I received tons of kind, helpful advice from a lot of people recently regarding some difficult decisions my husband and I had to make about our cat, Yin. The statement that stayed with me day and night, though, was one that a fellow Alabama blogger, Bo, shared. Bo’s 15-year-old dog had died in her sleep [...]
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The last days of Yin: snacks, adventure and love. Also, more snacks.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ahi tuna, animals, cantaloupe, catnip, cats, chicken, chronic renal failure, cremation, death, grandmother, Greenies, husband, melon, pet cremation, pets on September 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As Pictured Below: Bowlful of Melon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cantaloupe, CSA, farm, food, melons, photograph, watermelons on August 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Banana melon, some 15 inches long. It tasted like a really sweet cantaloupe. I am SO tired of melons that taste like cantaloupe. What ever happened to old-fashioned watermelons that were sweet, juicy and red inside?
Update: Shaggerty General Hospital
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged husband, marriage, cats, kidney failure, chronic renal failure, sub-Q, pills, medication, snacks on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Thursday, and both husband and cat are still alive. It turns out that Yin’s unwillingness to chew anything for more than a decade makes hiding pills in his food pretty easy. And he doesn’t seem to mind the sub-Q treatment as long as somebody is handing him snacks. So for now, he’s a willing [...]
Calgon? Miller? Anybody?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, husband, marriage, cats, kidney failure, adulthood, appliances, sub-Q, refrigerator, medications, subcutaneous fluids, angry bees, married, stress on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
14-year-old cat requires four medications per day, plus subcutaneous fluids. Husband has a dermatological bandage to be watched and changed. The refrigerator is making a noise reminiscent of angry bees. I have never felt more grownup, married or inept.
Saving a mediocre watermelon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats, farm, farmer, granita, green sherbet glasses, ice cream freezer, ICEE, lime, sherbet glasses, sorbet, summer, tomatoes, watermelon, zest on August 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
One of my favorite local farmers, the guy who sells tomatoes and whatnot out of the back of his truck in front of Hartlex Antiques in Madison, Ala., warned me last week that the watermelons weren’t all that this summer, but I had a jones and could not easily be talked out of buying one. [...]
Tempest in a Tupperware Tea Pitcher
Posted in Photographs, Uncategorized, tagged childhood, mother, grandmother, books, Tupperware, tea set, teacup, unbreakable, tomboy, stuffed animals, toys, gaudy, bookworm on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Everything anyone needs to know about me as a little girl is reflected in my favorite childhood tea set, recently rescued from the highest shelves of my grandmother’s hall closet by my mom. Made of unbreakable, dishwasher-safe Tupperware, it’s decidedly non-delicate, perfect for non-delicate little girls. It showcased an array of gaudy colors, as did [...]
As Pictured Below: Go and get yourself some cheap sunglasses
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats, husband, summer, sunglasses, Target on July 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Fine. I’m rough on sunglasses. I drop them, lose them and leave them on the edge of the kitchen counter, allowing cats to do gravity experiments on them. My go-to plan for sunglasses has always been to simply keep a couple of cheap pairs lying around. My husband, who has had the same unharmed expensive [...]
