I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever do the inside and outside at more or less the same time. So I don't find it completely amazing that my three year old, gosh, almost FOUR now, cat, Sally,...

I love it when a troll posts here. It means I get to try all kinds of new food ideas from all over the world :-) But all the time I'm thinking, with all this culinary talent we have, and the goodness of rpca, we should get it all together in one place. So I'm thinking like this: What would people...

I've told you guys about my gastric bypass surgery (March 12, 2004), my new diet and how much I'm exercising. I've also told you that I'd lost my job right after buying my house and could only find another making half my pay. So.... I've been *VERY* rapidly losing weight but couldn't *AFFORD* to...

Marina wrote: Guess who's negotiating to take this little boy home in August. http://community.webshots.com/album/369334917nDLGmi Oh he's just adorable!! (pssst, they need to store the sharp objects point-down in the dish drainer with this bitty around). Jill

Christina, any news yet? (PLEASE let it be good news!) Hugs, CatNipped

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050821/LIVING/508210366 I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights' You might be a rude person if . . . .. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off. .. . . you begin an apology with, "I'm sorry if you were offended."

For some reason, after Rita, they pushed *UP* the scheduled "return to look" allowances for St. Bernard Parish - instead of Thursday and Friday, lower St. Bernard Parish residents are being allowed back home today and tomorrow. My daughter, Erin, had to rush to throw everything into her van last...

http://www.local6.com/news/7267453/detail.html?treets=orlpn&tid=2653055048813&tml=orlpn_8pm&tmi=orlpn_8pm_1_07000202202006&ts=H http://tinyurl.com/mql5m The cat's owner said it has no interest in eating fish but prefers to eat six pounds of chicken and pork each day. Gee I wonder why he is a fat...

I'd like to repost some posts from and about when Betty was first adopted. I've thought so much about Betty's end that I feel that I need to revisit the beginning too. I'll never have any more new experiences with Betty. These memories are all I have left. So this is me being selfish, about my...

Smokey, our 14YO DSH has been feeling poorly. Listless, sleeps *all* the time (has even slept through breakfast which is most unusual). DW took him to the Vet for his annual exam. Vet did blood work and found everything fine except the kidney values. Thought it might be either an infection...

Hi everyone! This is truly the happiest day of my life! You may remember I posted asking for "get your furry butt home" purrs for Antonio about a month ago. There had been no sign of him until two days ago, when my neighbors spotted him near our condo's tennis courts. I had to stop setting the...

Have you ever observed your cat panting, when it was not ill but just hot? Don't bother replying if you have not observed this with your own eyes. I just want to hear from those who *have* seen it. Thanks...

We just got a phone call that my brother Dick is in surgery at Washington Hospital Center (D.C.) They are trying to repair a tear in his aorta. He was on his way to work with his son Mickey when he got the pain in his chest. I'm thinking it is very good news that he has made it this far. Please...

30 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM CHARLIE & FRANCES 1. An oak tree on the ground looks four times bigger than it did standing up 2. Even after all these years it is still nice to spend time with Colonel Mustard in the ballroom with the lead pipe. 3. When house hunting look for closets with lots of leg...

I have to preface this a bit. I have a really weird house (which is why I found it so charming and decided to buy it despite the amount of work it needs). My front porch goes up to the middle of the two floors and the front door opens to a stair landing. When you enter the front door you...

This afternoon the volcano at Mount St. Helens blew off a huge plume of steam and ash. It blew for 20-some minutes. This small eruption had been preceded by a few weeks of seismic activity. The earthquakes started out at levels smaller than 1 on the Richter scale, but grew to over 2 shortly before...

Well, I haven't seen the little gray cat with the too tight flea collar since I put the trap out a week ago Saturday. I picked the trap up last Thursday and continued putting the food out, but s/he never showed back up. Please join my crew in sending purrs that s/he was just lost and that...

from BBC News website (TinyURL version) http://tinyurl.com/3oh5p (story has a PHOTO!) Kitten's washing machine ordeal An eight-week-old kitten has survived a 10-minute spin in a washing machine.

Mattie, my newest addition, somehow managed to get into my beanie baby collection. I'll never figure out how - it is high up and she can't jump more than about 20 inches. In any event, I came home to her killing the stork. And carrying it around like a dead bird. I swear she looked so proud that...

Or, an alternate title, "Why My Cats Don't Go Out Anymore". I always thought it would be fun if we posted a "view" from the window we look out. I normally wouldn't do this right now, because there's nothing uglier than Oklahoma's landscape in January. But I looked up from the computer and saw...