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1. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I told Glenda, I’ve always hated dealing with FedEx – other than the freight division, they’re much easier to deal with than UPS, and I always had a good working relationship with them – but Moe and Dave are really good guys. Dave drives for the express division, but he was still trying to figure out who was delivering in my area, hoping that he could intercept them and get the package to us yesterday. Moe isn’t even delivering in our county, anymore, since he got a route closer to home, but he was the one offering to get it after closing if I needed him to. I don’t miss working in that company, but I do miss the interactions with some of the drivers.

2. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   We usually have either ham or pork chops with blackeyed peas, mashed potatoes, and some kind of greens. (Momma tried to insist on collards for years before finally admitting defeat and accepting spinach as a substitute since she was the only one who liked collards.) Glenda picked up cubed ham by accident this year, so I’m going to try a “New Year’s bowl” and see how that works for us. I’m planning to layer mashed potatoes, peas, spinach, and ham in my oven-proof frying pan and top it with a little more potatoes and some shredded cheese. In my mind, it seems like a good compromise, but we’ll see how the actual execution works out.

   I couldn’t get proper ham steaks yesterday because I was too busy chasing FedEx to try to get Glenda’s medicine for today. Honestly – who pulls up to a house obviously under construction, with the permits displayed in the windows, and decides that this must be the place to attempt to deliver the “signature required” package? It took three hours of arguing with their call center to finally find out where I could pick it up – only to be told that they close at 7:30, but the driver should be there around 8:00! Thankfully, it was there by 6:30. I don’t miss the FedEx arguments from my shipping clerk days! (And I wasn’t even getting paid for it, this time!) If it had been UPS, I could’ve either contacted the driver or their supervisor directly, since I still have all of their numbers from my old job. Neither of the drivers I know from FedEx could help me – although one did offer to get the package after closing last night and bring it to me today if I couldn’t get it last night – despite the fact that he lives over 50 miles from the center which is another 30 miles from my house.

3. 3 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   As many of you know we’ve been dealing with some sick kittens since before Christmas. Unfortunately, Vida and Noxie (Yes, they were named after the movie To Wong Foo – we all love that movie) ended up having allergic reactions to the medicine and we ended up losing both of them from it. Their sister, ChiChi, hasn’t shown any signs of getting the respiratory infection, thank goodness, because I would be terrified to try to treat her. I still can’t get ahold of Jareth well enough to try to bring him inside, but he is still letting me medicate him and he seems to be doing much better. Maddie is doing really well inside. His eyes have cleared up nicely and I only have to clean his nose once a day instead of the three or four times an hour in the beginning. Last night, Glenda noticed that Bobbie, Maddie’s littermate, we think, wasn’t eating and had a lot of discharge from her nose. Thankfully, I’ve managed to work with her enough to get her relatively good about handling, so we were able to bring her inside for treatment. After two doses of medicine, she ate a bit of canned food this morning. Not as much as I would like, but baby steps are better than no steps at all.

4. 3 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   OT-Kitten Update

5. 7 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Happy birthday!

6. 7 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I finally got the chance to watch Red One. I love the mixing of the mythologies – especially the inclusion of some lesser known ones. (I also discovered that Maddie loves the Rock! He was sound asleep until he heard his voice, then his little head snapped up and he started purring.)

7. 9 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’ve got a peppermint pie and some macaroni salad to contribute. The pork roast won’t be ready for a couple of hours, yet.

8. 12 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I tried the almond eggnog a couple of years ago. It’s pretty good – especially the cinnamon flavored one. I can’t remember where I got it, though, so I haven’t been able to get any this year.

9. 12 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I will. I’m good with darker themes, but Glenda usually isn’t. I may have to watch it first, just to see if she’ll actually want to watch it.

10. 12 days ago on Breaking Cat News

    Update – Jareth let me give her some of the antibiotic when we got home. We’re going to start Maddie’s tonight, since it’s supposed to be given every 12 hours. (I don’t think Jareth will be that cooperative, but I’m going to try.) Both kittens are currently enjoying a nice can of kitten food for supper – and both seem willing to eat, which is more than I was really expecting with Maddie’s nose being so stopped up.

    Peta wants everyone to know that she is not happy with this development! Madison is in her bathroom and I gave the babies her kitten food! This is a major injustice in Peta’s eyes.