On my last post, I commented that I'd be getting alot of knitting done during my travel to IL. OK... I'm not sure what delusions I was having, but I did not get one stitch done. Not one!
It was a wonderful trip for our son! He got to meet 2 sets of Aunts and Uncles, meet 3 cousins, and see his Grandma and Grandpa again! He saw his first snowflakes, celebrated his first American Thanksgiving, and...
climbed on the tractors at the John Deere Pavilion! (Please notice the handknit hat I made him especially for this trip!)
The night we arrived back home, he got sick. It was not horrible, but he definitely was not himself for a good week! Then I got sick...whatever he had. Yuk. Thankfully we both seem to be on the mend.
On a much more sad note... we had to say goodbye to our sweet Smokers! :( My heart is broken. He was the most wonderful cat! He was loving, sweet, gentle, loyal, and he loved to cuddle. But, he had been sick for awhile with renal failure. When we took him in to board for our trip, we knew he was not feeling well. I thought his kidney disease had progressed a bit, and all we'd have to do was add some medicine or something. Within 2 days he had a clot in a major artery and they did not know why--apparently not related to the renal failure. We had to make the decision to let him go while we were in IL. We could not even be with him. In some ways, maybe this was a blessing. I did not have to see him in such a state of pain and suffering. Anyway you cut it... it really sucked.
I miss him terribly.
That is what has been happening here. Now I'm just trying to get geared up for Christmas. My list of to-dos is crazy--just like everyone else! Here's hoping that you all had a nice Thanksgiving and that you can keep the spirit of Christmas in your heart during this busy month of December!
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