Celebrate Birthdays & 2 Kittens!

My birthday was this week, and I forgot about it! I have so many things to figure out (trying to get to stores, bank problems, in-law problems, lawyers & legal papers...) that I literally forgot to celebrate on the actual day. But my friends came through with a birthday call -- and then a second kitten!! The one kitten they got me before just seemed a bit lonely in the flat with this confused old lady, so I asked my friends for another. The new one's a bundle of energy and fights with the other one, but I figure they just have to get used to each other, grow up a bit, and feel secure in this old lady's home. 'Don't worry, kids, there's enough food to go around!' I'm sure they'll be best buddies soon.

Things look better on the legal front with my (very expensive) lawyer reaching a deal with the in-laws. There were another couple of small properties and it looks like they'll take those and leave me with the main flat that Sherif and I bought 20 years ago, which is what I wanted. 

I'm still super sorry my friends are moving away, but I have hope that good things are coming. In my life, good things usually follow on the heels of disasters, and heaven knows I've been through enough disasters this past year and am overdue for some relaxation and happiness for a change. Come on happiness -- get over here, dagnabbit!!


My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

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Celebrate: The Purrrrfect Gift!

My best friends here in Egypt, Lucy and Alaa, got me the cutest gift ever! They were worried about me -- afraid I was feeling sad and alone in my flat -- so they got me a kitten!  She's an adorable little brown tabby with blue eyes, which I've never seen on a tabby before. She's only about 4 months old, and she's a bundle of energy. I can barely keep up with her! 

It's absolutely impossible not to smile when you have an adorable little ball of fluff purring or playing near you. So I have to hand it to my friends -- BEST GIFT EVER!!


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L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits Blog

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Celebrate: Slowly But Surely

Not sure which of the girls in the photo resembles me the most. Of course, I'm definitely older than both of them, but after my stroke, walking has been as hard as if I were a little kid walking on shifting sands. Whether I'm on a street or even in my flat, I have to think about every step and compensate for chronic dizziness.  

But I've never fallen, and I am improving, getting stronger and more stable, slowly but surely, and that's worth celebrating!

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