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Okay, the babies are 11 months old now, but I found this pic of them when they were tiny. I miss them being so little ...

Wednesday night I started feeling a tightness in my chest. It progressed so that Thursday I came home in the afternoon and finished my work at home. Yesterday I really wanted to take a sick day because my chest is full of gunk and I'm worn out, but I've got this stuff that has to be done, so I...

... it's still great!! Who else loves this silly thing? And, while we're at it, what are some other wonders the Internet has for us?

Shawn couldn't sleep all night, and he's really tired. So he asked me to make him a sandwich just now. Okay, no problem. "What kind?" "Peanut butter, banana, and jelly." I figured he was tired and thus a little mixed up. "You mean peanut butter and banana?" "No, peanut butter, banana, and...

Okay, I have been on TCS for almost a year, and I've never posted any pics of our babies. Shocking, but true. One of these days I'm gonna do a siggy. These are a few older pics, but they are some of my favorites. Here is Ace, our 11-year-old. This picture is a year or so old, but he looks...

I want to plant flowers in the front yard this spring. I've always been an apartment dweller until we moved here (we're renting), so though I love flowers I don't have much experience with them. I'm certainly willing to learn, though. Here's our situation: the house faces north, and I want...

Last week, I sat down at my PC and noticed my mouse wasn't working. Because we have a bajillion PCs, my mouse (and keyboard and monitor) are hooked up through a KVM switch, which is a box that allows you to use one keyboard/mouse/monitor for several computers. However, this switch is old and...

There's a thread in IMO about the hanging of an obese prisoner—the things we discuss in IMO, I swear—and katl8e said something that made it clear that she has more than the average knowledge about hanging a person. (No worries; apparently she came by this knowledge honestly. We're all safe.)...

Several days ago, we took our four kitties (Pepsi and the three 9-month-old kittens) in to be spayed/neutered. They all seem to be healing up fine. Whitey, though, is not acting quite like himself. Before we took him in, he was turning into a sweet, easygoing, but regal cat. He rarely meowed and...

Okay, I have major company this weekend, and a very busy week at work, and my husband is gone this evening, and tonight would be a perfect time to get a lot of housecleaning done. And yet, I can't seem to find the motivation. So, I invite two kinds of posts: one, from people like me needing a...

I know this sounds like a silly question, but will drinking iced tea hurt cats? I don't give it to them on purpose, but if I leave my glass in a room, I'll often come back to find a cat with its head buried in the glass. Yes, they have water and plenty of it (although I might try putting ice in...

... when you call to check on your kitties? I took Pepsi and the three kittens in to be speutered today, and I've called a few times to check on them. I'm not trying to be a nuisance, but I do miss them, and I worry about Pepsi (I had to sedate her to take her in because she is feral and refuses...

Does anyone have any experience with Acepromazine? Pepsi is two years old and STILL not spayed, not because we haven't tried, but because it's impossible to get her in the carrier. I've cancelled more than one vet appointment simply because I couldn't get her there. We adopted her at the age...

I posted my brownie recipe in Marie's baking thread. I bake like a fiend, and those brownies are my signature dessert. Everyone loves them. So, here it is again (only in the 9x13 version this time); who else dares to post the recipes they are known for? It doesn't have to be baking. Evelyn's...

Okay, here's the deal. I have kind of an odd body: at 5' 4", I have a 32-inch inseam, and thus, necessarily, a short rise and short torso overall. I was watching some Today show thing that said that either for most women or for pear-shaped women (can't remember for sure which), the best place...

I may have asked this before, but does anyone else on TCS play World of Warcraft? If so, what server, etc.? (I'm on Whisperwind.)

The school system gets blamed for so much these days—like that recent report showing that a lot of teens make it to college without a grasp of basic reading and math skills—that I think it's easy to forget that teaching is a difficult job, and most teachers are doing the best they can. In...

One of our 8-month-old kittens, Smidge, seems to only drink by dipping her paw in water, then licking it. I never see her drinking the normal way. She is healthy (though small), but I'm just wondering what would make her do that.

I was thinking about this yesterday as I was starting my 'favorite quotes' thread. I miss Calvin and Hobbes. I miss the awesome burgers at the restaurant where I had my first job. (The restaurant's been demolished, so I can't even visit and get one.) I miss taking road trips with my friends...

The "good quote" thread made me think: what are some of your favorite quotes? Serious, funny, inspirational, whatever. Here are a few of mine (I have a ton): "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." --Ralph Waldo Emerson "You know, Hobbes...