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Cat flu, saphy, not human flu! They’re different viruses.
@kittyserf
So we can be carriers of the cat flu virus?
Hugs to everyone who needs them, no hugs to those who prefer their personal space 😉
Our big news is OHMYGAWD WE JUST GOT A KICK-ASS FIREPLACE INSERT!!!
We had a very lovely but almost completely useless pass-through fireplace. We’re slowly replacing our houses’s original windows (early 60s single pane) and decrepit insulation as funds permit, but those + our attempt at frugality = strategic use of space heaters in the kids’ rooms when occupied + wearing layers and freezing everywhere else.
But this!
ERMERGERD!
It has a catalytic converter, an adjustable intake (they call it “heat control”, but it just acts to moderate the air intake/burn rate), and an adjustable fan.
This is like heaven.
It’s inching up past 70 right now in the living room (it’s usually around 60 – and that’s after the heat’s kicked on) and the heater didn’t have to engage all night (we had a very solid fire established when I threw a big, knotty log on and dialed the flue and intake all the way down before bed, and there were still embers when I woke up).
So, YAY!
We’re on a few wooded acres and have multiple downed trees (and some near the house that we need to take down) as well as some well-seasoned wood, so we’re set on “free”/low cost heat for awhile 😀 😀 😀
The cats are happy – they usually burrow into our beds and snuggle the winter days away in the blankets, but they’ve been lounging on the living room couches giving us blinky eyes whenever we pass.
And that’s my big news.
I’ve officially reached the stage in my life in which major appliance purchases are a HUGE THING.
But, c’mon – WARMTH!
After the past few winters, this is sort of fantastic.
Winter warmth! Happiness. For you anyway … we’re lining up for a long hot summer here.
(I don’t really know how hot it’s likely to be, but the place is so dry there’ve been a few fires well ahead of the usual schedule.)
Hah! Dry. I just checked on the details of a fire several kms away from here. Yet another fool using an angle grinder near dry grass started the damn thing. So far it’s burnt out 170 hectares – that’s 420 acres for those still using old money.
I reckon there should be some kind of ban on outdoors use of the rotten things for the same period as the usual fire ban period.
Whelp.
I just learned that my grandfather died.
…
I don’t feel anything yet, but I probably will later.
Anyway, I might be away a couple days. I dunno.
I’m so sorry Katherine.
I think it’s pretty normal to feel shocked and numb for a little while when someone dies. That always happens to me too.
Take care.
I’m very sorry for your loss, Katherine.
So sorry Katherine.
Sometimes we’re surprised by our reactions. You can still be shocked even with no surprise at all. And numbness is often the first reaction in any case, expected or not.
Take care of yourself.
Condolences, Katherine.
Hugs on standby for when you need them, Katherine. <3
I’m so sorry to hear that, Katherine.
So sorry for your loss, Katherine.
My condolences, Katherine.
Whoops! I posted to the wrong thread. Sorry.
Oh, Katherine, I’m so sorry!
Don’t feel bad about not feeling bad, right now. When my aunt died, I didn’t really feel it, until it HIT me a year later.
Humans are weird, like that.
You grieve in whatever way works for you, OK? Including not at all. It’s alright, and don’t let anyone else tell you how to feel or respond, or when to do it. We are not machines, and our emotions cannot be put on a schedule.
Do you want hugs? I’m sending internet hugs your way. Just duck, if you don’t want them.
Terrible news out of Canada. There has been a diced onion dispute at a Saskatchewan Tim Horton’s. In anger, one disgruntled customer threw a harmless snake at the employee:
http://globalnews.ca/news/1714538/snake-thrown-in-tim-hortons-after-diced-onion-dispute/
What a sad day for Canada.
My fav link of the day (well, it was yesterday but I didn’t see it til today), all about the joy of ggator’s new ‘op’, and how well it’s doing.
http://www.themarysue.com/indie-devs-nope/
@marinerachel, I read that this morning, and all I could think was how grateful I am that I no longer work at a Timmies.
Katherine, I’m so sorry.
Proxieme, whoot!
Saphy – yeah, that’s the impression I get, and I know my kitties could only have picked up cat flu via me.
So, I was brushing my teeth, and I bent over the skin to slurp up some water and rinse my mouth, and my kitty jumped onto my back and…
settled down for a nap!
I wish I could have gotten video.
ROFL oh Michelle, that’s priceless!
Kitties are Teh Evil.
Tally, a husky raised as a pup by cats.
SO MUCH CUTE I CAN’ EVEN
http://40.media.tumblr.com/0bc6cf7685bcfc23632857ccd5b845ae/tumblr_n5sot0HkdS1qf24ngo2_500.jpg
http://40.media.tumblr.com/17ffcefdf9a023c666cf129b153c5857/tumblr_n5sot0HkdS1qf24ngo3_500.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/ce4d95a6bdc238c2790809da47d29c72/tumblr_n5sot0HkdS1qf24ngo4_500.jpg
The sled dogs can be great with cats, my old friend’s Malamute would let the neighborhood kittens use him as a climbing frame and swing on his tail.
Oh, if only there were pics of that!
Apparently Tally acts like a cat, having been raised by them. I don’t know what huskies’ usual postures are like, but that paws-folded thing looks very catlike.
Her humans are gonna need some big boxes. 🙂