THE NEW CAT ROOM! (or the Cat Room #2)

Hi Misti

I hope those people Rae shares with become a bit more careful! It must worry her enormously.

Sorry to hear of Rae's back problems. Please pass on my best wishes to her & my hope that she makes a quick recovery.

It's nice to hear some news of Paddy. He'd be pretty huge by now, wouldn't he? Is he still a strictly one woman cat?

Ms Poppy sounds delightful. it's so good that she's so settled and you can stop worrying - and coming in at night like a good girl I wish someone would explain the rules to our Paddy!

Misti Paddy's game sounds funny - you'll have to get some photos

I hope Rae is ok now. Outside must have been a bit of a shock to Lacey after always being an indoor cat. Rae needs to come home, bringing Lacey and Stanley

Good to know all you and your kitty are doing well, Olga! I was on the blogosphere and went to Atrio's site....Eschaton....he has Friday cat blogging and has the most beautiful gray cat....has silver feet and ears....maybe a Korat or a Chartreaux or just a great mix, but a beautiful cat just flopped over a chair. I love men who love cats! :wink:

Someone tell me how to copy an image to send to here and I will bring it. I am really not very "techy".

Hey guys, thanks for your concern ... Rae is feeling a little better today, not much though. She will feel better in a couple of days, I am sure ... so your good wishes are appreciated and forwarded.



Paddy under sheets


Paddy playing possum



Paddy after falling out of bed.



Tired of playing:)



Lacey two weeks ago.

Misti, please give our very best wishes to Rae!

I had two very cuddly cats tonight, both not moving very far from me. I guess this has something to do with the fact that our suitcases are packed and we are ready to leave for Sweden tomorrow morning.

I bought a ton of catfood and Susanne the neighbour is eager to take over the serious task of catsitting. I will now go to bed and hope that the cats will sleep a little, too.

I'll try Diane, though I'm not exactly "techy" myself! (More of a Luddite, actually!) I will try to use non-techy language, OK?

* Start with the image (photograph or cartoon, say) you want to copy

* Right click on that image

* Left click on properties (in the box that has appeared)

* A box called "properties" will now have appeared:run your curser over ALL the text that appears in the Address (URL) section. This text should now be enclosed in solid blue.

* Right click on that area that you just "blued".

*Left click OK

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* Go to the thread (eg New Cat Room)you want to post the picture to & left click on post reply (as you would to do a normal post)

* click inside the blank comment box

* Above the (blank) comment box you'll see a number of little squares. Left click on the IMG box.

* A box titled Explorer User Prompt will appear at the top of the screen.

* Right click into the white section & left click paste into it after http://

* Left click OK.

* Text beginning & ending with [/IMG] should now be in there.

* Click on preview (just underneath) to see if your image worked!

PHEW! I hope that's not too clumsy an explanation, Diane! I had to have quite a few attempts (with many folk trying to help! ) before I got it right.

Af anyone else can explain that more clearly, please do!

Left Louis home alone for the weekend (again). Fed him a whole can of wet food Friday just before leaving, and filled a pie tin with dry food. Came back Sunday evening, and he had eaten all of the dry food... there had to have been at least five cups in there on Friday... what a pig. And he bitched at me all night for leaving him to boot...

Many Thanks, Olga! I will certainly give it a try!

A pleasure, Diane. I hope it makes sense, that's all. And it's not half as complicated as it looks!

Well, Olga can tell us how to do it....but WHERE are the photos of POPPY???

Ms Margo, you know I'm a Luddite! (Yes, you do! Admit it!) There's something quite challenging about first taking the photograph, then getting it onto my computer, then doing the the next stage of things with a 3rd internet party (a total mystery! ) THEN posting it here! It feels like a long, long journey to me, I'm afraid! I suppose it hasn't been helped by the fact that I'm not taking all that many photographs of anything? You know, I don't even have one, solitary photograph of Ms Poppy yet. It's not that I don't think that she's a delightful little cat (she is!), it's more that I seem to be lacking the motivation, right now, to learn how to do this photography (off-line & online) thing, for some unknown reason ...

We don't let Louis outside at our current home, but he likes to go into the garage and hide under the car. I found out another reason why he likes the garage - the pressed cardboard wall coverings. He's been clawing the crap out of them. Grrrrrrrrrrr. So I pointed out his vandalism to him and at least tried to make sure he knew I wasn't happy about it. Now he won't come near me unless I'm feeding him.

Vindictive little ****.

Update on Rae: She is feeling a little better, she has an appointment on Friday with one of the orthopods I work for, and here's hoping he will get to the bottom of it.

Lacey and Stanley are doing well ... Lacey seems to be more accepting of him now. Stan doesn't seem to care who do or does not accept him, he just wants to dive into pocketbooks, crawl up your back, fit snugly into shoes that are laying around, etc. That's one of the things I love about kitties, they are so entertaining!

Paddy is still a one-woman cat, however, he has taken to my sister quite well even tho' she doesn't like cats, he seems not to notice. He doesn't run from her and as soon as she goes out on the porch for a cig, he's out there with her. So there's hope on the horizon! He still tells us off when we come home after being away for a few hours, he's just not used to that so we're weaning him slowly of his dependency because after we move we're going to start enjoying life a wee bit, we may even stay out for an hour or two:)

msolga, you MUST conquer the digital camera so that we can all enjoy your little Poppy, even if you can post the pictures somewhere else one of us will transfer it to here! We're all anxious to see the little tyke:)

I will, Misti, I promise .... eventually.
I think I just have a case of the winter glums at the moment, that's all. Everything looks like such a big effort!

You're not alone girl ... I think it's because of the full moon which is due on Saturday!

It's been a horrendous week at work especially, everyone is in a funky mood, irritable, irrational, and gloomy! I'll sure be happy when this week is over!

Even Paddy doesn't want to be bothered ...... he's in one of his "I don't want to be touched" moods!

Interesting use of funky - I'm guessing that it doesn't mean there what it means here - i.e., cool, vibt, with-it, exciting, hip.....????

No, margo, that's not what it means here at all, at least to my knowledge.

Rae saw the orthopaedic doctor today, took xrays, she has a compression fracture of the L1 vertebrae, unusual in a person as young as she is. Doctor ordered a Dexa Scan, Bone Scan, and MRI, then he wants her to have a Kyphoplasty procedure, a non-surgical treatment performed using imaging guidance by interventional radiologists, stabilizes the collapsed vertebra with the injection of medical-grade bone cement into the spine. The procedure is generally an overnight hospital stay, and immediate pain relief is accomplished.

I was totally floored that poor Rae had a compression fracture, I thought surely it must be a herniated disc.

I will keep you all updated on Rae's progress, meantime prayers would be greatly appreciated.

I got to see Stanley and Lacey tonight ... Stanley is so small that Lacey looks big compared to him. Stan was so funny, running all around, climbing into the bookcase behind books and little open spaces, jumping off the ledges and running like heck across the room. He enjoys being petted and held, as long as you're in a sitting position.

We got home sort of late as we also went to look at a condo., we forgot to leave a light on for Paddy as it was still daylight when we left, well, we both got told off royally by His Highness, so we won't do that again:)

Hugs to all our kitty families!

Hi everyone and thanks for the good thoughts. :wink:

I'm glad ya'll have been able to see the newest edition to my life ~ Stanley. Thanks Mom for posting the pictures.

Stanely is even more adorable in person and he is slowly forcing Lacey to accept him ~ how could you not love that little face?

Lacey is putting on a good show, and as her human, I am taking her side, but I know she loves him already. And Stanely just adores her ~ follows her everywhere!

They both sleep with me..... And since I haven't been sleeping much the last two weeks, I've been entertained by their nocturnal activities. I use the term 'entertained' loosely.

Not that I'm off to sleep or anything, but I'm back on dial-up and all of you 'oldies' will remember the trouble I had from the start of A2K and before.....

Be good, ya'll. I'm still here and watching. Love ya'll to bits.

Rae :wink:

(I took this picture.)