Jane & Jack & Karre the Emperor
Member Since 2009
Greetings, Lantus Land, and welcome to the Sunday Condo!
Yes indeed, the KCC is a day late this week! I do have a fairly decent excuse, though: I spent essentially two days at wretched, dreaded, blasted Home Affairs! A couple of months back, I was led to believe by the Motley Crew of Morons that populates the local immigration authorities that the final solution was imminent. You know, after they had told me a year ago that the solution was imminent. That is, after they had told me two years ago that the solution was imminent... Heavens forbid that someone beyond the dread portal of Home Affairs actually do any bloody work - perish the thought! Still, I suppose I ought to count myself lucky, since now, after spending another two days waiting and being told to go to another queue and waiting and being told to go to another queue and waiting and being told to go to another building and waiting, I am now in the happy position of waiting for another 4-6 weeks for the confirmation of my extended visa. Of course, 4-6 weeks might mean well-nigh anybloodything. Even so - hope springs eternal.
Caturday was spent recuperating :lol: And so, here we are on Sunday, ready to retrace LL's steps during the week that went by since Karre's 6th October Caturday Condo. As always, there are some LL Highlights to list, as well as a host of LL Overview Kitty & Bean Stories that continue to unfold in their particular ways. On with it, then:
Kathie/Zeus posted some good questions about bounces from a newbie's perspective in their 7th October Condo. I found it useful to re-read, because it's easy for someone like me who's been familiar with FD for a matter of years to forget in what way aspects of its treatment might be seen by someone who hasn't had that much time to absorb all the intricacies involved.
Lori/Atticus went through another typically challenging newbie situation when they went through their first low numbers and shots in their 8th October Condo. Again, personally, I like to go back over condos like this one to keep finding the best ways to offer advice and support when our newcomers are going through the trickier processes of FD. Lori/Atticus have since begun their OTJ Trial! Congratulations!
Lisa/Leo started a fabulous carbs percentages vs. calories and theory vs. practice discussion in their 9th October Condo. I bookmarked this one. Great stuff, Lisa, Carl, and further contributors :mrgreen: Thanks!
Dr. Lisa Pierson notified us all that she has added a great new section on Hyperthyroidism to her website. Well worth the read and bookmark! Thank you so much for all your incredible work, Dr. Lisa!
In Alexa/Reuben's 6th October Condo, there is a host of useful information on inappetance and how to try addressing it. Great tips and suggestions from everyone. Other than the food input, it also contains some great info on ABs (metronidazole in particular) - Thank you, Sienne, for posting that link and for all your input!
And, at last, The old FDMB Board is Back Online, so those of us who want to and have been around back in the day can go back and copy/download/save our old condos, other links we loved, and of course gallivant happily down memory lane in some of Jojo's shoes! Hooray! Thank you so much, Rebecca!!
And in other news, not only Lori/Atticus, but also Anne/Muffin, Karen/Greg/FurBall and Sonia/Katmandu are doing their OTJ Trial - congratulations!! Courtney/Kismet have celebrated their OTJ Party and have moved to the Falls - well done!! Of course, not only remission, OTJ trials and OTJ parties are important - though we do all love to celebrate around here :mrgreen: - but also those Kitties & Beans who keep on keeping on even if their cats continue to bounce wherever they like, and even if they have been at this for years. On that note: CONGRATULATIONS to all those of you who have been hanging in there despite it all - You are all HEROES of LL
Some of our dear kitties are under the weather and/or recovering from a blip on their bill of health - Ann/Tess, Marje/Gracie, Melissa/Tarragon, Shai/Pirate Fitz come to mind right away, though I have probably left out some dear LL'ers, two- and four-legged in my scatterbrained state this weekend. MANY HEALING VINES to ALL those of you who need them, and please do check in here if you can and want to, and give us WCRs and WBRs! I'm afraid I'll have to wait until next Caturday to give a more expansive overview of LL goings-on. This week has been off the charts, and I feel like I'm still reeling. But again: Any and all of you are welcome any day of the week to just check in, if you like, and add your own WCR/WBR. Overall, it seems LL has had a decent week and is ticking along nicely :smile:
As I type, I've got two guinea fowl pecking at the glass sliding door to the garden. They spot their own reflections now and then as they wander past, and apprently there is something terribly provoking about that! Magpie - who has recovered beautifully from her dental, and thanks you all for the vines and thoughtful posts and prayers - is the only one who really chases them. Luca is still a bit too little, Karre is above it, and Henry is still, shall we say, exterminatorily challenged - the other day, I showed him the shrew Luca had caught and brought in (which I'd spent an interesting forty-five minutes, which included some novel contortions under the dining room furniture, recapturing in a cardboard box) and he took one look, shuddered from whiskers to tail, and scampered off to the safety of the garden :lol: Overall, the African Pride is faring well. I still wonder about our Emperor's numbers, since he persists in going above 120 regularly (though never really worryingly high). For now, I shall keep a close eye on him and take note of anything I think may be affecting his BG - as I do anyway, every day - and unless there seems to me to be cause for concern, I'll just be happy he's happy :mrgreen: Maggie, as I said, bounced back beautifully from her anaesthetic ordeal and is back to hunting anything that sparks her huntress-eye interest. This week, so far, that has been a little Cape White-Eye, a mole, a frog and a mouse. Not a bad tally. Luca, her partner in, well, not crime but mischief anyway, continues to come into the master bedroom around 5am each morning, announcing the level of remaining food in the kitty buffet bowls (five in all, daily, all nice and neat in a row) to be in dire need of replenishing :lol: When we're lucky, he lets us get back to sleep after the bowl are re-filled. Most days, though, he decides that now that we're up, we might as well do our job and entertain him :lol: Henry, apart from his disinterest in hunting (which, I suspect, will eventually subside, given how his paly techniques are changing), is engaged in life at every turn. Garden walks, demanding treats, soliciting belly rubs, getting brushed, racing Luca across the upper lawn, all these are among his favourite pastimes, trumped only by stretching out in his favourite cuddly bed (originally made for very large dogs), making sure to touch both ends so as not to allow the erroneous impression to arise in the minds of his feline companions that there may be room for one more :mrgreen: Jane and Jack are keeping on keeping on - busy, but good.
Here comes Jack now, in fact - it is lunch time! Meaning, *not* time for photos. But I promise I'll make up for it and post some after lunch :mrgreen: In the meantime, I hope all of you are having a peaceful Sunday. Thanks for visiting KCC, and do post here when you have time - we're here all week, as usual :smile:
Hugs to you all!
Jane
Yes indeed, the KCC is a day late this week! I do have a fairly decent excuse, though: I spent essentially two days at wretched, dreaded, blasted Home Affairs! A couple of months back, I was led to believe by the Motley Crew of Morons that populates the local immigration authorities that the final solution was imminent. You know, after they had told me a year ago that the solution was imminent. That is, after they had told me two years ago that the solution was imminent... Heavens forbid that someone beyond the dread portal of Home Affairs actually do any bloody work - perish the thought! Still, I suppose I ought to count myself lucky, since now, after spending another two days waiting and being told to go to another queue and waiting and being told to go to another queue and waiting and being told to go to another building and waiting, I am now in the happy position of waiting for another 4-6 weeks for the confirmation of my extended visa. Of course, 4-6 weeks might mean well-nigh anybloodything. Even so - hope springs eternal.
Caturday was spent recuperating :lol: And so, here we are on Sunday, ready to retrace LL's steps during the week that went by since Karre's 6th October Caturday Condo. As always, there are some LL Highlights to list, as well as a host of LL Overview Kitty & Bean Stories that continue to unfold in their particular ways. On with it, then:
Kathie/Zeus posted some good questions about bounces from a newbie's perspective in their 7th October Condo. I found it useful to re-read, because it's easy for someone like me who's been familiar with FD for a matter of years to forget in what way aspects of its treatment might be seen by someone who hasn't had that much time to absorb all the intricacies involved.
Lori/Atticus went through another typically challenging newbie situation when they went through their first low numbers and shots in their 8th October Condo. Again, personally, I like to go back over condos like this one to keep finding the best ways to offer advice and support when our newcomers are going through the trickier processes of FD. Lori/Atticus have since begun their OTJ Trial! Congratulations!
Lisa/Leo started a fabulous carbs percentages vs. calories and theory vs. practice discussion in their 9th October Condo. I bookmarked this one. Great stuff, Lisa, Carl, and further contributors :mrgreen: Thanks!
Dr. Lisa Pierson notified us all that she has added a great new section on Hyperthyroidism to her website. Well worth the read and bookmark! Thank you so much for all your incredible work, Dr. Lisa!
In Alexa/Reuben's 6th October Condo, there is a host of useful information on inappetance and how to try addressing it. Great tips and suggestions from everyone. Other than the food input, it also contains some great info on ABs (metronidazole in particular) - Thank you, Sienne, for posting that link and for all your input!
And, at last, The old FDMB Board is Back Online, so those of us who want to and have been around back in the day can go back and copy/download/save our old condos, other links we loved, and of course gallivant happily down memory lane in some of Jojo's shoes! Hooray! Thank you so much, Rebecca!!
And in other news, not only Lori/Atticus, but also Anne/Muffin, Karen/Greg/FurBall and Sonia/Katmandu are doing their OTJ Trial - congratulations!! Courtney/Kismet have celebrated their OTJ Party and have moved to the Falls - well done!! Of course, not only remission, OTJ trials and OTJ parties are important - though we do all love to celebrate around here :mrgreen: - but also those Kitties & Beans who keep on keeping on even if their cats continue to bounce wherever they like, and even if they have been at this for years. On that note: CONGRATULATIONS to all those of you who have been hanging in there despite it all - You are all HEROES of LL
Some of our dear kitties are under the weather and/or recovering from a blip on their bill of health - Ann/Tess, Marje/Gracie, Melissa/Tarragon, Shai/Pirate Fitz come to mind right away, though I have probably left out some dear LL'ers, two- and four-legged in my scatterbrained state this weekend. MANY HEALING VINES to ALL those of you who need them, and please do check in here if you can and want to, and give us WCRs and WBRs! I'm afraid I'll have to wait until next Caturday to give a more expansive overview of LL goings-on. This week has been off the charts, and I feel like I'm still reeling. But again: Any and all of you are welcome any day of the week to just check in, if you like, and add your own WCR/WBR. Overall, it seems LL has had a decent week and is ticking along nicely :smile:As I type, I've got two guinea fowl pecking at the glass sliding door to the garden. They spot their own reflections now and then as they wander past, and apprently there is something terribly provoking about that! Magpie - who has recovered beautifully from her dental, and thanks you all for the vines and thoughtful posts and prayers - is the only one who really chases them. Luca is still a bit too little, Karre is above it, and Henry is still, shall we say, exterminatorily challenged - the other day, I showed him the shrew Luca had caught and brought in (which I'd spent an interesting forty-five minutes, which included some novel contortions under the dining room furniture, recapturing in a cardboard box) and he took one look, shuddered from whiskers to tail, and scampered off to the safety of the garden :lol: Overall, the African Pride is faring well. I still wonder about our Emperor's numbers, since he persists in going above 120 regularly (though never really worryingly high). For now, I shall keep a close eye on him and take note of anything I think may be affecting his BG - as I do anyway, every day - and unless there seems to me to be cause for concern, I'll just be happy he's happy :mrgreen: Maggie, as I said, bounced back beautifully from her anaesthetic ordeal and is back to hunting anything that sparks her huntress-eye interest. This week, so far, that has been a little Cape White-Eye, a mole, a frog and a mouse. Not a bad tally. Luca, her partner in, well, not crime but mischief anyway, continues to come into the master bedroom around 5am each morning, announcing the level of remaining food in the kitty buffet bowls (five in all, daily, all nice and neat in a row) to be in dire need of replenishing :lol: When we're lucky, he lets us get back to sleep after the bowl are re-filled. Most days, though, he decides that now that we're up, we might as well do our job and entertain him :lol: Henry, apart from his disinterest in hunting (which, I suspect, will eventually subside, given how his paly techniques are changing), is engaged in life at every turn. Garden walks, demanding treats, soliciting belly rubs, getting brushed, racing Luca across the upper lawn, all these are among his favourite pastimes, trumped only by stretching out in his favourite cuddly bed (originally made for very large dogs), making sure to touch both ends so as not to allow the erroneous impression to arise in the minds of his feline companions that there may be room for one more :mrgreen: Jane and Jack are keeping on keeping on - busy, but good.
Here comes Jack now, in fact - it is lunch time! Meaning, *not* time for photos. But I promise I'll make up for it and post some after lunch :mrgreen: In the meantime, I hope all of you are having a peaceful Sunday. Thanks for visiting KCC, and do post here when you have time - we're here all week, as usual :smile:
Hugs to you all!
Jane
