Are all we Brits of the group still dry? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7602110.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7602062.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7600998.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7599529.stm For once, the stream at the end of the garden is okay, despite...

I just got a couple of quotes about the electrical wiring repairs needed in my home. It's going to cost about $2,000 just for the electrical work, not even counting buying the hot water heater and the installation of that by a plumber! That's enough of a shock, but it gets worse. One...

I just found out. Not off-topic because she was a cat lover with three cats. She went through a heart attack a couple of months ago, but then died of congestive heart failure suddenly, after a good day of a good meal outside and socializing with friends and relatives. Hazel Ann was a sweet,...

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Nope, not what you're thinking! Mom asked me yesterday to put an old sheet on the couch in the living room. Um, why? "Because of your cat." It seems she thinks dark cat fur will "stain" her white couch like a bad dye job. My sofa-bed at home is sort of an oatmeal shade. It hasn't turned...

Stinky is back home from the vet. His own vet is on maternity leave, so we saw the boss vet of the practice. He said that Stinky is a very old cat, and that subQ is not a miracle cure. He also said that I was doing all I could and shouldn't beat myself up. He said that there may be other...

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I heard some Finnish folksongs last night, and thought you might know some of them. This was not a Finnish group, but rather, a local choral group that sings international songs. They were wonderful! Watch it and weep. :) (I'm in a similar type of chorus, but we're not nearly as good!) Anyway, the...

I just read the news about the evacuations in Texas for when Ike hits..this is a horrible storm and the people and animals of all kinds need all the purrs, prayers, and whatever is needed from us. Purrs and prayers lovingly sent from us, near Seattle Be safe. Kyla

I have so many messages that I will truly be blind by the time I get through them all. Have we heard how the kitten in the wall is doing? Me and a guy from the factory across the street found a bag with 10 bitties in it. We tried to feed them. Seeing these men with their monster hands trying...

My brother had to help his toy poodle to the bridge yesterday. This has been an amazing journey for this lil guy. He went blind and deaf a few years ago, and just as they were ready to say goodbye, they got another dog who brought new life into this old man. He liked to play and follow the...

Hello, Jim is in the hospital recovering from yesterday's surgery (Monday). He was doing great until early evening when he started shaking uncontrollably and had a fever. I spent the night in his room. By this morning (Tuesday) the fever was down but not gone. We are hoping he will be released...

Just to let you know I'm alive (darn Ben for not posting)! I came through the surgery well - hurts like h*ll, naturally, but everything went fine and I was up and walking as soon as they brought me to my room from recovery. They let me go home at 10AM the next day... to promptly get sick as a...

I don't care what you say, Rob is NEVER OT. Rob was ready to go in for chemo at 8:30 am. Chemo was scheduled for 11:30 and we were asked to be a half hour early to clear up some of the information. YIKES! One of the worst side effects for the type of chemos that Rob is getting is diarrhea. ...

Kiki and Naughty (WT) had a visitor yesterday. Great-aunt Mumu is my friend Emily's d*g. She's an elderly white pekingese, and she's quite adorable. Admittedly, she's dumber than a mushroom; however she has a lovely character and not an ounce of malice in her whole (cataclysmically moronic) body....

Crossposted from another list of mine. Helen M "Just a Cat" From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a cat," or "that's a lot of money for just a cat." They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a cat."

I'm sorry; I've just been in that curled-up-in-a-ball position again. My purrs to all affected by the storm; it looks like rpca=ers are okay? Blanket purrs to all in need. My latest is I had to go see a podiatrist about my foot. It felt like railroad spikes were being driven through my ankle...

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For those following the Hemingway cats case. An agreement was met today and the cats are to be left alone. Follow the link there is a gorgeous six toed master http://www.theledger.com/article/20080925/news/809250391 KEY WEST | The famed six-toed cats at Ernest Hemingway's island home...

Since Cleo starting showing signs of discomfort in her mouth, we've been paying very careful attention to her. We hadn't really caught on that she has been sleeping on the bed with us less often for the last couple of weeks, preferring instead to sleep by herself downstairs. She has seemed...