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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 14, 2022 18:56:48 GMT
Has your dog been around cats before? Is there anyway you can take the dog to a meet & greet with the dog and potential kittens? It would be a good way to see how both the dog and cat react. Yes, we still had Boo when Otto came home. They lived together for about 10 months before she passed away. She was completely the boss of Otto and he mostly avoided her because she'd randomly swat him for no reason lol He was very very sweet with her in her final week, groomed her, constantly by her side, just watching out for her at all times, My Cassie cat did the same for her bestie, Sophie the dog. The day Sophie passed, Cassie snuggled with her in the morning and purred, comforting Sophie. It was very loving and sweet.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 14, 2022 18:53:42 GMT
When I first learned to drive in the late 70s, the gas pump price meter only had two digits, so they only went up to $.99 per gallon. When gas went over $1.00 per gallon, the pumps had to add that third digit to the meter. Until then, gas stations started charging per 1/2 gallon of gas. You had to double the price on the pump to pay. My friend worked at the gas station, and people used to get really annoyed at him when he'd do the math in his head. I always tried to fill up to an even price to make it easier to calculate!
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 14, 2022 17:08:27 GMT
We brought two kittens into our house with a 70-lb dog. The dog had been around our senior cat when she was a puppy, and when the cat passed it was another year before we brought in the kittens.
We kept the kittens separated for a few days before introducing them. It was love at first sight on all sides. I think our calico female imprinted on the dog - she followed her around all day and cuddled up with her for 12 years.
Our cats were Cornish Rexes, so very outgoing and playful and love being around people.
I'd have the dog checked for cat reactivity before bringing any kittens into the house.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 14, 2022 13:19:55 GMT
She's stunning. She obviously didn't do anything wrong. What kind of cat is she? Siamese?
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 13, 2022 22:05:01 GMT
Sounds just like my DD. She loves being at the airport super early. She travels all the time so it’s not that she’s worried. She gets anxious if she’s late for anything. She loves airports (I know!) and got lounge access so she could sit and have a snack and a drink and watch the planes.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 12, 2022 22:25:55 GMT
It was a while ago, about 15 years, but our youth minister was arrested at the church picnic. He was charged with assaulting dozens of young boys, ended up pleading guilty, and is spending what will turn out to be the rest of his life in prison.
The police chief, who is a member of the church, said that once the police were called they absolutely had to arrest him immediately. There was no waiting, or he could have molested more children.
The Archdiocese had been contacted multiple time and ignored the problem. The parish priest let it happen, as he was being blackmailed by the youth minister for having his male sexual partners stay over at the rectory. Yes, our priest allowed children to be molested to protect himself.
May they all burn in hell.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 12, 2022 20:00:38 GMT
A barking dog. Unless she knows you, then she is just quietly waiting to wag her tail when the door finally opens. I miss having a barking dog at the front door. One of her favorite jobs was being the official greeter.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 12, 2022 14:06:39 GMT
I love this house! I love the decorating, too. So cozy and beautiful. I could picture myself living there for sure.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 12, 2022 14:02:35 GMT
I usually mind the change -- my body clock is VERY consistent. But for some reason, for the last month or two I've been waking up at o'dark thirty every morning. It will be nice to get up at 5 and go to bed at 10 for a change.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 12, 2022 13:00:06 GMT
I really loved that movie. I'm a total sucker for musicals. DD and I saw it at the theater - it was great on the big screen.
Now I'm going to watch it this weekend while unpacking stuff.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 12, 2022 12:18:48 GMT
People with mats outside - are they under a roof/under cover? I’m thinking that an outside mat would be super wet and muddy very quickly here and wouldn’t be any use for wiping off your shoes before stepping in the house at all. We have a roof overhang on our front entry. The mat stays mostly dry (unless we get one of those sideways rains.) I like having both an outdoor and indoor mat. Having a large dog trained me well.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 11, 2022 23:04:57 GMT
I just had the floors refinished, and my ratty old LL Bean waterhog mats took a trip to the dump. I don't especially need the waterhog mats now, because they were mainly for our late (very muddy) dog.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 11, 2022 23:01:09 GMT
Great Photos! I really love the one of you in your chef jacket with the blue - the contrast is gorgeous.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 11, 2022 19:49:31 GMT
Horrible. Fortunately a state cannot legislate against things that happen outside their borders. Same with abortion laws. It wont stand up.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 10, 2022 11:08:47 GMT
Well, I’d be dead. My first pregnancy was ectopic: the fertilized egg had adhered itself to my abdominal wall. To compound the heartbreak of that time - the surgeries, the confusion etc… with this foolishness is repulsive. Me too.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 9, 2022 22:41:04 GMT
I’ve been tossing around the idea of a trip to London in October with my kids. I want to see what happens with Russia before I commit.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 9, 2022 22:38:47 GMT
Short squoval. I hate my nails long. Two weeks growth is my absolute limit.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 9, 2022 15:57:54 GMT
Oh my gosh, what an update. I'm so glad you went in -- the breaks will mend better with the brace. I hope you have fast healing and much less pain. Take it easy.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 19:17:27 GMT
I didn't eat it, but I had to stop my FIL from topping off ice cream from an already opened can of whipped cream that had expired 6-months earlier. He saw absolutely nothing wrong with feeding it to the kids, and was really annoyed with me for suggesting he toss it. Of course, that was the same trip that MIL served us PB sandwiches that had rancid PB in them. When I subtly threw out the sandwich and the jar, she pulled it out of the trash and yelled at me for wasting food. I think she had smoked for so long that her sense of taste and smell was seriously dulled.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 18:53:23 GMT
As we're shifting our stuff around the house (movers are coming this afternoon to move all the big things back into place), I found DS's missing thumb key off his clarinet. He'll be happy - he was complaining that he didn't like the one he replaced it with.
My cat has been boarded for the last 9 days due to the floors being refinished. I'm going to pick him up as soon as the movers leave. I'm so excited to see the little guy!!!!!
I saw a bald eagle yesterday -- it makes my heart sing every time. When I was a kid, they were on the endangered species list due to DDT poisoning. My friend saw a snowy owl at the beach this weekend. They winter here in New England. Also a Siberian Stellar's sea eagle was spotted not far from here - it's very much out of its range and all the birders have been trying to get a glimpse.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 15:22:00 GMT
Thanks! I'm so happy with it. DH can now shower upstairs in our bathroom - previously it was a fall risk. Now he's got the space, a shower bench, grab bars, and a non-slippery floor.
I hadn't even thought about towel shortages - yikes.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 14:10:54 GMT
My mom is also a colon cancer survivor - I am 57 and have had 2 colonoscopys, with polyps removed each time. I will need another in 2023. I am so grateful for this simple procedure. I don't ever want to go through the pain and suffering my mother did. I urge everyone to have the procedure - it's an inconvenience, but it's so important! A co-worker's brother age 57, died two days ago due to stage 4 advanced colon cancer that spread to his liver. He refused to have a colonoscopy at age 50, don't be that person!!! If you haven't scheduled yet - please do it! Yes, the prep is awful, but the procedure is painless and quick. My beloved former husband died at age 56 for the same reason as your co-worker's brother. It broke our hearts and the world lost a wonderful human. And he suffered a lot. Something a simple colonoscopy could have prevented. I tell everyone I know over the age of 40 to get a colonoscopy. I'm so very sorry for your loss. I have them every five years due to family history. So far, so clear.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 14:04:52 GMT
Our bathroom renovation is just about done, and I need new towels. The old ones are threadbare, and my pretty new bath deserves something nice. I've always bought them at HomeGoods, but then you can never count on seeing them again. Excuse the lousy photos. Just wanted to show the colors. Soft fern is the wall color. What color towels would you use?
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 13:50:48 GMT
I bought three small tape measures, one for each of the living levels of the house. They are mine. I use them all the time. I shouldn't have to go down the basement and look through your toolbox to find them all, where you have 4!!!! of your own.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 8, 2022 10:32:14 GMT
Baskin Robbins Bubble Gum ice cream. I'll sit on the weird bench with you! When I go to Baskin Robbins, I often get 1 scoop of bubble gum & 1 scoop of cotton candy in a bowl, with chocolate jimmies. What do people call them if not Jimmies? PNWer here and everyone I know calls them Jimmie’s. Sprinkles is all I've heard them called outside of NH. Rainbow or chocolate sprinkles. On our first date, after a movie my now DH & I went to Friendly's and got ice cream. The look on his face when I ordered jimmies on mine was amazing. ( He mostly grew up in San Antonio, TX and in his mind jimmy is slang for a condom.) So he thought I just asked the waiter for a bowl of ice cream and some rubbers. He must've been thinking "Damn, that's bold. I guess the date's going pretty well!" HaHaHaaHa! I've never heard that slang before. That's so awesome. I'm from Massachusetts and have always called them that. Our local dairy makes their own ice cream and it's all delicious.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 20:14:10 GMT
My kitchen and bath renovation is almost done. The floors were refinished last week, and the movers are coming tomorrow to put everything back. I've been slowly putting things away, cleaning it all as I do, and tossing a lot. I can't even tell you how many dump trips we've made in the last few months, not even including the construction debris.
Since we changed the entire layout of the kitchen and bath, I'm still figuring out where to put things.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 19:53:02 GMT
I'm so sorry about your dad. It's such a difficult time for us as their children -- my mom had a hard time listening to me and taking my suggestions. She was so anxious.
I wish I had come here for advice at the time -- you all are so knowledgeable. I didn't understand how it worked, and even though everyone was very kind and helpful, it was a very stressful time. My mom was incensed that they wouldn't force dad to eat, when in fact he had lost the ability to swallow. She insisted that he should get physical therapy, even though he was well past the point of it helping. I spent all my time trying to deal with my mom. She just wouldn't listen to anyone.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 17:24:16 GMT
I just started it and I had to come find this thread to say the white male detective is HORRENDOUS! lol I almost cannot continue watching... Are you talking about Jeffrey Donovan? We loved him in Burn Notice, and he's been in a million other shows. I haven't watched yet, but was looking forward to it. Now I'm not so sure...
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 15:56:38 GMT
So my story goes back about 37 years. Our wedding night, when we left the party, we went to a hotel in Boston around 11pm. We were shown to a conference room with a table and 8 chairs and a couch. The bellhop proudly pushed the table aside, and opened up the couch into a crappy sofa bed. Can you imagine? It got better, because shortly after we got ready for bed, one of the booze cruises docked outside and a giant brawl broke out just outside our window. Must have been a dozen police cars and ambulances show up and we had a ringside seat.
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 7, 2022 15:42:46 GMT
In Massachusets: Museums I love: Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Science, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Peabody Essex National Parks: Cape Cod National Seashore, Salem National Heritage Site, Concord/Lexington, Freedom Trail in Boston Trustees of the Reservation own a variety of properties all over the state for hiking, visiting farms, beaches. Boston Public Library Harvard and MIT campuses
So much to do in our state.
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