Last month when I got my electric bill it was for usage Sept. 25 thru Oct. 23. I expected it to be lower than the previous bill, because the big heat wave had ended in mid-September and I had quit using so many fans. But no, it was 70kwh higher than the bill for the prior month. I asked about it...

I just returned from a week long vacation to S. Lake Tahoe. I did some skiing and got totally sunburned. The best part is that I won $300 while I was there. Anyway the last 3 days I was out there I decided to rent a car and drive out to the Pacific Ocean coast in California. My God what a beautiful...

...was unarguably the ugliest thing I have ever in my life pulled out of an oven. We began with The Brine. Louie put together a witches' brew of chicken broth, apple cider, honey, maple syrup, salt and ginger ale with spices, and after letting the SOB soak overnight we found he was not only...

It's been a month since my spinal surgery and, unfortunately, the pain has not gone away - which pretty much means there was irreversible nerve damage done (and I won't get into all those doctors I went to for 2 years who said nothing could be done, which prolonged the time the nerve was...

I've been taught a valuable lesson today...... This morning I thought I would have an extra 15 mins in bed reading but Smudge had other ideas, she walked over to my book and head butted it until I put it down to give her a scritch, then she laid down on it. This evening as I was watching TV and...

I have finally figured out WHY Lorelei likes to hide in the basement or my bedroom: Lorelei is afraid of me. It explains everything: why she shies away if I move too quickly near her. Why she jumps if I make noise near her. Why she hides from me :( I think the son of the woman who gave me the...

For the last couple of months Amelia has feeling very put-upon by the large number of kittens in the house (she seems to think that two kittens is two kittens too many). She's generally been expressing her displeasure with occasional bitchy-cat hisses at Sammy and Tabitha, but this morning she...

I have had this problem all my life but it is *always* worse during the holidays. Crazy people want to talk to me. Strangers. In public. Sorry to be so OT, but this is bugging me. I need to figure out what it is about me that causes them to single *me* out. Today it happened twice. Once exiting Wal...

Suddenly, Smudge has become a very cuddly kitty. She's always been friendly, following me from one room to another, curling up in the general area whenever I settle down, and often lying on top of me if I'm on my side on the couch, or in bed. But all of a sudden, in the past 2-3 days, she's been...

Last night, I must have been in the bargaining phase of mourning, because I made a plea to whoever might be listening, if anyone was listening... I asked that Betty's life be spared. In return, I offer my own life. A life for a life is fair, isn't it? It's not that I don't love my life. I want...

Leo - one of the four little ones who were put in a cardboard box in front of my house mid december 2007 might have a pneumonia. Since yesterday I see him breathing heavily and can`t do anything about it as he doesn`t allow me near to him. He, from the start, was the one who doesn`t come nearer as...

As I expect you remember I posted a humorous little article a month or two ago, and was immediately attacked by Gandalf. Technically, I suppose, the attack was on my wife. One reason given for this unprovoked attack was that Gandalf had suffered a loss. We have all lost cats, or dogs or...

I'm not talking about Two Lumps the comic strip, although I've bookmarked that site and I really like it. :) Today in one of the cages in the treatment room there's a bunch of blankets, a water dish and a litter tray. No cat can be seen, but there are two lumps under the blanket. According to...

My poor, poor baby is gone. She was so wonderful and loving. She was so beautiful, even in the end. And I feel so haunted by the horror of watching her die. She was such a good little kitty, and never did anything wrong! She didn't deserve any of this! I can't believe she's gone. I've been...

.... a dose of self-pitying negativity! Anyone seen Kyla?

DH and I have for many years stayed at home on New Year's Eve and had a small party with just us and the cats. We did the same this year. I started getting the party ready by setting up a small folding table that I have and placing a nice lace tablecloth over it. I went into the kitchen to...

My 6 month old named Donny had a confrontation with a racoon. He was outside and I was inside sleeping when he made the most unbelievable screaming noise. I was quite surprised he could make such a sound and I went right out to see what's up and saw the racoon running away. By the time I got my...

Egads, this cat is falling apart! Today one of his lower canine teeth just fell over. It is hanging out his mouth in a most snaggletooth kinda way. It doesn't seem to bother him. He let me touch it. I thought I might be able to pull it out but it didn't come out to easily. He wolfed down a...

My New Year gift? Woke up with a head so big and pain filled, you'd think I had really tied one on last night. But no, I stayed home with the furballs and didn't have a drop of alcohol. There were eight deers in the yard at dusk, maybe it's their fault, cuz I stared at them and strained my eyes.

When Nancy and I were looking for a rental property 4 years ago (it's hard to believe we've been here this long) we had an awful time finding a place that was big enough for us and would allow our three (at that time) kitties. We were delighted to finally find this place. We're in one unit of a...