OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three
dogs and one cat...
Well, thank all that's good, she left this afternoon.  On my way home from
work I stopped at PetsMart and picked up 2 economy-sized bottles of Nature's

I've been unemployed since April (my job was outsourced to Manila). I
have no encouraging prospects. It's like I'm sending my resumes and
applications into a black hole, as I'm getting zero response.
This evening I got my lease renewal notice. It said my lease expires

Tweed, how are you doing on *your* road to recovery from surgery?  Has the
blood from the hemorrhage cleared up yet?  How is your vision, is it
improving still?  We're still sending purrs, cyber hugs, happy thoughts, and
meatloaf meditations that you'll continue to improve swiftly ...

Zooming away at 100kph, and suddenly a bird (a crow? a seagull? a magpie?
something decently sized, not a sparrow or finch) decided to fly low across
the road. Didn't even have time to react more than to say "No!", and
swerving or braking would have been more dangerous to us (Joel & ...

Well, I just scooped the litter boxes and it appears that everyone is back
to normal - all stools are solid and all pee clumps are the correct size and
number for each cat.  Thanks for the purrs, they worked again!!  It either
was just a stress-caused, temporary problem, or (after ...

... if you're on high speed that is (it's about a 500MB download).
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=0
0961&from=pickList
It's the life of a cat family -- mom, dad and 5 little kittens. It's B&W and
there's no sound but it's oh so touching ...

Natasha's crate is one of the medium size hard-plastic ones, with mesh
openings on two sides for air and looking out of, and of course the
mesh door on the front. Being the medium size, she has plenty of room
- she can sit or stand without bumping her head. Natasha hates it,

Well, I guess I didn't get the smell of d*g out of the house completely
because Jessie is still acting out.  Monday night she kept jumping on my be
and getting into Bandit's face.  Last night she did the same but this time
there were claws out and Bandit received a slice on her ...

and she is growing fast! She doesn't want to be weaned yet, though

New photos uploaded here:
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/diatomdeb/album?.dir=/458a

As with humans, our kitties all have varying degrees of smarts. My
beloved Vanilla (RB), who was with me for 18 years, was a kitty
genius. Her photo:
http://www.waas.us/images/cats/vanilla-01.jpg

When I got home this afternoon Little Bit was very talkative, which is
kind of unusual. As I've mentioned before, there are just a couple
things which usually get her going - a dirty litterbox or wanting to
go outside. It sounded like her dirty box complaint, so before I

Ok, it sounds like a really bad spam, but if you want to send/get
holiday cards, PLEASE get me your addresses.  I only have ten people's
addresses and I personally LIKE to send out over a hundred cards.  That
means I'll receive over a hundred cards and my letter carrier is ...

I really should be working on my lab reports, but I gotta write this.
Mischief is curled up on the couch but her feet are sticking out.
From my desk I can see the pads.
One thing I just found adorable with Mischief when she came into my

Grace, how are you doing sweetie?
As hard as it is to get through, the wake and funeral is when you have the
most support, the most family and friends around you to help you.  It's
afterwards, when everybody has gone home and back to their lives - that's

Yes, it is a kitty milestone.  I bought a nice new humidifier this
afternoon and there is a nice new box that it came in.  Mattie (short
for Matereka), unfamiliar with boxes let Stripey Thing have the box for
a long time and just batted at him from the outside.  That was cooler