Grande Galerie des Glaces

So today I was getting ready to leave on errands when my oldest kitty, Lucky, began acting weird and miaowing funny at me. So I hurried and called the vet, completely forgetting that they closed early today. After talking to the receptionist, I managed an appointment for Monday @ 10:15 am.

All the while, she is waltzing back and forth, miaowing at me and staring at her food dishes. (She already had fresh water; that's one of the first things I do in the morning while I get teh foodz ready.) Finally she begins to push one dish of nice, very finely diced food toward the edge of the desk, and it finally dawns on me that maybe, just *maybe*, that something is wrong with the food. So I scrape it out and put in an outdoor dish for the outdoor cats, where it is inhaled at something just under warp speed. So, nothing wrong with the can, it would seem. So I open a fresh can for her, this time a pate (sic), dump it in her dish -- and she promptly faceplants and gobbles it down. After she finishes, she daintily cleans her face and whiskers, jumps off the desk and goes into my bedroom for a very well-deserved nap!

And I just sit at my desk, facepalming as I realize I have just been pwned by my cat.

PS. I am half-way tempted to cancel the appointment now but I suppose I will keep it instead. Maybe?

see more Lolcats and funny pictures, and check out our Socially Awkward Penguin lolz!

Click on the pic to read more. :)

It's definitely cooler than it was; last night it very nearly froze if it didn't actually freeze. Brrrrrr. It is definitely fall, with what I believe will be an early winter. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think so. We'll see. Tomorrow *might* be a bit warmer though. ::fingers crossed::

So what have I been doing? Getting ready for winter mostly. I have yet to get my car in the garage, which bothers me a great deal. :( I had thought surely I would get at least that much done but apparently not. The worst of it is stuff that there is just *so much* to go through. Yikes. And I don't want to pay out $$ for people to move it yet again to another storage but I might not have much choice. I am getting plastic over all the windows, and caulking as much as I can. I still haven't gotten anything done about the basement though. The summer just went too fast -- in large part due to the heat wave when no-one wanted to go down and work in a stuffy basement -- and also, I have to move a lot of things around on the porch before I can get to the door (the door is a part of the floor, which is very common around here.)

On to more cheerful news.

Mike H. stopped by with a young kitten he found wandering and lost. I feel sure it is someone's pet because it is clearly well-cared for and very tame and friendly. So I will be watching the lost and found ads to see if I can locate the owner. Mike said he will watch too; I am sure someone is missing it. Right now I have it sleeping in a carrier after a nice meal of gooshy food and water. (I can't keep it in my bathroom because (a) the bathroom is too small and (b) it is where one of the litter boxes is kept.) My little dog has spent most of the morning barking at the poor thing though it doesn't seem to mind -- she (LeeAnn) remains firm in her belief that small kittens are actually mice, and therefore to be hunted. *sigh* She cannot be trusted at all until kittens reach a larger size, then everything is fine. My other two cats have been doing the traditional smell-and-hiss checking-out of the stranger, and throwing their own tantrums.

And so it goes. Now I need to write a little bit.

Things have improved; I am now able to give my kitteh her pill simply by opening her mouth and dropping it inside. I can see that she swallows it because (1) I don't find any bits spit around and (2) she seems to be gaining some weight, or at least her flanks do not look quite so drawn and gaunt. Any weight gain though will probably be slow. As for the food: she will eat approximately 1/2 can if it is freshly opened (and given time to first chow, and then return to nibble several times) but still not very happy w/the microwaving bit. She really chows on the dry food though. I think she likes the tiny bits. My only problem is that my other kitteh tries to steal her food -- and *she* does not need special diet food (or at least not quite yet, puh-leeze). I keep the food on the keyboard shelf so that it is out of the way but easy to grab when my old gal shows upon the desk and miaows.

The weather has been iffy; lots of rain. *sigh* Please to quit raining so roof repairs can be done, *please*!

The local library sale will be this weekend: Friday - Sunday, so I will be going to see what, if anything, I can find this year. :)

Also, I have writing to do. Back later on, if the weather will permit.

Ttyl!

Today I had mixed results. Because I did not want to deal with another round of watching her dance the pill on her tongue, I decided to put it in her gooshy food. Which was not the best idea either because she did not want to eat her gooshy food either -- maybe because I had to microwave it after being in the fridge? maybe she doesn't like microwaved food? No idea, but I think it melted -- but she did get some of it, I hope. I really can't tell but I am assuming that if it melted she might have gotten *some* because she did eat a little bit but only after faffing around quite a bit. *SIGH*

The ear mite drops were not met with approval either. Neither of my kittehs liked them, and there was much flouncing, scowling and head-shaking afterward. At least I only have to do the ears on a daily basis until next Tuesday; then I only have to do it every other week.

Stay tuned for more thrilling news of my madcap life...

I took my oldest kitteh, Lucky to the vet today. She's been a little "off', nothing really definite because at 16, she's old for a cat. Anyway, I went in *really* early, so that I could miss the worst of the heat (my car has no a/c, of course) and get back home quick before she got too stressed from everything.

Vet visit details under the cut.
( Read more... )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347894/Cat-ordered-jury-service-Boston-Court-rules-attend.html#

Sal the Cat summoned for jury service... and court rules he 'must attend'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:03 PM on 18th January 2011


A pet cat has been summoned for jury duty - and has been told by courts he 'must attend'.

Despite owner Anna Esposito's protestations that a mistake has been made, a jury commissioner has ruled that Sal must attend the court.
( Read more... )

There were no storms. I was happily chatting on IM, enjoying being back online for a change, while my furkids decided to "relax" from several days of hiding from the thunder and lightning by tearing around the house. This included a wild dash-n-chase across the computer desk, where my laptop sits.

Yup, you guessed it. They crashed over the keyboard and hit the power button, turning it off. But that's not all.

Some of you may or may not know that my cats have claws -- and claws can get underneath computer keys, and pry them loose. >>.<< Yes. In addition to turning off the 'puter, they managed to scatter a few keys as well. I just... ::headdesk::

So, the rest of the evening was spent taping the keys back on the keyboard, and then I went to bed. I was tired. [My laptop has a decidedly battered look to it now, but it does work.]

Hopefully if I log on to a.IM tonight, I will actually be able to chat -- assuming that the cats agree.

In which I discover that cats are not birds, and cannot fly. However, they can move at something approaching warp speed when a can of tuna is opened, thus giving the appearance of flight.

see more Lolcats and funny pictures