Saturday, August 02, 2008

Loss of a Good Friend


The last week has been a very emotional one. First, last Sunday morning we recieved the shocking news that Julie's boyfriend Kelly had passed away in his sleep. Kelly was in his early 30's. We had a family reunion on Sunday, and Julie and the boys came. Mike and his family came up to be with the boys. My son and daughter in law came home for the week. That was great. They are leaving tomorrow to go back home. I will miss them. It was nice having them around again. Then this morning when I went to take my shower I discovered our 19 year old blind cat had passed away during the night. His name was Crusher, because he was an orange tabby cat and he looked like orange crush. I am going to miss him. He was a good cat. He never went near the road. We couldn't let him out after he went blind this winter, because we were afraid he would wander away and not be able to find home again. He got really skinny this spring, although he was eating well most days. He had his days where he didn't move much because I think he had arthritis. I have posted a picture of me and him when he was about 15 yrs. old.

I have been off this week. I have been learning some things on my scanner/printer. I have been able to make prints from negatives (35mm) and I can make prints from slides also. I have not done that yet. I have been learning how to make slide shows from my photos also, and have been trying to make dvds of them too.