Stroll Down Memory Lane this Sadieday

These photos are from five years ago today - hard to believe it was that long ago! - but we thought they were cute so wanted to share our Sadieday memories. Hope you enjoy!
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We found a new channel that we could all enjoy...

We even got to see the extended version...

Until Sadie started flipping for another channel...

But she found one that we all liked...

That tail looks fun to play with...

This channel is so realistic we can almost smell it huh Sadie? Sadie? SADIE!

Great. She went and changed the channel. With a face like her's we can't be mad though...

Hope this stroll down memory lane brought a smile to your face! Be sure to spread that smile around since you never know who's day you'll brighten with a smile!

Hope you have a Happy Sadieday and a great weekend!

Isabella and Angel

Weekend Wrap Up

We hope everybuddy had a nice, long holiday weekend!  We had an okay weekend since we were missing our sisfur Sadie so much.  She loved turkey even more than we do so it was sad she wasn't here with us but we know she is always with us in spirit.  We did have a smile on our face on Sadieday because of Sasha and Gizmo's Sadieday stroll here.  We loved seeing those happy woofies strolling on Sadieday!

Yesterday though, our neighbor's 17 year old dog had to go to the Rainbow Bridge but we didn't know until Pepper's dad drove her away and her mom fell to her knees in their driveway wailing and sobbing.  Our mommy recognized that pain so figured out what happened and went outside to comfort her.  They both ended up sitting in the driveway hugging and bawling.  All the other neighbors probably thought they were bonkers since they didn't know what was going on but we're glad Mommy was there for her since she knows how Pepper's mom feels.

Anyway, we did get a lot done this weekend.  We helped make a tennis bracelet, some Tortie (tigers eye) earrings and also a necklace in memory of a special Mancat...

Don't worry, we also got in plenty of naps whenever we could...

We're going to have another busy week because our Grandpa is coming on Friday so we will be getting ready for him to come spoil visit us!

We hope your week is a good one!

Angel  

PeeS:  We'll be putting Mommy's BeadedTail shop on vacation December 3rd-7th so if you'd like a custom item before Christmas, please let us know before December 2nd.  Thank you! 

Memories of my Sisfur

We're overwhelmed with all the support we've received after our sisfur Sadie's journey to the Rainbow Bridge.  Thank you to everybuddy who's left comments or sent us emails and kept us in your thoughts.  We're so glad that Sadie was able to share her sweet spirit with everybuddy through our blog. She really was a special girl and she was a very good woofie sisfur and also my buddy.  Isabella would just sit next to her and stare at her or sniff her feet which drove her bonkers but she and I got along really well although on the first day I became her sisfur, she was a little unsure of me...

 I won her over in just two days though...

 Sadie and I had a little competition about who could go upstairs the fastest.  If I headed for the stairs, she always tried to beat me and if she made the first move towards the stairs, I tried to beat her.  Let's just say that sometimes I let her win but not very often!  Most of the time we would hang out together looking out the windows.  I was looking for birdies and she was on the lookout for introoder neighbor cats...

 Since she's crossed the bridge, I'll go to the window and look around for her to come up beside me but then I remember that she's now in my heart so is always with me whether I'm looking out the window or racing up the stairs.  I miss having her here and am spending a lot of time in Mommy's arms since we both need comforting.   I couldn't have asked for a better woofie sisfur and although my time with her was too short, I'm grateful to have spent so many happy times with her.

Hope you make some happy memories today,

Angel

Angel Kitties

Recently our mommy found that Laura from The Cat in the Clover was making Cat Angels and she thought they were a wonderful way to remember the kitties who came before us so she ordered a Panther and a Reebok angel kitty.

Reebok and Panther were Mommy and Daddy's kitties before us. Reebok was a grey kitty and Panther had long black fur so Laura picked fabrics to resemble their furs and also made their eyes green. She also put cute little hearts on them and of course their name on ribbons too!

Of course since they are angel kitties they have wings and halos.

Okay, I admit, I had to test out the halos once or twice but they are true angel kitties because the halos would not come off!

Mommy loves her Panther and Reebok angel kitties (so she keeps them out of our reach). Thank you Laura for making these lovely ways to remember the kitties who've crossed The Bridge!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Isabella

Disclaimer: No cute angel kitties were harmed or bitten in this photo shoot even though it was very tempting.

Stroll on Sadieday

It's Sadieday and since it's also Memorial Day weekend, today's stroll will be down memory lane. I haven't always been the only dog in our household, I used to have a big sisfur named KC. Mommy and daddy adopted KC in 1993 as a 2 month old puppy so she was 7 years old when I joined the family in 2001.

It didn't take long for me to be bigger than her though.

KC liked the beach and ran all around with me but she never got in the water. She also loved to chase seagulls and when she got older she lost her hearing so one time she chased the seagulls and kept on going down the beach following the seagulls because she couldn't hear Daddy calling for her. He had to run way down the beach to get her. Ha roo roo!

Even though she was a black chow mix, her hair turned red at the ends.

KC was stubborn but she was very friendly and loved everybody she met and she was a good big sisfur. She crossed the bridge on August 29, 2007 at age 14. We all still miss her very much.

Thank you for taking a stroll down memory lane with me! I hope you enjoyed meeting my big sisfur KC. Be sure to remember your loved ones this weekend!

Hope you have a wonderful Sadieday!

EtsyBlogger of the Month - Memories For Life SB

I was so excited to see that Edi from Memories For Life Scrapbooks was chosen to be the EtsyBlogger of the month! Why? Because I had just finished putting photos in a beautiful Custom Word Album that she made for me and couldn't wait to share!

I had purchased a word album from Edi as a gift for my husband to put in photos of our first dog together (and his first dog ever!). Midnight was a black chow mix and had a red collar so I just asked her to use the colors red and black and this is what she made!

She customized it further by putting in her name, her birthday and the day she crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We lost Mitty too soon to tongue cancer.

Edi put cute little embellishments in it such as quotes...

and stickers. There's room for 16 photos in this album and although it was hard going through all of Midnight's pictures, it's wonderful having them in such a cute album that we can enjoy and see her smiling face! And remember the funny things she did like sit in the planter at the edge of the deck.

She loved to travel so I had to include a photo of her and her daddy at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. We both love the album, thank you so much Edi! Be sure to check out her shop and her blog for more of her great work! She certainly helps you create Memories for Life!

World Cat Day 2009!

Let us all celebrate ~ World Cat Day.
Celebrate kitties in your own special way.
Those here and near, and those now above,
all the kitties so dear, all the kitties we love.

August 8th has special meaning to me for two reasons. For one, it's my 21st wedding anniversary. (Happy Anniversary J!) In addition, it would have been the 21st birthday of our cats Reebok and Panther. Since it's World Cat Day, today's post is in memory of Reebok

and Panther.

Reebok and Panther were orphaned when they were just a few weeks old after their momma was hit by a car in the alley near our house in Topeka, KS. One morning when I went outside I heard their tiny mews so went towards the sound. Two itty bitty kittens came running out from under a bush. Of course I took them inside, gave them our cat Tiger's canned food but they just pushed it around on the plate with their noses - they didn't know how to eat and I didn't know what to do! I called my mom and she brought over KMR Kitten Formula and bottles and we proceeded to bottle feed them. Reebok got her name because she was so tiny she slept inside a pair of sneakers. Panther was named because she was a black poof ball of a kitten.

In 1998, Reebok was diagnosed with kidney failure so we had to give her IV fluids every day. She remained happy and strong until we lost her to cancer in 2001. The picture of her in the bag was taken on her last day. She loved bags and we let her enjoy one for the last time.

Panther was a cat that only liked me so she hid most of the time unless she was sitting on my lap. After moving to Oregon in 2003, she seemed to thrive and was out a lot more and occasionally let others pet her if I was around. She was truly a cat who could say "I'm not fat, I'm fluffy" because she only weighed 5 lbs. She was very happy and seemed so healthy but on the day after my birthday in 2006, Panther died unexpectedly of fluid in her lungs. In addition to Reebok and Panther, I'm celebrating all my cats who have crossed the Bridge including Sugar, Pepper, Mikie, Tiger, and my mom's cat Jessi. And of course I celebrate my cats who are with us now, Angel and Isabella! All my cats have brought great joy to my life and I love them all!

Happy Birthday Reebok and Panther!

Be sure to celebrate your cat today and give them a big ol' hug!

Angel says treats would be nice too!

Memories...

The current EtsyBloggers Blog Carnival hosted by TiLT Creations is a choice between the following:

1)Tell about your favorite birthday memory, gift or wish...

-OR-

2) Show & tell: Summer line - what you will be making/showing in your shop this summer...

My favorite birthday memory occurred many years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. For my 8th birthday, my parents decided I could get a puppy! It was to be a surprise so I wasn't told where my dad was taking me on my birthday but it was supposed to be a place that had puppies they were giving away. By the time we got there, however, there were no puppies left and I had also figured out what was going on. My dad knew that since I was now expecting a puppy for my birthday, he needed to do what he could to find me a puppy so he took me to the humane society to look around. I remember looking in all the cages and not seeing the perfect dog for me and then there was this one cage where a lady and her daughter were standing in front of discussing the dog inside. I waited patiently for them to move on and as soon as they did, this is what I saw...

I immediately knew I found my birthday present! I named her Spice since I had a cat Sugar at home already (get it? Sugar & Spice? What can I say, I was only 8 years old!). Spice was a wonderful dog who loved to go on car rides and loved to go boating with us. She also got along well with Sugar and the other cats who followed - Pepper and Mikey. Spice lived to be 18 years old and this is a picture of her in her later years.

Spice was certainly a special birthday present and I'll never forget her! Thanks for sharing the memories with me! I hope you have wonderful birthday memories too!