2018--Striving to Make This Year Our Best Possible
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Maryanne, that post remind me of our dear Cheyenne. She was an indoor cat but her mousing skills were unbelievable. As we'd head into colder weather, a field mouse would slip inside the house. She'd hunt them down and dispatch them to mouse heaven. Cagney was totally useless as a hunter. She stalk but had no idea how to actually catch a mouse. Cheyenne is probably chasing mice in Heaven.0
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Helene - we haven't had a mouse in years but I suspected our pampered felines would mostly flee in terror.
Our late Beethoven was a great mouser. Don't know why we had the occasional mouse back then but no longer. Hmmmm. Maybe someone in this crew is dispatching them secretly?0 -
Vintage postcard:
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Maryanne--I love your graphics, but I don't think I could get Midnight on a scale. He doesn't even like me to hold him to get our combined weights and then determine the difference.
Helene--I haven't seen a mouse in years but I don't know that Midnight would know what to do if he saw one.
We are waiting for the next weather event, just bad enough to make travel slick, etc. I did do my exercise this morning.
I will leave you with this Martin Luther King, Jr. quote:
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.0 -
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Maybe some cats are just natural mousers. Cheyenne was 100% an indoor cat but she had a strong hunting instinct. our fit cat, Midnight, once caught a bird on the fly. It had flown into the house. We were shocked that she could leap high enough to nag the bird in the air. DH was able to grab her and save the bird. Midnight wasn't too pleased with his taking her away her trophy.0
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Pam--That is hilarious! Love it!!!
Helene--I do think some cats take to things naturally, but others are like my Midnight who doesn't know cats are supposed to like playing in boxes.0 -
Our Midnight didn't know she was a cat. She thought she was a person. She hated all other cats but would tolerate dogs. The strangest thing she could do was climb a ladder. And I'm not talking about a step ladder either. DH was working on some open attic space. He had a ladder set up against the floor in an area that was more like a loft space. Midnight could pull herself up rung by rung, almost like someone doing chin ups. She could tell time so she'd wait at the end of the driveway for MIL and DH to get home from work. They got home at different times. I never found her waiting for me so they were definitely her favorite persons. And when we'd walk down the street, she'd follow along behind us like a dog would do. As lovable as Cheyenne and Cagney were, they had none of her talents.
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Helene--Great memories! I just thought of an incident when I was young. A young cat had climbed up in the top of one of our trees and couldn't come down or pretended it couldn't. My Dad got a ladder and climbed up to rescue the cat. He no more than set foot on the ground and released the cat that it then scampered back up the tree.
We were snowed out today and it looks the same for tomorrow. The roads are icy with dropping temps. This is a pic of a U.S highway that runs through our county:
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It is bitterly cold here today and will be again tomorrow, but we didn’t get any snow or ice, so that makes it a little more bearable. If we can just keep the pipes from freezing and the electricity stays on, we shouldn’t have any issues. We have gas heat, but without electricity the fan doesn’t blow. I guess if the heat goes out we can huddle by the gas fireplace in our blankets and sleeping bags. I think areas farther south and east of us did get some snow and ice. My SIL in Houston is worried about the roads. She had the day off today, but tomorrow she is scheduled to work and is worried about getting there.
My 17 year old niece was diagnosed with the flu this morning. She lives in a small town and due to a lot of issues in the past two years, the only health insurance she has is through the CHIP program. Unfortunately, there are no doctors in her town that accept her insurance, so even getting her in to see a doctor was difficult. Her mom works 2 jobs but still makes very little, so having to pay cash for the doctor's visit and meds will be difficult for her. Yet another example of our broken healthcare system.0 -
That definitely looks like staying home weather. We're supposed to see a cold front move through but not cold enough for now. The panhandle might see snow though.0
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Another day off from work. Roads are horrible. I am so ready for Spring!
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Maybe some cats are just natural mousers. Cheyenne was 100% an indoor cat but she had a strong hunting instinct. our fit cat, Midnight, once caught a bird on the fly. It had flown into the house. We were shocked that she could leap high enough to nag the bird in the air. DH was able to grab her and save the bird. Midnight wasn't too pleased with his taking her away her trophy.
I suspect there's an element of training from mom cat. Just my guess.
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Our Midnight didn't know she was a cat. She thought she was a person. She hated all other cats but would tolerate dogs. The strangest thing she could do was climb a ladder. And I'm not talking about a step ladder either. DH was working on some open attic space. He had a ladder set up against the floor in an area that was more like a loft space. Midnight could pull herself up rung by rung, almost like someone doing chin ups. She could tell time so she'd wait at the end of the driveway for MIL and DH to get home from work. They got home at different times. I never found her waiting for me so they were definitely her favorite persons. And when we'd walk down the street, she'd follow along behind us like a dog would do. As lovable as Cheyenne and Cagney were, they had none of her talents.
Never waiting for you? Now that's cold!!0 -
Pam - that's too funny!0
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My boss has responded to my request for more work (i.e. more money). We're having our usual early in the year upswing. PLUS I'm now doing drops on Jack 4 times a day, not less than 3 hours apart, and of course he wants attention every time. And today DH worked so I got to shovel. I feel quite busy thankyouverymuch. But maybe this month's paycheck will be an improvement over the last couple months.0
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Another day off from work. Roads are horrible. I am so ready for Spring!
You and me both. I keep looking at the calendar and counting weeks. I'm also tired of the weather forecasts being so wrong. I can understand why you can't tell me what the weather will be next week. But you can't tell me about the next hour? Seriously? Last evening DH was all atwitter because acuweather suddenly had this banner saying "snow to start in x minutes, heavy at times". And we're like what the.... Their actual details said 0% chance of precipitation. All the local weather stations said 0% chance of precipitation. But still DH is running around getting back into snowstorm prep mode. Of course I think he enjoys disaster prep so any sort of prep like this keeps him busy. But I was ready for the "snow emergency" to be over. And of course there was no precipitation.0 -
I'm trying to get back on track with the diet. I'm making some progress. I've got lunch and dinner under control. Breakfast some days although between feeding the colonies, work emergencies and taking care of Jack that's not 100% yet. Still have to get the snacks under control.0
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Talk about duck heaven:
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Good one Pam. Maryanne, your comment about mom training is probably true. Cheyenne had a previous owner who had to give her up. She had probably been part of a litter so a mom was probably part of her life. Cagney was trapped by animal control, living on her own. She was hanging around a bird feeder when caught. She had a litter mate named Lacey. Both probably would have become feral cats if not picked up. so there probably was no adult cat in the picture teaching her the rope. She'd chase a mouse if she saw it but didn't seem to know how to catch one. Cheyenne was much more social since she'd been a house cat all her life. Cagney was very shy and skittish when we got her. It took a year before sit on our laps. he'd hide if a stranger came in the house but Cheyenne would greet all visitors.0
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Pam - hilarious!
Helene - it took our Missy forever to sit on a lap. It was fascinating watching her. She was determined to master it but she was scared. She's jump on my lap if I sat on the floor and then jump off like my lap was hot. Eventually she'd stay a minute. Then a little longer. Then we went through the whole routine again when my lap was on a chair. Sometimes you can just see their little minds working.0 -
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Love the “human slaves” graphic!0
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Cagney spent forever putting one foot on a lap and quickly withdrawing it. You could imagine her saying, "I want to it there but something bad will happen if I do it. Eventually, she tried it and the world didn't end. She logged a lot of lap time after that. We couldn't pick her up either. She go into a complete panic if we picked her up. The legs would flail and we'd have to let her go.
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DH seems to feel that picking a cat up is a test of its friendliness. You'd think he'd know - after all these years - and untold numbers of pets and fosters - that almost none of them like being held.0
