Non-fannish natterings.

[tenaya]

The fridge repairman ran a diagnostic (yeah, I know) on our fridge and says it needs a new computer board or something like that, and a new fan because GE says it's best to replace them at the same time. The good news is it is covered by the warranty--and it would have cost about $800 if I hadn't bought the extended warranty. Wow. I have to say I bought it because Bunny's 2 year old fridge had just went out on her prior to us buying the GE, so that turned out to be a lucky for us. He will order the parts, and in 3-5 working days, he'll get them and then make an appt to replace them. Just before a holiday. Isn't that always the way of it?

By the way, when asked he felt Kitchen Aid and Whirlpool had less repairs for refrigerators, and Bosch washers and dryers rarely needed his services. He seemed very frustrated by the poor quality of appliances in general.

Brindle got treated for ear mites, another blood test to check his liver and a steroid shot for his scabby skin. Steroids make him the most affectionate kitty ever. Less than two hours later, he jumped on my bed and did happy feet on my head. Luckily, he settled down before too long and *cuddled my hand to his chest* purring madly and that's how we fell to sleep. It's been since Wed and he is still sleeping on my bed, but needing less physical contact now. It's like he's on ecstasy.

Scooter had bad breath and on Friday tossed his head and something fell out of his mouth. Not a tooth but it's hard and among other unidentifiable structures, is textured with papillae like rows of ribbed nubs. I'm scared to look inside there. He's eating fine and the bad breath has left...but what the hell body part did he lose?!

The momma coon with three cubs is still coming by, and they are out there right now in fact. We still get the odd lone coon or a pair of them at times. I quit writing about them for awhile because this momma coon was not willing to share the yard and there were nasty sounding fights. Frightening sounds. I was quite worried and not sure what was gonna happened. All the drama is gone now though.

Comments

[khek.livejournal.com]

Maybe Scooter had something stuck in his mouth, and that's what came out? My sister's dog had part of a bone he'd scooped up somewhere imbedded in the roof of his mouth once; it was sharp and got stuck. I would think that a foreign matter somehow getting stuck would cause bad breath.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

That's what I was hoping/praying it was, but I don't think it was. He seems fine now. Earlier today he groomed my forehead and it felt like he was trying to rough away the skin from my skull. I was squealing like a little girl; he thought it great fun.

I still haven't looked. :(

But yeah, anything lodged in there would give him bad breath.

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Wow, yes indeed lucky about the warranty. Nothing something I usually do, but now that everything's electronic and works off of computer chips, motherboards, etc., probably much more necessary than it used to be.

LOL, Brindle's still high on the steroids? You go, boy!

Oooh, cranky coons! I shot a pic of a meerkat at the zoo yesterday who was kind of pissy. Zoo=85+ temp + 90% humidity=not good idea. I came thisclose to heat stroke and for a while there thought I wasn't going to make it back to my car.

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

And the funny thing was the fridge was over $2000 and the extended warranty was just over $100. I'm used to those things being10-30% of the cost.

You are so active going to all sorts of fun places in the summer. I just hide in the house all summer long.

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Active maybe *g*, but in the case of the zoo, stupid. I forgot to keep rehydrating until it was "too late", which was more than a little scary. I was testing out the new camera, akshully ;-) I'm still in the process of uploading to Photobucket, and will let you know when I have new camera pix & video up. Went to the Getty Villa yesterday for more pix, but the battery died early on :-( (more on that in my review, which hasn't shown up on Amazon quite yet, but will tomorrow I suppose).

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

I look forward to the review and the pics.