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Hope you feel better soon!We've been wanting vertical blinds, too. John's suggested just cutting them short enough to work. We're gonna replace our blinds when we move cuz the cats have totally trashed them but there's no point in doing it now and letting them destroy them again.
I'm sick. Sore throat, 3 day headache, nausea, vomiting, and 101 degree fever. Went to the doctor this morning. Negative for flu and strep so it's just done random virus. I'm hoping the breastfeeding provides Aedan with enough protection to keep him from getting sick. So far, so good. John took off work to help with the baby cuz I'm in no condition to do it alone today. I could if I had to, but I'm glad I don't have to. Hopefully I'm at least somewhat better by tomorrow. Just staying in bed and only waking up to feed little man. John's getting me the Zofran prescription, chicken soup (hopefully I can hold it down), crackers, sprite, and jello mix. My mom and grandma always made me jello water when I was sick. Just dissolve some jello mix in hot water and drink. Seems to stay down better than plain water and provides hydration and a little protein.
I don't know about most cats, but my cats' noses seem to be mostly dry and warm unless they've just finished drinking. If Montressor's nose has always been cold and wet, you might try the water dish and make sure it's full.I'm so sorry you're sick.
So question for you all. They always say that a dog's nose should be wet and cold. What about a cat's nose? Is it supposed to be dry and warm? Or cold and wet? Or does it matter?
Shadow's nose was always dry and warm. Montressor's nose has always been cold and wet, which is frequently demonstrated as he loves to stick his nose in your nostril or your ear canal and sniff when you are trying to sleep. Just now Midway was acting lovings deprived and while I was bent over petting him, he stuck his nose on my nose and it was warm and dry.
The spay went well. Toad and Lacey are both home and recovering well. They are now both officially adopted!
There's a lot to be said for being prepared! Back when I drove a car that broke down randomly I kept an entire "stranded" kit in the car including change of clothes (in case I got soaked or dirty trying to fix whatever problem had me stranded at the time), snack bag with non-perishable food items (like chips, crackers, and nothing that melts or spoils), blanket (that I could just throw over the ground or trunk for a little padding when I sat, or cover up with if rescue was taking that long), and, of course, a few books (no more than ten--mostly).GRRRR!!!!
I was just bragging the other day about how nice the weather was here in texas. Shoulda kept my big yap shut.
Now I am snowed/iced in at a podunk truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Even my steps to exit my truck are so iced over I am afraid to try to climb down to go eat in the restaurant. At least I plan ahead for these things and have plenty of soup and chili and crackers.
'Tis the life of a trucker. At least I was smart enough to shut down early and get a safe parking spot. I am watching other trucks sliding around the lot trying to get parking. AND I HAVE MY WI-FI SO I CAN CRUSE INTERNET FORUMS AND COMPLAIN ABOUT IT!!! YAAAYYYY!!!
Can't blame the dog for that!My son drives a big rig too and was snowed in in the panhandle of Idaho (he drives 7 states west of the Rockies.) He already had chains on so he was not sliding. He stopped at a Walmart parking lot with about 30 other trucks, it was so bad they could not even see the building! His rig has all the comforts of home so he is all set although he had to get out to let his dog do his business, the dog did NOT want to take a walk, just wanted to get back in and then cuddled under the blankets.
Stop watching the news. It's just depressing.Randomly on my mind...morbid perhaps.
Those who have died, human and animal...people who have died years ago, people who have died days ago that we took for granted and pets that have died decades ago and those who have died recenty enough their passing still stings.
I know that life = death and that all good things must come to an end and all that stuff but I seriously wonder why 90% of those I call/called friends are dead, either long time ago or recent. It's insane.
It's not that I don't believe in a kind of afterlife reunion, but it's just so weird seeing people and pets I love and care about dying unexpectedly from random things, ages 1-100.
Carry on =/
I saw this on FB.
Oh, yeah!I was watching cat tricks a few nights ago on you tube. These cats were doing really cool, graceful stuff while our youngest gallumphed into the room at top speed, heaved herself into an Amazon box and froze, front end in and rear end out. She attempted a few times to get her rear end into the box but failed miserably, and as these graceful cats did their tricks and showed off their speed, ours was heaving herself into a box with no success.
I laughed so hard I cried.
Eventually she heaved her uncoordinated rear into the box, then promptly shot out of the box like a bottle rocket as if in pursuit of a wild elk that only her eyes could see.
Boxes = best cat toys!! =D