I just found out why I really haven't heard much from my sister in Sarasota
lately.  I figured with the heat she was just spending all her spare time in
their pool.
No such luck.  When we went on vacation with them in May her left eye was

Just in case someone here hasn't heard about it yet.  A lot of brands
are involved and a list can be found here:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_033_2007_Expanded/index.asp
Debra in VA

To my great distress I have discovered that my cats are learning magic
from the Harry Potter books and here are their favourite spells:
Kumani:
Roly-Polyjuice Potion

We're finally back in Houston, TX after a miserable year and a half of
living in the desert.  (I'll email my new phone number to you
Catnipped as soon as we get unpacked and settled.)
The trip from Reno, NV to Houston was less than joyful.  The DH drove

Greetings my dear friends.  I've missed you all so much.  We spent
almost 2 years living (if you can call it that) up in the desert, and
we were miserable the entire time.  We're back in Houston, TX now
(Catnipped - I'll email you our new phone number as soon as we get

We're back in Houston after almost 2 years of living (if you can call
it that) in the desert.  All of the 'pooties' are doing fine.  Since
we have 8 (all rescues) we had to build a large cat enclosure in the
back of the U-Haul.  Naturally they had a cat tree, fans, plenty of

She's back from causing an earthquake in California.
I've boiled up a chicken carcase in my pressure cooker, for soup.  It's a
bit of trouble, I suppose, as I then have to get all the bones and skin out
and pick the meat off.

New Harry Potter- yes, I've read it but I won't reveal the end in case
other people haven't but right near the end, Harry si pulling on his
cloak and turns off the light coming from his wand with just one
word...and the word is...."Nox"

I hate asking. But I'm just so frazzled. I'm in a financial crunch and
Pearl now has a UTI. I slept 3 hours last night and that's probably why
I am so depressed, but I really am depressed tonight. I just never seem
to get on top. Pearl does OK, but geez it's hard and I don't know ...

For some reason, I've been craving cereal with milk for the past
couple of weeks.  Now this wouldn't be much of a problem, except
that I am owned by cats.  Huey is the most interested in what the
bald white bumps are up to, but they all enjoy a peek at us.

https://www.smithsonianstore.com/catalog/search_command.cmd?keyword=cats&categor
yId=&sortByColumnName=NAME&direction=asc&itemsPerPage=all
Jill

In their (massive amounts of) spare time:
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/song_dance/1500_prisoners_perform_Thriller/
(gotta love Vincent Price's voice)

This morning I woke up to a pool of water on the floor in Rusty's
room. No, he didn't wet the floor, just left a small deposit by his
food dish.  We are having heavy rain and I got a leak, again.  Rusty's
tummy is probably a bit upset too.  Sigh!

The last thing I do in the morning before leaving is give the cats
their gooshy wet food, put out dry food and fill water bowls with
fresh water...in that order.  So that when I leave the bedroom and
walk down the hallway everyone knows its time for breakfast and they