Sad day today. My cat Bear has been quite ill, & today lost his battle. Had to take him to vet this morning, as he cried all night, & has been so weak over past 2 days that he could no longer lift himself up. He would have been 17 on 27 July! (oh my, I was so much younger then! 1994) His mama, Nala is at least doing quite well. She's 20! But, ( Read more... )

Looks like LJ is deleting inactive accounts, so guess I'd better write something since I haven't in quite some time. So, will talk about what I just read in the news about PLUS SIZE model Crystal Renn. WTF! Plus size at a size 10? Unless something has changed, I think the average size American woman is actually between a 12 & 14, so shouldn't she ( Read more... )

I had my surgery Monday. My parents drove me to UC Hospital & I arrived to check in at 5:45am. Well, that was first problem. Woman told me I was in wrong place (I wasn't) & somewhat stressed, we headed to Radiology. That was wrong place too. I looked at my notes that I'd taken when nurse called week before to tell me what to do, & it said Nuclear ( Read more... )

Well, I guess since this is called liveJOURNAL, I should start treating it like one, although I'm not much of a writer. Right now I am feeling apprehensive & scared. On Monday, at 9:30am I will be undergoing surgery. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, & am having a lumpectomy. The surgery (& the things they are doing to me before the ( Read more... )

There are so many "mixed" families-meat eaters & vegetarians-that I'd love to start a restaurant that had the "regular" food, along with a wide variety of vegetarian & vegan entrees. I am not a vegetarian, but my best friend & her husband are (Vegans) & unless one goes to an Indian restaurant, there are few (if any) vegan selections. I've learned ( Read more... )

 I love fan fiction! Especially Rat Patrol centering on Hauptmann Hans Dietrich. I also like Hogan's Heroes fiction. Trying to find people to discuss HH fiction is pretty easy; I belong to several HH Yahoo groups. However, finding people to discuss RP fiction can be difficult, although I also am a member of several RP Yahoo groups. I would love to ( Read more... )