Parting.

March 24th, 2009

dream

Things have been crazy busy lately that we’ve hardly had the time to sit down and just relax! Sorry for the lack of posts.

Tomorrow we have to part with our newest member of the family, little Connie. She’s not going away for a while, but forever and I am most saddened by it all, as is Nay and everyone else. We got her as a rescue dog to keep our elderly Labrador, Hattie company. They got along fine for a while until they would start to fight. It was occasional at first, so we just shrugged it off until it started to happen every day and the fights would get worse to try and split up, they would sink their teeth into one another and just not stop, even when we’d throw a chair between them and shout at them to stop. They have been living in separate rooms for months now and the house feels like a prison because of having to keep the doors shut. They had a huge fight a few weeks back when Connie found Hattie in the kitchen and we were going to send Connie back. We came around and thought we’d give her 2 more strikes and then she’d be out. We phoned the shelter for behaviour advice and they phoned back asking for Connie to be returned. Tomorrow Connie leaves us for a better future with a family that can give her more than we can. This is no life for her, being shut in and not being allowed to roam. It’s going to break my heart to hug her goodbye, I adore her so much. She’ll jump up so I can catch her and swing her around and I love the way she sits and says please to everything. I hate seeing her so happy here, I wish she was miserable so all of this would be easier. But this is for the best and we’ll always remember her, always. I just hope for the sake of her sweet heart, she’ll be put in a home where she can stay.

Rant over. I feel better for getting that off my chest.

It is my baby sister’s 14th birthday today, but she is in Germany and it feels so weird not having her around to share the day with. Nay and I went out for lunch with Mum which was lovely. She wanted to take her mind off missing her on her birthday, so we all toasted her and had a fantastic meal.

I’m having trouble finding direction for this blog. I keep thinking about what I should really focus on blogging about. I love finding little photos and nitpicks around the place, but I also love to post quirky products and recipes. I like typing whatever I like, so for the time being I shall keep on doing so until I can sort out my ideas more.

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At least Spring is finally here.

Comments

  1. lucklys
    March 25th, 2009 at 01:55:14

    i’m so sorry to hear about your dogs fighting and you having to give one of them up. that’s just as bad as having one pass away, and i’m sure hurts just as much. hopefully she’ll be placed with a family that cares for her as much as you do.

    that’s also very thoughtful of you to toast to your sister’s birthday. my little sister is going to be 14 in october. it’s hard to believe she’s grown so much and every year i wish she would just stop growing.

    if it’s any consolation, i enjoy your blog just the way it is :)

  2. Kitty Kleyn
    March 26th, 2009 at 15:54:12

    Thank you so much for the kind words, they really picked me up!

    I know how you feel about the baby sister thing. You’ll never stop seeing them as the tiny tots they were and it makes you feel so old to see them growing up, putting on make up and going out all the time! I’m not old enough yet to be old!


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