Saturday 12 May 2018

Sunday Post 100, It's Monday What are you reading? 85


The Sunday Post - a chance for bloggers to have a chat and a catch-up - is hosted by Kimba, here: https://caffeinatedbookreviewer.com/ and It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Kathryn, here: https://bookdate.blogspot.co.nz/

First of all, we had to say goodbye to a beloved cat today. Chloe - who was 14-15 - had been slowly going downhill. She was still eating, but was also steadily losing weight, and today, she deteriorated very rapidly. So I called the emergency vet, and we let her go.

This was Chloe. We took her in as a four month old kitten after friends of J couldn't find a home for her, and were going to have her put down. We, obviously, couldn't let that happen.

She was a proper sweetheart of a cat - a lap fiend, a lover of ice cream and toast - just yesterday she enjoyed a tidbit of toast with marmite from me - and just a sweet wee lady of a cat.

Losing her today was sad - it's always sad losing a pet that has been such a large part of your life - but I know that we did the right thing for her.

Otherwise, life goes on as normal. I still need to do the post for South Pacific Book Chat, which I'll try  and get done this week, but I'm not entirely sure if I will. Work is... work - lol.

Spawn turns 11 on Tuesday, and we gave him an early birthday present of a couple of video games yesterday so he'd have time to play and enjoy them.

I"m still reading the Jonestown book, and I started Railsea yesterday - it's a re-read but going well so far. I also finished the Knight Errant comic series for Dragon Age, so I'll do a review of that this week.

I alss watched The Dark Tower movie, and I'm watching Star Trek: Beyond while I'm writing this. I'll review The Dark Tower this week sometime and Star Trek: Beyond next week, most likely.

How about you? What's your week like? What are you reading?

15 comments:

  1. Oh I'm sorry to hear about your cat. How awful.

    Star Trek:Beyond I don't think I ever saw...

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    1. Thank you. It wasn't the best day.

      It's pretty good - better than I thought it'd be.

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  2. Happy Birthday to your son! Losing a pet isn't easy and I'm sad to hear about Chloe. I'm sure she was a beautiful cat. I'm also glad to hear you like The Others. I've only read the first book so far and there sure are a lot of characters! Thanks for visiting me today! Happy Mothers Day!

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    1. Thank you! It's hard to believe he'll be eleven! She was, and thank you again. The Others does have a large cast of characters, but I do enjoy the series.

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  3. Happy birthday to your son....and so sad about Chloe, but your memories of your time together will sustain you.

    Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  4. Awe, I’m so sorry about Chloe. {hugs}. She sure was a pretty cat.

    Happy birthday to your son. 🎂 Happy Mother’s Day to you, and I hope it is a great one.

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  5. I am so sorry for you loss! I lost my beloved Disney in a similar manner a couple of years ago and it is so heartbreaking. I still miss her every day. Kitties become so much a part of our families and their loss always leaves a tiny hole in the heart... sending hugs!

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  6. I'm sorry about Chloe. I have a chocolate miniature poodle - Gina who was 16 in March and I know that's coming. She is in good shape except she doesn't see or hear as well as she did. Anne - Books of My Heart.

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  7. So sorry re your Chloe. Heartbreaking to lose a pet.

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  8. I am so sorry for the loss of beautiful Chloe. XO

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  9. Maree I am so very sorry for your loss. The grief of loosing a pet is very raw to me still, I just lost my 14 year old dog 7 weeks ago and I still cry and miss her. The pain of loosing a pet is so very real, thinking of you xoxo

    Angelica @ Paperback Princess

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  10. I'm sorry to hear about Chloe. Losing a beloved pet is almost like losing a family member. Happy birthday to Spawn. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  11. I am so sorry to hear about your loss, but I am so happy she found a happy home for a long life with you.

    Thinking of you and your family in this time.

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  12. Oh no :( I'm sorry about your cat, it's so upsetting losing them.

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