http://katboxjanitor.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Deborah D. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:09:08 GMT 2010-01-02T00:09:08Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929962 Who do you want to go home to visit? or Who do you want to come home to visit you? Why? I want to bring my Dad and his wife to my place. They live on the East coast and I live just about as far . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:20:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929962 Deborah D. 2009-12-04T02:20:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810049 I am suffering from 'empty nest syndrome'. After a year of having a young yellow Lab puppy attached to my hip as I raised her for Summit Assistance Dogs. She has passed her obedience classes, her socialization . . . Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:02:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977810049 Deborah D. 2009-09-12T19:02:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977774648 This morning I dropped my cell phone on the floor, so I asked Cloud to ‘get it’.   She nosed it a couple times and rotated it a little to get a better grasp of the belt . . . Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977774648 Deborah D. 2009-08-15T05:08:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977774643 Just had to share a couple cool things that Cloud & I did this last Thursday.   In case this is your first "Cloud" posting, she is the nearly 14 month old yellow Lab pup I am raising . . . Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:59:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977774643 Deborah D. 2009-08-15T04:59:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977646161 Growing up I was friends with numerous canine friends. All were mutts and I had encountered several friends who had cats. I loved animals and insects, but I loved dogs best. It may have been because they . . . Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:27:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977646161 Deborah D. 2009-04-04T07:27:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633562   http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=165351&ESRC=dod.nl Video: F-16 vs. Tree When your aircraft tells you you're too low to the ground, you may want . . . Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:47:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633562 Deborah D. 2009-03-22T13:47:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633559 JUST A MOM? A woman, renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk 's office, was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify . . . Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:43:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633559 Deborah D. 2009-03-22T13:43:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977477430 This is another image of Cloud, the assistance I am raising. She is about 12 weeks old in this picture. As of tomorrow, she is 16 weeks old. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:37:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977477430 Deborah D. 2008-10-14T19:37:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977454374 Cloud is very inquisitive about the Gentle Leader. This weekend I have spent a bit of time introducing her to it and getting it fitted.   I got the neck collar sized first, . . . Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:35:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977454374 Deborah D. 2008-09-20T20:35:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977447711 This is just too cute not to share... The very first picture of Cloud after she checked out the patches of lawn between my condo and the mailbox, the texture of the grass (a gal's gotta roll on . . . Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:14:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977447711 Deborah D. 2008-09-13T06:14:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977373678 Sleeping in the darkness Hard waking dazed   Sunlight is summer pleasure This is my first foray -- I hope haiku is acceptable. Its the only form that I knew. It will . . . Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:05:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977373678 Deborah D. 2008-06-15T07:05:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358535 Wow, it has been over 3 months since I wrote about my 'adventures' with a CPAP and discovering I have been battling not only a form of clinical depression and Seasonal Affect Disorder [SAD], . . . Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:18:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358535 Deborah D. 2008-06-01T01:18:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977308742 I was reading an email newsletter I got recently and found a warning about plants and a couple good resources. I (knock wood!) have been luck so far with my pets, but I wanted to share with as many as . . . Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:07:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977308742 Deborah D. 2008-04-12T02:07:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306415 Another fun email....  i am a geek at heart and most of my day-to-day interations are with pet-loving geeks, so I get a lot of conversation starters...and enders in my Inbox! Here is a GEM! . . . Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:59:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306415 Deborah D. 2008-04-10T04:59:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306411 Buy your male pet something from THIS store!!!   http://www.neuticles.com/shop/merchandisemart.shtml This is a product I have seen advertised and reviewed for a few years now.   . . . Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:51:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306411 Deborah D. 2008-04-10T04:51:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977247936 Starting last Wednesday another round of phone tag with the sleep specialist's scheduler. But Friday morning we made contact! The Doc does want me to go on a CPAP regimine. She told me they . . . Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:27:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977247936 Deborah D. 2008-02-03T07:27:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977241119 I have just been diagnosed (officially) with sleep apnea. I have been struggling with a chronic clinical depression for years, fatigue that has been increasing for a decade - with no clear cause identified. . . . Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:19:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977241119 Deborah D. 2008-01-27T00:19:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216266 Are you suffering from post-holiday gift-wrapping withdrawal? Do you have a pet that LOVES to "help"?  Then this item from my email archives is for you! =================================== . . . Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:35:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216266 Deborah D. 2007-12-31T07:35:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216259 Sourced from one of many pet-related emails I get from fellow "owned" humans  <<grin>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Now I lay . . . Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:19:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216259 Deborah D. 2007-12-31T07:19:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977211721 PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS SOMETHING I RECEIVED AS AN EMAIL, IT IS NOT A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY....well, not a human member anyway! --------------------------------------------------------  . . . Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:52:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977211721 Deborah D. 2007-12-24T06:52:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977210854 In the early 1990s, while I was stationed in Germany (see story #1...) I took the opportunity to go Christmas shopping in Florence, Italy. Doesn't that sound so cosmopolitan?   I regularly . . . Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:04:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977210854 Deborah D. 2007-12-23T01:04:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977210382 I was stationed in Bad Kreuznach & lved Weisbaden Germany for a couple years (ended in 1994) and I saw many places, most as a soldier, some as an honest to goodnesstourist. Loved driving on . . . Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:45:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977210382 Deborah D. 2007-12-22T09:45:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146328 RULES OF THE HOUSEA List of Rules for the Young Inexperienced Cats Who Have a Household to Run If you have to throw up, hop up onto a chair quickly, or the davenport. If you can manage it in time, . . . Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:56:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146328 Deborah D. 2007-10-13T16:56:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146319 Want to lose something – put it someplace safe…that’s my motto!  The CD’s with my backup data - I found them 6 weeks after my HD crashed. I KNEW I had not let 4 YEARS pass . . . Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:37:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146319 Deborah D. 2007-10-13T16:37:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977110960 Well - I have sad news. My door opener remote has succcumbed to the inevitable, after a near-drowning. (See Oops part 1 for a quick laugh) It no longer works - and I am trying to find a replacement, . . . Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:42:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977110960 Deborah D. 2007-09-08T23:42:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977096048 A couple months ago I finally decided that I had to replace my microwave hood and electric range. The microwave was groaning so loudly when I started it, I was expecting sparks to fly any time!  And . . . Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:55:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977096048 Deborah D. 2007-08-24T17:55:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977087741 katboxjanitor: my only tidbit is about my oldest kitty - took both to the vet Delta Dawn:: are they ok? katboxjanitor: and they are healthy -but Toes has a fractured claw, I noticed it when I tried to . . . Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:22:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977087741 Deborah D. 2007-08-16T06:22:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977057342 I did not know it at the time, but back in the early 1990's while I was on active duty and stationed in Germany, I was moving into one of my lowest points in my life.  I was extremely irritable, . . . Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:12:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977057342 Deborah D. 2007-08-16T06:12:21Z