Today we took my cat Kiri to the vet and gave him freedom from his arthritis, his asthma, his diabetes, his kidney disease, his thirst and pain. It was not easy but it was the right decision for all of us. We did everything we could for him, but it was time. He couldn't even sleep comfortably anymore. The last few says, he just enjoyed being ( Read more... )

Short and sweet -- today was so good I was describing it in lolcatisms. All the food was NOM NOM NOM (Although Rissi chased me out when I was doin it wrong and walked in the kitchen to see my caek too soon -- and I was like no it are my birthday!) and I received wonderful gifts and got to see so many friends -- the advantage of having an SF con on ( Read more... )

We visited Kiri today. At the hospital, we waited in the busy front room for awhile and then Rissi and I were guided to one of the exam rooms. We figured we'd wait there, talk with Dr. Simmons, the attending veterinarian, and then see Kiri for a bit in his cage ( Read more... )

In order to be able to get to sleep, I called the vets' just now. (Yay for 24-hour hospitals!) Alicia, the veterinarian attending Kiri, told me he went through his regular treatment (bloodwork, cleaning, turning, being petted) without having a seizure for the first time since this started. He did rouse enough to raise his head and look around ( Read more... )

For some reason, the Mews' home internet connection has decided to go wonky, getting progressively spottier until the packet loss is enough to keep us from getting online at all sporadically -- and IM is right out ( Read more... )

♥ Happy Birthday, kosaginolegion! ♥

I hope your day was full of happy, birthday and ice cream (or cake, your preference) in that order. And may the rest of the week kick ass too. ♥ ♥ ♥

When twigcollins posted about the French gaming magazine IG's "Cooking Mama" cover, with all the game heroines cooking, I laughed. The day before, soranokumo showed me a flicker account with the individual art for each heroine. Adorable (even if it is a bit... stereotyped ( Read more... )

We just watched Vel and Chas get married... it was wonderful, from the lovely weather, to the sounds of the wildlife, to the awesome minister, to the utterly *beautiful* bride and handsome groom ( Read more... )

Two days ago at work, I found that B.L.'s wife fell and broke her arm. Now B.L. is one of my favorites of the people I support, and his wife is an active gardener and interior decorator. I decided that I wanted to send a get-well card to her. But all the cards in the area just weren't right, so I decided to make my own.

( I think it came out kinda nice.... )