Meet Maddie!!! Our New Kitty!

This is our sweet Maddie!!!

This morning I woke up all alone in the house!

Louis Dean had spent the night in Quadville to help Amber.

That first sip of morning coffee is such a delicious pleasure!

Usually when Louis Dean and I are apart - we STILL have coffee together!

We call each other and then sit and visit over that first cup.

I called him this morning but he didn't answer.

I had coffee alone.......

Come to find out - Granddad had taken all the quads downstairs and fed them breakfast - as in bacon and eggs and fruit and toast - all before Amber even woke up!

Granted, he does not do diapers windows! He told me that he explained to the quads that Mommy would change their diapers later but right now they were going to eat!

He DID call me later and we had that SECOND cup of coffee together!

I told him I was going to the animal shelter to look at a cat I saw online.

Her name is MADDIE and she is a WHITE cat!!

Just as MAGGIE was!!!

Maggie died a few months ago and I felt God was telling me NOW was the time to find my next sweet kitty!! I had planned to wait until after the holidays but for some reason I knew I needed to meet Maddie!!!

I cleaned up the guest room in preparation for bringing her home.

The guest room used to be Amber's room and that's where all of our cats have 'lived.'

Amber had cats from the time she was 6 years old.

I set up the 12th Christmas Tree, changed the sheets, dusted and vacuumed before getting ready to go to the shelter. I didn't want to traumatize her by all that so I made sure the room was 'Kitty Ready' before I left.

I prayed on the way there that Maddie would still be available.

Yes!!!

Much like Maggie, Maddie was surrendered to the shelter because of a 'change in lifestyle.'

Maggie's previous owners had moved out of state and could not take her with them. 

I think it was love at first sight! For BOTH of us!!!

Oops! The CLAWS!!! I have never had a cat with front claws.

We always had kittens before Maggie and had them declawed on the front.

Maggie had been declawed by her previous owners on all FOUR paws!

I prayed about it and did some research right there in the 'meeting room' on my phone.

After and hour or so I knew what to do!!

I adopted her!!! In Irving, if you are a senior citizen, you can adopt a senior cat for only the $5 registration fee - as opposed to the $70-100 normal adoption fee. Maddie is a senior at 7 years 1 month old,

The only pets I have ever had have been rescue animals.

From the shelter we went straight to Petsmart to get all the frills we needed to make her welcome.

Cat mats, a cat bed, two blingy collars, treats, a brush, litter, toys, and acrylic cat nail tips!!!

These are much like acrylic nails - you clip their nails and then cover the nail with a tip using nail glue. They come in pretty colors, too!!

We set up house in the guest room. I didn't do well with the nail tips but we did settle Maddie in.

Ruth Ann and Sherry came for the last art class of the 2014 and Sherry - being the sweetheart that she is - clipped all of Maddie's claws for us! Apparently they don't get around to clipping all the cats' nails in the shelter so Maddie's had grown dangerously LONG!!!

Maddie was so patient and docile while we were cutting them.

I knew she would be PERFECT for us!!

The only true 'Tuesday' part of this day was ART!!

Ruth Ann arrived and we worked on our 2014 Santas!

We will finish them in 2015 - but they are STILL our 2014 Santas!!!

I put the final glaze on the one I will take to the Fort Worth Family Chinese Christmas Tree and rehung MY wet Santa - I always paint TWO -  on my den Santa wall and will enjoy him for the rest of the season.

I just went in to check on Maddie and I am happy to report she is settling right in.

So far she has only been in the guest room.

She hasn't met Lucy yet nor roamed the rest of the house.

All in good time!!!

The quads will be here in the morning to spend the day.

What do you want to bet that 'MADDIE' will be turning into 'MAGGIE?'

Thank  you, Lord, for our sweet Kitty!!!