Thought you might like to know that Juliet is very ill. Preliminary blood
tests show a low white cell count. She has a lump in her tummy and will be
having a series of x-rays today. Will keep you posted.
Purrs and healing vibes for Juliet will be appreciated.

Hey Everyone,
Just a note to thank everyone for your help and good wishes. Max got
his stitches out on Monday (two weeks from the date of the surgery)
and is doing really well.

After the American election humor (and this is original, BTW):
Pres. Bush's plan to save the American economy!
It seems that in secret, Pres. Bush has been working on the budget, and has
come up with a plan to save hundreds of millions of dollars, or more, each

Lori, and whomever else is concerned, I posted six pic in all of my guys--  
three of Stinky, and three of Dante, who is a worthy disciple. ;)  But my
server chose that time to burp or something, and I can see only one of
Dante.  Are the others all there?  Or should I re-post ...

When yer driving, what do you listen to?
We loathe the radio, too many annoying ads..
DH burned a whole bunch of CDs and today were listening to Cajun music, the
soundtrack from The movie 'The Big Easy'...I loved it:)

for Nancy.
Her commute of 60 miles each way is getting to her, as are some of the
less even-tempered coworkers she has to deal with. We've been sort of
half-heartedly looking for a job for her closer to home but the stress has

It never rains but pours. :o( Quite apart from ALL the other sh*t I
have going on....
I've just got back from the ER vet where I've had to leave Cara for an
operation. She was out with at the beach my gran today whilst I was at

Looking at the weather map this morning I see a great big red patch over
the area where Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana come together. I
don't remember which RPCA folks live near there, but is everybody doing ok?
We're find in central IA. The storm that blew through last ...

We are at the kitty doctor's this morning.
Last night, he came in with his right paw swollen, and limping. I did get
a look at it - his dewclaw (thumbclaw?) is broken off at the quick. He
won't let me get a closer look at the paw to see if there is any other

Please could I have some purrs for a successful few days?
I have a few things going on right now that I can't discuss here
because of the sensitivity of them, but please could I have some
general good luck purrs for the things that are happening and

The RPCA gang and the members of Flippy's CatGroup have decided to
celebrate Flippy Day on her birthday, so offically it's May 29th each
year! Thousands of cat lovers around the world benefit from the
tireless efforts of this lady in Melbourne, Australia, thanks to

I posted this to the cooking ng I frequent.  I wanted to post it here, as
well.  There are no favourite ngs but I'd been talking with them for quite a
while about how to encourage him to eat, and how to interest my mother in
making sure *she* eats when I'm not here.  So here it ...

I talked to Ginger-Lynn a couple of times this weekend.  She's having some
problems.  Victor will be accepting PayPal for her personal finances
(medical co-pays are eating up what little she has in the way of money) and
her soon to be ex made her rent payment this month.  However ...

Well Barney has a "mass" in his abdomen. The vet believes it to be a
tumour on the spleen or liver. Because Barney was wriggling like a
right ferret, the vet couldn't work out exactly where it was. So
*incase* it is worms, everyone is being wormed with panacur over the

I got the expected call around 5:15 EST.  He passed away just a few minutes
before that, peacefully and without pain.
Thank you for all your kind thoughts, purrs and prayers.
Jill