Filed under: Daily life in the Wild West | Tags: cat, colon cancer, Father's Day, moles, quadruple bypass, summer, terriers
I’ve been gone for a while, and I have missed this place and my blogger friends. Time really does fly. A few posts back, I told you that my sister, A, had colon cancer. Well, she had the surgery, and everything went fine! They were able to get it all (yay!), and we were all celebrating about that. She is recuperating at home now and will be off work until after July 10th.
Meanwhile, hubby was having chest pains, so we went to Billings for some tests. After checking him out, they immediately checked him into the hospital for open heart surgery. After a quadruple bypass 8 weeks ago, he’s getting a little better day by day. He also has congestive heart failure and a small aneurism on his aorta. When it rains, it pours. Again with the day by day thing.
And me, I’ve been busy with my work-at-home job and taking care of hubby, the house, and the yard. So yes, time does fly! But I wanted to pop in to visit my blogger friends and tell everyone hello.
We ‘lost’ Cowboy the cat back in March. His “real” owners came home to Montana from Wintering in New Mexico, and they stopped by and picked him up (Grrrrrrr). He came back to our house once, but his owner came and got him again. Hubby had fallen hard for Cowboy, so he told her that if Cowboy keeps coming back, we’re keeping him! She agreed that she would only come to pick him up one more time . After not seeing him for a week or so, I called her to check on Cowboy, and she said they’re locking him in the garage at night, so he won’t come back here. Dang! It’s hard for me to picture a cool cat locked in a garage all alone, but I know these people (at least the wife) care about Cowboy, so I’m sure he’s fine. I hope he’s back this coming Winter. I miss that furry orange guy.
The girls, Lucy and Daisy (the terriers), are happily frolicking in the fields around our house. I call it “mole patrol.”
And now, back to work! As soon as I can, I’ll be back on here posting regularly.
Happy Summer!
And Happy Father’s Day to all of you dads! 
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I am so glad you are back. I really missed your posts. But under the circumstances, I understand that you had so much on your plate to be blogging.
I am sorry to hear about your sister and your husband, but am glad to hear that everything went okay.
The next time they want you to keep Cowboy for the winter, just tell them if you do, the cat is yours. Tell them that it is too confusing for the cat to be here amd there all the time.
I also have a new blog called The Empty Nest. You should come by and say, “Hi”. It’s http://theemptynest.wordpress.com.
Hope to see you soon!
Comment by Kathryn June 21, 2008 @ 9:50 amWelcome Back! Looking forward to your future posts. Wishing you and your family many blessings.
Comment by Shelley June 22, 2008 @ 5:35 pmShelley