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1. about 11 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   A big thank you to all who have sent well wishes and told me of shoulder surgery experiences! This weekend I plan to have Partner practice putting on his socks and underwear with one arm tied to his side. Hopefully this will convince him to buy some no-show socks (what we used to call “footies” when I was a kid) when we do our “tax free weekend” shopping. It’ll save him the stress of trying to pull regular socks on and me the stress of listening to the cussin’ and carryin’ on while he does it. ; )

2. about 11 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’m so sorry for your loss. Recliners are no problem, he has five recliners in three different styles—a double reclining lovesear, a lazy boy, and two of the type I describe as recliners for old ladies who don’t want people to think they have recliners in their house. Those two are not appropriate for temporarily one-armed people because you have to pull on the arms to get them back into an upright position. I have trouble with those myself because my arms are short and I can’t get a good enough grip.

3. about 17 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’m sorry you lost your sister. My big sis has been gone 17 years. We watched American Bandstand, too. She taught me the Twist and dressed me up like Mae West after I learned to say “why don’tcha come up and see me sometime” from watching some old cartoons on TV.

4. about 21 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   Taylor’s Juliet ended up with a proposal from Romeo and approval from her father.

   “And he said, "Marry me, JulietYou’ll never have to be alone

   I love you and that’s all I really know

   I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress

   It’s a love story, baby, just say, “Yes”

   Always did like that song…

5. about 22 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   Hmmm, maybe painful beer lifting is what’s making the surgery necessary. I’ll assist with the beer, but I will not help him with the pipe he has no business smoking.

6. about 22 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   P S He’s also a lot older than I was when I had my problem lol

7. about 22 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   I exercised myself out of shoulder surgery 20 years ago, but Partner has a worse problem than I had. He was given exercises to do but claims they don’t help. However, I suspect he didn’t do them enough to make a difference. If I have to supervise for any length of time, he will do any assigned home exercises. ;)

8. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’m sad to report that the lightning bugs, which arrived earlier than usual this year, seem to have been driven away early by our drought conditions. We’ve had some rain the last few days, but too late and not enough. I haven’t seen any lightning bugs in my back yard for about a week. And I noticed today that the beauty berry bushes at the local McDonalds are already starting to show their purple berries, I think they usually come out later in August, but they last a long time so I doubt they are heralding an early fall weatherwise. As uncomfortable as hot weather makes me these days, I still hate to see the things that indicate summer is coming to a close. Only about a month until “meteorological fall” begins. Time goes so quickly these days. And it looks as if a chunk of fall will be spent getting Partner through arthroscopic shoulder surgery and rehab for rotator cuff tear, frayed bicep, and something else I can’t remember right now. Have any Orbsters had experience with this, and if so, what was it like?

9. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

   O.T.

10. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

    Thank you for the update. Sending purrs andxprayers for Emiesty to make a fast and full recovery, we miss her here!