I know I was stupid. I left the Xmas cake nicely covered on the kitchen bench. The cover had been clawed off and they had eaten a whole corner of the cake!! Bev, who is not telling this story to her guests!! -- If you can step on 9 daisies all at once it's Springtime.

Yup, I got the flu. Temps have been running over 101F, Rob turned off the ceiling fan because I thought Smokey the bear was hanging from it by his hat and wanted him down from there and out of the house, and I'm hot/cold/hot/cold and so forth. The other day I had four cats (Berfert, QC, Merlin,...

CATherine wrote: Weeks ago my sister adroitly mentioned that since her son and his wife had moved to Oklahoma, she would be spending Christmas alone for the first time. Naturally, my mouth disengaged itself from its connection to the brain and I found myself inviting her for dinner at our...

Mike went back to TED this morning to have blood drawn for tests preliminary to scheduling a dental appointment - he has been slowly but steadily losing weight, and TED now says he wants to test his thyroid function. The lab that tests that, however, is closed for the holidays until after the...

We finally have a digital camera!! We finally figured out how to use it!! I have finally uploaded some photos into an album titled "Mike" in RPCA Pictures!!!! You lucky people can finally get to see my gorgeous boy. Consider it a Christmas present. :-P ------ Krista PS: MERRY CHRISTMAS,...

this is the first christmas i have had with the cats as i am normally away. They have had a great time. Mistoffelees has spent the day surrounded by toys trying to work out what to play with first - all these catnip toys which he has decided are his and grizzy cab have all others. and then there is...

Hi guys and gals. It's 9:00 Christmas night and I have done absolutely nothing today but lain around. I'm either getting the flu or a nasty cold.. no fever yet but DH said I "feel warm", but then again, he's always cold, so it is probably a false reading. We did all the festivities yesterday,...

All of my cats regularly produce hair balls, some worse than others (Flo, Poppy). The malt hair ball remedy that "every cat loves" is loathed and won't be consumed, even when mixed in with their food. Adding anti-hair ball food would be difficult, So what can I do? Would something like cod liver...

Fredcat the Famous has created a special TALKING Christmas greeting to everyone who has ever written to him or has passed on good wishes to him. Visit www.fredcat.net, click on the December 24 diary entry link marked Happy Christmas and marvel at the talking Fredcat (is it any wonder that he is...

I wrote this for my personal website http://www.rainy-day-laughter.com and thought I'd share it here. Happy holidays, everyone. ~~ 'Twas the night before Christmas and here in my house, my kitties were chewing an old catnip mouse. Their food bowls were empty way back in the kitchen, as the hour...

Sometimes photographic moments come when you least expect them... http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~flynnj/kittenpics/imagepages/drowsy.jpg.html He was there on the bed sleeping, so of course I saw how adorable he looked and had to get in a few pets... so I looked at him from that angle.. and the way the...

The cats wanted to wish you all a peaceful and warm holiday season! http://tinyurl.com/2nn4c For some reason, Frank didn't want me to post this one: http://tinyurl.com/yv5k7 ducking and running out of reach of a certain one-eyed black ladycat's claws

I was so thrilled to get these pictures that I had to share. Jake and Smokey were strays in my yard (along with Bonnie) and they were adopted in Sept. They are very much loved and pampered. I put them in a new photo album along with their "before" pictures. The last 5 are the...

I would like to wish one and all on this group a very merry Christmas and best wishes for 2004. Continued purrs for those that need them. Lois

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/2678796/detail.html Dozens Of Dead Cats Removed From Woman's Garage Animal Shelter Workers Stunned By Neglect Case POSTED: 10:08 a.m. EST December 3, 2003 RENSSELAER, Ind. -- Officials at Jasper County's animal shelter were reviewing pet adoption procedures after...

An old fried of mine, Jo Ann, has had terrible rheumatoid arthritis for many years. I lost track of how many surgeries she has had and how many plates are in various joints of her body. And still she has had to take powerful medications to help her with the pain and stiffness. Eventually, those...

For Christmas, some members of our department at work pitched in and got our supervisor the 'Bow-Lingual' from Sharper Image. It allegedly translates dog barks into understandable language to convey their emotions when they issue a specific type of bark. She was thrilled! She didn't realize...

I just wanted to wish everybody "all the best" for the holiday season & thanks to you all for making this NG such a pleasant place to be: you've put up with my anecdotes & memories for half a year without complaint and I appreciate it. Obviously my love of our furry companions is right on...

Warmest Holiday - whatever your holiday - wishes to all rpca friends far and wide from Hopitus Habitat and The Evil 3 way down in south Florida, USA! -- If there's no cats in heaven, I don't wanna go!