Six hours later and the patio finally has its complete first coat of fresh paint. I would have disliked doing it less if it hadn't been so darn hot. 30C, but on the wooden patio directly hit by sunlight it was more like 36C-40C. However, the ugly, peeling grey paint is gone and it's now nice and white and clean. There's a second coating to do, but ( Read more... )

Kitty is home!

We went to fetch him yesterday evening, and boy was that out in the boonies... The lady was very nice and took the time to review the contract with us and give us tricks to raise/train Maine Coons in general. So far, pretty much everything she said turned out to be true. Mostly, that they are very difficult to scare. Kitty almost fell ( Read more... )

I already knew that the Super Sister (aka aaridys ) was awesome, but somehow she managed to be AWESOME. She has just told me that she's getting me a maine coon for my many belated birthdays (for what, three or four years now, she's been promising extra kitty-related stuff for when I finally can get a kitten. It's been accumulating. XD). She's already ( Read more... )

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OK, this was interesting.

We're babysitting
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My cat is sick.

He's been unable to keep anything down except pure, simple water. It's been going on since Monday, and though Wednesday he miraculously managed to eat, keep it down and poop it back out, now he's barfing all over the floor again.

I don't want to spend a hundred-and-more-dollars on the vet again (they didn't figure out exactly what ( Read more... )