Eek. Good luck, -t!!!!
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Oct 11, 2017 9:58:06 am PDT #17624 of 30002
DavidS - Oct 11, 2017 11:04:49 am PDT #17625 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, I'm checking in with Emmett about five times a day but so far Roehnert Park has been safe.
waves at Zen!!
Today is the middle school softball championship game as long as the air quality is good enough. Matilda's team is in the finals!
For those following along on FB, Matilda (with no prompting from me) attended the SlayGirls meeting.
The Guinea Pigs were scratching themselves and obviously in distress so we took them to the vet. Had to be treated for mites. Now they're all doped up.
That was expensive. And our coupon for free first visit? Only applies to cats and dogs! How species-est!
JZ - Oct 11, 2017 12:38:57 pm PDT #17626 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Of note, the one pig whom Hec noted seemed to have a dissolute rocker vibe to her really loves her prescription meds -- sucks them down and scrabbles wildly to keep hold of the dropper when we start to pull it away. Whole different vibe than the cat I had to wrap in a towel and sit on in order to get two drops of anything down her.
Sheryl - Oct 11, 2017 1:48:55 pm PDT #17627 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Mr. S got his flu shot today. Went fine, no crying. He is being a two year old. Sigh...
sarameg - Oct 11, 2017 2:08:06 pm PDT #17628 of 30002
The filters were under the wire shelves along with some of the other contents of the drawer I was sure I put them in. Pumpkin is a drawer digger.
sarameg - Oct 11, 2017 2:12:04 pm PDT #17629 of 30002
Wish I could introduce Matilda & Gwyn, they're about the same age. G also has two piglets- one is new, as her first piglet died about a month ago. My friend posted an adorable vid of G giggling with the two of them cuddled to her neck, squeaking away.
-t - Oct 11, 2017 2:13:03 pm PDT #17630 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw Pumpkin. So helpful.
Evacuation advisory for the west side of 80. At least the information is flowing pretty well, even if I don't like what it says.
-t - Oct 11, 2017 2:19:12 pm PDT #17631 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also aw stoner pig.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2017 2:19:51 pm PDT #17632 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Are you on the east side, I hope? (I feel like if I were afraid evacuation were coming, I would pack the car in advance, just to be prepared, but that's me.)
So Buddy is coming along! I think he hated living in the shelter inside the pet store, but maybe he's getting lonely during the day, because he comes running right to me when I get home. And he's let me pick him up and poke him in various ways, when he just hissed at anyone who approached him in the shelter. So that's good! I had been worried about if I would ever be able to cut his nails, and it seems like I will.
Katerina Bee - Oct 11, 2017 2:22:03 pm PDT #17633 of 30002
Herding cats for fun
Bay Area smoke report: air quality is noticeably worse in San Francisco. Being thirty miles south in Hayward pays off today. The air is thick and heavy and the sunlight is a weird orangey color. Reminds me of the LA smog before all the clean air efforts these last few decades.
Finally get home and my eyes are still itchy and watery. I know one person who is feeling lucky and is sitting in her house only five miles away from the Tubbs Fire; and another who lost her house but managed to get her disabled dad to Kaiser just in time to be evacuated.
Whee! Interesting times!