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  <title>Saki &apos;s Coming and Going Day</title>
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  <description>Saki died 11 months ago tonight.  Today would have been her 18th birthday, and 18th anniversary of her coming home with me from the PG County Shelter.  She would have been old enough to vote in November.  You bet she would have voted for Hillary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lavendertook/563784/230271/230271_original.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lavendertook/563784/230271/230271_600.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did she not look like a stuffed toy siamese cat in her middle years, especially?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lavendertook.dreamwidth.org/204112.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lavendertook&amp;ditemid=204112&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2015 00:32:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Owning Your Mouse</title>
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  <description>Today is 2 months since I lost Saki.  I&apos;m doing a much better job this month of focusing on being grateful for the 16 years I had in the company of that magnificent cat-being than on the sadness of her ending.  There are days, and times, but it&apos;s not as raw as last month.  I am so grateful for the support from my flist friends who held me up during the worst of it.  I couldn&apos;t get through without you.  Thank you.  (((((((FLIST))))) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is another favorite pic, this of Herself with a wool catnip-filled mouse an old friend made and sent for her.  She tended to love her newest toy and her newest bed most, but her fondness for this mouse lasted many years and it stayed in her latest beds.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&apos;s also 9 years today since my dad died--tomorrow would have been his 88th birthday.  The 15th will be 5 months since Mom died. He and Mom have 4 siameses tucked around them, but maybe Saki is visiting with them tonight, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lavendertook/563784/85623/85623_original.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/lavendertook/563784/85623/85623_600.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;DSCN0857&quot; title=&quot;DSCN0857&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is that a smiling kitten cat, or is that a smiling kitten cat?  So fluffy sweet and soft, but look at the strength in that possessive paw. THIS MOUSE.  IS MINE.  GO ME!  LOVE U.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cut-wrapper&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;span-cuttag___1&quot; class=&quot;cuttag&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-open&quot;&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lavendertook.dreamwidth.org/188651.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class=&quot;cut-close&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;display: none;&quot; id=&quot;div-cuttag___1&quot; aria-live=&quot;assertive&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lavendertook&amp;ditemid=188651&quot; width=&quot;30&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;comment count unavailable&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot;/&gt; comments</description>
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