We finally got power back! You'd think I would have sweated off a couple of pounds living in a sauna for 9 days, but nooooooooooo - I gained 3!! :( OK, I stress eat, my fault! We had "incidental" damage to the house - and a couple of really scary days. We had a tornado go through about 4 feet...

We invited friends over for an oil fondue dinner. Such fun! They brought a spinach salad with strawberries, walnuts, and an herbed Greek cheese. To cook in the oil we had buffalo and beef cubes (from, as they call it around here, Whole Paycheck (Whole Foods), but man was it good), plus breaded...

I'm asking for suggestions to deal with an age old problem - how do you keep squirrels out of your bird feeder? My bird feeder hangs from a shepherd's crook, several feet off the ground. It has a compartment where you pour the bird seed and holes in the bottom where the seed goes out into a...

http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Caught/ Hugs, CatNipped

i was talking to my mom just after her last pooch went to rb, so the only pet they have left is a quaker parrot... who knew they live to seventy when i rescued him... now for the question, both of my parents are in their seventies and health issues are growing, she told me no more pets because...

Hey everyone, Thank you so much for all your kind offers to donate for this kitty. I stopped by the house today and spoke with the old lady who lives there. This is the roommate of the guy I met yesterday. She told me how the cat follows her roommate around and how she sleeps with him. She told...

We're going to get a new 3-piece suite. If the price is right, we may get leather. If the cat uses a leather sofa as a scratching post, how much damage could she do? -- David Cowie david_cowie at lineone dot net Containment Failure + 3962:45

1 cat cut in serving-sized pieces dusted in flour with salt and pepper 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil 6 artichokes CAT BRAISE

Tweed, you've sometimes said that Boyfie could "eat for England," which has always struck me funny. So today I used that phrase with a friend, also American. I added the disclaimer that although I'm not British, I've never heard anyone say, "So and so could eat for America." :) Anyway, my...

Thursday is "Senior's Day" at our local Chinese/Korean buffet restaurant. Dave and I eat there once or twice a month. No MSG is used.... Sometimes we go on Fridays for the AYCE crab legs @ $7.95, or Saturdays for the AYCE butterfly shrimp and fish tempura @ $7.95. But on Thursdays we pay $5.95 for...

I had to get two new tires this afternoon. I was out of there by 1:30, so I went to the post office to get my passport renewed. I had to stand in line a long time. After about 45 minutes to an hour, I suddenly felt very light-headed. I thought about going out to sit in the car, but I didn't want to...

For those of you not following the other thread I posted this in: OK, I decided to do this. This is me now - fully hydrated, just stuffed a huge dinner down, no concealing clothes (yes, some clothes, I wouldn't subject anyone to the horror of me unclothed ;), no make-up, no wig or cap. Of...

http://muttscomics.com/index.asp My little Mimi (RB) was a great physicist, always experimenting with gravity, sending things flying off where they were, onto the floor. If they were small things, she would flip them with a paw; if they were big, like the telephone or computer keyboard, she...

Curious :) Nocturne was adopted from the shelter at nine months. For our first cat, we wanted one young, likely to live long and healthy, but grown out of the worst of the kittenish nonsense while we learned how to care for a house pet. She is now a few months shy of four years old. Smokey: ...

A video of trained cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLU8H07StVk Those are some fluffy, pretty and well trained cats :) Jill

Last night I had a very good friend over to visit. We were doing bead jewelry together. We've been close friends for about 12 years. Anyway, at some point during the evening, Roxy came by for a cuddle. So I let her hang over my shoulder and purr, while I cooed and petted her. And suddenly the...

No, not the ULTIMATE sad vet trip, quite yet. But I took Pan in for a follow up vet visit today, and while Pan's thyroid is normal, Dr. Mell believes his kidneys are going. There is very little he can do, and that would only delay the inevitable. When you're an eighteen year-old cat, you're an...

Oh man, I seriously need to clean my windows! ; Jessie, catching some sun: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Jessie14/ Sammy being, well, Sammy: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy14/

One of the 4 kittens I'm fostering, Meanie, has developed a sore on the bottom of one of her paws - it doesn't seem to bother her, but it has me worried (in addition to a bald spot on her shoulder that was created by an overzealous sister in one of their tussles). She goes to TED this afternoon. ...

I've been reading RPCA for the last couple of weeks, and it feels so nice in here! I'll post a more formal introduction later, but if I may, I'd really like to get your opinion on a cat-related dilemma. My "other-species life partner", a Maine Coon mix named Rusty, died of kidney failure at the...