Small Things

This is a thread about the small things that happen that lift your spirits or help you make it through tough times. Here a few of mine:

My Alexander finally started using the litterbox again after more than a week of outside-the-box "protests" because of the new cat.

Eliot, my orange foster kitten, did a full somersault when his sister ran into him and landed on his feet again.

My husband stayed up really late talking with me last night, even though he needed to be at work early, because he knew I was feeling low.

The sump pump is working.

When I dropped one of my favorite mugs, it didn't break.

What a wonderful idea!

The salad I made for lunch was great... hmmmm. Other than that, things were really okay and that's good IMO.

my boyfriend letting me order chinese on saturday, even though he's not a fan at all. he wanted me to have whatever I wanted, and he actually tried something that I recommended and liked it.

my boyfriend letting me watch 'the mummy' with commentary for the 3rd time-in a week (there are 3 different versions!) and not complaining at all.

feeling my cats little bodies pressed up against me when they lay down. just their presence calms me.

my boyfriend loading the dishwasher without me asking or expecting it.

I just realized my boyfriend was a very good boy this weekend!

My Lily laying right on me
as if she is trying to suck
the sadness right out or me
Sometimes I think it works.

My boyfriend sitting and
watching girlie shows with me
just because he wants to be near
me. :blossom:

What do you know.. AP my boyfriend
was a dear this weekend also

Hmmmm
Mothers Day hubby and daughter did everything for me. I napped, ate doughnuts and had one of my favorite dinners.

I got to come home and relax tonight.

Hubby is in a good mood today!!!

My Ariel kitty was so happy to see me she wouldnt stop following me for a half hour.

I would say, today is a great day!!

What a great thread alexnell!!! I am so glad you started it!!! Here are some of the little things in life that have made me happy recently....

My two sick cats are home (okay that's a BIG thing)

Merlin gave me a kiss...and he cuddled with me quite awhile after I got him home from the vets.

One of my best friends is pregnant (okay...sorry...that's also a BIG thing)

It is a beautiful, warm day

My stepchildren and my hubby got me a mothers day card!

My stepson spent the night last night

My kittens are healthy

Little happy things:

1. Felis catus Michaela gave me a kiss today.

2. It rained! I love rain and so do the bushes and trees outside my windows.

3. I did a huge load of laundry. The happiness part comes after it's all folded and put away, of course.

4. The telephone didn't ring all day.

5. The library sent me an electronic-mail notice indicating a book I'd put on hold has arrived.

6. I bought something on impulse (a T-shirt from The Cat Site).



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This is such a neat thread! Too often we fail to stop and appreciate the little things. So....to that end....

1. I fixed a broken drawer in my bathroom all by myself.

2. My little baby Joey sat on my lap last night.

3. The Ford dealer was able to fix my car, and it runs great now.

4. My test scores came in at school. Most of my kids did a worthwhile job, and one girl in particular who has struggled all year showed tremendous growth.

5. I went to put on my shoes this morning and found 3 cat toys inside.

6. I am playing hooky from work, and got to sleep in late!

7. I donated a small amount to the Cat Site to help keep it alive.

8. My ex-boyfriend has helped me so much with getting my house ready that I don't know how I would have done it without him. (yes, AP, the same one with the Xmas gifts!)

9. I received an email from an old high school friend, and we have caught up on the past 25 years.

10. I sat through a most interesting law class last night, which made me think of my dad. I wished he was still here because he would have so enjoyed hearing about it. I know this doesn't exactly sound like a good thing, but it made me stop and think about him.

11. I found a ruler with teeth marks in it that weren't there yesterday.

I have so many little things that mean SO MUCH to me:

All of my animals are safe and well (I am so-o-o-o thankful for this one. I don't think I have had anything but routine visit vet bills for over 2 yrs.)

My family is well and happy.

My Great Nephew Aidan laughs out loud at his "Crazy Aunt "D" (he is 3mos. old)

I have not fallen this week.

My pain has been bearable.

I finished 3 long overdue art projects.

I developed even stronger frienships with 4 new friends from The Cat Site.

I am an Alpha Cat!!!


Great week so far and it's only Tuesday!

(I learned how to use smilies!!!!)

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A few days ago our two cats were napping in the windowsill (on one of those ledge-attachments you get at the pet store). The 2 kittens we are fostering must have felt lonely because they climbed the curtains to get up to the ledge, wake up the big cats, make them scoot over and the 4 of them curled up and napped on that one ledge-thingy! It was the cutest sight! My girl cat had to lick one of the kittens first, and then they all konked out!

I tell you, it was ADORABLE (and I was out of film! Wah!)!

My happiest moment today was:

My little munchkin girl Faberge (aka "shorty" and Faba-Daba-Do) came home from the vet after being hospitalized for 5 days with pyometria. She was so happy to see me and be home with her other pals. She ran from room to room in disbelief that she was home. When I picked her up, she meowed very loudly then put her head on my shoulder and purred.

Today I:

put stuff away in my kitchen,

hung some stuff on the walls,

sat in an empty room and admired the paint color I picked out.

Last weekend we got a Priority Mail box in the mail, return address as from some Laura in Colorado. No one knew who this was. I opened the box and inside were 3 pencil drawings. Before I could get a better look my mom realized that the drawings were some that my father had done when he was younger, and that Laura was one of his cousins. Apparently when her mother (my father's aunt) died she found the drawings and had gone through the family tree to find our address so she could send them. It meant a lot since my father died in 1984, when I was 8.

Anyhow, there are three very nice pencil drawings, all in perfect condition save alittle yellowing of the paper, done in 1965 when my dad was 17. This was a very very BIG small thing

1. I went downtown to meet my friend Kristin for lunch. We went to the Rialto. She had a nacho while I tackled a Rueben. She had a soft drink (the U.S.A. has such Puritanical workplace mores) while I downed a pint of beer. (F.Y.I.: Kristin is happily married to Chris and has a three-year-old daughter named Samantha; we met ten years ago due to the fact her father, whom she never met, was killed in the Republic of Viet Nam while on combat patrol with the U.S. Army a few days before Christmas in 1968; I was in the Republic of Viet Nam at that time; Kristin was born in 1969; we've been friends, a la filial love, ever since meeting a decade ago.)

2. My web-camera images are now on the inter-net, at URL http://www.spotlife.com/users/mister...N4LKZRUSSGL8JK. It's the view out our bedroom window; and it's what I see when using the computer system, as well as what the cats see when using the adjacent cat tower.

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Let me see,
Me and Eric did our favourite excercise this morning: i held him up in front of the mirror. He simply loves watching himself when he purrs and gives kisses to his mommy! He's a bundle of love and i love him more than life.
He started eating again.
I made a great dish last night and my boyfriend liked it too.
I'm finally back at the cat site
I don't have a lot to do at work and I have a lot of spare energy to put in nicer things such as meeting friends and paying more attention to my boyfriend.
Any the very little furry precious thing that makes each of my days a holiday - Eric!!!!The first thing I see in the morning, he's such a sweety I promise to post a pic of him asap

:angel2:My oldest son was able to be home last week end (mother's day) for the first time in 6 years

My new kitty Isis started jumping in my lap yesterday & sleeping there

I finally ordered central air for the house, now I don't care how HOT it gets this summer!

I was on the catsite last night till midnight!

seeing at least one of the cats did indeed use thier brand new littermaid box! I was very concerned about this.

only one more day before a long weekend!

seeing my kitties lay on their cat perch and watch the birds :chicken:


what are the little things that make you smile?!?!?!

Taking both my kitties to the vet for their first time ever (what an ordeal) and comforting them through their shots and exams (they sure wanted mommy to carry them then!)... Having the vet's assistants croon over my beautiful babies and then finding out all their tests came out negative (YES!!!) then taking my babies home with a clean bill of health and giving them treats for being so good!

I love my babies (can you tell?!)...

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Listening to my little grandkitty purr to nana over the phone.

Buying a brand new Oreck vacuum cleaner (my very first new one in over 25 years).

Telling my daughter that she's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Waking up in the morning with my kitties all around me sleeping.

I have a few more "small things" that make me happy that I want to mention....

My Iris's are finally starting to bloom.
My 21 tomato plants did not die over the past two nights that the weather has been so unseasonably cold.

The feel of my kitten's fur on my cheek
My friends from the Catsite
My hubby....who can sometimes be a jerk...lol....but who is being very sweet to me the past couple days!!!

Just now this very minute watching my Merlin stick his head into a huge bag of rabbit food and eat some of it...(Whats up with that???)

I have a three day weekend for memorial day

Okay thats all for now!