It appears that Josh the Abyssinian caught a mouse. He was playing with it, avidly and enthusiastically, in the dining room. So we left him to it, assuming we could dispose of the mouse when he was done. It's been pretty clear from past experience that even watching Dawn demonstrate how to eat a mouse doesn't mean he'll try to eat it ( Read more... )

I've redesigned my LJ. Including my Profile page (which I now ADORE - GO SEE THE PRETTY!).

I'd still like a custom graphic design, but that ain't in the cards. After four hours of searching through mintyapple, however, I found this one. Mmmmmm. Soothing.

~~oOo~~Today I go see the neurosurgeon/orthopaedist up at Concord Orthopaedics to see what he has to ( Read more... )

Spike at the MacBook night before last.


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Spike is doing pretty well, all things considered. baron_elric has been sleeping with him in the guest room for the nonce, as it seems to help him feel like he's not been kidnapped and trapped in a room all by himself ( Read more... )

Our fifth cat has joined the household:


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It's only a very small step from this:


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For some reason I am awake at 2:30am and am missing Fielder. All this time and I still get struck by the melancholy of missing him all over again.


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Josie Joshua, otherwise known as Josh, has come to live with us.


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Fielder is gone.

I can't write about it now -- I can't stop crying. He died in his sleep, next to me, taking a nap on the bed. I'll write about it later, if nothing else, for my own memories.


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