Ugh. My dad left some rice on the stove and it’s been there for so long it’s growing fur. It’s so gross. I’m too grossed out to go near it. I need to get outta here.
Also, I pit myself for being a lazy ass and not getting enough done today. 
Screw me.
On the plus side, I got some new sheet music to play, and I’ve been enjoying it, so yay. 
Too chancy. Go with a Fidelius charm.
Choose your Secret Keeper wisely.
I think it goes to every state the child is connected to. I turned my alerts off a couple years ago when my phone went off so much it ran the battery down. The system was new then, so I think they’ve worked some kinks out since, but, screw that. The alert originated in Texas that time, it was a parental abduction, and the other parent was in Chicago, so everyone in both Texas and Illinois were getting the alarm. What a pita. Child was found at least.
It’s my sense that the majority of them are parental abductions, just like the milk carton kids, and the post card that comes with the third class mail every Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thank you for posting what I was going to post, but you did it so much better. The only other thing I would like to add is to use an enzyme cleaner while doing the clean up…and take cat to the vet to rule out medical issues.
Once, one of my male cats started peeing on clothes and towels I left on the floor. By the time I figured out the “take the cat to the vet” part, cat had gotten into the habit of peeing on my socks if they were on the floor. After he got better, he continued to pee on clothes left on the floor.
That stopped when I finally got the clue and started putting my clothes in the laundry hamper.
Cats are creatures of habit. Once they have gotten their routine on, you have to figure out how to break their habits lest they pee on your socks or eat your mail.
While this is all good advice, I am fairly sure that Emily has yet to clean the litter box because, well who knows? It was no new litter a few days ago and now it is she will clean it. Soon. Let’s not jump straight to health problems when likely, given the info, it is a human problem.
I’m in total agreement with you.
However, there might be a secondary problem after the primary problem is fixed. Cats who learn to pee on the floor when they can’t hold their noses and use the litter box tend to continue in the more comfortable places.
EmilyG do clean the litter boxes. So it daily. If possible, do it twice daily. I don’t care who’s cat it is, you still have to live there. Cleaning boxes takes no time at all and will improve your mood and the bother where you live.
While we’re on the subject, any idea why one of my housemate’s cats keeps peeing in the shower? Or at least how to stop her doing it? It’s always in the exact same spot, and it’s only a few feet from a (regularly cleaned) litter box. We’ve used cleaners and supposed deterrents, but she still does it almost every day.
As inappropriate pee spots go, I know it could be a lot worse, but it’s never a good start to a shower when you have to hose the pee out before you can start.
It’s an even worse start to a shower when you forget to check and step it in.
Hey guys, I did clean the litterboxes very soon after I said I would. So that’s done.
I haven’t yet tried the enzyme cleaner, but maybe that’s an idea for the future if it happens again.
And yeah, I don’t think my cats have health problems. At least, not that I can see.
The problem with cats is that they don’t signal illness until they’re REALLY REALLY sick. So if the litterbox is cleaned daily and there’s still inappropriate peeing, then the cat is saying that something is wrong. If peeing hurts, they’ll associate the box with pain and try going in different spots. If you have a male cat, urinary pain can indicate crystals in the urine which will eventually cause a blockage, and that’s deadly.
When you clean the box, make sure that there’s no odor. If you still get a whiff of pee smell the cat can smell it 50 times as strongly. And the enzyme cleaner needs to be used as soon as possible to get as much of the scent out as possible. If you’ve used regular cleaners on the spot you’ll probably have to do a thorough rinsing with plain water because stuff that kills bacteria (ie: soaps and bleach) will also kill the good enzymes.
Cleaning the litterbox takes about 2 minutes a day and will save you HOURS and dollars of aggravation.
Maybe she doesn’t like the depth or feel of the litter?
I’d try putting an empty or nearly empty box out, either next to the regular one or right next to the shower. If she pees in it just dump some clumping litter in and wait til it absorbs, then dump the clumps.
Alternatively you could just put the box in the shower, see if she uses it in there, and then gradually move it out to where it ought to sit.
Cheers, never thought if she maybe didn’t like the litter- I don’t know if she does use it at all, as there’s 2 kitties and neither are mine, so I don’t check where they pee, unless I have to clear it up of course.
I’ve read that you should have one more litterbox than cats - how many boxes do you have? She may not like sharing a box.
I get that the kids should get to take a summer vacation, I get that you get like a month and a half of paid time off, I get that I just started my job this year and I don’t get any. I appreciate that you’re taking them without me, I really do. I know vacationing with kids is hard work. I wish I could be there but I’m here. I’m busy at work and getting sent around the state and I’m catching up on maintenance around the house and I’m seeing friends and it’s great to hear your voice on the phone.
But when you call me up and ignore me to carry on conversations with other people and then put the phone on speaker and hand it to loud loud loud loud screaming kids, well, it makes me not really miss you, to be entirely honest.
We have 2 cats and 3 litterboxes.
I don’t think they dislike the litter, since we’ve been using the same litter for a while without problems.
On another note, I pit myself for not being able to get up earlier. Darn me.
I guess it’s official: school is really out for the year, if the number of new (and young) posters with non-issues is any indication.
The friends that I was complaining about last month, that were doing the whole passive-aggressive “everything is fine, we love you guys, we’re just super duper busy!!” just took passive aggression to a new level. The husband defriended both my boyfriend and I on FB. (sigh) I feel really sorry for my BF, who has been friends with these folks for over a decade- and has to work with the husband. 
Has he definitely defriended you, or just taken down his FB?
He definitely defriended. His FB is still going strong, with posts about all the stuff he and the family are doing.
My boyfriend apparently had trouble sleeping last night, and got up and deleted HIS Facebook. Which genuinely sucks, because it erases a lot of our shared history over the past couple years (all his comments got deleted). I know he’s really hurting, and feels like FB is nothing but drama, but I’m going to see if I can change his mind. I miss his comments!!
I should really pit myself here too- I was so shocked last night that my mouth worked before my brain did. I never should have said anything to my boyfriend- he probably wouldn’t have even noticed. I kinda suck. 
I’m 28% through the new Outlander book, and I’ve found two typos so far. Also, every single Game of Thrones book has typos, and my copies ain’t first editions.
People really like to latch onto typos as a sign of the failure of self-published novels as a genre. Well guess what. Professional editors aren’t a magic talisman. People are human and novels are long. Shit happens. Stop being a snotty reader.