanding of dangers in darkness kept me right where I was. I dreaded what I might find this morning. Would O.K. be on my porch, bloody and frightened? Or out in the yard, in worse condition than I'd like to imagine? But when I went downstairs to feed and water him, he was nowhere to be found. He is usually meowing away on my little porch each morning, eager for his crunchy breakfast. I did a brief check of the area, no kitty. This is the worst part of caring for a kitty that belongs to the outdoors, not to me...the times of not knowing and trying not to speculate.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

"Outdoor Kitty"

This is Outdoor Kitty, aka Lovey. For over 2 years I've been providing food, water, and now there is a basic little shelter, too. But he is not "mine", he only just started letting humans touch him this Summer. And I can't stand the idea of him spending another terrible Winter outside. I plan to get him to a shelter by 12/1/14, God and "Sky Cat" willing! If another person wanted to take him, that would be even nicer, but no takers so far. The dilemma of those of us who care for strays...we grow to love them and care about them, but they are not "ours". I will do what I can to keep him warm, alive and safe.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Still Loving Retirement

Still love retirement. Though I'm on a very fixed, very low income, my body, mind and spirit are so much happier and "healthy" than when I was pushing myself every day, all day. I am on SNAP and Medicaid, so very grateful for these survival necessities. I spend only what is necessary, and don't miss "shopping just to shop." I used to have to buy clothes for work, food for work, snacks for work...pay for transportation to and from work. All, done and over with. By 2:30 or 3:00PM every weekday, I was in pain and exhausted. Though my chronic spine and bone and joint issues will always exist, now I move at my own pace and at my own ability to do so. I discarded all the emails to and from my employers when I was employed, that I had saved "just in case", all gone now! My primary had predicted these changes would occur, bless him! I go to some free classes at the local Senior Center, very nice. My days are spent with my wonderful kitties, and I stay in touch with the world every day, online. PBS and NPR are my constant companions. This is not a bad life, at all. I am blessed with great family, friends and neighbors, who assist with transportation when necessary. I thank God each and every day!

Friday, May 16, 2014

Life in early stages of retirement

I do love being retired. Not much money at all, but not even concerned about it, so far. I just need enough to live on, and that's enough. I love getting up each day with my 2 kitties, taking care of feral Outdoor Kitty, as much as she allows, only food, water and pleasant daily greetings. And I go to the local Sr. Center a few days a week, it is free and is my very near neighbor, lucky me! I take a couple of classes there, will add more, I'm sure, as time goes on. My poor, tired, achy body loves this slower, "at my own pace" lifestyle. I am a very contented old gal!