Mary-I rarely take any meds. This pain is making me loopy-probably take an Advil PM tonight. I refused prescription stuff. Never even took antidepressants or mood elevators. Now that I can't take my aerobics or yoga classes I am afraid endorphins will decrease and I'll crash.
bluedaze, I'm like you - I rarely take anything, other than my Prevacid, which the doctor has said I have to take because acid reflux was eating my esophagus.
I hope your neighbors will help you with the kitty litter. How long are you supposed to be in your splint? I hope the Advil PM helps you!
Not a cat person, Sunshyne -- but like I told bluedaze, I COULD LEARN! if you're going to let that come between us....
Actually, we've been keeping our eyes open for a "Free To Good Home" dog in the classifieds -- preferably one that would enjoy romping on our five acres and digging moles and swimming in the pond on the adjoining lot and getting all muddy. We've never had inside pets, but if you go to a pet adoption place now they want you to sign a contract saying that the dog will sleep in air conditioned comfort, etc. I guess I could lie about it, but I won't. Your kittens do sound like fun, however. (I would have replied sooner, but it's sundowning time here in our household and we seem to be on a five minute pee patrol schedule since 4 pm.)
Gourdchipper,I have a white lab (read small pony) who would love your place! He has been raised to be a house dog too, and loves to sleep in our bedroom at night. During the day, romping on that 5 acres would be his dream!
wow, thanks. I'm a morning person, so I will try all tomorrow. (I'm watching season 4 of Lost) I have a brand new Dell with all the latest of everything that my son gave me. I was happy with my old one, but he told me it was a piece of cr*p, and he insisted on replacing it. My husband's car broke down over a week ago & he's been driving mine. I have cabin fever. Once I get that car back, you may not hear from me for a while :-) (The shop was closed for the holidays.)
O.k. you girls can get back to fighting over Gourdchipper now.
Finished an episode & you girls are still fighting over Gourdchipper, and seems more girls have been added. Wow, Gourdchipper, don't tell the other guys about this thread!
bluedaze--3 possibilities. As the wearer of full length leg braces and using crutches for all walking, our boxes (4 for 3 cats) are all plced where I can park my posterior or lean on a wall, or piece of furniture (solid, non-slipping). I can then bend at the waist or toward the side to scoop, or grab up the bag of used litter. Our oldest doesn't jump well anymore either, but by placing a box or chair next to a table she can get to food dishes(can't be on the floor because of the 4th cat-- he Barks). You could nmaybe put the litterbox on the dryer and a chair or something to create a stair for the cat for now. Or thrill a neighbor child by hiring them to do it. Our daughter was about 8 the year shewas hirred to take care of a neighbor's cat and hamster for a week while they were on vacation. She was so thrilled with the trust and resonsibility, and the PAY.<lol>
Sunshyne, it just came to mind. When my cat was smaller (she was never small) she really loved a cat house which was made out of leopard print fuzzy material. I think it made her feel safe, like she could hide in there. It was adorable, but she did outgrow it. I too have one of those beds, had to be ivory to hide her fur. She used that for one winter 2 years ago, and now it just sits there. Her favorite place to sleep these days is on top of the plastic wreath storage bag. Go figure.
Sunshyne, thank you for telling us about the kitties (and I'm so sorry about your loss!), and I'll admit that I've enjoyed this thread so much as it has progressed! <grin> We all need our smiles to get us through the rougher patches!
I can't believe you have me seriously thinking about getting two kittens...I have a lab and a German Shepherd and a leather couch. I have NO BUSINESS even THINKING about kittens!! But they are cuddly and so cute to watch!
Poor Mr Gourdchipper.... you have opened a can of worms here with so many ladies now squabbling for your attention:).i have to say you brought it on yourself flirting so brazenly with Sunshyne..now you have others jealous!..you are too funny and i must agree sound quite 'chipper' and young at heart:))
Bluedaze, my, i hope you have a speedy recovery..can you get some of those 4tiered stairs at petsmart? i have them for my chihuahuas to get onto my bed works wonders and i take them everywhere when they stay with me out of the house. your cats may learn quickly to use them too =i agree keeping litter box up higher would be solution .. Divvi
I'm managing ok with everything at floor level. Due to my aerobics and yoga I am flexible enough. Dennis needs liquid meds-he doesn't fight it but he sure doesn't come to me with an open mouth. I waited until he was curled up on a sofa and gave him his med. Offers of help is pouring in from neighbors. I live in a retirement community so you never know who will need help. As the village idiot (RN) I am often called for help and advice so everyone knows me. Just a side note: we have a not well liked couple in here-he is very opinionated and she is very cold-blows everyone off. He is the person who brought me the MC POA I needed and she brought so really great soup. Accept people as they are-you never know. Thanks family for your concern. Nora
bluedaze, I hope Meeko is behaving himself & not using your leg as a springboard anymore. So glad to hear the neighbors are watching out for you. You never did tell us what that good deed was that caused the fall or at least you were doing it during the fall. You don't HAVE to tell, but I was wondering. We all got into your fall & never asked.
I think the girls must have chased Mr. Gourdchipper away. The last we heard from him was a cry for help. <grin>
I2:30 a.m. here in WV and I have been asleep and now doing my usual middle-of -the time wake up time. I wonder if Topsy woke me knocking on my basement door. I was in the basement about 3 hours ago and she always follows me down and usually stays to cat-around for a while. I forget about her. After so long she will start crying or jumping against the door. I have been up twice checking out noises of something rattling the door and it finally dawned on me what it was. She was very happy to see me for a short time then left me to check our DH, food dishes and litter box. She finds weird places to spend most of the night. Sometimes in our walk-in closet up on the waist-high shelf. Part of the night on my bed.
My cat liked it too. If you hit on the rainbow cat, the cats change color as they move around on the screen. Then when herding, if you get them in a group, you can click & each cat comes out one by one. Neat.
My kitties go insane over the cursor itself, no need for Neko. You'd think something that small wouldn't entertain them, but it sure does. (Of course, it also makes doing any work on the computer absolutely impossible...)
I don't think I could work on a computer without a tail in my face. Anyone read Dewy the Library Cat-wonderful story. Cat is even red like my boys. Picture on the cover looks like my Dennis
Dennis & Meeko are like Katrina, have to be at the computer. I can't read what I've written half the time. The tail is on the keyboard. It is challenging. Then she gets upset when I try to move her head to proof what I've written with her head in the way. I love her!
She was naughty this morning. I take her out every morning for her "adventure" supervised, while I drink my green tea. I was reading a book & whoops, she climbed into the neighbors yard over our privacy fence. A whole new world to discover. I was thinking, NOW you have to do this. When I start my job next week, I won't have time for this nonsense. She may be grounded.
He was a beautiful cat with a wonderful personality and was a library cat for many years. People traveled from other states to visit the library and see him. Bluedaze is right.....
Kitty, I'll have you know I started a dog site after the first cat site went up! <grin> However, after we told about our dogs, we stopped using it! Then Mawzy got a kitten; then Sunshyne got two.........so another site was born!
Divvi talks about her dogs...I've mentioned mine a couple of times...others say that they have dogs and also cats...
I don't remember if the men chimed in on their dogs.....I'll find it and bring it to the top....
I'm reading Dewey now and about 2/3 done with it. Absolutely charming story. I love that cat and I can certainly see why the townspeople love him too. He's such a character.
Now that I've bragged up that cat, can I tell you little story about Noche? Pleeeeeeease???
I'm at my computer. I have my work on the left and my cup of tea on the right. My calculator is also on the right. This little 'negre diablo' walks across the keyboard AFTER he has stuck his nose and his paw into my cup. Leaves an entire row of nonsense on the screen. Barely glances at me--he is so cool. He sort of circles around and then lays across my work and books. Puts his paws out on the keyboard and rests his chin on the shift key. They he glances up at me, heaves a sigh and hoods his eyes about half way.
I picked him up and caried him out to the living room and put him in DH's chair for his nap and went back to work. Two minutes -- count them-- two minutes later he's back doing the same thing in the same spot. I kind of got the idea he wanted some attention so I saved my work, picked him up again and held him and gave him a very good petting. He started to purr--you could hear him half way down the hall.
Oh, and one other thing--the people next door have two big dogs, a golden retriever and a white lab. They are very well trained and never bark at you or make a nuisance ever. Noche has discovered that he is strong enough to jump from the ground to the top of a 6' fence in once leap. Once he was up there, lo and behold, look what he saw. Two dogs. He sat there sort of draped over the fence and those poor dogs just went nuts jumping and barking. Then he sits up and starts to wash his paws and then sort of saunters along the fence. In the meantime, the lady next door comes out and calls her dogs in. Then Noche decides he wants in too. I swear he knew what he was doing. He was enjoying himself too much not to know he was tormenting those two dogs.
I was really getting into this lovely scene when he'd had all he wanted, jumped down and left me with empty arms.
Mawzy, you can be sure the cat knew exactly what he was doing.
I was sitting calmly watching TV last week, the dogs were playing in front of me when one of my kittens walked across the couch and hopped over to the chair right behind the dogs. He sat there staring at the dogs who were having a wonderful time playing together with their tails wagging like crazy. All of the sudden his paw came out and he grabbed one of the dogs tails and "pulled". The next thing I know is he is running back over the couch and the dog is following........The kitten is 7.8 pounds (6 months) and the dog is 4 years old and 80 pounds - the kitten won this bout.
I won too because it really made me crack up laughing watching that tiny kitten tease the big dog.
O.K. Bluedaze. I ordered Dewey the Library cat, and you better tell me the cat doesn't die in the end. (That's all I want to know, I don't wan't TMI.) Too much info.
I just discovered the credit card I use & pay off every month had rewards, so I cashed them in for a $100 gift cart at Marshall's (my favorite place to shop) and the Dewey book. Otherwise I would have bought it through Joan. Free stuff!
Mawzy, My cat walked on my keyboard & screwed everything up to the point I was on the help line forever. Now my keyboard gets tucked away if it looks like she is approaching. Cute story :-)
not on the dog thread, but my male chihuahua HATES it when i bring out the large checkbook and bills on the 1st to pay. he wants to sit on my lap and covers the entire checkbook and licks my face to get me to stop. i have had to cx written checks as he will roll over when i am writing them -very strange how he hates that lack of attention each month! if i dont pick him up he does that scratching on the leather or bed or whereever til i do..he is quite determined to undermine my lack of attention and hes been doing it for 12yrs.i am a pushover for them too:)divvi
divvi, my Shih Tzu, Millie, does the same thing except it's newspapers or magazines. She will NOT let me read them! She wants on my lap, licks my face - same as yours. Of course, she is spoiled rotten.
Bluedaze--That's just such a funny picture. Have you thought a bout having a cordless phone at arm's reach? The only this is if you did that, one or both of those rascally cats would probably knock it off on the floor out of your reach. Too funny!
Okay, I have some cat stories to. Did I hear someone say, oh no, she's backkkkk. When the children were small we owned a siamese, Princess, or she owned us. The kids had a routine at bedtime. They would have their milk, water and juice and then hide and we would have to find them. This went on for several nights and Princess decided to hide to. Of couse we had to find her to. One night we looked and looked and almost gave up. I had gone through the bathroom a number of times looking with no luck. The bath tub had glass shower doors and that cat was stretched out on the bottom of the tub. When she wanted to go out she would touch the door knob and she jumped on the screen door to come back in. I have more and I'll post them at a later time. Also have some true Dog stories so don't encourage me.
When we first got Noche, (he's pure black, you'll remember.) He disappeared. I spent quite a while looking for him. Pretty soon, here he comes out from under the bed with dust bunnies hanging from the tips of his ears and on the ends of his whiskers.He looked so funny! I really don't want any comments about my housekeeping. That's why I don't dust under the bed. So Noche can gather the dust. ha ha
Another Princess story...We were going to Dallis for a Jaycee convention a nd we left her at the vet. When we picked her up she was very mad. As you know Siamese cats are very loud. She followed my husband around for two days yelling at him. The funny thing is that DH claimed he didn"t like cats and you always found her in his lap. He used to say every man needs a pussy because you can come home at two in the morning and your wife wont talk to you becaused she's mad. But the cat will meet you at the door and she is glad to see you.
Bama, too funny. Cats are wonderful, aren't they? There's nothing more soothing than cuddling a purring kitty on your lap. I can't believe money has been spent to do studies to prove that petting an animal lowers your blood pressure. I've always known that. The four cat night swere very comforting during the stretch of cold weather we had.
Sunshyne, what are the kitties up to these days? Have you taught them how to type out a post for our board yet?
folly, they are certainly working the keyboard. I would like to think, however, that so far, they are not quite as eloquent as I. (I know for SURE their spelling is worse!)
I have various boxes of corporate papers which, sooner or later, I have to finish sorting so I can complete the company's bankruptcy filing. Right now, the cats' priorities seem to be more on chewing up the papers in one box, to make a nest for themselves.
They have also finally gotten big enough to be able to jump directly onto the kitchen countertop from the floor. They were managing to get up there by getting onto a low bookcase, and from there onto a windowsill (wide enough for kitties to sit in the sunshine and watch the birds), and from there onto the countertop. This could be foiled by keeping a spray bottle full of water right in front of the windowsill. One spritz in the face was enough to convince them to avoid the bottle. Now I need to rethink my battleplan...