One and a half cats and Bragging Rights

For years we had 3 dogs and one cat. As most of you know, we lost our little Gidget this summer and still miss her so very much! Doing the math you would think we were down to 2 dogs and one cat....right?

Ummmm...apparently not! Over the past few months both DH and I, either suffering from insomnia or, in his case, getting up in the middle of the night for work....have "surprised" a sneaky nocturnal visitor making himself at home at Akira's food bowl!

I have to say....he/she is a pretty thing...big beautiful grey tabby.....quite well-fed it appears!!! I don't know if the bulk of his/her meals are from us or not, but it hasn't missed many meals if any.

We got a big laugh out of it once the shock of knowing that "visitors" were accessing the doggie door in the middle of the night.......and that Akira was throwing parties when we weren't looking!

Up until a couple of nights ago.....as far as we knew anyway.....the food bowl was the only interesting spot our visitor frequented....however, Ron got up early for work day before yesterday and went into one of the guest bedrooms to get something....flipped on the light....and guess who was curled up sleeping away on the guest bed!!!???

So...at this point it looks like we are the "proud owners" of half a cat! It still scoots away and out the doggie door as soon as we see it...... Haven't been able to pet it yet, but obviously it feels at home here so who knows! Haven't been able to get any pics of it so far but if I can catch any, I'll post them.

Now on to the Bragging Rights! I, as a parent, have always been, and still am....proud of my children. From the silly, sweet things they did as little girls up to now and the wonderful, smart, caring women they have grown up to be. In the kid department I have been abundantly blessed, no doubt about it!

A little about the older of the two: She works in the corporate offices of Micheal's in Irving, Tx. She is a senior buyer/designer for the table top framing department. She has only been with Michael's for a little over a year and has already been promoted and received a company award that some employees have never received....and the ones who have gotten it normally have been there for 5 years or more! I'm so proud of her and her accomplishments! Now for the really cool part......she has designed the entire Christmas framing lines of products! (Other lines as well!) It blows me away to know that literally thousands of people across the nation have something in their home that my girl designed/created!!!

Of course, Mom had to have some of them...lol! I couldn't afford to get one of everything she did, but I did get a few!

She did all the snow-globe frames and all of the frames in the store that are a Christmas design.
The snow globes are all music boxes as well....how cool is that?

I haven't gone through and found the pics to put in them yet, but here are the mini-frames and tree. She designed the tree they are displayed on too!
Pretty much anything that sits on a surface and holds pics....like these cute little placecard/picture holders and traditional frames, she designed!
So, if you get a chance to check out the framing department at Michael's you'll be looking at the work of my kid!!! One proud Mama....you betcha!