I have one feral cat dropped off at the Spay & Neuter clinic; now I have to try to get the other two trapped this weekend. Fingers crossed that I can at least get both females spayed ( Read more... )

Some people (and frankly, I'm one of them) just hate their vegetables. It was hard to get any down as a child and it hasn't got a whole lot easier as an adult. Strangely, it doesn't seem to be primarily a taste-related issue for me. It's mostly texture and smell. Raw veggies are impossible; seriously, I get physically ill if I try to force the ( Read more... )

...Those ceramic knives are sharp, eh?

And while my reflexes obviously failed me in terms of my thumb, I'd like to point out that I did not get a single drop of blood on the potatoes. That counts for something.

Kitten died during the night. Every time I checked on them, Daisy was snuggled up to it and attentive, but this morning it was lifeless ( Read more... )

Daisy, one of the feral cats, has finally - FINALLY - decided she trusts me enough to accept petting. And lord, she's decided it's the Best. Thing. EVAR!. She'll sit on the steps looking in at me, doing paddy-paws in the air and squeaking inaudibly every time I make eye contact. When I go outside, she runs up to me, then flops over on her side ( Read more... )

I blame children. They get sick and pass it around in school. Then they take it home and their parents get sick. Then the parents go to work and my husband gets sick. Then my husband comes home and makes me sick. So it's all the children's doing, really. Devious little bastards. I'm on to them and they needn't think otherwise ( Read more... )

Winter is wearing out its welcome, for sure. I don't think it's actually been any colder, snowier or longer than normal, but somehow it sure feels like it.


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So somehow we've ended up with an assortment of boxes and brown packing paper in the living room for the amusement of the cats, creating makeshift caves to hide in.


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Today we noticed that when sitting on the john, the view includes this:


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...To hold all of this stuff. In a burst of motivation and energy brought on by a sunny afternoon, I hauled in several boxes and bags of craft room stuff to organize. Quite a bit of exercise was had by making multiple trips back and forth carrying things. Even more exercise was had in the process of emptying said boxes and bags. My craft room ( Read more... )