Marilyn C - Any more chapters

juellie1962

12 years ago

to the story of your life? ;) Any updates on the baby given up for adoption? I still think you should write a novel!

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marilyn_c
11 years ago
There was more on my life story I was going to write....you must know me on FB??? I don't think it was posted for everyone to read...not that I care particularly, but I had mentioned a few people in it that I wouldn't want to read it. I haven't done it...but I need to. As for the baby....I haven't done anything on that either. My computer crashed and I have been using a laptop...and hate it. I haven't been to FB in over a week, so need to mosey over there.

Regarding FB, about half of my friends, I have no idea who they are. Some I know through donkeys and mules, some are wildlife rehabbers and some I have no idea. I only know that if they are friends with Nita from Arizona, then they must be friends from KT. 8-) Also, the story of my life was posted originally at MH forum...so maybe you read it there. I copied most of it and put it in the notes section at FB but need to finish it. Fortunately, my life has calmed down a lot in the past 15 years. Now it is just mostly my animals and I need to write about Ken, the friend that I took care of the final 8 years of his life.
juellie1962
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11 years ago
No, I'm not a facebook friend. You posted about it here, on the Kitchen Table. (the sister's baby part). I'm the one who kept urging you to write a novel. I didn't really read it anywhere! Had no idea it was even written! :)
Gosh, I hope I didn't dredge up bad memories....this was only about a month or so ago that you were talking about it!
I sure hope I have the right person!
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He's doing great. He also has a friend now, named Ralphie, a long haired, orange kitten. Someone called me and said they had a feral kitten and wanted me to take it. You know, you seldom get the real stories on animals that people want you to take. The story was that his mother abandoned him, but he was about the same age as Favio, maybe a week older. I told them, no, animals aren't like people. They don't abandon their babies....at least no mama cat is going to abandon a kitten that big....maybe she was killed. So I went to see the kitten, and he was a cute little thing, but definitely not feral. Feral kittens hiss and spit. The only thing this one did was cry all the time. So, I think the real reason she was getting rid of it, she got the kitten, and it was too young to leave it's mother and so it cried all the time, and she told me "it won't shut up". So, I figured he would be good company for Favio. I named him Ralphie....and no, he doesn't cry any more. It has been a big help to me, to have two kittens. Fav was used to being by himself and didn't cry, but he needed company to play with and Ralphie has worked out perfectly. My daughter had said she was looking for an orange kitten, so I offered Ralphie to her, but I didn't think she would take him because last I heard, they were looking at an older cat at the shelter, and anyway, he is Fav's friend, so he will be staying here with Favio. Favio has done exceptionally well, but I admit to worrying more about him than any baby I have ever raised. He was a little slow to switch over to solid food....Ralphie helped with that. An older cat here comes in and she likes them and bathes them....so they have a "nanny". :D I am going to try and get a better picture of Favio and will post it in a few minutes. I woke Ralpie up to take his picture...so he looks sleepy in the picture. Will try to get a better one of him soon. Anyway, they are both doing great, and Fav is so special to me. He is so cuddly because he is used to being held. He almost never is still....plays all the time. Ralphie isn't quite as affectionate as Favio, but he sleeps next to me and he loves being combed. I use a flea comb on them because their nanny is an outside cat and when she comes in, sometimes she brings a flea or two. I flea comb both of them two or three times a day. When I comb Ralphie, he "fleas" me in return....gently chewing on my arm. They are the sweetest babies and extra special to me. If anyone ever has the chance to raise an orphan, it takes a lot of dedication....they need to be fed every couple of hours starting out, but they are the most affectionate and cuddly cats you will ever have. Here is Ralphie, and I will see if I can get a better pic of Fav.
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It's okay, I didn't take it as being bossy. Yes, I am fortunate that it is a huge complex with satellite facilities all over the area. He is at the main hospital. Private room....treating him very well. He isn't crazy about the food....they have him on a low sodium diet due to the fluid in his lungs. He looked better last night than I have seen him in ages.
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Mamapinky, I washed them in my washing machine in cold water. I know they probably should have been dry cleaned but I had too many. Plus, if they turned out badly....no real loss, since I have never used them and probably never will. I washed them with Era and Biz and used fabric softener on them. I dried them in the shade....hung them on the fence. They all came out nice and soft. Two of the blankets are camp blankets and have the name of the camp on them....one is Ridgecrest...can't remember the other one....and the name of the camper. Another one has a tag that says Made in Australia, 1943. Then there are some with a Pendleton tag and some with other tags. I have about a dozen and about an equal number of wool throws. I have a "new...to me" washing machine. At first I didn't like it very much. It is a GE, like my old faithful, and has an agitator but I am used to one that really washes hard and this one just sort of swirls the water through the clothes, but I am okay with it now, because it really gets everything clean. Jody hired his helper again the next day, but halfway through the day, he hurt his back. He hobbled around in pain for the rest of the day....had to take helper home...and I thought he would be down for quite awhile. I hurt my back awhile back and it took a few weeks before it quit hurting. However, the next day, he was back at it and hasn't said much more about his back. Glad he had a quick recovery. ;) We moved home two nights ago. We are sleeping on an air mattress on the floor. I will buy a bed and mattress as soon as I get a chance to go out and look for one. Probably this weekend. Still haven't got the horses home....still working on the fence. Lots of big trees fell on the fence. The old fence would have held my horses but Amos, the donkey, will be out with them, and he is very independent and he will leave if he sees an opportunity. He will come back, but the horses will follow him and it is dangerous, since there is a highway about 3/4 of a mile away. We have done a lot but it is hard to see we have made any progress because there is still so much to do. We keep working on it.
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Our ghost followed us here. I knew he would. I call it the poltergeist but it isn't like a true poltergeist...I don't think. Activity increased before we left, and has been active here. Before you think I have been out in the sun too long...here are a couple of examples. My husband bought a new saw blade for his skilsaw. Couldn't find it. We all looked everywhere. Showed up the next day in the front seat of the truck. In plain sight. The company I had, got ready to go. Couldn't find her glasses. She said she looked in her purse several times. Told me to look. Not much in her purse, so I took out her wallet, lighter, cigarettes, chap stick. Put it all back in. She called when she got home...glasses in her purse. Right on top. I collect marbles and someone gave me a pretty bottle to put marbles in. It had a slip of paper in it and I fished it out...with a little difficulty because it is a decanter. Narrow neck. Fed horses, was going to wash the bottle. Paper was back in there. Took it out again....hope it stays out this time. My mother always told me....no such thing as ghosts. Okay. I can go along with that, but odd things happen that I have no explanation for. Home alone this morning. Jody has gone to see someone about a dog fence.
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sweet_betsy No AL Z7
11 years ago
Here is your post on the KT, Marilyn C.

Here is a link that might be useful: Contacting someone from your past
marilyn_c
11 years ago
Oh, no. No bad memories. I dealt with all the bad memories years ago. I have had sort of an interesting life. If you want to read it, send me a friend request on FB, Marilyn Stout Collins, or I guess I could email it to you when I get back on my regular computer. It is kind of long. I don't mean to be so presumptuous that you'd want to read it, as far as that goes.

As for the baby's story.....the only thing I have done is meet with my nephew and we talked about it. Right now I don't have any transportation, my husband is using my truck...so I have been home all the time. Was also still thinking about
how to go about it. I don't want to cause anyone any pain....
by the same token, I don't know how else to try to contact her without "putting it out there". I was disappointed that I couldn't find the old pictures of my sister that I thought I had. It is probably just a matter of finding them....I am missing an entire album, but it could have gotten put away in an old blanket chest or something. There are four of them in the other house. I need to get back and try to find them because if I make a FB page, I need some pictures.
juellie1962
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11 years ago
thank you sweet betsy for that link, I thought for a minute I was going nuts. ;)
Marilyn, I think you're approaching everything perfectly....very cautiously! :)
lindaohnowga
11 years ago
There are many of us who don't do Facebook, so please Marilyn, be sure to post here at the KT. This is the "only" place I can read about what you are doing.
cheryl_ok
11 years ago
Marilyn, I also would love to read it, I'm not a big fan of Facebook but I do check on there once in awhile to see what family is doing

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