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I just tried stuck turtle with Betty again and she got one claw caught in the carpet and two claws from different paws stuck in my clothes. As I'm trying to free her and she's trying to free herself, I'm laughing and telling her, "this is what we're trying to prevent." I calmed her down and...

Because Krista would let me hold her like a baby cradled on her back with all four paws easily accessible, she was an easy one to cut her claws. Because she adored her cat trees and also scratching the carpet, she didn't need trims as much as Betty. Because Betty has hip dysplasia and arthritis...

I can tell Betty doesn’t like these weather changes because she burrows on gloomy days. Betty comes to me for brushing. She loves it. She’s got a beauty bar of various brushes and combs and she loves them all. All of them except the nail clippers. 🤦🏼‍♂️ I’m tempted to try one of those hanging...

9.74. Same as last week. Purrfect! “I don’t take pictures of you on the scale!” 😾

I thought we escaped a hairball the other day when she was leaving remainders over the course of a few meals and then a stinky bonus loose poop which was almost certainly hairy. Then her appetite picked right back up. Hairball averted? Maybe. Until this afternoon. I wasn't home and it looked...

Still might be GI lymphoma. Speak to your vet, the head vet or owner of the practice, or seek out another vet. Tell them you believe the diagnosis (endo + biopsy on an unstable cat) is more risk than the drug and you are giving informed consent to try chemo without a cancer diagnosis. I did...

Everything was a better deal twenty years ago. Except maybe computers and cell phones. I will splurge on chocolate, yogurt, and eggs. Frugal is not a bad thing. But there has to be something worth splurging on or it’s all restriction and no reward. I think I might be picker than you. I said...

My meals change every few months. Part of it is routine. But another part of it is cost. A diverse diet can be a lot more expensive. Especially if I don't eat everything I bring home. That's another plus for routine meals. Less food waste. Because I put on too much bagel weight, those are...

Gah! TCS is messing up the links. Amazon certainly wouldn’t send you to super offers. I have a booklet I like called Habit Nest. It has dozens of exercises with index on how to do them and it structures the workouts. It has probably 50 some workouts in the book. It should be a well-established...

@tarasgirl06 do you have a recommendation for a weight bench or what features or brands I should look at? I'm not sure I want to go all-in like I did with my speakers and vacuum. I'm alright with a starter bench and growing into a better one through use and wisdom. I was looking at this one...

Betty's a cuddler. We do that every morning after meds going into third sleep. Sometimes we'll do that at bedtime too. But lately, she's been making a dent on her second dinner and then retiring to the office or the shark cave while I'm flossing and brushing my teeth. (She's always down for an...

Now I remember why I don’t watch TV from bed except to sleep. I just want to go to sleep. So does Betty. I just hope we wake for our respective dinners.

Well shoot! After her second pass, her second round of spits was more productive. 🤦🏼‍♂️😿 At first, it looked like we were going to skip round two. She went to her cave for a nap. But she was back out of her cave before she ever got that nap. She started towards the box and then stopped right...

The phone is much the same as the old one except that I have the latest iOS and apps are no longer telling me to upgrade iOS to continue receiving updates. I needed to do that to get the new app for the speakers to add to my system. As for the speakers? I know they are better. I can hear that...

This week: 9.76. Last few weeks: 9.84 She does have a small remainder still on the plate. And several more hours before lunch. Not worried. She has weight to lose.

I’m on the throne in my second office. And Betty comes around the corner and stops and gets low. I think maybe she’s hunting a bug. I call to her and she sees me. She doesn’t usually come into the bathroom with me (except rare late nights to sing in the shower.) But in she walks and now I get...

Sure you can. Many people use egg yolk powder for natural hairball management. It can really clean a cat out though. You'll want to start small and see how well your cats tolerate it. For more information about egg yolks and hairballs: How Best to Manage Hairballs

Apparently getting things done is a struggle for most neurodivergents. It's a hallmark of the neurotypes and has a few different names like executive function challenges and pathological demand avoidance. And my own term for it: a bad case of the don't-wannas. I have intuitively known that I...

Dinner was a success. She left a little on second dinner. But she ate breakfast in a timely fashion. There’s still a little left. But that will be gone by lunch. I thought I had a few more days left on her Gabapentin. But I figured since I was likely to run out over the weekend, I got her...

Half of lunch already eaten. I think she’s on the mend. No further spits.