Quote from: EllenW on February 01, 2024, 04:06:45 PMSorry to hear about your cat. Loosing a pet is very hard.

I was wondering if your son comes to say good bye to cat, will that affect your plans to tell him about being transgender?

Ellen

Thanks Ellen - hopefully he (our cat) will rally. But we need to start mentally "going there," you know?

As for the plans of telling our son? No I don't think so. My birthday is later this month. I still think that will make more sense. Doing it at a happy occasion like that. Not a sad one. That seems like it would be awful.

So sorry to hear about your cat Allie and the hot water heater beeping. It must be intolerable with a migraine. My heart goes out to you.
Hugs Gina

Quote from: Gina P on February 02, 2024, 05:43:04 AMSo sorry to hear about your cat Allie and the hot water heater beeping. It must be intolerable with a migraine. My heart goes out to you.
Hugs Gina

Thank you Gina. Woody is doing better this morning so far (Woody is the cat, we have not named the hot water heater... as of yet. It's always on the "to do" list but we just never get to it...), and we had a beep-free overnight, so that was something

I personally didn't get much sleep, probably worrying about all of the above. But I'm still going to call that a "win" 👍😉

Quote from: imallie on February 02, 2024, 06:05:53 AMWoody is the cat, we have not named the hot water heater... as of yet. It's always on the "to do" list but we just never get to it...

<rimshot>

You make me smile, Allie!

~Sara

Tarka, well it is a water otter----------------

Seriously-- have you considered dressing your water heater up in a cute outfit?  I kind of have to know and do suspect 'yes' is possible..

Quote from: Jenn104 on February 02, 2024, 01:29:01 PMSeriously-- have you considered dressing your water heater up in a cute outfit?  I kind of have to know and do suspect 'yes' is possible..

I don't think it's a terrible idea Jenn, but I keep hoping there will be a time when it will look its best, so I'd hate to buy something that's not the correct size.

It just seems to be carrying a lot of (I'm so deeply sorry for this...) water weight right now.

Quote from: imallie on February 02, 2024, 01:51:23 PMI don't think it's a terrible idea Jenn, but I keep hoping there will be a time when it will look its best, so I'd hate to buy something that's not the correct size.

It just seems to be carrying a lot of (I'm so deeply sorry for this...) water weight right now.

bad puns... a tankless job?

Steamed like a good idea, dont want to faucet, time to bail out---------

I'm going to bail on this line of jokes right now... (oh dam, I just stuck one last one in... well, I suppose two, actually..)

But to change the subject... wanted to share a few pictures of Woody, so you knew who I was talking about.

Here he is with his now-passed brother, Buzz (Woody on the left, Buzz is white, just like Buzz Lightyear's space suit, of course)


Here's Woody never letting us leave any work station unattended (same goes for plate of food)..



Lastly, here he is with his DirecTV clicker. Yes, HIS, DirecTV clicker. It's a whole thing. When it's abandoned on the bed, he will hug it, sleep on it... grab it.. or sometimes he will attempt to flat-out pull it from our hands.

Okay, I love Woody. Don't consider this creepy, as I fall in love with nearly all critters in a New York nanosecond.

Woody is so cool with the remote. I love all animals and its amazing the personalities they have.

Quote from: Oldandcreaky on February 02, 2024, 05:15:57 PMOkay, I love Woody. Don't consider this creepy, as I fall in love with nearly all critters in a New York nanosecond.

Not creepy in the least.  He's quite lovable. He's a cat who GREETS visitors, likes to pretend he's invisible (he inches closer to food and thinks we somehow don't see him) and is so incredibly good natured that he will seek you out and cuddle you when he knows you're sad, or when he wants it. But if you want it? He will allow it even though you can 100% tell he's just waiting for you to be done to move on with the rest of his scheduled activities for that day.

We are giving him some pumpkin this morning (cats LOVE it!) in hopes it might settle his system down. But if it doesn't help in the next 24 hours we are bracing for the fact that we can't let him hang on just because it'll break our hearts when he's gone.

I know this will APPEAR to just be a photo of a loaf of bread I baked when I was teaching myself to do that last year... but there is an invisible Woody in it if you look very closely. You're forgiven if you can't see him right away. He believes he is quite excellent at his ninja-like stealthiness.

I simply see two golden loaves of bread.

Actually, I see one golden loaf and a funny feline who is far more precious than gold to you.

By the way, I know many/most of you are quite fond of my wife... but that's only because I ONLY tell you the GOOD stories about her, not the seamy, cruel, other stuff.

Well, that ends now. You get the whole picture.

Last night, when I was kissing her good night (she was reading her book in bed, I was off to headache land in my office for a few hours) we were hoping that Woody didn't have another "explosive" late night, causing us to have to keep getting up. We all wanted/needed some sleep.

And then I said: "Well the worst would be, if after my cluster, I came out of the office, and he did it right in the hall and I didn't see it and I slipped in it and fell on my ass."

At which she immediately broke out in to UPROARIOUS laughter.

Not "oh, that would be terrible!" ... with a small, chuckle. But straight out, tears in her eyes, unabashed, uncontrollable laughing.

So — see? I assume that makes you like her so much less!

(Sigh) Yeah, I know. Me neither. 😘

Woody, by the way, had a pretty good night. The pumpkin we gave him seemed to help. Still some accidents but he definitely got some sleep. He's cuddled up in the bed with me now as I type this. So... cautiously optimistic that he might hang in a bit longer.

Love,
Allie

The more I hear the more I like your wife!!!

In the last months of our dog's life last spring, his digestive ability also faded and we had to be careful rising each morning lest we step in his stool. I'm sure he hated soiling his home. He was a smart dog who always wanted to do the right thing.

Quote from: Oldandcreaky on February 04, 2024, 12:43:36 PMIn the last months of our dog's life last spring, his digestive ability also faded and we had to be careful rising each morning lest we step in his stool. I'm sure he hated soiling his home. He was a smart dog who always wanted to do the right thing.

I'm sure you're correct. It's hard to watch, and obviously you can't be remotely upset.

Have you added a new dog to the household since your loss?

Quote from: Oldandcreaky on February 04, 2024, 12:43:36 PMIn the last months of our dog's life last spring, his digestive ability also faded and we had to be careful rising each morning lest we step in his stool. I'm sure he hated soiling his home. He was a smart dog who always wanted to do the right thing.

O&C
I know my old dog hated soiling his home. But you have to accept that it is part of the aging process even when you pick them up and they pee all over you shirt. Any way how anyone can hate a 21-year-old poodle when he looked so cute.



Ellen