Enjoy, sarameg!

Happy, safe travels, sarameg!

All happiness Nilly & Khusband!

FredPete, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I have returned from a lovely time at the zoo with Barb, Stephanie and their children. Barb has the sweetest kids ever (they pushed our strollers! they played with Ellie!) and Ellie and Frisco are damn cute. Conclusion: Barb and Stephanie need to visit DC more often.

Have a great trip, Sara!!!

Have a wonderful time, sarameg!

And billions of congratulations to Nilly and Future Khusband! You do in fact have an American doppleganger who is married to a very doting and adoring pirate (I saw them once, a couple of years ago, at a church I occasionally attend, and words cannot express how exactly like you she looked or how precisely piratical he looked, down to the boots and the Captain Hook hair and the red velvet coat, or how utterly devoted and smitten they were).

But I am perfectly willing to set aside any dreams of an Israeli pirate for you in favor of the actual real-world joy of a best friend who's known you forever, who recognizes and cherishes your excellent Nillyness, and who had the wisdom and courage to ask for a second chance. That's not no story; that's a story to put other stories to shame.

Joy and love and blessings to both of you!

And (because it deserves a separate post), Fred Pete, I am so very sorry for the loss of your beloved Teddy. Between you and DH and the dedicated vets who shepherded him through so many health scares, I don't think that cat lived for one second of all his many years in any doubt of just how much he was loved.

OMGSQUEEE!!! Nilly! Congratulations, and how much do I love that your fiance instantly has a nickname? Yay, I am so happy for you. What a year for you, goodness!

Joy and love and blessings to both of you!

Yes.

Fred Pete, I'm so sorry about Teddy. You and DH gave him the best life a cat could ask for. He was so lucky to have you, and you were so lucky to have him.

safe travels sara. I feel like I should call ahead and have people waiting with cutiehead saracakes signs. 2 weeks! take lots of pictures! is your phone international?

Yeah, I had to do a separate posting, didn't seem fair to Nilly or to Teddy to put them in the same one.

Fred, I am so very sorry. You and Hubs did so much to keep Teddy in your lives, and like JZ said, I am sure he knew how loved he was. Our boys Taz and Marley will be doing catloafs for wonderful Teddy tonight.

aw, I just told TomW that Nilly was getting married and he immediately started quizzing me about Khusband's credentials and intentions.

Nilly, Tom's got your back!