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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I
haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
On 9/27/2013 1:02 PM, dgk wrote:
My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. Treats might be nice. I can sort of relate. I don't know about your mother but my mom had never been around cats. Many years ago, my parents drove from SC to TN for a visit. We were all gathered at my oldest brother's house. He had a couple of cats. One of them suddenly jumped up on Mom's lap. She looked at me and said, "What do I do now?" "Pet her!" After I moved here and was finally able to bring Persia with me, Persia was, at first, very skittish. She didn't know what to make of my mother. It was obvious Mom didn't quite know what to make of her, either. They didn't become fast friends but they did fine. (Especially after I wound up in the hospital in and Mom had to feed her and attempt to keep the litter box clean.) After Mom broke her hip, when she came home from the hospital one of the first things she said to me was, "Where's *our* cat?" EBG Jill |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... On 9/27/2013 1:02 PM, dgk wrote: My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. Treats might be nice. I can sort of relate. I don't know about your mother but my mom had never been around cats. Many years ago, my parents drove from SC to TN for a visit. We were all gathered at my oldest brother's house. He had a couple of cats. One of them suddenly jumped up on Mom's lap. She looked at me and said, "What do I do now?" "Pet her!" After I moved here and was finally able to bring Persia with me, Persia was, at first, very skittish. She didn't know what to make of my mother. It was obvious Mom didn't quite know what to make of her, either. They didn't become fast friends but they did fine. (Especially after I wound up in the hospital in and Mom had to feed her and attempt to keep the litter box clean.) After Mom broke her hip, when she came home from the hospital one of the first things she said to me was, "Where's *our* cat?" EBG Jill LOL! They have a way of converting non-cat people if they want to. My parents were always dog people. One time when they came for a visit, Pyewacket (RB) jumped into my Dad's lap, curled up and started purring. He was entranced. He started calling Pye "Puppy-cat". When I talked to him after that, he'd always ask how the puppy-cat was doing. Joy |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
"dgk" wrote in message ... My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:34 +0100, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "dgk" wrote in message .. . My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed Oh yes, Several times I thought just that when I was about to go berzerk. Teaching her how to take out library books on her Kindle Fire involved several of those times. It iisn't really straightforward though, but I know nothing about the Kindle HD nor how to take out books so it was a learning experience. By then Scooter was willing to offer his advice. |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
On 9/30/2013 1:24 PM, dgk wrote:
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:34 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed Oh yes, Several times I thought just that when I was about to go berzerk. Teaching her how to take out library books on her Kindle Fire involved several of those times. It iisn't really straightforward though, but I know nothing about the Kindle HD nor how to take out books so it was a learning experience. By then Scooter was willing to offer his advice. Oh dear! I don't know how old your mother is, but some people are simply not geared towards fancy technology. When it comes to taking out library books, there's nothing like going to the library. An actual library! You browse the shelves, looking for titles, subjects or authors of interest. Look in the card catalog. Libraries are wonderful places I don't read books on the computer, either. I love holding a book in my hands. Jill |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:45:20 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
On 9/30/2013 1:24 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:34 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed Oh yes, Several times I thought just that when I was about to go berzerk. Teaching her how to take out library books on her Kindle Fire involved several of those times. It iisn't really straightforward though, but I know nothing about the Kindle HD nor how to take out books so it was a learning experience. By then Scooter was willing to offer his advice. Oh dear! I don't know how old your mother is, but some people are simply not geared towards fancy technology. When it comes to taking out library books, there's nothing like going to the library. An actual library! You browse the shelves, looking for titles, subjects or authors of interest. Look in the card catalog. Libraries are wonderful places I don't read books on the computer, either. I love holding a book in my hands. Jill The attitude towards technology varies by individual; it isn't just a matter of age. I gave my parents a computer, and, as far as I could tell, they never turned it on. On the other hand, my father's older brother loved email, since it meant that he could send letters to his friends and get back a response the same day, and without having to pay postage charges. -- John F. Eldredge -- "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
On 10/1/2013 12:20 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:45:20 -0400, jmcquown wrote: On 9/30/2013 1:24 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:34 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed Oh yes, Several times I thought just that when I was about to go berzerk. Teaching her how to take out library books on her Kindle Fire involved several of those times. It iisn't really straightforward though, but I know nothing about the Kindle HD nor how to take out books so it was a learning experience. By then Scooter was willing to offer his advice. Oh dear! I don't know how old your mother is, but some people are simply not geared towards fancy technology. When it comes to taking out library books, there's nothing like going to the library. An actual library! You browse the shelves, looking for titles, subjects or authors of interest. Look in the card catalog. Libraries are wonderful places I don't read books on the computer, either. I love holding a book in my hands. Jill The attitude towards technology varies by individual; it isn't just a matter of age. I gave my parents a computer, and, as far as I could tell, they never turned it on. On the other hand, my father's older brother loved email, since it meant that he could send letters to his friends and get back a response the same day, and without having to pay postage charges. Oh, I'm not dissing technology. Of course it varies by individual. I worked as a software support analyst for many years. I also did QA testing. When my father was in his 70's he wanted to get a computer. My mother nixed that idea, saying it would just be one more thing for her to dust! LOL I'm pretty sure he would have been extremely frustrated by it. At any rate, he didn't have any old pals left to email letters to. His surviving sister didn't even own a coffee maker, much less a computer. It would have been a waste of money. I like holding a book in my hand. I read a lot of books. Jill |
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Mom visits for a week, cats go catatonic
"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
... On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:45:20 -0400, jmcquown wrote: On 9/30/2013 1:24 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:34 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed Oh yes, Several times I thought just that when I was about to go berzerk. Teaching her how to take out library books on her Kindle Fire involved several of those times. It iisn't really straightforward though, but I know nothing about the Kindle HD nor how to take out books so it was a learning experience. By then Scooter was willing to offer his advice. Oh dear! I don't know how old your mother is, but some people are simply not geared towards fancy technology. When it comes to taking out library books, there's nothing like going to the library. An actual library! You browse the shelves, looking for titles, subjects or authors of interest. Look in the card catalog. Libraries are wonderful places I don't read books on the computer, either. I love holding a book in my hands. Jill The attitude towards technology varies by individual; it isn't just a matter of age. I gave my parents a computer, and, as far as I could tell, they never turned it on. On the other hand, my father's older brother loved email, since it meant that he could send letters to his friends and get back a response the same day, and without having to pay postage charges. -- John F. Eldredge -- "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. My mother had a computer before I did. I think she was in her 70s at the time. Joy |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
... On 10/1/2013 12:20 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:45:20 -0400, jmcquown wrote: On 9/30/2013 1:24 PM, dgk wrote: On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:28:34 +0100, "Christina Websell" wrote: "dgk" wrote in message ... My 85 year old mother is visiting for the week, which is mostly why I haven't been posting. We've been hitting all the museums and galleries - my art quota for the year has been exceeded with three months still to go. Scooter came down from my bedroom to say hello within 20 minutes of her arrival. Nipsy took four days, skulking around and spying on Mom from various hiding places but yesterday he apparently decided that she was just another piece of furniture and has been visible although not to the petting stage. Even Marlo, the most skittish of the brood, began showing her pretty face yesterday. So Mom arrived Friday and it only took until Wednesday before the skittish members of the household decided that she doesn't bite. They're wrong, but her bite tends to be more mental. She's here until Sunday morning and today is solo at the house since I had to go to work today for a very important meeting that just got cancelled. Worse, she's having a friend over. I'm afraid I'm going to have to come up with some special temptations to reward them for their tolerance. I can only say that when my mother died suddenly, I wished I still had her to be such a nuisance. You won't have her for ever so value her while you can. Tweed Oh yes, Several times I thought just that when I was about to go berzerk. Teaching her how to take out library books on her Kindle Fire involved several of those times. It iisn't really straightforward though, but I know nothing about the Kindle HD nor how to take out books so it was a learning experience. By then Scooter was willing to offer his advice. Oh dear! I don't know how old your mother is, but some people are simply not geared towards fancy technology. When it comes to taking out library books, there's nothing like going to the library. An actual library! You browse the shelves, looking for titles, subjects or authors of interest. Look in the card catalog. Libraries are wonderful places I don't read books on the computer, either. I love holding a book in my hands. Jill The attitude towards technology varies by individual; it isn't just a matter of age. I gave my parents a computer, and, as far as I could tell, they never turned it on. On the other hand, my father's older brother loved email, since it meant that he could send letters to his friends and get back a response the same day, and without having to pay postage charges. Oh, I'm not dissing technology. Of course it varies by individual. I worked as a software support analyst for many years. I also did QA testing. When my father was in his 70's he wanted to get a computer. My mother nixed that idea, saying it would just be one more thing for her to dust! LOL I'm pretty sure he would have been extremely frustrated by it. At any rate, he didn't have any old pals left to email letters to. His surviving sister didn't even own a coffee maker, much less a computer. It would have been a waste of money. I like holding a book in my hand. I read a lot of books. Jill I read a lot of books, too. I own a Kindle, which is great for traveling (I don't have to lug so many books around), but I much prefer real books at home. Both computers and books have their uses, and I take full advantage of both. Joy |
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