Jellybean is 8 today. :)

Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy birthday dear sweet Jellybean.
Happy birthday to you. :)

Jellybean, I can't believe you're 8 today, and this is your first birthday in your new home. Never in a gazillion catrillion years did we ever imagine we wouldn't be celebrating your birthday. I would like to thank everybody who has so kindly left gifties and pmails and well wishes for your 8th birthday. I talked to Mommy last night, and she has plans to visit you today and give you a fun pawty. I will be doing my own celebrating from Texas tonight. There's a big piece of chocolate cake in the foyer. I have no idea who it's from or what it's for, but I'm gonna steal it the first opportunity I get and celebrate your birthday. Have a good day sweet Girl, and be bad today because it's your day. :P

ILY

xoxoxo

Victoria

Jellybean is a DDP on April fools

Oh wow, what a nice surprise to wake up on April fools and find out that Jellybean is a DDP. I got up later than usual this morning, and the first email I got was from catster announcing this wonderful surprise. Well, it's kinda hard to celebrate when Jellybean isn't here, and since I don't talk to her new mom, I have no idea how I will get the news out to her, so I've decided that I will celebrate for Jellybean myself. My friends brought back so much candy from Easter, and since I decided to be good and not have any this year, I decided that as part of Jellybean's DDP celebration, I will have as much candy as I can today just for her. I do have one pink Jellybean left in the bowl next to me, and I'm gonna save that one just for her. I'll probably eat it before I go to bed tonight to celebrate the 7 wonderful years we had together. Thanks so much Jellybean for giving me 7 wonderful years of unconditional love and laughter and for sharing all your sweetness to everybody who knew you.

ILY

My mom's visit with Jellybean

Oh good gracious, it's been a while since I've been on catster. I hope you guys missed me, or at least tried to. XD
Of course not having Jellybean here makes it very hard to come on catster, much less coming to her page. My mom went back to Canada on Tuesday evening and had a very nice visit with Jellybean, so I thought I should tell you guys about it. :)

My mom's trip unfortunately didn't get off to a good start. The flight was delayed 2 hours, which is no surprise with air travel. Then they broke a wheel on one of my mom's luggages, and the airline company refused to pay for the dammage they caused, so needless to say, my mom was pissed. My uncle David was supposed to pick my mom up at the airport, but due to the delayed arrival and everything that happened, it conflicted with his work schedule for his second job, and my mom didn't want him to take a day off work just for her, so she called her friend Andria, Jellybean's new mom. Luckily for my mom, Andria happened to be in the area, so she went to the airport and picked up my mom. The first thing they did was go visit Jellybean. My mom had a nice visit with her and they had lots of cuddle time, and my mom kissed on her and told her what a good girl she was and how much she missed her and wished she could come home with her, but that she was happy Jellybean was happy in her new home. The two ladies then went out to dinner, then went back to Andria's house to say good night to Jellybean, and that made my mom's day. It was a lovely visit, and at the end of the day, my mom was laughing and said who cares about a broken luggage wheel, I got to visit my baby girl. Hooch's mom, if you're reading this, I don't blame you for hating flying. :P

Happy Easter to everybody, and please keep in touch.

xoxoxo

Victoria

happy valentines day and thank yous

Just popping by to say happy valentines day and thank you for all the new gifts on Jellybean's page. All your love and generosity mean the world to me. Jellybean will be thrilled when I tell her about all her new gifties. I will never forget her first valentines day at our home. She was extremely sick to the point where we were scared we'd lose her. She is very happy and healthy now and is thriving greatly in her new home. My parents talk to her new family on facetime everyday, so they get to see Jellybean on the Ipad. Things are going very well for me. I've started school and have moved into the dorm, and I just love my new life. I'm sorry I don't come onto catster as often as I should, but it's just not the same without Jellybean. I hope all our furriends are doing well.

Please keep in touch.

love you

xoxoxo

Victoria

First Christmas Without You

Merry Christmas sweet Jellybean. How is it up there? I bet you guys are having a very white Christmas. Never did I think we'd ever have a Christmas without you. We're settling into our new home quite nicely, but of course there is a huge emptiness, and I think you know what that is. We miss you so much sweetie. Mommy and Daddy have gone out to mail your Christmas pawresent. There's stuff for your doggy brother as well, so please share, OK? We look forward to talking to you on skype tonight. :)

Anyway, I better let you get back to pawtying. Make sure you leave some pawresents for your new mommy.

Love you Girl

xoxoxo

Victoria

coincidence or what? :-/

Hey Kiddo. How was your one month anniversary celebration today? Did you and your new doggy brother Jake party away and break everything while the pawrents were at work? I hope you guys had a good time being bad, and I bet you won't be going to bed at all tonight. Midnight is more like midday for you. XD

Tonight on one of the Chinese channels that mommy watches, there was a kitty on TV who looked exactly like you. Mommy thinks he couldn't have been more than 3 months old. He got his head into a giant glass jar and discovered it was interesting and eventually got his entire little body inside and started rolling around. Isn't that what you do Honey? except with shopping bags? How long did it take you to plan this Jellybean? Don't tell me you had nothing to do with it because there's just no other way to explain it. I'm sure Jake helped you. Anyway, it was very special to watch and Mommy cried. This will always be a reminder of our unconditional love for one another, and it reassures us that you are never far away. I am not one to watch Chinese TV, but what happened on channel 814 tonight was bittersweet. :-X

Anyway, I better let you get back to partying. :)

Nighty night and sweet dreams.

xoxoxo

Victoria

one month tomorrow

OMC Jellybean. Where has the time gone? Tomorrow Nov. 26 will be your one month anniversary in your new home. It's hard to believe you have been gone this long. It seems like just yesterday we were holding you and giving you kisses and just loving you. In about 2 weeks time, we will be heading out to Texas, and I will be saying goodbye to this house and most of the people I love forever. :(
What have you been up to this past month? Have you and Jez secretely conspired to give your moms more white hair than they'd otherwise have? Have you had to go to the jailhouse yet? Oh the little things us humans always take foregranted. Mommy and Daddy and I are planning to visit you sometime next week to say goodbye. Mommy and Daddy have talked about fostering kitties when they're in Texas and helping them transition to a better life just like what we did with you. Of course life's circumstances will never allow them to have a furever baby again, but they will help other deserving babies find furever homes for as long as they can. I'm sure this is what you would like for them to do kiddo. :)

I also wanted to take this time to say a long overdo thank you to everyone who has left comments and gifts on Jellybean's page. It's very hard for me to come back to catster without Jellybean around. Your kindness has meant so much to me, and Jellybean thanks you too. We're getting by over here, but of course life will never be the same without Jellybean. I know leaving her with Chad's parents was the best gift we could give her at this time. I promise I will update her diary every Christmas and birthday. :)

Have a good night and please keep in touch.

love you

xoxoxo

Victoria

The End... :(

Good morning sweet Jellybean. I hope you had a good first night in your new home. I was in too much shock to write anything last night, so I'm doing it this morning. Everything just happened so fast. It was decided that you would move in with Auntie Jen and Uncle Oberon and their crew once we moved to Texas. That is what Mommy and Daddy and Sister wanted for you. All was well until Auntie Jen's 17 year old kitty Socks developed diabetes and pancreatitis and IBD and hyper T, much like Hooch. Socks seemed to be doing OK until she suddenly crashed Thursday night and had to be rushed to the ER where she is spending the weekend. Uncle Oberon decided that this was real bad timing, and that adding another kitty would probably put stress on Socks and her twin brother Spot. Auntie Jen called Mommy yesterday morning to break the news. In a fit of pannic, I called my best friend Anita at pet's mart to tell her the situation, and an hour after I got off the phone with her, Chad the other dog trainer called to inquire about you for his mom. Chad's mom loves kitties and was a vet tech back in the day. In fact she had just lost her 20 year old kitty last week. We invited Chad and his mom to come over and meet you, and they came at 7 PM and hung out with us till 11 PM. We found out a lot of impressive things about Chad's mom and decided she was the perfect home. Chad brought his dogs Lola and Duke over here, and they were very good with you. Chad and his mom fell head over heels with you, and asked if they could take you right there and then, and we said of course they could. Chad's mom is a very nice person and has already sent us new pics and updates. It looks like you have made yourself right at home. Chad's mom said we can visit any time when we're back in Canada, so that was very good to hear. Since Chad and I are friends, I'm sure I'll get weekly updates on your new adventures. :)

Although I know you have a great long happy life ahead of you to look forward to and that I have nothing to worry about, this does not account for the guilt and sadness I feel about rehoming you. When we adopted you in 2005, we promised you eternal love, a safe forever home, and that we would protect you from every emanent danger, and that you would never be scard or lonely or abandoned again. Who knew that in 2008, Mommy would practically become terminally ill and possibly never get better. Who also knew that I would be moving to Texas for school, and that Mommy and Daddy would have to move with me part time because of Mommy's health and my permanent disability. Furthermore, who knew that Mommy's condition would get so bad to the point that she and Daddy would have to sell the home and move to a retirement condo that doesn't allow furry babies. I am so sorry we could not follow through with our promisses to you Jellybean. A big part of me feels like we have failed you as a family. If I didn't have a permanent disability and had chosen a different career path from music, I would've been well on my way to establishing a life for myself and out of Mommy and Daddy's home in a heartbeat. Mommy and Daddy would've been more than happy to get rid of me. Rehoming you would not have been an option. If things got really bad for Mommy, she would've hired a homecare worker to help out and would've never considered selling the house. I am so sorry baby girl that our lives had to change and that circumstances led to your rehoming. What I feel most horrible about is that as a kitty, you will always be very confused as to why you were permanently separated from your family. This is probably just part of the grieving process, and I'm suree it'll pass with time, but I hope you will forgive us, and that you will know that our love for you is eternal. I am getting a dog as soon as I move to Texas to train as my personal ESA. It is the only way I'll be allowed to have a dog on campus. By no means am I trying to replace you, but having a dog will certainly fill the emptiness and give me something new to focus on. :-X

I am keeping your page up, and I will try to update regularly, especially on Christmas and your birthday. :)

Have a good day sweet girl.
xoxoxo

Victoria

Unromancing the Dream. :-/

Jellybean, every day that goes by gets closer and closer to the time when you will be leaving us. I try not to think about it, as thinking about it kills me inside. :(
These last few days, I have had some extremely strange dreams about you which I will not discuss here because they are not exactly catster appropriate. While some happy things do happen in those dreams, with each dream that I wake up from is the realization that I am closer and closer to losing you. I know you have a great life ahead of you, but I don't even like to think about not having you here with me. We have been through so much together in the last 7 years Jellybean. I still remember the day we brought you home like it was yesterday. We wanted you to come home a week early, but they wouldn't let you come home till you were spayed. Then there was a problem with your stitches, and we had to wait yet a few more days. It was the most frustrating wait ever. Finally we brought you home on a Monday night in November, and you made yourself right at home the very first night. It is hard to believe that in 2 months we will be going our own separate ways. I don't like to think about it, but I know I will have to face the reality. For now, I will just hold you close every day and enjoy every second of our time together. I am keeping your page up forever and will come back and update your diary every Christmas and birthday. :)

Lots of love to you my sweet Jellybean. :)

Victoria XXX

Happy 7th Birthday, and some big news

Wow, Mommy and Daddy and Sister cannot believe that I am the big 7 today. It still seems like yesterday that I was rescued outa that horrible place and brought to live here. I really have seen my family go through so much my entire life here. Some big changes are gonna take place that'll effect me in a good way, so I'll let Sister take over. :P

Unfortunately my mother's health has progressively gotten worse over the last few years. Although truth be told, I really have not known her to be healthy. It has now gotten to the point where she is forgetting things, and although she never had a good memory to begin with, this has become cronic. In the last 4 years, she has also undergone treatment for 2 different types of cancers. Well the double mastectomy she had in November wasn't quite cancerous yet, but it probably would've been very shortly. A simple slip or fall is very deadly for her, and our awful Canadian winters are becoming dangerous. Ah well, I could go on and on and a med student could write a discertation just on my mother. :(
My parents have just recently gotten a good deal on a condo in a retirement community that they like, so we will be moving there in a few months. Unfortunately this place does not allow pets. :(
However, Jellybean is gonna go live with her aunt Jen. I believe this is the best decision we've made and one my family won't regret. Aunt Jen is a cat lover to boot. In fact that's how she and my mother met. My mother actually told her right from the start when we got our first cat that if anything ever happened to her, please take the furkids. I know Jellybean will have a great life. :)
The hardest thing is gonna be for my mother to come to terms with the fact that she cannot take care of the cat anymore. :(
I am moving to Texas to do my masters, and my parents will wanna come and spend the winter there as the climate would be better for my mother's health. :)

Catster friends, I believe this will be our last diary entry. However, I will still keep Jellybean's beautiful page up and we will still be around to answer pawmail. I am a lot more active on dogster than I am on catster, so if HQ could find a way for me to easily access the forums, I'll be posting regularly again. :)

See ya later

xoxoxo

Jellybean and Victoria