I sold my truck this morning. Granted, this has been almost a year in the making, but also far overdue. So here some closing thoughts to a vehicle that will never leave my heart. I hope it serves its new master well.

( Ode to a Truck )

I found a moderate quantity of cat waste upstairs. It has been cleaned up, along with the cardboard that was protecting the floor. I also put a litter box up there in the hopes that the perpetrator (*cough* Baby Girl *cough*) will use that instead of the floor, box, fabric etc. Right now, the cats are in a bad spell with an increase of fighting, ( Read more... )

Has anyone used/tried the scoopable pine or grain litters? If so, what do you think about them compared to the normal clay? I have been thinking about switching over for odor and environmental reasons, plus, it would be nice to just flush it down the toilet and stop throwing it out with the trash.

Yes, so wrong I had to cross post from Face Book.

For us science geeks, and those who survived the 70's, I present.....WRONGNESS!!

http://improbable.com/2009/08/22/peptides-with-a-plethora-of-pep/

The litter box of a sick kitteh or fanboy funk.

Why? Because I refuse to name a (mostly) black cat Shadow or something else stereotypical. OTOH, the moniker suits him well ( Read more... )

To all the tree hugging dirt worshipers out there, Happy Beltaine!

And here's a special treat for you: Dan Savage....On Demand

Goodnight Casey
And goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere.

Casey crossed The Bridge at 5:33 pm this afternoon.

I just got all my seeds in cups, and filled them with water. The peat pellets will start soaking Sunday morning so I can start sowing that afternoon. By then, the seedling box and the warming mat will be upstairs and ready to go ( Read more... )

I have almost a full package of Greenies Pill Pockets for Dogs. For some reason, I thought these would be great for Casey who had figured out the ones for cats by eating the treat and spit the pill out. I have found a way to circumvent this, and although he adores the doggie ones, they are just too much and the medicine ends up on the floor. I ( Read more... )