It’s been more than 3 hours and it’s now dark out. We’ve got the floodlights shining in the back yard and the porch lights out front. The garage door is open.
But it doesn’t look good… It’s supposed to drop into the 20s tonight.
LiLi hope Gnat’s all better.
MOOOOOOM hopefully somebody will find Scruffy poor thing. Here’s hopin’ she finds her way back soon.
Catfish is good. Really good. Bear stuffed.
Insurance companies are, for the record, bastards. :mad:Twostoriesillustrating that fact. Why no, I don’t have any kind of relationship to the people in the story.
swampy, I reject that thread utterly. I’m so completely an Aquarius it’s not funny. Now whether I’m a Monkey or a Ram in the Chinese Zodiac is up for discussion.
Come home, Scruffy! 
Irish Brother is out of town visiting his girlfriend (that still sounds weird) so The Boys and I are coming over to his house once a day to check on the cats and plants. Durwood Cat gave me a stern glare as we left because I did not sit down on the couch and give him belly rubbin’s. And now Katy Cat just came upstairs and yelled at me because her food bowl is :eek:empty:eek:! I can’t win in the cat world today.
I did a little googling and reading. There’s a lot of anecdotal reports of animals who run away from home to die. The thing that seemed to be common to most of the stories was behavior that had never been exhibited before. In this case, it was Scruffy going into the woods in the back and crossing into the neighbor’s yard. She absolutely never did that. Ever. She’d leave the front yard if I didn’t keep an eye on her, but never the back.
It’s been almost 5 hours and it’s below freezing out there. I honestly don’t expect to see her again.
Aw damn,** FCM.** I really hope she comes back. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for all of you.
I took my son to get a new phone today. He was overdue for an “upgrade”, but none are truly free. He got one that made him happy and laid out eighty something dollars and change. If he mails in the rebate, he’ll get fifty dollars.
After that, we headed over to the grocery store, where my son got another lesson in economics. He is a savvy shopper though. He does pay attention to bargains and takes advantage of them.
We’re home now and soon I’ll have to start dinner.
{{{Mom}}}
Sorry about Scruffy, Moooommmmmmm.
I’ll be the one waving back. 
Went to a birthday party at church, followed by the biggest potluck I’ve ever been to. There were several hundred people. It was yum. And fun.
Gotta get ready for a meeting at the park…
Off to finalize agenda and calendar and stuff.
Hugs all.
GT
didn’t even skim. just popped in to say I’m buzzing from rehearsal tonight - we had a coaching session with one of the “rock stars” of the organization - and again all day tomorrow. If we can retain what she’s teaching us, we snag “most improved” for sure this year.
BY THE WAY!
Our CD is available for purchase - $15. PM me if you’re interested. I’ve listened to it. It’s great!
{{{{Mom}}}}
I took Cozmo out this morning while my daughter was getting dressed for her test (Praxis for Middle School Science) - it was dark, but still no evidence of Scruffy. I truly don’t expect to see her again. I’ll leave the sign up for a couple of days, just in case. But considering her assumed age (at least 15, I’m guessing) and her suddenly odd behavior, I’m pretty sure she took off so as not to burden “the pack” - from what I read, that’s a normal behavior in the wild. Instinct is a pretty strong force.
So, on a less morose tangent, as soon as it lightens a bit, I’m going to empty the dining room and clean the carpet there. Between Scruffy and Cozmo, it has multiple pee spots. It’s been overdue for a good shampooing. I may wheel the machine into the family room, too - there are a few spots in here. Moral of the story - don’t buy light carpeting if you have critters.
After the kid returns from her test, we’re heading to IKEA!! I need a desk lamp, and **FCD **suggested I look at desk chairs, too. The one I’m sitting on is it pretty sad shape - especially the back that is apparently Taz’s favorite scratching post. So maybe I’ll find something that’ll work. And depending on how long we take and who we meet up with (possibly some folks from my work) we may go out to dinner. Or not. Indecision is the key to flexibility, you know. Plus we have no idea how late **FCD **will be working (he’s left, too) - they’re testing some systems they’ve installed in a UAV, so it could take a long day if there are problems…
But it’s a long weekend, and I’ve got 2 more mornings for sleeping in. This is going to sound heartless, but if Scruffy is, in fact, gone for good, I can actually sleep past 5-ish on the weekends. I can’t imagine!
Happy Saturday. And now I return to caffeination and the funnies.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. I’ve been told we’re havin’ an “adventure” today but not what the “adventure” is. It involves goin’ out of town is all I know. However, bein’ as I don’t live in town, I go “out of town” everyday. It involves meetin’ JDD and Partner at their place. Oh the mystery!
MOOOOOOM it may well be Scruffy wandered off to die. My mom’s cat did that. Well, Groucho went under her house to die which entailed crawlin’ under the house to find him at Christmas. Older brother and I went under the house. Fortunately we didn’t have to go far to find Groucho. I don’t think I’ve mentioned this but part of Christmas day involved the burial of Groucho. He lived for sixteen years and was muchly cared for. Still it’s sad. I’m still hopin’ Scruffy comes back but if not, she had a good home and was much loved and cares for. She knows that, I fully believe.
Ok, need some more caffiene and then purtification for “adventure”. It also involves goin’ out for brekkies as this has been declared a cookfree weekend.
Happy Saturday Y’all!
Up, just about ready to get going… Need to get a couple of get-well cards on my way to park…
Hugs.
GT
Aw, man, I want a cook-free weekend. Where’s the damned menu fairy??
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. Hockey tonight.
My weekend isn’t going to be cook-free. Happy birthday Gnat and let the chaos begin!
Considering how Scruffy came in to your lives, I was really hoping she’d come back, FCM.
You did give her lots of love and a home. She knew that.
My daughter is probably coming down today. Other than working out and tidying up around the house, I don’t plan on doing much. However, plans change. There’s always something.
We’re going over to a friend’s house tomorrow morning to watch the Seahawks/Bears game. I’m going more for the company than the game. I hope the 'Hawks win, but they always seem to choke at the last minute.
Going to go check on my coffee. It should be close to done.
Up and caffeinating.
So sorry about Scruffy, FCM.
It’s drizzly here, and is supposed to stay that way all day. So I won’t be taking the dogs to the [del]mudhole[/del] park today. I’ve done most of the laundry already, so yay for that! The only things that are definitely on the agenda are moving the plants back outside, and getting an oil change in my car.
I was gonna make burgers for dinner, but it looks like I may make smothered hamburger patties with carmelized onions and mushrooms in gravy. Mmm.
Later…
Good morning all; up and caffeinating here. I sent my cousin an email first, so I’m fairly well awake now. 
{{{{{{{FCM}}}}}}}; you all gave Scruffy a good home and cared and tended to her in her senior years so she could live them out in comfort. So sorry, though.
Happy birthday Gnat!
And now my memory kicks in … or doesn’t kick in, that is! I can’t remember what else I was going to commentate on. It’s all Swampy’s fault, for … I don’t know why, it just is. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend! And don’t let those kids eat -too- much sugar now, LiLi - unfortunately, you folks will be the ones paying for that if they do! :eek:
MOOOOOOM a cookfree weekend was declared but I had already planned on that cause all food consumption was goin’ to be in the form of sammiches, takeout, or eatout. I just went along with the declaration like it was OYKW’s idea.
Waitin’ for OYKW to purtify then we’re goin’ to MickeyD’s for brekkies and over to JDD and Partner’s house for “adventure” time. I have a suspicion this will be a trip down to Tallahassee, FL to the maul and/or to eat out at the really, really, really good Chinese place there. Why do I suspect that? Well, I did spy some printed out directions from Google Maps to both places. No I was not spyin’, I merely moved a jacket that was layin’ on a chair and they fell out. I ain’t sayin’ though cause it’s a surprise “adventure” for me.