Not literally. :) I had the audacity to go out and run errands today. I felt sure I'd given Buffy plenty of attention when I got home. We played for a while. Then I turned my attention to the computer, which I haven't done for a few days. She was sitting in my lap, getting scritches. I got...

I've always considered myself lucky in that Persia shows very little inclination to jump on tables or counters. She gets on the bed with me, absolutely, and I love that. And before I got her Drinkwell fountain she'd get on the bathroom counter to sip water from the running tap while I was...

We Brits are not used to snow. Anyone who has to travel to work is in trouble. Monday, I struggled into work through the snow, it took me more than twice as long. Getting home was another thing. It took me nearly 3 hours and it was dark before I got home. This is dangerous for me as I cannot...

His name is Jam. Original name Marmalade; due to his color. He is a orange and white tabby big old white nose. He is about 9 months old all his shots and he has been fixed. According to the rescue center he was taken from a abusive home. The owner was trying to stop the abuse from the...

about KFC now. Not knowing where she was or what had happened would have kept me awake at night. I cannot say I am happy with the vets who saw her, they did not even have a record of who brought her in and I am livid that they did not give her a chance for an owner to come forward for her. What...

Hi everyone, Ok, this is probably going to be a long post cos I'll try to include all the incidentals, so grab a cuppa and have a seat ..... I had decided yesterday evening that if after our walk in the woods we still hadn't found any sign of her, then I was going to put Smudgie's bowls etc...

This morning DH was late waking up to feed the cats their breakfast. I didn't want to wake him by yelling for him, so I managed to climb up the stairs and fixed myself a chicken sandwich (traditional breakfast foods tend to make me nauseated for some reason). After pouring a glass of tea I...

Alas, despite many fine folk (and cats) being willing to put aside their differences with regard to remembering and honouring those of us who have gone before, it seems that there is still some simmering objection in RPCC to RPCA. Their Jellicle Ball is very special to them and the *last* thing...

I've just advised someone on facebook to lie to get into a cat hoarders home. When Boyfie had his dreadful injury last year, the first thing the vet wanted to know was "can you afford this?" Otherwise he'd have been a gonner.. So I said yes.I kind of lied at the time. I knew it would be...

Anybody here planning on spending the hot days of summer inside in the A/C reading instead of outside sweating? I know we've covered this subject before, but we have some new people here and I'd like their input as well, so.... What are you planning to read? What have you already read that...

It was just beginning to smell in my living room tonight, so I knew the mouse was back there somewhere. I pulled out my couch and there it was under the heat baseboard. Poor thing. :( It obviously died of injuries inflicted by Smudge. The place where I found it would have been inaccessible to the...

My sweet, darling Romeo passed away yesterday (tuesday) afternoon at 5:35pm, at the Lort Smith Animal Hospital. Romeo's condition had deteriorated drastically. He had become anaemic and his red blood cell count had dropped from 19% on saturday, to 13% yesterday (tuesday). His chest cavity was...

She's really pretty. Grey with black stripes, white nose, white paws, long-ish hair and a bushy, squirrel-like tail. She's been hanging out for a little over a month. Both the neighbors and us are feeding her and she's getting increasingly less shy. I'd love to get a picture, but we're out...

For the upteempth time I muttered to myself "God, I hate Christmas". I smiled through clenched teeth and sayed a perfunctory "thanks anyway" after the person behind the post office counter - that I had queued up at for a good 20 minutes - informed me matter of factly that they were out of Christmas...

I just found out my great-aunt Ernestina was run over by a bus in Mexico City and is seriously injured. She is 80 something years old and was leaving work when the accident happened. Yes, you read right. She still works. She's a remarkable woman, really. Her family did not want her to attend...

He keeps looking at me and giving his breathy little miaow that is almost silent but even as quiet as it is, I can hear the tone of it, and it means "I want ". Since I've been taking him outside a few times a day he will wait at the door and try to get out if I open it, but I won't take him...

There's been so much real tragedy lately that I've quite lost my natural optimism & enthusiasm for life. Wonderful heartwarming events such as our lurker's donation to Hannah Eve's funeral do much to redress the balance (I'd like to add my humble thanks & admiration to those already expressed for...

I was watching TV and heard a loud conmotion coming from the dining room, like someone was charging against the door that leads to the car port. I got up and saw the neighbor's cat attacking Luna through the glass. I chased our cats away from the door and got out to chase Max away. I scared him off...

OK, my mind is almost made up... I'm almost certain I'm going to adopt my beautiful black tuxedo foster kitten. A couple of friends have tried to talk me out of it. One has allergies and said she probably wouldn't be able to come to my house if I got another cat, and another friend said she thinks...

Our patio roof has been leaking and I have been putting a bucket under the leak (Ted said the next time it leaked ring him so that he could see where the water is coming from) Last night we had torrential rain and when I got up the roof was leaking in three other places and the bucket was almost...