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Edit: I feel like I need to add that he really is the sweetest little boy! Heโ€™s so smart and constantly cracks me up. I ...
02/03/2025

Edit: I feel like I need to add that he really is the sweetest little boy! Heโ€™s so smart and constantly cracks me up. I wouldnโ€™t change a thing (okay, maybe the night meows ๐Ÿ˜†).

Edit 2: Yes, avocados are technically poisonous but the toxin is mostly present in the leaves, skin and pit. Still, he only gets very tiny amounts once in a while. I promise, heโ€™s fine. Thank you for caring.

Hi all ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป Iโ€™m new to the group and I present you with a new as***le: Ninja. ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›

When he was two, between an illness and a knee surgery, he cost me $10,000 in 6 months.

He is a sneaky, sneaky food thief. Nothing is safe around him, even if he doesnโ€™t like it heโ€™ll get into it just because I said no. When I tell him not to jump on the counter I get a big โ€œMEOOOWโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ฉ (translation โ€œbut moooom!โ€) His faves are avocado and nutritional yeast. Never mind that he eats expensive prescription food with added probiotics which he loves. I have to keep my blender on top of his automatic feeder because if I donโ€™t, he knocks it over which pops the lid off and gorging ensues. The last incident resulted in him projectile vomiting all over his cat tree.

He HAS to cuddle on my lap every night before bedโ€ฆbut on his terms. So if I get tired and go to bed before cuddles he cries and cries at my door. He also cries at my door after his breakfast (I thought Iโ€™d avoid this with the automatic feeder but no ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ). He cries at my door when he decides itโ€™s time for me to get up. He doesnโ€™t want me for food or cuddles or anything. I just need to be up.

I have tried letting him sleep with me but heโ€™s an absolute menace. Walking all over my face and hair, off and on the bed and furniture, meowing just for fun. I canโ€™t do it, guys.

Aaand just for some fun added guilt: he likes to sit on my jewelry box and stare at me when I get ready for work.

My cat is an as***le and I couldnโ€™t possibly love him more. ๐Ÿ–ค

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You might have seen our previous post of Kevin and a puppy, well his name is Har Gow, heโ€™s 17 weeks old and heโ€™s having ...
02/03/2025

You might have seen our previous post of Kevin and a puppy, well his name is Har Gow, heโ€™s 17 weeks old and heโ€™s having a holiday with the pack for a few days!

We didnโ€™t realize at first but it also turns out that heโ€™s Demiโ€™s great grand son, Buttons nephew and Daisyโ€™s Great nephew!

Demi wasnโ€™t interest in joining the group photo but she said sheโ€™d join in next time

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

Grief journal: day 22,354๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จMonday was the one month anniversary of my buddy leaving us. I didnโ€™t want to make a thing o...
02/02/2025

Grief journal: day 22,354๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

Monday was the one month anniversary of my buddy leaving us. I didnโ€™t want to make a thing out of it because I donโ€™t want that to be an โ€˜anniversaryโ€™. Unfortunately that happened on our boys 18th birthday so that one will probably always have a โ€˜dayโ€™ but I donโ€™t want it to be remembered for that.

One of the things I noticed that had happened to me was that I had stopped making eye contact with people. Iโ€™m not sure when but I noticed it about a week ago. I have to consciously make an effort to make eye contact with people now when I used to never even think about it.

Obviously Monday was a rough day. I had to go to the store and as I was walking up to it, I could feel it was going to be a no eye contact store visit. So Iโ€™m walking in and I have to stop for some people to walk by me and and another guy cuts me offโ€ฆ just people doing people things in a store.

Iโ€™m looking down as I head to the shopping baskets and as I reach for it, a little boy runs up to the baskets and reaches for one too. Iโ€™m looking down so he steps right into my view and looks up at me as we both reach for this basket. He broke my no eye contact rule and Iโ€™m now looking down at his beautiful little smiling face.

I let him grab his basket first and as we stand there smiling at each other, he hands me that first basket and grabs another one for himself.๐Ÿฅนโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน I give him a knuckle bump and we smile at each other as he runs off to hand his basket to his young mom. I also made eye contact with her to give her a โ€˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผโ€™ and mouth โ€˜nice job, momโ€™ to her. She got teary eyed as she mouthed โ€˜thank youโ€™ back with a โ€˜๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผโ€™. Eye contact isnโ€™t always bad.โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿ˜Š

This story will mean nothing to most people, but it meant a lot to me. Thanks little dude. I needed that, that day.โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน And thatโ€™s why I like kids more than most adults.๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜‚ This photo reminded me of that story. Stupid cat.โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

One of us is a morning doggo and the other definitely needs his morning coffee ๐Ÿ˜‚ do you know which is which ? ๐Ÿ˜‰Credit Go...
02/02/2025

One of us is a morning doggo and the other definitely needs his morning coffee ๐Ÿ˜‚ do you know which is which ? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

Ok, so I know itโ€™s a little warm outside. But itโ€™s coolInside and I asked momma to turn on de โ€˜lectrical fireplace so I ...
02/02/2025

Ok, so I know itโ€™s a little warm outside. But itโ€™s cool
Inside and I asked momma to turn on de โ€˜lectrical fireplace so I can see why BooBoo and Elrod lubs it so. O Tayโ€ฆโ€ฆdis is gweat, I gets it now!๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teet...
02/02/2025

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.
I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.
I missed you as I ordered lunch and as I kicked off my shoes when I got home; as I switched off the lights and climbed into bed for the night.
I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare.
But oh how I felt it.
I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.
I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sitting heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.
Yes, I missed you so quietly today.
But I felt it so loudly.
*****
Becky Hemsley 2024
โ€˜Quietlyโ€™ is a newer poem

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Street musician James Bowen kissing the Bronze sculpture of his beloved Cat Bob located in Islington NorthLondon ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ˜ฝCredi...
02/02/2025

Street musician James Bowen kissing the Bronze sculpture of his beloved Cat Bob located in Islington NorthLondon ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ˜ฝ

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Some cool rocks on the Blodgett Canyon Trail. This photo was at the beginning of the hike. It was beautiful, warm and su...
02/02/2025

Some cool rocks on the Blodgett Canyon Trail. This photo was at the beginning of the hike. It was beautiful, warm and sunny. 5 miles in the weather turned and it dropped almost 20 degrees, it rained, and got really windy. Canโ€™t even begin to tell you how happy we were to get back to the van and warm up!
6/15/24

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Cutting up some treats to send them all outside to hunt for them in the snow. โ›„๏ธ Harper grace is trying to negotiate som...
02/02/2025

Cutting up some treats to send them all outside to hunt for them in the snow. โ›„๏ธ Harper grace is trying to negotiate some freebies ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

Nipsey jumped up in my lap looked me in my eyes and said "When I grow up I want to be a lion" ๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ธCredit Goes To The Respe...
02/02/2025

Nipsey jumped up in my lap looked me in my eyes and said "When I grow up I want to be a lion" ๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ธ

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

I left my patio door open while I was sweeping the patio and at one point I get a little paranoid thinking Sianna might ...
02/02/2025

I left my patio door open while I was sweeping the patio and at one point I get a little paranoid thinking Sianna might have snuck by me (i live on the ground floor), I call Sianna and she doesn't come. Obviously I get a little more paranoid so I start looking everywhere practically tearing up my house. I go in the kitchen thinking she's just napping on top of the freezer as usual. You guys.....why do I hear her mewing in the cabinet. She almost gave me a heart attack. I dont even know how she got in there.

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

Huey: welpโ€ฆ.my mommy habs gone to mommas house to watch dey show. I guess Iโ€™ll be de one starbing to deff dis week!!! ๐Ÿฅฒโค...
02/01/2025

Huey: welpโ€ฆ.my mommy habs gone to mommas house to watch dey show. I guess Iโ€™ll be de one starbing to deff dis week!!! ๐Ÿฅฒโค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿพ

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

Well Mom and Dad left this morning for a quick trip to NYC. They will be back by early afternoon on Friday. They are goi...
02/01/2025

Well Mom and Dad left this morning for a quick trip to NYC. They will be back by early afternoon on Friday. They are going to see the musical Hamilton as well as visit one of our brothers who lives in Brooklyn. We were NOT happy to see them packing and loading stuff into the car ๐Ÿคฌ It was obvious that this was not going to be one of our family trips to Florida ๐Ÿ˜”

Our pet sitter Lindsay is already here with us, so we are in excellent hands ๐Ÿฅฐ

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

Meet my as***le cat Harley Quinn. So I broke down and bought the $700 litter robot a few months ago and I was worried ab...
02/01/2025

Meet my as***le cat Harley Quinn. So I broke down and bought the $700 litter robot a few months ago and I was worried about my cats adapting. Well this nosey heffer is obsessed with it and runs to look inside it every time it starts cleaning so it senses her and stops. Itโ€™s WiFi enabled and has an app on my phone so I get hundreds of alerts a day saying it has stopped due to motion detection. Best money I ever spent if I can get her to leave it alone. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

This is Chuck. We bought Chuck a bouquet of roses to celebrate 1000 people reacting to his personal loathing of all of y...
02/01/2025

This is Chuck. We bought Chuck a bouquet of roses to celebrate 1000 people reacting to his personal loathing of all of you in this group and his self-proclaimed fandom heโ€™s been experiencing due to this. Upon receiving roses yesterday, we went to sleep and awoke to see that Chuck had decided they werenโ€™t good enough and he deserved better than a simple bouquet of roses. The vase lay on its side, water on table and roses shredded. We donโ€™t deserve Chuck. None of you do.

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

I always think my dogs are probably annoying to all my neighbors and we try to be considerate as possible...this one car...
02/01/2025

I always think my dogs are probably annoying to all my neighbors and we try to be considerate as possible...this one car stops in front of our house every single day and honks to call the dogs outside into the front yard. Today I went over to introduce myself and they had their paralyzed senior dachshund in the front seat. They told me that this is the highlight of his day to take a ride around the block and come see my dogs. He was sitting on his daddyโ€™s lap so happy and barking back at them...made my day โค๏ธ

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The last leg of our trip prior to getting to Miami was very late and our seats got shuffled around. Usually Snow lays on...
02/01/2025

The last leg of our trip prior to getting to Miami was very late and our seats got shuffled around. Usually Snow lays on the ground, due to the change of seats he was unable to fit and they allowed him to lay across his seats.

The entire plane was laughing and phones were all out as Snow was intensely watching the flight attendant performing the safety speech. The flight attendant was laughing so hard, saying Snow was his best passenger because he was actually listening! ๐Ÿคฃโค๏ธ

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[๐˜‹๐˜” ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ]

JOY AND BECOMING EASILY PLEASEDTodayโ€™s prompt in my journal is beautiful in its simplicity and as with all things that p...
02/01/2025

JOY AND BECOMING EASILY PLEASED

Todayโ€™s prompt in my journal is beautiful in its simplicity and as with all things that promote feelings of contentment, peace and happinessโ€ฆsimple is key, so I thought Iโ€™d share with you allโ€ฆ

โ€œWrite down three things that bring you joy?

The best pursuit I have ever undertaken in this life, bar none, is to learn to become easily pleased. I watched those who already are (and especially my own sister who has a natural flair for it), and did what they do.

They SEE.

They see what is around them, the beauty of this life we are gifted.

They focus on the rewards, the treats, and build their busy or stressful days around the little pockets of peace and hope for joy.

These days, I can become extremely excited by a sunrise, even when school run chaos abounds, my work is not done and my to-do list calls. I am always hopeful and delighted by the prospect of lovely food at every meal opportunity of the day.

I can spend all afternoon working away, with joy in my peripheral vison, simply for a TV show my husband I are watching, and even bedtime is like tickets to a sold-out show I canโ€™t wait to go to.

I look forward to, and let myself BE, in all the little moments.

The big things, when they come, are just bonus material to a life well lived. I donโ€™t hanker after them or need them at all.

So, on that note, three of the MANY things that never ever fail to bring me joy (because I allow them to).

THE LIGHTโ€ฆ sunrises, sun sets, winter sunshineโ€ฆthe daily show Mother Nature gives us and even when itโ€™s not visible, the knowledge it is there, waiting behind clouds, and will be back soon.

MY ANIMALSโ€ฆ they are sent to teach us what life and love is and how to just BE.

BEDTIMEโ€ฆ when my beautiful little family have given their all to another day and we are tucked up safe in our home together.

What about you?

Donna

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Read page 9 from Wild Hope (joy chose you) and page 181 from Growing Brave (joy comes back) for extra immersion on this topic.

(It is not too late to begin journalling with me on my groups (daily pages (insta), journalling with Donna ashworth (facebook) and daily pages (substack).

Feb 1st is a perfect time and the book is still on sale till tomorrow only).

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