Welcome to cottonwood season.  I'm very allergic to cottonwooe trees, and
this year, for whatever reason they are seriously affecting my eyesight.  I
even enlarged my type to 24 font and it was still blurry.  So if I make
typing, spelling and other errors, please forgive me, or ...

 I went out to run a bridge event.  No food, so i asked Liz, who gave
me a lunch box containing .....
 ..... some sort of yukky cheese filling in four rolls.  Eugghhhhh!
 Cheese?  In all of them??  I asked.

Anyone else have a cat that is a little too helpful when covering his
poop and scratches the walls?  Mine have managed to make a huge hole in
the paint/plaster from scratching the nearby wall.  There is no where
else to place the litter box.

Excellent story!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1734708,00.html
Gizmo is truly an amazing cat!
Cheers, helen s

The PET scan was inconclusive so he's been referred to an oncologist.  He
heads over there this morning.  I have no idea what other scans/tests the
oncologist will be doing or recommending.
Jill

It's a tight fit but Caliban can still squeeze into the warm area behind
the laptop:
http://tinyurl.com/f3cdd
Miranda in the nest my niece made her for Yule:

Persia has hereforth abandoned her napping spot in the closet in favour of
the crackle sack.  I made the mistake of putting some catnip on it and now
she won't leave it alone!  The only time I can get her to stop is to chase
her up to the bed to sleep with me, and sometimes that's ...

Saturday, March 17, 2006
Galveston, Texas
Cinder has met a challenge and accomplished a feat that I'm sure few
have achieved.

Big time purrs, hugs and prayers  that all of you are all ok.
Quick recovery and all the furballs  and families are in a safe place
Give us a call out to make sure you are all right.   Please!!!

As for jobs with kitties, the only ones I can think of are veterinary
related, cat sitting, and groomer.  Does anyone know of any others
and/or how to go about training for/ aqcuiring such a job?
How about training/ certification for grooming?

Just testing...I've just installed Norton Internet Security and I
don't think it's letting my posts through...Anyone see them?
-Kim

Okay you probably all know this but just in case you don't....Tesco's
are doing buy one get one free on IAMS dry and wet catfood. We have a
corner of our kitchen known as the "Cat's larder"- it's currently
somewhat expanded as a result but the look on Sarrasine's face when I

He's a very, very spooked little boy and very jumpy, but we (as in my
brother and I) eventually found HRFL under the brambles in the lane at
the back of my house unharmed although shaken.
As a black cat, Thank Bast I had the sense to put a reflective collar on