What's been going on...

So, lots has taken place over the last 10 days since I've blogged. I've had some time to blog, but I'm keeping my mind pre-occupied with other things lately, things I actually enjoy more than writing. So, let me start with the most exciting news (to me).

We found a kitten. I know, I know, we do NOT need more cats, nor do we want more, but some jerk dropped a kitten off (maybe more) next to our mailbox. We were driving home I want to say Thursday before last and there she was. LaVaughn got out of the car and chased her down, then we brought her down to the house.

She's young, probably no older than 3 months and was super skinny. She had some eye irritation going on and started sneezing quite a bit over the weekend, so I called Monday and made her vet appointment for Thursday. Her check-up went good, aside from being a tad on the sickly side, but Heather said she really didn't even look that bad. Her lungs sounded good, so she was almost certain she had a viral infection which resulted in a URI. She's on 10 (I think) days of Clavamox now.

LaVaughn and I both swear up and down that she's Bart's kitten. She looks identical to him, even when he was a kitten. I would almost put money on the fact that she's one of his babies, which warms my heart. I miss Bart so much and think of him often. Even more now, but it doesn't make me as sad as my memories of him. We've decided to name her Clementine, which fits her so well.

Cersei isn't too keen on the idea of having another kitten around, but she does seem to be warming up to her. Too bad Clementine wants absolutely nothing to do with poor Cersei.

Crappy picture, but isn't she cute??

I've actually (slowly) started getting back into sewing lately. I sewed not one, but TWO cage sets last week! It was so much fun and such a warm welcome back into the world of vending when my cage set sold literally two minutes after I posted it. She even bought another, but has yet to pay for it. I cut out a set today that I'll hopefully get around to sewing tomorrow.

Sewing and coffee go hand in hand.

This is the second set I did. It's one of my all time favorites. 

In gaming news -- not sure if you know this or not, but Resident Evil 5 was released at the end of June. JUNE!! Do you realize how long we could have been playing this game?? It's only one of the best RE co-op games out there. As soon as I found out, I ordered it. Resident Evil 4 comes out at the end of this month. I'm dying...

Day before yesterday I had to drive my aunt to The Laser Spine Institute in Saint Louis. Boy what a day! The drive was effortless, but the waiting, that was the hardest part. I think LaVaughn and I sat out in the waiting area for over 3 hours! We watched what seemed like dozens of episodes of Like It or List is (not sure if that's the name) while we waiting on her to come out. 

They had a dining area with free food -- mainly some creepy chips, chopped salad, half sandwiches and several different beverages (mainly hot teas and coffee). I got a coffee at one point, but had to throw it away due to its raunchiness. We left with a couple things of apple juice which we had yesterday. 

My aunt got all of her day one testing done and thankfully she didn't have to go back until today to do the rest. Now all we can do is hope that they'll be able to help her out with a VERY minimal surgery.

Since we were in the neighborhood, we asked Christina if she would meet us and pick up the boys that had to be shipped. Since I haven't really talked about the gliders any, I'm referring to Nanook and Gendry. They'll be shipped to Florida and Maryland this Friday to meet their new mommies. #nervous

I guess that about sums up the past couple weeks. I live a very boring life, so not much can be expected in the way of thrills and excitement when I blog. Hopefully it's enough to keep you interested. Until next time...

-Megan

Off to Ohio...

LaVaughn and I met up with Christina in Arnold today to drop off our little TPM boy, Dale. He's getting shipped Friday to his new mama that lives all the way over in Ohio. I'm not okay with this, I already miss him like crazy. Not to mention he was a complete ANGEL all day and didn't make one peep. Even when I trimmed his nails. That is so not cool!

Since we decided to leave at 3, that left us nearly 4 hours to get there with loads of time to spare. We stopped off and Joann's to buy some fleece, but there wasn't really anything on sale, so we didn't stay there too long. We headed to Walmart after that and did some pretty heavy grocery shopping. We found so any different vegan meats, it was insane! Since this was all in Festus, guess where we're going to be shopping from now on?

I was pleasantly surprised when we got home, our Series 3 Walking Dead POP! Funko collectibles had arrived! I nearly forgot that I ordered them, so you can imagine how happy I was. Now we only need series 4 and 6 -- I'm SO on the hunt now!

Well I guess that's all for now. Time to play some Dying Light and enjoy the rest of the night...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Pics from today:

Shipping supplies.

My gorgeous boy, Dale.

The Walking Dead Series 3 POP! Funko!

An update, of sorts...

It feels like I'm disregarding the gliders and the joeys -- I think it's mainly because my glider fandom has moved to Instagram, so posting here just isn't as exciting. I still love posting here, of course, which is mainly what this update is about today.

I took new joey pics today, for starters. Only of Loras and Nubbins, the others are too wild and crazy for picture days, so they get a pass now.

Loras has imprinted on our hearts, so he will be staying here forever. We're not sure if we'll pair him to someone or just get him neutered, that's all still up in the air. Nubbins already has a home with a lady in Tennessee, which I'm grateful for. Dale is going to Christina next week to be shipped, which makes me sad. His brother isn't even remotely paid for, so it'll be a while before he goes anywhere. There's also a good chance Cordelia will go to her new home next week or the weeks after. I have to talk to the girl that's adopting her first.

I've been sewing like crazy this week. I have one set sold, possibly two others. I'll have to order fleece for the other two, so it'll be at least a week before I can get around to that. I think I only have a couple yards left. Sounds like it's time to order more fleece!

Oh, you remember how I rented The Division yesterday? Well that was a waste! I didn't get to play it ONE time! Apparently this game has to be connected to the internet at all times and required a HUGE 2.7 GB update. Do you have any idea how slow our internet is? It would take 15+ hours of constant downloading for a update that big. So the game had to go back today, unplayed. Sucks.

Well I guess that's all for now. Please enjoy a sampling of the joey pics that I took today below...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Lieutenant Dan:

Loras

Time to catch my breath...

Wow, what a day we had! Yesterday was one of the longest and most car-riding/driving filled days I've had in a long time! Thankfully, everything went well -- I really had my doubts at some points -- and our babies arrived on time, safe and sound!

I'm going to try and make this as short as possible, considering the long day we had. We met Doug at Lowe's about 10 minutes from his house (in the heart of STL) and followed him back. He knew we were get lost trying to find our way to his house, so he offered to meet us. While we were waiting on him to arrive, I got a panicked message from Shannon (who we got our creme girl from) saying we had to be at the cargo building by no later than 4! She told me baggage when she first booked the flight, but she was wrong. I called Untied Baggage, they were absolutely no help, then had to call the cargo building. Long story short, we did have to be there by 4 to get her, but someone was going to be there until 5 and we were able to make it on time!

Since we had over 2 hours to go before the arrival of our BFBB boy, we decided to go back to Doug and Kyan's in the mean time. I felt TERRIBLE that they had to drive to the airport twice, it sucked. Back at their house, we got to see all their gliders and even trimmed everyone's nails for them. It was time well spent and I had a blast!

We left just after 6 and headed back to the airport. We had to go inside the airport to baggage claim to get this boy. Luckily Kyan did all the talking -- he even went right to where we had to go, he's a life saver! We all had to stand in the baggage office for 30 minutes waiting on someone to bring him up from the plane. Naturally, the baggage from the Denver flight (the one he was on) was delayed and everyone was waiting on their luggage.

We went back to their house and stayed for a little while longer before we had to leave. We left with two new additions, but had to leave one. Our little boy, Pietro. :( Christina picked him up from their house last night after we left. I was not okay parting with him, he's such a sweet and lovable boy. I feel like I'm betraying him by leaving him there. He's in good hands, don't get me wrong, but it's not the same... he should be here with us.

With that being said, I am on cloud 9 and feel unbelievably blessed to have two gorgeous and amazingly sweet babies! They really are two of the sweetest gliders we've ever brought into our home that haven't been crabby. Tracy told be how sweet Zorro's babies were -- I was also told that from two other people that have his siblings -- and she was 100% right! He's an angel! This little creme girl is super, super sweet too. It's like night and day from the creme girls we got from Tracy. It almost doesn't seem real!

I'm obsessively holding them, starting at them, carrying them around, and then some. It's safe to say I'm OBSESSED with them! I love them so much and want to soak up as much time with them as I can before I have to return to work tomorrow. Sigh... work.

We've already thought of two really cute names, Ginny and Oliver. They're very normal and fitting. We've never been one to name our animals anything other than something you would name a human, Pip aside. But he is named after Pippin, while not a human, but Hobbit instead. Close enough to a human in my book. Anyways, so Ginny and Oliver it is! :)

On that note, I want to spend as much time as I can not on the computer or social media. I know, impossible! I will try, though.

Love & Peace

-Megan

Pictures from Sunday before we departed:

Pietro's travel supplies.

The last pictures I took of Pietro with the camera:

He's so cute. I'm going to miss him SO much. :(

Pictures from today. Everyone say hello to Ginny and Oliver:

Look at how dark and gorgeous he is!

This little girl is impossible to get a picture of.

Touching base...

It has been a crummy week. I had a TERRIBLE anxiety attack late Monday night/early Tuesday morning that has left me an anxious mess all week! I had another "episode" Tuesday night after work, but luckily it passed. It was the same last night, just not as bad. Thankfully (knock wood) I'm feeling a little better today.

I've been SO stressed all week! I'm seriously, it's something different every single day. My main worry is about this coming Sunday; we're getting 2 gliders flown in on the same day and it's killing me! Flights scare the crap outta me, there's always a potential for layovers or gliders getting left in cargo in a different city!

Aside from that, I've been stressing myself to DEATH about intros! We've been trying to get Declan/Ellie and Neal/Fiona together. We did tent time Monday night and things went fairly well. Declan, Fiona, and Neal all hit it off -- guess they remembered each other. Ellie and Neal even did okay, it was Fiona and Ellie that didn't get along. Well we left them in the cage together, then out of nowhere Neal started attacking Ellie. LaVaughn put them all together Tuesday, but they ended up having to be separated. We're going to try tent time again tonight around 9 and see how things go.

Aside from being a nervous wreck the past few days, not much else has taken place. I've taken lots of pictures, as you'll see below, but other than that there's really been nothing to blog about. So, until next time kiddies...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Pictures from Monday:

These are the c-links that were part of a co-op order. I paid for these months ago! I would have forgotten all about them had they not kept talking about them on a daily basis.

Pictures from Wednesday:

Gorgeous artisan cherry tomatoes.

This old rustic dog house makes for some of the best pictures in the late evening.

The critters:

Milla knows it's coming.

Fletcher always looks spooked.

Miss Una:

And lastly, Miss Zoe's photoshoot:

Pictures from today:

A preview of joey pics that I took today, this is Pietro:

Wanda

Jeremy

Elena

Some type of gorgeous wild mushroom.

The yard looked stunning today.

Bart is always doing this to me outside.

The lighting made for some GORGEOUS pictures of Milla.

Just look at her, she's stunning!

I love this one.

And this one.

More of the shroom.

It looks like she's going to snatch it.

I recently stumbled upon these gorgeous weeds, better known as the Jewel Weed:

Jewel weeds oddly look lie an orchid.

Most refer to these "flowers" and trumpet or horn shaped.

And lastly, a mini Jasper shoot:

This. One. Is. To. Die. For!!