Some pictures of Molly and Jake and my Garden. http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2019926780031164080dWNHuD We planted two new roses and Molly is very comfy in the bucket one of them arrived in. She looks pretty enough to plant. Jo

Right now Molly is sleeping on the computer desk a foot away from me. Curled into a ball with one hind leg covering her eyes and both front paws holding the leg in place. Last night when Charlie got out the plates and the knife to prepare their evening shrimp, she came and sat at his feet then...

My poor little girl. Yesterday my grandson pointed out that she had a sore or wound on her lower lip. She spent almost all day napping on the foot of my bed. I there napping too, so wasn't sure if she was feeling bad or just keeping me company. I'd guess a little of both. The flame point...

Molly, our little ex-feral calico girl is smarter than I've been giving her credit for. Much to my surprise she not only tolerates the pup Kayla, but she even seems to kinda sorta like her. Tonight she reached a new high (or low depending on your point of view) in teasing Kayla. Kayla had...

Well the cooler weather is here and Kayla is back is class for a refresher course in proper doggie behavior. Not that she doesn't know what she is supposed to do, more of a reminder that I mean it when I tell her to sit, stay, down, etc. Every time. A down is not a sit and if your chest isn't...

I've mentioned over the last few weeks that Molly seems to think that as a fully grown up princess, it is now time for her to be Queen of all she surveys. Mostly accomplished by bossing the dog around and putting a somewhat docile Jake in his place at least once a day. Bossing us around more...

Last night while I was sitting in the back room contemplating all that didn't get done, my little calico girl came in to see what I was up to. Now earlier she had spent a good fifteen minutes denuding a catnip plant. (Camera is still missing) She gets her head in the middle of the plant,...

I thought I decided a long time ago not to ever be too surprised by any cats behavior. I know that especially as a species and even as individuals they are contradictory. But Molly did something this afternoon that really took me (and Riley) by surprise. Molly is our about three year old...

Molly, our little big eared, long tailed calico girl has been with us a little over three years now. Her progress in warming up to us, or to anyone has been glacerially slow. But progress it is. Seems over the last few weeks it has dawned on her that her feet get cold when she spends hours...

I don't see any news links about it, but at the end of the news I was just watching on TV, they said they had word that Molly was rescued. *whew* -- Cheryl

Got the death certificat...I am shocked by what it says: Complete bowel obstruction, septic shock, cardiac arrest, pulmonary arrest. They admitted there was no uti All this suddenly happened 3 weeks after they upped her aricept to the max. The literature suggests that these "side effects" can...

Dante has been chasing my feet and grabbing my hands a lot, lately-- if I get up at night, I have to remember to put slippers on, because he has been attacking my bare feet. I can't let anything hang off the bed because he's been grabbing whatever hangs out. And when I go to sit down or lie...

This sweet calico Persian seems to have adopted a bunch of chicks, plus a couple of budgies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qO25P4r1o8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmfrost%2Etypepad%2Ecom%2Fcute%5Foverload%2F2007%2F09%2Fpeople%2Dredonkul%2Ehtml%3Fcid%3D83797279

God, will it never end? They're going to have to put her in restraints. Although why they keep leaving her alone sitting in a chair by herself in her room I have no idea. She was doing so well, now she's fallen again. She wasn't really suffering from dementia before but she most definitely is...

Mom called me yesterday and said my dad is "not doing well". I've already acknowledged he is in early stages of altzheimers. He's a lymphoma survivor and has also had two surgeries for blockages in his legs, one of which didn't "take" so they did a vein graft from one leg and rerouted the artery...

It's been pretty much an all-day ordeal, but Mom's home. When I met her at the door and the guys with the gurney got her inside I said, "You're home, Mom!" She replied, "It's about time!" Before she arrived the social worker from Tidewater Hospice sat and talked with me at length. Then the...

I didn't think I'd need anyone here with Mom at night. I let the CNA leave at 7PM last night and figured things would be okay. I was wrong! I was trying to get some sleep but something woke me about 10PM. I looked in on Mom and she was very agitated for some reason. I called the hospice...

I managed to get some sleep last night. But the poor CNA who sat with her had a time of it. The CNA (Shay) who was here during the day told the new nighttime CNA (Joyce) oh, it's easy. You just have to reposition her from time to time, make sure she's comfortable. Change her diaper and wash...

I insisted I be able to see my mother before 4PM and was told of course I can, I'm family! Well duh, that wasn't made clear to me yesterday. So I saw Mom while she was having lunch in the little rehab unit lunch room. She was just picking at her food. One look and I knew immediately why she...

My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival....