An Afternoon With Amber and Our Cats are BACK!!

 I used to skip breakfast any time I wanted to - but not any more.

Here the last several months, I need to eat either before I take my medicine or soon after.

It's not that I take any more medicine than I have been or that it's even different medicine.

I think age is telling my body what to do or no to do and that it now requires something in the stomach for those pills, vitamins and such to land on!

A bagel with strawberry cream cheese and a handful of fresh strawberries makes a good, quick and easy morning meal! My Blueberry Crumble coffee made it even better!

I had an errand to run this morning and then I headed over to Amber's to spend the afternoon.

Look who met me at the door!!!

My Sweet Samantha!

Amber was making a really good pasta salad with peas, chicken, onions, feta cheese and some nice dressings!!! It was delicious!!!

Amber's been cooking for two this week while the children are at church camp and this was last night's supper with enough left over to make a plate for today's lunch.

A candle was burning and the quilts were on the sofa so we ate in the living room and watched ....

one of the first episodes of the FBI.

And since it was our Mother/Daughter afternoon - 

we watched a movie together!

Of course, we have seen this before and more than once - but it's still a great movie!

Summer drove in from Arkansas today and had several things to do but arrived at Amber's before I left so I was able to hug her neck and see her for a few minutes.

She's having a couple more tests done tomorrow and will be heading back to Bar-J Ranch in a few days.

Amber cut all the kitties' nails before I packed mine up to take them home with me.

She did Tabitha first and I was impressed that she could clip all front AND back claws by herself.

I usually have to catch the kitties to do this chore but Amber has cool treats that they all love so they come willingly.

Bandit saw what was going on and walked over and got in line right behind the treat bag!

No problem!!

I lost the pic I took of Amber cutting Samantha's nails but she didn't put up any kind of fuss!

Then there was Ginger!!

She came from the same litter as Tabitha and Samantha - but Ginger has an attitude!

Still, Amber is the boss!

I know the cats enjoy being at the Bells but it's time for them to come home.

They will going back over there in August when we go to New Mexico for a week.

As I was driving out of Amber's neighborhood, I asked the cats if they were ready to go home.

Tabitha replied, "NOOOOOOOahhhhhh!"

Louis Dean was so happy to see them!!

He opened up Tabitha's kennel first.....

And then Samantha - but she was facing the other end thinking I was going to unzip that side.

Ah!!! It's so good to have them back!

They have been running around and exploring things.

So much has changed since they've been gone.

All this new carpet and different smells and the living room rug in the sewing room now and some rooms in disarray.

I think they are the luckiest cats ever!

So many people love them and they get to live in three different places!

The country. The city. The Bells!

Win! WIN!!!