When we move a catio is going to be part of the new house. I can't wait
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I really want to add a catio or at least an enclosed window space that my cats can go out in. Angua isn't much for the outdoors, but Carrot loves it.
oh, that's really nice! and very effective too!
awww......poor Loki! i may be getting the same reaction here, from our deedee and punkin. we've got a screen door indoors, used during integrations as well as to separate cats during meal times. little deedee has found that she's able to push out the (pet type) screening on the lower part of the door. so i've got two options, which i'll decide between tomorrow, then fix that problem. i've got a child guard that's just the same as your pet guard, only it's made of thick plastic, or i can cut a strip of wood from a board and then screw that across the bottom area of the screening. either way, mine will get fixed tomorrow or friday morning.
I was amazed at how desperately Loki tried to figure it out. He went at it from all angles, even as far as lying on his back and pulling the bottom of the guard with his paw. He tried it from the top, sides and bottom. But the knuckle head can't figure out the cat door we had installed in our window last year! Go figure.
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Gluten-free cookie update: Today they taste more like chocolate chip muffins than cookies. 
I really wish I could have the crunchiness but I guess it ain't gonna happen. I still added a bunch chopped pecans to the rest of the cookie dough before I froze it. Maybe that'll help some.
I really wish I could have the crunchiness but I guess it ain't gonna happen. I still added a bunch chopped pecans to the rest of the cookie dough before I froze it. Maybe that'll help some.
This why I always have to eat anything made from almond flour the same day. I never like it after it sits.Gluten-free cookie update: Today they taste more like chocolate chip muffins than cookies.
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Well, there's the entire Joe Grey mystery series where the main characters are speaking cats, Joe Grey, Dulcie, and some friends they make along the way. Such books in the series are Cat to the Dogs, Cat Bearing Gifts, Cat Cross Their Graves, and more. A JA novel by Terry Pratchett that has a pivotal cat is The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, which is not as childish as it sounds. A book I recently read, inspired to read it by a review on this very site, Love Saves the Day, is a charming tale told (mostly) from the cat's perspective and is about grief, coping, and family. (It's a very moving book--but be warned! Parts will make
I've never read a novel from a cats perspective. I'm going to have to put that on my to do list.
Looks like I will have to check these out. I forgot about Amazing Maurice (no idea how that happened). Some of those books sound really good.
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Oh I see now. I threw out my first batch of cookies I ever made (a few months ago) because they were no good - too flat. So I never got to day two, lol. These still taste really good and the great thing is just a couple of cookies and that's all you want! If it had been Oreos, 3 or 4 would just be warming up. I can do a whole line of Oreos I'm ashamed to say. These cookies have honey so it doesn't give me a ravenous appetite plus the almond is more satiating than wheat any day.
I'm fixing to make gluten free bread with the almond flour. I hope it's ok tomorrow!
All of this baking sounds very interesting. I have never tried baking with anything other than wheat flour, but it might be good to know how in case anyone I know ever stops eating gluten.
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I found out quite by accident that I cannot eat wheat when I went on paleo a few years ago. I was having some really disturbing symptoms of numbness and tingling in my lower extremities plus I was falling down at times. Now that'll scare you into doing something drastic! Went to the doctor (several of them) and of course they took my money and did all kinds of tests only to say "you're fine!" No, I wasn't fine at all. But I did slowly improve on paleo. Really any diet that would limit sugar the way I did would have been helpful. But I wouldn't have known I had grain and lactose intolerance!
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Oh this is good!
Now for my bit...I got a call from my disability lawyer today. My hearing is set for May 31, so this was our pre-trial conference. I feel a lot more confident now. I don't have one big disability, but a laundry list of smaller problems that make it impossible for me to hold a job. He assured me that he would have my records right in front of me, and guide me with questions so that I don't forget anything. We've drawn a very good and sympathetic judge who has a good record with the "laundry list" cases. Keeping my fingers crossed. Not that it will make a difference in my income (well, except for the lump sum payment that would be really handy), but it would mean I could qualify for medicare early. That means a lot, because medicaid in North Carolina does not cover any form of physical therapy. Which seems odd, since it shooting themselves in the foot. But it's NC...go "figger"
Now for my bit...I got a call from my disability lawyer today. My hearing is set for May 31, so this was our pre-trial conference. I feel a lot more confident now. I don't have one big disability, but a laundry list of smaller problems that make it impossible for me to hold a job. He assured me that he would have my records right in front of me, and guide me with questions so that I don't forget anything. We've drawn a very good and sympathetic judge who has a good record with the "laundry list" cases. Keeping my fingers crossed. Not that it will make a difference in my income (well, except for the lump sum payment that would be really handy), but it would mean I could qualify for medicare early. That means a lot, because medicaid in North Carolina does not cover any form of physical therapy. Which seems odd, since it shooting themselves in the foot. But it's NC...go "figger"
I haven't made bread with almond flour yet. The closest thing was biscuits. Again, good when they first come out of the oven, but not the next day. Hope your bread turns out good. That stuff is too expensive to have to toss it.
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Personally, I think they're all good, but I've been told that I'm a bit of an eclectic reader. Which ones caught your interest?
Try the recipie here and the ones suggested in the comments: http://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-the-very-best-glutenfr-137295
Gluten-free cookie update: Today they taste more like chocolate chip muffins than cookies.
Martha Stewart always has good recipies: http://www.marthastewart.com/110515...free-chocolate-chip-cookies-change-everything I think these are more cake-like than cripsy. There is a link to a crispy cookie but I'm not sure if it's gluten free or if something can be substituted for a gluten-free ingredient.
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Actually I'm going specifically for low-carb. My last blood work showed pre-diabetes!!
That Martha Stewart recipe with almond butter sounds really interesting!!! I think I'll give that one a try and sub honey for the sugar. Thanks! I never thought to look up Martha Stewart for gluten-free stuff.
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I really like the sound of the last one. That one sounds like it would have similarities to The Art of Racing in the Rain. I read a lot of things too. I'm a writer so I have to soak up as much as I can.
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