A sweet lil anniversary for the ages

My handsome prince aka My grumpy old man aka The man of the household aka Scott just celebrated his 14th anniversary of being a part of my family today. Who’s gotta put up with 3 girls cats and 1 girl cockatiel.

Scott and his late brother (by cat adoption) Fritz (a red point siamese) had their 15 minutes of fame at 10 months old on a local news channel. Only thing I’d never do again would be getting a pet before halloween (or any huge holiday).

I’m not sure how much longer he is gonna be around. Thought we’d have to put him down a few years ago due to his bad knee turned into a bad hip problem. (he looks drunk when he walks). But he still likes to jump from the ground to the ottoman (where his bed is). He is now slowly going blind and deaf. But the brain is fine. Getting old is not fun at all. :frank4:

I thought for sure that he wasn’t gonna last the move, but so far so good. I take every day for granted as he was the 1st one out of the kennels (the 3 girls weren’t interested). It may take him some time but he does go up and down the huge flight of stairs in the new place, but the food/the main litterbox is on the floor his bed is on. I’d rather see this guy moving around then sleeping for 23 and a half hours a day.

We celebrated with a tin of tuna fish. (I had a tuna sandwich for lunch and the cats got the clean the tin and had the juice.)

Amanda | Holly | Jannie | Anna | Lauren |

Almost done

:frank: Finally got around to add my 5 frankenstein smilies and two autumn tree smiles icons :tree-fall: to the site just for halloween , I kept forgetting to add them. :frank4: opps.

I’m looking forward to be finishing off my schooling in the new year. Just signed up for 4 more classes today so I can become a personal trainer It would be nice to work at a gym (or have my own business). But until then I’ll just use what I’ve learned for when I’m coaching. There are a few other university degrees that sound interesting but of course they are targeting teachers or they are more for tourist guides. Bleh. :frank3:

I’m not looking for a coaching gig that’s gonna offer me $100 an session/practice, (I’ve seen it happen). Why is it the coaches with the lack of coaching training/experience are always the one asking for more $$ when coaching? I see it as you coach, cause you LOVE the sport not about worrying on how much your making per session/practice. The two main teams I coach, I do it for free. Though I’m hoping to get a full time paying coaching gig, but I’m not gonna hold my breath. Then again I’m hoping the more training I have and my 14 years (soon 15years) of paddling |4 years of coaching has a better chance then someone who’s paddled for 2 and coached for a year.

Edit: Just calculated it out, I’m just shy of sending $60 to my local cancer research society to help find a cure for breast cancer. I know Comments for a Cause will be ending on Halloween but I just wanted to do an early thank you.

Holly | Lauren |