Alabama Tracks

My sweet and fickle kitty, Flala has gone missing this weekend. My heart is heavy. I’ve cried more than my share of tears and I long to have her return. It has only been one day and I long to have her by my side tonight when I lay down. I want her to lay at my feet as I work tomorrow and I want to feel her silky smooth fur as I pet her belly and legs.

She was my first baby. The first cat that I have ever given a regular bath and taken with me on trips. She would play fetch and bite my toes. The back of her legs were always ready for a scratching.

I want her back. I’m so emotionally spent after the course of the weekend, I want her to cry with. Sure, I have another kitty to love but she isn’t a lap kitty for me like Flala. She too is looking out the window waiting for her playmate to return. I pray for her return and watch and call. Signs have been posted, people talked to, catnip spread out hoping she’ll come up for the food that I’ve laid out.

If you get a chance, say a prayer for my sweet baby to find her way home. I’m not ready for her not to be in the family just yet.

Short on time so here are a few quick ones as of late.

Some amusement for your day. He’s gonna be a ladies man for sure

Samuel, our little casanova

I never thought I would link something by Penn Gilette, of Penn and Teller fame. Penn is a very vocal Atheist and enjoys making it known on his cable show (whose name is a curse word). And yet, this video is something that all people of faith should watch. God has pursued harder cases than Penn and this is a reminder to that fact.

It hasn’t been for lack of wanting to post something lately.  Its been for lack of time.  I’m working part time from home and I barely have time to sit and do anything for me, let alone post a blog.  But the job is a blessing and it is helping a tremendous amount right now.  The past 2 weeks has brought transmission problems with Joel’s car, a leaky sink and faucet, a dead dryer, and a leaking hot water heater.  Very large expenses but even with that we’ve been blessed.  We have yet to figure out the transmission but that will hopefully be within the next week.

At any rate, Ruthie did a funny/nasty today that I had to share.  She has become increasingly more aware of bowel movements to the point that I was set on potty training next week.  That won’t happen now because of deliveries and installations and craziness, but I digress.  So this evening, she came into the dining room where I was and she had her hand down her diaper.  I smelled a funny odor and just as I thought, she had a dirty diaper with which she was playing.  Thankfully, Joel handled it without much hoopla but I think its time to start potty training nonetheless.

For those of you who haven’t heard, she also pulled down a completely unopened gallon of apple juice from the counter the other day sending Lake Apple to my kitchen floor.  Three moppings later, we finally got rid of the stickiness.

Samuel is crawling on hands and knees now and making tracks.  He is also pulling up on everything as well as biting everything.  Today, it was my toes.

I will do my best to post pictures of Christmas and Ruthie’s birthday soon.