VIVA the DIVA, great news #1

this is the week for great news in our fam and we were ready for some.

i adopted a feline baby girl yesterday from an animal shelter! made arrangements for her on tuesday, picked her up after her spay surgery on wednesday.

i've been holding back as long as possible on fulfilling the desire to have another kitty. our beloved oxford boy kitty of 14 1/2 years died in april.

oxford was named by the kids reading billboards, in this case for oxford jewelers. when i came out of the animal shelter yesterday, the first sign i saw was for casa viva (a restaurant). i decided VIVA was perfect. we googled it and it has multiple meanings but some are hurrah! and life!

then my sweet but hard-of-hearing mama thot i said her name was DIVA. so now she's VIVA the DIVA, VIVA for short.

will post a pic soon, han's taken some, but they're not downloaded to the computer yet so can't do the cut and paste thing.

so now we are in the same household, at the moment anyway, 2 adults, 2 grown children, 2 dogs (each belonging our kids) and one VIVA the DIVA!

all creatues of our God and King!
lift up your voice and with us sing!
alleluia, alleluia!
thou burning sun with golden beam,
thou silver moon with softer gleam,
O praise Him
O praise Him,
alleluia, alleluia, alleuluia.