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d wanted nothing more than to be picked up and carried around on his arm while she licked him after running to greet him at the door when he came home from work or when he first awoke and arose from the bed in the morning she particularly enjoyed playing hostess to visitors and would greet everyone that came through the front door with curiosity and kind affection her fascination and adoration of children and babies was so precious to watch an extremely intelligent ginger tabby dee dee always had a lot to say about everything and would negotiate with me constantly to get her way just like a 2 year old toddler we were privileged to meet them when dexter and dee dee were only 10 days old we ve known them ever since the two kitties were miracles to us before getting them 14 years ago hubby was highly allergic to cats and couldn t be in the same room with a cat without getting asthmatic but with faith and prayer that changed now he s allergic to dogs go figure they came into our lives when we were rebuilding our home and i was rebuilding myself two little furry kitties did so much in healing us both we ve never known life living here at rosehaven cottage without them our home feels hollow and empty without them here interestingly dexter and dee dee have never had to know any existence without each other even now we know without a shadow of a doubt that dexter and dee dee are now running and playing like they did when they were young before the arthritis they were greeted on the other side by our beloved kitties that had passed on before them lydia 2002 2012 tom tom who left us a few months ago in may suzette who left us at the end of this summer and the garden kitty oreo who left us in september we are certain all of them are having wonderful times together frolicking about watching kitty vision and exploring lush patches of grass to nibble on i miss dexter and dee dee terribly my chest aches every day with an ache that is so profound i can t describe it i weep every day wishing i could see their beautiful furry little faces but i know i will see them both again someday and we will all play together like we always did dexter and dee dee you are mine forever and ever 0 comments labels cats dee dee dexter kitties filling our home with winter whites and fresh greens it s been a few years since i ve felt up to decorating for christmas usually hubby gets out a few select decorations from the attic that will add some festive feeling to our little home but won t require a lot of clean up once the holiday season is over this year i m feeling peppy and also inspired by some of the ideas i ve found on pinterest i discovered that every time i saw a photo of christmas decorations with live mini trees and fresh greens i was pinning it to either my december board or my pale pretty christmas board i was particularly inspired by a photo from a cottage nest click here to see it i finally asked hubby if we could depart from getting out the same old same old from the attic and do something different based on what i d been liking he was totally up for it in fact it was on hubby s suggestion that we spend our friday night date night the last day of november hunting for exactly what we needed so i could decorate on saturday i m telling you i m married to a total sweetie we hit several stores on friday evening i m a power shopper that gets in looks and gets out rather quickly from a store we were really happy that we were able to find all the sweet little trees at super low prices as well as five of the seven containers we needed at discount stores two we already had we even found a beautiful new mirror at an unbelievably low price and then got an additional 20 off because it was dinged a bit on the corner sweet on saturday we hung the mirror over the mantle first i measured and hubby set the anchors then we headed out to find the last few little items we needed including greens a bag of cinnamon scented pinecones and a set of sparkly silver led candles an open flame would be a fire hazard among the trees we picked up the fresh greens at a local tree lot that had extra branches from trimming the trees they had sold once we got them home i wired together the larger boughs to create the garland for the hearth and a swag for the front door i used the smaller sprigs to tuck around and between the tree containers on the mantle the cats were loving all the fresh greens i let them sniff chew and lick the boughs before i started constructing anything with them yes dexter licks evergreens even fake ones lucy went nuts for the bag of cinnamon pinecones and rubbed all over it like it was catnip she didn t give up her claim to the pinecones for quite some time she finally got bored and wandered off after a while so i was able to place the pinecones last i left some down low for them to sniff and enjoy the cats don t climb up on the mantle so we can have these christmas trees without incident this is a wonderful alternative to having a cat in the christmas tree multiple times a day from now until new year s day we get the wonderful smell of christmas in our home without the hassle of having to redecorate the tree every morning after a night of feline fun with the enticing baubles and sparklies they can t leave alone now it really and truly looks and smells like christmas here in our little home it s been great starting out december like this trees from largest to smallest dwarf alberta spruce picea glauca conica ellwood cypress chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii european tree also marked chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii but looking very different than the taller cypress center tree is a rosemary plant cut like a christmas tree 9 comments labels cats christmas december dexter kitties lucy winter chap 8 motivation is delivered in furry little packages click on any image to view larger and read captions easier it s funny how unexpected events in life often come along that add motivation and encouragement when we need it most we discovered this phenomenon firsthand in mid september 2000 we had been at work on the house for a month and half my brother s time helping us was drawing to a close as he had university classes to go back to in mid september he left us with so much accomplished on the seemingly never ending task list we had before us josh and my mom had tackled the major task of tiling the downstairs bathroom as a team they cut and set white tile after white tile with beautiful narrow and clean grout lines in between josh and mom were also able to grout most of the tile leaving only the tile around the bottom edge of the tub for us to do and it was left to us to lay the large ceramic bathroom floor tiles working on the bathroom and kitchen simultaneously while trying to maneuver around the stacks of moving boxes staged in the living room and bedrooms wore on our nerves and frazzled our sense of accomplishment it seemed like we had been at this forever and would continue to be at it in perpetuity it was hard to imagine a time when we could move out of the spare room at my sister s house and really live in our own house we had determined that as long as we had an operational shower downstairs and the toilet upstairs we could move in we didn t need a kitchen sink we didn t need a downstairs bathroom sink and we didn t need a downstairs toilet that shower was all we needed but the daunting task of getting it completed with the last tile and grout around the edge of the tub was so overwhelming that we avoided it and our move in date continued to be pushed out indefinitely that s when the unexpected life event came along to nudge us in mid september we drove a half an hour east of our new home to attend a family gathering of hubby s relations as everyone came together to attend the baptisms of two cousins we all converged at the ranch of the in laws of my in laws hubby says that makes them outlaws i love visiting ranches farms or anywhere else that has animals i tend to have social anxiety at parties and gatherings so if there s an animal around for me to focus on i m a happy camper to my sheer delight there was a litter of 10 day old kittens on the back porch of the ranch house all the young cousins gravitated toward the kittens whose eyes were just beginning to open here were all these kids and me cooing over the precious little balls of fur the mama cat skittles was a blotchy tabby that had spots of red tabby and spots of regular tabby the sire of the 4 kittens was a handsome red striped tabby that lived at the ranch next door both parents were large cats with frames the size of small jungle cats and skittles was a hefty mama weighing in at close to 20 pounds a couple of kittens from previous litters were still at the ranch and it was evident that big was part of their genetics the newest kittens were all red tabbies except one a little black striped tabby with white paws a white bib and a red tabby undercoat that made him look like a tiny tiger with his black stripes and ticking i held him and snuggled him he was precious the kids at the ranch had handled the kittens since day one and it was obvious that this little guy had been socialized well in his first 10 days i was in love i called hubby over to see this sweet little kitty that had already stolen my heart despite being allergic to cats hubby was smitten too he didn t have any allergic reaction to this little guy and before i knew it we were making arrangements with the in laws and reserving this little one as ours we agreed that we would take him when he old enough to leave his mama at about 9 10 weeks old and we agreed that we would be coming out every weekend to visit with our little one until we could bring him home i decided to name our little kitty boy after one of my favorite movie characters c k dexterhaven from the philadelphia story played by cary grant we d call him dexter for short this turn of events gave us the new impetus to get it in gear and get the shower done so we could move in and bring our little dexter home it gave us the hard deadline we had lacked up until that point over the next month we made our weekly visits to the ranch to see our growing kitten and visit with his littermates the kittens were probably only about 4 weeks old when we went out to visit them and another turn of events happened as we sat on the back porch entertaining the kittens with dry leaves one of the little red tabby kittens began to pay a great deal of attention to me she came up to me where i was sitting on the porch step and sat down right between my feet then trying to be like a big kitty she leaned into my ankle in a wobbly kitten like way looked up at me and asked for affection i brought her to hubby s attention this little gal was very focused on us as was her brother dexter the other two kittens were more interested in playing with each other and roughhousing i knew from past experience that if you re picking out a kitten from a litter you should always pick the kitten that is focused on you and not necessarily the kitten that has the color fur you re looking for during that visit hubby and i realized that we were going to become the proud owners of two kittens and not just one we had to come up with a name for the little strawberry blonde sister we were claiming we were fans of the cartoon network s cartoon dexter s laboratory in the cartoon a little boy named dexter is a mad scientist of sorts and he always introduced his blonde tutu wearing sister as his stupid sister dee dee it seemed fitting to name our dexter s sister dee dee even though she was far from stupid as she had artfully charmed her way into our hearts and into our home we had even more motivation to get the shower done and get moved into our house we worked hard getting a downstairs room in shape to be our bedroom and getting the shower tile finalized and the floor tile laid so we could finally occupy our own home the month of october was spent finalizing all the things that were on the must have list so we could move in and then bring our kittens home i remember vividly the evening of halloween when the cable lady came and hooked up us up so we could have television reception we accepted trick or treaters for the first time that night while i arranged furniture in the living room and moved boxes around so we d have one room where we could relax and feel like we were home over the following week the final touches were put on the tub and shower when the fixtures were finally installed in the tub and shower we could finally move in and on november 8 2000 we officially started living in our house when we spent the night in our own bed the next day on november 9 2000 we drove out to the ranch and brought dexter and dee dee home they made themselves right at home dexter eventually claimed me as his human and dee dee claimed hubby as her human with her beguiling little feline feminine wiles their presence amidst the continuing work has been the bright spot we have focused on through some difficult tasks and trials their love and devotion has dried up many a tear and their antics have brought a smile to our face many times when nothing else could since he was a wee thing dexter has monitored and supervised all the work that goes on around the house including countless loads of laundry in our front loading washer he will brave just about any power tool in order to remain in the room and supervise the changes we re making when hubby comes home from work they both run to meet him at the door and when visitors come to rosehaven cottage they are the self appointed host and hostess they fulfil their duties well by greeting the guests as soon as they arrive and giving up their nap time to interact and socialize with everyone until the visit is over dexter and dee dee were definitely meant to live here at rosehaven cottage as much as we were 12 comments labels dee dee dexter inspiration kitties remodeling renovation restoration rosehaven cottage my personal assistant and the other members of our cat colony last night our local pbs station aired a show about dogs and cats and why we humans love them the show featured a humane society facility that has a screening process they perform on both the animal up for adoption as well as the potential adoptive families for cats the evaluation helped to classify their personalities into three color categories with three personality types in each color category a system i was pleased to find is in action at our local rescue shelter arf being the stewards over our own indoor cat colony of eight it was highly informative and very amusing for hubby and i to place each of our own kitties into the category they belonged interestingly enough two days earlier on friday i had taken a break from work in my home office to take photos of each of the furry friends i had assisting me in my studio at that time i thought it would be a great snapshot of a typical day running a company from my home office studio ...