Happy New Year!

No goals here just have fun!

already took a nap today lol! After 2 evening shift, late in bed early out bed i was so tired, still am. Been in my pj most of the day, i had to leave to house to get something otherwise pj all day. Back in them now and i am debating shall i go to bed now 8:25pm or a wee bit later

I just did the group ping so I wouldn't forget anyone. Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that 2025 is full of love, laughter, and good vibes for everyone. I don't make resolutions. They're too easy to break. I just try to do what feels right and hope it all turns out ok.

I'm glad everyone liked their gifts. I had a lot of fun picking them out and stuffing them under the trees.

My hand is getting better and better although it's still rather stiff. I'm trying to work that out by typing. It's working but it's also emphasing the soreness. :D ❤

- Welcome! Pull up a chair and jump into the conversation!

Hugs to everyone. ❤

I just got back from my Mom's house. Been there from December 28th to today.

I am tired. Was great seeing mom and my two siblings. Ethan is now married so that's exciting. Him and his wife will have a wedding in the future. But they are legally married =D

The stress of traveling with four birds made both Brian and myself decide we're going to have them stay somewhere else next time. A pet store we go to boards pets so we'll do that next time.

Birds are very happy to finally be able to roam free again XD

Hi all. Hope everyone had a good holiday, Lumi and beginning to the new year. I'm still in my funk. But we did have a nice Christmas.

I also don't make resolutions.

Welcome to KS and to subeta. I'll send you an invite to the group. We do most of our chatting here and then monthly, seasonal, event related stuff in the group forum. if you have any questions just ask away. Everyone here is very friendly and helpful.

How nice to get to visit and have a good time. Wow traveling with pets can be hard. I imagine birds might be esp so. But so great to be home. :)

, Thanks for telling me about Kindred spirits! What type of Cats do you have? Are any of them total snuggle bunnies, if so I envy you!!

I work from home. So essentially I am at my work, LOL. Thanks for making me feel welcome! 3 Cats, you are busy. I used to do CNA work before I started working from home. I now have almost 2 years old, i say this because my poor Abby RIP passed away in 2023, she was 18 years old she was my snuggle baby get up on shoulders while i work, Abby was born in my hands. She was a ragdoll/Siamese. Luna hardly lets me pet her. I wonder if cats can have a form of Autism. So I hope to get another kitty in 2025, even if i need to go with a 2 plus year old that is a snuggle bunny i so miss that!

You are kind to make this newcomer feel so welcome!

Thanks for doing all you do here and being so informative!

I am looking for new friends, so I appreciate any requests. I would like to help people with sticker albums etc, we can help each other.

Had a day full of appointments. My nasal issues are the usual and mom is working well with her aural therapist. We had snow yesterday and rain today.

I have a bunny to ignore me instead.

travel with pets is so difficult. Glad you are home.

glad it is improving.

I hope you are feeling better, I think I am getting a touch of bronchitis which leads to severe asthma so I called off work at home for the last 2 days, I am going to urgent care today and get zpack so the asthma does not flare up. Its terrible having Ailments. You are awesome to take care of your mom!

Thanks :)

I know Jorah enjoyed his time on vacation as he laid two eggs. He had fun showing his eggs off to everyone xD

oh i wish i could so that sometimes... work from home but i can't. Can't was, give meds etc trough a pc hahaha lol

I have 1 of the 3 that loves to snuggle with me the other 2 can't be botherd so i can understand that. I hope you find/get a nice kitty this year.

yay for doing better!

Hello and welcome!

I also am blessed to to work from home. I have 3 cats and 2 dogs. Various fish and hoping to get chickens soon...maybe...

Hi all, we did a lot of family stuff yesterday. I got to see hubbys 96 year old granny, she's so wonderful! I missed her so much. She is not doing well, we're thinking alzheimers may be setting in, this is very recent and really bugging us. She used to be so spry in her early 90s...people were just amazed, now it seems her body is fighting her. It's absolutely heartbreaking.

As the days go, I'll be forced to return to work soon, BOO!

So happy to hear you're feeling at least a little bit better <3

Congratulations to your brother and his wife! So glad you were able to enjoy family time for the holiday!

Travelling with animals can be so exhausting lol. It certainly can make the "vacation" a lot less relaxing lol. It's so hard to leave anyone behind though. We just booked our anniversary trip and while the kitties will stay home and be watched by friends, the pups are all coming with (again). We love to stay in a cabin in the mountains (same are we stayed on our honeymoon) and have found a single cabin that has an actual 10ft privacy fence and that will give us special permission to bring all our dogs lol. So we stay in the same one every time we go. It's kinda nice though, it's like a little vacation home of our own except it's not ours haha. But yeah, at this point we've travelled with a hoard of dogs and cats so many times that we're expert packers. Haven't ever had to do birds though, which I can imagine has a lot of considerations both in the travel and in the time spent in another place! Small, flighty birds make me anxious because they can be so quick and get into impossible to reach places!

So sorry you're still in a funk. I get that though. I've learned that sometimes I need to listen to my body and heart, and if I'm in a funk maybe it's telling me something. Instead of being frustrated or blaming myself I ask myself what I need, and then I try to honor that. Let me know if I can do anything to bring you some encouragement or joy!

You're welcome! I'm glad you joined, I think you'll really enjoy the group! Here are some photos of my babies!

Jen's Kitties

Takota

Kaiju

Cranberry

Quenya

I got very lucky, they're all cuddly and playful (though to different degrees)! Takota is my oldest, he's 12.5y. He likes to lay down against you or in front of you and get pets and he loves belly scratches! Kaiju is almost 10y. He's a bit spazzy at times but is obsessed with my husband and will follow him around and loves to snuggle in his lap. I'm runner up in his heart for sure, but he'll still seek out cuddles or at least attention from me. He likes to affectionately / playfully kick at and bite hands if you give him belly rubs but he's gentle about it. Cranberry and Quenya are the babies. Cranny is just over 1y now and Q is 6m. Cranny loves to play fetch and she has the cutest sounds I've ever heard. She likes to lay on my chest and purr, but will also settle at the foot of the bed or go lay in her tree. Q is the true cuddler. She has such a funny sound she makes and she loves to be held. She likes to get on my chest and headbutt me for kisses, then she does a fully body flop where she goes upside down and purrs loudly. She likes to go explore and loves to play, but she will always come back and seek out attention. If I don't move she'll stay there for an hour easily lol.

I hope you're feeling okay and the sick doesn't get worse!

I hope the nasal issues get resolved! What kind of bunny do you have?! I love bunnies. I have had five through my life and they are just the best. I miss my girl Fable SO much.

I'm so glad you got to see granny! I'm sorry she's not doing well. My grandparents have all passed now, my grandfather passed last year and he was the last of my grandparents. Thankfully he was healthy overall until his last few months, and my Dad was able to go be with him towards the end. I think he had a lot more peace in the last few years of his life than the first 91 of them. My hubby's grandfather seems to be developing Alzheimers or a related memory loss issue. It can be so hard to watch. I hope granny maintains peace and awareness <3

We do too, but we also fear it's possible the end is near as it seems she's hallucinating as well sometimes. We've seen that in previous loved ones as it got close to "their time" but we will pray that she can maintain awareness enough to not suffer at the end.

She has already stated that she wants to *** to a close relative, which is horrible to hear but, they do say that He makes us feel like it is less desirable to be in the "living" world so we are OK leaving.

Oof, that is incredibly painful. I am so sorry. I hadn't thought about it before, but I guess it can be a gift in a bittersweet way - to the individual because the body and this world become less appealing and feel less "right" so the transition is more welcome and comforting, and to their loved ones because those words can help them to remember that suffering has been stopped / prevented. Praying for you and your family <3

Yes it hurts but we know she has a gift waiting on her when she leaves this silly body. We know we will see her again and she'll be pain free and happy all the time again.

Thank you so much for your kindness!

Thank you everyone for the well wishes. ❤ I've decided that I'm not going to be sick or injured any longer. I'm tired of it. It seems like every post I make is some kind of update on an increasing or decreasing state of illness/injury. I'm done with that. From here out I'm going to try to have nothing but optimistic, realistic posts. I hate the way I feel like illness/injury has taken over my life. That's it, I'm done, no more. New Year, new way of looking at things. Now, if I can only get it to work... 😂

- I'm sorry you're feeling poorly. I hope you feel better soon. I'm glad your mum is working well with her therapist.

- I can totally understand being in a funk. Hugs

- Aging is such a frightening prospect. On one end you can't help but do it and it does all sorts of unhappy things to your body without your permission. I hope your granny is just having a small episode and is back to her happy self soon. Hugs

- How do you have the energy to do all of that. I mean to care for all the animals plus yourself and hubby? Plus you've had to deal with 2 hurricanes this year. I would be like quadruple exhausted if I tried doing any of what you do.

- I'd like to get a kitty, too but hubby won't let me. He thinks I'll accidentally step on it and fall over. Wait, nope, I'm not talking about illness or injury any more. Wow. That didn't even take one post before I broke it. I'm doomed. 😂 😆

- How are you doing, hon? Hugs

- congrats to your brother and his wife. I was wondering where you'd gotten off to. :D

Girl, you never know, you might could speak it into existence! Being optimistic, and positive is always good!

Thank you for you kind words about her, she is a special lady. She has a special place in my heart. She didn't care for my husbands ex-wife at all, in fact no one on his side of the family was unhappy with her. The first time we met after eating she told me how sweet and kind I was and how she never liked the "exhole" to begin with. You know a woman who's been around has no filter and knows all the things. It made me feel really good she could see me for who I was so quickly and that she loved me. Plus she's the momma of my late father-in-law, so it makes me feel good I think he would have loved me a lot too if he would have been around God rest his soul. She even asked if she could hug me that first time because "exhole" wouldn't let folks hug her...which I totally understand as an introvert but when your significant others granny asks for a hug, you oblige!

She is such a sassy lady, she would tell me who she liked and didn't it was so funny, she didn't care.

- I love people who have no filter. They always speak the purest form of the truth. You always know where you stand with them, too. I've had a couple of old, wise ones tell me that they don't like me but they respect me because I took their unfiltered truth the way it was intended and didn't completely break down over it. I love old people. especially old AND cranky people. They are a treasure totalk to and so much fun to be around. they always tell you who's the naughty ones in the group and who is worth getting to know. Then again, I think they're all worth getting to know because they all have such interesting viewpoints on history that we completely lose when we lose them. I hope you have many more conversations with your granny and she gives you many more hugs. Hugs ❤

Oh goodness, yeah currently my MIL has me on her crap list, well I was honest with her and she didn't want to hear it. I couldn't seem to hold it in anymore. I love speaking with older folks, their stories of childhood and how things used to be in the 'olden" days just makes me happy.
Yes it's terribly sad that lots of things will soon die out and be faded memories of a time lost. It hurts me to know we can't get that back.

I firmly believe that I should have been born earlier than I was, I am a very old soul.

I pray I do as well, thank you very much. hugs back