Recent Content by Mamanyt1953

BOY, did I get here late, but I'm just glad I got here! No wonder she just laid in one spot when you first brought her home! She had a mouthful of nasty teeth, and I imagine that her whole head throbbed with it. Now, because of your patience and determination, she has a chance to come out of...

It looks perfectly fine. I wouldn't worry about no-claws swatting or occasional charging in the least. That simply means that Nali has decided that Leo is part of the household, and must be taught his manners. He's a little upstart, and we cannot have that, now, can we? Looking at it from...

I certainly agree with you in principle. HOWEVER, at 71, my own character is as built as it can be. And I still don't want an Aga cooker (as much as I love them in theory) or wood stoves heating my kitchen to near-solar temps in a Deep South summer. We're talking about temps in the 90s, with...

Let's see...lunch will be taquitos. Dinner will be pork patties, and two veggies, but I haven't chosen them yet. LOL, inventoried my pantry, and there are plenty of veggies to institute my new eating pattern now! but I do have to re-work my grocery list!

It is perfectly normal to feel this way a month after the death of ANY loved one. No matter how many legs they have. It takes time. How much time? Well, as long as it takes. Different for every person, and for every loss. And it seems to me that the longer/harder we had to fight for them...

Rest you gentle, Levi, dream you deeps. Your purr echoes in someone's heart forever. Oh, my Dear, I am so sorry for your loss. And, of course, you still feel it. We do, and forever. The raw, tearing grief gets better, it scabs over, forms a scar, but...that scar always aches whenever the...

I remember the wood burning stove on my uncle's farm (actually, a cousin, but my mother's generation, so the young cousins called him "uncle," the norm in her family). It was a lovely thing, but MISERABLE in Georgia summers! No, these guys are replicas, and either gas, electric, or a...

Lunch will be waffles. Dinner will be...um...hamburger steak, mashed potatoes, and either green beans or hoppin' john. Not sure which yet. PROBABLY green beans. Next month, I'll only have mashed potatoes on Sundays.

I do SO love a happy ending! Glad your baby is back home and inside. I know you are over the moon about it.

Looks like you are getting excellent advice, AND like Timmy is on top of this, as well, so I'll just add,

How old was he when you got him? If he was older, he may have had bad experiences with brooms or sticks before he came to you. You might try laying the broom flat on the floor for a bit, and see if he will approach it when it is "helpless."

This is so true. I've been living with all-electric for so many years now that I'm just...done. You cannot cook properly with electric. No real control. LOL, IF I should ever win the lottery, or IF PCH ever came to my door with one of their BIG prizes, this is the range that I want: It is...

You tried. It's far more than some would do. Let's see...lunch will be taquitos. Dinner will be pork patties, mashed potatoes, and SOME SORT of veggie. From a can. I have set two out to open for the next four days. I KNOW one is green beans, but I forget what the other is. Maybe hoppin' john?

Welcome to both you and the oh-so-lovely Dax! I LOVE that expression on her face.

Welcome to you and the beautiful (and smart and impish) Izzy!