Tuesday June 15th ~

Never let the fear of striking out
 keep you from playing the game... 

I am mentally and emotionally drained.  The homeless

 cat-dog situation in the island is tearing me apart.  It's not like

 I can ignore it either.  I step out to go somewhere, there are cats. 

 Our complex has enough to keep me busy day and night.

The above is MacGyver.  Homeless, wild yet not feral.  

He and Marbles are loving and they really need a home to

 call their own.  Sharon, who paid for part of his surgery today

 has offered to fly them over to the US.  East Coast.

This morning after 3 tries I finally was able to get MacGyver 

into the carrier, and yes I bought my own to put them in. 

He fought to get out so hard that he injured his nose.  

The blanket I took was full of his blood 😿

 It was easy to grab him because he's so friendly.  

He comes to you, but getting him in the carrier 

was another story.  He fought like crazy not 

to go in.  Unlike Marbles who just went in.

MacGyver has been spayed.  He's doing good and will be 

boarded at the vet's for 2 days.  After that I take him to a friends 

home and he will stay there for 3 nights.  By then he should be 

strong enough to be released.  He'll be back with his Marbles.

Tuesday has been hectic.  I am exhausted.  Have

 been trying to catch another kitty.  She's pregnant,

it's not happening.  Not as friendly as M&M 😬

Hope your day has been a good one so far.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize

 how close they were to success when they gave up...

~Nadiya~

~ Sunday Vibes ~

I try to take it one day at a time
But sometimes several days attach me at once...

Sniff is still not feeling so good.  Yesterday I called the vet to see if I can take him

 in again and find out why he seems to have the non stop sneezing.  I was told the doctor 

was not in today.  No vets are open on Sunday, not even for emergencies, and there 

is no 24 hour animal hospital  No appointments were available until late Tuesday.  

There and then I just started crying.  I wanted to go back home.  The thought of 

something happening to Sniff and not being able to take him to a doctor 

was more than I wanted to handle then.  Part of it could have been the fact that 

I was awake from 1:30 am trying to calm  him down and to be with him

 while he was sneezing.  He sneezed on an off for over 3 hours.  

He was exhausted and every time he tried to lay and sleep he started to sneeze again.  

Right now i am very frustrated and ready to go home.  I went to the pharmacy to see

 if there was anything I could give him over the counter that would help a little.

  To my surprise the pharmacist said children's liquid Benadryl was 

pretty good and that many a cats, dogs have used it.  Gave him some. 

 He sneezed but eventually he fell sound asleep.

It rained more or less all day yesterday.  Work was pretty hectic.  Nothing unusual.

Arvid came home for lunch, but had to go back to his hotel.  He was there until 

close to 7 in the evening.  On Saturdays we usually try to come home earlier.  

Usually, I can.  Then I  make lunch at home, but many a times Arvid has to go back.

  Rarely do we have much time together anymore.  When we started this venture we

 knew that our time will be occupied 100% by the hotel business.  So far it as.

To all a good day.  Sunday.  Not what it used to be, but it is still good.  Today I am 

very tired.  All I want to do is stay in and just for once not have to run around and do 

shopping for the hotels.  Will see how it goes.  Spring is here but it sure does not feel that way.

Good morning everyone.  Never forget that attitude is a little 

thing that makes a big difference.  ~ Happy Sunday ~

Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers.  Plant your own garden 

and decorate your own soul.  Happy girls are the prettiest...

~Nadiya~

Changes...

The secret of change is to focus all of you energy, 

not on fighting the old, but on building the new...

Everyone can use a change in their lives, especially if one seems to be stuck.  Like

I have mentioned before, I need a change.  I want a change and I am ready for change.
Sometimes one also has to be very careful for what one wishes for.  Because it might just
 happen and then one has to be ready to deal with it.  It's easy to want something,
 but to actually have it happen is another story.  It then becomes ones reality.

Brutus' death has left a huge vacuum in me.  I can't move on as easily as most.

I told Arvid that a change would do me good.  Strangely, he agreed.

Ready or not I am going to find the change I need to move on.

Definitely not the sunshine state.  Here we bundle up all day and all night long, even Sniff
needs his sweater to survive in this cold.  Yes, compared to Florida this is the Artic.
Florida, is still home and will always be. But for a little we experience Missouri.

I may be in another State, but a part of my heart is forever with my Brutus.

Hello everyone.  Greetings from Branson.  Like someone once said, the first step

 towards getting somewhere is to decide you are not going to stay where you are.

Today is Jaxen's birthday.  My sister and family are missing a part of their family as well.
  Happy birthday in heaven Jaxy.  Your mama, papa, sister and brother miss you so very
 much.  I hope you found Brutus and Shadow and together you are all playing.

Don't be afraid of change.  You may lose something good, but you

 may find something better.  Progress is impossible without change..

~Nadiya~