Much love, thoughts and prayers to Aims today.

{{{sj}}} Hang in there, love.

bonny, thanks for the terrier stories. Toto really has improved so much over his lifetime. I was actually quite surprised by his antics over the weekend, as were my parents. Like I said, we had just been talking about how much he'd grown up. I, though, apparently still need to be mindful of open doors :).

Good luck today, Aims.

Askye, if The Cat Dean is giving you grief about taking meds, you might do yourself a favor and get some Pill Pockets. They are yummy to cats, and you can smoosh them around the pills.

OMG, I cannot second this recommendation strongly enough. Pill Pockets were AWESOME for our cat.

Even the best of pooches has his moments! I'm glad Toto is only having them occassionally.

I, though, apparently still need to be mindful of open doors :).

To quote a Harry Potter character "Constant Vigilance!"

OMG, I cannot second this recommendation strongly enough. Pill Pockets were AWESOME for our cat.

I too cannot recommend these enough, though my experience is with dogs. BEST. invention. EVER.

To quote a Harry Potter character "Constant Vigilance!"

HA! So true.

Thinking good thoughts for you Aims.

Pill Pockets were the only way I could give Miss Kitty the calming drugs for her flight to Colorado. She gobbled it right up.

Moms - how do you get a kid up and moving in the morning, when he wants to do anything but? He gets plenty of sleep, I've already taken away his PSP and DVD player, so I know he isn't secretly playing with them after hours.

Pill pockets work for Frank for the first couple doses of a med and then he catches on. How he has retained this skill when most others (like, consistently staying upright when he poops) have fallen by the wayside is beyond me!

Procedure ~ma, Aims.

how do you get a kid up and moving in the morning

I've always wondered how my mother managed to make us believe we "had to" do this. I mean, I knew that I'd have to face the consequences - she wasn't going to get me to school if I missed a bus, she wasn't going to write a note, etc., but even on Saturdays we knew we "had to" get up. There was no sleeping in unless you'd been working the night before - out at a party or with friends and you still "had to" appear at breakfast and get your chores done. Must have been brainwashing.

I really, really want the nice college student who is always looking for work when he comes home to come home and post on the listserv that he is looking for work. Our yard needs help, and I'm not so good these days with the crouching/bending for getting the gardens weeded, etc.

Also, I would like to skip work today and go down to the Tidal Basin to see what the cherry blossoms are looking like.

~ma to Aims! All heal the Empress!

I too cannot recommend these enough, though my experience is with dogs. BEST. invention. EVER.

Oh hell yes. When the dog comes running when she hears the rattle of the pill bottle, you know something's working.

What's the difference between pill pockets and wrapping the pill up in a slice of bacon?