Home again, home again,
@GardenGerty (160674)
United States
January 25, 2016 8:26am CST
We are home again. The cat told us off for being gone. Demanded treats and water and to go outside. She had water and food and was safe while we were gone. It just is not the personal touch of having two slaves wait on you..
I am glad that my dad and his wife still can be in their own home, together. She will soon be 93. Both of them look a little frail. My dad's memory is going about how to use his computer, etc. He has a data base of family history but finds it hard to work through it now for what he wants to share with us.
We took pizza and salad and cheese cake to his house and had a nice family meal then played table games. Yesterday was his 85th birthday.
Hubby and I had a nice drive home after attending church where my brother pastors. We ate at Crackerbarrel on the road. I got very full on a sampler plate.
The laundry is going. It seems like a cold front is coming in as the sky is gray outdoors.
I need to catch up with all I have missed and have another cup of coffee. We have another old friend from the B site here. . . Denise, aka @penatonicsca . So, now I find it is time to get going on reading what I missed this weekend.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
She checked on us several times in the night to make sure we were in bed, too.
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@BethieAnnie (818)
• Dayton, Ohio
26 Jan 16
@GardenGerty How sweet. How blessed you are to still have them in your life. Still, I am sure your cat is pleased that the human slaves have returned to serve.
@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
It is good to be back, and I see I have quite a bit of reading to do.
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@celticeagle (166997)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jan 16
Sounds like some nice family time. Nice to hear you had such a nice time. Your folks are getting along in years and it is great that they are able to still live on their own.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
It is amazing to me. I even have pictures within the last year of them getting down in the floor to play with the dog.
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@celticeagle (166997)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jan 16
@GardenGerty ...There will come a time, Dearie, when you will be so glad that you took each and every picture. Now they can be kids again. How cool is that?!
@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
It certainly is nice to be getting back "in the groove".
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 16
.Sounds it was a good day for all except the cat maybe.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
The cat is getting older and likes her routine. If we go for more than a weekend we will take her to visit my sister so she has some company.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
26 Jan 16
@GardenGerty Cats are a little easier tha dogs. We can't/wouldn't leave Ruby alone overnight.
@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
It is important to us to see him while we can. I try to get down there once a month.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
26 Jan 16
It was a wonderful feeling to be home again.It is great your Dad is over eighty and still as fit as a fiddle .
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
His health gives me hope for mine as well. It is good to sleep in my own bed, though.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
27 Jan 16
@GardenGerty Yes ,long life seems to run in your family .
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Jan 16
It is always hard to leave animals but they have to be inconvenienced sometimes or we would never go and visit people. We are going to leave ours to visit family soon, they are outdoor/indoor cats but they will not get indoors until we come home. We have a friend who comes and looks after the dogs and the cats.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Princess misses her outdoor time when we leave. There is too much wildlife and too much cold for her to stay out all weekend.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 Jan 16
@GardenGerty Welcome back home.I see you are catching up on things.Have a nice day.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
I was not up to much on Monday, but today, Tuesday, I will do better.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
26 Jan 16
Dear Ms Garden Gerty,
This is Freya, the Catblog Cat speaking from Human 1's sofa. I fully understand your cat.I would do the same. Human 1 goes away and I make it very plain that I do not approve. Humans are meant to stay and look after our creature comforts the whole time.
Human 1 told me to say she is glad you had a good trip, On behalf of your cat, however, I am not. I think it is only right you roll out all the treats and tidbits.
Love from Freya, the Catblog Cat. (via the B word that must not be me ntioned and P. Paper and onto MYlot.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Ms. Freya you can rest assured that the Princess has been served up her regular treats. The bathroom sink has been turned on for her to play with the drips and she even got a few tastes of clam chowder last night. I would take Princess on trips but my brother does not do pets in the house and at my dad's house there is a D-O-G.
@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
I hope I continue to be as sharp and alert as he is when I am his age. It is obvious he is beginning to forget a few things, but for a person his age he does really well.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Jan 16
yeah cats do hold that against their humans, even if they had food and water and shelter fine
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
She is very possessive of us and wants to know we are where we belong. The vet says she is getting bad this way due to aging.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
26 Jan 16
@GardenGerty perhaps, but I had a cat once that was like that even as a young cat, lol, so perhaps it is a cat thing too
@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
You are correct. She has a post or two up already. She greeted me in a private message so I am now following her.
@krazykatlady (131)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Sounds like you had a very busy weekend, and sounds like your cat was glad to see you. It's nice you were able to spend time with your dad for his birthday. I am sure he appreciated it.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
I have regrettably missed spending time with some people I could never get back. That is why we make it a priority to see him.
@snowy22315 (180769)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Cats are funny like that...when they think you have been gone too long, they mouth off..
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Jan 16
hi@Gardenerty @pentatonicscale? she was my fri end too on the ol b b glad we are gettng more old friends here sounds l ike you had a great S unday good for you all.
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@GardenGerty (160674)
• United States
26 Jan 16
Yes, she was, and putting us in our places, as well.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jan 16
I was gone for 9 days got home on Saturday night. I guess I lost some notifications. While I was away I looked and had almost 200 of them. When I got home I had like 50 of them. DaddyEvil told me they get deleted after 7 days, shucks.
@Paul2015 (18)
• Kolkata, India
26 Jan 16
Home Sweet Home and its people make our life happy. The cute, demanding pets also want to speak with us, right? 
. Like you I hope I can also be able to spend quality time with my parents. Wishing demanding timelines of these days give us this type of opportunity again and again
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. Like you I hope I can also be able to spend quality time with my parents. Wishing demanding timelines of these days give us this type of opportunity again and again.