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I don't know if you'd be interested, Valerie, but I was shopping at Aldi today and they had a fairly extensive endcap with gluten free items, including gluten free white bread. I know you buy the Promise at CostCo and might not be interested in a white bread, but I was thinking for a "standard" old fashioned grilled cheese, you might want a loaf to try. Don't know if they'll continue to have a gluten free section like that or how long it's been here, but the price was pretty comparable to the price of the Promise bread at CostCo, considering the quantity of bread.
And I was just out to buy cat food for Kiara at PetSmart, but heard Aldi calling to me from across the street. Traffic getting in and out of that parking lot was INSANE though. I will be glad when the LA Fitness at one end is finally built and that end of the parking lot opens up again.
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We've made cottage cheese (paneer) like this! But we used lime. We squeezed it pretty dry in a cheesecloth and made it pretty firm, as one solid block.
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Hi
I did some walking, The temperature this morning was 79 on the news channel and 77 degrees on the front porch. Warmer than yesterday
The humidity is up in what they are calling the Uncomfortable range and is higher than yesterday
Day Four of a originally forecast to be Three day heat wave.
In the weird news category
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/07/20/florida-man-bananas-shot-out-utility-workers-tires/
Florida Man Says He Went ‘Bananas,’ Shot Out Utility Workers’ Tires
July 20, 2017 5:22 PM By Gary Nelson
HIALEAH (CBSMiami) — A Hialeah man admitted to police he went “bananas” and opened fire on utility trucks in order to stop them from leaving in front of his home.
Jorge Jove, 64, who confessed to firing as many as 18 shots into two AT&T work trucks, and allegedly fired at one worker, was released straight from jail on bond Thursday without having to go before a judge.
One of the utility workers, from a short distance away, recorded with his cell phone Wednesday as Jove, a retired firefighter, police say, went ballistic, upset that the trucks parked on his front swale and driveway and did not move quickly enough when he asked them to.
On the video, you can hear a worker calling 911 as Jove fires over and over again into the trucks, loading his high-powered revolver three times.
“Somebody is up in the bucket right now and they can’t come down because he’s shooting the truck,” one of the workers told 911.
Arriving police reported that they saw Jove fire at the man in the bucket at the top of a utility pole. Jove was booked on multiple counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. A police report says he told detectives that “he went bananas and wanted to stop (the workers) from leaving.”
Have a Great Weekend
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Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! 74 out there now with an expected high of 93 and 20% chance of rain.
Board meeting and pool party today, so no time to make baked beans. I don't mind the break but some people may be disappointed that there are no baked beans today. We'll be late to the party as it is.
Lilo and Kiara have been fed. Kiara is quite the little piglet in the morning. She danced around while I was putting her food in and I thought she was going to grab it out of my hand! As soon as I put it in, she started gobbling. Definitely no worries about her appetite right now.
Her fur and skin are feeling softer after a few days. Could be a combination of getting better food and whatever flea powder they used at the shelter irritating her skin when they did it a while back. Our vet put some flea/tick stuff on her that should last quite a while and as an indoor cat that should do it until at least the end of summer.
Sink has been cleared. I had hot roast pork sandwich (open faced) for my breakfast.
Might have a little morning nap now but I doubt it.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's fabulous Friday! 73 out there now with an expected high of 95 and 20% chance of rain.
I did finally get that laundry (towels and undies) folded yesterday.
Today, the sink is cleared. Lilo, Kiara and I have all been fed. Lilo hisses now whenever she goes past the hall bathroom. I think she is blaming Kiara for the new food bowl with the MOVING lid. She's sort of right, on the new food bowl, though we COULD have just done as we did with Ariel and put Kiara's food on the counter, where Lilo won't jump.
We really would rather have their food on the floor though where no one has to jump to get it. Kiara is taking to the moving lid on her food bowl much better, but then she's a kitten, not an old cat. When she gets older this shouldn't be as important, having their food separated, but it will ensure that neither of them can gobble up all the food before the other one gets a chance to eat. For now, it's very important as Kiara's kitten food would not be a good food for Lilo to eat and Lilo's mature cat food would surely not be a good food for Kiara to eat.
Valerie, there's a cute kitten (about 6 months old) at our vet who needs a forever home. You should check him out and get him for Tom to have a friend. He's been there for a month or so and is very friendly. If we had not already queued up Kiara, we would likely have taken him home instead, but I really don't want to go to three cats again and we certainly weren't going to throw TWO kittens into Lilo's sedate world, both at the same time. Not to mention we'd have to have set up THREE different segregated feeding/living areas as Kiara needs isolation while she heals up and Lilo would not be wanting to share space right away with any kitten.
When we got Ariel, as a very young kitten, 8 years ago, Lilo adopted her and acted like Ariel was her kitten. I guess she was still remembering when she was a mother. To be fair, at that time she had already become accustomed to living with 3 other cats, though she didn't really seem to like any of them. She did cohabit with them, without any major problems. We were quite surprised when she actually liked Ariel. They remained friends right up almost to the end, when she didn't like whatever she smelled on Ariel, probably she could smell the cancer and impending death. She's sure as heck not taking on this 5 1/2 month old as a daughter. LOL.
I would not have thought that You could find a food bowl with a moving lid, does it work on a pedal or a sensor? I am not surprised that food for older cats and Kittens are different.
I found it interesting that someone developed a Kitty litter box that is self cleaning...
It has been in the news that Dogs can be trained to sniff out different types of cancers, Different cancer different training if I understood it correctly
Why shouldn't cats smell it too ?
Have a Great Day
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Hiparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's sensational Saturday! 74 out there now with an expected high of 93 and 20% chance of rain.
Board meeting and pool party today, so no time to make baked beans. I don't mind the break but some people may be disappointed that there are no baked beans today. We'll be late to the party as it is.
Lilo and Kiara have been fed. Kiara is quite the little piglet in the morning. She danced around while I was putting her food in and I thought she was going to grab it out of my hand! As soon as I put it in, she started gobbling. Definitely no worries about her appetite right now.
Her fur and skin are feeling softer after a few days. Could be a combination of getting better food and whatever flea powder they used at the shelter irritating her skin when they did it a while back. Our vet put some flea/tick stuff on her that should last quite a while and as an indoor cat that should do it until at least the end of summer.
Sink has been cleared. I had hot roast pork sandwich (open faced) for my breakfast.
Might have a little morning nap now but I doubt it.
I see You posted while I was bust composing. Mainly due to curiosity, did You see the informational post and the humor post?
My Brothers Baked beans are a two day process since he starts with dried beans soaking overnight
Growing Kitten, Growing Appetite comes to mind.
You could be right, I have a sensitive skin to some things why shouldn't Your cats also.
I am still pondering my breakfast currently, Maybe some Pancakes? Cobb Salad with chunks of Chicken from the Shoprite in the Refrigerator for Dinner with the Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing the put in with it. I find The Salad an the Dressing to be tasty considering that they are not Home Made
The Open face Pork Sandwich sounds tasty. I will be starting in on the Cooked Pot Roast in sandwiches in a couple of days.
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »Good Morning! TGIF!
Mine little eyes are not awake just yet. Wanting very much to shut and not see! BUT, lots to do today, so excuse me while I go find the tooth picks!
Cleaning, laundry, yard mowing, the usual stuff....tomorrow coffee about 11:30, and Jack and the kids are coming over on Sunday he said...hummm surprised me! So Grammie needs to do some scrambling so the kids aren't bored, and get a 'grammie style' snack prepared. (thinking fruit salad) I broke down and bought one of the 'kiss' line of cantaloupes...I got the Sugar Kiss, and they are all they're advertised to be. Very juicy, very sweet cantaloupes..You know, cantaloupes like Mom grew in the garden! And I have a papaya that needs to be cut up, and a mango, there's always bananas, etc. Yep, I think I could pull that together....no Jello needed!
I am that way until I splash water in my eyes in the morning, that gets me able to go get Coffee and that finishes the process
Oh what the heck, use a Vegetarian Jello too.
Our town picks up Garbage, Yard Waste and things like Old furniture and appliances and different days of the week. Why You me be wondering? They use the same workers and trucksI got half the lawn mowed yesterday, will have a go at the other half in just a little bit. Trash day..hope they pick up the old broken carpet shampoo machine, and I put a '70's' style bar stool out at the street. I was hoping somebody would pick that up rather than the trash men, but I just need it gone...
Hi satisfaction rating has been dropping since his election to a second term.Roger I"m not at all surprised about Gov. Chris Christie being dead last. (and from what I see down here, its almost as thought he's working at being last !?!! I'm willing to bet the Gov. of MO is among the least popular...I know he's got my brother and his friends all in a snit! I don't remember the guys name...very young Gov. May be part of the problem?
Ok, time to get something to eat, and feed Tom E. .... Oh, Ed...I wouldn't subject any sweet little kitty/cat to grumpy old Tom E.. Tom just doesn't have the face or he'd be instantly recognized as the "Grumpy" cat. Tom does have a sweet little furry face...and mean mouth and paws!
Ok, Roger has posted....Roger, I'm gonna save your post and cartoons til I have some breakfast in front of me....O'kay???
Later...
I think it is now lower that President Trumps...
One possible reason they are in a snit could be due to different political parties.
Could they be conservative and he is Liberal? Or the Other way around ?
It is OK by me
Enjoy the new ones
Roger
P.S. I finally downloaded and printed the results of the Blood Work. I would prefer if they mailed them to me BTW...
A1C is 5.3
That seems OK to me.
And I am not sure what this is when it shows that
Creatinine is low? And Serum Chloride and Sodium show low. Whereas Something called AST is high, slightly over normal range.
Oh well it is what it is. It also says that "The results of Your recent lab tests are within normal limits despite a few low and high readings.0 -
A1c of 5.3 is great.
Creatinine a little low is better than high, I think, particularly since Sodium is a bit low. Sodium can be low if you are drinking too much water. I wonder if that affects creatinine too? Creatinine high with low sodium could indicate possible kidney issues.
The food bowls sense the RFID chip that is implanted in the back of the cat's neck. As each RFID chip is unique, if Kiara sticks her head in Lilo's dish, the cover does not retract. We know this works, because on one of her exploratory journeys she tried. And if Lilo sticks her head into Kiara's dish, it won't open.
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Hi Ed
I was happy overall, I suspect I should do a little research into the readings. I wish the print was bigger. It is hard to read
I do not think I am drinking too much water, if anything probably to little
That is a interesting and foolproof sounding system with the food bowl. Did it have to be programmed elsewhere or was it something You could do?
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There is one button, on the back, that just opens and closes the bowl. There are two more buttons for LEARNING and TRAINING. We put the bowl in LEARNING mode by holding down a button. Then, with the bowl OPEN, put some food or treats in it so the cat will stick its head under the arch holding the sensor. When learning light stops blinking and turns solid green, it recognizes that RFID chip. Then, to get the cat used to the lid moving, you start it barely moving, mostly open, by putting the feeder in TRAINING mode. As the cat gets used to it you set it more and more closed (with, hence, more and more movement) until the cat gets accustomed to the lid moving and isn't spooked.
At that point, it stays closed entirely unless the right cat pokes its head in.
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Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! 74 out there now with an expected high of 90 and 60% chance of showers.
Need to get a little laundry done today and that's about all I want to think about right now except maybe a nap.
Lilo is in my lap now, having been fed. Kiara is likely happily trashing the hall bathroom now, having been fed.
We've been giving Kiara a lot of time out in the main house so she can get used to the idea of it all being her universe, but that's partly because Lilo and I go to bed usually quite a bit earlier than J so when we go to bed, he lets Kiara out to explore and play in the main part of the house while Lilo and I are sleeping behind a closed door.
Last night I did hear Kiara running up and down the hall and trying to get through closed doors. It sounded like she was having a lot of fun.
If I wasn't scheduled to check my blood glucose at about 9:00 this morning, two hours after breakfast, I'd be napping already...
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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)
All mushrooms are edible. Some, only once...
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Here's some funny cat memes.
The one with the kitty furious about his name would be Kiara if we had left the silly name the shelter people had given her...it wasn't "fluffy" and we never will admit what it was, as it wasn't a totally bad name for a cat, but just wasn't the kind of name J or I would EVER name a cat. As soon as we saw it, we both just looked at each other and said, at the same time, "nope!" Maybe a crazy cat lady would use that name, or a little old granny...LOL.
http://cheezburger.com/2809605/the-top-15-lolcats-memes-cheezburger-users-edition-10?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ICanHasCheezburger+(I+CAN+HAS+CHEEZBURGER)
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Hi
I did some walking, The temperature this morning was 71 on the news channel and 73 degrees on the front porch. It is cooler than yesterday, The humidity is still up in what they are calling the Uncomfortable range and is uncomfortable.
Have a Great Sunday
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »There is one button, on the back, that just opens and closes the bowl. There are two more buttons for LEARNING and TRAINING. We put the bowl in LEARNING mode by holding down a button. Then, with the bowl OPEN, put some food or treats in it so the cat will stick its head under the arch holding the sensor. When learning light stops blinking and turns solid green, it recognizes that RFID chip. Then, to get the cat used to the lid moving, you start it barely moving, mostly open, by putting the feeder in TRAINING mode. As the cat gets used to it you set it more and more closed (with, hence, more and more movement) until the cat gets accustomed to the lid moving and isn't spooked.
At that point, it stays closed entirely unless the right cat pokes its head in.
Thank You for the comprehensive how it's done
It sounds as if they thought of everything...
The forecast high for today is 80 and a 60% chance of heavy rain later on today. I saw no Rain while walking, It did rain again overnight however and the sky is completely overcast with clouds.parityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's scintillating Sunday! 74 out there now with an expected high of 90 and 60% chance of showers.
Need to get a little laundry done today and that's about all I want to think about right now except maybe a nap.
Lilo is in my lap now, having been fed. Kiara is likely happily trashing the hall bathroom now, having been fed.
We've been giving Kiara a lot of time out in the main house so she can get used to the idea of it all being her universe, but that's partly because Lilo and I go to bed usually quite a bit earlier than J so when we go to bed, he lets Kiara out to explore and play in the main part of the house while Lilo and I are sleeping behind a closed door.
Last night I did hear Kiara running up and down the hall and trying to get through closed doors. It sounded like she was having a lot of fun.
If I wasn't scheduled to check my blood glucose at about 9:00 this morning, two hours after breakfast, I'd be napping already...
Trashing the bathroom?
FWIW Snyders of Hanover is a brand Name around this area.parityanimal wrote: »Here's some funny cat memes.
The one with the kitty furious about his name would be Kiara if we had left the silly name the shelter people had given her...it wasn't "fluffy" and we never will admit what it was, as it wasn't a totally bad name for a cat, but just wasn't the kind of name J or I would EVER name a cat. As soon as we saw it, we both just looked at each other and said, at the same time, "nope!" Maybe a crazy cat lady would use that name, or a little old granny...LOL.
http://cheezburger.com/2809605/the-top-15-lolcats-memes-cheezburger-users-edition-10?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ICanHasCheezburger+(I+CAN+HAS+CHEEZBURGER)
Thanks for the Link
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Good Morning!
Just have a couple minutes since I watched a couple of the video's Ed posted!
I would love to see a pix of the cat feeder. Am wondering if Old Tom is still around if I could make it work for Tom..(he'll need to be chipped...oh lordy!), but it I could get him used to it, I could maybe leave food out for him and the raccoons wouldn't be able to access it???? Like I said, would love to see it.. Do you have a name for it...maybe I can find it on Amazon?
The cartoons were funny Roger! Oh, I wouldn't worry about the labs...next set will be more likely to be a bit more informative...AST is a liver function, Creatinine a kidney function, etc. If any of them were very high or low it could indicate a problem. Great A1c!!!!
I'm heading out in a minute to meet Jack and the kids at StarBucks at 141(Peachtree Parkway/Medlock Bridge) and States Bridge. Then we may migrate over to Whole foods as its only a block or two away...I'm still hoping to find some Frisee greens. And a couple other things that I can't get from Kroger...have no idea why Jack wants to go there!
Will be back here later today...
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Valerie, here is the feeder we bought. Well, be bought two of them, one for each cat. While theoretically it might work for Tom (if you got him chipped) it's rather expensive and I suspect a raccoon would just use his/her strong, sharp claws to destroy the feeder to get at the food inside, so it probably wouldn't be a good idea for outdoor cats in areas with raccoons. On the plus side, it can be programmed for more than one pet so you don't have to buy a new one if your pet passes on and you get another pet, or if you want two pets to share one bowl while another pet, perhaps on a different food for health reasons, has its own.
https://www.amazon.com/SureFlap-5060180391324-SureFeed-Microchip-Feeder/dp/B00O0UIPTY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500817061&sr=8-1&keywords=SureFlap+Surefeed+Microchip+Pet+Feeder0 -
Trashing the bathroom?
She plays in her water bowl, silly kitten. First feline we've had that really LIKES to play in water. So she splashes it out all over the place and then tracks litter through it. Fortunately, she hasn't (as yet) discovered how much fun it can be to unroll all the toilet paper. Knock on wood.
So far we haven't had ANY cat that did that to the toilet paper, though Lilo, when we were using TP with aloe, thinking it might be gentler, seemed to think the toilet paper with aloe was EVIL and she had to DESTROY THE EVIL. She didn't unroll it. She tore at the whole roll with her teeth, biting off big chunks and spitting them on the floor.
We decided plain toilet paper was a better idea.
FWIW Snyders of Hanover is a brand Name around this area.
Thanks for the Link
Roger
We have Snyders around here too but I haven't seen all the flavors that they were giving the Irish to try. Some of them sounded interesting.
They DO make a very good GLUTEN FREE small pretzel that I have tasted, and also some GLUTEN FREE thin pretzel sticks that I would presume are about the same, though I haven't tasted them.
If I didn't know they were gluten free I...well, wouldn't know from eating them. They are light, crispy, salty, all you want a pretzel to be, and in fact seem just a tad lighter in texture than wheat pretzels. Very much worth a try just for fun.0 -
Early evening, and the heavens are noisy! Not a whole lot of liquid, but the threat is real!!!
OK ED....being a crazy old cat lady you just have to tell us what Kiera's shelter name was. I have to know, so as to never use it, should I get another girly cat.
Still trying to catch up on all the cartoons, and food video's....where do you find these things Ed ??? I did like the 'portable soup' videos. Again, NMF (not my food) but very interesting.
We had some fun with the kids at StarBucks...I was glared at by an old man, I was nice and smiled back. The kids had been to church, and were a bit rambunctious, a bit loud, but not terribly so.. Mostly giggly... Maybe he disapproved of O's bright pink short shorts. I was tempted to go tell him that Yes, she wore those to church....but he'd have probably farted and died!!!! LOL!!
Then we went to Whole Foods....We all got sushi to go. I also picked up a great bulb of fennel with a nice ferny top (some of which is in the salad I'm eating right now), and a dark 365 Chocolate bar...just to have on hand. I love those chocolate bars...good Belgium chocolate, and reasonably priced..I've been buying them for years...before Harry's Farmers Market became Whole Foods.
Ok, back to the kitchen....I have a papaya waiting for me to eat.......Oh, oh....Ed. my Aldi's has the same endcap of gluten free foods, and a few more items scattered thru out the store.
I really don't think this noise is ever going to produce any real rain tonite...
Later...
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Andddddd, Thanks for the info about the cat feeder. I suspect you're right about the raccoons tearing it to pieces to get to the food. Really neat feeder otherwise!
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 74 out there now with an expected high of 88 and 30% chance of rain. With yesterday's 60% not hitting until dinner time, today's 30% may pass us by entirely.
Lilo has been fed and I've eaten some bacon and Promise toast, with butter and a little bit of fruit preserves. And of course my morning vitamins, Januvia and Metformin, the latter of which has to be taken with food.
Kiara is next.
Today we'll have some more supervised visiting between the cats, probably. Both of them seem to be used to their new food bowls now.
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