Thursday 16 December 2010

Goodbye Prada...

I planned to write a Christmas deco blog tonight getting ready for our weekend surprise, but real life got in the way today, as is its want. Our crazy old cat had to be put down today and were all still taking it in really.  We got Prada when we bought our first house, she was the kitten that ran up the tree, the girly cat that stayed on my knee purring contentedly during my pregnancies and the family cat that my children wrapped in bandages and tried to sneak into bed with them. She was also the crazy old lady cat who snored so loudly under our bed that I thought it was BH, the hair shedding machine and the culprit who left unpleasant parcels on the landing!



Prada Cat had got very frail recently but nothing suggested that she was terminal when I left the house for work. Today my was busiest day of the busiest week of the year, the day of my big meeting and to get a phone call from BH 30 minutes before going in to the meeting telling me that shed been taken to the vet and it wasn't good...well I certainly wasn't expecting it.
The vet offered to keep her going until I could get there but my meeting ran from 1 till 5, so I said that I would rather she didn't suffer, but pulling myself together to lead our review meeting was something I'd rather not repeat. The meeting ran, it all went very well, all the hard work has been worth it, but all I could feel was sad. Poor Pradacat...her blanket is still on the box at the bottom of the stairs, i don't think I can move it yet. Poor BH had to bring her home and bury her in the rain before the snow set in and the ground got too hard.

Animals huh? Who'd have them....


As for our Christmas Surprise - no baby Jesuses are to be appearing soon but I can tell you it involves some serious thermal underwear...no thats it, no more clues!

13 comments:

  1. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about poor Prada. I think we all wonder sometimes if it wouldn't be easier without them around to mess things up, puke on the carpet, leave mice on the pillow, keep our laps warm, and listen quietly to our rants while we cook dinner. And then they leave us so suddenly, and we wonder how we could live without them.

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  2. Thanks TG - Youre right, we'd got so used to her being a fixture in our lives now the silence with out her bizarre night time wailing seems very odd. I cant count the times Ive cussed her odd habits but now...oh well...

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  3. I'm so sorry to hear about your cat. I know how difficult that can be.

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  4. How sad - management stuff takes over stuff! I understand..xxxx

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  5. Sorry that Prada has gone to the bridge.
    George xxx

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  6. Hugs - our cat (Mrs Norris) left home one day - never to be seen again - I hope she's OK but we just don't know.

    Really sorry to hear about it.

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  7. Really sorry to hear about Prada xx

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  8. I'm so sorry to hear about Prada. It's so sad when we have to say goodbye to one of our pets, they really do become one of the family and it's so hard. I'm sure you'll have many happy memories of her. Hmmm, now I'm sure I've guessed your Christmas surprise correctly.

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  9. Oh, I'm so sorry. Pets are such a joy...just concentrate on all the good memories you had whilst she was with you and that she didn't suffer unduly. x

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  10. So sorry that you have lost your pet. I know how much that hurts and how much people who don't have a pet to love can't understand how it feels but then they don't understand the joy that a much loved animal can give either do they?

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  11. I know Prada's loss will leave a hole in your hearts. Take comfort in your loved ones and know that you gave her the best possible life.

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  12. So sorry. I know how much that hurts. I still miss my beloved Henry. And Sparkles. And Pickwick.

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  13. my heart goes out to you and yours... x

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