What's on Your Mind Thread - 2024

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trying to find a place i can buy large coffee table sized sections of dead tree or driftwood for graycie to place into our new house once we buy it .

 

[Mamanyt1953]

I just had a call from Mum's nursing home that she's caught Covid. She's fully vaccinated, and for the time being they're giving her antivirals and monitoring her there. She's 92 and diabetic, which increases her risk of it being serious, so fingers crossed. They said she was sniffly and feeling a bit weak - it must have just started today, I saw her yesterday and she wasn't showing any signs then.

trying to find a place i can buy large coffee table sized sections of dead tree or driftwood for graycie to place into our new house once we buy it .

Try tree removal services. That might be your best bet.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

trying to find a place i can buy large coffee table sized sections of dead tree or driftwood for graycie to place into our new house once we buy it .

I’m not sure what you’re envisioning but driftwood might be lighter than a log. DH negotiated a tree removal for us to where they left everything but cut it down to a certain size that was manageable. I would just be careful about bringing bugs in with dead wood. We had our house tented and fumigated a few years ago and I do not want to repeat the experience! DH actually took all his scrap lumber and put it in the garage so it would be treated too.

 

[Lari]

Me: "it's so great how much money I'm saving by getting all these hand me downs from my friend, so I don't need to but clothes for my kids."

Also me: Dropped a bunch of money on Children's Place online Labor Day sale because my kids clearly need matching fall outfits.

 

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I’m not sure what you’re envisioning but driftwood might be lighter than a log. DH negotiated a tree removal for us to where they left everything but cut it down to a certain size that was manageable. I would just be careful about bringing bugs in with dead wood. We had our house tented and fumigated a few years ago and I do not want to repeat the experience! DH actually took all his scrap lumber and put it in the garage so it would be treated too.

ideally i would want a section going from floor to ceiling like a tree inside with a big if about if i can talk gf into that but i want it treated and cleaned woodi just think graycie would enjoy scratching on some real wood as well as climbing on some.if not i will just go with plan b a custom cat tree from this place thats local to us

 

[Coralcup]

My daughter gave birth to a baby girl yesterday 13 weeks premature
It's, a very worry time for me and u live 200 miles away and no car
Baby Isla eve was born at 27 weeks gestation yesterday at 3 45pm weighing 2lb 6 oz
She's doing well and in neo natal intestine care, attached to wires and tube fed
I've not had the best of luck lately, with losing 3 cats, then poppy getting sick
I'm praying my grand daughter will pull through
Her due date was 3rd December
No idea why she came so early
My daughter said she haf some bleeding and cramping on Tuesday, so she was rushed to the hospital, to be told she was 4cm dilated
She was born yesterday and in intensive care

 

[NY cat man]

Michele's sister just moved into an apartment, and has been getting furnishings for it. One of the things is a hutch that has three lower doors, three drawers, and two upper shelves, plus racks for wine glasses. The only thing is, it ships flat and needed to be assembled......... and guess who got nominated for that job. Her useless adopted son couldn't pour water out of a boot, even if the instructions were printed on the heel, so the job fell to me, and it did my arthritis no good at all, what with having to drive all those screws. But, the job is finished- at least until the next time she needs something done, and done right.

 

[Lari]

My daughter gave birth to a baby girl yesterday 13 weeks premature
It's, a very worry time for me and u live 200 miles away and no car
Baby Isla eve was born at 27 weeks gestation yesterday at 3 45pm weighing 2lb 6 oz
She's doing well and in neo natal intestine care, attached to wires and tube fed
I've not had the best of luck lately, with losing 3 cats, then poppy getting sick
I'm praying my grand daughter will pull through
Her due date was 3rd December
No idea why she came so early
My daughter said she haf some bleeding and cramping on Tuesday, so she was rushed to the hospital, to be told she was 4cm dilated
She was born yesterday and in intensive care

Congrats on your new granddaughter and praying she thrives in the NICU.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

C Coralcup Praying for Baby Isla and your family. Its hard to be at a distance and not able to physically do anything.

ideally i would want a section going from floor to ceiling like a tree inside with a big if about if i can talk gf into that but i want it treated and cleaned woodi just think graycie would enjoy scratching on some real wood as well as climbing on some.if not i will just go with plan b a custom cat tree from this place thats local to us

Like this shape? https://es.aliexpress.com/item/3256801589518410.html

Also I googled “realistic cat tree” and… They were about as realistic as these “tree” cell phone towers I’ve seen on our travels.

 

[IzzysfureverMom]

C Coralcup Hoping for the best outcome for Baby Isla

 

[IzzysfureverMom]

Michele's sister just moved into an apartment, and has been getting furnishings for it. One of the things is a hutch that has three lower doors, three drawers, and two upper shelves, plus racks for wine glasses. The only thing is, it ships flat and needed to be assembled......... and guess who got nominated for that job. Her useless adopted son couldn't pour water out of a boot, even if the instructions were printed on the heel, so the job fell to me, and it did my arthritis no good like at all, what with having to drive all those screws. But, the job is finished- at least until the next time she needs something done, and done right.

Unfortunately N NY cat man Some go out of their way not to do anything. My father was always the nominee as well. I like the couldn't pour water out of a boot, even if the instructions were printed on the heel. I will have to remember that one! I hope your arthritis is doing better. Funny how some of us just keep going....... at least as long as we can.

 

[NY cat man]

Unfortunately N NY cat man Some go out of their way not to do anything. My father was always the nominee as well. I like the couldn't pour water out of a boot, even if the instructions were printed on the heel. I will have to remember that one! I hope your arthritis is doing better. Funny how some of us just keep going....... at least as long as we can.

I cleaned that up for polite company; the original 'boot contents' only had four letters: think yellow snow. As for my arthritis, I use an analgesic cream. It works fairly well, but it takes some time to reach full effect. There's not a whole lot that I can do, otherwise.

 

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Also I googled “realistic cat tree” and… They were about as realistic as these “tree” cell phone towers I’ve seen on our travels.

thats why i want a section off a real treetrees aside we just had another quake nearby probably going to need to hire a building inspector of some kind to check out any house we decide to buy for any quake damage etc

 

[MoochNNoodles]

My son paid my daughter $15 to do his chores today. And yes I let him. Although I did just suggest that now he has time to catch up on school work. Hes actually grounded from sitting on the couch because I keep catching him playing games instead of working on school. Also I took the gaming controllers back on Tuesday… (And yes I keep blocking stuff but even dictionary and thesaurus.com have games. So now he has to use a physical thesaurus for school.)

My kids don’t get an allowance. Hes already lost all his teeth. He has no source of income aside from birthdays and Christmas. So observing that his sister has spending money when he doesn’t; that might be a much greater lesson than anything that comes out of my mouth.

 

[Margot Lane]

Just did a super deep clean and found one Zorro hair. As always, such a sweet speckly mixture of grey black and white. Whenever I find one I blow on it and make a wish, like an eyelash. Being catless gives me a moment to reset, and think how I’d do things differently or better if we ever get a new Veterinarian in these parts. I get to wondering, for instance, how much does catfood contribute to climate change, and would I have to make less dump runs if I got a can crusher.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

My daughter gave birth to a baby girl yesterday 13 weeks premature
It's, a very worry time for me and u live 200 miles away and no car

Lighting a candle for both mother and daughter!

 

[NY cat man]

It has been over three weeks, and still no sign of Grumpy. At this point, I don't think that he will be reappearing, although I hope that I'm wrong. We do, however, have a visitor. I noticed that the food we left in the feeder was being eaten during the day, but we never saw who it was. Today, I saw that it was Flash, a feral male shorthaired tuxedo that was doing the eating. He lives in the detached garage of our back fence neighbors, but unless they weren't home, he always ate there. As far as I know, he is a TNR, but he lacks the tipped ear. Maybe he is now taking Grumpy's place?

 

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have a big fire in the mountains nearby again wonder how much heat its adding to the high temps at night in my arealooks like so cal will be send clouds of smoke and bad air east again

 

[fionasmom]

have a big fire in the mountains nearby again wonder how much heat its adding to the high temps at night in my arealooks like so cal will be send clouds of smoke and bad air east again

When I went out this morning for a walk, the air smelled very smoky.

 

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When I went out this morning for a walk, the air smelled very smoky.

here to when i walked gf to her car this morning i'm about a 15/20 minute drive from the bottom of the azusa canyons