Archive February 4, 2014

We lost Cosmo kitty last night and I noticed a swollen glad on my dog Coffee’s neck. I took her to the vet today and noticed more swollen glands. They did biopsies. We don’t know if it is just inflammation because of something like and allergy or if it is the start of cancer. She had her teeth cleaned and some removed eight weeks ago. This was not there. So hopefully whatever it is we caught it early.
Waiting its terrible. I can’t tell you how many times I have waited for results, doctor’s tests, diagnosis’s, appointments with specialists. I a, so tired of living with th constants knot in my stomach and the not knowing what the results will be. It’s hell and it seems as time goes on it get worse. Waiting……

Coffee swinging in the yard. She loves to swing.

It never fails to amaze me how in the blink of an eye life can change. Your whole world can be turned upside down and a big empty space is left there. The world keeps passing you by and yet you are at a standstill. I have been here too many times before. A life changing event.
We lost our Cosmo Creampuff today. He was brought home for the shelter 14 years ago. For nine years he had diabetes and insulin shots twice a day. It was not easy on him but he just kept hanging in there. We will miss him so much.

When Cosmo first became diabetic, and cats will developed this disease between 8-10 years old, we committed to giving him his shots daily. They have to be given on time without much variation so that meant our personal lives had to be shifted. Having a diabetic cats is not for everyone but we tried our best. Took him in for blood sugar readings and to the cat ophthalmologist for eye treatments. We are not sorry we did but it’s a personal choice.

Cosmo after many years with diabetes. He just kept fighting.

Yes you can make any day a special day. It’s an easy way to cheer up your life. This day we used to learn about Puxatauny Phil and eat ground hog cupcakes. Made out of chocolate cake, a nutter butter cookie, and crushed ores cookies for the “shadow”. And yes a few times every month we would put on hats or costumes and celebrate! Celebrate other cultures or or own.

One of my former students in a ground hog costume. I took pictures of the kids several times a month and at the end of the year they would get a memory book of their photos thru the year. AND LOOK AT THAT GEOUND HOG CUPCAKE I MADE, Yummmmmm

I taught many Asian children so we would celebrate Chinese New Year with Chinese food, decorations of dragons and watching Mulan on the television. Chinese New Year Celebration was always a good day. I really miss that about working I a. Multi cultural classroom…celebrating and learning about the different cultures in the world. The kids taught me as much as I taught them.

It’s the last day of January, my birthday month. I actually did my blog for a whole month faithfully. I committed to it and just did it. Carole, who was my teachers aide for 20 years, part time, usually for an hour here and there because there is no assistants for teachers in Milwaukee Public Schools, in a school as small as mine was with no budget. Anyway the two of us go on resaling adventures. Today it was West Bend and Slinger. It’s always fun to go find new trash to treasures, especially when I find a good chair to refurbish into fun furniture.

The snowflake chair!

My cousins Wilma made this quilt for me, it came a s a surprise a few years ago. I decided to do the whole room around it. My bedroom, to be exact. Two walls are pale blue, two are dark orchid and I put violet wallpaper border up that brings the two colors together. I then added Wilma’s quilt to the wall. We lost Wilma the day before Thanksgiving. I have nice memories of her and my Great Aunt Mamie, Wilma’s mother. They lived in California and I got to meet them twice in California and a few times at family gatherings in Arkansas, where my family is from. This quilt will always be special.

I have decided to do something I have never done before, used color blocking and do the whole apartment in different shades of beige/ mocha color added with burgundy. I was watching Martha Stewart and she said , “Paint is wonderful, if you hate it just paint over it.. ” so I will proceed and see how it goes. My hallways will be different shades of chololate ice cream with white. The living room will ivory and burgundy and the kitchen mocha and burgundy. We will see if it will all come together. I found a great winterberry matted painting at a resale store so I am using the winterberry theme in the living room and kitchen.

My color blocked hallway. I am looking for a new rug to replace the old one. But the walls are good

Momma you’ve been gone 20 years. I miss you like it was yesterday.

I have had a hard time this week. I have been sad because a relative was not nice to me and it was all over a mistake. I just feel bad because of it.

This is the second time in the last few months that misunderstandings caused rifts in my liFe. Everyone deserves to be heard and to explain the situation before drastic actions are taken or bad words said, that you can never take back.

WHEN SOMEONE IS NASTY AND TREATS YOU POORLY, DONT TAKE IT PERSONALLY. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT YOU BUT A LOT ABOUT THEM.

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I love how my Halloween jack o lantern table and chair set turned out.

I have been working on the house slowly. My main colors are burgendy and beige. The hallway is beige and white. I really like how it turned out. Now I need to get rid of the clutter. I think all teachers have clutter and piles of they they have to do and piles of projects to be put together for thing they want to do for their students.