This Changes Everything

The APPLE iPHONE
This device will revolutionize handheld devices. 5 years from now, everyone who is electronic communication oriented (cell phones/emails/etc) will have one of these or something that has been made by someone else to try to copy it. It's revolutionary and it will change communication/information access dramatically.



Here's a graph of what wall street thinks about it. The graph shows the stock for APPLE versus the makers of the Blackberry and Palm devices (so called 'smartphones'). You can see how APPLE stock went nearly straight up and the other guys' stock went nearly straight down. I'm glad I'm am a Apple stockholder.

Moving Forward

This last week has been the worst of our lives. It will forever change the way I look at someone who has just lost their pet.

We're doing okay and moving forward. We talk about Snowy a lot - almost all in a good way. We're trying to not be sad more than necessary - but sometimes it just HITS you hard. Everything from the normal habits of walking in the house and calling her name to my our nightly ritual (one of them) of me saying "you ready to go to bed snowy?" and her moving to the same spot on the couch waiting for me to pick her up and carry her. We would then rub foreheads all the way to the bedroom.

Jan is really missing Snowy sitting on her shoulder. She didn't actually SIT on her shoulder, but she would crawl up in Jan's lap and then climb up and put both front paws on her shoulder and rub her head agains Jan's while she purred loudly and spoke softly. Jan says she can feel her there sometimes.

Still, it's time to look forward.

If this all seems silly to you - then I'm very happy that you've never experienced it. With great love comes great sorrow. Everyone who knew Snowy knew that she was a special cat.

I'm going to make a little memorial page for Snowy with pictures of her and I'll link to it on the right side of the page - under the link to my calendar. This should be my last "Snowy" post in the context of the blog.

Jan wrote this for Snowy on Monday and she said I could put it on the blog:




Favorite Things

Sleeping in the sun
Sitting on my shoulder
Biting my freshly shampooed head
Laying beside me
These were your favorite things.

Sleeping on your daddy’s hand
Eating tuna from a can, asparagus too
Laying on the lounger by the pool
Lying by your daddy’s desk while he worked
These were your favorite things.

Hearing your sweet meow
Resting my head on you while you purred
You sitting on my shoulder
Your unconditional love
These were my favorite things.

Resting your head against mine
Burying my nose into your fur
Watching you sleep
Being my shadow, best friend and sweet baby
These were my favorite things.

I will miss you.

Goodbye Snowy

Snowy left us at noon today. We loved her.
:(

Snowy Meadows
1991 - January 5, 2007

Today is SNOWY day

Last night, Jan and I decided that today would be Snowy's day. She's gotten worse and we can't bring ourselves to allow her to be in the level of discomfort that she is in any longer.

Jan and I laid in the bed last night talking about our fond memories of Snowy - from when we first met her and how she took to us so quickly. We'd like to think that it's because we were meant to be together - and so that's what we're going to think.

This morning I got up and decided to make the most of our time together. Jan and I both took showers and put on some good clothes for a family photo. You can see it at the top of this post. We're both trying not to cry too much. I feel like I'm failing Jan. It seems she's spending too much time comforting me and I know this has to be even harder on her. She had a bond with that cat that was very very special.

At 11:30, a lady will come to the house and administer Snowy's injections. We didn't want to have Snowy's final hour to be stressful for her and she doesn't like car rides. The lady will take Snowy's body with her for cremation and we'll get the ashes back. The reason we're doing this is that we know we will not stay in this house for too much longer and I don't want to bury her here and then leave. We'll bury her at our next home if we feel it will be a long term place for us. Until then, we'll probably keep Snowy in her favorite window sill.