General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and ... for Monday, August 7 Canada’s August Holiday, 1 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
Woooo foggy as London this morning but it's lifting now. DH agreed to go to the fair with me!! Will wonders never cease? Have to load Olivia into the carrier soon, she's due for her last shot this morning. I'm sure she'll disappear right before we have to go. This should be the end of vet bills for a little while until she goes in for spaying. I almost was tempted to not do a spay, as she is such a pretty girl, but then my DD reminded me of what a siamese in heat sounds like (think Inquisition/torture/shrieking) and I changed my mind.

Ves, we had an old (100 yr.) house some years back, and the basement was stone, leaked like a sieve. When we sold it, the realtor and the prospective buyer came down to check the basement and the buyer asked if the basement leaked. I laughed, and said it sure did, and that's why there were little channels cut into the concrete floor to help the runoff go into a drain that led....who knows where! The realtor almost fainted. But the guy smiled and said, "If you had said it didn't, I would have walked away, all century old houses have leaky basements!" They ended up buying the house, but I don't thlnk the realtor ever recovered. They've done some nice things to that old house, built a big new garage where the stable was, and started a family!

Susan Elaine!! Glad to see you back, and hope your arm is better. Takes a long time for bursitis and such to clear up, I'm finally able to pull up jeans and shorts, etc without too much trouble, although reaching behind is still touchy. And that tumble I took in the garage that caused the rotator cuff tear was almost a year ago!
My DH is home all week again. When he said yesterday he was off all week, I said "AGAIN??" He said I sounded like the people at work.

Kooger, ow on the foot owies! Wasn't bad enough you banged it up, then you got help banging it up some more. Hope the DH heals up soon and can get back to work. In the meantime, stay healthy and don't do anything else to yourself. Kandace and baby K will weigh on your mind if you don't speak to her, so you might as well get it off your chest. That poor baby, I hope you can continue your connection with Kandace so that you can see the little one.

Maria, those were beautiful tomatos. Isn't it good to have all the fresh things out of the garden at this time of year? I have three little egg plants !! I do mean little!! Hope nothing comes along and munches on them. DGS left his pellet rifle here for me, and said I should use it on the rabbits. They are treating my hosta like the salad bar at Ponderosa.

I'm hoping that all who are ailing, or in pain are doing better today. You can lose a lot of potassium out of your system doing nothing at all, it is the perspiration that sucks it out of you. Salt is good, Gatorade is good, potassium tablets are a standby for me to relieve those nighttime leg cramps. Take care all, and seek help!!

Bonnie, we have been so fortunate that everytime we have added a new kitty, the resident furballs have been very agreeable and not territorial. Of course, Mini was quite put out about Sammi, but that's mostly because he used her for wrestling practice. She's fine with him now because he's got Olivia for romping. Souky is another story, she was an "only" cat before we got her, has always been kind of reserved and didn't socialize much with them. Olivia has stirred things up and I've caught Souky several times playing with either Sammi or Olivia...which she pretends she isn't doing. I think she will join the community nap when the weather gets cooler, but it still amazes me when I see her playing after three years of being aloof and shy.

Note in the picture, no poofy tails, just a good chase and capture!!

Have to give a quick ~~~ to everyone because I have to hunt down the little monkey and stuff her in the carrier. If you hear yowling., it's her protesting!!
Have a good day , ttyl

Sheila