Whiners Anonymous..Part 42
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Hey all..I've got a good Sunday whine...my toilet is backed up, plunger hasn't fixed, so I went out and got a snake...that hasn't worked either. Will try a few more times don't want to pay a plumber for a Sunday visit!
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For those who don't know, little Isis is my mostly Siamese kitten who's a little over two months old.
Last night, even though I had ample things in my room to keep her entertained, she was playing with her food bowl (which she had spilled the day before) and did knock over her water bowl.
When I'm winding down to go to sleep I usually read a little or play a hand-held video game. I was playing a game last night when she knocked it over...and I looked over at her and all she was doing was staring at the huge wet spot on the carpet. I laughed...even though I was a little annoyed at her from earlier when I was on the computer and I couldn't even type out posts at SR because she kept 'attacking' me and laying right on the keyboard.
Shoot, I don't ignore her...we do have playtime. Maybe it's not enough playtime?
I even bought her some kitty cubes yesterday to give her a new place to explore (which she loves...it's a great place for her to ambush from). I connected two and left the third one loose so she can tumble the entire cube over
. I put those in my room last night...along with a bunch of rolled up socks...and she still went for the food and water dishes!
Well, duct tape works wonders, I must say. I put some tape on the bottom of both bowls and wedged a shoe on each side. She hasn't tipped them over yet.
And I can't get too mad at her. I bought a king-size pillow yesterday b/c she likes to sleep in the middle of the pillow while I sleep and I need enough room so I can sleep and not squish her...and I took a nap this afternoon. She woke me up b/c she went into the crook of my neck and purred away.
She's sweet, but she's really hyper a lot of the time. Our last cat wasn’t this wild…I mean, geez. Maybe it’s the Siamese in her?
Last night, even though I had ample things in my room to keep her entertained, she was playing with her food bowl (which she had spilled the day before) and did knock over her water bowl.
When I'm winding down to go to sleep I usually read a little or play a hand-held video game. I was playing a game last night when she knocked it over...and I looked over at her and all she was doing was staring at the huge wet spot on the carpet. I laughed...even though I was a little annoyed at her from earlier when I was on the computer and I couldn't even type out posts at SR because she kept 'attacking' me and laying right on the keyboard.
Shoot, I don't ignore her...we do have playtime. Maybe it's not enough playtime?
I even bought her some kitty cubes yesterday to give her a new place to explore (which she loves...it's a great place for her to ambush from). I connected two and left the third one loose so she can tumble the entire cube over
. I put those in my room last night...along with a bunch of rolled up socks...and she still went for the food and water dishes!Well, duct tape works wonders, I must say. I put some tape on the bottom of both bowls and wedged a shoe on each side. She hasn't tipped them over yet.
And I can't get too mad at her. I bought a king-size pillow yesterday b/c she likes to sleep in the middle of the pillow while I sleep and I need enough room so I can sleep and not squish her...and I took a nap this afternoon. She woke me up b/c she went into the crook of my neck and purred away.
She's sweet, but she's really hyper a lot of the time. Our last cat wasn’t this wild…I mean, geez. Maybe it’s the Siamese in her?
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I was going to ask you how Isis was doing....the duct tape is a great smart thought!
my cats are older and of course have lots of toys...they still play in the water dishes. Fandy is part siamese (you would never know it to look at him)....he runs into the shower when it stops and rolls in the wet puddles.
perhaps you should get Isis a playmate????? bwaaaahhha! (j/k).
i'm glad to hear that she is happy and sounds too cute!
my cats are older and of course have lots of toys...they still play in the water dishes. Fandy is part siamese (you would never know it to look at him)....he runs into the shower when it stops and rolls in the wet puddles.
perhaps you should get Isis a playmate????? bwaaaahhha! (j/k).
i'm glad to hear that she is happy and sounds too cute!
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Fands, if I could afford another I'd get another. 
HB, I hope you get well soon. And about your friend blowing up your phone...I'm sure you know she's doing that because she loves you and is worried about you.
HB, I hope you get well soon. And about your friend blowing up your phone...I'm sure you know she's doing that because she loves you and is worried about you.
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Originally Posted by Bamboozle 
she went into the crook of my neck and purred away
I know that my friend loves me. She said she wasn't worried (cuz that's what I thought)...she admitted that she was calling 'just to see what I was up to' and thought I was in the bathroom or out on the porch. (??)
The problem really is because I work from home; people (like my friend) expect me to always be here.
I had to explain to her that working from home does not mean that I have time to lounge on the telephone and shoot the breeze.
If anything, time management skills and the ability to separate chores or social phone calls from actual work are crucial to success when working from home.
For instance, I did all my laundry today because if dirty clothes were staring at me tomorrow while I'm trying to finish up this project, it'd drive me nuts!
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I did laundry yesterday, then Sammy *helps* me fold it...by pushing everything off the bed onto the floor...i just caught him red-handed finishing off the catfood...he likes "trout"? now he will be farting tonight!
Hbee I hope you are feeling better and healing quickly...you have a lot to contend with, recovery for yourself and kitty (Raven)? be sure that you spend some time laying down especially if you feel the swelling...
I am looking forward to Rubicon tonight and Mad Men....work tomorrow is going to be strenous....I am solo for the day...I want to duck out early for some car maintenance but it might not happen. I am trying to keep myself from stressing about everything that happens....
My mother is convinced that *some man in a big hat* is trying to extort $$ from her at her nursing home...she is absolutely wild about it...calling my poor brother 22X in 24 hours. today i went to visit and tried to make sense with her...
"describe this man to me mom".....
"he comes every day and takes your TV if you don't pay him"! (not true of course) "he keeps asking me for $$ for my food"....(not true, the nurses have told us that mom is becoming more disoriented).
mom, what does he look like?
" he is black, has lots of gold chains, bald, and wears a big hat"!
she is describing a pimp on tv or Mr. T????? i am trying not to laugh, then remind my mother that she cannot call us 24-7..(she started with my poor brother at 730AM today)...My mother got really *angry* with me...told me she wants to move, told me to give her $50. and told me not tocome and visit if i was going to "aggravate her".
my mother resides at a very nice nursing home run by catholic charities...there are only old people there, not other rehab. people...there is nothing wierd going on there, but you would think we have stuck her in a hole the way she speaks to us....it's incidents like this that drive me nutz.
my other whine is my stupid A-hole next door neighbor...he has again taken to leaving his shades open (which face my kitchen)....keeping his lights on in the dark and walking around naked...he is 75 with a huge belly and little woo-woo....he does this periodically for the last 20 years..I have called the cops, complained to the association, even had my x-husband tell him to cover it...i feel like taking all the dog poo i pick up and placing it under his window which is wide open with no screen on it...maybe all the flies in his house will deter him??? he is just an old fool, but why he feels the need to flash is beyond my comprehension...
if you want to walk around nekked in your home it's fine, but don't just show everyone your saggy old butt and giant stomach.
Hbee I hope you are feeling better and healing quickly...you have a lot to contend with, recovery for yourself and kitty (Raven)? be sure that you spend some time laying down especially if you feel the swelling...
I am looking forward to Rubicon tonight and Mad Men....work tomorrow is going to be strenous....I am solo for the day...I want to duck out early for some car maintenance but it might not happen. I am trying to keep myself from stressing about everything that happens....
My mother is convinced that *some man in a big hat* is trying to extort $$ from her at her nursing home...she is absolutely wild about it...calling my poor brother 22X in 24 hours. today i went to visit and tried to make sense with her...
"describe this man to me mom".....
"he comes every day and takes your TV if you don't pay him"! (not true of course) "he keeps asking me for $$ for my food"....(not true, the nurses have told us that mom is becoming more disoriented).
mom, what does he look like?
" he is black, has lots of gold chains, bald, and wears a big hat"!
she is describing a pimp on tv or Mr. T????? i am trying not to laugh, then remind my mother that she cannot call us 24-7..(she started with my poor brother at 730AM today)...My mother got really *angry* with me...told me she wants to move, told me to give her $50. and told me not tocome and visit if i was going to "aggravate her".
my mother resides at a very nice nursing home run by catholic charities...there are only old people there, not other rehab. people...there is nothing wierd going on there, but you would think we have stuck her in a hole the way she speaks to us....it's incidents like this that drive me nutz.
my other whine is my stupid A-hole next door neighbor...he has again taken to leaving his shades open (which face my kitchen)....keeping his lights on in the dark and walking around naked...he is 75 with a huge belly and little woo-woo....he does this periodically for the last 20 years..I have called the cops, complained to the association, even had my x-husband tell him to cover it...i feel like taking all the dog poo i pick up and placing it under his window which is wide open with no screen on it...maybe all the flies in his house will deter him??? he is just an old fool, but why he feels the need to flash is beyond my comprehension...
if you want to walk around nekked in your home it's fine, but don't just show everyone your saggy old butt and giant stomach.
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Wow. I mean no disrespect, Fandy, but thank you for the chuckle. Was it your mother whose teeth they found in the refrigerator? Between that, Mr. T and lil' mr. woo woo...
...you've got quite a sitcom of your own over there.
sending less stress vibes your way, esp with being solo tomorrow.
Raven's abscess has healed nicely. He's back to being his psychotic self.
Does anyone else's cat do this...?
Every day, more than once, he'll either sit in a window or at the front door (if it's open) and make sounds like a baby's crying...it's like a yowling and it's very distinctive.
It can't be that he's looking for me since he does it when I'm in the same room.
Could he be calling for his buddies? There are some wild cats in the neighborhood and he was a stray but it's been a year that I've had him and he's been doing it all this time.
I hope it doesn't mean he wants to go out; he never scurries to the door to try and get out when I open it. I like him being an indoor cat; no fleas, not to mention I don't worry.
His voice is hysterical. It's a very male voice if that's possible, altho he's only about 2 yrs old so that would make him a little pre-adolescent boy?
He's been snipped too, so I don't think it means he wants to get his wick wet. Do they still get in the mood even after they're fixed?
If it's that, I'd have to equate him to be like he OD'd on Viagra...he yowls multiple times a day and has been doing so for a long time (a year).
...you've got quite a sitcom of your own over there.
sending less stress vibes your way, esp with being solo tomorrow.
Raven's abscess has healed nicely. He's back to being his psychotic self.
Does anyone else's cat do this...?
Every day, more than once, he'll either sit in a window or at the front door (if it's open) and make sounds like a baby's crying...it's like a yowling and it's very distinctive.
It can't be that he's looking for me since he does it when I'm in the same room.
Could he be calling for his buddies? There are some wild cats in the neighborhood and he was a stray but it's been a year that I've had him and he's been doing it all this time.
I hope it doesn't mean he wants to go out; he never scurries to the door to try and get out when I open it. I like him being an indoor cat; no fleas, not to mention I don't worry.
His voice is hysterical. It's a very male voice if that's possible, altho he's only about 2 yrs old so that would make him a little pre-adolescent boy?
He's been snipped too, so I don't think it means he wants to get his wick wet. Do they still get in the mood even after they're fixed?
If it's that, I'd have to equate him to be like he OD'd on Viagra...he yowls multiple times a day and has been doing so for a long time (a year).
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My little 13 pound 13 year old kitty sits and the end of the hallway (to my son's room) and howls. We are in the house but he will call for the son. Kitty goes out on a leash but usually doesn't want to go out just seeing if anyone is paying attention to him. This is something rather new. He is siamese ... if you please... (darn Disney). Yes, kitty is VERy SPoiled.
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Dee I WISH you were my next door neighbor! better than this old fool!!! the last time I called the cops I told the officer, "I'm not a prude, but jeez it's not like he is some nice young stud parading around...the officer started laughing.
yes, it was my mother who stored her teeth in the nursing home fridge....in a sandwich. there is an extra fridge behind the nurse's station where they will store extras for the patients/residents...if we bring fruit for my mother it goes in there labeld, or soup and they heat for her if she wants it.
so my poor mother thinks she is being extorted by someone from her imagination...i assure you that there are no men who look like what she described in the catholic charities home.....even the maintenance guys have uniforms and hair. the PT rehab guys are small....the nurses are very patient.
a few visits ago my mother told me all they feed her are onions, then she told me that no one has food on the weekends, she told my brother the home has been sold and she has to move....we won't remove the special phone line we have for her...(with her original house phone number) because it is all she has....but i turn my line off at night, my brother won't (because of his son and the new grandchild).
I'm glad I could give everyone a chuckle and i started laughing so hard when i read suki's response...good grief!....i hate to take the dog out at night, i open the front door and there he is...
there are 2 cops on my block...but i have to live next door to this ijit!...i keep hoping he will move or be commited...he used to sit outside and try to tan himself...he stopped that because too many people compalined...now he just pretends to clean his windows so he can expose himself.....i went into my kitchen last night at 3AM to get a drink and saw a reflection through my closed blinds...his lights were blazing and he was sitting in a chair .....i dont' want to GUESS what he was doing to himself!.....maybe he was enjoying a breeze.
His air conditioning is broken and i hope it turns 100 degrees this week so he will vacate....he has all the original old compressor/furnace and I overheard the repairman tell him outside that it could not be repaired....
but the good news is that despite all my whining, i did not wallow in stupid depression this weekend....I silently wished Mr. Fandy to lose all his bets at the Haskell
yes, it was my mother who stored her teeth in the nursing home fridge....in a sandwich. there is an extra fridge behind the nurse's station where they will store extras for the patients/residents...if we bring fruit for my mother it goes in there labeld, or soup and they heat for her if she wants it.
so my poor mother thinks she is being extorted by someone from her imagination...i assure you that there are no men who look like what she described in the catholic charities home.....even the maintenance guys have uniforms and hair. the PT rehab guys are small....the nurses are very patient.
a few visits ago my mother told me all they feed her are onions, then she told me that no one has food on the weekends, she told my brother the home has been sold and she has to move....we won't remove the special phone line we have for her...(with her original house phone number) because it is all she has....but i turn my line off at night, my brother won't (because of his son and the new grandchild).
I'm glad I could give everyone a chuckle and i started laughing so hard when i read suki's response...good grief!....i hate to take the dog out at night, i open the front door and there he is...
there are 2 cops on my block...but i have to live next door to this ijit!...i keep hoping he will move or be commited...he used to sit outside and try to tan himself...he stopped that because too many people compalined...now he just pretends to clean his windows so he can expose himself.....i went into my kitchen last night at 3AM to get a drink and saw a reflection through my closed blinds...his lights were blazing and he was sitting in a chair .....i dont' want to GUESS what he was doing to himself!.....maybe he was enjoying a breeze.
His air conditioning is broken and i hope it turns 100 degrees this week so he will vacate....he has all the original old compressor/furnace and I overheard the repairman tell him outside that it could not be repaired....
but the good news is that despite all my whining, i did not wallow in stupid depression this weekend....I silently wished Mr. Fandy to lose all his bets at the Haskell
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