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magnusfide
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I'm glad to know Czarny is making his med sessions easy with the salmon.
I'll be glad to see "normal" again. This has been rough not being able to go outside. 50s sound great. I'll take the 40s too. We haven't been above 15°F yet. The visiting relatives be like "Turn up the thermostat!"
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Sunny and in the mid-70s on New Year's Day and today. Had lunch at Tall and Short Friends' place, where we were introduced to their cat. Tall Friend has wanted his own lap cat for some time, and they finally found one. She's a lovely, mostly white with a few gray splotches long hair about 3 years old. She came with the name Striker, which Tall Friend said does not fit her at all. He's thinking Millie.
They have two giant cat towers for her, one in the bedroom and one in the living room. As she becomes accustomed to her new home, she'll have great views from both towers.
Czarny's finished all his meds and will finish his prescription gooshy food tonight. He loved the gooshy food so much that I bought some small cans of grain-free gooshy food at the feed store, to save our sanity when it's gone. If he likes those, the cat food budget will have to increase...
He woke us up about 0230 with an outraged shriek. Didn't see what set him off, but I think it was probably one of the raccoons that like to stroll across the porch. Took a good, long while to get back to sleep, and it wasn't very good. Gave up at 0700, and now I'm seriously considering a quick snooze.
Sent the gas range we brought with us from Virginia off to a new home. A writer friend stopped by for a quick visit. Since she has gas at her house and desperately needed a better working stove, we gave it to her. Now we have about six cubic feet of extra room in the garage. I can actually walk around in there without something reaching out to snag my shirt. Now I'm going to start hauling bits of pieces to the thrift store as I notice them. Maybe this year will see the garage become a garage again, and not a junk yard...
It's too pretty to stay inside. I'm taking a book outside. Later, y'all.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Czarny, black cat
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Glad to hear that Czarny is on the mend and that he likes the gooshy food.
I am envious of your read-outside-temps. It finally stopped raining, snowing, and freezing here, but it definitely is not warm enough to spend extended time outside without bundling.
I heard a cat in the middle of the night last week too. It was a low, very loud growling/meow. My cat, Oscar, was next to me at the window and was as alarmed as I was. We have a pack of coyotes on the other side of our fence that sometimes eat a neighbor cat. But this was much louder and not screaming. So, I am pretty sure it was a bobcat that has been prowling our little suburb north of Seattle. We are now escorting our beagle out to do his business at night, since the bobcat is about the same size as him.
I would be very glad not to hear that cat in my yard again!
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magnusfide
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Glad for Czarny's recovery. Tell your friend that Millie is a good name. Stephany, keep your pets close and escorted if you have coyotes and bobcats. They love to feast on our pets when they can.
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Czarny is definitely a fan of salmon in gravy. He's happily chowing down on various canned foods that have salmon as a major ingredient. Also switched him from Fromm's Hasenduckenpfeffer to salmon tuna blend for his kibble. Assuming he doesn't overeat the dry food, he's not likely to get fat. At the moment, he's got a severe case of the zoomies across the deck and back.
It's absolutely gorgeous today. Gonna be about 68, light breeze and sunny clear skies, thanks to yesterday's little bit of air cleansing rain. Yesterday was dead still and muggy, so not near as nice as today. We have the house open to the breeze and are wearing shorts. No, this isn't normal January weather here; it's 10 degrees higher than normal. We'll take it...
Last Thursday, Spousal Unit got some wonderful news. Cancer is in total remission; his PSA was 0.00! He still has a lot of back pain, a combo of arthritis and assorted other spinal damage, but he'll get meds to rebuild bone now. He can start physical therapy to rebuild muscle (as soon as I browbeat him into not being Tall Friend...).
He even danced about ten steps with me (he started it); so I know he's feeling much better.
The laundry has announced it's done. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Wanderlost wrote:Czarny is definitely a fan of salmon in gravy. He's happily chowing down on various canned foods that have salmon as a major ingredient. Also switched him from Fromm's Hasenduckenpfeffer to salmon tuna blend for his kibble. Assuming he doesn't overeat the dry food, he's not likely to get fat. At the moment, he's got a severe case of the zoomies across the deck and back.
It's absolutely gorgeous today. Gonna be about 68, light breeze and sunny clear skies, thanks to yesterday's little bit of air cleansing rain. Yesterday was dead still and muggy, so not near as nice as today. We have the house open to the breeze and are wearing shorts. No, this isn't normal January weather here; it's 10 degrees higher than normal. We'll take it...
Last Thursday, Spousal Unit got some wonderful news. Cancer is in total remission; his PSA was 0.00! He still has a lot of back pain, a combo of arthritis and assorted other spinal damage, but he'll get meds to rebuild bone now. He can start physical therapy to rebuild muscle (as soon as I browbeat him into not being Tall Friend...).
He even danced about ten steps with me (he started it); so I know he's feeling much better.
The laundry has announced it's done. Later, y'all.
That's good news all around! It's a reason to do zoomie-celebration.
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Fantastic news!!!
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Wanderlost
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Several days in a row now, Czarny has demanded we go walkies. Today, just as Czarny reached the end of what passes for a sidewalk in front of the south porch, a deer snorted loudly from across the fence. I didn't know a cat could jump that high from a standing start... He continued the walk, but much closer to me than normal.
Spousal Unit got an MRI on his spine today, so the pain management folks can figure out what might work to ease his pain without going to opoids.
Well, there's a cat demanding I play with him. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Wanderlost wrote:Several days in a row now, Czarny has demanded we go walkies. Today, just as Czarny reached the end of what passes for a sidewalk in front of the south porch, a deer snorted loudly from across the fence. I didn't know a cat could jump that high from a standing start... He continued the walk, but much closer to me than normal.
Spousal Unit got an MRI on his spine today, so the pain management folks can figure out what might work to ease his pain without going to opoids.
Well, there's a cat demanding I play with him. Later, y'all.
Keep us posted on SU's progress. He's still in our prayers.
Cats have always amazed me with their jumping abilities. Sounds like Czarny needs his mom.![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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Got our shower converted to a barrier free one. Still waiting on the glass, so Sister is coming up with a rod and curtain she used until Mom's new shower glass arrived. Looks a heckuva lot nicer than the DIY shower it replaced, although the old was installed just well enough that there was zero moisture underneath it or in the walls. Installer was able to just slap blue board (or whichever is the water resistant stuff) over the extant plywood and make a solid backing for the new shower. He also increased the drain pipe to 2" over the 1.5" that was there. We should be able to use it tomorrow.
Czarny was curious about the installer, but not enough to go anywhere near the bedroom or that side of the north porch. He either stayed under the deck or under the spare bedroom blankets.
Meanwhile, I had to return some of his gooshy food, after he threw up three times. Same lot numbers, and he ate the other stuff without issue, so it was the food. They didn't have the one he really likes in stock, so we're trying other salmon and something foods. Could be interesting...
Tall Friend's Millie has finally decided to sit on his lap. Twice so far. She's even started zooming through the house, and that's a big sign she's getting comfortable in her new home. She does sleep with him, but at the foot of the bed. He's still hoping she'll eventually cuddle with him.
Spousal Unit needs a haircut, so I'll bundle him into the truck now. Later, y'all.
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