Welcome to our very furst Blest Sunday of da Mew Year. Can you believe it? Another year has come and gone. Saying goodbye to 2016 was very bittersweet fur us. Last year brought us so much sadness and yet, so much joy. We all meowed and chatted ‘bout just what kind of posty we would make today. We’ve made some mew furiends this year and lost some old ones, so in da end we decided a look back was the way to go. Fasten your seatbelts and let’s zoom back to January of 2016. (This posty looks longer than it is, cuz we added lots of fotos fur your viewing purrleasure.)
Y This ain’t so bad after all.
What a fine time; sis Lexi was still with us. We don’t make resolutions in our house, so instead, me gave you all a challenge. With so many anipals awaitin’ their furevers, me challenged you to all share and do whatever you could to help more of those anipals than ever befur. We partnered with a shelter here in Oklahoma and shared adoptable kitties every week till the shelter was empty. That’s right, they actually went fur several weeks without any kitties needin’ furever homes. January wasn’t all work tho’. Mommy and me made mes furst pick up truck fur the annual Cat Scout Derby. Me didn’t win, but we did have a good time. Mommy fur sure isn’t crafty. MOL And we never could have known when we wrote ‘bout our pets grief that we would be facing that ourselves very soon.
I luvz minez mommy even more today
In February, sis Lexi was havin’ more bad days than good, and we started getting all sentimental and mushy. We celebrated our 2nd blogoversay; and just in time fur Valentine’s Day, sis Lexi wrote a thank you post to mommy. Me wrote mes thank you a couple of days later. And we got all educational and wrote a post telling you all about spay/neuter and vaccinations.
When March came blowing in, sis Lexi took a turn fur the worse. She couldn’t balance very well, and wouldn’t eat much. Ever the Service Cat tho’, she continued to do what she could to help mommy; giving her massages meowning and night. And on Wednesday March 9th, 2016, sis Lexi gave up the fight and went to heaven. Mommy was a mess; me was a mess, and we wrote another post onpets grieving. We ended the month explaining why mommy needs Service Cats.
Isn’t this just beautiful? Lexis’ furever resting spot that will sit on mommys desk.
April found us trying to figure out how to go on without sis Lexi. We began our search fur a new Service Cat to help me help mommy. Little did we know, that she hadn’t yet been born.
May came rushing in, and found us posting home made treat recipes. You can check out a couple of those treats here and here. And furinally on mommys’ birthday, May 27th, she got a lead on a new Service Cat in training. She had been born April 21, 2016. Sis Lexis’ birthday would have been the 29th.
So we waited with baited breath fur June to roll round. The day finally rolled around and mommy went to pick up mes new sisfur and helper. She was a little puff ball of pi_ _ and vinegar. A real spitfire, mommy called her. Of all the names mommy threw out, the little spitfire answered to Raena. Mommy had done a little research and thought that was purrfect. It’s a shortened form of Rahannan and means “New Beginnings”. We purrticipated in our furst Blogville Pawlympics, and turned Miserable Mondays into Service Cat Mondays. We plan to continue posting those Service Cat posts this year, so ifin you have any questions about Service cats or training cats, just let us know.
July came bounding in just like Raena. We continued our Service Cat Monday posts and Raena got to make her furst post all by herself. And she learned all about treats, catnip and giving reviews. She learned how to be a blogging cat.
August sped in and saw Raena saying goodbye to monthly VET visits where she got poked and prodded. Raena continued to grow and explore her new home. We continued with Service Cat Monday and also wrote about kitties teething. We ended out the month with a day of remembrance written by mommy for sis Lexi.
September 2016: Raena and me both got our furst Silvervine sticks. OMC Those things are outta this world. And we continued Service Cat Mondays, offering training tips for all kitties.
October was the month Raena had her “spa day”. We both got new harnesses and Raena learned to walk on a leash and go out in the stroller. We ended the month telling you about Shad, mommys’ furst Service Cat.
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Me couldn’t wait fur November to get here, it’s mes Birthday and Gotchaday month. What a time. Me got some great purresents and we finally had pizza. Raena got her furst nip nanner fur mes birthday. We also posted leash training tips in a Service Cat Monday post. And we were so blest to have received boxes fur mommy that included cleaning supplies fur all kinds of cleanin’, food and turkeys fur our holiday dinners.
Finally, December blew in and so did Christmas. OMC Were we ever blest!!! We got purresents, food and mommy food too. We received a couple more gifts over the weekend, that we still haven’t got fotos loaded fur. You know what else? All of you, our readers and furiends have been here fur us. We luv you all so very much!!!
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We’ve shared lots of sorrows this year, and also lots of joy. Some of us lost beloved family members, both furred and non furred, and some of us got new family members. The one thing we all have is the luv we share. 2016 was a roller coaster ride fur sure, but we wouldn’t have made it thru without all of you. Thank you all fur being our furiends, and sharing your lives, luv and support with us. The year was full of so much more, we just couldn’t list it all. We are indeed, Blest. ‘Member to take a minute today and everyday to give thanks fur the blessings in your lives. We’re joinin’ the Kitties Blue fur Sunday Selfies, and we hope you enjoyed our little slideshow with more Christmas fun. We can’t wait to see what adventures we’ll all be up to this year.
67 thoughts on “Blest Sunday: Bittersweet Memories”
It’s been quite a year – a lot of comings and goings but one thing has remained steady and that is the love in the blogosphere we all have for each other………..here’s to a MUCH more peaceful and happy 2017!
Oh Dezi that was a beautiful blog today, We had many ups and downs this year too, we lost friends and we made new ones, One thing for sure, we know the friends we lost will be waiting for us in heaven, and for that we are grateful.
Purrs and hugs sweet Girls.
from Pete and the whole family!
3 comments disappeared on OUR blog? That’s scary. Comment moderation is off except for posts older than x # of days. No idea why you couldn’t leave a comment. I think someone on WP had a problem with another Blogger blog earlier today.
We quit tryin’ after da 3rd disappeared and figgered maybe moderation was on. We was mostly just wishin’ ya’ a Happy Mew Year and offurn’ purrayers fur da best year yet. And we did say, we had always wondered what da HDRish meant too. MOL Anyways, we’ll try again da next posty. Sometimes we have trouble one day and then it’s fine again. (shrugs shoulders) You know we don’t know nuffin’ ’bout catputers or da whys they do what they do.
Thank you. We lost Cameron in 2015 and Sam in 2016. Hoping no more for quite a while. We were joking about the High Density Radiation or whatever we said in our post. We were joking. If you are serious about wondering what it means, we looked it up a while back . This is one link. picasageeks.com/ tag/ hdr-ish/ Sory about separating it but don’t want WP to get upset about a link in a comment.
Yes, we’ve lost way too much, and hope and purray it’s over, at least fur a while. We didn’t think you were serious ’bout your answer, but it’s funny, cuz we had wondered just what it meant. We don’t get what it does to fotos as bein’ anythin’ high def. MOL
You gals sure know how to do a post. It sure what bitter sweet to see the beginning photos and feeling for the loss and then how that changed once Raena arrived on the scene and now you two have filled our hearts and are so endearing that it’s all okay to look back on. Hope this year brings you lots joy. And hope it’s all your wonderful mommy wishes for. Luv ya, Paulette & gang
Fank you awnty Paulette. Seein’ da fotos brings back such a feelin’ of luv and memories of such devotion, dat we hope to always carry on. Fank you fur bein’ our furiends thru it all, and acceptin’ and luvvin’ us. We purray 2017 brings lots of joy to all. Big hugs to you all.
Oh my, when you put t like that it was quite a year, for sure. Thank God you came through and made the year a high spot, for us all. Thank you for being our friend in 2016, may 2017 be a wondrous delight. purrs and blessings to you all. Erin
Dat’s right Shoko and Kali. We can’t wait to see what great adventures we all get up to. Me know we’re gonna have some peacock feathery ones fur sure. 🙂 Fank ya’ll sooooooooooo much. Big hugs
Wow, what a whirlwind tout!!
Very nicely done, a lot of “firsts”.
I hope your days go well for each of you and we each continue to count our blessings as the days go by.
love you bunches.
Mitsu and the Homestead kittens and cats
Service Cats U.S. 
It’s been quite a year – a lot of comings and goings but one thing has remained steady and that is the love in the blogosphere we all have for each other………..here’s to a MUCH more peaceful and happy 2017!
Hugs, Angel Sammy
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Yes Sammy, 2016 was da end of an era fur some. We’re still findin’ our way, and purray 2017 brings much more joy.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Wishing you a blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!! xoxo
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Oh Dezi that was a beautiful blog today, We had many ups and downs this year too, we lost friends and we made new ones, One thing for sure, we know the friends we lost will be waiting for us in heaven, and for that we are grateful.
Purrs and hugs sweet Girls.
from Pete and the whole family!
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Fank you Pete and family. And fanks fur bein’ our furiends. Big hugs to all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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You have a very full 2016. Hopefully the new year will be a great one for all of you.
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Yes, it certainly was a roller coaster ride. We hope 2017 will be a good year for all of you.
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We do too. Lots of purrayers mommy says.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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We aren’t sure ifin comment moderation is on your bloggy or not, but 3 comments disappeared. We wish ya’ll da bestest Mew Year ever.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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3 comments disappeared on OUR blog? That’s scary. Comment moderation is off except for posts older than x # of days. No idea why you couldn’t leave a comment. I think someone on WP had a problem with another Blogger blog earlier today.
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We quit tryin’ after da 3rd disappeared and figgered maybe moderation was on. We was mostly just wishin’ ya’ a Happy Mew Year and offurn’ purrayers fur da best year yet. And we did say, we had always wondered what da HDRish meant too. MOL Anyways, we’ll try again da next posty. Sometimes we have trouble one day and then it’s fine again. (shrugs shoulders) You know we don’t know nuffin’ ’bout catputers or da whys they do what they do.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Thank you. We lost Cameron in 2015 and Sam in 2016. Hoping no more for quite a while. We were joking about the High Density Radiation or whatever we said in our post. We were joking. If you are serious about wondering what it means, we looked it up a while back . This is one link. picasageeks.com/ tag/ hdr-ish/ Sory about separating it but don’t want WP to get upset about a link in a comment.
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Yes, we’ve lost way too much, and hope and purray it’s over, at least fur a while. We didn’t think you were serious ’bout your answer, but it’s funny, cuz we had wondered just what it meant. We don’t get what it does to fotos as bein’ anythin’ high def. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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What a year ! That was a great review. Happy New Year ! We wish you health and happiness for 2017 ! Purrs
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You gals sure know how to do a post. It sure what bitter sweet to see the beginning photos and feeling for the loss and then how that changed once Raena arrived on the scene and now you two have filled our hearts and are so endearing that it’s all okay to look back on. Hope this year brings you lots joy. And hope it’s all your wonderful mommy wishes for. Luv ya, Paulette & gang
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Fank you awnty Paulette. Seein’ da fotos brings back such a feelin’ of luv and memories of such devotion, dat we hope to always carry on. Fank you fur bein’ our furiends thru it all, and acceptin’ and luvvin’ us. We purray 2017 brings lots of joy to all. Big hugs to you all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena and mommy A
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Oh my, when you put t like that it was quite a year, for sure. Thank God you came through and made the year a high spot, for us all. Thank you for being our friend in 2016, may 2017 be a wondrous delight. purrs and blessings to you all. Erin
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Fank you Erin, and fanks fur bein’ our furiends. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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A great post ladies. Yes, a new year beckons to us so we’ll give her a good ride. No one knows what will happen this year….thank goodness.
Luvs,
Shoko and Kali
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Dat’s right Shoko and Kali. We can’t wait to see what great adventures we all get up to. Me know we’re gonna have some peacock feathery ones fur sure. 🙂 Fank ya’ll sooooooooooo much. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Wow, what a whirlwind tout!!
Very nicely done, a lot of “firsts”.
I hope your days go well for each of you and we each continue to count our blessings as the days go by.
love you bunches.
Mitsu and the Homestead kittens and cats
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Fank you. This past year was full of fursts, and a few lasts. We purray this year brings much luv and many blessings to all our furiends.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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