Ball's Sad Day

It's Friday evening after 9.  Just got home a short while ago from grocery shopping for our Father's Day feast, and hubby and I finally - after about 8 tries - gave Ball a pill.  Ball is one of our 4 Tonkinese cats.  He's 12 1/2 years old now, and we just noticed last night that his left fang tooth was loose and at an angle.  I saw that it was in bad shape and needed to come out.  Called the vet this morning, and he was nice enough to fit us in at noon.  After taking blood, giving him a checkup, an antibiotic shot, and an opiate pain killer, he was able to extract the tooth with a hemostat.  I'll bring him back in another couple of weeks to have the rest of the teeth examined and a dental cleaning.  Meanwhile, twice a day we have to give him one of these antibiotic pills.  You've seen this on the internet, right?  How to Give a Cat a Pill?  Well, it's all true!

Introducing Our Tonkinese Kitties

Our Tonkinese Pussy Pile
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Presenting Pong, Paddle, Ball, and Ming Poo ...

Another tweaking of my blog design. It's like playing with paper dolls - trying on different dresses and hats. I still don't know what it's all about (my blog, that is) so until I settle on something that takes root, I'll probably be changing it around.

It's very gray outside. The Tonks are out checking their haunts, except for Ming Poo, the little house cat. She's never been out - well, except when she's made a mad dash and escaped - because we're afraid she won't stand a chance out there. She's so friendly and such a beauty that she'll be scooped up by someone - or perhaps a hawk.

I want to work in my craft room this afternoon. I have an idea for organizing my various crafts and projects. My problem is that I have so many varied interests - sewing, knitting, painting, beading, papercrafting - and limited space. Just like everyone else, I'm sure. I'm going to take measurements of the cubby holes in my wall unit to see if I can find some open baskets. That would make things easier to get to and more orderly. There are door on the wall unit, so once they are closed, it's neat.