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Kathryn
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Jul 09, 2013 09:12PM
Omg! Rachel!!! I am so happy for you!!! I love my kitties!!
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Dan wrote: "10:30pm. I am depressed."No wonder! Vampirism is not the most cheerful subject. Read some Wodehouse, or watch Real housewives of Atlanta that never fails to cheer me up.
Rachel wrote: "12:09- I adopted a cat from the shelter today! I haven't had a cat for a million years so any advice would be welcome. she's about a year old and adorable :D
Katy & Dan - hope you both feel bette..."
Is she spayed or declawed? Up to date on shots? Catnip is a wonderful tool of amazement for cats. Maybe a scratching post if she isn't declawed.
Katy & Dan - hope you both feel bette..."
Is she spayed or declawed? Up to date on shots? Catnip is a wonderful tool of amazement for cats. Maybe a scratching post if she isn't declawed.
Shows like Real Housewives make me depressed because of the degradation of society. Lol
Exactly why I won't watch them. Jersey Shores is another one.
Thanks Janie my night got really busy and time did actually seem to move for a change. I was thankfully home at 9:45. Dan, I can understand being depressed, I hope things brighten for you soon, and know if you need to talk I'm here for you. Sometimes venting helps me cope with the depression. You are not alone my friend.
11:14PM and my wife and I are relaxing on the couch. Baby girl is sleeping on my chest and cute as can be. Need to wake her up soon to feed her, then bed. So glad I'm off work tomorrow.
Rachel wrote: "12:09- I adopted a cat from the shelter today! I haven't had a cat for a million years so any advice would be welcome. she's about a year old and adorable :DKaty & Dan - hope you both feel bette..."
Thanks! I'm happy to talk your ear off about cats. Make sure she has a large litter pan with NO cover (apparently that can make them paranoid), and plenty of fresh water. I like to leave kibble available at all times, and then give soft food once a day. It's better for their kidneys than straight kibble. Catnip if she likes it - not all cats do - but no more than once every couple of weeks or she'll become habituated to it. Plenty of toys and interactive activities, like those rod toys with feathers for her to chase. Laser-pointer toys are bad for their psyche, because they can't catch them. Give her time to adjust to her new place, make sure she has high places to go. Mine love to be high. PM me if you have any questions; I love cats.
Dan wrote: "10:30pm. I am depressed."
Sorry to hear that, Dan. hang in there. Watch a silly movie or read something silly, it helps.
3:57 a.m. EDT finished that 2nd pass and ready to start the 2nd long MS, although I'll probably take a nap soon.
3:27 AMI can't sleep. Maybe if I read a little more........
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Rachel gratz on your kitty! I love my sweet boy, he is 11 years old soon to be 12. He has dry food available at all times, moist food once a week, as he tends to gain weight fast since he is older. Moist food is good for them because a cat does not drink water like a dog does and they tend to lack water in their bodies and causes the kidneys to work harder. Bandit went through Cystitis because of this. He is well kitty now though but he was in bad shape. So keep that in mind. Above all else enjoy your new kitty! You have a name for her yet?
My Tiger cat drinks a LOT of water. Not so much as to make me think he's diabetic, but I keep a glass here by the bed and he pops over there every couple hours and drinks up! :-)12:04 p.m. EDT Erasmus woke me up; he'd been trying since about 11. Finally gave in and picked him up and carted him around a bit, as he likes me to do that. He'll jump up on my shoulder, it's cute. Tiger is sitting on my legs; bored with his box, he's back to clingy now. Did I show you his box? When I received my birthday package from my mother-in-law, Tiger claimed the box almost before I managed to take everything out. Check it out:
Rachel, definitely share a picture of your new baby ASAP!!
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Oh, absolutely! Tiger drinks way more water than the other cats, that's true. That's why they all share a can of gooshy food once a day. It's not much (it's the Fancy Feast, and with three of them it's not a large serving, which is why I do it every day), but it's enough based on how they all look... :-) My apologies, I certainly did not mean to criticize OR imply you were incorrect, because you are absolutely correct. Cats generally do not drink a lot of water; it's also why I also recommended soft food at regular intervals. Probably a week is about right if it's just the one cat having it all to him/herself.
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Bandit also loves boxes, generally the kind that are to small for him. LOL Or he loves the grocery bags from walmart.
I actually don't feed Gizmo and Pepper wet food. I've tried just for like a treat or something, but they won't touch it. I feed my girls Science Diet or Nutro. Pepper is kind of a fatty, weighing about 11 pounds. Gizmo has always been a bit thinner, weighing about 9 to 9.5 pounds.
Wow, cats that won't eat the gooshy? O.O Mine love it; Erasmus is such a brat, he always snarfs his down, chases of Tiger and eats his, and then comes to try to steal Fluff's. Since Fluff is the gamma cat, I watch over and make sure he usually has his share, though.5:24 p.m. EDT Wow, pouring rain. Again. We have lots of this left until that hurricane moves on, I imagine. Still, it helps cool things down. It was rather warm there. Tired, think I'll take a nap.
6:34 PM. Worked out, got cleaned up, and went to the grocery store. Kind of an easy, healthy dinner tonight, so I'm going to read until Mark says he wants me to start cooking.
02.56Watched COMPANY MEN starring Ben Affleck, looking at the effects of 'white collar' unemployment. I think it says a lot about both American and British political systems that the unemployed are consistently demonised, that the fault always lies in the individual and not in a system that always put profit margins before people.
10:45 pmthanks for the congrats and advice everyone! Mattie (short for matilda) is about a year old-she had a litter in her foster home but is now fixed- she has her claws so I bought her a scratching post today- i'm not sure she likes her new litter- I wanted one of the natural ones-it's finely grained but I didn't notice till I got home it has a 'natural' pine scent- might have to get the unscented tomorrow.
the woman at the shelter told me she prefers wet food and I bought a starter kit at the shelter which had dry food as well as several cans of fancy feast which she seems to really like. she's a little thing- and I love her already.
if I can ever figure out how to post pics I will but I have the computer skills of a 5 year old lol
thanks again everyone :D
11:03 Exhausted! Will literally pass out soon. Sorry folks. More posts from me tomorrow.
Yeah, Rachel, cats generally do not like scented litter. Check out the Cat Fancy website, you can find some great info there. As far as adding a picture here, it has to be somewhere on-line; a lot of the pictures I post up here are on my Facebook page. Right-click on the picture and choose "Copy image URL". To see it in here, you have to do the HTML code to add an image. You always enclose HTML inside brackets, like these < and >. The string for adding an image is img src="(paste the URL code you just copied here)". Put those brackets on either side of that string - the < before img and the > after the last ", and that should do 'er. The only space should be between img and src. The final string should look like this (without the spaces other than noted):< img src = "URL code" > An image URL looks like this:
http://www.russianblue.org/links/catf...
So, using all the above, you end up with this:
I hope that makes sense!
11:19 p.m. EDT Tried unsuccessfully to take a nap. Have my doctor's appointment in the morning; I'll be quite a mess by then, but doubt I'll have the chance to nap before it. Guess I'll do some editing as soon as I'm done with my e-mail....
11:36pm- forgot to add she's apricot and white.thanks Katy for the info- I will give it a try.
good luck at your dr.'s appointment.
goodnight Cindy & Kathryn!
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Kathryn wow hard to believe your fur babies don't like moist food. Bandit adores it. I am glad it is not too expensive.
As far as litter goes, Bandit does not care too much which he has. He will use any of them. He tends to use the bathroom outside more than his box though. LOL He thinks he is a dog. He eats their food, wants their treats, scratches at the back door, loves tummy rubs, and plays with the dogs. Gotta love him. G'night GR!
3:53 a.m. EDT Very tired. Have set my Cowon to start playing at 10 a.m. EDT and going to try to sleep a bit. When I tried earlier, Tiger chose to go use the toilet RIGHT as I was falling asleep, which meant I had to go hand out treats, then then Fluff wanted some food up on his perch... so then I was awake again. Well, we'll try again!
14.08Is this page now being sponsored by the Feline Defence League
14.12Watched FLIGHT the story of an alcoholic pilot, as a recovering alcoholic myself, I wish for once Hollywood would show the sheer horror that any addict has to go through, once they decide to get clean, instead of -
drinking - life in a mess- stops-clean.
Sean wrote: "14.08Is this page now being sponsored by the Feline Defence League"
Lol!!! I'm not a cat person, but very happy that cats are finding good homes with you all. As long as they aren't in mine, my nerves and allergies thank you.
9:03 AM I've been up since 4:45AM and that is early for me. Didn't go to bed till after midnight so I am dragging. Hope to get through this day with as little frustration as possible. Working the morning shift so out of here at 5:30. At this point I am just shooting for lunch so I can leave for a bit. Hope everyone has a good day.
Chris, you could keep a Siamese or Siberian or Sphynx; all are hypoallergenic. Cats are good for the nerves; nothing like a purring cat when you're feeling a little frazzled! :-)10:21 a.m. EDT, appointment is in just under an hour, but I imagine I'll be sitting there for a good long time before I actually see her. Sometimes I wonder why they even bother to set appointments; it's just a time for people to show up rather than all at once, 'cause it certainly has nothing to do with when you actually see the doctor. Up in Minnesota, if you sat in the waiting room 15 minutes past your scheduled appointment, you were entitled to complain; the doctors up there respected our time. Down here? *snort* I sat in the waiting room one day for over an hour; then they took me back to the room, where I sat through lunch. I watched my doctor LEAVE THE CLINIC for lunch, and come back almost an hour LATER ... all-in-all, I sat in there for five hours that day waiting for my 11 a.m. appointment, and was seen around 4. Ridiculous.
9:56 AM. Good morning, GR! Going to read for a bit of Flowers in the Attic. I read some last night, but got sleepy. Katy, I had something similar happen to me, where I waited almost two hours just to get into the room to see my doctor. Then, I had to wait another thirty minutes just to be seen by him. The bad part was, I was too sick to even care. I was actually happy when they called me out of the waiting room. What really made me mad was, even the nurse and doctor said I was the sickest person they'd seen all day, and the others were there for check ups and shots..you know, minor things. I remember taking my temperature before I left home and it was like 102, but by the time I was seen, it was 104. My doctor was kind of mad no one told him he had an actual sick person to see, and I had sat out there for two hours when I should have been back in bed with meds. Oh, and forget the fact I had to wait like three days for my appointment because apparently at the time, I wasn't "sick enough" according to the girl who answered the phone. Needless to say, she hasn't worked for him in a few years. Lol
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Chris I was not a cat person, for no other reason than the fact that I just didn't favor cats. Bandit was for my oldest daughter when she was younger than what Kay is now. Bandit just grew on me and made me like cats. LOL I will always be a dog person, but Bandit made me appreciate cats.
Katy, waiting for appt. are ridiculous which enforces my idea of "I hate doctors and going to a doctor." As long as they are making their money, and a hefty sum at that, they have lost interest in their patients. We have become less important it seems, and it is sad. Now I know not all doctors are like that, but the ones I have seen most assuredly are.
Have a great day everyone!
1:44 p.m. EDT Absolutely INFURIATED. They made me take another test (which I figured they would) and still refuse to give me my breakthrough meds. She insists they did not screw up my test. But listen to this: I had taken my roxicodone AT MOST 30 hours before that first test, but it showed NO TRACES. Today they showed roxicodone in my system, but since they didn't give me any last month, I had been hanging on to the last pills for emergencies, and took it MONDAY. THREE DAYS. THREE DAYS. And it's THERE. WTF?? Something is messed up with their damn testing. And who pays? I PAY. GRRRRRRR. I'm about to say hell with it, wean off the morphine and find a cannabis dealer.
Katy wrote: "1:44 p.m. EDT Absolutely INFURIATED. They made me take another test (which I figured they would) and still refuse to give me my breakthrough meds. She insists they did not screw up my test. But l..."You would be far, far, far better off!
I know, but it's not legal in Georgia. I would need to either use a vaporizer, or edibles, and really need someone who knows what they are doing to provide the right blend of Indica and Sativa, so really need a dispensary, but the nearest I can find it somewhere way down in Florida. Not doable
Katy wrote: "I know, but it's not legal in Georgia. I would need to either use a vaporizer, or edibles, and really need someone who knows what they are doing to provide the right blend of Indica and Sativa, so ..."Yeah, we have all got to wait a few more years, for completely sensible drug laws. Opiates are the freaking Devil.
Yeah, but they WORK. When one is in pain, one takes what one is provided that works...
Katy wrote: "Yeah, but they WORK. When one is in pain, one takes what one is provided that works..."Precisely! Especially as if you lived in Britain your meds would either be free or heavily subsidised, all I'm saying is for medical purposes Cannabis should be an option, then you can decide. Mind herb is not the harmless substance it's advocates profess! I suppose it all depends on THC levels.
Definitely. The nice thing about cannabis is that there is no toxicity and no physical dependency. It also serves a healing function on many levels; it would probably replace my depression, anxiety, and anti-inflammatory pills.
6:39 PM. Had a nice surprise with Mark coming home early and telling me he is off tomorrow! I had an excellent workout, and right when I finished, my dad called wanting to take us out to dinner. So, I'm all ready, and just waiting on my old man. Think I will read some in the mean time!
Katy wrote: "Definitely. The nice thing about cannabis is that there is no toxicity and no physical dependency. It also serves a healing function on many levels; it would probably replace my depression, anxiety..."Complete paranoia can be a tad problematic! But don't tell anyone!
Kathryn that sounds like a wonderful evening. Sounds like you are quite the lucky lady. Enjoy your Time with your husband and Dad. Katy and Sean, I'm not sure what to say. I tend to be a but naive with this sort of thing but it has been and entertaining read. :-)
8:46PM and relaxing after a rough day at work. Already dreading having to go into work early for a staff meeting. I'm going to be a zombie tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a very long day I think. Hope all are having a great evening.
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Just because I'm not paranoid it doesn't mean they aren't out to get me, Sean... *tsk*11:26 p.m. EDT Editing for a few hours, and then my weekend begins...
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8:59 AM. Sitting here at the dealership where we bought my car. Getting oil changed and the usual maintenance. Mark is on his way to come get me since it will take them a few hours since part of what we paid for is a clear coat applied once a year. Anyways, I have been reading Flowers in the Attic, and drinking coffee. Happy Friday, everyone!
Janie and Kathryn, sounds like a good day!2:18 p.m. EDT Cats woke me up around 1, but I was feeling better, so have just been clearing out e-mail in the meantime. Almost time to send Dmitry off to work, and need to make a couple calls, so just waiting for time to wake him before I do that. Then it'll be reading.
9:30pm ET. Rainy weekend forecasted; you know what that means: __________ (fill in the blank)
We've had rain for a couple weeks, Alondra, at irregular intervals. Crazy. Quite a storm tonight, the power kept flickering right as I was trying to post my Bad Blood review...12:48 a.m. EDT Just finished a fun MG fantasy called The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow; if you have a younger boy reader, it might be something he'd like. About to start the new A.J. Scudiere, which I'm very excited about. Love her stuff! Dmitry brought me a Wendy's frosty shake and a burger... mmm. I was hungry. My cats licked the paper... it was the only way to distract them from trying to steal my food!
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