Make It A Worry Free day...

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears,

 by the heels, or any other way you can manage it....

To this day I have not met a single person that can honestly state for a fact that they 

worry about nothing.  Does not matter what you do, what and how much you have 

does not matter one bit, we all have things we worry about like it or not.  

I am not any different from anyone.  We have a good live.  We do as we please, yet we 

also worry about so many little things be it financial, family related does not matter

 it causes us a bit of anxiety...just part of life and it's the way we handle it that makes 

all the difference. Sometimes I handle it well, others it just overwhelms.

At this time of the year I agonized about leaving Brutus.  This is the time of the 

year we go to Norway and visit family.  Now there is no Brutus to worry over.  At least 

with Sniff I don't have to worry about a paw acting up.  When we usually go to Norway my 

calendar for Brutus' treatments and medications was full.  How I miss that kitty.

I can't say I won't worry about Sniff because knowing me I will.  It will just be less 

agonizing.  The first 10 days he will be cared for by our neighbor and her 11 and 13 

year old children.  They already love him and come more often than they have to.  

I'm not complaining.  Sniff is happy.  He loves everyone.  The other day a man came to 

install our blinds and Sniff was all over him.  He was not afraid of the man's power tools 

or any of the banging going on.  The guy liked him so much that he wanted to "borrow" 

him.  Said he has a mouse in his home and maybe Sniff could catch it for him.

Wishing you all a very good day.  I tell myself everyday that no matter how much I stress,

 worry, cry or plead there is nothing I can do to change what happened to Brutus,

 and to Shadow.  Nothing.  Anna reminds me that Sniff is a gift to us.  A very

 good one and I should not forget that.  I don't Anna.  I don't.  I love 

Sniff and am grateful everyday for him.  Both Arvid and I are.

I remind myself to stop worrying about what can go wrong and to get 

excited about what can go right.  Have a wonderful day everyone.

Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them..

~Nadiya~

New Day...Feeling Better Already

Smiling is infectious, you can catch it like the flu.

Someone smiled at me today.  And I started smiling too...

It's been a while now that I have not been feeling so great to the point where I 

have not even wanted to sit and use my laptop.  For me that is not normal.

  I have even had naps during the day.  Definitely not what I would do.  

Having the flu is extremely exhausting on the body.  Both Arvid and I having it at the same 

time is even more trying.  Neither of us is up to doing much.  For me it has been close to

 2 weeks feeling this way.  Sadly for Arvid it has been over a month.  

He had it and after a few weeks it seemed to go away, but then in Vegas it came back.

  His cold has also brought him tons of pain.  Arvid who has never taken pain killers

 is suddenly "dependent" on them.  Hopefully for both of us this is the final stages

 of this horrible thing called the flu. It sure wears a person out.

Adding to that, Brutus is not at his est either.  Same old story, but still breaks our hearts

 to see him this way.  All bloodied up and hurting.  Not even sure what we can do 

anymore.  Well I know what we can do, but we have not gotten there as yet.

As Monday begins, it feels like a better day already.  The weekend was pretty quiet.

Neither of us wanted to do much, but as Sunday approached we felt it might do us good

 to go out in the heat for a little.  From home to Kaluz, one of our favorite restaurants, 

it is only a few minutes walk.  Did us good to walk and warm up the body.

As always no matter what our days are busy.  Arvid is busier that ever.  Coming back 

from the Vegas trip there is lots to follow up on and many people who need a little updating

 on their gold claims.  The trip was a definite success, but nothing like being home.

Good morning everyone.  Still not feeling a 100%, 

but sure am better than I was yesterday.

Happiness is finally feeling a little better after being ill for a long time...

~Nadiya~