Dear 2007...

Dear 2007,

This here is the Whiskers And Purrs Gang.  We don't wanna hurt your feelin's or nothin' but we ain't sad to see you leave.  You weren't such a great year for us.  I mean, it coulda been worse, that's for sure.  But we had some sad stuff this year.

First of all, Mazie Grace's eyeball surgery didn't go so great...she's pretty much blind as a bat.  You can read all 'bout her big ol' operation here and here.  But, she loves, loves, LOVES Unkle Doktor Blair so she gits to keep goin' back to flirt with him...little tart!





Then, our big sister, Lucy Margarite, had to go to heaven.  She was real real sick with that mean ol' cancer stuff.  Lucy hated all of us little squirts but she loved mommy and  Elsie.  Both of them is still sad that Lucy Margarite ain't here with us.  You can read 'bout that here and here.  But, the good news is that we still git to see Lucy...mommy can't see her but we do.  She flies down from heaven every day and bosses us 'round.  She also gives mommy headbutts every night just as mommy goes to bed.

And then...Fergie got her somethin' called "asthma".  She waked up one mornin' and just couldn't breath...at ALL!  You can read 'bout that here.  Thank goodness for Aunt Doktor Dugan and Unkle Doktor Moon!  They got her all set up with her fancy medicines and now she's purrin' and happy!

Them was three big ol' sad things that happened this year, 2007.  Now there was some good things that happened, too...we gots to eat Fancy Feast every single day of the year!  And, even though them was sad things, we is all still together and a happy big family!

PLUS...we had some additions to the family this year...Buzzy Randolph Graves III, Jimmy Durante Graves III and Freddy Astaire Graves III all found their way home this year!  They is all little squirts but we love 'em...some of us older and wiser kids like to beat 'em up sometimes but we always end up on the big bed in a big ol' nap pile...just purrin' up a storm!

Oh, speakin' of the big bed...mommy bringed home a magical blanket this year, too!  You can read 'bout the magical blanket here.  Dang...we love us some magical blanket every single day and night!!!

So, 2007, you ain't been that bad but when you was bad, you was very very bad.  We is tough, though...tougher than any bad stuff you can send our way...'cause we got each other.  We say goodbye to you without too many hard feelin's and we want Baby New Year 2008 to know we is ready to be friends...just one request, though...please don't send too much crap our way, 'kay?

To all you nice people on the innernets, we just wanna say be safe and happy in 2008!  There will be lots of purrs and headbutts comin' your way all throughout the new year!

Very truly yours!
The Whiskers And Purrs Gang