Endless rain and 11 dogs

[BJean 16]

Green, that's interesting about male cats being better pets. I've always had girls because I heard that males sometimes go around spraying the walls and stuff. Now that I think about it, our female cats were sometimes driven to tinkle somewhere other than the litter box if it was the least bit dirty. So there was no gain with girls in that regard , I guess.

I had a female Siamese cat once when I was single and living in a studio apartment. She would wait on the kitchen counter and jump on whoever walked past her. She had not been declawed in any way and it usually drew blood. I had a boyfriend who was afraid to come to my apartment. For some reason she liked to jump on his pants leg and slide down his leg, scratching all the way. Wreaked havoc on my love life! :rolleyes

[katt 0]

BOH I live in Talala, Oklahoma on week-ends and Kansas City during the week. I drive back and forth thru Coffeyville. This week-end was the first in 3 weeks that we haven't been detoured around Coffeyville. It was awful. The Water hasn't reached our house in Talala but my DD and her 6 kids live in Bartlesville (which has flooded off and on for the past 2 weeks) and they have been stranded several times. Thank the Lord they live on high ground and the water hasn't reached them. I am very sympathetic however and also stir crazy from rain. Additionally we have 5 dogs. Also not on purpose. My sinuses are on constant drip. My eyes itch, burn, and water continuously. There are muddy paw prints everywhere and my hair is permanently frizzed. The grass is up to my waist and we have 1 1/4 acres. We live in the area of Okla they call Green Country and the weather said yesterday it has rained here every day for the past 36 days. Arghhh. I love Okla but I never wanted to live in the tropics. Katt

[green 6]

Male cats won't spray if you neuter them while they are still young. Six months is a good age to rob them of their nuts.

[BJean 16]

As David Letterman would say, "heeeere kitty, kitty, kitty......."

[BJean 16]

Katt: I grew up in Oklahoma and I thought I knew every little town. Where's Talala? It does sound familiar, but I can't place it. I've been gone for about 30 years, and I guess I've forgotten.

My dad ran for office a couple of times and we toured all the towns putting out signs, fliers and meeting and greeting. No, he never won until he was elected to the "Silver Haired Legislature."

I knew ya'll were having lots of rain but I didn't know it was that much worse than here in north central Texas. It can be humid enough in the summer in Oklahoma without 36 days straight of rain! We've been lucky down here, for the most part. We've been drying up year after year to the point of many of the lakes not being navigable. They even had to shut some of them down to boaters. Recently they had to shut some of them down because the Water was too high! But our little lake is a private one with a spillway and although the Water has become murky, it's been great for our lake and the golf course which usually burns up every summer.

The rains have really slowed down here and I hope they are for you too.

[bitteroldhag 0]

BOH I live in Talala, Oklahoma on week-ends and Kansas City during the week. I drive back and forth thru Coffeyville. This week-end was the first in 3 weeks that we haven't been detoured around Coffeyville. It was awful. The Water hasn't reached our house in Talala but my DD and her 6 kids live in Bartlesville (which has flooded off and on for the past 2 weeks) and they have been stranded several times. Thank the Lord they live on high ground and the Water hasn't reached them. I am very sympathetic however and also stir crazy from rain. Additionally we have 5 dogs. Also not on purpose. My sinuses are on constant drip. My eyes itch, burn, and water continuously. There are muddy paw prints everywhere and my hair is permanently frizzed. The grass is up to my waist and we have 1 1/4 acres. We live in the area of Okla they call Green Country and the weather said yesterday it has rained here every day for the past 36 days. Arghhh. I love Okla but I never wanted to live in the tropics. Katt

I live in Tahlequah. It has finally stopped raining and I gave away all 8 dogs. There is a God.

[bitteroldhag 0]

As I noted in my reply, it has finally quit raining and I gave away all 8 dogs. So I'm left with my 4 dogs and the neighbor dog, Stevie. She has gotten in two fights with my dogs, but I discovered that hitting them in the face with a flyswatter stops the fights. I had my carpets cleaned yesterday and all is well. They were pretty gross what with 7 puppies pooping on them. Some of the puppies worked out that they should go on the puppy pads, but many did not. Apparently there is a dearth of German Shepherds here because I ran an ad in the newspaper and about 50 people called. I gave the last puppy away to a nice teacher and his wife. That dog will be spoiled. Meanwhile, we have peace and I love it. Thanks for the good words.

[katt 0]

BJean, Talala is north of Tulsa about 35 miles. Katt

[BJean 16]

Katt: 35 miles north of Tulsa... isn't that where Bartlesville is? Is it a 'burb of Bartlesville? What about Pawhuska? Further west? Gosh I miss Oklahoma sometimes! Especially the people!

It's great reading yours and Bitter's posts.

[bitteroldhag 0]

Bjean and Green--What would I do without those Canadians? I gave away all 8 dogs and am left with my 4 male dogs and Stevie, the female neighbor dog. She seems to have moved in forever, but I'm glad to have a female dog in the house. At least they put some flea medicine on her, she's had her rabies shot for this year, and she's been spayed. Of course, I put the expensive flea and tick medicine on her, but two doses of flea medicine doesn't seem to have affected her though she definitely doesn't have fleas. However, she has what we call beggar lice which are small cockleburrs. They are a pain. I combed about 3 pounds of excess hair off her and she's much more comfortable in the heat. It's hot and humid here but it finally quit raining. Of course, the rain cost me a fortune, but I'll recoup over the next few years. I plan to retire in 4 years if I can. So I bought the new/used RAV 4 which I plan to pay off in my final four years and then I'll coast unless Mother lives the whole time. I've been taking care of Mother for 6 years and I was tired the first year. I'm beyond tired now, but I'm really good on problems of the elderly. I may make that my profession when I retire. Actually I'd like to cook for the local nursing home but I'll have to take a course in chef's school before I can do that. Practically anything would be better than what they serve now.

[BJean 16]

Bitter: That would be a real humanitarian thing to do: cooking for the elderly. It is almost as unique as cooking for babies.

When I read one of your posts, I always start thinking about Northeastern and Tahlequah. I remember when I was a Freshman and bought room and board together (cafeteria and dormitory). On Wednesdays, we all went someplace else for dinner. They always served the same thing: a slice of some kind of pork, like a pork chop, that was steamed or something. We never knew just exactly what the hell they did to it to make it grey and smelling like puke. But we wanted no part of it.

My in-laws just spent a month in an assisted living facility - one of the nicest ones in the area and they "had" to move home. They said the only acceptible meal was Breakfast and that was because they cooked eggs to order instead of serving up those powdered scrambled faux eggs they serve in the hospital. They hired a woman from a service to comw in every morning to fix Breakfast and lunch for them as well as doing some light cleaning. After the first day, she didn't come back. Dealing with older people is definitely a challenge! But then, I don't have to tell you that!

[bitteroldhag 0]

BJean -- I think NSU has improved though we now serve lots of junk food. We have a "food court" which serves fattening, greasy junk food. The kids like Chikfila or whatever it's called. They cook french fries in chicken fat. It's really disgusting. They bring it to class and it smells up the room. The kids just can't understand why they gain weight. But I used to eat in the faculty dining room and it wasn't horrible though not good. The vegetable Soup was edible. Now, with the band, I can't eat until about 3 p.m. so university food is not a problem anymore. I can't believe anyone could screw up pork chops. I love pork chops. That cook should have been shot.

[BJean 16]

Chick Fil A uses chicken fat to cook their fries in??? Egad! The Chick Fil A's around here are the most popular fast food drive thrus. It got that way when the Adkins diet became the rage again. You can get just chicken and it isn't as breaded as most places. Other fast food joints that serve chicken breasts that aren't fried are just awful. I can't eat those odd tasting things. And if you get the fried ones at other fast food places, they have lots of breading and half the weight of the breast is grease.

I was told that Chick Fil A uses peanut oil for cooking their chicken. To me, that is much better than a lot of other things they use in fast food places, but if you don't like peanut oil, forget it. You can definitely tell that it is peanut oil.

I cannot eat Chick Fil A anymore. I've tried 4 different times, with lots of time inbetween tries. It's a sure-fire way to a significant PB no matter how small the bite or how thorough the chewing! :help:

[bitteroldhag 0]

No, Talala is up closer to Coffeyville, KS where I get my fills. Katt -- Isn't Talala a speed trap?

[bitteroldhag 0]

BJean -- I haven't eaten any Chik Fil A chicken and won't. I don't do well with fried chicken these days, but I love good baked chicken. I get those little rotisserie chickens at the local grocery store, nuke them for 5-10 minutes to kill the germs and they go down pretty well. But I think I'm going to try beating the hell out of some chicken breasts, put some Stove Top in them and give that a try. Of course, I have to jazz up the Stove Top a lot, but it's pretty good when I get through adding stuff. I ate some rice today at a wedding reception. It went down very well. It is on our proscribed list, but I'd sure like to make some Shrimp Creole. I have Brennan's recipe and that the best Shrimp Creole in the world. Good hearing from you. I love to hear from Okies who aren't nuts.