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January 4th, 2007

kyrielle: painterly drawing of a white woman with large dark-blue-framed glasses, hazel eyes, brown hair, and a suspicious lack of blemishes (Default)
Thursday, January 4th, 2007 06:42 pm
Uploaded my photo for the day - we got an unexpected little hail-storm earlier and it made the slope down to the creek quite white. I wanted to babble to Dad about it and show him photos - thought it would have interested him. Though I'm not sure it would have. Winter weather is much more a wonder to me than it was to him (he lived in Minnesota and Michigan for some time, after all). So perhaps his excitement/interest was as much for my reaction, as for the weather, sometimes. Still, pretty, so here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kyrielle/346050838/

I haven't uploaded more of Dad's photos, mostly because the program I was using to do so crashed and dumped about 60 or so prepared uploads. So I need to re-create them and I think that may not happen tonight. Break needed.

Got the security system re-done today, so the cats are not in danger of setting it off. Also got the batteries replaced since it gave a low-battery warning while he was here - that carries no charge, other than the fee for him to come out in the first place, which we were already paying anyway.

Called various people and sorted out an insurance-billing snafu for a hospital stay my Mom had in October; one bill had somehow failed to find her health insurance and get sent there, while the rest did. The bill is now on its way to the insurance. In theory it will be fully covered there.

I'm feeling better. This is not to say good - I still cry unexpectedly, I still miss them, I still ache, I still rail at the universe. Not less often, but I recover sooner, I think. But I'm much more functional, more able to defer those moments if I need to, and as a consequence I am driving more. Having made several trips with Scott along to be sure I was going to be okay, I think I'll stop dragging him out to their house every time I go. I may ask him to come along when I have specific things to do where I could use his help, but that's a bit different.

The cats are definitely settling in - though I think we've pretty much turned the hall bath into Their Room. They retreat there any time they are nervous or uncertain, and often when tired. I think they'll be in the computer room a lot too once we get it cleaned up enough to let them in at all, but even so, I imagine that's going to be their sanctuary in the house for good, since it was at the start.

Found a funny 404 page (while trying to access a cat-cam, actually a while back - it's been in my "to post about" for a while): http://www.wificat.com/cam/cam.htm
kyrielle: A tabby cat staring intently out at the viewer (kitty)
Thursday, January 4th, 2007 08:20 pm
[livejournal.com profile] thefridayfive

1. Do you have any pets? If so, how many, and what are their names?

Two, both cats: Basta and Babe.

2. What was your very first pet? Do you remember its name?

We had a number of pets when I was small, but the first one that I remember thinking of as "my" pet was Sweety, a neutered male tabby-cat.

3. Is there an animal you would never have as a pet?

Most any wild animal, snakes, reptiles, or anything that requires lots of exacting care or energetic play.

4. What common pet have you always wanted but never had? Why not?

Can't think of one. Cats have always been my deepest love because I was raised with so many. There have been times when I've not had cats because of my allergies - in fact, the past decade - but that's all to the good now so that Babe and Basta could easily have a home with me.

5. What wild animal (extinct or not) would you own if you didn't have to worry about its adjustment or the cost of captivity?

None that I can think of? There are a number of wild animals I admire or think are beautiful, but I don't particularly want to own them.
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