And I thought I'd never see Russell in a big hat again (without a M&C sequel).

I love watching this live kitty cam at Friends of Felines located in Defiance Ohio. It's a somewhat small shelter (80-100 cats) run by this really nice woman named Jacci. Every day she reads mail and opens boxes sent to them at around 6:30 pm eastern time. At night they put the camera down lower near the floor so everyone can watch the kitties at play.

Saw this guy at Walmart yesterday who looked to be straight out of the 70s. Graying hair in a very 70s-ish style, white shirt with decorative blue embroidery on it, flaired jeans and some sort of thick-heeled boots. I actually thought he might be an actor from some TV show that films in town... (Stu Segall productions).

The guys who did our roof last January came out today to take care of a small problem with the flashing near a back door. They never returned any calls so I had to register a complaint on the Better Business Bureau site. That sure got them over here quick! All the complaints about them on that site are about how they don't return calls.

So the new guys next door. They set up a computer in the living room and seem to spend a lot of time on it. Maybe it has to do with their job... or they are Internet addicts or something. They haven't been working as much on the house as I expected them to be. They have a little Jack Russell terrier like Eddie on Frasier. Very cute. I offered them a Mexican fan palm tree that grew from seed in our yard. I put it in a pot and it's sent roots through the bottom into the ground so it's getting quite big. The guy didn't seem interested though. So I guess I'll just stick it in the ground next to my other palm tree. They've been moving the landscaping stones from the side of the house to out back. Those were part of a drainage system put in. I'm sure I've mentioned how bad the drainage is in these yards. I've certainly done my share of work trying to fix it. I think the previous owner next door installed some drainage pipes and covered it with stones.

I've had this strange thing happening. Strange gifts left out on my driveway. First there was...


Plus a cookie mix for double chocolate chip cookies that I made up and enjoyed.
Yeah, that's a Mormon book and Mormon mag called Friend. Yeah, Mormons... those poor people who go door to door sometimes. The woman we buy Shaklee vitamins from is a Moron living in Utah and we've never had trouble from her. She is a perfect professional.
And then there was...



That's a stuffed doggie, holding a heart for Valentine's Day. A Barbies and Hello Kitty bag plus the soundtrack for the Chipmonks Squeakquel movie.

All mine.

Here is Sammy, crunching up the remainder of his chicken wing. He's such a chewer that I have to watch out for him chewing on electrical wires. But this crunching and chewing is really good for his teeth. He drags it off the plate so I have to put a towel down. He always leaves behind that little piece of bone every time.



Drizzle watch is on again for tomorrow night. I had a dream it rained, but that's about it for our region.

I'm switching back to Feline Pine litter to see if maybe it's the corn litter that Sammy's allergic to and causing the chin acne. It's not really bad at this point and I don't know how long a diet change takes to have an effect. All three cats continue to love the raw food. It's amazing how much Fred and Heidi like it. I don't have to use the tuna anymore to entice them to eat. The brand I'm using is called Bravo! and I use the chicken balanced version. But I do plan to buy an electric meat grinder and make my own raw food. But that's complicated and takes some time to research and get in to.

At Costco today I caved in and got a faux fur throw blanket mainly because I knew Sammy would love it. I could have gotten something in a subtle brown or white fur, but I couldn't resist the totally tacky cheetah print. As expected Sammy latched right onto it. His blanket fetish involves him biting and holding on with his mouth while kneading and sometimes he'll just suck on it and other times he'll clamp on with his mouth and try to hump it because he's totally aroused. Fred always had that blanket fetish thing too.



Oh, I should add... the fur throw had instructions for dry cleaning, fur method (!). But I had already put it in the wash for a rinse and medium dry before I saw that and it turned out just fine. It's all synthetic material, so it washes just fine. Ignore the label and use a gentle wash and dry.

So I just had a nice long email to my vet composed and it was lost when I tried to send it.
My kitty vet is hearing impaired, so it's actually better for me to email things in detail because in person it's a bit hard to go beyond the basic stuff.

That's what they jokingly call it on the news. There could be a 20% chance of something like a drizzle tonight. Who knows?

I've just been watching Freddie gnaw on a raw chicken wing. I got them for Sammy. He's got a bad case of kitty chin acne, so I'm trying a diet change. I wanted to get him on raw foods anyway, because I figured he was young enough to adjust to it, but I was surprised when Heidi and Fred totally loved it. I know I've tried raw food on them before and they'd look at me like I was an idiot for forgetting to cook it. But now it's fine with them. It's a different brand though.

Anyway, raw chicken wings are just good for cleaning and strengthening their teeth and giving them something to chew on. Sammy has been chewing on the plastic caps on all the door stops around the house. So I figured he'd be a natural for this and he was, but then Fred was standing right behind him, waiting for a turn.

I was watching Medium last night and marveling at how good it remains to be on a consistent basis without losing my interest. I knew it was on the bubble for NBC but figured with its ratings being better than any of their new shows getting renewed, like Southland, I figured it was OK. Not so. NBC gave it the axe but CBS has picked it up. It is a CBS/Paramount produced show, after all. CBS will put in on after Ghost Whisper on Fridays.