We will Miss you Lexy.

A couple days ago, we noticed our kitty Lexy was not acting like her self. She wasn't in pain, but was very lazy. That's not normally like her. She hid for the first time in a long time. It took us twenty minutes to find her under a bed. There is a lot of stuff being stored under there. She was almost twenty years old. My sister and I both got kittens when I was 11. Lucy was "mine" but I loved them both equally. Lucy and Lexy lived with me. When Lucy died it was heartbreaking.

Lexy passed away on April 19th sometime in the early morning.  She died peacefully. We are all heartbroken and so sad. She has been in our family for a long time. Noah is heartbroken.  I hated having to tell him. I didn't tell him before school, he didn't ask or I would have.  I knew it would be hard for him to go to school knowing. They were throwing water balloons at the principal for doing their homework over spring break.  When Noah came home he noticed that the litter box was gone. He asked where it was. I sat him down and broke the bad news to him. I held him while we both cried. He said I am glad that Lexy gets to go to heaven and she gets to see Lucy but I am so sad because I miss her and I won't get to see her again.  It is weird not having any pets after 19 years. It becomes routine and you love them so much. 

Both Lucy and Lexy are and were extremely loved. They were good and sweet cats that lived long lives.  We miss them terribly.

Now to pick up the pieces of our broken hearts.....

I Love Cats!

As many of you know I am a cat person. When I was in 6th grade my sister and I both got kittens. We have had the same cats for many years. We lost Lucy this January but Lexy is still hanging around. She is such a great cat and she loves to eat her cat food. Now that she is 19 years old she has to eat adult cat food.  I think that the cat food you feed your cat is important for Adult Cat Health. She is very picky about her food and water. There can not be anything in her water and her food can't be wet or she turns up her little nose at it. The other day I was making cookies for Noah's class picnic and spilled water everywhere while cleaning up. I even had water in her food dish and I had to dump it out and dry it before ms Lexy would even sniff it. I have made it Noah's job to feed Lexy and make sure she has fresh clean water. She has always been a grazer and just eats whenever she is hungry.

When I was in high school, there were some cats that lived under our deck. I never did figure out where they can from. They weren't there when we bought the house. Being a loving cat family we made sure they always had cat food and water to drink.  We made sure we fed them cat food that would help their adult cat health because they were outside cats. It was kind of tricky in the winter living in Indiana though. They became our street cats because everyone fed them. In the spring they always had kittens. We didn't touch them or let them inside because of our cats. People ended up taking them in to their homes and loving them. We loved them too. I have always loved cats and used to collect cat things. I had porcelain cats and stuffed cats. I am not really a dog person. Although I want a pug. We have many neighbors with dogs. I hope they are using an anti-allergy pet shampoo because pet allergies are very common. It is very hard to avoid dogs when you are outside here.

Are you a cat person or a dog person?