So that's the first bit of news.
The second bit of news is that I got a new sewing machine today! YAY! It was from my mom and grandparents, for a birthday present. I've spent a long time trying to decide on one and I finally picked a Janome-made Kenmore. It's very simple - non-computerized, basic but strong. It was the highest rated machine on every website I checked, even better than the more expensive Kenmores. I'm super duper excited and now all I need is energy to sew. And money for Halloween costume stuff. B is going to be Despereux and O is going to be a mouse from one of the Redwall books, named Cornflower. Both of those are simple - basically just the right kind of clothes (Cornflower wears a habit, actually), with mouse ears. J is going to be Spider Man. I'm doing his last because we have a Spidey costume in the dress-up - it's just way too big so he really wants me to make one. But this way if I run out of time at least he'll still have the costume.
The sewing machine cost less than mom was planning to spend, so I also got a trip to Bath and Body Works and got a lip gloss, 2 body washes (Pearberry and Vanilla Noir) and 2 body butters (Warm Vanilla Sugar and Midnight Pomegranate). MMmmmmmmm....
Now for the last bit of news.
I saved it for last because it's sad and everything else was happy. This morning we had to put our sweet kitty Pickle to sleep. Here are some pictures of her:
(This picture embodies the Agatha Christie quote, “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”)
Pickle was 12 years old and we've had her ever since we got married. She ate ribbons and cotton balls, wrecked toilet paper and threw up next to the bed. She loved Koosh balls and string and stole socks in the night. She liked to sleep under the covers and ride on shoulders. Over the past few months she's been getting skinnier and looking worse and worse - then she stopped eating and drinking. I've been able to get her to lap up tuna juice or the gravy from her cat food but she wouldn't eat the food; she wouldn't drink water and only ever occasionally took a lap of the milk I tried to give her. She seemed to be losing weight every day and last night she was having trouble breathing. I finally had to admit that it was time to let her go. For her sake, I maybe should have done it sooner but it was so hard to let go of her. When I noticed her struggling to breathe I made up my mind - I really didn't want her to suffer.
I took her in this morning and R and the kids buried her in the backyard while I was out later with my mom. I realized when I got back and it was done that I wish I'd been able to see her one more time but it's okay; I got to be with her when she passed away and I got to pet her and hold her after that for awhile. Plus she came and slept with us under the covers last night, which she hasn't done for quite awhile, and that was a great comfort. I sleep much better with a warm purring kitty snuggled up by my tummy. She hides so much during the day, I think bedtime and during the night will be the hardest times for me to adjust to her being gone. I really miss her a lot.
So that's all of the news for today. Soon I'm going to post pictures of our gigantic pumpkins and talk about the garden and update on everyone. But now I'm going to have popcorn and watch a movie with an empty lap and try not to cry about my kitty.
Oh....too late.
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