Willow did her little howl/"YAAAAAARRRRCH" trick at some horribly early hour. Twice. Nothing but mucus - she seems to have been off her feed. :( A bit later there was a crash heralding her knocking her food dish off the sink... sending, of course, food all over the bathroom floor. Food which the ants love. I got the food picked up, but of course ( Read more... )

I recently had some trouble with the stinking things invading Willow's food dish - haply, putting the food dish in the tub and running really hot water is something they really don't enjoy. Like, they kinda boil and then get washed down the drain. Which is where my policy of not putting down a lot of food for her (so she doesn't have a huge amount ( Read more... )

The cat has developed an interesting way of signalling that she is about to be sick - she sort of howls, but rolls it around in her mouth. Sort of a mumbled yodel: "Mommy, I don't feel good!" Usually gives me time to escort her to an easily-cleaned surface - i.e., the kitchen floor. (Sometimes I luck out, and can position her directly over the ( Read more... )

Not even noon, and I think I've cursed at just about every item in this house today - about a metric shit-tonne of water has, through one opening or another, infiltrated this hell-hole over the last two (or so) days of rain... mold/mildew may be what's been making me sneeze, especially since I woke up (or rather, GOT up... the fucking weather radio ( Read more... )

We've a canvas deck chair set up in the living room (purchased for outdoor use, but it's been more useful indoors), that comes equipped with a foldable mini-table on the side. Naturally this table (being a flat surface in this house) invites feline occupation. Its status as a flat surface in this house also means that crap gravitates to it, which ( Read more... )