Awww, that was a very sweet, I-miss-my-kitty entry. Very sweet.
Robyn, you make as many I-miss-my-kitty entries as you want. =o)
… but please don’t stop yourself from reminding us of the Tubby-ness type of funny-ness every once in awhile, whenever something crosses your mind and makes you smile! Thinking of you all. i-miss-your-kittty-too!
You can talk about him all you want, heck I still get all teary eyed talking about Pookie.
The whole crying in Publix thing, as embarrassing as it may be to you at the time, you have to remember that they probably see it more often than you think. I know there have been a couple of times I was crying in public somewhere because I was so homesick.
And an I-miss-my-kitty entry is a good way to start feeling a bit better. Talking about it really does work for a lot of people. My thoughts are with you. Take care.
Oh honey, it’s okay!! If you didn’t cry a bit, well, that would just make you a big freak. Love for our furbabies is a big deal. The one thing that I’ve been thankful for in all of this sadness is that it DID save you and Fred from potentially being forced into making that decision, because being in that position just sucks loud and hard like a Hoover. Not to belittle your hurt at all! I hope you are all doing okay. I’ve been thinking about you all!!
Hugs from Atlanta!!
Absolutely talk about Tubby all you want, Robyn. Your love for your cats is a beautiful thing.
Robyn, wonderful entry…so honest and open. I just wanted to let you know that I mailed something to you today that I hope brings smiles to all the Anderson faces. Look for it Monday at the latest.
If you feel the need to write about Tubby, please do. What a wonderful thing that you have so many great pictures of him and all those funny stories. He was a lucky cat to be able to live in your house and be loved so much.
I see no reason to be telling the whole world that I cried, woman. I have a reputation, you know. 😉
But I didn’t go into details about how your face was red and blotchy and your cry face is less ugly than mine, fool.
I miss Tubby too. I keep telling Tracy how bad I feel for you guys. To hell with anyone who doesn’t understand. I bet if you told somebody in Publix why you were crying, they would understand and give you sympathy, too.
I’m so sorry for your loss and send good thoughts to the whole And3rson family. As far as crying in public goes, I was walking from work to the bus stop last night trying to discretely blot the tears from my cheeks. I kept thinking about Tubby, which made me think of my own dearly departed tub-alike Max. But I’m sure the people on the streets of downtown Seattle are used to seeing such odd sights.
I have been calling my fatass cat Tubby (his given name is Emmett) ever since I stumbled across your journal a few months ago. They are so much alike it is scary. He was stretched out on my bed on his back, feet in the air this morning and I went and gave him a big hug! Non pet people just don’t understand the love a cat can give.
As for that wonderful man you are married to… What a guy!
Robyn:
My goodness girl, you can post about Tubby all day long, and you DON’T have to apologize for it.
Sometimes I want to smack the cheerful stock boys upside the head. Just let me get my stuff and get out of here. Take that well meaning, but oh-so-off-the mark “customer relations” course and cram it up your trainer’s ass buddy.
Robyn, you write about Tubby all you want. It will help you heal. It wouldn’t bother me one little bit if you wrote nothing but weepy Tubby entries for the next month. When the day comes that I have to say goodbye to one of mine, I expect to spend no less than 3 months mourning and crying and contemplating suicide. They become our babies, and no one would expect you to suck it up if you had lost a human child. Especially not on day three of mourning. We love you!
~Andrea
Considering what you’ve gone through the past few days, you should’ve picked up the damn Oreos!
I’m glad you liked the card, and you can do all the miss-your-kitty entries that you need to.
After I read your entry about Tubby the other day I started crying at work…the fedex guy walked in a few seconds later and I tried to avoid looking at him for fear of having to explain that I was crying because someone else’s cat died….lol. He didn’t say anything to me so perhaps he didn’t notice. Later I sent an I/M to my friend in Calif who was also fond of viewing Tubby pics and she started crying in her cubicle at HP with 75 other ppl standing by…so yes, don’t feel bad about the grocery store breakdown…losing a family member is supposed to be hard. The picture tribute to Tubby was beautiful btw!
I am stunned… I’m so sorry . Everytime you posted a new picture of Tubby I sent it to everyone I know , with the SUBJECT “some Tubby to cheer you”
I have a Tubby screensaver. I think I sent it to you once.
I have never seen a more photogenic cat as Tubby. He will be sooo missed by so many.
Hugs to you , Fred and Spud.
I didnt even like cats until I started reading about yours 🙁
You just talk about Tubby all you want to, missy…and that’s an order.
I, too, had a someone-walking-in-the-office-whilst-I’m-sobbing-about-someone-else’s-cat-passing moment. It was tres groovy. I still can’t think about it too much. You write about those cats so much (and in no way am I complaining), it’s like they are ours, too.
I don’t know how I’ll stand it when one of mine goes.
(((BIG HUG)))
Anytime you want to share an anecdote or tear about Tubby please feel free! You brought Tubby into our homes and hearts with all the funny stories, rants and pictures and I think it is good therapy for all of us! Take care!!
Hell, I’ve made weepy I-miss-my-little-dog entries as recently as yesterday and it probably won’t be the last one. Better to get it out where it won’t eat at you so much.
The day Crash died, I burst into tears in a gas station convenience store. And I turn *very* blotchy when I cry. I get Rudolph-nose and my eyes swell up, and it is not a pretty sight. The only consolation for me on that one was to hope the bastard who swooped into the parking lot as I was pulling in and stole the parking spot I’d been waiting for someone to back out of felt guilty, cause he saw me burst into tears in there and very quickly looked away. (What kind of asshole goes stealing a girl’s parking spot when her dog just died anyway? Yeah, so he doesn’t read minds. No excuse.)
Sorry to hear about Tubby. I was crying too… we’ll miss him.
Gosh, Robyn, you are such a wonderful kitty mommy…funny that another post said she was calling her cat Tubby…I have a very chubby white dog that has been given the same nickname since I started reading your site. That kitty had no idea how many lives were effected with bitchy presence!
Again I’m sorry for your loss and Fred, we women think it’s cool when men cry even if their faces get all blotchy and red!
Robyn, I have a horrible “cry-face,” so it embarrasses the hell out of me to cry in public, but I think I exposed at least 60% of the local population to it when my dog was so sick recently. I think I especially worried the perky O’Charley’s waitress, but hey, I got extra rolls. Sometimes it just does sneak up on you.
Keep writing if it helps, (((Robyn))). You know Tubby’s fans wouldn’t mind one bit.
I am so sorry about your kitty cat. Big hugs and kisses all around.
So sorry that Tubby is gone, I’ve gone all blotchy now too. My daughter loves your cats as much as ours, she wants to grow up and “have as many as Robyn”!!
Hope you are all doing well today.
My cat was put down a week ago today. I miss my kitty, and I’ll miss hearing about Tubby antics.
It’s hard, especially when they die that young. He should have had lots more years to be goofy.
Every sympathy.
Robyn, write about Tubby all you want. It will help, because you know you will be talking to people who understand. After one of my cats died, I went to our Cat Welfare shelter. I told the lady who worked there that if I cried, it was because I had just lost my cat. She said “Honey, we’ve all been there. Cry all you want.” Hugs to you, Robyn.
you’re allowed to write 10 kazillion I-miss-my-kitty entries, Robyn.
xoxoxoxoxox
I first found out that Tubby’s real name was Snoopy through Fred’s old site (the site that led me to you both, eventually), and was so happily surprised because that is my kitty’s name, too. I didn’t think anyone else was zany enough to give their cat a dog’s name. I have been so extra-affectionate to Snoopy ever since I read both your entries yesterday, b/c I’m just so sensitive about animals, especially cats. I’ve never lost a pet, and I know I’ll have a zillion I-miss-my-kitty days whenever it’s Snoopy’s time. (Hopefully it will correspond w/ MY time!)
I liked your I-miss-my-kitty entry today; not only did it help you to say all that you said, but it helped us who adored and miss Tubby, too.
And I hear ya about the crying in public. I cry VERY easily, and am always so embarrassed, especially when it’s around someone I know. I’m not afraid of confrontation, but when I’m in that type of situation I may cry, for no real reason. Reminds me of Rachel from “Friends,” when she said to her boss “Now, just to brief you–I may cry, but they are not tears of anger, or of sadness–but just of me having this conversation with you.”
Anyway. I’m glad we all got to know Tubby through ya’lls journals and stories and pictures and movies. I’ll keep my Tubby Tshirt 4ever!
Just want to add my condolences to the rest. Tubby was a very entertaining cat and I know how hard it is to lose one. I went home and hugged all my (9) kitties and step-dog last night. Hang in there.
We lost our dog, Thor, unexpectedly about a year and a half ago. We weren’t the “best of friends” either, but I still cried and it still hurt, and I still miss him. I had to avoid watching certain shows on Animal Planet for months, because I’d just have a crying fit. And write whatever you want. I found that putting my thoughts on “paper” helped.
*hugs* and I do the same thing when I’m crying, I can’t talk either. *hugs*
Count me among the readers who cried over your entry. If we are all crying, it is perfectly normal and accepatble for you to be, whether in public or not. And don’t ever apologize for writing entries about Tubby. Write as many “I miss my cat” entries as you need to. Anything to make yourself feel a little better.
Add a few of the girls at my office to the crying list……they were all so appreciative of the Tubster. Just remember Robyn……the more you cry, the more you heal. And the tears from you and Fred and Danielle are just more proof what wonderful people you are…..you loved him and gave him a wonderful life. (When I took my Thumper in to the vets the woman told me that she knows how much I must love him because of the tears I was crying……so you keep on crying and keep on writing about him.)I’m going to go pick up Snickers and my Tiggatoo and give them lots of hugs……….
You write all the “weepy-I-miss-my-kitty” entries that you want dearest!
Hello. You probably know Aimee. I am Edjahman and I would like to say that we are deeply saddened about you guys losing Tubby. We lost a kitty that was very Dear to us a couple of years ago and we still cry about it. It is very sad. It’s just not fair. Kittys should live as long as us. Then we could never miss them.
–EJM
You just mourn however you need to and however long you need to. That’s your right. FWIW, I told my friend, Lilith in IM last night and she got pretty choked up, too. He had a lot of fans, did the Tubster. He was a funny, cranky, adorable kitty, and there’s nothing at all wrong with saying you miss him and why.
Caddy was uber cuddly today, so I held him a lot, and kissed him, and told him to think good thoughts for you all, and for Tubby, especially.
Robyn,
My heart aches for you, Fred and the Spud. He touched so many lives. Both of my kids just went back to college from their winter break. They were groupies like me. Tubby has been my background on my computer for over a year. My son and daughter both wear Tubby T-Shirts proudly. He will be missed. Meh.
IM conversation:
KoolAidMaid: hey mom
Its Yo Mom: hey
Its Yo Mom: you know Tubby?
KoolAidMaid: yeah
KoolAidMaid: what happened?
KoolAidMaid: dies?
KoolAidMaid: died i mean
Its Yo Mom: he died:-(
KoolAidMaid: nooooooooooo
KoolAidMaid: how?
Its Yo Mom: they think it was a heart attack
KoolAidMaid: o dear
Its Yo Mom: i;ll email you the link
KoolAidMaid: awwww, thats sad
Its Yo Mom: i know
Robyn…..just read about Tubby tonight, and am so sorry to hear that he is gone. After reading so much about him, and thoroughly enjoying all the stories and all the great pictures, it almost feels as if he was a member of my family too. I have often wished that dogs and cats lived as long as we did because it sure is hard to lose them. When my dog Casey died, I bawled, and I mean BAWLED, for 3 days solid….at the vet’s, in the house, in the car, in the grocery store, drugstore, and yes…even in Walmart. That was 8 years ago and I still miss her. So don’t worry about posting I-miss-my-kitty entries. Anyone who has ever loved a pet understands.
I, like so many others, am sorry to read about your loss. I can identify. I am a dog person, specifically, a chihuahua person. I currently have 6. (Ask Ami why i have SIX!) But next month will be 5 years since i lost Tiffany.She wasn’t a pet, she was my “special daughter”. I cried then, and i can still cry today. Some people don’t understand that concept. I will never completely get over that loss.
I, like so many others, am sorry to read about your loss. I can identify. I am a dog person, specifically, a chihuahua person. I currently have 6. (Ask Ami why i have SIX!) But next month will be 5 years since i lost Tiffany.She wasn’t a pet, she was my “special daughter”. I cried then, and i can still cry today. Some people don’t understand that concept. I will never completely get over that loss.
Awww, that was a very sweet, I-miss-my-kitty entry. Very sweet.
Robyn, you make as many I-miss-my-kitty entries as you want. =o)
… but please don’t stop yourself from reminding us of the Tubby-ness type of funny-ness every once in awhile, whenever something crosses your mind and makes you smile! Thinking of you all. i-miss-your-kittty-too!
You can talk about him all you want, heck I still get all teary eyed talking about Pookie.
The whole crying in Publix thing, as embarrassing as it may be to you at the time, you have to remember that they probably see it more often than you think. I know there have been a couple of times I was crying in public somewhere because I was so homesick.
And an I-miss-my-kitty entry is a good way to start feeling a bit better. Talking about it really does work for a lot of people. My thoughts are with you. Take care.
Oh honey, it’s okay!! If you didn’t cry a bit, well, that would just make you a big freak. Love for our furbabies is a big deal. The one thing that I’ve been thankful for in all of this sadness is that it DID save you and Fred from potentially being forced into making that decision, because being in that position just sucks loud and hard like a Hoover. Not to belittle your hurt at all! I hope you are all doing okay. I’ve been thinking about you all!!
Hugs from Atlanta!!
Absolutely talk about Tubby all you want, Robyn. Your love for your cats is a beautiful thing.
Robyn, wonderful entry…so honest and open. I just wanted to let you know that I mailed something to you today that I hope brings smiles to all the Anderson faces. Look for it Monday at the latest.
If you feel the need to write about Tubby, please do. What a wonderful thing that you have so many great pictures of him and all those funny stories. He was a lucky cat to be able to live in your house and be loved so much.
I see no reason to be telling the whole world that I cried, woman. I have a reputation, you know. 😉
But I didn’t go into details about how your face was red and blotchy and your cry face is less ugly than mine, fool.
I miss Tubby too. I keep telling Tracy how bad I feel for you guys. To hell with anyone who doesn’t understand. I bet if you told somebody in Publix why you were crying, they would understand and give you sympathy, too.
I’m so sorry for your loss and send good thoughts to the whole And3rson family. As far as crying in public goes, I was walking from work to the bus stop last night trying to discretely blot the tears from my cheeks. I kept thinking about Tubby, which made me think of my own dearly departed tub-alike Max. But I’m sure the people on the streets of downtown Seattle are used to seeing such odd sights.
I have been calling my fatass cat Tubby (his given name is Emmett) ever since I stumbled across your journal a few months ago. They are so much alike it is scary. He was stretched out on my bed on his back, feet in the air this morning and I went and gave him a big hug! Non pet people just don’t understand the love a cat can give.
As for that wonderful man you are married to… What a guy!
Robyn:
My goodness girl, you can post about Tubby all day long, and you DON’T have to apologize for it.
Sometimes I want to smack the cheerful stock boys upside the head. Just let me get my stuff and get out of here. Take that well meaning, but oh-so-off-the mark “customer relations” course and cram it up your trainer’s ass buddy.
Robyn, you write about Tubby all you want. It will help you heal. It wouldn’t bother me one little bit if you wrote nothing but weepy Tubby entries for the next month. When the day comes that I have to say goodbye to one of mine, I expect to spend no less than 3 months mourning and crying and contemplating suicide. They become our babies, and no one would expect you to suck it up if you had lost a human child. Especially not on day three of mourning. We love you!
~Andrea
Considering what you’ve gone through the past few days, you should’ve picked up the damn Oreos!
I’m glad you liked the card, and you can do all the miss-your-kitty entries that you need to.
After I read your entry about Tubby the other day I started crying at work…the fedex guy walked in a few seconds later and I tried to avoid looking at him for fear of having to explain that I was crying because someone else’s cat died….lol. He didn’t say anything to me so perhaps he didn’t notice. Later I sent an I/M to my friend in Calif who was also fond of viewing Tubby pics and she started crying in her cubicle at HP with 75 other ppl standing by…so yes, don’t feel bad about the grocery store breakdown…losing a family member is supposed to be hard. The picture tribute to Tubby was beautiful btw!
I am stunned… I’m so sorry . Everytime you posted a new picture of Tubby I sent it to everyone I know , with the SUBJECT “some Tubby to cheer you”
I have a Tubby screensaver. I think I sent it to you once.
I have never seen a more photogenic cat as Tubby. He will be sooo missed by so many.
Hugs to you , Fred and Spud.
I didnt even like cats until I started reading about yours 🙁
You just talk about Tubby all you want to, missy…and that’s an order.
I, too, had a someone-walking-in-the-office-whilst-I’m-sobbing-about-someone-else’s-cat-passing moment. It was tres groovy. I still can’t think about it too much. You write about those cats so much (and in no way am I complaining), it’s like they are ours, too.
I don’t know how I’ll stand it when one of mine goes.
(((BIG HUG)))
Anytime you want to share an anecdote or tear about Tubby please feel free! You brought Tubby into our homes and hearts with all the funny stories, rants and pictures and I think it is good therapy for all of us! Take care!!
Hell, I’ve made weepy I-miss-my-little-dog entries as recently as yesterday and it probably won’t be the last one. Better to get it out where it won’t eat at you so much.
The day Crash died, I burst into tears in a gas station convenience store. And I turn *very* blotchy when I cry. I get Rudolph-nose and my eyes swell up, and it is not a pretty sight. The only consolation for me on that one was to hope the bastard who swooped into the parking lot as I was pulling in and stole the parking spot I’d been waiting for someone to back out of felt guilty, cause he saw me burst into tears in there and very quickly looked away. (What kind of asshole goes stealing a girl’s parking spot when her dog just died anyway? Yeah, so he doesn’t read minds. No excuse.)
Sorry to hear about Tubby. I was crying too… we’ll miss him.
Gosh, Robyn, you are such a wonderful kitty mommy…funny that another post said she was calling her cat Tubby…I have a very chubby white dog that has been given the same nickname since I started reading your site. That kitty had no idea how many lives were effected with bitchy presence!
Again I’m sorry for your loss and Fred, we women think it’s cool when men cry even if their faces get all blotchy and red!
Robyn, I have a horrible “cry-face,” so it embarrasses the hell out of me to cry in public, but I think I exposed at least 60% of the local population to it when my dog was so sick recently. I think I especially worried the perky O’Charley’s waitress, but hey, I got extra rolls. Sometimes it just does sneak up on you.
Keep writing if it helps, (((Robyn))). You know Tubby’s fans wouldn’t mind one bit.
I am so sorry about your kitty cat. Big hugs and kisses all around.
So sorry that Tubby is gone, I’ve gone all blotchy now too. My daughter loves your cats as much as ours, she wants to grow up and “have as many as Robyn”!!
Hope you are all doing well today.
My cat was put down a week ago today. I miss my kitty, and I’ll miss hearing about Tubby antics.
It’s hard, especially when they die that young. He should have had lots more years to be goofy.
Every sympathy.
Robyn, write about Tubby all you want. It will help, because you know you will be talking to people who understand. After one of my cats died, I went to our Cat Welfare shelter. I told the lady who worked there that if I cried, it was because I had just lost my cat. She said “Honey, we’ve all been there. Cry all you want.” Hugs to you, Robyn.
you’re allowed to write 10 kazillion I-miss-my-kitty entries, Robyn.
xoxoxoxoxox
I first found out that Tubby’s real name was Snoopy through Fred’s old site (the site that led me to you both, eventually), and was so happily surprised because that is my kitty’s name, too. I didn’t think anyone else was zany enough to give their cat a dog’s name. I have been so extra-affectionate to Snoopy ever since I read both your entries yesterday, b/c I’m just so sensitive about animals, especially cats. I’ve never lost a pet, and I know I’ll have a zillion I-miss-my-kitty days whenever it’s Snoopy’s time. (Hopefully it will correspond w/ MY time!)
I liked your I-miss-my-kitty entry today; not only did it help you to say all that you said, but it helped us who adored and miss Tubby, too.
And I hear ya about the crying in public. I cry VERY easily, and am always so embarrassed, especially when it’s around someone I know. I’m not afraid of confrontation, but when I’m in that type of situation I may cry, for no real reason. Reminds me of Rachel from “Friends,” when she said to her boss “Now, just to brief you–I may cry, but they are not tears of anger, or of sadness–but just of me having this conversation with you.”
Anyway. I’m glad we all got to know Tubby through ya’lls journals and stories and pictures and movies. I’ll keep my Tubby Tshirt 4ever!
Just want to add my condolences to the rest. Tubby was a very entertaining cat and I know how hard it is to lose one. I went home and hugged all my (9) kitties and step-dog last night. Hang in there.
We lost our dog, Thor, unexpectedly about a year and a half ago. We weren’t the “best of friends” either, but I still cried and it still hurt, and I still miss him. I had to avoid watching certain shows on Animal Planet for months, because I’d just have a crying fit. And write whatever you want. I found that putting my thoughts on “paper” helped.
*hugs* and I do the same thing when I’m crying, I can’t talk either. *hugs*
Count me among the readers who cried over your entry. If we are all crying, it is perfectly normal and accepatble for you to be, whether in public or not. And don’t ever apologize for writing entries about Tubby. Write as many “I miss my cat” entries as you need to. Anything to make yourself feel a little better.
Add a few of the girls at my office to the crying list……they were all so appreciative of the Tubster. Just remember Robyn……the more you cry, the more you heal. And the tears from you and Fred and Danielle are just more proof what wonderful people you are…..you loved him and gave him a wonderful life. (When I took my Thumper in to the vets the woman told me that she knows how much I must love him because of the tears I was crying……so you keep on crying and keep on writing about him.)I’m going to go pick up Snickers and my Tiggatoo and give them lots of hugs……….
You write all the “weepy-I-miss-my-kitty” entries that you want dearest!
Hello. You probably know Aimee. I am Edjahman and I would like to say that we are deeply saddened about you guys losing Tubby. We lost a kitty that was very Dear to us a couple of years ago and we still cry about it. It is very sad. It’s just not fair. Kittys should live as long as us. Then we could never miss them.
–EJM
You just mourn however you need to and however long you need to. That’s your right. FWIW, I told my friend, Lilith in IM last night and she got pretty choked up, too. He had a lot of fans, did the Tubster. He was a funny, cranky, adorable kitty, and there’s nothing at all wrong with saying you miss him and why.
Caddy was uber cuddly today, so I held him a lot, and kissed him, and told him to think good thoughts for you all, and for Tubby, especially.
Robyn,
My heart aches for you, Fred and the Spud. He touched so many lives. Both of my kids just went back to college from their winter break. They were groupies like me. Tubby has been my background on my computer for over a year. My son and daughter both wear Tubby T-Shirts proudly. He will be missed. Meh.
IM conversation:
KoolAidMaid: hey mom
Its Yo Mom: hey
Its Yo Mom: you know Tubby?
KoolAidMaid: yeah
KoolAidMaid: what happened?
KoolAidMaid: dies?
KoolAidMaid: died i mean
Its Yo Mom: he died:-(
KoolAidMaid: nooooooooooo
KoolAidMaid: how?
Its Yo Mom: they think it was a heart attack
KoolAidMaid: o dear
Its Yo Mom: i;ll email you the link
KoolAidMaid: awwww, thats sad
Its Yo Mom: i know
Robyn…..just read about Tubby tonight, and am so sorry to hear that he is gone. After reading so much about him, and thoroughly enjoying all the stories and all the great pictures, it almost feels as if he was a member of my family too. I have often wished that dogs and cats lived as long as we did because it sure is hard to lose them. When my dog Casey died, I bawled, and I mean BAWLED, for 3 days solid….at the vet’s, in the house, in the car, in the grocery store, drugstore, and yes…even in Walmart. That was 8 years ago and I still miss her. So don’t worry about posting I-miss-my-kitty entries. Anyone who has ever loved a pet understands.
I, like so many others, am sorry to read about your loss. I can identify. I am a dog person, specifically, a chihuahua person. I currently have 6. (Ask Ami why i have SIX!) But next month will be 5 years since i lost Tiffany.She wasn’t a pet, she was my “special daughter”. I cried then, and i can still cry today. Some people don’t understand that concept. I will never completely get over that loss.
I, like so many others, am sorry to read about your loss. I can identify. I am a dog person, specifically, a chihuahua person. I currently have 6. (Ask Ami why i have SIX!) But next month will be 5 years since i lost Tiffany.She wasn’t a pet, she was my “special daughter”. I cried then, and i can still cry today. Some people don’t understand that concept. I will never completely get over that loss.