Happy New Year, 2009 –

Of the cats, only Kacey wanted to pose …

“I’m on the kitchen windowsill.
No I’m not really supposed to be here.
Do I look like I care?”

2008 was a rough one – whether 2009 will be an improvement remains to be seen but, like our new President elect, it sure has inherited a lot of s*** from the one that preceded it!

Poor little Jasi made it through the holidays but I don’t know how much longer the dear girl is going to be around. She’s terribly thin – she wants to eat and she tries to eat, but that horrid growth in her mouth is making it increasingly difficult for her to do so :(.

My heating system has been out of whack since around Christmas – I’m on my 3rd call to try to get it resolved. The bedroom and bathroom are nice and toasty, but the huge radiator in my living room isn’t getting as hot as it should so the rest of my house is freezing!

Bryce is doing well – after procrastinating through the holidays I’m planning to take a deep breath and start his chemo tomorrow. It’s scary but the longer I wait the more it’s possible that the Prednisone he’s on will make the disease drug resistant, in which case the chemo won’t even work. First sign of trouble he’s going off it – fingers crossed that won’t happen. I will be on edge and watching him like a hawk the entire first 2 weeks – please send good thoughts our way!