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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?
Cheers
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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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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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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 -
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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Some Cat Humor
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I did some walking, The temperature this morning was 71 on the news channel and 70 degrees on the front porch. It is cooler than yesterday.
There was some light rain when I got up, By the time I was ready to go walking wearing a rain gear jacket the Rain was gone. So Out I went and walked. It is still gloomy and probably it will be raining later today and into tomorrow morning according to the Weather forecast I watched before walking.
http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/whats-healthiest-thing-eat-mcdonalds/?utm_source=mfp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly20170710
What’s the Healthiest Thing to Eat at McDonald’s?
By Elle Penner, MPH, RD June 26, 2017
With 14,155 restaurants in the United States alone, and 22,744 additional locations outside of the U.S., McDonald’s is arguably the most well-known fast-food chain in the world. And, if you’re taking a road trip, this summer it can be difficult to resist the siren call of fast-food convenience.
While known for its burgers, fries and shakes, you don’t need to blow your calorie budget on a Big Mac Extra Value Meal. These five options, at 420 calories or less, complete with ordering tips from a dietitian, can help you eat healthier the next time you find yourself under those golden arches.
HEALTHIEST BREAKFASTS
EGG MCMUFFIN
Nutrition stats: 300 calories, 12g fat, 30g carbohydrate, 2g fiber, 3g sugar, 18g protein
Why it made the cut: Coming in right at 300 calories, this breakfast sandwich contains 18 grams of satiating protein and 2 grams of fiber.
Dietitian’s tip: Opting out of the processed cheese slashes 50 calories and 190 milligrams of sodium. Skipping the Canadian bacon spares you another 200 milligrams of sodium but you also lose 4 grams of protein.
FRUIT AND MAPLE OATMEAL, HOLD THE BROWN SUGAR & DRIED FRUIT
Nutrition stats: 190 calories, 4g fat, 33g carbs, 4g fiber, 3g sugar, 6g protein
Why it made the cut: Topped with fresh apples and a splash of cream, this unsweetened oatmeal provides 4 grams of fiber and only 3 grams of sugar. At 190 calories it makes a great light breakfast or snack option.
HEALTHIEST LUNCHES & DINNERS
BACON RANCH GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD WITH 1/2 PACKET RANCH DRESSING
Nutrition stats: 420 calories, 22g fat, 14g carbs, 4g fiber, 6g sugar, 43g protein
Why it made the cut: At just over 400 calories, this salad offers 4 grams fiber and 43 grams of protein, not to mention a whole lot of nutrient-rich veggies.
SOUTHWEST GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD WITH 1/2 PACKET SOUTHWEST DRESSING, HOLD THE CILANTRO-LIME GLAZE
Nutrition stats: 360 calories, 13g fat, 24g carbs, 5g fiber, 7g sugar, 38g protein
Why it made the cut: With 25% of your daily intake for fiber, this veggie-filled salad is the highest in fiber of all McDonald’s salads and provides plenty of satiating protein, too.
PICO GUACAMOLE GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH ON A SESAME SEED BUN, HOLD THE CHEESE
Nutrition Stats: 420 calories, 14g fat, 38g carbs, 3g fiber, 7g sugar, 36g protein
Why it made the cut: At 420 calories this is a hearty, protein-packed sandwich that also brings some healthy fats to the table thanks to the guacamole topping. The lettuce and pico de gallo add a few extra veggies.
More information by following the NS Link I posted.
Have a Great Monday
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Hi ValerieGardenKatGardens wrote: »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...
If You are interested or able to interpret I could post any readings out of the normal range.
Starbucks, I tried them once and was not that impressed by their coffee, especially for the price.
Some people hate noise. I am not happy in a noisy eatery myself. Thus I tried a TGIF once and it was too noisy, By design I suspect as it is easy enough to use sound deadening material.GardenKatGardens wrote: »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...
I suspect You have already seen this.
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/07/fda-echoes-cdc-fresh-papayas-linked-to-salmonella-outbreak/
FDA echoes CDC: Fresh papayas linked to Salmonella outbreak
One dead, 46 sick across 12 states; outbreaks in 2010, 2011 also linked to Mexican papayas
By Coral Beach | July 22, 2017
Hopefully it does rain overnight.
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »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.
Maybe a trip to the grocery, but might wait until tomorrow.
At first glance I thought You were calling the Januvia and Metformin Vitamins, then I noticed the ,
Our chance of rain gas already happened overnight into early 6AM morning
That sounds like a good idea to me. I wonder why the Aloe bothered Lilo, Maye it offended the Sense of smell?parityanimal wrote: »
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.
I have seen images where they love to unroll the paper and play with it, You are lucky that way.
Hmm, Roger wonders to himself if the Gluten Free is higher, lower or the same calories and Sodium.
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.
I have found that listening to Audiobooks while walking helps me go further.
Today I started RingWorld Throne by Larry Niven having loaded the last three of that series into the iPod yesterday.
Heading into the evening Sunday I watched Two episodes of GoodNight Sweetheart and a Episode of 'Allo 'Allo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Sweetheart_(TV_series)
Goodnight Sweetheart is a British sitcom that ran for six series on BBC1 from 1993 to 1999 and a special that aired on 2 September 2016. It starred Nicholas Lyndhurst as Gary Sparrow, an accidental time traveller who leads a double life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between the London of the 1990s and the same area during the Second World War.
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Howdy y'all. It's terrific Tuesday! Woke up about 5 and never could get back to sleep, with this crick in my neck, so I got up at 5:30. Lilo joined me in being up but is probably wondering why she's not getting fed yet. It's because I don't normally want to be up this early!
I'm going to start shifting her feeding times a bit later to see if she'll let me normally sleep later than 6:00 to 6:30 anyway. I may get UP that early if she continues to insist for a while, but no feeding!
And the same goes for Kiara, who is still living in the hall bathroom at night but is out more and more now during the day.
Lilo still hisses at her and Kiara is still trying to get close to her. We think Kiara just wants to cuddle and wants Lilo for a surrogate mommy, but Lilo isn't having it. Eventually they should learn to get along, even if they never really become friends.
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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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Since I was up so early, and in NO RUSH whatever, I had time to ponder breakfast while I waited for my pain killer and muscle relaxants to work.
I decided on FRENCH TOAST for a real comfort food breakfast, and pulled out the eggs and the Promise multigrain bread for that. It made fantastic French toast, which I had with a little butter and a very light drizzle of real, Vermont maple syrup.
Oh, and some Kirkland Select precooked bacon, crisped up in the microwave. I Had to have some more protein in that mix. Lilo heartily approved of the bacon, as she had a couple of small crumbs of it.
The crick in my neck is feeling a little bit looser, so I may go back to bed after officially feeding Lilo and Kiara in a while. Lilo is wondering why I haven't already DONE that but she's not pressing TOO much.
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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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