<!--quoteo(post=378974:date=Aug 11 2009, 06&#58;33 AM:name=elfed)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (elfed &#064; Aug 11 2009, 06&#58;33 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=378974">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Greetings one and all. 70 degrees and partly cloudy in Montreal today. Our new cat Lucy is driving us mad with her constant &quot;talking&quot; in the mornings as she wants desperately to go outside. She is a small cat and would not stand a chance against the big raccoons and other animals that are seen occasionally around here. We have a water spray bottle which quietens her down a wee bit but not always&#33; Still, we love her to bits as she has such a lovely personality. She adores Emma the dog and we think Emma secretly likes Lucy despite appearing aloof towards her&#33;<br />Have a great day all.<br />Regards,<br />James.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />James our cat does the same thing...think it&#39;s all the oriental in her.  She is beautiful but very social.  Steve calls her my ..well..here goes.....<br /><br />MY SCREAMING PUS.. CAT (but he leaves off the CAT)<br /><br />He takes great pride in that... don&#39;t know why it&#39;s always MY SP (cat) when he really loves her to death too.  She just yammers on to yammer...  we can sit and just talk back and forth and she keeps it up.  Don&#39;t know what I&#39;m going to do without her... once she is gone I&#39;m done for a while.  <br /><br />Andrea...I feel your pain.  Worst experience I had was with a little black cat I named Dexter.  He was no bigger than my hand and came along in October of 2003 which was the worst month of my entire life so in some ways it made him more special to me.  I think my son was the one encouraging him to live in our bushes.  Dexter became blocked and I&#39;m sorry if I told this story before, but it was a blockage and he couldn&#39;t pee.  We paid over 1000 to help him knowing it could happen again.  Got loans from my neighbors even.  It happened again and I had to face the fact that I couldn&#39;t pay any more.  My gosh that was hard...it wasn&#39;t just my cat you know.  My son had brought him home.  The suffering that poor thing went through during his last two days was something I still tear myself up over.  No more male cats ever.  That cat holds a special place in my heart and his loss hit me harder than any other pet loss before or after Dexter came along.  I know we are supposed to be kind and gently to all of Gods creatures and I had failed miserably.  <br /><br />Andrea you are doing the right thing.   We get a new animal and within the first few days something happens..it&#39;s the Prentice new animal curse.  Actually I think Dexter was the only animal it didn&#39;t happen to right away but he still got his in the end.  My cat (screaming pus...) managed to climb way up in the rafters and jump down.  Landed in a plant and a puncture wound in her paw.  My last dog Rocky (may he RIP), ran into our glass coffee table the very day we brought him home.  Bone chipped off in his ear and he had seizures.  That was a nice bill indeed.  He was such a good dog.  Nothing but trouble but a darn meek and sweet dog&#33;&#33;  Anyway, Andrea, maybe just maybe this will be it then and once the ear mites are cleared up you will have one healthy cat.<br /><br /><br /><!--quoteo(post=378998:date=Aug 11 2009, 11&#58;45 AM:name=Gregswife)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gregswife &#064; Aug 11 2009, 11&#58;45 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=378998">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Robert - wishing you a day as special as you are...<br /><br /><!--sizeo:6--><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#000080--><span style="color:#000080"><!--/coloro-->HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Have to take the dogs to the groomers today and then tomorrow, I have to get started on getting things ready for the visit of Greg&#39;s parents and sister next week.  It was back to work for hubby this morning.  This will be 3 weeks in a row that he hasn&#39;t worked a full week, so next week will be a shock to his system.  I give him kudos, he went above and beyond to make sure our anniversary trip was very romantic....he&#39;s an amazing man, I think I will keep him.  He thought of all the &quot;little touches&quot; that most men wouldn&#39;t think about (and frankly, it was somewhat out of character for him&#33;&#33;&#33;)  Well, guess I had better get myself dressed and put on my make-up and get ready to head out to &quot;The Dirty Dog&quot;...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />That is the sweetest thing Cheryl&#33;&#33;  Doesn&#39;t happen to me much but he tries at times.  Some day we are going to do that renewing of the vow thing.<br /><br />Oh and .. I didn&#39;t see a post for this but .....<br /><br /><!--fonto:Arial Black--><span style="font-family:Arial Black"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#4B0082--><span style="color:#4B0082"><!--/coloro--><!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b>HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBERT&#33;&#33;&#33;</b><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><br /><br />I did put it on your profile page way earlier today.  Hope it was special&#33;&#33;   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" /> <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" /> <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" />   <br /><br />So..here I am... I have not had a good couple of days.  Haven&#39;t been chatty but trying to occupy myself with stupid stuff and it&#39;s not working.  Yesterday Layla (my granddaughter) turned four.   Stephanie (DD) sent me another nasty text message.  Tried to call her and she refuses to talk - only wants to text and I refuse.  We got a call from old ex-idiot-boyfriend Keith the other day and he said that he was going for custody and has had Layla for quite some time now.  We saw the two of them from a distance a couple of weeks back (her and Layla together)..she went the other way, so we think he&#39;s just full of crap (not first choice of words) as usual.  But there is that doubt....no way she&#39;d give up on Layla.  But Keith has done this before and it was all lies.  I&#39;ve just got to put it all out of my mind but the worrying and pain over all of it has really gotten the better of me since yesterday.  The girl has absolutely no clue the living hell she is putting me through..well actually she should so there are those emotions to deal with as well.  We also saw Layla at the neighbors, remember?..and Keith would not have done that as he doesn&#39;t know them whereas Stephanie and the dude&#39;s sex slave (huge age diff), Eve, have been friends somewhat.  We are convinced they all do drugs.  That&#39;s a whole other story...he beats her, destroys property, we call the police, etc.  There goes the neighborhood.....   :::sigh::::  I&#39;m convinced there is no end to this but I do know in a few days I will have perked back up so until then.....  <br /><br />Steve, Gramps just cracks me up&#33;&#33;  <br /><br />I must have missed all this site trouble.  I&#39;ve had no problems whatsoever...  ::::knock on wood::::