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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Ed, I snitched the dogs planning for tonite....Ted's white husky Maya freaks over fireworks and thunder...she 'hides' in his bath tub! No idea why...but thats where she feels safe, even when he's home.
Ted is the kid who sends me 'Caterday' cartoons about cats, so this is quite appropriate on several levels!
I heard a lot of fireworks last night, much more than the rest of the holiday weekend. Some sounded quite close too.
Lilo wasn't too bent out of shape by it all, but she did tend to stay nearby. She's been a little more clingy though since Ariel's death. I think she's missing Ariel, or at least feeling lonely when she's home alone. She can't really interact with the sugar gliders, and while I don't know that she and Ariel interacted all that much when we were out, at least Ariel was here and I'd often come back to find them both lying on the bed. Not too close together, but both there.
Hopefully whatever new cat we bring home won't be much of an issue with her, once they settle who's boss. Which will be Lilo.
She's been the boss since Alice died, as Alice's sister Sunnie (from the same litter) wasn't interested in the job and followed her sister to heaven about six months later.
All right. Enough about deceased pets.
Later, gators.
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I walked for an 1 hour during today's walk. The temperature this morning was 69 on the news channel and 69 degrees on the front porch with higher humidity level in the forecast, also Thunderstorms later today or tomorrow
I'll be out later going to the bank and the produce shop for bananas. I have been getting some Raspberries off of the bushes out back and yesterday I found two ripe Blackberries in with all the unripened ones that are still going from green to red on their way to turning black.
Yesterday, the 4th of July I blew the diet all to tiny little pieces
All the following items in the Lunch were Home Made by my Brother.
Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, Baked Beans, Pastrami, Spare Ribs cooked using my Brothers Own Dry Rub. It was all tasty however I am feeling it today
Dinner was a Pear, and Protein Shake.
Today's lunch will depend to a certain extent on whether my brother brings home leftover foods from his meeting later today.
In NJ we can now legally buy sparklers and Poppers, Big Whoopee... The Sparklers did sell out from what I saw on the TV this morning.
Have a Great Wednesday
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HI ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning....or should I say 'boom...boom boom...wait for it....BOOM' You can sure tell that GA has lifted the ban on fireworks. They've made a bundle of tax money...and people have been shooting fireworks for days now.......
I've read thru the posts, and read the cartoons, and watched all but one of the food Utubes from Ed...
Slow start around here today...slept til 8, ok, since if I want to see fireworks, I'll have to stay up later than usual. Ankle hurts like nobody's business this morning, and last nights trip to the bathroom. So, taking Aleve, and may have to reconsider that injection that Dr Frank suggested the day he gave me the ankle brace....
We have people shooting off fireworks even though they are not Legal except for the newly made legal items.
I hope that pesky ankle gets better for You quickly.
If I said my Brother has some Dark Stout sitting on the shelf until he gets the urge for more beer breadI have a skillet to scour in the sink, and one 1.5 quart sauce pan soaking...then I will plop both into the dishwasher and get that running. The wind direction has changed or something, as the humidity level has fallen!!! Feels great out, and its in the upper 70's or 80 in town. So I think I hear Mother Nature inviting me out...I'm ok with that!
Roger I have no idea if the bread would work in my IP...but not eating bread hardly ever, I'm not going to make any either. Sorry! (and it would be a waste of good dark beer) LOL..not much of a beer drinker, but on occasion a good stout...I'm good for about half a can!!!! LOL!
In my 'Vegan under pressure' cookbook there are 3 or 4 cake recipe's, and again as many 'cheesecake' recipe's..I've never been a fan of cheese cake made conventionally, so I'm skipping over the fake ones!! All that said...I expect your bread recipe would work in the IP. It might need a liquid adjustment, as the IP does not evaporate liquid like baking or stove top cooking does...
Ok, needless to say Tom E's been fed, petted, given his treats and is out the door for the day. My turn to eat!!! I may just enjoy reheating my rice and beans, and sautéing some spinach or chard. I ate a banana already, but it was awhile ago, and I'm hungry!!!
Later...GardenKatGardens wrote: »I also don't think every darn holiday that appears on our calendars has to have a banquet of food! So I think your ribs from Kroger and your sides are perfect! I was going to make Ted's excellent 'eggless egg salad'...decided what I really want is fajita's of peppers, onions, and thick sliced and sautéd portabella mushrooms. Couple ears of sweet corn, and a side salad, and I'll be just a little less happy than if I won tonites Mega Millions! LOL!!!! Yep, pretty darn happy. Eggless salad tomorrow!
Later...
Well the holidays may not need a feast, However my Brother always goes overboard with traditional foods for all Holidays. Turkey for Thanksgiving, Ham for Christmas etc.
I'm guessing Tofu to replace the Eggs?
Have a Nice Day
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's wonderful Wednesday!
70 out there now with an expected high of 90 and 40% chance of rain. We're scheduled to see no-name this morning, as her "hold" period that the shelter insisted on is supposed to be over and we're scheduled to go in and make our final adoption decision. Pretty sure that will be to adopt.
Lilo has been fed. Need to go eat my breakfast.
Good Luck with the adoption
I have found that I like the Ribs from CostCo although since they have a Sauce on them they can be messy to eatparityanimal wrote: »Kroger's ribs were decent (half or so are left), Kroger's egg mustard potato salad the same, and as it was the very small tub, half or so of that is also left.
J ate probably 1/3 of the barbecued tofu I made for him, along with a hefty serving of his grandmother's potato salad, which I made from her technique
I had one piece of deviled egg and J had 5. No deviled eggs are left.
For dessert, we each had a small serving of "red, white and blue" cherry, apple, and blueberry pie with a scoop of ice cream. Basically it was one of the very small, probably intended for a single serving, pies and we split it. That sounded better to me than a large pie or cake, or a box of cookies, and I knew we'd eat it all up and not have leftover dessert.
I had forgotten to mention also Home made deviled eggs, all gone as of Dinnertime on the 4th
The only single serve pies I see in this area are the ones in the convenience stores and they are mainly fruit flavored with sometimes a minuscule piece of real fruit.
There is some leftover Potato salad, Macaroni Salad and Baked Beans, I must be strongWell, there actually is still some ice cream in the freezer, but eating one or two scoops at a time it takes us a while to get through a medium sized tub of it, and there was already about half a tub in there so I didn't even buy any ice cream.
I'll have one more meal of the barbecue, sans dessert, and J will have at least one more. And he can have several snacks or sides of the remaining potato salad I made. I always make a fairly big bowl of it because he really enjoys it and it brings back memories of his grandmother. Also, I don't make it too often, so he doesn't get tired of it. That potato salad, and my deviled eggs, are recipes I tend to save for holidays and special occasions so he can usually count on them if he's home for a given holiday, and know that he will have plenty of food to eat.parityanimal wrote: »GardenKatGardens wrote: »Ed, I snitched the dogs planning for tonite....Ted's white husky Maya freaks over fireworks and thunder...she 'hides' in his bath tub! No idea why...but thats where she feels safe, even when he's home.
Ted is the kid who sends me 'Caterday' cartoons about cats, so this is quite appropriate on several levels!
I heard a lot of fireworks last night, much more than the rest of the holiday weekend. Some sounded quite close too.
Lilo wasn't too bent out of shape by it all, but she did tend to stay nearby. She's been a little more clingy though since Ariel's death. I think she's missing Ariel, or at least feeling lonely when she's home alone. She can't really interact with the sugar gliders, and while I don't know that she and Ariel interacted all that much when we were out, at least Ariel was here and I'd often come back to find them both lying on the bed. Not too close together, but both there.
Hopefully whatever new cat we bring home won't be much of an issue with her, once they settle who's boss. Which will be Lilo.
She's been the boss since Alice died, as Alice's sister Sunnie (from the same litter) wasn't interested in the job and followed her sister to heaven about six months later.
All right. Enough about deceased pets.
Later, gators.
Have a Nice Day
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Well KITTEN!
We got to the shelter and they now have a quarantine on all cats until the 15th because of a case of feline leukemia.
So we have to wait another 10 days before we can finalize adoption and then wait until they have her spayed before we can pick her up.
It's annoying, but we do want to be sure we aren't bringing home a cat who's about to die, so we wait. Somewhat patiently...and it gives me more time to cycle through names in my head.
We just keep telling ourselves there's a reason for all this and even though we may not know why, it's all for the best.
The lady at the front seemed to think that an "owner" could possibly come around to claim the cat, but I really think she was surrendered and that maybe she doesn't know that. I certainly hope so. Don't want to "steal" someone else's cat but then if the prior owner hasn't come to the shelter looking for her by now, I suspect they won't be coming around.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Well KITTEN!
We got to the shelter and they now have a quarantine on all cats until the 15th because of a case of feline leukemia.
So we have to wait another 10 days before we can finalize adoption and then wait until they have her spayed before we can pick her up.
It's annoying, but we do want to be sure we aren't bringing home a cat who's about to die, so we wait. Somewhat patiently...and it gives me more time to cycle through names in my head.
We just keep telling ourselves there's a reason for all this and even though we may not know why, it's all for the best.
The lady at the front seemed to think that an "owner" could possibly come around to claim the cat, but I really think she was surrendered and that maybe she doesn't know that. I certainly hope so. Don't want to "steal" someone else's cat but then if the prior owner hasn't come to the shelter looking for her by now, I suspect they won't be coming around.
It sounds as if You caught my problem. If it wasn't for bad luck , I would have no luck at allitis.
As You say better safe than sorry, I know You do not want to bring a sick Kitten home. Is Feline leukemia catching ?
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Feline leukemia is not highly contagious, but it is contagious. More likely over a longer period of time.
It is not always fatal and some cats can get through stage one and kind of beat the odds but it generally weakens the immune system and makes the cat more susceptible to other infections.
We'd rather not expose Lilo to that if we can help it.0 -
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Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 71 out there with an expected high of 89 and 20% chance of rain.
Need to get some laundry folded and a little bit cleared out of the sink.
Maybe a run to Kroger for a few things.
But now...to breakfast.
Lilo has had hers. My broiled hot dogs will take a few minutes.
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Ship's Rats means Rations as I understand it
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I walked for an 1.5 hours, 8263 steps + 0 Cents during today's walk. The temperature this morning was 72 on the news channel and 70 degrees on the front porch, also a chance of light showers followed by heavier rain into Friday and a 100% chance of rain on Friday
Have a Great Thursday
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Shopping day, whew! All done except to bag up the mustard greens that I washed when I got them home...and I've eaten my lunch of beans, rice, and spinach.
My buddy Marietta has an ear infection from her flight home. She can't hear, except faintly she reported in an email. The evil little part of me really wanted to say 'Welcome to my world'..but decided against it. When you're sick and feel like shiitake you really don't need to be harassed by a smarty pants
I only had a couple rounds of sprinkles yesterday...though in town they got drenched! Stopped in time for the big fireworks show... There were lots of 'shooters' setting off noisy stuff close by and for most of the day too! Some grumps on the news complaining about the noise...sad people.
I don't know too much else today.... oh, in answer to your question Roger, yes feline leukemia is very contagious. And there are several county animal adoption places shut down and other pet adoption places. No, it would be catastrophic for Ed and J to bring home a sick kitten and lose Lilo too. (pun was not intended).
Ok, out and about for a little while then chat with Jack.
Later...
If I said my hearing is sensitive enough, where I have a problem is separating a single voice if several people are talking. I believe that is a common enough thing too.
To play the devils advocate, maybe the people that are complaining have pets that the noise terrifies ?
Thank You for the Feedback
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parityanimal wrote: »Feline leukemia is not highly contagious, but it is contagious. More likely over a longer period of time.
It is not always fatal and some cats can get through stage one and kind of beat the odds but it generally weakens the immune system and makes the cat more susceptible to other infections.
We'd rather not expose Lilo to that if we can help it.
Hi Ed
Thanks
The information is interesting, Sort of a parallel to people where one infection weakens the immune system...
I would not want to expose Your cat either.
Thrilling Thursday, beyond that Yes I woke up, not so thrilling, It felt humid and I already had a few light drops of rain hit me while I was walking. Cloudy with no Sunlight.parityanimal wrote: »71 89 20
Howdy y'all. It's thrilling Thursday! 71 out there with an expected high of 89 and 20% chance of rain.
Need to get some laundry folded and a little bit cleared out of the sink.
Maybe a run to Kroger for a few things.
But now...to breakfast.
Lilo has had hers. My broiled hot dogs will take a few minutes.
Have a Good Day
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I have three cross cut slices of beef shank slow cooking in my largest crock pot to, hopefully, make a tasty soup with. I'll add the vegetables later, after I've deboned and chopped/shredded the beef.
It's been in there nearly 4 hours now and is starting to smell quite nice.
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Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! 72 out there now with an expected high of 86 and 60% chance of rain.
I might get that laundry actually folded today, after my opthalmologist appointment.
Hopefully my day will go better than this one.
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I walked for an hour, 4700 steps + 0 Cents during today's 2 mile walk. The temperature this morning was 70 on the news channel and 70 degrees on the front porch.There was a shower Overnight which is forecast to be followed by heavier rain today with part of NJ getting rain from 1/2 inch to 2 inches depending on where You are in the state
http://krqe.com/2017/07/05/victims-say-they-feel-sorry-for-thief-who-ran-car-into-sinkhole/
Victims say they feel sorry for thief who ran car into sinkhole
By KRQE News 13 and Brianna Gallegos Published: July 5, 2017, 5:20 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A lot of people in and around Albuquerque have their cars stolen, but most of them don’t end up seeing their cars on the news, especially sticking out of a sinkhole.
Now, the owners of that car are saying they feel sorry for the thief.
For weeks, the owners of the car were wondering if they would ever get it back when police told them their car was found — and its condition, it hit them hard.
After police confirmed the car that fell into a sinkhole in Rio Rancho on Monday was stolen, they also revealed what was inside.
“It contained drug paraphernalia and a few other items that indicates that somebody had potentially been living in it,” Rio Rancho Police Lieutenant J. Holt said.
Tanner Myer and Kylie Pollan own that car. They say they feel bad for the woman.
“I hope for her to have an opportunity to sober up and get clean,” Myers said.
“I heard she was living in it, so I mean, she obviously needed it a little more than us,” Pollan said.
The Albuquerque couple says that doesn’t mean they didn’t need their car, which was the only car they owned.
“We work really hard for what we had. This was our first big purchase and it was a part of us. It helped us get to work, get food, get to the doctor. We had a car for a reason,” Pollan said.
Now, the two just want to move forward.
“No reason to stay mad. Being mad takes a lot of energy,” Pollan said.
Instead, they’re focusing on what’s next. They say their insurance is good but won’t cover it all.
“The only thing bad is we have to purchase a new car, put a down payment, but we didn’t think this was going to happen so we didn’t have a saving for this,” Pollan said.
As for how the car was stolen, they say it was taken in the middle of the night.
The couple says they are just thankful no one was hurt.
The family says the car is a total loss. They hope police will release it soon so the insurance claim can go into effect.
Police say the unidentified woman who took off from the crash scene is still on the run. They also say she had a dog with her.
http://newschannel9.com/news/offbeat/albuquerque-tv-truck-stolen-while-crew-worked-on-crime-story
Albuquerque TV truck stolen while crew worked on crime story
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —
While a television news crew was gathering footage for a story about crime in the Albuquerque downtown area, a thief drove off in the station's SUV.
The Albuquerque Journal reported the story June 23 about the KOB-TV truck.
KOB News Director Michelle Donaldson says the vehicle was recovered within a half hour without police assistance by following the GPS tracking device that was on board.
She says the thief had fled the scene and the SUV was locked with the keys missing.
The crew was in the area reporting on recent concerns about crime and safety.
Donaldson says it's ironic that KOB became victims of a crime in exactly the area they were reporting about.
She says that violates the rule of never being the lead story of your own newscast.
Have a Great Friday
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How and Why would the cat do that ?
I hate it when that happens
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »I have three cross cut slices of beef shank slow cooking in my largest crock pot to, hopefully, make a tasty soup with. I'll add the vegetables later, after I've deboned and chopped/shredded the beef.
It's been in there nearly 4 hours now and is starting to smell quite nice.
Cross cut, I'm guessing that is across the grain ?
I'll bet it does smell good cooking too.
I actually try and get my laundry folded while it is still warm, I find that the items are not wrinkled that way. If I miss doing that, AKA Forget it is there, then I run the dryer enough to warm it upparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! 72 out there now with an expected high of 86 and 60% chance of rain.
I might get that laundry actually folded today, after my opthalmologist appointment.
Since it already rained overnight I'm going with a definite 100% chance of rain for today
Good luck at the Eye Doc.
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Hi Valerie
I did not go far today, Yesterday I walked through a park that I had not been in since last year and this year I got eaten up by the bugs Thus I did not have a good nights sleep last night and I have noticed that a poor nights sleep equals a shorter walk due to lack of energy.
One more must do, Well actually should do thing.
I need to go in the basement and bring up frozen for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert
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Hi Ed
Cross cut, I'm guessing that is across the grain ?
I'll bet it does smell good cooking too.
I actually try and get my laundry folded while it is still warm, I find that the items are not wrinkled that way. If I miss doing that, AKA Forget it is there, then I run the dryer enough to warm it upparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! 72 out there now with an expected high of 86 and 60% chance of rain.
I might get that laundry actually folded today, after my opthalmologist appointment.
Since it already rained overnight I'm going with a definite 100% chance of rain for today
Good luck at the Eye Doc.
Roger, the overdue for a eye exam person.
It was across the grain. Soup is great and I have a lot of it.
I get the wrinklable stuff folded/hung immediately but the towels and socks don't really matter. I still usually run it for a few minutes to warm them up anyway. What's in there is towels and socks.
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