Day: September 25, 2012

Cerbie

/ Anita Marie / 2 Comments

Last week I shared me and Luis and Cerbie’s story–  we lost her last week.

It feels like it was yesterday- hours ago and I know it’s going to feel like that for a very long time. I also know that when I think about her I’ll probably ended up crying.  But along with that I know I will also get to remember the things that will make me smile- like

When it was snowing and she went outside she spent most of  her time running around the back yard with her eyes closed

Cerbie In The Snow 2009

And for her own reasons she never liked having her picture taken. She’d turn her head away from the camera and start to grumble. Or she would get up and just walk away. Gee. I wonder who she could have learned that from? Okay. I’ll fess up. She learned it from me. What can I say. She was my girl alright.

Cerbie NOT wanting her picture taken.

Cerbie didn’t just leave me and Luis behind- she left behind her sister Domino

And two of the kittens she raised- Darwin ( on the right ) went from being a kitten to a dog- and not just a small dog- oh no. He thinks he’s a big dog, and to this day – almost 10 years later that’s what he is-  a big dog just like his Cerbie.

Cerbie’s Boys- Micey is on the left- Darwin is on the right.

About five years ago I brought Kolchak home- and Cerbie and her sister for their own reasons took him in like he had been one of theirs all along- we lost one Blitzer a few years ago and Kolchak spent most of his time with Cerbie and Domino after that.

Kolchak- always a whisker away from Cerbie or Domino

Today me and Luis had a little remembrance service for Cerbie. Her sister was in the room with us and so were the kittens ( ok, they’re almost 10 years old but I still call them the kittens )

We put Cerbie’s urn near the window where the sun can shine on it during the day.

We all love her so very much.

a.m.m.

You Heard It Here First

/ Anita Marie / 6 Comments

Today at my bus stop two of my fellow passengers who were on their phones stopped mid-whatever it is they do on those things when they’re not talking on them and telling the rest of the world at the tops of their lungs stuff they would just DIE if anyone found out( fill your drama in here ) to say ”  you can learn something new everyday now with this app …”

NOW? I thought. Wow. Let me think. What did we DO when we wanted to learn new things before?
Let me think. Oh- I remember. We read a book- and let’s see, we discussed ideas and asked people questions and they would answer in for the most part full sentences and even though we might not have agreed with what we heard if you were lucky you’d get a laugh or two.

Well. I don’t have a cell phone and I learn stuff too.

Like:

If you get a splinters under your fingernails often enough it’s not a big deal. But if you hold your finger up and show it to somebody else it will make them scream like somebody just lit their hair on fire AND jammed a bunch of splinters under all of their fingernails every single time.

And.

Juicy Fruit Gum has been in production since 1893- and nobody really knows what those fruity flavors are. I have my theories but I’ll keep those to myself. You’re welcome.

Wait- I have one more.

If you  sing the  song in the clip below to my husband’s cat Darwin, Darwin sinks his claws into whatever is handy and won’t let you pick him up. And if you call Darwin ” Rover” he panics and hides under the dining room table.

Oh. Don’t look at your screen like that and go all PETA on me- cats land on their feet almost all of the time and if you drop them from five feet up onto a bed they bounce.

So.

What ‘s new by you?