So I haven't posted in over a month.  For the last week or so this has been because I was moving to a new place.  Before that, though, I really have no excuse ( Read more... )

Today I ...

• Paid an unofficial tax to an auto garage Got my emissions inspection for my car.
• Paid my car's ransom to the state Renewed my tags.
• Discovered and corrected incompetence Straightened out some confusion with my eye doctor and ordered more disposable contact lenses for my upcoming trip so I'll be able to see better underwater.
• Took steps to ( Read more... )

Let's see ( Read more... )

I realized today, while playing with the other cats downstairs, that this is going to be a cold winter for me ( Read more... )

First I'd like to thank everyone for your sympathies.  It really means a lot to me to know that there are people out there who know what I'm going through and will do what they can for me, even though in this situation there isn't much that can be done.  I especially appreciate the folks who said they liked my entry about Pixie.  I wanted to record ( Read more... )

Where to begin ( Read more... )

She's still wobbly, but perhaps not as bad as when we first noticed it. She's learning to adapt and isn't trying to do the same things she used to do all the time. We've consulted with a few vets, but they can't tell us much without examining her and she's always had a rough time at the vet. Nevertheless, tomorrow morning we're going to take her ( Read more... )

My cat, Pixie, isn't doing well. She's energetic and talkative and fidgety just like she always has been, but now when she walks she stumbles and falls and has little coordination. She started being like this a couple of years (?) ago and we asked the vet and he said that as cats get older their hind legs get weaker and that that could be causing ( Read more... )

We had four cats ( Read more... )

One of our cats died yesterday. Her name was Sesame and she was a siamese...she was 19 years old. I'm sorry she's gone, but she hadn't been doing very well for quite a while and it was just her time. She ruled the house with an iron paw right up to the end, though. She got very demanding in her old age, wanting to be fed several times a day, ( Read more... )