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I know I haven't posted in a long, long time, but today I have something to share. Today at 11:30 am my parents had to put down the family cat, P.J. Cat. She was approximately twenty years old, which is freakin' amazing. P.J. was adopted when I was around ten years old. This came as the result...

I was taking a shower this morning and couldn't help but notice how my stuff vastly outnumbers J's stuff. In the shower, I have two different kinds of shampoo, conditioner, facial scrub, body wash, foot scrub, two pumice stones, a loofah and my razor. J has ... a single bottle of body wash...

Please, shine some TCS TLC my way ... I have an interview this morning for a job that would quite literally changed my life (for the better, of course!). It's a provincial government posting, would almost double my current income, and has vacation pay, benefits and stability. Plus, I'm extremely...

My friend (the one who fosters kittens and mama cats for the local Humane Society) gave birth last Tuesday, five weeks early. Both mother and baby (a boy weighing in at 5 lbs, 7 oz) are healthy, but because he was born so early there are a few concerns and complications (not the least of which...

Yesterday morning we had a bit of an adventure at my house. Just for a bit of background, know this: when we had that fire in our oven a few months ago, the firefighters kicked out all the screens in our windows to let air the apartment out. Most of the screens were damaged after that and...

The thread about eczema made me think about this (although, to be honest, I've been thinking about this a lot lately ...). The skin around my fingernails is peeling. Badly. It started a couple of days ago and shows no signs of stopping. The weird thing is, my skin isn't actually dry, and...

... suddenly have the urge to touch you? I don't mean like how they wind their way around your legs or rub up against you, but do they suddenly reach out and pet you? Spike does that -- we'll be cuddling together on the couch, and he'll reach out with a paw and just sort of lightly pat my arm...

My future sister-in-law's bridal shower is this upcoming Saturday, and tonight I'm going to pick up a present for it. Fortunately, she has a registry; unfortunately, I've never been to a bridal shower before and I have no clue what to do. How much should I spend on this gift, when I know J and I...

Okay, so Oz needs to have his claws trimmed. Badly. He's a piece of cake to do, because he's just so incredibly laidback, but I need J to help me (J holds Oz while I trim the claws -- Ozzie's just too big and unwieldy for me to do it by myself) or to have Oz be half-asleep while I do it, and we...

I get up first in the morning, around 5:30 am, and head straight into the bathroom to take a shower. Because Spike and Oz are both wide-awake at that point, I close the bedroom door and leave the bathroom door open so that J can (in theory) sleep through their morning antics. This morning I was...

... Not for me, personally, but for my co-workers. One co-worker's daughter just gave birth on Friday, by c-section. Last night she was rushed to the hospital with an infection and had to undergo emergency surgery. She's on IV antibiotics and fluids and is very, very sick. They're anticipating...

Tuesday night while J and I were making dinner together, I noticed a light in our oven ... which was odd, because the lightbulb in the oven has been burnt out for months. Checking it, I realized the element was on fire (just a little flame). Calmly, I pointed it out to J and suggested he get out...

My temp contract will be up on Friday, and I've been looking over my resume. One thing that's troubling me right now is that for every former employer, I list a contact person and their phone number. Well, one of those contact people passed away two weeks ago, and I don't know anyone else still...

Sorry this is sooo long, but I'm having a bit of a dilemma at the moment. My grandmother has decided (on her own, without any pushing from the rest of the family, thank goodness!) that it's time for her to move into a retirement home, and she's really happy and excited about this. The problem...

Out of the blue yesterday, I got called into the HR office at work and was told I no longer have a job -- effective immediately. Apparently they needed someone with different skills? (And yet at no point was I ever told I lacked the skills needed for the position -- the position appeared to have...

Last night we had a phone call from J's mother, saying our engagement ring was ready! [insert happy dance here] J and I drove over and picked it up. It's too small (I have sausage fingers), but we'll take it with us when we go to my parents so that they can see it for Christmas, then we'll give...

I was playing on the computer this morning before I left for work when I heard this "scratch, scratch, thud, scamper, scamper" sound coming from the hallway. I ignored it at first; I could tell the cats were playing with something, and just assumed it was one of their many, many toys (or my...

I posted a thread on this before, but today is the day my grandfather is having surgery to fix a blockage in his carotid artery. I've been up since 3am worrying about this and I'm now sitting at work with my stomach twisting itself into knots. My mother is supposed to be calling me here at work...

... and I'm every bit as popular. I am not a social person at work. I have friends, but they're not work-friends, they're friends I made attending social events outside of work. I'm not antisocial or unfriendly; I talk to people, I joke around, I freely share information, food and advice. I'm...

I found out on Friday that my 78-year-old grandfather will be having surgery on December 18th to correct a blockage in his carotid artery. He only found out about the blockage because he's diabetic and therefore prone to them, so his doctors regularly check for that sort of thing; he hasn't been...