Vanishing Act

I know that I haven’t been around all that much for quite awhile. I am here, lurking around, sometimes reading blogs, sometimes not being online at all. I like to take breaks more often from the internet to do other things, like getting lost in a favorite series of books or play a game for hours on end in between doing dishes and laundry.

So basically I have reread the entire series regarding Rachel Morgan and The Hollows again (that’s 7 books); I’ve read 7 of 15 books regarding the FBI Romance/Thrillers by Catherine Coulter again. She’s my favorite author in those regards and she’s also got me so hooked on Savich and Sherlock it’s not funny. I wish I could picture him better, he sounds extremely yummy.

I’ve been playing Sims 2 like a loon. I know, Sims 3 is out, but we have to pay off Dusty’s vet bills (will explain) and get everything else settled before we can upgrade the laptop to handle Sims 3 and I want to wait for the whole freaking collection dammit.

We had to take Dusty to the vet because he ended up having a urinary tract blockage. We knew something was wrong with him because he was moaning (at least that’s how it sounded to me) and he wasn’t doing much of anything at all. He was fine with being petted until you got near his side - which he hates being petted past his shoulders, so that was a clue, too. Plus he tried using his litterbox four times in an hour and that really blew us away.

So after going to the vet to get emergency surgery and just about ripping apart the wonderful people who cared for him there and at the recovery hospital we had our fractious kitty back home after a few days. He was so grateful to be home that he was loving and allowed us to love him up (which he never does, not even cracked out on catnip and half asleep) in return. Now he’s our Dusty again. The King of the Fractious Kitties (I do love that word). That is how he was described to the recovery hospital that took over his 24 hour care. They also said that he would attack if anyone came close. They had to gas him in order to give him his medication. Giving him his pain meds after he came home was a hoot.

Anyway. Please make sure to keep an eye on your kitties and their cat food. They aren’t supposed to get dry food. Although there are some REALLY GOOD dry foods out there. Due to the dry food we feed them Dusty ended up being blocked and having to go through hell to get better. Luckily he’s still technically a male. They didn’t have to slice him open and turn him female so he could pee without a catheter. So he’ll be on wet prescription food for life, unless we can find an alternative wet food for him that will be good and keep him from blocking up again. Also, since most people give cats dry food so they don’t have to brush their teeth, you can give them treats that will clean their teeth and they’ll love you more. I don’t know about Dusty. We are going to ask his regular vet when he’s back in the office if he’s allowed treats to 1) keep his teeth clean and 2) because sometimes he’s such a good kitty he needs a treat. (My fault, I got him hooked on treats.)

Oh let’s see. What else. Oh, I started using this site called Architectual Designs to build houses for my Sims. It’s a great site, they have some amazing designs and sometimes I just feel amazed at how well they come out. Others I have to alter sometimes because I only have the base game and don’t need a garage for a car my Sims don’t have.

So I apologize for not being around for so long. It’s easier to take a break every now and again instead of burning myself out on the internet all the time every day. I should be around again, just not as long or often. Laters.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I also took an hour to make a new splash page for Sweetly-Evil.Org. You should go see it.