[pixiedust]

(((jake and kitten)))

!*!*!**health vibes to Tes and anyone else who needs it!*!*!**

Soothing hair brushing for yuefies hang over

(((Rose))) It is hard being away from loved ones, and we miss you too!

Things are going better this week. Saturday i got a new kitten! He's a silver shaded dollfaced persian. I can't post pics with my laptop, but I'll post one when i get the chance. Anyway, He is teh sweetest kitty! He spends a lot of time sleeping on my lap, or neck. He'still a kitten though, so he loves to play too. I named him Gucci. We might get another kitten too later on. We saw one at the city shelter that Mr. Pixie loved and it was really playful and would be a better companion for the kids, but it was a cruelty case, so they aren't adopting it out yet. We never could get the shelter that had the other baby to call us back.

I also had my post op appt yesterday. I am still am not allowed to bear weight on my leg for another month, but I am in a removable boot now. The downside is that I am having to do some PT to get my ankle to bend to the right angle for the boot and it's pretty painful. I've been cleared to go back to work, but I still can't drive and I am still on the Lortabs, so I am not anxious to go back yet.

[mandolyn]

(((jake))) I’m so sorry, (((kitten))). Poor little jake. I’m all teary. i was pulling for him. I know his passing will be/was peaceful. I’ll say a prayer for chelseakitty & peachycat to greet him and show him ‘round.

(((Yuefie))) I’m still paying for the DAVE concert, which was TWO WEEKS AGO! Ok, keeding. But it takes me two days now. But then again, I imbibed many many ale’s and shots that night. Hee. (and what the fuck is wrong with me that i keep wishing i could go back and re-live it? it's like depressing the crappoutta me that i can't. le sigh.)

(((tesao))) feel better, luv.

You too, (((bunny))). Ouch.

(((pixie))) so sorry about your loss. I love that name, nala. That was my cousins’ rottie’s name. our nala passed several months ago too. *sniffle*

(((rose))) What you’re feeling is completely natural. Doesn’t make it any easier, but I hate to see you beat yourself up so.

Polly, kitten, star … do tell about this bustie gathering? Details? Pictures?

*so jealous re the cheese orgies*

*doing the happy snoopy dance for another kvetchie pupper named zoe/y*

Speaking of critters, Mornington, how’s tankgirl doing? Everyone getting along and playing nice i hope?

Damona, congrats to your friend’s new little addition … how exciting that you were there to help! I bet you’d make a fabulous midwife.

update: Thanks for the mamalove, (((you carebears you))). She has her first arm-fixing PT session today. Now if I can just get her to go back to the ENT doc for her swollen face/clogged sinuses. It’s like pulling teeth, I swear. (“let me get past this therapy stuff, then I’ll take care of the face.”) meanwhile she’s becoming a recluse because she’s so embarrassed by her staypuffmarshmallow appearance, she’s taken it upon herself to stop her cholesterol drug, thinking that that may help. webMD is the antichrist, I swear. Oy.

Kvetch: danny’s heading down to cary, NC this weekend for a band trip. I detest long bus trips. And the weather’s supposed to be nasty. and i sort of don't like their theme ("fate of the gods"). why can't they just perform"west side story" every year, dammit?

Antikvetch: he got several speaking parts in the fall play, and he’s ecstatic. (rose, it’s “the dining room” by A. R. Gurney – have you ever heard of it?) my little thesbian! *preen* and he’s also very happy with his teachers this year. for the first time since forever. Such a good feeling.

(((kvetchies)))

[mornington]

((((jake and the geek and kitten))))

((((polly))))

((((rosev))))

((((yeufie))))

((((everyone))))


I'm all lurklurklurk right now. About to go prepare myself for the horror of teaching freshers to row. And it's raining.

[yuefie]

Awww, ((((Jake))))

(((the pixies))))

(((bunny's bruises)))

((((rose))))

(((everyone)))

I took off yesterday and drove out to Phoenix (a six hour drive) with best guy pal to go to a concert last night and am in dire need of some sleep so that that I can take off this super-grump cape I seem to be wearing. I just can't party like I used to without paying for it the next day. And by party I mean one double vodka & cranberry - WTF? I am suddenly feeling my age. It's like I woke up last night and realized, hey, we *are* the "old folks" at the Beck concert now. And then I woke up today and said, "Ouch!"
Oy.

Be back later to read a bit further back, but for now am sending out
~~~multi purpose vibes for all kvetchies~~~

[tesao]

super fast fly by to

send love and hugs to ((((((((jake, kitten, McGeek))))))))

((((((((((((continued love to the pixies))))))))))))

((((((((((((bunny's bruises)))))))))))))

((((((((((((rosie v - i know how you feel, querida, and it is truly horrible))))))))))))

also to ask for vibeage to feel better myself, i have a nasty flu and i'm staying at home and worrying that i am staying at home instead of going to work and showing everyone that work is more important and the everyone at the office will think that i am lazy....

ARGH.

i hate this obsessing thing that i do sometimes! hatehatehate!!!

[pollystyrene]

Thanks for the suggestion, bunny. I need to do something. It's just such a miserable rut to be in.

More hugs for ((kitten, The Geek and Jake))

((Rose))

Need to go to bed. ZZZzzzzzzzzzz......

[sidecar]

(((jake the cat, the geek & kitten))) our cat had kidney disease and stomach cancer at the same time, and we had to put him down. it was sad. it just sucks. i am so sorry you two are going through it.
(((cont. love for pixie))))
(((((rose)))))) as someone else who lives super far from their family i feel for you. it just gets harder the older i get, too.

i was in wisconsin eating cheese all weekend, but am happy to be back! hope everyone is doing okay.

[bunnyb]

((((Jake the Cat, Kitten and Geek)))))

This is just a fly-by as I want to get to sleep for an early start packing tomorrow (I'm way behind).

polly, maybe you could start out again by texting/emailing/writing on notes (fridge or kitchen perhaps) "I love you"? So that it's low-key yet a very sweet gesture and it gets it out there; it's not verbalising it but it's still asserting how you feel and you could gradually progress to uttering the words again... /two pence

(((everybody)))

[sassygrrl]

((Jake the Cat, Kitten, and Geek))

[roseviolet]

(((((Jake the cat))))))
(((((Kitten & the Geek))))))))
I know things have been hard lately. I'm so sorry this is making it all harder.

Polly, that's a lot of good food! Glad to hear the car is doing better.

Sassy, gas has been hard to come by recently in my area, too. One week ago when we were in the Asheville area, there were only a very few stations that still had any gas (luckily we found a place & were able to get home). Now that I'm back in the center of NC & a week has passed, most of the stations still have gasoline, but a few are still out or they're just out of certain octanes. It's very strange. I've never seen anything like it before.

~~~~~~ smooth moving vibes for Bunny ~~~~~~~~

((((more love for the Pixies)))))


Life is okay here. Everything is so quiet without my family around! I think Millie misses them, too (lots of pets & belly rubs, you know). I've spent the last two days cleaning the house & doing laundry & basically getting the house back in order.

Kvetch: I'm feeling stupid & discouraged today over little things that seem unimportant to everyone else, but they mean something to me. Plus I'm just feeling low and sad and discouraged in general. I crash like this every time I see my family or friends. I have a great time with them, but then they go and I crash. And unfortunately, Sheff has some major deadlines at work this week so he isn't available to help perk me up.

Anti-kvetch: In a few days I fly out to Texas to attend an old friend's wedding & see BestGalPal & the gang.

Kvetch: I'll be there for just 48 hours. And I'm bound to be depressed again when I return. Dammit. I really miss my old friends. They're all totally bizarre & horrendously flawed, but I love them & miss them to bits.

[kittenb]

Quick update: Jake the cat has cancer. The Geek is going to have him put to sleep. The vet told him that, even with treatment, most cats live only for another year with the type that he has.

[pollystyrene]

I need a day off from my weekend- the bustie gathering on Friday, LeDad's b-day on Saturday, and Cheese Days in Wisconsin on Sunday. Unfortunately, sidecar and I didn't get to hook up on Sunday. It was basically non-stop eating all weekend. Thankfully, they digestive goddesses have looked kindly upon me and I'm in good shape. I still need a nap, though.

kitten, I'm glad to hear that you and The Geek have *hopefully* taken a step forward. I'm more than a little ashamed to admit this, but in my relationship, I'm the one who has trouble saying those three little words. I don't know why. It happens to me with a lot of conversations- it's like words that carry expectations and weight just get stuck on my tongue. Same with apologizing. For instance, I can easily say "I love you" to the cat, or a quick "sorry" to someone I accidentally bump into on the street, but even after seven years, saying I love you to LeBoy just doesn't come off the tongue easily and having to sit down and apologize for something I did to someone is just like an awful nervewracking, anxiety-inducing experience for me, even though I genuinely do love him and there have been situations where I really was sorry and should have apologized, but never did.

I think the "I love you" situation was made worse a few years ago when LeBoy joined me at a therapy session and I had been in a funk about our relationship and hadn't said it in awhile. My therapist asked about it and he told her something like, "yeah, we just don't say it a lot. I think we're secure enough that we don't need to constantly say it" and ever since then I've been spooked about saying it. Like, and this is bad, I didn't even say it when I saw him the last moment he was with me before my eye surgery, knowing that I could have just died on the table and not told him I love him before I did.

I hope Jake pulls through or passes peacefully- how old is he? ((hugs to you, The Geek & Jake))

Okay, in lighter news, my car is fine. It just smells like mildew now (mildew- it's better than poop!) and I took into our car guy yesterday because it's been making a weird noise for awhile. He did a little adjustment to the belt, replaced my brake light and said I'll need to do something about my brakes in 12,000-15,000 miles. I should have it back tomorrow night and then I'll start working on the stink.

Sassy's in the Atlanta-area...I assume that it's just your closeness to the refineries in the hurricane areas that means the gas supply can be a little spotty?

Oo, I haven't seen Burn After Reading yet...maybe this weekend with prophecy.

....now I'm feeling sorry for myself and want to go get in bed.

((hugs to everyone))

[kittenb]

This thread is always so quiet on Mondays. I wonder why?

My weekend was really nice. We had a Bustie Meet-Up Friday night where I indulged in sugar and wine and vented, vented, vented about my life. Saturday I went to The Geek's house to help him with his cat and have our Talk. It went really well. Basically he agreed to grow up a little and I agreed to relax a little. I don't know which one will be harder. We spent the night watching Pushing Daisies DVD and heling Jake the cat eat and stuff. The cat seemed to enjoy our attention.

I am sad to say that after a nice weekend, though, Jake has gotten sicker. He is at the vet's right now (9:45 CST) because he was having a hard time breathing. At this point, I am hoping that...well, I don't know what I am hoping for. He is a very sick kitty and I want him to get better. I just don't know if he will.

sassygirl - I hope this isn't too stupid a question but how do that many gas stations run out of gas? I can't remember where you live.

{{{black'n'blue bunny}}}

roseviolet - I am glad that you are having so much fun with the family.

{{{damona}}}

stargazer - it is nice when the new pounds find a flattering home.

{{{kvetchies}}}

[sassygrrl]

((pet love and strength vibes))

Amilita, I loved Burn before Reading. I really liked the ending. Mcgeek seems to be over his PMS.

Bunny, I was in the same boat yesterday. Mcgeek and I both were hungover from a Friday night movie night.

((Pixie)) I'm so sorry about Nala. But, the new kitty is so cute!

Mando, yay for your mom not having cancer!

Star, how is the dissertation going?

Is the car okay polly?

((tes))

((ccg))

Morn, I hope the classes get better!



Not much happened this weekend. We did end up taking Zoe to a local park(with the other dog), and then today went to a Firefly lunch meetup. I'm not the biggest sci-fi fan(lot of comic book guys around me), but it was nice to get out of the house. I got some weird looks when I said that I had never been to Dragon Con. Yet, the place we went to had yummy mojitos. . I was the only one drinking though. I just thought more people would be ordering mimosas or something.

Kvetch: I was trying to get to my bookclub tonight. Mcgeek was going to drop me off, and we went to at least 8 gas stations that were completely out of gas. He's just worried about work, b/c we were worried we could even get home.

Anti-kvetch: Watching the Emmys, and making fun of all the dresses. Yay!

[bunnyb]

I have such a hangover. I had a great last night out in Glasgow with friends but had copious amounts of alcohol and managed to have a very nasty fall down a set of stairs in a club and now one side of me is badly bruised and cut; I also gave myself a bump to the head. I am surprised I made it home (if not in one piece) and now I need to spend the remainder of the day packing... not before I have a bacon sandwich though.

[roseviolet]

Just a drive by ...

((((((((the Pixie family))))))))) So sorry to hear about Nala. She was such a pretty thing & had the softest fur & most beautiful eyes. I'll miss her.

Mandi, congrats to your mom on not having cancer!!! What a relief! I hope she's feeling better soon.
~!!!~!!!~ healing vibes a-plenty for MandiMom ~!!!~!!!~

Hooray for new puppies!



Well, it has been an extremely busy couple of weeks 'round here & I'm not done yet. We have done SO much! I took the family to the beach for a day. Then we went to the mountains for a number of days to hunt for waterfalls (we saw 10 or 11). And we hung around the house a bit & I took them to some of the local sites, which they really enjoyed. My parents left on Thursday. My brother is staying for a few extra days, though, so yesterday he and I went up to Busch Gardens to ride roller coasters all day long (the weather was PERFECT! And the lines were amazingly short). Today we're going to finally take it easy. I'm letting the boys sleep in. Later we'll probably just play video games and hang out. Maybe we'll take my brother out for one last plate of eastern Carolina-style BBQ because he loooooves that stuff. It's a new discovery for him, but something he can't get back in Oklahoma, so we're going to let him have his fill while he can.

Anyway! My brother flies out tomorrow afternoon. Expect to see a bit more of me starting then.

[blows kisses all 'round]

[damona]

*flyby*

i have shitastic unreliable internet right now and i get booted constantly.


on the plus side, i'm finally healthy.ish.

and my good good friend had her baby this morning! 6lbs, 3oz of gorgeous baby girl. and i was there! i got to watch! way, way exciting for me to see it from this side of things, rather than being the one on the table panting and pushing! i'm beginning to seriously consider midwifery....


(((((((((((((((((kvetchies))))))))))))))))

(((((((((((((((kvetchie family, pets, and other things that like hugs))))))))))))))))

[stargazer]

*~*~*PMS and aunt 'flo soothing vibes for amilita and sassy*~*~*


kitten, well, just think of it this way...at least your bed doesn't smell like urine anymore. some sangria tonight will help you to forget the mess.


(((((pixie))))))) so sorry for your loss. that kitty is adorable!!! i think the kitty will make a fine addition to the pixie household.

kvetch: argh. weight gain. i just want to lose weight in my tummy. a little toned that's all. i hate the jiggle. but, the added weight has done wonders for a nice bust line.

antikvetch: bustie get together tonight! *does cabbage patch*


undie report: grey with pink, yellow, and blue stripes, plain white bra.

(((kvetchies)))

[kittenb]

Can someone please come over and help me burn down my apartment? I think that would be easier than cleaning it right now. Or maybe I'll just leave it like it is and consider it an adventure park for my cats.

Jake the cat is still not out of the woods. However, The Geek thinks he will be able to pick him up tomorrow. It can be so hard to judge animals behavior when they are at hospitals. Sometimes they just won't eat b/c they are scared or lonely.

{{{pixie}}} I am so sorry about your cat. And you ankle. And the ass-hat ex. {{{hugs}}}

{{{sassy}}} puppies!puppies!puppies! Puppies named Zoe!!!

{{{mando and mandomamma}}} Yay for great news.

{{{amalita}}}

Unidies - nothing at the moment. I am only wearing my bathrobe.

[pixiedust]

Hi everyone.

It has been a rough few days at the Pixie house. My ankle appears to be healing nicely, but the ligaments are now starting to ache uncontrollably as they are healing. I am trying to take the minimum dose of lortab as possible because when I am taking the maximum, I can't concentrate on anything for very long and I get really bored and just sleep.
And the exasshat is being extreamly asshatty. He decided he shoulodn't have to his portion of the chilod care expenses this month since I am home with Kimmie even though I am paying my mother to get her ready for school in the mornings since I can't climb the stairs to her room. I know, it sounds weird that I am paying my mom, but it was a mutually beneficial arrangement since I was going to have to pay some to come in and watch T since I can't even lift him out of bed or change his diapers, and she can use the extra cash because she's ona fixed income.

And last, but certainly not the least kvetch, my kitty that I have had since the day she was born 15 years ago passed away the other night! She hasn't been in the greatest health and has been losing weight pretty steadily the last 6 months. We ended up with a flea problems from my dogs and the chemicals to treat it were just too much for her. It was really a no win situation because if I hadn't used the frontline, the fleas would have killed her.
Mr. Pixie wants to get a new kitty and we've looked at several on petsfinder and craigslist, but I'm afraid that is we bring another cat in the house the fleas will get worse again. So far we've bombed the house, bathed all the animals in flea shampoo, frontlined everyone, and I comb them for fleas daily. It's much better than it was, but amazingly there are still some of the little F-ers jumping on us!

Sorry to be so me me me. I'm just really feeling sorry for myself today.
the baby I want to bring home