Mike and his wife Amanda Lynn just called and told me the great news. They think they are due in March, but haven't done the Dr thing yet. I'm so excited. Better yet, they asked earlier this month if they could move back here as Seattle wasn't full of Jobs right now and Fayetteville has better...

Well, Odessa and I are starting to communicate. And what a little potty-mouth! A girl right after Mama's heart! "Good morning, sweetheart. Is that my little Odessa looking so pretty in the closet?" "HISSSSSSS!!!" "Won't you come out for Mama?" "HISSSSSSS!!!" "What a pretty girl Odessa is. Won't...

Not for a teenager rushing around a high-powered car but for the average sensible adult like we all are on here with a car that meets our needs. Would you all mind telling me what you pay? I just want to compare it with what I just paid for my renewal. Thinking about it further, I'd like to...

I feel so sorry for Skeeter. She had a favorite place to lie, in the geraniums by the sliding glass door. She has spent a great deal of time there the past couple of days. I check up on her whereabouts often because of her CRF, and because it's often time to giver her more medication, or try to...

"jen.d" wrote: I'm wondering if anyone can help. Muggles has turned mean. Very mean. He's attacking Kid and I don't know why and I've tried to handle it for nearly 2 months and it continues. She does nothing, she just sits there, lays there, or runs away when he goes all weird and then...

Second-best commercial ever! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7vXP3tHzhA Joyce -- The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer. -- Paula Poundstone

I've been wrestling with Yahoo photos on and off for most of the day, and it's wanting to resist. But, I did manage to finally load enough photos of the gang for you all to meet them. I've tried linking to the photos in my sig file, so let's see if this works. -- Mike The early bird gets the...

In a cleaning frenzy this stormy afternoon, we blasted not our usual housecleaning "house" or "techno" music, but I reached deep into my hard drive and played old purloined (yes! a tune pirate!) Napster goodies at top volume.....all 3 of the short furry dictators fled under the beds upon Robert...

The best pic of Shmogg I've ever taken: http://www.angelfire.com/mt/yowie/images/Shmoggleberry.jpg Be warned, its big (~350kb). I'm quite amazed that at 15 (or thereabouts) he's as handsome as ever. If only I aged as well..... Yowie

Cats just love to sit in boxes. Feline behaviorists aren't sure why, but they know it's true. The next time you get something by mail order, put the box on the floor for a few days and let your cat leap in and out. You'll be amazed at how much she'll enjoy a simple cardboard box. Even ordinary...

His friend Larry is taking him for a colonoscopy at 9:30 in the morning. He was not allowed to eat for 24 hours. John suffers from and has been hospitalized twice for diverticulitus and we hope he doesn't have to have surgery to cut out part of his intestine. I need some purrs for his scope to...

Some of you may recall I was having serious troubles with a certain boss over an allegation that could have led to disciplinary action back in December/January. Nothing more has been said on the matter until today when I am handed a letter telling me the hearing will go ahead on the 29th of March....

"Singh" wrote in message ... ...and i don't even let my cats out. this morning the others decided it was integration time, and all went well. Odessa went exploring, and we haven't seen her since she ran into the basement. I'm...

My youngest (Koda) has been breaking her whiskers or something. I got her when she was 10 weeks old and now she is about 7 months old. About 2 weeks after we got her, her whiskers started to "break". They break, then they all grow back and are there for a few days and then they go missing again...

I missed a couple days and am trying to catch up (nearly impossible with this group) but we've been purring for those in need. So now I need to request purrs for my sister, Teri, and one of her cats, Sam. Sam is having a head x-ray and surgery to remove a lump on/in his neck tomorrow (Tuesday...

I want to thank Yowie for her nice comments about N.Z - for my part I am addicted to Aus. as well as N.Z. The two countries share a lot together - Russell Crowe, rofl. I have a bit of news myself and I think it is a spin off from LOTR. Peter Jackson,(Producer of LOTR) plus the N.Z. Government...

Kate posted this on Catslaves. We are sending many purrs for Meg to recover soon and completely. Kate_Dunn wrote: I have been unable to post to r.p.c.a. through google today, so please could someone pass on my request to the group. I will try to login via my ISPs news server...

I am so absolutely appalled that someone who has injured themselves, perhaps very severely dare not call an ambulance to go to hospital, not only because of the cost of the ambulance, but the cost of the emergency treatment because he is out of work and has hit hard times. This would never...

I stole this from one of my other groups. I thought it might be fun... http://www.blogthings.com/hownormalareyouquiz/ The bigger question is - How normal are your cats? I think Peewee is about 90% normal for a Siamese - but he isn't a Siamese. ;) And Mimi is 90% normal for the Tortie that...

Saw this in Dear Abby today: http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20050507 DEAR ABBY: I am heartsick as I write this. I have just lost the closest thing in this world to me outside my immediate family. I just buried my sweetie-pie Sandy, an Amazon parrot I have had for 26 years. That's...