Sad day

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while will remember that my mom's four cats came to live with me after my mom became ill. Cricket stayed for about five months, until my mom was able to get an apartment; Mai Ling and Keishu stayed for about 15 months, until Mom was able to move back into her house; and Sabrina is still here, because she had just been taken in by my mom about a week before she got sick, and never had time to get used to living at Mom's house.

Yesterday, Mai Ling crossed the Rainbow Bridge. She was a beautiful girl, with gorgeous, sapphire-blue eyes and a purr as loud as any I've ever heard, and she will be missed. She and her "sister", Keishu, were constant companions in my craft room while they lived here; here is a picture of them in the chair behind my stitching chair (Mai Ling is on the left):

It is so hard to lose beloved pets, but the love they bring during their lives is so worth it. It was almost like Sabrina wanted to make me feel better while I was crying yesterday, and she started rolling around on the floor, looking exceptionally cute:

And it helped, because who could not smile at that big ball of fluff?

On the stitchy front, I have another update on Blue Jeans and Daisies:

I have added an extension onto my Qsnaps, and am getting closer to being done with part 1.

And for some happy news, I will be heading out to the Mira Minion Retreat this Friday! Guess I'd better start figuring out what project I'm going to bring. Stay tuned for a full report sometime next week!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!