Meira, Warrior Kitty!

I have a bodyguard, did you hear? I (finally, thanks to Carrie), headed to bed around 12:30 last night. Ameira followed, as per usual. I went into the bathroom, shutting the door before she got in, so she did her "rounds", jumping on the boys' beds to make sure they were ok. I come out & and she has something stuck to her paw, or so I thought. It rustled a little bit, so I just figured she had stepped on some tape & now it was stuck to her. So, I lean down & touch her paw, and...a FLY flies up into my FACE! I scream, obviously not expecting a fly in the dead of a cold, frozen, prairie winter, and jump back. Right away, Mimi is up & ready to save her mommy from the lost fly (because really, how many flies have you seen in Saskatchewan in February??). The little bugger flies into my room, because the light was on, & is now trying to beat itself to death on my pretty light fixture. I turn to go into my room, & my protector kitty is circling my feet, and trying to head me off to go downstairs. I resist her pretty blue kitty eyes & go into the bedroom, with Ameira meowing & walking in between my feet the whole way. I grab a dirty sock (since I've sort of slacked on that little chore as of late), & am swatting at the damn thing. Hot pink socks are a great weapon against flies I found out. The entire time I'm flinging the sock around above my head (go ahead & laugh at the mental picture, Garth did too), Ameira is angrily meowing at me and/or the fly. I finally get the sucker, & and run to the bathroom to grab a Kleenex so I can flush, er, dispose of the little guy. Go back to my room to find WonderCat trying to consumed said hot-pink sock beaten fly. I'm so lucky to have Ameira, lol!

She really is quite the protector. She will follow us to the bathroom, to make sure everything is ok, and checks on the boys at night while they sleep. And my favorite? Sits on the bathmat while you are in the tub/shower. Or, if you shut the door before she can sneak in, she will lay in front of the bathroom door until you come out. Either way, she is guaranteed to be there & to get dripped on. She's just trying to make sure we make it out alive, I suppose! Silly kitty.

I didn't do much today. A friend came for coffee this morning while the boys were in school. Her birthday is tomorrow, so we made plans to go for supper & then for a drink afterwards, sans both kids AND husbands (oh, the trouble that will ensue, lol). Anson doesn't have practice tomorrow, thanks to some hockey camp or someting-or-other, woo hoo! Then he has a game in Carrot River on Sunday. Garth is also off this weekend, so that will be nice. That's about it, really. We're quite exciting in our little corner of the earth. I talked to my mom today (oh crap, forgot to phone my aunt) about Easter, & how she has plans to put me to work, cleaning out my grandpa's house. It will be nice, one last visit before we sell & I never see it again :( My Nana & Papa have had that house for over 50 years (52 this July), so it truly is the end to an era. I think when we moved my Papa into the home in July (happy birthday Robyn!), I was so busy, that it didn't really sink in, you know? This time will be quieter, less hectic, so I'm sure it will hit me even more then. I spent many a weekend there with my grandparents. Making forts out of cedar shingles, painting or playing piano with my Nana, going for rides on the Bobcat with Papa, yeah, lots of good memories. Our offical last Easter in Springwater. I think that in all of my 25 years, I have spent at least 22 Easters in Springwater. It is very fitting that we clean the house out for good at Easter. But I promise not to dig up the baby bunnies to take with me, mom!!

And, so ends another bloggity thingamajig. Not sure when I'll be back, you never know with me. Could be in a week, or in 10 minutes because I've thought of something else I figured all you bloggers should know! Till next time!!