Friday, November 27, 2009

A Friday Update

I had no idea that cat lovers were also a Chiropractic wealth of information and Pharmaceutical hoarders!! LOL!!! Thank you all so much for all your kind thoughts and suggestions. I think I'd rather give birth sideways than have this kind of pain. I've never been one that actually has major back pain, so I'm not doing well with it. Holy crap. How do people live with this all the time?

I lost my temper yesterday and had David and my son's scrambling...they were vacuuming, taking out garbage, emptying the dishwasher, etc. I swear...nobody does ANYTHING unless I tell them to do it. Why is it I'm the only one that sees things that need to be done? There are still tumble weeds of cat hair floating around the hardwood floors, but at least they tried to vacuum, and I'll try not to complain.

Maggie's water dish had dry cat food floating in it, and I couldn't bend down to empty her water dish. One of the cats pooped in the litterbox and didn't cover it up, so the whole room smelled like crap. Did anybody think to scoop it???? Noooooooooooooooo..... Why would they? These are the same men that leave the toilet seat up.

My favourite little senior guy "Nash" is still at the shelter despite a lot of kind folks putting his picture on their Facebook pages. Thank you all so much for trying. I'm not giving up on him, and if somebody calls this hour and says, "Go get him for me!" I'll do it!

Today is a Euthanasia Day at the shelter and feel so helpless. I've done 4 rescues this week, but it still doesn't feel like enough. Maybe my back is telling me that it's "Enough for now". I believe our bodies give us hints to slow down.

I won't rest today until my Christmas wreath is up on the front door. Today, that's all I ask for - a Christmas wreath on my front door....

....and "Nash" being rescued...

...and "Humble" too...

...then again, "Beanie" has been at the shelter for TWO MONTHS in a tiny cage:


Forget the Christmas Wreath....Let's go get Beanie!

AN UPDATE: Just before I pushed the "Publish" button on this post, I got word that "Nash" had been rescued and is in a FOREVER HOME!

Many thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers for this old man! :) I think I'll put up that Christmas Wreath after all :)

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yay Nash!!!!!

Score another one for the good ol' guys.

Anonymous said...

Clarence Carter is still listed at the shelter. I thought he had been rescued?

Anonymous said...

And I don't mean to pressure your already heavy wish/save list, but these guys are adorable:

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15078868

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15171539

Smartypants said...

Hooray for Nash!

Beth, I hope you get your Christmas wreath up and that your back heals up so you can get back to feeling like yourself. I laughed out loud re: the uncovered crap in the litter box... my husband will make a big dramatic fuss about how much it stinks but do you think he'll walk across the room and scoop it??! What is UP with that??! ;)

House of the Discarded said...

Anonymous: Clarence Carter has been rescued - I promise! He's safe at Kim's house. In fact, I think Kim is going to adopt him :) :)

-B

Anonymous said...

Aw. That is one lucky cat. Good to know, thanks!

Anonymous said...

Hoooray Nash! Next it's Beanie -may he spend this Christmas curled up by a cozy fireplace in a forever home!!

Anonymous said...

Ha! Of course Kim is keeping him :). I loved that big orange beany too, but I didn't think he wanted to live with a tormenting toddler ;). He was a super sweetie snuggler until I did the "toddler torture tests" on him, which I constantly apologize to them for!! Funny, he didn't appreciate being pulled by his tail ;p. (though I have to say that M is *finally* starting to get the hint about Gentle!, only took 6 months!)

Anonymous said...

Is that not the truth about a bad back, I never had sympathy for people with a bad back, I always thought...how bad could it be ??? THEN it happened, I pulled a muscle and thought I was going to die. You don't realize just how much every moment is dependent on your back . Now if I see someone with a bad back I fall over myself to help them lol !!!!

Anonymous said...

Interested in your thoughts about the recent Toronto Humane Society arrests :(

Caroline & Emily said...

emily grace is sitting beside my laptop and is happy to hear that Nash found a home, she hopes Beanie does too!

House of the Discarded said...

Emily Grace: *Kiss* *kiss* *kiss*

Anonymous said...

After I gave you my advice for your sore back yesterday, I did the same thing to mine. The same thing happened to me at this time last year. The pain last night was unbearable. I was at the chiro again today and he suggested taking the Robaxacet and then in 3 hours take Advil, then 3 hours later take the Robaxacet again....continue as needed. He's had this work for a couple of his patients...it was recommended by an MD.....I tried it today and my pain isn't half as bad....maybe it was the meds or maybe the chiro treatment...whatever, as long as the pain gets better. And it's true about the work around the house....nothing gets done unless you complain...tonight my son came up and told me about the horrible poop one of the cats took....and why couldn't he or his dad clean it up when they were the ones who smelled it?? Sheesh!

Anonymous said...

After I gave you my advice for your sore back yesterday, I did the same thing to mine. The same thing happened to me at this time last year. The pain last night was unbearable. I was at the chiro again today and he suggested taking the Robaxacet and then in 3 hours take Advil, then 3 hours later take the Robaxacet again....continue as needed. He's had this work for a couple of his patients...it was recommended by an MD.....I tried it today and my pain isn't half as bad....maybe it was the meds or maybe the chiro treatment...whatever, as long as the pain gets better. And it's true about the work around the house....nothing gets done unless you complain...tonight my son came up and told me about the horrible poop one of the cats took....and why couldn't he or his dad clean it up when they were the ones who smelled it?? Sheesh!

Everycat said...

So happy Nash has been saved, hope Humble and Beanie (what a saucepot he is) can be saved also!

I hope that back feels better soon too Beth.

House of the Discarded said...

Anonymous: I'm so sorry to hear about YOUR back. Maybe it's a pre-Christmas thing :)

Thank you for the tips on the Robax. I'll try anything!