On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:58:06 -0700, "Emmi H." yodeled: *spits* I just caught our four month old Pixie-Bob kitten in the bathroom licking our toothbrushes.

Hi All, It's been a hectic day since about 11AM. That's when DH went over to my neighbor Doris' place and discovered her on the floor in the hallway with a broken leg. She had lain there since 5:00 in the morning, unable to reach either a telephone, the walkie-talkie, or the alarm bell that we...

Boy, has this been a week! I found out that someone else got the computer tech job that I had been REALLY looking forward to. Nancy called HR at her employer's home newspaper about a job she'd like to move to, and has still not gotten a call back (but she's still applying). I've been pulling...

As if we didn't have enough to deal with right now, I noticed our only little girl-cat, Princess Merlyn (well -- *she* thinks she's royalty, anyway) started a weird hack-cough sort of thing Wednesday, and by Thursday night, she had almost completely lost her voice. Took her into TED yesterday, and...

Boy I hope this works... A certain nitwit by the name of Stormin Mormon tried to reconfigure this monstrosity of a machine we have, and we've had nothing but trouble since. I can get only a few messages before the window starts reading "message can not be displayed." I have so missed everyone,...

Just wanted to remind everyone that Jo Firey gets her Cochlar implant today. Let's start a purr chain and keep her in our thoughts. Sherry

Just heard a live BBC feed from the Vatican-- the smoke is white, and the bells were audible. There seems to be a new Pope. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

My dispatcher is trying to get me routed back to my home terminal in time to make my Tuesday interview, but no luck so far. So far I've received two preplans that would have me missing the interview entirely. A few extra purrs that the dispatcher makes it happen would be appreciated. Dan

Well, not really a firm diagnosis. The ultrasound revealed a small kidney and a normal one, TED thinks this is why the creatinine and BUN were a bit high. She's not concerned about this. Lymph nodes were a bit large, but that could be one of many things. The small intestine wall was enlarged in...

Hi the I had a very upsetting afternoon. I can't remember the last time I've seen a stray cat around here. I've lived in the neighbourhood for 8 years and we've never had one. Sam and I came home after lunch today to find a stray tabby, an unneutered male, stalking the cats. He attacked...

Today, poor Jason, hasn't been happy. Instead of spending the best part of the day as he usually does, asleep on a sheepskin on top of my husband's scanner (which he's not used for sometime), he's been on many searches of is house and garden, After each fruitless one, he has come to me to be...

Whenever we get any extra money, it seems that the resident gremlins throw the dice or whatever and the one who wins gets to break something. So, last Friday I got a paycheck for my temp job, and yesterday Jim called me at work and said the stove quit. In an effort to find out what was the problem,...

Vernon is sat on the other side of the office desks to me. We are chatting about our overnight visitor. Vernon says, "Why us? How come stray animals end up down here at our house?" I told him he is *stoopid* if he doesn't realise by now that we have a large neon sign on the roof of our house,...

Next weekend, I plan on sending out the Christmas card list to those who have asked for it. There are 51 listees and between five and ten names added by request. So, if you love the holiday season, and sending greeting cards, now is the final week to get me your email with your name and snail...

We had a scare here. I got a new quesadilla maker and it came in a pretty flimsy cardboard box. We put the box on the floor for Oliver to enjoy. Not only did he like hiding in the box but he was tearing pieces off. I didn't stop him because he wasn't eating it just making a mess. At one point I...

OK, I'm hoping that on this group we can have this discussion without starting a flame war (as happened on H+B). I'd really like to get some feedback (pardon the pun) on what you guys have experienced regarding wet food vs. dry. To start, I have fed my cats Science Diet dry (Senior Advanced...

When my sister died her son and his wife took Billy Boy to live with them. They all adored him, particularly little 7-year-old Samantha who lives with them also. Lois bred Billy Boy and he was a beautiful lilac Burmese. To-day he was run over. They didn't stop but left him on the side of the...

Much to mine and the Doctor's collective surprises, my father did a 180 Sunday night and became remarkably stable. Not a single one of us suspected he had it in him, all the way down to the nurses who were the ones taking those vital signs all those days. But the doctor came in Monday morning and...

You might recall that about a year ago I posted about my Mom needing purrs for her breast cancer surgery. She did quite well - they removed the cancerous lump and one lymph node, and recovered from surgery quite nicely. Did radiation and chemo, without the extreme nausea problems that so many...

I finally got to talk to the vet about 45 minutes ago. Harri did survive te night, and she is breathing more easily thanks to massive doses of antibiotics and steroids. However, the x-rays show that both of her lungs are partially collapsed. The vet has no idea what would have caused this, and he...