I've been running a fever since Saturday, and when I went to the doctor
she said it was probably strep throat. I got antibiotics and told to
take it easy and drink lots of fluids. I'm staying at home today because
I had a terrible night and I'm pretty sure I'm contagious. ...

I am so pleased with myself. (LOL)
The orphan babies are sucking on each other in a bad way. I had to
separate them. They apparently need to suck really bad.
So here's what I did. I made a surrogate mother.

Has anyone been in touch with them lately?
It feels like they all headed off on the mouser voyage this year.
Jo

Another thread got me wondering, who is the oldest living rpca cat?  Is it
KFC at, what Tweed, 22 or so?
And what is the oldest age anyone has had a cat live to?

Dr. French will be able to see us at 6PM today.  Tayla, Archer, and Ozzy all
have URIs (Ozzy's is bad, he hacks constantly), they all have diarrhea, they
all have ear mites, and I'm pretty sure they all have several varieties of
parasites.  They probably won't get their ...

DH got the following email from Pong/Sajja's new Grandma:
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I thought you might want to know how Sajja is doing!
Well - he appears to be settling into his new life - - - dogs and all!  We

This immediately made me think of your new pair:
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/donut-worry-we-iz-profesion.jpg
Have they shown any techie inclinations yet?
Theresa

It was a long weekend, and I couldn't go to the island with the cats for
Midsummer this year, but my niece kindly invited me over on Saturday for
one of her lovely meals (for all of you who have drooled over her food
photography - it tastes as good as it looks!).

Yesterday I did a couple of hours on my bike. Not far, only about 24 miles.
When I got back home, a furry one-eyed feline ran to meet me as I pulled up
at home.
Today I did a thoroughly enjoyable 60 miles in thunder, wind & rain. It took

Jake is doing fine for a cat with stitches across his nether region and a
f#$& damn collar around his face.  He is most unhappy.  Can't get
comfortable.  Feels he is losing all his street cred by knocking things
over, spilling water, jumping and missing, and being held down to ...

We have a free standing pantry/ cabinet in our kitchen. It has narrow
shelves on the doors with a wooden dowel across the front so cans and other
things won't fall off.
Cinnamon discovered a bag of catnip on the bottom shelf.

In response to your post in Tak's thread:
No, I don't know about Bitter Apple. I've heard (on newsgroups) of
people using it to discourage
the chewing of electrical cords, but I never had that issue with the

If you have a Yahoo account, did you know that you can set up a web page,
with lots and lots of fun features, in about 5 minutes with their new "Yahoo
Page Builder"???  I just found it and it's a hoot!  Here's one that I did
for Tayla in just about 4 minutes: http://www.geocities ...

We're leaving in about an hour. Mir is giving me sorrowful looks because
I took away her food (so she doesn't get car sick). Even Caliban knows
something is up, but I hope he doesn't guess he's going in the carrier
today.

Persia has been extra chatty lately.  Even when she's flopped out on the
floor, totally relaxed, if I walk by she just *has* to say something to me!
Sometimes several somethings.  I can tell from the tone of her voice it's
not critical stuff.  She's not asking for food.  Her litter ...