I think I found my new home! [Archive] - Page 7

frau kaleun

10-30-13, 10:11 AM

Meh. I have no interest in TESO, I prefer games where the only idiot I have to put up with is myself. :haha:

So... I've got basically NOTHING done in the past couple of weeks, unless you count putting blankies and pillows down in the spots where the kittens like to sleep and moving other stuff around in a somewhat vain attempt to keep them from getting to places I don't want them to go.

I managed to keep them off my desk for about two weeks but due to the massive squee induced by them sitting at my feet and crying to be let up that turned into them sitting on my lap while I was at the computer which very shortly turned into letting them ON the desk provided they curl up in one of the side alcoves and behave themselves. Which actually happens sometimes!

They do like to sit in my lap and watch the monitor. They are fascinated by Skyrim (well who wouldn't be :O:) but also fascinated by me posting transactions in Quicken and Windows booting up and anything else that, you know, moves on the screen. Or anywhere really. I don't think I'll have to worry too much about bugs in the place, the last one I saw was caught and unceremoniously eaten by Carrot a couple days ago.

Here they are having a cozy nap on the big front window ledge:

http://imageshack.us/a/img13/1879/vg5n.jpg

HW3

10-30-13, 11:47 AM

They are soooo cute!

frau kaleun

10-30-13, 01:25 PM

They are soooo cute!

Yeah especially at 5 AM when they think I should wake up and play with them and Sam decides that repeatedly nipping at my nose is a good way to make that happen. :O:

I had to kick them both out of the bedroom this morning so I could go back to sleep. Thankfully they take it well, no caterwauling outside my door. I have to close them out of the office sometimes too and they just go find somewhere else to play. So glad I got two, they keep each other occupied when I'm not available.

They have their first vet appointment next week and after that I'll set up something to get them neutered and most likely declawed as well. I've gone 'round and 'round on the declaw thing but I think it's for the best. They've pulled down three curtain rods and curtains (just tension or magnetic rods, not like "bolted into the wall" ones) by jumping up and hanging from the them, and my hands and forearms and legs are covered in scratches - not because they intend to scratch but just because they're playing or trying to get in my lap and using their claws is just natural instinct.

Last night I made the mistake of trying to keep something away from one of them by hiding it behind my head while I was sitting on the floor, not realizing that the other one was behind me and also wanted to get whatever it was. Next thing you know I've got four sets of claws in my back because he's trying to climb up my shirt to get to the toy. I've also come out of the bathroom to find Sam hanging with his back paws two feet off the ground because he managed to jump up and get his front claws into my robe hanging on a hook in the closet. So, I think the front claws have got to go. That's not gonna stop the "bite mommy on the nose" issue but at least I won't get an accidental claw across my face when I turn over trying to get away from it.

But you know if they were this little forever, I could just cancel cable and watch them for entertainment when I got bored.

Nippelspanner

10-30-13, 02:17 PM

http://imageshack.us/a/img13/1879/vg5n.jpg
Ok... Ok... I give up, this is too much.

http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/1/4/5/3/0/rainbow_puke_2.jpg
I think I just died a little...

frau kaleun

10-30-13, 02:25 PM

Ok... Ok... I give up, this is too much.

http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/files/1/4/5/3/0/rainbow_puke_2.jpg
I think I just died a little...

You think that's bad, I wish I had a video of what led up to it. Sam (the B&W kitty) was already sleeping there. Carrot (the orange kitty) had been napping on another cushion at the other end of the ledge and woke up. He stood up, yawned, looked around, saw Sam, and went over to try and wake him up to play. He stood over him and tapped him with his paw over and over again, batted his tail around, all to no avail. Sam just opened his eyes, yawned, and went back to sleep.

Then Carrot decided to content himself with giving Sam's left ear a thorough wash'n'buff, and that went on until he started to get sleepy again and then he just sort of gave up and conked out right on top of his brother.

HW3

10-30-13, 03:25 PM

I learned real fast to keep Jill (my daughters cat) out of my bedroom at night. Her jumping off or on the bed at night was enough to wake me up. She would also come put her face in mine in the early morning when she thought I should wake up and play with her. She soon learned to put her paw under the bedroom door and pull on the door making it rattle to wake me up though. I had her for 18 years before she passed away, still miss her sometimes.

Wolferz

10-30-13, 08:03 PM

De-clawing a cat involves taking the tips of the toes.:wah:
In case you weren't aware.:hmmm:

frau kaleun

10-31-13, 07:16 AM

De-clawing a cat involves taking the tips of the toes.:wah:
In case you weren't aware.:hmmm:

Very much aware, the vet clinic I'll be taking them to is where I worked before I got my current job. That's why I went 'round and 'round in my head about it, because I know what's involved - I've seen it done up close and personal. However if it's going to be done it's best to do it now when they're young and can adapt to it, and I've been around enough declawed cats to know that they can and do adapt to it just fine.

It's not a pleasant thing to put them through by any means, but neither is cutting their little nuts off. :huh:

Wolferz

10-31-13, 10:34 AM

It's not a pleasant thing to put them through by any means, but neither is cutting their little nuts off. :huh:

They're your cats to do with as you please. With both of them being toms, it's a good thing to neuter the buggahs to keep them from marking territory all over your home.:O:

We had one tom that Milady' son brought home out of the blue. When that cat defiantly defecated on the bed right in front of her like he owned the place... well...

He punched his ticket to the farm to live out his nine lives in the great outdoors.:nope:

So long Milo. Ya dirty little bastard!:salute:

Our current cat... Trinity or Twerp as I call her, has been earning her keep with the arrival of fall and its cooler temps. A family of mice have sought refuge in our nice warm abode and Twerp has dispatched three of them this week.:up:

At least the Chipmunks have shown great restraint from invading the house.

Nippelspanner

10-31-13, 12:42 PM

Frau,
in case you need to udnerstand whats going on in your kittehs heads better, "Zefrank" might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk

"Like Sisyphus, I am bound to Hell." :haha:

frau kaleun

10-31-13, 02:58 PM

Frau,
in case you need to udnerstand whats going on in your kittehs heads better, "Zefrank" might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKffm2uI4dk

"Like Sisyphus, I am bound to Hell." :haha:

That was awesome. :har:

Nippelspanner

10-31-13, 03:52 PM

That was awesome. :har:
Be sure to check the rest of his channel, this guy is a genius... and sometimes quite weird (teddy has an operation)...

His "True facts about..." series is fantastic. I recommend "Owl" and...all the rest. Yet do not watch frogs... its...disgusting... I mean it. Don't.

frau kaleun

11-07-13, 12:09 PM

Well, the boys have their first vet appointment this evening after I get off work. I'm freaking out a little because I just heard from the friend who kept their two litter mates, they were in to be neutered this week and one of them didn't make it - he never came out of the anesthesia. Their vet thinks he may have had some kind of congenital defect, of the heart I suppose. It's possible there was more than one father involved in this particular litter, but the one who died had the same coloration as my Sam (none of the kittens look like their mother). He was also one of the smaller kittens, as is my Carrot - and lack of size/growth compared to their brothers could also be a sign of a defect of some kind.

And of course if there is a defect, it could've come from the mother so paternity wouldn't matter anyway, altho she just got spayed without any problems.

Anyway I'll just have to talk to the vet and have their little hearts checked and see exactly how worried I need to be at this point.

In other news, I've got to get the cat door installed, which my brother in law seemed to think could be done without taking the door down, but that door also sticks terribly and in the summer I couldn't close it at all which needs to be remedied also and I don't see how that could be done with it still up on the hinges? What do I need to do for that? I'm assuming just slice a bit off the offending too-wide side and then sand and paint. What's the tool I need? A planer, is that what it's called? I'm not sure what I'll need for the cat door, some kind of saw I'm assuming but I'll have to read the directions for the thing I guess. :hmmm:

TarJak

11-07-13, 03:58 PM

First off if the door is hollow the a plane could cause you some problems if you shave too much off. If the door is solid go for your life. Same with the cat flap.

swamprat69er

11-07-13, 04:06 PM

The stiles (sides) on your door should be able to handle a bit of a shaving with a plane, they extend about an inch to the inside of your door.

For the cat door, just fire up your skil saw. No skil saw then a hand saw will work, it is just more labour intensive.

frau kaleun

11-08-13, 11:44 AM

Well, now I don't know that I'm going to put the cat door in until after they've been declawed - found out last night that they do the new "laser" version of the procedure which means they will have no bandages etc., so they have to be confined to an area where they can't jump up and down on/off of things for 10 days so they can heal properly. With no bandages and little to no residual pain they will not be protective enough of their own tootsies even though they need to be, and naturally being cats if they CAN jump up and down on stuff, they will. So that means they'll basically be living in the mudroom for over a week after I bring them home, and if they get used to going in and out a cat door now they may be pawing and trying to scratch at it even though it's locked to keep them in for the duration. So I think I'll just wait on that.

The door sticking is another issue and I may try to remedy that while they're at the vet for the surgery since they'll be staying overnight at least one night and maybe two. OTOH if I have to take the door down to do both jobs, it would be easier just to wait on all of it. :hmmm:

They did great on their little adventure to the vet, not a peep in the carrier on the drive and once there they were more curious than afraid. No crying or fussing or struggling, just the usual "I'm a kitten who needs to explore new things, please let me down" wriggly stuff. They both tested negative for feline leukemia and FIV and I got samples for both of them of a topical treatment for fleas and worms, plus a dose of stuff just for worms to give orally as a booster in a week or so. Carrot had a little flea dirt on him so probably another booster or two over the next couple months for fleas wouldn't hurt to make sure they both get and stay bug-free.

Doc checked their hearts and said both sounded normal and fine, he was really surprised to hear that a litter mate died under anesthesia as that is very rare now with the latest drugs used.

I did learn that they really, REALLY do not like to be separated. I had to put each of them in the mudroom alone for 30 minutes after putting the topical treatment on and whoever was on the outside just sat outside listening to the other one cry with both of them trying to get to each other underneath the door. I kind of expected as much from Sam as he's usually the more clingy of the two, Carrot is so much more independent I thought he'd just go on his way until his brother came out but he sat right there waiting for him almost the whole half hour.

I hope they do better together when they're both stuck in there for 10 days after being declawed. I don't know if my heart can take both of them crying on the other side of the door all the time. OTOH I shut them out of the bedroom last night and nobody was crying to get in, so maybe if they have each other to bounce off of they'll be okay. Either that or I'll be spending a lot of time sitting on the floor in there with them to keep them company and not feel horrible.

Aktungbby

11-08-13, 12:59 PM

frau kaleun

11-08-13, 04:11 PM

A 'roto zip' tool is the way to go and also useful for burnishing/shaving an off door; but it should not be to a (solid) garage door as those are "rated for fire" resistance and are subject to code and should not have an aperture thru them. It is not cruel to make a clawless kitty an indoor creature permanently; they are defenseless against feral territoral cats (infected cat bites $$$) and can't climb to escape... and it absolutely cuts down on the flea thing to nil...($$$) but you worked at a vet-so nuthin' new here. My two Burmese get their claws done by me(new furniture covers too), and never go outside which is good for the feral feline 'hood which appears to convene at my yard! My male "Dark lord of the HISS" "would be take'n names". The birds will love 'ya too!:up:

The door is an interior wooden one so should be wood all the way through or hollow.

I think you misunderstood what I meant by "confined" with regard to the kitties, they are and always were intended to be indoor only - I would never declaw an outdoor or indoor/outdoor cat. But for 10 days after the surgery they will have to be confined not just to the indoors but to a small portion of it in which they cannot jump up on or down off of anything, instead of having the run of the place. Fortunately the mudroom where their litterbox is already located should do nicely, I kept them confined in there overnight and while at work for a couple days when I first brought them home.

swamprat69er

11-08-13, 06:24 PM

The door is probably hollow. In that case just shave enough off the edge of the door to get it to close properly and only on the edge opposite the hinges.
As for the cat door, follow the manufacturers' instructions (read them first) and you shouldn't have any trouble.

Nippelspanner

11-09-13, 07:05 PM

Frau,
if I remember correctly, you are single, right? (keep your cool boys, this is not what you think it is!:D)

Anyways, since you love Star Wars, I had to think about you when I found this:
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/awrBE41_700b.jpg

Aktungbby

11-09-13, 08:49 PM

Anyways, since you love Star Wars, I had to think about you when I found this:
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/awrBE41_700b.jpg
YIPES!!! Most of us slightly older guys instinctively flinch when 'thinkin' 'bout lady-related associations with a fry pan...and prefer SOLO to cringing instinctively!:haha: That one's so small, I'd never see it comin'!!!:doh:

Wolferz

11-10-13, 08:49 AM

My lady has cast iron. Not those wimpy little aluminum jobs with the non-stick coating.:yep:

frau kaleun

11-11-13, 04:21 PM

My lady has cast iron. Not those wimpy little aluminum jobs with the non-stick coating.:yep:

Lol - I was gonna say, "that pan's not even cast iron, every lady knows if you have to hit a man with a pan you always use the cast iron one!"

Madox58

11-11-13, 04:49 PM

Yea. I got a 13 stitch scar on my five head from a cast iron skillet!
:nope:
It's a not so long story from Wife 2.0 times.

Wolferz

11-11-13, 05:03 PM

Yea. I got a 13 stitch scar on my five head from a cast iron skillet!
:nope:
It's a not so long story from Wife 2.0 times.

You would prefer the rolling pin?:03::O:

Wolferz

11-11-13, 05:06 PM

Lol - I was gonna say, "that pan's not even cast iron, every lady knows if you have to hit a man with a pan you always use the cast iron one!"

:haha::03:You betcha! It doesn't take a lot of muscle to accelerate a cast iron skillet to terminal velocity once it's been moved from the resting state with the windmill maneuver.:huh:

Besides, you don't want to bend the Mirro ware.

vienna

11-12-13, 12:44 PM

The cast iron may be potent, but the non-stick is handy when you want to avoid the hair, blood, scalp tissue, gray matter, etc. from adhering to a perfectly serviceable pan...

<O>

Aktungbby

11-12-13, 01:14 PM

Lol - I was gonna say, "that pan's not even cast iron, every lady knows if you have to hit a man with a pan you always use the cast iron one!"
"(S)he's a 'pounder' after all!" (slight misquote): Wellington(the Iron Duke?) of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo 1815, observing the French massed Bronze artillery open up the battle. :salute: Talk about 'post traumatic pan syndrome' here!:huh:

Wolferz

11-12-13, 03:52 PM

The cast iron may be potent, but the non-stick is handy when you want to avoid the hair, blood, scalp tissue, gray matter, etc. from adhering to a perfectly serviceable pan...

<O>

Cast iron cleans easy.:03: Just a little hot water, a Brillo pad and some elbow grease.

Can't use that on a non-stick. :rock:
Besides, organic matter won't stick if the iron is seasoned right.:timeout:

vienna

11-12-13, 04:10 PM

Good lord, you have obviously given the matter some thought. Is this knowledge empirical and, if so, were you on the receiving end?... :)

<O>

Wolferz

11-13-13, 08:21 AM

Good lord, you have obviously given the matter some thought. Is this knowledge empirical and, if so, were you on the receiving end?... :)

<O>
Those records are sealed, sorry.:shifty:

Aktungbby

11-13-13, 02:03 PM

Those records are sealed, sorry.:shifty:
It all panned out in the end!:O:

Madox58

11-13-13, 02:14 PM

It all panned out in the end!:O:
Probably after things came to a head?
:haha:

raymond6751

11-13-13, 03:43 PM

Wolferz

11-13-13, 03:56 PM

A home is what you make it.

Here's wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas in your new digs.

I remember my first home. I went into the back yard and thought to myself,
"I could dig a big hole here and nobody could tell me off about it!"

I didn't, but the thought was "mine...all mine".

Hey, we were going to hold the first annual SubSim barbecue and mud run at Frau K's corral. Buuut, she said the HOA would frown upon it.

Can we hold it at your place? I like Canada.:D

Wolferz

11-13-13, 04:02 PM

Probably after things came to a head?
:haha:

Everything flattened out in the end.:up:

But, my ears are still ringing.

Madox58

11-13-13, 04:18 PM

Everything flattened out in the end.:up:

But, my ears are still ringing.

From my own meeting with a Cast Iron skillet?
Only thing that flattened out was my five head!
:haha:
The ringing goes away if the divorce papers are filed correctly.
:03:

Aktungbby

11-13-13, 11:51 PM

But, my ears are still ringing.

From my own meeting with a Cast Iron skillet?
The ringing goes away if the divorce papers are filed correctly.
Not an option in my case;:timeout:

frau kaleun

11-21-13, 09:30 AM

Sam'n'Carrot are at the vet again, dropped off this morning to be neutered, declawed, microchipped, and get their last set of kitten vaccinations. I won't have them back until tomorrow or maybe Saturday. :wah:

After that they will have to stay in the mudroom 24/7 until the end of the month. :wah:

And I had to shut them in there last night after taking all their noms and water away. I got a decent night's sleep without them bouncing on and off the bed until midnight, but I still felt awful. :wah:

On the plus side, having them confined will be a chance to get some more stuff done in the place without them distracting me or deciding that whatever I'm working on or with is a toy they should bat around until it disappears into the most inconvenient hidey-hole they can find. :hmmm:

On the minus side, after paying the vet bill I probably won't have any money to spend on projects. :haha:

Sailor Steve

11-21-13, 09:38 AM

Love comes at a cost. :D

swamprat69er

11-21-13, 11:55 AM

Sam'n'Carrot are at the vet again, dropped off this morning to be neutered, declawed, microchipped, and get their last set of kitten vaccinations. I won't have them back until tomorrow or maybe Saturday. :wah:

And I had to shut them in there last night after taking all their noms and water away.

Try looking at it from their point. First you starve them, then take 'em to the vet to get the gonads cut off, then take out their revenge creators and jabbed to boot.
:D

Aktungbby

11-21-13, 12:27 PM

YIPES!!! Most of us slightly older guys instinctively flinch when 'thinkin' 'bout lady-related associations with a fry pan...and prefer SOLO to cringing instinctively! That one's so small, I'd never see it comin'!!!

My lady has cast iron. Not those wimpy little aluminum jobs with the non-stick coating.

Lol - I was gonna say, "that pan's not even cast iron, every lady knows if you have to hit a man with a pan you always use the cast iron one!"

You would prefer the rolling pin?

"(S)he's a 'pounder' after all!"

Good lord, you have obviously given the matter some thought. Is this knowledge empirical and, if so, were you on the receiving end?... <O>

Everything flattened out in the end.

But, my ears are still ringing.

From my own meeting with a Cast Iron skillet?
Only thing that flattened out was my five head!

The ringing goes away if the divorce papers are filed correctly.

Love comes at a cost. :D
Way to stay on THREAD HERR Großvater! We're all (safely) behind ya'!:up:

frau kaleun

11-21-13, 06:55 PM

Called to check on them this afternoon and they both made it through the surgeries fine, they had just finally woken up completely from the anesthesia so they put them back in the same kennel (I mentioned this morning that they REALLY don't like to be involuntarily separated) and they had curled up next to each other and gone back to sleep.

Bandages from the declawing will come off tomorrow morning and if they don't have any spotting/bleeding during the day I can pick them up after work. I've already got the special litter in their box, had to turn off the automatic rake-thingy because it won't work right with that stuff in there. So that means Mommy will be doing a lot more poo scooping and litter changing for the rest of the month, which only seems fair after what they've been through.

Hardest part was that this morning when I went out to check on them, they weren't even mad at me. They just wanted to cuddle and play after a night with no food and water and being stuck in the mudroom. Of course they're cats so it could all be part of some elaborate guilt trip scheme they hatched up overnight... :haha:

swamprat69er

11-21-13, 09:39 PM

Of course they're cats so it could all be part of some elaborate guilt trip scheme they hatched up overnight... :haha:

If you find a couple of little brown surprise packages on your pillow, then you will know for sure that they are pissed.:D

HW3

11-25-13, 08:39 AM

How are the kitties doing?

vienna

11-26-13, 01:11 PM

Frau, is this possibly a relative of Carrot singing backup?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McAEber8Euo

Enquiring minds want to know...

<O>

frau kaleun

12-09-13, 10:35 AM

Frau, is this possibly a relative of Carrot singing backup?:

OH GOD WHY DID YOU MAKE ME CLICK ON THAT?!?!?! :O:

How are the kitties doing?

Sorry I haven't updated. They are doing wonderfully well, they spent 10 days in "jail" after the surgery and got out a week ago yesterday. While they were in there I would go in every couple of hours when I could and sit for 10-15 minutes, they got quite clingy during the separation and wanted to pile on my lap and (usually) go to sleep so I often ended up in there for longer than I intended, lol.

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/1230/9q1t.jpg

Sam, especially, got very clingy in that he's usually no longer satisfied to sit in my lap, he wants to get up as close as possible. So he gets in my lap and cries until I lay back enough for him to get right up under my chin or on my shoulder and go to sleep. If I don't he'll stand up and put his front paws on my shoulder and rub his nose and face on my face/chin/ears until I comply, which pretty much makes it impossible to continue doing whatever I was doing anyway. :haha:

After a week of being out, though, those incidents have gotten a bit less frequent although when he does want in my lap he usually still wants my FULL attention until he goes to sleep, preferably with his head right up on my shoulder and both paws on my face.

Carrot is still the more independent of the two although he is not catching up in size so I guess he will always be a bit smaller. They gained almost a pound each in the two weeks between their first vet visit and the surgery, no clue how much since but Sam almost looks like a fully grown cat already at a little over five months and they usually keep growing until about nine months so he may turn out to be on the big side.

Carrot still looks a bit kittenish size-wise although he's lost the "little round ball of fur" thing and gotten longer and leaner. Even though he's smaller he's still the best jumper and climber. He managed to jump up on the kitchen counter trying to get to the sink last week, but I caught him and used the water spray bottle on him and have averted a couple more attempts the same way since then. He can't do it without a big effort and has to hold on with the front feet while scrabbling with his back feet to pull himself up so he doesn't try it often. Maybe getting sprayed a few times has put him off the idea but only time will tell.

But, yeah, the sink - Carrot LOVES running water. I have to shut them out of the bathroom if I want to wash my face or brush my teeth in peace, because he really really really wants to drink from the faucet and if he wants to do it, Sam will not be far behind him.

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/8083/helx.jpg

I just ordered them a water bowl with the pump and fountain thing, once I get that hooked up they will have their own little constantly running tap to drink from and maybe I'll get back custody of my sink. :O: They'll probably still want to drink from it but I'll just have to pick them up and carry them to their fountain until they get the message.

We had a snowstorm here last Friday so they sent us home from work early, I was hoping to get some pics of them looking out at their first big snowfall but basically I just interrupted their afternoon naptime by coming home when I did. If they were fascinated by the snow flakes coming down outside the window I guess it wore off before I got there because they just wanted to get petted a bit and then go back to sleep.

http://imageshack.us/a/img36/1223/y5vg.jpg

Oh, and they've discovered the lower top shelf on my computer desk, which means that my view of the monitor now frequently includes one or both of their heads as well as a paw or two or four.

http://imageshack.us/a/img199/8783/5lnw.jpg

"MOMMY MOMMY MAKE THE HORSIE'S TAIL GO 'SWISH' AGAIN!!!"

Aktungbby

12-09-13, 11:45 AM

Well! Looks like the kids have got you wrapped around their little cla....er paw! One of mine loves westerns on tv and the other has to have a slurp at the kitchen sink to properly digest his Frisky salmon with chicken dinner. Meowry Christmas!:yeah:

Wolferz

12-09-13, 12:12 PM

Time to start the musical rehearsals?:D

Sailor Steve

12-09-13, 12:18 PM

If I don't he'll stand up and put his front paws on my shoulder and rub his nose and face on my face/chin/ears until I comply, which pretty much makes it impossible to continue doing whatever I was doing anyway. :haha:
Among the many buttons I've collected at game conventions over the years is one which reads "Whatever you're doing, it's not as important as petting the cat".

swamprat69er

12-09-13, 12:46 PM

Yup, everything comes after the cat.

Aktungbby

12-09-13, 01:03 PM

Yup, everything comes after the cat.

The trouble is ...THE CAT knows that!..."serve me now u stupid authority person and do not omit my obligatory Skritches!":/\\!!

vienna

12-09-13, 01:41 PM

OH GOD WHY DID YOU MAKE ME CLICK ON THAT?!?!?! :O:

I am well-known for my evil ways... :D

BTW, I am ust now listening to LVB's 3rd symphony on my local classical station...

<O>

Jimbuna

12-09-13, 01:52 PM

Just gotta love them photos frau :cool:

u crank

12-09-13, 07:43 PM

The kittens are cute....darn cute. :yep:

swamprat69er

12-09-13, 08:15 PM

If you are going to put up a Christmas tree, remember this tune.

http://youtu.be/oFFex_zAevM

frau kaleun

12-09-13, 08:21 PM

If you are going to put up a Christmas tree, remember this tune.

http://youtu.be/oFFex_zAevM

:rotfl2:

No, not putting up a tree this year. Not only would they consider it a lovely display of new and shiny cat toys to be batted down and across the room, but the spot it would go in would make it possible for them to attack it from above by jumping on it from the staircase. So proooooobably not a good idea until they get a little older and not so intent on turning everything into a toy.

Uh... gotta go, Carrot is now in between me and the keyboard trying to eat one of the buttons off my shirt. :haha:

swamprat69er

12-09-13, 09:46 PM

Carrot is now in between me and the keyboard trying to eat one of the buttons off my shirt. :haha:
Are you sure that is a button?:haha:

frau kaleun

12-09-13, 10:27 PM

Are you sure that is a button?:haha:

Yes. :O: Athough when they were smaller they did tend to "nurse" on my fingertips - they were still going to their mother for that when I got them even though they'd been weaned and were eating solid food. Mostly a comfort/security/bonding thing I guess, so I let them chew on my fingers a bit if they wanted. They still do it occasionally when they're sacked out on my lap just falling asleep.

But I have a couple pajama tops with little buttons just for decoration down the front and Carrot in particular thinks they are something he should have.

One of my friends at work was surprised at some of the stories I've told about them chewing on stuff, she has two fairly young dogs and they can't let them loose in the house unsupervised otherwise they chew up EVERYTHING. She thought only dogs did that, I said kittens apparently do the same, it's just that their mouths are so much smaller so the damage doesn't pile up so much. They probably won't chew a hole in your drywall that you can crawl through or destroy anything big, but these two have chewed about two feet off the wire FM antenna on my clock radio (fortunately it still gets my station without it, I only use it to wake up in the morning) and would happily chew a button off a shirt or gnaw a shoelace in half given the chance.

swamprat69er

12-09-13, 10:30 PM

One of my Himalayans is 7 and he still sucks the D-I-Ls' fingers.

Sailor Steve

12-10-13, 08:59 AM

Carrot in particular thinks they are something he should have.
Once again you show yourself to be a bad mom by denying them the most important things in life.

The most important things of course being whatever their little cat brains decide should be theirs. :sunny:

frau kaleun

12-10-13, 10:39 AM

The most important things of course being whatever their little cat brains decide should be theirs. :sunny:

This would include, at various times, the pen I am trying to write with, the paper I am trying to write on, the chair I was sitting in 2 seconds ago, the pillow I sleep on, the TV remote, my computer keyboard, the laundry basket, the piece of dental floss I just threw in the trash can, as many tissues as they can pull out of the Kleenex box, the safety pin I just dropped, the cap to any temporarily uncapped tube, the ever-so-seductively crackly wrapper from the piece of candy I just ate, a mysterious spot on the wall that they are convinced is a bug, and a bit of dry leaf on the floor that I carried in on my shoe when I took the trash out. As well as anything I happen to have in my hand at the moment or that they suspect I might have in my hand at the moment. :haha:

Sailor Steve

12-10-13, 11:07 AM

Well...

A dog thinks: Hey, those people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me.....They must be gods!

A cat thinks: Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me...I must be a god.

Also...

What is a dog?

Dogs lie around all day, sprawled on the most comfortable piece of furniture in the house.

They can hear a package of food opening half a block away but don't hear you when you're in the same room.

They can look dumb and lovable all at the same time.

They growl when they are not happy.

When you want to play, they want to play.

When you want to be alone, they want to play.

They are great at begging.

They will love you forever if you rub their tummies.

They never have enough toys and they leave them everywhere.

They do disgusting things with their mouths and then try to give you a kiss.

Conclusion: They're tiny little men in fur coats.

What is a cat?

Cats do what they want.

They rarely listen to you.

They're totally unpredictable.

They whine when they are not happy.

When you want to play, they want to be alone.

When you want to be alone, they want to play.

They expect you to cater to their every whim.

They're moody.

They leave hair everywhere.

They drive you nuts and cost you money.

Conclusion: They're tiny little women in fur coats

Jimbuna

12-10-13, 01:02 PM

Sounds like young Louie :D

swamprat69er

12-10-13, 03:45 PM

Sounds like any one of mine.

I am outnumbered. Missy, Scamp, Honey, Smokie, Madeline, Cali, Aran and Belle are all females. Junior, myself, John Boy, Biscuit and Tyson are all the boys.:hmmm:

frau kaleun

12-10-13, 10:45 PM

Christmas came early for Sam'n'Carrot today:

http://imageshack.us/a/img19/3254/k01e.jpg

Took no time at all to get it set up, especially considering all the "help" I had. At first Carrot was more interested in the cup I was using to fill it up. :haha:

http://imageshack.us/a/img545/2811/sphl.jpg

But once I got it set up and running, they both seemed quite pleased!

http://imageshack.us/a/img208/7131/coik.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/1892/jqhp.jpg

I had to rearrange it a bit to get the excess cord up off the floor while keeping both sides as accessible as possible for them, but once that was done I just left them to it. After 15 minutes they were both still in there getting drinks or just sitting and looking at it. They finally came out but Carrot kept going back in and when I checked on him later he was just curled up next to it purring like crazy. When I sat down he came over and headbutted me all over the place and purred and chirped and finally got up in my lap and purred some more. I think he's really happy with it! I AM A GOOD MOMMY. :smug:

The best part is, when I went up to take a shower he still followed me up and got up on the sink to be petted and then on the edge of the tub to watch the water from the shower, but no frantic crying for me to turn the water on in the sink or the tub. He'd gotten so insistent about it the last few days and seemed so desperate to drink once I did turn the water on for him that I was concerned he'd stopped drinking from his bowl entirely, which would be a very bad thing in terms of his longterm health... no way he could ever get enough to drink by just waiting for me to run some water for a couple minutes once or twice a day.

We'll see if it lasts, he did seem to like drinking from the fountain part of the new bowl so I'm hoping that will encourage healthy water intake without the two of them commandeering the sink every time I get near it.

Now I need to work on getting the cat door installed. Still debating on whether to buy a handsaw of some type for the job, or check into renting a jigsaw from Lowe's, or just buying one. I haven't priced anything yet so I've got no clue about whether or not that's a good idea, or if it would be worth it to have one for future projects. :hmmm:

Sailor Steve

12-10-13, 10:51 PM

Cool! Their own personal sink. What could be better than that? I was going to make a wisecrack about them still wanting to use yours, but it sounds like they're better than that. :sunny:

Jimbuna

12-11-13, 05:57 AM

Could this be utilised for milk also or would keeping it fresh be an issue?

Sailor Steve

12-11-13, 07:59 AM

Christmas came early for Sam'n'Carrot today:
But Carrot doesn't know what day it is. Sam doesn't know who Jesus was or what prayin' is. :O:

swamprat69er

12-11-13, 08:12 AM

Could this be utilised for milk also or would keeping it fresh be an issue?

I think that keeping it cool would be an issue. Those fountains were made to pump water, not anything heavier.

frau kaleun

12-11-13, 09:01 AM

I think that keeping it cool would be an issue. Those fountains were made to pump water, not anything heavier.

This. Plus despite the long history of associating cats with a saucer of milk or cream, it's not really good for them.

frau kaleun

12-11-13, 09:12 AM

But Carrot doesn't know what day it is. Sam doesn't know who Jesus was or what prayin' is. :O:

Hee, one of my favorites from that album too.

My boss was asking yesterday how they'd know it's Christmas if I don't put a tree up or save any of their presents for the actual holiday. :har:

Anyway, they will get new toys ON Christmas, even if I didn't have some for them my sister will have stuff that she's actually wrapped and tagged with their names.

Carrot still jumped up on the sink this morning when I got up and went in the bathroom, but no desperate crying for a drink. He did lick at the faucet a little but I just picked him up and took him downstairs and showed him the new bowl and he started drinking from that. Then he came upstairs and got back in the sink. :O:

Part of it is I think he just likes being in the sink, part of it is that he knows there's a better chance of being petted if he's up where I can reach him instead of down on the floor. And part of it is that he just wants to see what I'm doing. At least now I don't have to feel bad about putting him down and not running water for him.

Jimbuna

12-11-13, 10:06 AM

vienna

12-12-13, 01:09 PM

A friend of mine from some time back had a cat who also would accompany her when she showered. The cat would stand outside the shower door and start meowing loudly until she opened the shower door. The cat would then walk into the shower and sit until its fur got a good soaking then start meowing to be let out. So it appears not all cats are averse to water...

There might be a future for Sam and Carrot in the hip hop world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86ZsXJl0FY

Of course you've got to be careful or you might wind up with a kitty rave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VX29HyM9fo

<O>

Wolferz

12-12-13, 02:18 PM

My cat showers in the bathroom sink and usually begs to have the water turned on at a trickle. Then she ducks her head under the faucet.
That's one way to cut down on hurkin up fur balls.:yep:

frau kaleun

12-16-13, 10:15 AM

Well, it finally happened, and I have to say no one was more surprised than me, except maybe Carrot. Sam finally managed to jump and climb his way to a new spot before Carrot got there.

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/5818/bne8.jpg

That's him on the shelf up in one corner of my bedroom closet. He's been jumping and climbing on the stuff lower down in the other corner but I didn't think he'd beat Carrot when it came to using it to get up on the built-in shelf. There are things closer to the ground that Carrot gets up on with no assistance while Sam still sits and cries for me to help him up.

Carrot was none too pleased when I showed him where Sam was and immediately began climbing on the laundry piled up in the basket directly below him, pawing at the clothes hanging up and the wall behind them trying to figure out how Sam got up there. After a little prompting from me he finally figured out he'd have to work his way up from the other side of the closet. Things did hit a bit of a snag when he had an "oooh shiny!" moment and got distracted by the suddenly reachable clothes hangers...

http://imageshack.us/a/img833/2880/hlwp.jpg

but eventually he noticed the shelf right above his head and figured it out.

http://imageshack.us/a/img96/7796/flue.jpg

However since Sam had already claimed the stack of clean clothes at the far end of the shelf, Carrot settled on the only remaining spot available to any self-respecting housecat...

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/7486/yg8p.jpg

which was right on top of my last clean towel. :haha:

In other news, I've hit a snag on running cable up to the master bedroom. :stare: I thought I could drop the cable down behind the wall where the phone line runs from the bedroom down to the living room, since I'd have access to the other side of the lower wall from the storage closet under the stairs. And that way I could just use the existing holes in the wall for both phone line (even though I don't use it) and the cable and just change the face plates to accommodate both.

Unfortunately there is either floorboard or ductwork or both blocking the way, and I can't get close enough to any of it to make passage for the cable even if that would be possible. From what I can tell looking into the wall from the closet they appear to have drilled through it to run the phone line which I can't do for the cable without tearing out drywall, so... no.

So I'll have to find another place to run the cable, which sucks cuz that spot would've had it coming out in the bedroom right behind where the TV is. I'm just hoping there's a spot in the living room above where the cable comes in down there, that I can drop a line from the bedroom all the way down. This will mean either rearranging the furniture in the bedroom (and that may not be doable given the space and the furniture) or else running cable around the edges of that room instead of around the edge of the living room, which would have been much easier. Ugh.

On the plus side I bought myself a little power jigsaw for Christmas, so now I can get on the job of putting the cat door in and probably find a whole lot of other things to do with it as well. It will certainly make it a lot easier to get custom fitted stuff when I can just cut things down to the size I want with that thing. :yeah:

Not sure when I will get the cat door in, though, since I need to take the whole door down and move it out in the garage for the job and that means parking the car outside until it's done and that's been tricky since every time I start to do that we have more snow and/or freezing rain and I really don't want to fool with moving the car around when that's going on. Supposed to be up in the 50s by Friday, though, so maybe this weekend.

Tango589

12-16-13, 02:37 PM

Supposed to be up in the 50s by Friday, though, so maybe this weekend.

When I first read this, I thought 'Jeez that's boiling!', then I remembered you're talking in old money!

This is why Brits use both Centigrade for the cold and Farenheit for the hot, because 0 C sounds a heck of a lot colder that 32 F, and 88 F sounds a lot hotter than 31 C!

But we will NEVER give up the solid British Pint (568 ml or 19 FL oz) no matter what Europe tries to tell us!:arrgh!:

Also, it's been enjoyable watching Sam and Carrot grow up on this thread, thanks for sharing!:salute:

Jimbuna

12-16-13, 03:56 PM

But we will NEVER give up the solid British Pint (568 ml or 19 FL oz) no matter what Europe tries to tell us!:arrgh!:

RULE BRITANNIA

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

Tango589

12-16-13, 04:10 PM

RULE BRITANNIA

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2884/drunkcob.gif

Solidarity brother!

*starts singing drunkenly and loudly*

vienna

12-16-13, 04:29 PM

I never sing: it interferes with the drinking. There a are priorities, you Know...

<O>

Jimbuna

12-16-13, 04:59 PM

I always thought they embraced each other :hmm2:

Tango589

12-16-13, 06:42 PM

I find that singing helps me work up a thirst!:()1:

frau kaleun

12-17-13, 11:08 PM

Tonight, since the weather was cooperating with my plan to leave the car outside while I worked on it, I tackled the cat door.

First, to stabilize the door while I removed it from the hinges. This was complicated by the cats' insistence that shims = cat toys.

http://imageshack.com/a/img42/9443/2eu1.jpg

Fortunately they have recently become enamored with the hall closet, which is large and dark and full of boxes and crinkly crackly packing material and dust with which to adorn their whiskers, so I ended up shutting them in there for a few minutes while I got the door down and moved it into the garage.

http://imageshack.com/a/img824/5462/1q9d.jpg

Next came what was likely to be the most difficult part of the operation: measuring a cat. :O:

http://imageshack.com/a/img854/2532/ztsw.jpg

I had to measure how high the bottom of one of the cat's bellies was, to properly place the door. I used Sam 'cause he's bigger, and then added an inch to account for additional growth. The instructions for the thing say the proper height is usually between 4 and 6 inches, and adding the inch brought it up to six, so I figured that would be about right once they're fully grown.

Next step was to draw the outline of the area to be cut out and drill holes in each corner.

http://imageshack.com/a/img13/7900/z4dj.jpg

And then came the fun and new and exciting part, involving this (for full effect, please play "Also Sprach Zarathustra" in your heads and refrain from looking at the next picture until you get to the first big "dun DUUUUUUN" and drumroll):

http://imageshack.com/a/img35/3424/3gst.jpg

Despite my initial trepidation at using a power saw for the first time, everything went better than expected. :D

http://imageshack.com/a/img197/8908/md9b.jpg

After a quick check to make sure the cat door would fit the hole, I cleaned up the edges a bit and then put the door back on the hinges inside. The cats' initial interest didn't last long enough for me to get a picture, but they did investigate it and hop back and forth through it a couple times before they went back to the very SRS BZNSS of wrestling on the floor in front of it. Kitten playtime does not get preempted for anything so mundane as Mommy sawing a hole in something.

http://imageshack.com/a/img812/9921/yndo.jpg

Then it was just a matter of getting the door itself locked into place.

http://imageshack.com/a/img22/9940/iqe0.jpg

http://imageshack.com/a/img545/5341/s3sr.jpg

By the time I was finished with that, playtime had passed and naptime (also SRS BZNSS for kittens) had commenced, and any attempt to get either one of them interested in the thing was met with a disgusted mix of yawns and utter contempt. :O:

I did get them both to go through it a few times before dinner by dangling a toy on either side, but I had to hold the door open a bit before they would even try. They have no problem going through, but they haven't caught on to the idea that they can open it themselves by pushing on the door. It has a rubber strip around the edge which provides a seal and also makes it "stick" in place until enough pressure is applied instead of just swinging wildly back and forth, and they are having some trouble with the fact that it just doesn't move as soon as they touch it. I guess they'll get the hang of it eventually, overnight and when I'm gone I'll still have to leave the door propped open for them until they do.

Still, a job I was sort of dreading and thought I'd need help with done and done, all on my own. And I used a power saw and didn't cut off any body parts! :haha:

CaptainHaplo

12-17-13, 11:27 PM

I know its sort of a derail - and I hope that FK will forgive me for it....

But I think I may have found my new home as well. Working on getting everything lined up - but I am bouncing off walls over it.

swamprat69er

12-17-13, 11:36 PM

Congratulations Frau, see power tools are not that intimidating. Just have a little respect for them and you will do okay.:yeah:
As for the kids, they will figure it out on their own.

Jimbuna

12-18-13, 08:35 AM

A job well done I'd say :cool:

swamprat69er

12-18-13, 09:00 AM

In this place in order to get heat into the rooms when we are burning the wood stoves I made all the interior doors into 'dutch doors'. My cats would just jump over the lower part of the door IF they find it closed. That was too noisy in the middle of the night, so I made a sliding cat door on the bottom of all the doors except for the basement door. The dog had acquired a taste for cat leavings in the litter trays, so the bathroom door was the first to get done.

Tango589

12-18-13, 09:37 AM

The dog had acquired a taste for cat leavings in the litter trays.

Dogs are gross, but that's why we love 'em!:yep:

Sailor Steve

12-18-13, 10:28 AM

I know its sort of a derail - and I hope that FK will forgive me for it....
With all the twists and turns this thread (like most others) has taken I don't see how anybody could care, much less complain.

But I think I may have found my new home as well. Working on getting everything lined up - but I am bouncing off walls over it.
Cool! Keep everybody posted. If it works out maybe it could be worth its own thread. :sunny:

Speaking of which, McBee's been kind of quite lately. I wonder how things are working for him.

Wolferz

12-18-13, 01:11 PM

Speaking of which, McBee's been kind of quite lately. I wonder how things are working for him.

Miss Spelling is the quiet sort?:03:

Jimbuna

12-18-13, 01:20 PM

I've heard a rumour he pooped on his neighbours lawn and is incarcerated in a dog compound now :)

Herr-Berbunch

12-18-13, 05:16 PM

Miss Spelling is the quiet sort?:03:

Hey, don't pick on my friend. He's a grammar nazi, not a spelling nazi. :sunny:

Back on topic - Ooh power tools = fun! :yeah:

Sailor Steve

12-18-13, 05:40 PM

Miss Spelling is the quiet sort?:03:
Ah, I finally figured that out. :oops:

I will make one thing clear (for the ninety-ninth time). What Jim said is partly true; I do jump on people for abusing the language, because often it's so egregious it makes me grind my teeth. I don't ever mention people's spelling, because typos happen and we don't notice. On the other hand I don't mind a bit when people point out my mistakes, as long as you point out others' also.

Jimbuna

12-18-13, 05:44 PM

I'm innocent guv...it was a big boy and he ran away :o

frau kaleun

12-18-13, 07:53 PM

...egregious...

I'm sorry but I have to... every time I see this word, I can help but remember reading somewhere, possibly in The Elements of Style, an entry devoted to it. Which went something like this:

"Egregious": just because it's in the dictionary doesn't mean you have to use it. Always makes me laugh.

Anyway, in the latest kitten news they have both figured out how to get back and forth through the cat door by themselves. In another triumph for Sam, he was the first one to manage it. Then my poor widdle Baby Carrot was stuck in the mudroom by himself watching Sam go back and forth with reckless abandon until he finally conquered the new beast for himself. Now they are going back and forth every half hour or so, apparently just for the lulz, and without me prompting them to use it, so I think we're golden! :yeah:

vienna

12-18-13, 08:48 PM

In another triumph for Sam, he was the first one to manage it. Then my poor widdle Baby Carrot was stuck in the mudroom by himself watching Sam go back and forth with reckless abandon until he finally conquered the new beast for himself.

Pish, posh: Sam is merely exhibiting an intelleigent grasp of the concept of "let the other guy try it first". He wisely observes first, decides if the situation is safe and viable, then acts. No foolhardy soul, he; to do otherwise would be, well, ... erregious....

(I am also well pleased I got to use "pish, posh"...)

<O>

Sailor Steve

12-18-13, 09:03 PM

Always makes me laugh.
Well, that's just...blatant!

Now they are going back and forth every half hour or so, apparently just for the lulz, and without me prompting them to use it, so I think we're golden! :yeah:
It's not an egress point, it's another toy! You're the best mom in the whoooooole world! :yep:

frau kaleun

12-18-13, 09:14 PM

No, the best mom would've put up a Christmas tree complete with shiny dangly jingly toys for them to knock off and break and hide under things, and lots of twisty green wires for them to chew on when they got tired of trying to eat the fake pine branches. :haha:

Also, now I want to get some stencils or something and paint "This way to the Great Egress" over the cat door. :O:

Madox58

12-18-13, 09:20 PM

We had a nice 7 foot tree in the 'Days before Cats'.
Here's what's left of it.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Stuff/x-mas_Tree.jpg

frau kaleun

12-18-13, 10:22 PM

Is that a stick of gum on top in lieu of a star? Classy! :O:

Madox58

12-18-13, 10:41 PM

Never thought of that!
:haha:

It's a tag that reads "American Chopper" or something like that.
It's hooked to the Santa Chopper under it.
It's the only decoration I'm in charge of.
It's also the last one that gets put on the tree after much 'reminding' that I didn't do it yet.
As a high ranking member of "The Procrastinators Club"? I'll explain why it's always last later.
:D

swamprat69er

12-18-13, 11:00 PM

We had a nice 7 foot tree in the 'Days before Cats'.
Here's what's left of it.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Stuff/x-mas_Tree.jpg

:har::har::har:

Jimbuna

12-19-13, 05:34 AM

I see Nancy Lady has yet to give you both yer balls back :har:

Wolferz

12-19-13, 05:48 AM

Now it's time to build a kitty jungle gym of chutes and ladders throughout the condo.:D

TarJak

12-19-13, 07:16 AM

I see Nancy Lady has yet to give you both yer balls back :har:

She has them in a little bag she keeps on her person at all times .

frau kaleun

12-19-13, 08:20 AM

She has them in a little bag she keeps on her person at all times .

Ironic, as they were formerly kept in a little bag that Privateer had on his person at all times...

Wolferz

12-19-13, 08:25 AM

Ironic, as they were formerly kept in a little bag that Privateer had on his person at all times...

Fundamental concept: If you don't use it, you lose it.
Err maybe it's the other way around.:huh:

Jimbuna

12-19-13, 08:42 AM

She has them in a little bag she keeps on her person at all times .

Ironic, as they were formerly kept in a little bag that Privateer had on his person at all times...

Fundamental concept: If you don't use it, you lose it.
Err maybe it's the other way around.:huh:

What a load of bollocks :)

Onkel Neal

12-24-13, 09:59 PM

Is that a stick of gum on top in lieu of a star? Classy! :O:

:k_confused: awesome tree!

So, Frau, is your "movin' in and getting situated" winding down? Any upcoming projects or new tool purchases?

TarJak

12-25-13, 04:30 AM

What a load of bollocks :)
They weren't that big.:D

Jimbuna

12-25-13, 05:52 AM

LOL :)

frau kaleun

01-03-14, 05:59 PM

:k_confused: awesome tree!

So, Frau, is your "movin' in and getting situated" winding down? Any upcoming projects or new tool purchases?

Oh, there's plenty of things I still need to do and want to do - but having run out of the money I'd set aside for purchasing the place, I'm now having to wait until I have extra cash to get things done. Plus the cats cost me well over a thousand bucks by the time I got through all the vet bills and necessary expenses. Fortunately if they're healthy they shouldn't have to go back for a year so it's just food and litter and toys until then.

Still haven't got cable run up to the bedroom yet since my original plan for that didn't work out, now I've got to get motivated to start taking outlet faceplates off the walls up there to see if there's a spot where I can drop cable straight down behind the wall and still be able to find it for the hookup downstairs. What with the holidays and all and work being a nightmare the past few weeks, I just haven't had the time or energy.

The bad thing is that I've gotten "comfortable" enough where I don't feel like doing anything is an absolute imperative so it's a bit too easy to just settle back with the current status quo and not want to get involved in any big projects.

However once I get some more $$ for stuff I will be measuring the mudroom to put shelving up in there, plus I want to redo the entire master walk-in closet, plus paint some things... but those things will have to wait a while.

Sailor Steve

01-03-14, 06:17 PM

Oh, there's plenty of things I still need to do and want to do - but having run out of the money I'd set aside for purchasing the place, I'm now having to wait until I have extra cash to get things done.
Sorry to hear that. It had to happen sooner or later, but still not fun.

Plus the cats cost me well over a thousand bucks by the time I got through all the vet bills and necessary expenses.
I'm sure they'll give fair return in the joy and love department. :sunny:

I just haven't had the time or energy.
I can empathize with that feeling. :yep:

The bad thing is that I've gotten "comfortable" enough where I don't feel like doing anything is an absolute imperative so it's a bit too easy to just settle back with the current status quo and not want to get involved in any big projects.
Know that feeling too. :zzz:

However once I get some more $$ for stuff I will be measuring the mudroom to put shelving up in there, plus I want to redo the entire master walk-in closet, plus paint some things... but those things will have to wait a while.
Anxiously awaiting more stories. :D

Onkel Neal

01-03-14, 06:29 PM

The bad thing is that I've gotten "comfortable" enough where I don't feel like doing anything is an absolute imperative so it's a bit too easy to just settle back with the current status quo and not want to get involved in any big projects.

Yep, I know what you mean. My bunker it's now livable, I'm pretty much done until it warms up enough to spray on some closed cell foam insulation and add an air conditioner.

Jimbuna

01-04-14, 06:28 AM

frau kaleun

01-22-14, 10:41 AM

Great to see you back frau :sunny:

The money situation is one I'm sure we have all experienced at some time or other and looking back at what you have already accomplished is what most impresses me, so small steps from now on, one at a time :cool:

Lol, I just got the holiday stuff (including presents still in their bags) put away last weekend. And I still haven't put up the blinds I bought last fall for the bedroom. :shifty: In my own defense I'll have to take the mattress off the bed and move it out of the room and then shift the entire bed around to get to the windows. And I just haven't been inclined to do that, plus it's been so cold that all I want to do when I get home is hunker down in a chair with a blanket and a warm cat on my lap.