November 28, 2020

  • Step forward

    Yesterday we had some drizzle. Today is heavy drizzle. lol  I went out at 6 a.m. to see if I could see where Mr. Grey might be. He came flying out of the crate by the garage door, set up for him for winter.  I called him and he came back and followed me to the front  porch where he eats.  It was a bit nippy so I didn't set long and talked to him.  Eventually I put a refill and sat down. He didn't eat much and I knew he wasn't hungry. I reached down to pet him and he let me.  He even came over and laid down with his head on my shoe. I continued to talk to him while petting him.  Finally I must of moved my foot or something and he backed up and swatted my hand.  End of this session, I came back in the house...dirty hand with cat hairs. lol

    I figure by spring I might be able to handle him enough to get to a vet for neuter and vaccination.  I can't let him in the garage for winter as it is just as cold in there and I've no idea how I would get him to the garage. Besides he has fleas I'm sure.  I'd have to get a litter pan and I'd have to leave the door open to outside too. Wouldn't want to do that when going to bed.  We have possums and skunks around here. lol

    Wil watches him and lets me know when I'm back here in the office that he is on the porch. He thinks the cat is black, that is how dark a grey he is. I wish this city never allowed cats to roam.

    Our Thanksgiving was pork. Daughter doesn't like ham and we can no longer eat a turkey and find room in the freezer. With me having no taste to speak of it just would be too much work. Wil would only eat the breast as would daughter. Carissa bought a banana with nuts loaf for her and I, Wil won't eat nuts, so she got a fruit loaf for him. I could not taste the banana's in the loaf. I did taste my sweet  potato , I'm the only one that eats that. I did taste the cranberries.

    I was struggling with pain so daughter did the dishes. She had asked Wil if he wanted to dry, he stayed in front of the TV. Yesterday when I asked him if he wanted to do the few dishes in the pan he said he did them yesterday. So I guess his days at the sink are only to fuss with any crumbs on the counter and move the peanut butter jar to the edge of the counter.  That's the kind of thing he does now.  Some days I can get him to fill bird baths and the other night he did fold his u.wear. Which is good as I can't fold his t shirts right. He mostly sleeps. Doc told me he would do that.

    I'm still doing the coloring stuff and post them on FB and sometimes into the Adults who like to Color group. Gotta go drag the Christmas card box down and see who I will send to this year. Gets fewer every year. Some I do online.

Comments (11)

  • CC my daughter thinks I'm nuts for cleaning out cans or jars as I cook. She doesn't bother.

    Mary I hope to trap him later and get him neutered. There are no plans to let him in the house. He's skittish and while I can pet him sometimes that is it. This morning he didn't recognize me with my winter coat on.

  • My sister and her roommate fed stray cats. They had them spayed and neutered then released them. At one time they fed 17. Eventually, the cats wandered away. They only had 2 cats that came inside. Both ladies are gone, and a year ago their last cat had to be put down.

  • For our generation (and generations prior) it's a sin to waste food.

  • CC there was no evidence on the Pillsbury cans that had been in the refrigerator a year. I guessed as I unrolled them. lol But Wil and I ate them, just a bit uncooked flavor. lol An era or waste not want not.

  • Expiration dates are, generally, a suggestion. I'm pretty sure that, by our ages, we can tell if something isn't fit to eat. Well...maybe my judgement doesn't extend to real canned foods. At the slightest hint of a "puff" or "bubble", I throw it out.

  • CC I saved cards, loved seeing them, made placemats from some. So many of our age are gone now plus with internet you can send cards, much easier and a lot cheaper. I used to include a newsletter, could not send one to mom she hated them.

  • CC I had 2 doughboy cans from last year that we never heated. Didn't know they have an expiration date, they do, but I baked them any way. Before Thanksgiving. C brings in the heat in the box buns.

  • I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that our doctors can now predict our stages of decline.

    We've decided that we won't send out Christmas cards, this year. I never did while I was single, not being religious. My mother sent out over 100 each year, until her last. It was very important to her.

  • We didn't have much meat, back in my youth; so, my mother-in-law taught me how to fix meats. She specialized in what she called "green ham" AKA "fresh ham" - the uncured haunch of a pig. She did not WHACK the Doughboy tube! *laughing*

  • @fauquet: She bought a pork loin already to pop in the oven.
    Mr. Gray is spooky, won't let me touch him now in the daylight? goofy cat.

  • Everyone has differents tastes . The meal was complicated . About pork, was it rosted ?
    All in all it was a good Thanksgiving with Carissa.
    About Mr Grey, is it an adopted cat?It seems he loves you, Bonnie.
    Take care of the possum, skunk and cat's fleas in your living room! :)
    Have a great week-end
    Love
    ichel

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