Farewell

Our wonderful and beloved cat Gocku did not make it. He died this afternoon in my arms.
He was just too weak to recover from his recent stress. We love him and will miss him terribly.
Mario Girl has made a tribute wall hanging for us to write down the things we loved about him. He was truly a remarkable cat. He lived through more then a cat should live through. Severe asthma, a huge abscess on his head, numerous cat fights, and anaphilactic shock on many occasions.

We will miss him snuggling with us at night, and meowing at us every time he came home until we said hi. We will miss his face and his calm personality. We will miss his heavy body laying on us and his dead weight when we moved and he refused to get off. We will miss his growling at the fish 'cuz he could never get them. I will miss finding my hair ties in his food.

He was the friendliest cat ever. He always had to get to know anyone that came to visit. He was never afraid of strangers. He would run to the door whenever someone knocked or came in so that he could see them too.

1998(app.)- 2009

What does a cat & a galley princess have in common?

They both have bad teeth. Bad joke, bad pun, bad day for both.

Mario Girl got her bad tooth pulled out yesterday. We drove 2 hours to the dentist, spent 15 minutes in the office, and drove 2 hours home. Of course we did stop at Wal-Mart for 20 min. and got ice- cream at Cold Stone, and lunch at Subway. We still spent more time driving then anything else.
We do have dentists here in town but they are nowhere as good as this one. He is very kind and accommodating, the dentists here are not accommodating. She is well and promising better dental care. That is her new years resolution to be broken.



Now for the cat. Gocku our wonderful tabby cat of 11 years had to have both canine teeth on the right side pulled today.
We noticed something was wrong when we got back from Utah, but just thought that it was his asthma acting up. He wasn't eating and had lost a lot of weight while we were gone. I started him on Prednisone in hopes that he would get better. After a week he still wasn't eating much and looked really sick, and lethargic. I decided to look him over for wounds, cuz he likes to fight with cats outside a lot. I noticed that one of his teeth was missing. Actually it was broken off.
I called the vet yesterday and took him in on my way out of town. He was so dehydrated and anemic that she couldn't put him under. She tried to put him on an i.v. but he was too dehydrated even for that. She had to put fluids in him by giving him shots just under the skin and letting his body absorb it.
Today he was doing well enough to be put under. Both of his canines were decayed so she pulled them both. I wonder if they have dentures for cats (hahaha).
He is home and hiding under the computer, cuz he is over drugged, and sad.


WHAT A WEEK!!!!!

New Year, New Adventures

2008 seemed to fly by. I can't seem to remember all that happened. I will try to remember the the main points.

I started Blogging our life.
I graduated with my AS ofA.
We bought a yellow jeep. We blew two tires on our new jeep. We had to take our new jeep in to be fixed. We broke a front suspension on the new jeep. We lost a few plastic guards on the bottom of our new jeep. We got stuck and had to call a friend to get us out. We played hard and saw a lot of Carbon County we hadn't seen before.
One-Eyed Jack turned 12 and received the arronic priesthood. He has been passing the sacrament.
Mario Girl turned 7.
We went on a rafting trip in Green River Ut. Where Jenni, Ashton and I thought we were going to DIE!!!
I got called to teach the Conference talks in Relief Society. Scary
Mario Girl got a major tooth infection; story to continue into 2009.
I got a job at the High School. I love it; NO RECESS DUTY!!!!!!!
The Cap'n still working at the Hospital as a Nurse. He is really good at it.
We got Rock Band 2. It is much better than guitar hero!!!
TOG got married. It's about time!!!!

I think that those are the highlights of the year. We are hoping for another great year of fun.

Now for those pesky resolutions that I never seem to meet.

1. Stop yelling. Yes I am a yeller, but I hope to end it this year.
2. Listen better to The Cap'n. I interrupt a lot.
3. Read scriptures everyday.
4. Hold some kind of FHE. At least twice a month.
5. Attend the Temple 12 times.
6. Live my beliefs better. I have been slacking, and not living what I believe.
7. Do some kind of community service.
8. Forgive those I haven't.
9. Clean my house more. I am not a good housekeeper.
10. Finish two quilts, enter one in a show and sale it.