Dad of Lulu - sweet Lulu has crossed The Bridge

Thank you so much Addy. She was a brave girl. :(
((((Hugs))))
Moo

Hugs to you and Bob. Will be thinking of you both.
LuLu will like being home I'm sure.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Thank you Sharlene. I'll be glad to have her here too.
Xoxo
Moo

Welcome Back, Lulu!!! Your mom and dad miss you so much.
I now have Bo's ashes also. I had picked a music box to keep them in but after I opened the bag up to put some of his ashes in my locket, I could not fit his ashes back into the music box. But, the music box holds his collar and some of his fur. I will get another special urn to hold his remains.

Thanks Belinda.
I think your locket idea is a great one. That way you can keep sweet Bo with you all the time. I bet Bo would have love that.
I hope your pain is less everyday, honey.
Moo

Hi all, and I haven't been to my grieving book lately. It just seems there are too many exercises in it, and too little reading material. But I will continue with it and do the exercises I think are pertinent. I have been reading, "Embraced by the Light", I chance picked up at a library book sale, it's a short book about have a near death experience, by a lady back in the 1970s. Now whether one believes in an afterlife or not, and I am one that believes that there is something, otherwise we would be nothing today!

Okay, an uncle of mine once said to me a study was done showing that when a person dies, that a very small amount of weight is gone from their body. (I don't know who volunteered for this and I have NEVER been able to verify that this was ever done.) But when an animal died, no weight was observed to be gone. Well knowing my uncle, I believe he read something, in many of the books he would gather and read, that he just accepted point blank. So I am throwing this experiment away, because you can't ethically have a person die for you to do this type of experiment.

Now in the book I am reading, the author Betty states while in this death like state, "I became aware of other people as well as animals traveling with me, but at a distance. I could not see them , but I sensed that their experience was the same as mine." Okay, that sounds plausible and if this is really what happens it is reassuring to me, if there is life after our life here, then the same is true for our pets.

One other thing I did this morning, as my routine has centered more with our cats and their relationships with us, because I know they both miss Lulu too. There was a light layer of snow on Lulu's ramp. So I went outside and threw some bird seed outside as I do on cold mornings, and then I grabbed the small snow shovel on the deck and cleared the ramp, so that Lulu could use it. You see according to the book Betty says that she could go through an open window to get outside but she also said you don't need to. I just did this because I knew it gave reassurance to her that the ramp was safe for her.

Final note, on the job front, I haven't heard from the school, Monday they were closed. I did hear from a former technical director and he told me things that he thought still needed doing. I have also been contacted by a guy Tim, in Chicago and his partner in Lansing, two hours to our west that wants me to call the Lansing guy, Jeff. They want a programmer with CNC experience, (and that I got doing IT for a tool & die shop last year). I think what they want is a program and if it's me to program, and I assume it would be around here, maybe at home and 10% or maybe more travel. Colorado is probably where the travel would be. So I can't turn this opportunity down if it should materialize too. And it sounds like they want to get running as soon as possible. Will keep all informed.

Wow, I just had to add this. Yahoo has just redone their website, it's only taken them 10 or more years. But this story I saw, first one I read on their new site, will amaze!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...184735986.html

That is a great story. So happy for them.

This all sounds really promising and even exciting on the job front. I'm glad you have several prospects going at the same time. :) Keep thinking positive.

Have you hooked up on LinkedIn? Several people I know have used it to network and find job prospects and one guy that is a head hunter uses it regularly to find people for jobs.

Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Thanks Sharlene, though I am trying to stay away from the recruiters and just contact the company's directly now and yes, LinkedIn is abou the best. The recruiters seem not to be able to connect me directly whereas the connections with the ones at the company's work best. The CNC job wants more machining experience says they will see maybe in 3 months. I'll be a gray old man than! LOL

The school job, which I have been wondering about, I see kept the job listed till Friday, so that is good. I am going to do more pursuing on this one tomorrow.

Well finishing up on watching "Meet John Doe" an old 1941 movie.