Aloha from Hawaii!

Greetings from Kaneohe, Hawaii on the island of Oahu! Sam, Janice and I arrived here after a very looooong day of bus, airplanes and finally a rented Jeep Wrangler. Sam survived his first airplane ride of memory and was quite excited at take off and bored with the 9 hour flight from Atlanta to Honolulu. We have a neat little cottage with a view of the mountains and the ocean. Sam is already dressed to hit the waves and is trying to be patient for Janice and I to catch up with him.

Orange Kitteh has a name!

The voting was not quite the resounding success that Roxy's vote was but a favorite has emerged. His name is Henry Loveland Clifton. Henry for his regal bearing (a good name for a king whether he be king of the jungle or of England) and Loveland is the name of the street where he was born. Both Henry and Roxy survived their first trip to the vet where Henry expressed his displeasure by splattering oral worming medicine all over the vet tech! Both are enjoying the company of each other and the kitty tree that we bought at a yard sale for Mr. Weasley but he hardly ever used. Now I am finally getting my eight bucks worth!

Another New Kitteh!

Our family continues to expand! Another kitten has moved into our house. He is orange and white (my favorite kitty colors) and is a pretty calm little fellow as compared to Roxy who is quite a firecracker. After about 5 minutes of hiss and posturing they took to each other and have been cavorting madly about the house ever since. Blessedly they did take a nap in Pookers' old basket while we had dinner. Our new kitty does not yet have a name, but we are collecting ideas. I will publish a slideshow of the new kittehs in the next few days.

Our New Kitteh!

We adopted our new kitten over the weekend while David was away! He came home last night to find her little 'condo' set up in the front entrance. She is an adorable little tiger and white kitty who loves to give wet willies and snuggle on laptops - both computer and human. We had a family conference to decide on a name. Many good options were suggested by family and friends. After narrowing down the list we have decided to call her Roxy Ainsworth Clifton. We intend to let her have a litter or two of kittens so we wanted to give her a name worthy of a good mother. Roxy was David's grandmother's name and she had fourteen children! And Ainsworth Road is across the street from the farmhouse in which she was born.

Well, this blog got off to a slow start.

I survived my 40th birthday yesterday. The night before Dave gathered the family at Kodo for a celebration. Many cards, gag gifts and a really good dinner were enjoyed by all. My parents gave me a kit to build a little pond in the yard, so I'm anxiously awaiting spring. Erik and Linsey even came up to enjoy the celebration and a good time was had by all.

Spent my birthday with Sam as he had a snow day from school. He built me a lovely snowman out of the 6 inches of heavy wet snow that had fallen. We went to the bookstore to use a gift card from my mother-in-law and I have added four new books to my reading pile. Dave frizzled up some sirlion tips with his coffee bean and chili dry rub for dinner. All in all it was a very pleasant day.

A New Webpage for the Clifton Family

Welcome to the new Clifton Family webpage! In here I hope to keep current photos and family news for all of our friends and family near and far. As I am new at this blogging adventure, it will probably take me awhile to get things up and running in a decent fashion.