Thursday, August 7, 2014

TIME FOR A BIG DECISION

It is three weeks today since our little Precious began her final sleep.  We now have her home in a beautiful golden urn which has given us an certain amount of closure but we still miss her like crazy.

Our daughter recently suggested we should have another cat!!!  Wow, big decision to make so soon!
Phil seems to think we should go ahead and do this mainly for my sake I think, although he misses Precious as much as I do.  I've been having some quite black days and he is convinced it is mainly caused by not having a cat in our home.  I wonder if he is right.

I talked to him about it last night and said I thought perhaps I was too old to look after a cat properly as I couldn't get around much etc etc.  His reply was that I had always looked after Precious so well and "Mimsie, you have so much love to give to a cat, that you wouldn't have any problem.  We will go out to the Animal Protection Society tomorrow morning and just see what happens."


So, shortly we are off to Southern River to check out all the beautiful cats they have there.  One in particular on their Facebook page had already taken my daughter's eye but she already has two cats and the same cat took my eye as well so that could be interesting.  Will Candy like us....will we like Candy?  Will any of the cats take a fancy to us I wonder?  I asked Phil what would happen if one cat liked him and another liked me.  "Well", said he, "it will be the cat that fancies you, cos we can't have two cats at our age."  Isn't that so sweet?


Karen said the ground is somewhat uneven at APS and I will take my little walker so I don't come to grief and hope it won't frighten the cats.  Apparently there are tables and chairs where you can sit and the cats wander around and occasionally one will make itself known to you.  The lady in charge (I rang them on Tuesday) said the previous week a cat began to follow a lady around all the time she was there and that lady took that cat home.  What a delightful story.  Will that happen to us I wonder?

Will let you know the outcome of our search as soon as I know myself.  Wish us luck.

12 comments:

  1. the right furry angel will find you....

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    1. Find us she did Delores as you will see from my next post.

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  2. Mimsie, I'm with Phil on this one. Pick a winner, or a runt who wants to win, but either way GOOD LUCK!

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    1. Thanks Geo. We now have a beautiful new friend.

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  3. oh I do hope a cat chooses you Mimsie. Phil is right, you have so much love and a cat to cuddle will help a lot your black days.

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    1. Chose us she did as you will see next post. It's so lovely to have her here.

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  4. Lots and lots and lots of luck.
    We got Jewel less than a week after we lost the cat before her - because the house was empty and hurt my heart. Not a replacement - because the cats we love CANNOT be replaced. But a house without a cat isn't home to me.

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    1. So true EC and our home was indeed empty. I hope you will like our new friend.

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  5. Of I wish you lots of good wishes in your endeavour to find a furry friend to pour your love into. My daughter says the same as EC - A house without a cat isn't a home. She fosters cats and kittens and helps rehome. I think at present she has 8 in the house!
    The right cat will find you Mimsie and you it. You are not replacing Precious you are just returning the joy to your home.

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    1. Thanks Rose for those wise words. I would love more cats but at our age one has to be sensible. Back when we were in our 40s we had half a dozen and it was fantastic till a nasty old man poisoned three of them.

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  6. Hari OM
    We wait with bated breath! YAM xx

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    1. Hold your breath no longer as you will see from my next post. xx

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