Happy Day ~

Be happy with what you have, while working for what you want...

As one of my tenants would say, "just don't get any better."

Waking up to some much needed cooler temperatures.  Feels like

 another world right now.  Have to say that I can't wait for winter to be 

here and to have cold weather again.  I am not a fan of the heat.

Life in Branson has some very beautiful moments.  One of these

 special moments is when we come home and see the deers, and we see

 the neighbors kitties sitting on the road, one being Shadow.

I always try to get pictures and yesterday for a change I manged 

to capture mama deer and baby.  The Bambi family as I will call them. 

 They are beautiful.  A sight we will not see in Fort Lauderdale.

Saturday is looking up already.  To all a good day.

Trust that everything happens for a reason, 

even when you are not wise enough to see it...

~Nadiya~

Hey Tuesday ~

You were born to be real.  Not to be perfect...

Somehow Sniff was even more exhausted than Arvid and I by 

the end of yesterday.  First he did not want to get out of bed.  Then 

he would not eat.  When I got home yesterday I chased him around a bit 

just to make sure he was OK.  He was.  But then he just laid

 down and fell asleep next to me in the office.

As a friend said to me, "He's got the Monday Blues."

Tuesday already.  This week we are expecting heaving rains and tornado

 like weather.  Again!  Last Friday it rained so hard that one of our neighbors 

really big tree cracked and broke.  Luckily nothing was in its path when it fell.

Last night was one of those nights I missed my Brutus so very much.

Arvid and I talk about him and it just breaks my heart.  It is so difficult still

to come to terms with the way Shadow died.  We drive by Shadow that lives

 on our street everyday.  On Sunday both Arvid and I just looked at him and got sad.

  I hear the sound of the tennis balls in the dryer.  It still freaks me out

As always I remind myself that though everyday may not be a good day,

there is always always something good in each day.  I try to not forget that.

At Almost Home Lodge, we are in full blown summer mode. Pool is

 always sparking clean and inviting.  Love seeing everyone having fun poolside.

Believe you can, and you're halfway there...

~Nadiya~

A Forever Home ~

Rescue.. It's not just a verb.  It's a promise.
No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted...

Today hopefully Kitty Kitty will go to his forever home.  Fingers crossed

that nothing happens to change what's been set in motion.  After lots of 

searching I believe the right person was selected.  Kitty Kitty will

 have someone to love him, play with him and to protect him.  

Always I will be present to provide for him and to make sure he never wants 

for anything should he need it.  Part of me is very sad to see him go. 

 But mostly I am happy that he will have a forever loving home.

I love him and would have brought him home to live with us,

but Arvid was not having any of that.  I'm grateful to have one of our own

 ~ Sniff and now I am overjoyed that Kitty Kitty will also have his own family.  

I'm going to miss him.  I usually go to his home twice a day.  Brush him.  Play with

 him, clean his litter and make sure he has clean water and fresh food.  Kitty Kitty 

lives at Almost Home.  As of today if all goes well he won't any more.

Yesterday it rained all day.  Boring.  Today seems to be more of the same.
To all a good day.  Stay dry and make your own sunshine ~ always.

Saving a kitty won't change the world.  But for that kitty, the world changes forever.
Until one has loved an animal, a part of ones soul remains unawakened...

~Nadiya~