Insights from The Magic Tutu

Hi Mom...
No one will read this post because I have not been here since September 2012. I want to leave a post for my little Mother whom I hope has figured out how to read my blog from Heaven.
Whilst in the hospital in January for a new knee Mom, I had a seizure that revealed a tumor growing right on top of my brain. Now I'm going thru 30 radiation + chemo pills M-F to shrink the tumor. I'm bald, puffy, semi-negative, always hungry and craving chocolate & meat. Desi & Haley have been REMARKABLE in their caregiving to me. I love them so much. Lisa prepared a pot roast yesterday which Haley then baked and brought over. I slipped and said it was a little dry in front of Haley and that hurt her feelings. I apologized and all is well. Gosh... I would love one of your apple pies right now with some melty vanilla ice cream on top. I miss you so much but at the same time am glad you can't see me looking like this... or maybe you can? Not sure. I would post a photo of my puffy, prickly face but would faint if one of my dancers stumbled upon this post and could see what "Miss Amy" looks like! Good grief.
Love & miss you so, so, so much. Funny, I'm 61 and miss my Mommy.
xoxo Amy

Retrieved my blog from oblivion

In a whimsical moment a while back I deleted my blog and then regretted it.  So the ladies at Typepad (thank you Jen) retrieved it for me and it's back but doesn't look the same.  I'm working on restoring it and all the fun photos I had on the sidebar and soon it will be wonderful again.  Till then, thank you for stopping by to check on me today!  xoxo Amy

A month is a day ~ Part 2

Actually, 2 months is a day.
 Where did the time go?

Hope you have been healthy & happy and
enjoying this wonderful summer.  While we
were in Oregon we lost 4 cats from our
feral colony.  Mama Zane is gone along
with one of her kittens.  Very sad.   Haley's
lovely siamese cat, Cherry, vanished.  So
sad because Haley takes impeccable care
of her cats.  She put LOST CAT posters
up and down the nearby streets and the
City took them down.  Go figure...
Boulder City is very anti-cat. 

I am very happy with the selection of
Paul Ryan to run with Mitt Romney.
It's a good ticket.  I'm going to see the
movie about Obama (2016) tomorrow
with Henriette.  

My knee is almost 100% and I'm so
relieved!  At one point I thought it would
never heal and work.  I love it now.

 

I am still dedicated to the orphaned baby elephants. This new book is a must read for any of you who may be elephant lovers like me. It's on amazon.

 

Went to Oregon with my boys.

Baby Girl on our deck.

Back in NV, Desiree cut Desi's hair before a trip to LA. The Desi's are wonderful together.

Thank you Doug for this nice photo. Desi and Lucie in LA at an interview.

Getting ready for "The Founding of America" with our scholar portraying John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.

While in LA we stopped by the old Desilu movie lot that is now called Red Studios. Desi got to see his father's old office. A little bittersweet.

A random photo I saw on the internet. I would like to do this for our 25th Anniversary. Sorry I do not have photo credit.

 I have so many fun photos to share.  I better get busy.  Till then, thank you for visiting with me today even tho I've been absent from my blog.  Life has a way of doing what it wants to do.  Sending love and all my best to each of you.   xoxo Amy

A month is a day

How could a month speed by as if it is a day?
Each day is so full and the days roll into each
other and suddenly a month has passed.
And now it's Father's Day Weekend when
Mother's Day was yesterday.   Oh my.

Happy Father's Day Dad.
Miss and love you.  Sorry I was mad
at you at the end. 

 We have 7 kittens in our yard as a result of
not trapping & fixing two mama cats.  Desi
has already named them.  Watching the kittens
play is light years better than watching TV.  
They will make Father's Day a most enjoyable
day for Desi.  Dinner?  Hmmmmm...

Happy Father's Day handsome husband.

I wonder what will happen this month?
We want to escape the scorching desert heat
for a while but another cat hater across the
alley has threatened to kill any of our cats
that set foot in his yard.  This is not the same
cat hater I wrote about previously -- she moved.
How do I explain to our feral colony that they
must NOT set foot in the haters yard? Once
again I'm appalled at what we so-called
"humans" do to the innocents.  Makes me sad. 

Desi, Heather McNair & Chuck Wagner

Desi was in a TV series in the 80's called
Automan.  The show is being re-released in
England so Heather & Chuck who were the
co-stars in Automan came here to be interviewed
by the BBC as part of the promo.  Fun to see
these three together after almost 30 years.
Forget about a month being a day.  How
do we classify decades?  Double oh my.

Sending a Happy Father's Day to the
many wonderful fathers out there.  And
thank you friends for stopping by my
unattended blog.  Love you~
xoxo Amy 

Home from the coast

Desi took me, Jelly & Miss Daisy to the coast
for a little R&R.  Practically no internet was
wonderful like in the good old days.  

Thank you for the nice photo Kamal.  Our favorite
getaway on the Sea of Cortez.

Traveling with Jelly, Miss Daisy and me in a
wheelchair earned Desi a Gold Star.  Usually
we fly with only Jelly but Miss Daisy is too
old (18) to leave behind.  She was a good girl.

There were huge, long distances to walk
at the airports so we asked for wheelchairs
everywhere and wow! what a difference.
My knee is healing just fine but I still
can't handle long walks.  I can, however,
handle sitting by the ocean.

My handsome husband.

No one is happier for us to be home than
Kremer because today he finally gets to
come home.  He's been at the vet for over
3 weeks.  Going to pick him up shortly.

Hope Life has been wonderful for you Friends!
Sending love and all the best to you on this
lovely Spring day.  xoxo Amy 

 

Kremer update

Kremer is doing so much better!
Dr. Van der Walt found him curled up in his
litter box several times so she gave him his
very own bowl to curl up in and carried him
into the exam room in his bowl when we went
to visit him today.

Kremer will probably stay at the vet for
another week where he'll get his daily
meds, daily brushing and lots of love.
So nice to live in a little town where our
local vets are the best.

Cute photo of Kemer pre-car accident

Thank you BC Animal Hospital for taking
care of our babies.

xoxo Amy & Desi

Forks Over Knives

*Good Morning Friends*

My friend Lesley, whom I've written about many
times, has inspired me once again.  Last December
she told me to watch Forks Over Knives on Netflix
saying that it had completely changed the way she
feeds her family.  I watched it and changed everything
about my diet resulting in a 27 pound weight loss
since I started the new diet January 1st.

 
Making a green drink most every day from
spinach, kale, cabbage, etc. is part of my new
"diet" which really isn't a "diet" per se but
a new way of eating.  At first I didn't like the
green taste but now I love it!

I started Lesley on coffee when she was in
her 20's and now we've both given up coffee
for Yerba Mate tea in the morning.  I love it!
Hard to believe because I've been drinking
coffee since high school.  Still love coffee but
found out it's acidic and I'm trying to stay
away from acidic foods/beverages to see if
my joints will be happier.  I have RA and those
of us with RA need to make our diet more
alkaline.  Yum Yerba Mate!

In the meantime, Baby Girl has stuffed her
wonderfully plump body into a small box.
She's not at all worried about her diet.

So much can happen in 24 hours!  Haley is in
Europe and I'm tending her kitties.  I didn't do
very well with Kremer as he was hit by a car
yesterday and ended up with a broken &
dislocated jaw which required surgery and
pain meds.  Poor Kremer!  I couldn't find him
yesterday morning which was odd because he
is always on her front porch or laying on her
lawn.  Thank goodness after he was hit he
managed to get thru her kitty door and collapse
in her bedroom.  He'll be OK but the poor little
guy wasn't happy yesterday.  Sniff...

And last, I certainly did meander with this post
starting with Forks Over Knives and winding up
telling you about poor Kremer!  Oh well, I listened
to my heart and this is what poured out today.

Sending love and all that good stuff your way and
a little push to watch Forks Over Knives.  Very
inspiring and loaded with good information.
When I thanked Lesley for telling me about the
video I said I taught you how to dance and now
you're teaching me how to eat healthy.

Enjoy this lovely day!
xoxo Amy

 

 

Taking care of God's creatures

Good Morning Friends~

It has been 7 weeks since my new HAPPY knee
was implanted and she's working pretty good.
I'm walking around town a little and dropped into
Bloom yesterday where I saw my friend Sally.
Had lunch with Desi & friends at the Boulder Dam
Hotel, climbed 20 steps up to my office, took Jelly
for a walk, rescued a little dog that was
heading out into the desert with a hurt foot, 
folded laundry, emptied the dishwasher and
am pretty much back into my life but at a
much slower pace.  Desi & Haley were the
BEST caregivers during my recovery and it
was good to see that side of them.

A new woman has moved into a duplex across
the alley and she immediately set out with a
cat trap to catch and euthanize our feral cats
telling me it is illegal in this county for cats
to roam free.  Our wonderful feral colony
has lived here longer than you lady!  Leave
them alone!  I talked her down and the trap
is gone.  Maybe I should show her this:

It is a glorious, sunny day here in the southwest.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
xoxo Amy

 

My new HAPPY knee

Hello Dear Friends~

I'm signing off for a few weeks whilst my
new HAPPY left knee is installed and whilst
I attend weeks of rehab... (ouch)  I will try to
smell the roses along the way.  Hope you
enjoy what is becoming an incredible Spring.
xoxo Amy 

Photo courtesy of my cousin, Jeanine.  Thanks Jeanine.

Cardboard boxes for cat traps

~Hello Friends~
The stats on my typepad account show which
pages on my blog are visited most.  And the
MOST visited page is the page with this great
and funny photo that I put up in August 2009.

Just yesterday I had cardboard boxes on my
kitchen floor whilst I unpacked an amazon
delivery and within minutes there were three
cats sitting in the boxes.  I should have taken a
picture!  I'm republishing this funny photo for
your enjoyment.  Love you...
xoxo Amy 
(Oh!  PS... still have my comments closed till I can
visit my blog more regularly and that will be after
I get my new HAPPY left knee replacement...ouch)