Cats have cold feet. And when is Two Days Six Days?

[feng_shui_house]

My three cats have been taking turns sitting on me to warm their feet. ICE CUBE FEET.

(totally unrelated to anything, my RPGing persona got a cute spam today- I deleted it unopened -- it was sent as Roughrider_kerr_avon@RoughriderRanch.com with the subject Simply The Best All Male Site. Kerr Avon has enough ego to be amused by that.)

EDIT: Since I'm going to the grocery near my checking bank, I might as well stop at my savings bank first, in which case, maybe I'll check out the canal birds and see a movie 'Inkheart' around 2p.m. t'ell with scheduling my day around UPS. Who KNOWS when he'll show up. If I miss him today, I'll get the delivery tomorrow.

Must check that I have earplugs & eyeglasses in purse...



I must taxi to the grocery today-no cat food. The walking distance grocery is the pits- yesterday I bought chicken livers to cook as a treat for Tara after pilling- she won't even TOUCH the $12 for a couple ounces of 'pill pocket treats' even without medicine in them. I got home and saw the last sale date on the liver was the 24th. I opened it anyway, not wanting another half hour walk & exercise in translation to get a $1 refund. Wound up throwing it out after rinsing it and boiling it & mashing it and trying to give it to the outside cats who looked upon it with a loathing undisguised. I just have to remember not to buy meat from that store. Even when it's not past the expiration date, I've got bad stuff.

I tried MacConnection again at 8:30 a.m. and again the woman who'd given me her extension had an auto-message playing saying she would be back on Monday morning the 26th. I tried again at 9a.m. and got routed to someone else. I decided there was no use trying to get hold of the other one, maybe she'd gone on vacation & just left the wrong date on her message.

According to the new person, Susan, it had been sent out on Tuesday for a Thursday delivery, but UPS has it listed as 'rescheduling requested.'Nice. *I* didn't reschedule it, so who did? MacConnection? UPS? She gave me the UPS tracking # and then I told her about the borked flash drive, and she promised to send another one. I got the order number on that to add to my collection of numbers to recite back to them when the order doesn't show up. I don't know what's going on. I used to get good products & good service from MacConnection.

Called UPS next and side-stepped the auto stuff by whacking zero until it gave in. She confirmed that they hadn't even attempted delivery yet, and it was scheduled for 'some time today- up to 7p.m.' Well, that's a nice wide window, isn't it? You could do an elephant ballet in that window.

Well, I'll go to the grocery & risk missing him. And if I do miss him at least I hope he leaves the attempted delivery notice where I can find it. The last two times I found the paper 1) in the swale next to the road, and 2) blowing across my lawn.

I'm in a grumpy mood, don't mind me. :^)

Comments

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I've just ordered a small heated pet pad in the hope the cats might like it when I'm away and the heating isn't on. Had to rule out the first half dozen I located, which looked very comfy but all had the line "simply pop the pad in the microwave"... tried adding "plug" to my Google enquiry, and after weeding out a couple with "no need for a plug, just pop in the microwave" finally found one, which seems to be a flat metal box you put under a blanket or thin cushion. (It did say "not suitable if pet likely to chew cable", but I've never seen them do that.) So we'll see if they show any interest (they never seem to use their old baskets any more) and if it's popular I might get a second. Apart from the complete lack of microwave, it would be more convenient if it can be left on either full-time or with a timer when I'm away for a few days, rather than M having to reheat something every day when she comes to feed them. They claim it uses only 20 pence of electricity a week... but even if it was more I'd be happy if it kept them warm. I remember when Thomas was elderly we used to give him a hotwaterbottle wrapped in a blanket, but that would run into the same having-to-be-renewed-by-the-neighbour problem over several days.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

(I do leave the heating to come on in the evenings, as usual, when I'm away, so they're not in a completely cold house all day.)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

*cuddles kitties* Out of curiosity I googled 'electric pet bed' and had lots of options, many quite reasonably priced and already inside a fleecy looking kitty cuddler.

It so very seldom gets cool here that it's rare for my guys to be seeking warmth.

Then I thought to google 'Battery heated cat bed' and they DO make such a thing, so you might like to look into that if the one with a plug turns out to be not a viable option.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

There were more choices on pages with $ signs on them, but it didn't seem a very good idea to ship it in from across the Atlantic...

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

The cats would probably disagree- do you not exist only to serve their comfort?

^O^

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

If they condescend to use it, which isn't at all certain, I think they'd rather it arrived in a few days, so they can use it during the current cold spell!

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

We got given one for free from a fellow freecycler. The cats love it, the only time they don't compete for it is when the central heating is on and there are plenty of hot spots from the pipes.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Well, we'll see. Cats can be funny about using things that are bought specially for them... and I've always been a bit surprised that they don't sit on the patch of bed where the hotwaterbottle is.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

They do prefer it with a blanket r something over it something softer than metal to snuggle up on they've even dragged towels off the towel rail to cover it up for themselves.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it will definitely need something soft on top. Maybe a blanket, maybe even an off-cut of carpet, since Tabitha likes curling up in a corner with nothing but carpet to cushion her.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Ours only liked to do that if they could knead claws into the bottle - then got tetchy about the damp.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

I suspect that like that, you will have noo chance to get old.
Cats with cold feet AND those feet on you = cold you. I know...

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

*brrr* I should make them little felt booties. :^)

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Must check that I have earplugs & eyeglasses in purse...

Why do you need earplugs and eyeglasses to go shopping?

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

No, I need them for the movie. The movies are usually far too loud for me, and sometimes I can't sit close enough to see them clearly.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Inkheart , it's a good movie.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Yes it is, a very good movie! I may get it on DVD later.

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Grump, grump--me, too. Can't seem to make myself do anything, not even fun things. Found this book review you might like: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/books/21garn.html?emc=eta1