Four-legged fur ball

When I got the picture message from my Mom, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Was that a black kitten in her arms? One phone call to her and I was in my car driving to the scene of the incident.

Come to find out, a little black kitten was dropped in my Mom and Fitz's backyard, underneath their window, and in a space between boxes about 8" wide and 2' long. Supposedly, the momma cat must have gotten spooked and left the kitten there for safekeeping. He meowed most of the night and, when Fitz went to investigate, found the pour little guy.

A trip to Petsmart to purchase kitten milk mix to bottle feed and they were on their way. Of course, their cat, Sam, wanted NOTHING to do with the little guy. Plus, Mom and Fitz were leaving to go see my nephew in the morning. So, I offered to "foster" the kitten knowing full well what would end up happening.

I would like to introduce you to the newest member of the Deacon four-legged clan: Jake Maguire Fitzpatrick Deacon. It's a mouthful, but with what he's already been through, I'm sure he can live up to his name!

Tap, Tap, Tap

Yeah, that's what I'm hearing...even in my sleep! The initial process of getting the new flooring down was a pain in the derriere! Now that we've got it going a bit, it's looking really great. Quite a bit of moving furniture, laying down the underlayment, snapping in the flooring, cutting it to fit, keeping Sadie away from the spacers...loads of fun!

Where has the time gone?

What? It's been over a year since I've blogged on this site? I can't believe I'm still taking up server space and they've allowed me to do that for all of this time! Well, I appreciate it, blogger.

A lot's happened in the "over a year" since I've blogged. I've become a momma to an adorable dog, I'm now an Auntie, and will be an Auntie again in December. I'm working on getting my photography business off the ground - I just need weekends to be able to shoot!

I'm redoing my flooring in my house, living in a concrete jungle and am going crazy! I have a 16 year old helping me and I'm being asked at work why I don't just hire it done. One Executive even had the balls to say, "Don't we pay you enough here? Just hire it done!" Needless to say, I told him I wanted to retire a millionaire and I can't do that if I just hire out the help I need.

Here's a recent picture of me and the pup - Sadie Grace - for your viewing pleasure!

Montana, the Beautiful

Ahh, Glacier National Park. Yup, it's the cheesy photo op of which I took full advantange.









A peaceful, serene setting ... Lake McDonald.











Do I see a bear??












Charley - my friend. One thing I didn't know about Montana is it gets light outside at 4:30am, the sun actually comes up at 5:30am, the sun goes down at 9:30pm, and it actually is dark at about 10:00pm. I can't even image it in the winter!

Good Times

It may be a dry heat, but I've since learned the best way to deal with it is with good friends and a hot tub! I went to Anneke and Felix's house to work on scrapbooking quote books which need to be done by the end of June. Needless to say, we got a majority of the covers done ... then got a bit distracted by the attractive nuisance out back. Hot tub, here we come!

So, maybe I can finish the quote books while I'm in Idaho and Montana. Any bets on if I'll get them finished in time?