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Dec. 13th, 2010 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesI can't possibly be as caught up with work as I think I am. "Caught up" doesn't exist around here.
I spent the weekend not catching up with much of anything, except the fact that I needed new gloves. Of course since I was looking for gloves, I came home with mittens, but at least they're leather mittens so I can clear snow off things without getting my hands soaked.
After that I didn't go anywhere for the rest of the weekend, in favor of sleeping a lot and trying to get the upper hand over this cold I've still got. Since I didn't go anywhere else, including grocery shopping, I'm having a very odd concoction for lunch this week. It consists of Italian sausages, frozen spinach, a can of diced tomatoes, a bag of egg noodles and various herbs and such. If I'd had chicken broth it would've been soup; if I'd had other vegetables I would've used those; if I'd had enough milk and any eggs at all, it would've been quiche.
Oh well. I did get to see a very amusing football game. (That would be the Patriots beating up on the Bears, in the snow.)
I keep considering getting collars for the Hairy Beasts, just so I have something to hang a nametag on if they ever get out. Snip is microchipped, and I think I might get Lily microchipped next time she goes to the vet and leave it at that. Aside from all the other pro/con arguments, all the indoor-cat collars I've seen lately have bells on them, which is Right Out.
I spent the weekend not catching up with much of anything, except the fact that I needed new gloves. Of course since I was looking for gloves, I came home with mittens, but at least they're leather mittens so I can clear snow off things without getting my hands soaked.
After that I didn't go anywhere for the rest of the weekend, in favor of sleeping a lot and trying to get the upper hand over this cold I've still got. Since I didn't go anywhere else, including grocery shopping, I'm having a very odd concoction for lunch this week. It consists of Italian sausages, frozen spinach, a can of diced tomatoes, a bag of egg noodles and various herbs and such. If I'd had chicken broth it would've been soup; if I'd had other vegetables I would've used those; if I'd had enough milk and any eggs at all, it would've been quiche.
Oh well. I did get to see a very amusing football game. (That would be the Patriots beating up on the Bears, in the snow.)
I keep considering getting collars for the Hairy Beasts, just so I have something to hang a nametag on if they ever get out. Snip is microchipped, and I think I might get Lily microchipped next time she goes to the vet and leave it at that. Aside from all the other pro/con arguments, all the indoor-cat collars I've seen lately have bells on them, which is Right Out.
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Date: 2010-12-13 08:45 pm (UTC)By Jove, you're right (not that I would have expected otherwise), there are no collars without bells. If you find a bell collar with the bell on a jump ring or some other metal clasp, I have the right tools to remove it for you.
FWIW when it comes to microchips and collars, most of the vets and rescues I know recommend collars as well as micros because if your animal has no collar and is found by someone other than animal control, the good Samaritan can easily assume the animal is a stray and just give it a good home without ever checking to find out whether or not the animal has been chipped.