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Cats on Tuesday Day Again 2006-12-06 00:14:00
Hey, it's already Cats on Tuesday
again! Where does the time fly at this time of year? If you're like me, you're BUSY!!!!
My friend Gattina started this meme recently, and even though she's Belgium's Blog Queen like I'm Hawaii's Bog Queen, I feel I must contribute since our cat's are friends too. Meow! I write this in jest, of course, and the reason is because Gattina has multiple blogs like myself. At last count, I had eleven! I don't post on every blog every day. Sometimes I don't post on some of them for a long, long time, and a post is way overdue on several of them. Mostly I post when I'm in the mood or there's a meme or reason.
So what's the latest on my spoiled cat, Anela? Not much! Her life is pretty uneventful these days now that the Boxer Dogs in the neighborhood have BOTH moved! Her biggest decision is whether her sleeping spot is going to be a. under the bed b. in the closet or c. sprawled out in the middle of the Master bedroom. The last spot is a new one Read more:Again
Cats on Tuesday 2006-11-29 02:35:00
Artwork of Anela done by Marjorie
I was invited by Gattina to participate in this Cats On Tuesday
meme because we have already connected with our cat stories. As both Gattina and I are proud slaves of a cat(s), I can tell you this, cat lovers are a special breed. Sometimes this breed can become a tad whacko/nutty/over-the-top, as with some of the people that participate in Catster. It's sometimes challenging to remain balanced because of the devotion and love we have for our masters....errr, our cats.
With that confession out of the way, let me share about a book I recently bought for a friend for her birthday. She is the one that brought my cat Anela into my life, and her birthday was just the other day. The book is titled "Fang Shui" with the subtitle "Feng Shui for Felines" by Catfucius. Naturally, this is a book for cat lovers with a good sense of humor--both of which qualify my friend Basha.
I found this book hilarious...naturally I had to read it first before gifting it. H
Night Leg Cramps 2006-11-28 00:23:00
Photo: terragalleria
A very troubling phenomena has begun with nightly leg cramps affecting many women that I know. Apparently these leg cramps are impacting quite a large amount of the population if rumors are true. Why are they happening to women who have never experienced them before?
For me they began about a year or so ago. They were so painful that I would have to get out of the bed in the middle of the night and dance around to relieve the cramping. I tried many different remedies, but nothing seemed to work. When I was having a consultation in Dharmasala, India, this past March with the eminent doctor, Doctor Dawa, (who is also the personal physician of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama) I received his wise advice. He asked in which direction I slept, and I told him with my head to the North and my feet to the South. I had read this was the best direction to sleep. Dr. Dawa told me to sleep with my feet facing West. And so when I returned home, I re-arranged our furniture, and w Read more:Cramps
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Cats On Tuesday--Cat Treats 2008-03-04 11:23:00 When it comes to cat treats, Temptations brand wins hands down with Anela as this brand is clearly her favorite. I wonder what they put in this treat which makes it so much more popular than the other cat treats? It's really hard to locate Temptations because it's so popular with so many cats, and if I see it stocked in a store, I buy many packages to stock up with. I don't buy ALL the packages because that wouldn't be fair to other cats.Yesterday I went to buy MORE of Anela's favorite cat treats, but the local drugstore was all out of them, so I bought her second favorite kind, Greenies.I know exactly what is her third, fourth, and fifth favorite by experimentation through the years, and I know what she will turn her nose up and walk away from too!My partner and I are concerned if there w Read more:Tuesday
Listened to Oprahs' First Live Interactive Webinar 2008-03-03 20:38:00 As MANY of you are very aware, the virtual classroom with Oprah Winfreyand Eckhart Tolle, author of "A New Earth" began today. I had previously signed up for this 90 minute web event and have been receiving email updates about it. Oprah said, " This is the most exciting thing I've ever done." That's saying a LOT considering her media empire and vast creations!Naturally, I wanted to be a part of this world event! I'm a big fan of both Eckhart and Oprah. I've read Eckhart's books and feel he's a most important World Spiritual Teacher. Oprah imho is the most influential woman of our age, and she wields enormous power.Internationally recognized and honored, she is also a Spiritual World Teacher. With her razor-sharp insight, conversational skill, uncanny instincts, and ability to promote, she Read more:First
Cats On Tuesday--Anela Grooms Herself 2008-02-26 13:12:00 Anela most likely devotes about a third of her waking day to grooming herself. Every time she eats, she immediately begins licking herself--she is fastidious as are so many cats. The theory behind cats cleaning themselves is that their saliva contains a deodorizing substance. Did you also know that grooming also offers other benefits? Besides the removal of dead hair and skin, the grooming tones up muscles and stimulates blood circulation. Read more:Tuesday
Cats On Tuesday--Cat Mysteries 2008-02-19 15:32:00 Cats are mysterious creatures. They see more and know more than us humans. It's always fascinating for me to observe my cat Anela, for she seems to be more aware of invisible energies.For instance, very often I'll be talking to a friend or family member, and Anela will walk in the room. She will turn her head around and gaze at the door she just walked in, and then her eyes will follow an invisible-to-us something or someone around the room. She won't move, but her intense, focused gaze tells us that she's watching something. She doesn't seem scared or nervous--just interested. We say to ourselves that Anela must be seeing a ghost!The other night she decided that she wanted to go out of our FRONT door THREE times in the course of the evening....and this is something she never demands as s Read more:Mysteries
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With Valentine's Day On My Mind 2008-02-13 11:55:00 I know lots of 'chocoholics', and they make every day a Valentine
's Day. They share their favorite chocolates ONLY with their best buddies, and they are always in the know about chocolate. Here's a test to see if you qualify to be a chocoholic--click here.Even though in the past I've scarfed and appreciated great chocolate with the chocoholics, I'm not one of them, and every Valentine's Day I remind my partner NOT to buy me any chocolate-- especially now that I'm not eating sugar! I don't want any temptations lurking around.With that said, I found Grist's listing the BEST fair trade chocolates, and so I'm offering this link to you. If you MUST do chocolate, why not do it right? The conditions for chocolate workers are disgusting--think child labor! So why not eat eco-chocolate if you must!
Cats On Tuesday--Cat Purrs 2008-02-12 14:58:00 Anela Cat isn't the most 'purring' cat I've ever been partnered with. However, I do my best to get her to purr, and for the most part, I succeed. I like to hear a cat purr, but I never knew why until I read a blog post recently. The title of the post was, "Is Your Cat's Purr Healing Her--and You?". You can click here to read the entire post.Now I know there is another great reason to add a cat to your family. Not only do they chase away ghosts, warn their people of earthquakes and other such things, but they also heal you with their purrs. Let's hear it for cats! Applause!Anela Cat is taking a break from cat blogging today and has returned to cat dozing. She sends contented purrs to all the other cats on Cats On Tuesday
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Cats on Tuesday--The Way I Like It 2008-02-05 12:20:00 Anela here. Since I received such a warm response as a Cat Blogger last week, my Lady told me to go for it again. So here I am blogging, and my subject this week is titled, "The Way I Like It".My Lady knows exactly how to massage me. I'm not some pansy cat. I like it rough. She gives me a massage that is purrrr-fect because she is rough with me. She digs her nails into my skin just hard enough so that it feels scratchy and rubs my fur hard, especially around the back of my neck and shoulders. She has learned that I don't like soft pats or tickles, although on occasion I'll let her mess with my ears--very gently because they're so sensitive.I also like her to throw parties or have people come over for a visit. Then I listen in to all the stories of the Big World out there and hear all the j Read more:Tuesday
Cats On Tuesday--Anela Speaks Up 2008-01-29 11:38:00 On today's post, I have decided to allow Anela to convey HER thoughts as I always write ALL the postings on Cats on Tuesday
(a group started by Gattina of Belgium), and since so many other cats post for their owners, why not let Anela do the same?Recently I was blown-away with Baxter's wisdom and knowledge of politics on Maui Girl's Meandering's blog, and that was the final straw for me... it's time for Anela to step up to the plate...errr, computer and show HER stuff too! Take it away Anela!*******Anela here. First of all, notice how I lined my tail up with the door groove? I know how to maximize the most of every location and situation.If only humans could do the same! They make things so difficult for themselves most of the time. Humans are drama creators, and they're hooked on their dr
Cats On Tuesday--Anela Keeps Warm 2008-01-22 11:44:00 It has been soooo cold at night on Maui for the last month or so. Even Anela had to find new ways to stay warm. Here she is sleeping on a quilt made by my partner's Mother before she passed away several years ago. The quilt had been placed on the end of our bed in case we wanted extra warmth for the night, and it had slid off to the floor where Anela promptly took advantage of a nice place to curl up. Read more:Tuesday
Rolled Oats For Breakfast 2008-01-18 11:11:00 I grew up eating oatmeal for breakfast. My grandfather often cooked it for me, and he added lots of raisins to it which made it extra yummy for me. Now much later in my life, I'm back to eating oatmeal again, but this time it's my partner cooking it for me!My partner's been eating oatmeal for breakfast for a long time, and his oatmeal always smells so good--with the smell bringing back many lovely childhood memories. His choice for oatmeal is a brand from our local health food store: Bob's Red Mill Extra Thick Rolled Oats. The claim on the package about the oats is "....freshly milled from the highest quality oats grown in the Great Northwest--some of the best oat-growing country in the whole United States! These oats are rolled extra thick to give more "bite and texture" to your breakfast Read more:Breakfast
Cats On Tuesday--Cat Health 2008-01-15 11:13:00 Anela has been blessed with a healthy constitution for a cat, and even though she's getting up there in cat years, she's in good health. I attribute this to the fact that she's got a peaceful, loving home, and she's able to go outdoors and catch a gecko, mouse, or bird every now and then to supplement her processed cat food. Heaven help pets....who knows what's in that stuff! Yuk!I read today in a health newsletter I subscribe to, the Douglass Report, that many pets are benefiting from vitamins given to them by their owners. So far, I've not given Anela any vitamins. Her vitamins come direction from her Nature--her 'catches'. But for house cats, vitamins have been shown to really help them as they age. Here's a snippet from the Douglas Report:"The lesson here is that the right vitamins can Read more:Health
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My Bucket List 2008-01-13 12:08:00 We saw the movie "The Bucket List" starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson last night which got me to thinking about my OWN bucket list. My sense is anyone can make a Bucket List anytime--one doesn't need to be given a death sentence of 6 months by a doctor.As Carlos Castaneda wrote in his books, death is always stalking each and every one of us, and so it's wise to be remember and be aware that at any moment, it could be your 'time'. Not all of us get the luxury of knowing when we're going to die, so crossing-off your bucket list while you're still alive and kicking seems like a smart move to me.For those that don't know what the words 'Bucket List' mean, these derive from the old English phrase, "To Kick The Bucket" which means you die.Making a bucket list is a lot like setting goals-
Potatoes Before Bed? 2008-01-10 13:09:00 Recently one of the readers of this blog, Cheryl from Scotland, wrote me an email and sent a link within it which interested me. Cheryl is a Sugar Sensitive as I am, and she had found a website called Radiant Recovery about sugar sensitivity.I ordered the book "Potatoes Not Prozac" mentioned on this site written by author, Kathleen DesMaisons. This is a snip of the bio on site about Kathleen:"Dr. DesMaisons has authored the international best seller, Potatoes Not Prozac and a number of other books including The Sugar Addict’s Total Recovery Program, Your Last Diet, Your Body Speaks, Little Sugar Addicts and Radiant Recipes. She has developed a highly active web community at www.radiantrecovery.com that maintains more than 100 em
The Gift of Knowledge 2008-01-09 17:24:00 Since I'm a 'book-aholic', one of the gifts you can never go wrong giving me is a book. I treasure books and have a large library! The new high-tech 'reader' gadgets for sale don't interest me at all because I love the feel of a honest-to-god book in my hands.And so I get the gifts of books frequently...and this Christmas (once again), my partner gifted me with lots of books. I've been slowly nibbling my way through this new pile, and the book I'm relishing right now is "Life After Death" with the subtitle "The Burden of Proof" by Deepak Chopra. I have many books on death, and I'm interested in the subject of death even though I feel the word death is really a misnomer. Death is merely a change in address, but very few know what the forwarding address is.Many people aren't interested in re Read more:Knowledge
Cats On Tuesday--Just The Two of Us 2008-01-08 13:17:00 My partner has been away from home attending the BCS Championship Game in New Orleans, and after he left, the relationship dynamic with Anela and me changed. It's so amusing to me to watch her step up to the plate and act like my 'buddy' once again!Here's some of the behavioral changes she's made in the days he's been away:no longer meowing...errr demanding treatshanging around me moresleeping with me instead of in her own bedroommore relaxedAND funniest of all, she has been sleeping at night on my altar chair in my bedroom! You can see her curled up here in the photo above. She has never slept there before in all the years!It'll be very interesting to observe how she behaves when he returns. I suspect she'll return to her old manipulative methods. However, I rather like the way she's been Read more:Tuesday
Detox Experimentation 2008-01-07 14:48:00 One of the reasons I've not been posting very often on this blog is that I've been involved in a time-consuming research project. I've been investigating alternative health remedies and experimenting on myself.Two of the modalities that I've been using to detox you might want to check-out for yourself. The first is called Oil Pulling. When I first heard this term, I went, "What?!" It sounded so very strange. Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic remedy with many benefits, so I decided to try it.Thus, the first thing I do when I get up in the morning now is to swirl a tablespoon of a product called "Spectrum Organic Cold Pressed Sesame Oil" in my mouth. I have to do this for 10 minutes. Because of my restless nature, I have to do something else too, so I usually read my email as I'm swirling. Read more:Detox
This Week I..... 2007-12-28 16:10:00 Opened and Gave Christmas GiftsPrepared My Famous Sweet (no sugar!)Potato Dish (three of them) for a Christmas Day party--a very popular dish with my friendsCleaned-up the after-Christmas mess around our homePut Christmas photos in new Christmas framesMade a pact with my partner for continuing our healthy eating planBeen catching-up on snail mail correspondence and emailOrganizing and cleaning-out old STUFF in preparation for the New YearReading a chapter or two in some of the new books I was given for ChristmasUpdating my blogs so that I feel RELIEF on New Year's Day 2008Making plans for my 2008 prioritiesEnjoying the beautiful Maui weather--it's absolute perfection!Making lists of places to travel in 2008 beside the ones already plannedFeeling GRATITUDE that I survived my viral pneumonia
Happy Holy Days! 2007-12-24 15:59:00 May your Holiday Season be healthy, joyful, peaceful, and LOVING!Mahalo Nui Loa for your visits and comments this year--everyone of you is loved and appreciated!I'm sharing the following quote which was sent to me because it really resonated with me and felt perfect for this blog. Perhaps it will resonate with you too! "Your work is to create the new heaven and the new earth. Therefore do not dwell on the troubles and tribulations, on the disease and suffering, on the wars and strife in the world. Do not allow yourself to become involved in it, for if you do, you will become part of the disease not the cure. As you raise your consciousness, you become immunized against the trouble in the world, and you can live and work with it all about you and yet it will not be able to affect or tou Read more:Happy
Are You A Christmas Gift Procrastinator Too? 2007-12-20 16:07:00 I didn't intend to be a PROCRASTINATOR this Christmas
Holiday season, but that's what has happened. Even though I shop for Christmas gifts all year long, the illness which surprised and side-lined me this Autumn (and kept me slow for the ensuing three months) has thrown me way behind with purchasing Christmas gifts.So I was delighted to discover there was a way to send a healthy gift basket through 1-800-flowers! Usually most gift baskets include an insane amount of sugar products in their gift baskets! If you've read some of my past posts on this blog, you will remember that I've totally gone off of food and drink with toxic sugar! And furthermore, my ethics require me to NOT send a gift basket with sugar-y products in it to others.If you click under the topic Christmas on the 1-800-flowe Read more:Christmas Gift
Cats On Tuesday--Anela Shares Her Wisdom 2007-12-18 12:49:00 Anela meditates frequently (as you can see in the photo above), and she has asked me to share some Wise Old Cat Wisdom
:1. Don't limit yourself! If you can manipulate treats out of both of your cat slaves at different times, go for it. Why not?!2. Detach yourself from the battles of others. Let the other neighborhood cats fight if they wish. Serenity is achieved by remaining aloof from their squabbles.3. Be Still and Observe. By remaining quiet, one can perceive more of the Big Picture.Anela and Kuanyin wish ALL OF YOU a very Merry Christmas and Joyful Holiday Season! Read more:Tuesday
Christmas Without Sugar 2007-12-12 19:35:00 This is the most wonderful time of the year for many people: Christmas
. And what does this mean for most: SUGAR in the form of holiday drinks, cookies, pies, chocolates, candies, cakes, etc.And this year will be my first year WITHOUT any sugar whatsoever! When I became sick this year, I changed my diet to an alkaline diet. Since sugar is acidic, out went all foods and drinks with sugar in them!This wellness plan is working for me, and I'm feeling so much better without eating sugar. Plus the extra weight I've been carrying around is easily falling off me. I've dropped one size already.Giving up sugar was easy for me since I had an obvious choice: good health or suffering! For many who don't have such clarity, giving up sugar isn't so easy, especially this time of the year when all the part Read more:Sugar
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