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29 August 2004                                        Full Moon.                                                            Corn Moon. I may be absent from all my Newsgroups 4 – 13 September. My Brother (Michel Andruschak) and I are flying together to Seattle to celebrate our Mother’s 80th Birthday on 5 September. Whilst I am gone, Wendy Andruschak will come over daily to scoop out the litter boxes, change and refresh the water bowls, top off the food dishes, and maybe interact with the cats. I will be paying her $100 for this. Family is family but we figure that  eight litter boxes for four cats is $10/day. I am also making sure all eight litter boxes get emptied, scrubbed, and filled with fresh litter before I leave Saturday. As I often joke in AA, this is when I get on my knees and humble myself before my Higher Power, or at least her four Avatars. Pagans and Wiccans, of course, understand this is not a joke, but a simple statement of commitment. For reasons I do not understand, Fluffy and the rest of the cats stopped using litter box #6 in my bedroom, which was near the Altar. After a week of no usage, I moved it into The Harem where boxes 1 – 5 are, and they started using it again. Boxes 7 and 8 are in the Living Room, but only Silver seems to use those. For reasons of both weight control and hairball control, my vet had suggested I start feeding them Hill’s Prescription Diet Feline R/D. I have started the changeover, slowly mixing in more and more of the R/D and less of the IAMS. By next Saturday the changeover should be complete and Wendy will not have to worry about mixing the two foods. In spite of which Czarina still insists she is starving to death because I do not share my human food with her. The vet would also like to see Max on 14 September. His last vet visit was back in May or June of 2003. After that, Czarina should have her teeth cleaned on 15 September, and maybe Max should have his teeth cleaned on 16 September. I hope I can pay for all this once I get back from Seattle. I need to talk to Faith about the vet records for Silver and Fluffy. The four cats are otherwise healthy, loving, willing to "help me out" on all occasions, make sure I don’t oversleep, and otherwise get into everything. @@@ The Full Moon was technically at 7:22 PM earlier this evening, but at that time I was at my regular AA meting. I will do a small, personal ritual at midnight. A nice way to end my day off from work. Reply to HarryAndruschak AT aol DOT com Solitary Pagan, and Cat-Daddy to  ^..^ Czarina, Max, Fluffy, and Silver ^..^ Waiting at the Rainbow Bridge: Tyler, Pearly, and Conway <Because Nice Matters> .

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Harry,   Happt Birthday to Mom.  Very good of Wendy to do cat box duty while you are away.     I like the image of your homage to Goddess while you kneel before the cat boxs.  She must love that!   :o )     Tracy

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happy 80th to your mom harry.  enjoy your visit. mickey "Harry Andruschak aka Amethyst" <catharemeun…@aol.comfyChair> wrote in message news:20040830005105.07102.00000025@mb-m12.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> 29 August 2004                                        Full Moon. >                                              Corn Moon. > I may be absent from all my Newsgroups 4 – 13 September. My Brother (Michel > Andruschak) and I are flying together to Seattle to celebrate our Mother’s 80th > Birthday on 5 September. Whilst I am gone, Wendy Andruschak will come over > daily to scoop out the litter boxes, change and refresh the water bowls, top > off the food dishes, and maybe interact with the cats. I will be paying her > $100 for this. Family is family but we figure that  eight litter boxes for four > cats is $10/day. > I am also making sure all eight litter boxes get emptied, scrubbed, and filled > with fresh litter before I leave Saturday. As I often joke in AA, this is when > I get on my knees and humble myself before my Higher Power, or at least her > four Avatars. Pagans and Wiccans, of course, understand this is not a joke, but > a simple statement of commitment. > For reasons I do not understand, Fluffy and the rest of the cats stopped using > litter box #6 in my bedroom, which was near the Altar. After a week of no > usage, I moved it into The Harem where boxes 1 – 5 are, and they started using > it again. Boxes 7 and 8 are in the Living Room, but only Silver seems to use > those. > For reasons of both weight control and hairball control, my vet had suggested I > start feeding them Hill’s Prescription Diet Feline R/D. I have started the > changeover, slowly mixing in more and more of the R/D and less of the IAMS. By > next Saturday the changeover should be complete and Wendy will not have to > worry about mixing the two foods. In spite of which Czarina still insists she > is starving to death because I do not share my human food with her. > The vet would also like to see Max on 14 September. His last vet visit was back > in May or June of 2003. After that, Czarina should have her teeth cleaned on 15 > September, and maybe Max should have his teeth cleaned on 16 September. I hope > I can pay for all this once I get back from Seattle. I need to talk to Faith > about the vet records for Silver and Fluffy. > The four cats are otherwise healthy, loving, willing to "help me out" on all > occasions, make sure I don’t oversleep, and otherwise get into everything. > @@@ > The Full Moon was technically at 7:22 PM earlier this evening, but at that time > I was at my regular AA meting. I will do a small, personal ritual at midnight. > A nice way to end my day off from work. > Reply to HarryAndruschak AT aol DOT com > Solitary Pagan, and Cat-Daddy to  ^..^ Czarina, Max, Fluffy, and Silver ^..^ > Waiting at the Rainbow Bridge: Tyler, Pearly, and Conway > <Because Nice Matters> > .

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