Welcome to The Farmhouse Friday Link Party!
Happy New Year! I hope you had a great holiday season!
The hubs and I were sick over the holidays with that stupid respiratory virus that’s going around. We stayed home for Christmas and New Years as we didn’t want to get anyone else sick. This virus is a doozy as it hangs on for a few weeks. My hubs is finally getting over it, but I’m still in the middle of it. I’m happy I decided to take the holiday week off beforehand because apparently, I needed it for sick time.
We also had to stay goodbye to our oldest cat, Klepta. A few weeks ago we found out she had cancer in her liver and intestines. We made her last weeks on earth as comfortable as possible before we took her to the vet last Saturday to cross the rainbow bridge. She was an awesome cat (as all cats are) and she will be missed very much.
One of our other cats will be joining her sister over the rainbow bridge soon as she has been fighting an injection site carcinoma over the last year caused from one of her vaccine shots. It only happens to every one in 15,000 cats (lucky us). But we are lucky to have awesome veterinarians that through surgery and herbal supplements were able to give her great quality of life for over another year after diagnosis
I’m sorry to start off the first party of the year on such a bummer note, but I want to be authentic here as I possibly can. Life has its ups and downs, and I don’t want to come across as everything always being all golly-gee good as it’s just not how real life works. And unfortunately, the bad things in life don’t take the holidays off. But when the bad stuff happens, it reminds me to be especially thankful for all the blessings I have in my life. It’s been a rough couple of weeks, but things could be a hell of a lot worse.
This Week’s Features:
Since I skipped last week’s party, this week’s features are going to be Christmas linkups from the week before. I apologize to those who are done with the holiday
18 Creative Ways to Use Mini Wreaths in Christmas Decor by Adirondack Girl At Heart
Diana shares a ton of inpsiration for combining mini Christmas wreaths with vintage goodies to create darling Christmas decor.
Eco-Friendly Holiday Gift Wrap With Plaid DIY Gift Tags by The Interior Frugalista
Marie shares her super-cute holiday gift wrap
Plaid Christmas on the Front Porch by Southern Seazons
Jody put together this gorgeous front porch to greet her guests this holiday season. I just adore the sled with the ice skates!
Bedspring Shiny Brite Tree, Aqua Version by Lora B. Create and Ponder
Lora always comes up with the cutest ideas for decorating vintage goodies for the holidays, and this bedspring tree is no exception!
The party rules are super simple! Link up your favorite DIY projects, decor projects, and crafts that are farmhouse style. If it doesn’t fit into that description, please don’t link it up. Please, no food/recipe posts. You can link up your new and old posts alike as long as you only link them up here once.
I don’t require you to link back to this party, but if you do, I would sure appreciate it! I also don’t require you visit or comment on other blogger’s linkups, but it’s always a nice way to share the bloggy love! Comments are like Skittles to bloggers – we love them and we can’t get enough of them! By linking up, you will get a chance to be featured here at next week’s party and across my social media. If you pin anything from the party, please pin it from the original source.
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Thanks so much for joining us at Farmhouse Friday this week! I hope you have a wonderful week ahead and I’ll see you back here next Friday!
So sorry to hear all of this, but hoping you will have a blessed and happy 2019!
Thanks for hosting friend!
Thanks so much Amber! Happy New Year!
So sorry to hear about your illness and about the loss of your cat. I’m hoping the new year holds many good thing for you and your husband 🙂
Thanks so much for featuring my mini wreath ideas–
You’re very welcome for the feature, and thank you <3 Happy New Year!
Hope everyone is feeling better.
Thank you Shirley!
Very sorry to hear that Klepta has passed, cancer is so fast for animals. Our grand-dog Peaches passed in October from cancer and I was just grateful that she was not in pain, just plain worn out bless her.
Hope you are recovering from being sick the past few weeks. Thank you for hosting today, take care of you.
Hugs.
Joy
Thank you so much Joy. It’s always rough when we lose our beloved furbabies <3
I’ve heard of so many people that were sick over the holidays; so sad! Sorry for your kitty loss, too. Hard way to start out the new year. Thanks for faithfully hosting and continuing to do so in 2019! Happy New Year, Michelle! Thanks for the feature:)
You’re very welcome Lora, and thank you <3 Happy New Year!
Michelle I am so sorry for the loss of your cat. Pets can be such a great addition to any family and losing them is so hard. I hope you are feeling better with that cold, I too am suffering and hope it is over with soon. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much Mary. It’s always rough when we lose one of our furbabies. Yes this virus is a doozy! My husband caught it the week before me and he’s still coughing. Here’s to a better (and healthier) New Year!
Hi Michelle! So sorry that you and your hubby have been ill! I hope you’re both on the mend now. I’m also very sorry to hear about about your sweet babies, its always so hard to lose a pet. Ours are like our children. Happy New Year sweet lady! 🙂
Thank you so much DeeDee <3 Our furbabies are like our children too, especially because we don't have human children. Happy New Year and here's to a better 2019!
so sorry to hear about your cat. We just lost our last two months of each other. And get well soon!
Thank you Sharon, and I’m sorry for your loss – always hard to lose our furbabies <3
You’ve had much to deal with recently. Hoping that all the germs are on their way out or completely gone by now. My deepest sympathy to you on the loss of Klepta, we had to let go of our two 17 yr old litter brothers 4 mos to the day apart. It’s heartbreaking because they truly are part of your family. Thank you for your wonderful blog, the info you share is great! Feel better soon and have a fantastic 2019!
Thank you so much Jan! Yes this holiday season has been a rough one for sure. Here’s to a better year in 2019!
Happy New Year Michelle!
Praying that you feel better soon. I’m sorry to hear about you cats. It is hard to let the ones we love go, but they are always in our hearts.
My oldest cat is a hair away from 20-years, he’s skin and bone and nearly blind, but still enjoys warming by the fireplace. I’m thankful for each day that I have him here on earth.
Thank you so much for sharing with us. I wish you and your family peace & love in 2019.
~Mary
Thank you so much Mary! It’s always hard when we lose one of our furbabies. <3 Wishing you a blessed 2019!
I hope 2019 can bring you much happiness! Sorry to hear you ended this year with not feeling well and helping two of your cats through tough times. Pets truly are meaningful family members. My thoughts are with you.
Thank you so much Karlene! They are truly our family members and it’s always hard to lose them. <3
So sorry to hear of the loss of your cats; losing one would be hard enough. Losing two is just heartbreaking. Our brother & sister pair are 14, and starting to show their years. I so admire your honesty in your message that life is just sometimes hard, not always rainbows and unicorns. It’s real, genuine, and refreshingly open. Plus I just very much enjoy your blog. (I’m not participating in this link party, but will be back next week.)
Thank you so much Kristine! I’m happy you can appreciate my transparency about my life over the past couple of weeks. Sometimes I worry I’m going to turn off my readers by sharing the not-so-happy parts of my life, but I can never bring myself to gloss things over so I’d rather be authentic and risk losing readers than be phony. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing what you share next week!
Do you know our cats will be in heaven with us. Ķat Kerr says they will.