Outdoors is where cats are exposed to parasites, hit by cars, attacked by feral/stray cats that have not been vaccinated, and a host of other things. Vets highly recommend making cats indoor only to protect them from diseases and injuries.

Thanks! We've had a total of six cats since we moved in together; five of them have been strays. Unfortunately, we had to put one to sleep because he had cancer that was deemed too far advanced to treat without causing him to suffer. He was fine one week, and then a month later, he'd lost about three pounds.

Yes, I think he was abandoned as well. The vet believes his previous owners didn't have the money or didn't want to treat his infection, so they kicked him out. The infection continued until a vessel burst and his ear got all crippled. I want to post a photo, but I don't know how on Kinja, so...another time, maybe.

This won't win, but it shows what a dork I was as a child. Our church had a Vacation Bible School raffle for a 10-speed bike. It was one of those "you must be present to win" type things. Well, I won, but I wasn't at the drawing. They made an exception for me because...I was away at church camp.

This is so wonderful. Around here, no-kill shelters are no longer accepting cats because there are just too many of them and not enough resources. That's why my husband and I now own five cats instead of four. A very skinny, bedraggled cat showed up at our house a few days ago and promptly made our porch his home.…

Only seven don't have any income tax, and only two tax dividend and interest income only. It's still a loss of income for many people if Amazon decides to cut all affiliates based on where they live. They did it in CT a few years ago.

But did retailers in the UK cut ties with people who had been making thousands of dollars per month in commissions?

I didn't walk until I was 18 months old. I had undiagnosed spina bifida, so that obviously played a role, but still...milestones happen at different times.

This is rather short-sighted. Yes, communities will collect more in sales tax, but many are going to lose out on income tax generated by people who operate e-commerce sites or act as affiliates of those sites. I don't know if Amazon still does this, but it used to be (very recently — within two years or so) that they…

Wow, that's amazing! My bouquet was $75, but my husband's aunt and uncle paid for it as a gift to us. I had my bouquet done in dark purple and fuchsia flowers such as delphinium and some stock thrown in for added bulk. I wanted the bridesmaids to have miniature versions of mine, but there was a misunderstanding. When…

Mine was $12K for about 60 people. Everything is just *expensive*.

Crazy! I ended up paying $450 for my flowers, and I thought *that* was expensive. It turns out there was a miscommunication and the designer used lavender roses for the bridesmaids' bouquets instead of wildflowers...that's why it cost so much more than I expected. Unfortunately, I didn't know she used lavender roses…

That show was the best. I've marathoned it three or four times on Netflix, and every time I finish a new show, I go back to that one.

Those of you with difficult mothers-in-law...how do you get to the point where you just don't give a shit? My husband's father remarried, so I have an actual MIL as well as a "stepmother-in-law." Actual MIL is a bit kooky, but she treats me like the sun shines out my ass. I really love her. SMIL is another story.

I was not allowed to watch Beverly Hills 90210 when it was on TV, so I just purchased the first two seasons of the show and have been having a marathon all week. I can see why I wasn't allowed to watch it when it came out, but boy is it gooooood.

Damn, I wasted my one submission on my college roommate,when I should have submitted a story about the person who lived with my husband and me for seven months and was a total nightmare.

My roommate from my freshman year of college was the worst. She was a very smart girl, but she liked to drink. At one point, she broke into a frat house and stole some laundry out of the dryer because her boyfriend (a member) told her she couldn't have one of his frat shirts. Throughout the first two months of school,…

I get three copies of the Sunday paper and clip all the Revlon, Maybelline, L'Oreal, Almay and Rimmel coupons. Then I scan the drugstore ads for sales and/or in-store coupons. You can "stack" a manufacturer coupon with a store coupon. I also look for clearance tags while I shop. CVS doesn't advertise cosmetic…

I don't know if you do any couponing, but I get SO MUCH makeup for free or next to nothing by pairing store deals with manufacturer coupons. Last summer, I got $360 worth of makeup for $33.

That's awful! I have kidney disease, and I have had multiple bladder procedures, so there's a possibility it could be scarring on the kidney or something similar. I had a stent in my right ureter about eight years ago, and GOD, did it hurt. Every time I had to pee, I'd be in so much pain that I'd be on my knees in the…