Grande Galerie des Glaces

Ok, basically this *will not* be about anything that has already been covered in world/national news -- except for weather. Weather is one of my favorite topics (as you can tell by the tags, lol.)

Last Sunday I decided to go and see Jurassic Park in 3D, just because. It was a lot of fun too. I also noticed there was a movie called "42" playing, and I was wondering how I had missed learning about anything connected to 'Hitchhiker's Guide'. Of course, when I asked what it was about, *then* I learned it was a biopic of Jackie Robinson. ::facepalm:: In my defense, I would like to say that I seldom pay attention to sports movies unless they are about horse racing (Seabiscuit, Secretariat) or hockey (Slapshot, Miracle) and since I no longer have cable, this one slipped by me.

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LeeAnn went to the vet in Aurora yesterday for a dental cleaning. The cats were not too happy about this because when she came back, they smelled v*e*t on her and spent most of the time sniffing her and giving me the evil eye, lol. She slept most of the rest of the day/night and is now ready to go and help me get the mail. :)

Last night we had some major rain and lightning occur; altogether, about 4 inches of rain -- all at once, as in a few hours. Yikes! =(

Today, I go to Hastings for legal stuff -- assuming that Hwy. 6 is dried out by then.

Yeah, today I broke down and called the vet, making sure to set up "financing" in advance. In other words, they're holding my check until the 23rd. I hated to do it, but the two smallest kittens weakened quite a bit overnight so I decided it was time for extreme measure. Luckily they have no virus, only roundworms and fleas. So a good dose of medicine and flea spray for them -- and their mama too -- means they should improve rapidly. I debated on taking her with me, but since they are still nursing (she hardly has any milk, but the nurturing is just as important) I decided to take her in as well. I was afraid she would reject them if she smelled the vet on them otherwise. I was most pleased with the vet and vet tech, they were very skilled and calm, and so mama and kittens were calm as well. (Then again, there were no shots.) Of course, this meant I had to throughly sterilize their cage when I got home (and probably will again tomorrow, once the worm medicine finishes working. Oh yeah, animal care is nothing if not glamorous.) So anyway... I have a tentative date to have mama spayed in December. She weighs about 7.5 lbs and the kittens weigh: 1 lb. 3 oz., 15 oz., 10 oz., and 5 oz. respectively. The two largest are hers, the smaller ones belong to her sister -- and there is only about a week between them in age. This is the second time I have seen cats willingly adopt another cats kittens. Oh sure, I know that if you "trick" them they do it but this the first time I have seen it when the cats are acting on their own volition.

In other news, I had to run out the Blazer after I got home (I had to bring in a pack of fresh bedding for mama and babies) and I surprised a big opossum snacking on the remains of the dry cat food. I spooked it good; it was so panicked it took several minutes for it to remember to climb *over* the fence instead of trying to run through it. Luckily there was enough light from the house (it was full dark out) so I could see it climb over the fence -- I had zero interest in panicking it so that it might decide to attack if it decided I was too close. I honestly didn't see it at first but I will definitely be on guard from now on. No wonder LeeAnn goes so crazy barking at night.