Plans
There are plans afoot at the shelter. There was a big announcement, and there are blueprints for a big, nice, and very expensive remodel.Three contractors have been contacted, and are going to put in...
View ArticleLove 'Em or Hate 'Em, You Gotta Tolerate 'Em
The red light cameras, i mean.There have been changes in the traffic lights in recent years. When lights turn red now, the other side does not simultaneously turn green. There is a second or so of...
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Please, dog owners, help me out here.It's lovely that you have a dog. Yes, i bottle raise kittens and don't want a dog because i'm too lazy to commit to walking one every day and spending all the time...
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"Hey mom, guess what!" Little Girl ran in with a big smile.What? i asked."It takes 1,332 licks to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop!" she said triumphantly, holding up a lolly pop stick...
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Feline Friday: None So Relaxed
There is no cat so relaxed as a cat that is relaxing on a surface she shouldn't be on!SissyCat, sleeping on the kitchen table!Today isAction Mesothelioma Day -- UK (bringing "meso" cancer into the...
View ArticleWild Hair
Sweetie got a wild hair itching him and decided he had to use the long holiday weekend to reorganize his man cave.This included moving a lot of heavy stuff, like a very big cabinet, throwing away about...
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Blogger has managed, again, to muck up a good system, or at least one i had grown reasonable accustomed to and able to navigate.All of a sudden a few days ago, none of my drafts would save, even as i...
View ArticleSo, what do you write about...
...on the second Monday in July?Right now, i have no clue. Thus i am just rambling.Misha and Collins, the two bottle kittens, are growing and eating more, and both use a litter box now.#2 Son's cat,...
View ArticleThe post i shoudn't make...
...but likely will, anyway.This should be the rant of a friend of mine, not one of mine, necessarily. Yet it makes me so sad and angry on her behalf it needs to come out.She has had symptoms for...
View ArticleAfter Work
Hm, i muttered to myself as i peered into the bubbling pot, are you brown enough?"Mom, are you talking to the gravy?" Bigger Girl had come in from work, and as usual came straight to the kitchen to...
View ArticleBowling and Watermelon
Sweetie came in from work shaking his head, and said, "You aren't going to believe what's going on at work!"At the moment, i thought better than to say that i would believe almost anything from the...
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Photo-Finish Friday: Uh, George?
The other day, i walked out of the house and the first thing that greeted my eyes was this:George, our pink lawn flamingo that was a gift from Bigger Girl on our recent vacation, was sporting a studded...
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Things had been relatively quiet at the shelter -- too quiet to last, i knew.And i was right.First, a bit of backstory on one of the current situations. A couple of years ago, every rescue and the...
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One Potato, Two Potato
Three potato, twenty-seven. Or more, i didn't count.To know me is to know that i am "thrifty and frugal" (read cheap and a tightwad), so i do just about everything i can to keep expenses down. That...
View ArticleIt was a whinin'...
...and a cryin', and a fussin', and a wailin'.Sung to the tune of "Wishing and Hoping", the one sung by Dionne Warwick, that's the song that rattles in my brain right now. Talking about the church...
View ArticleBig Boy Blue
Because i can't term #1 Son, who turns 22 today, a Little Boy Blue any more.Has it really been 22 years? It says so on his birth certificate.Twenty-eight years ago was the wedding. Around five years...
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In Great Spirits
The Swim Team had their end of the year party, and as usual, it was almost as much fun as just swimming.The rain was supposed to be over by 5pm, which was our scheduled start time. When i got over...
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Bowled Them Over
When you are going to a bowling alley with everyone from work, you have to dress right. For Sweetie, it means his Hawaiian shirt.He likes them so much, he has two of them. They place they went for...
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Feline Friday: Big vs. Little
Big (at least, compared to a few weeks ago).Misha and CollinsThey were little like this only a few weeks ago.Three, only 3 days old.The three little ones were squirming so much i couldn't get a good...
View ArticleDay in My Life
"Mom, we were transferring embryos into a couple of mares today, and it occurred to me. That stallion at work is the father of so many horses, that if he were a human, he'd owe more child support than...
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