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> On 7/22/2013 6:07 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> On 7/22/2013 4:55 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>> On 7/22/2013 4:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 7/22/2013 3:22 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't even know what a Google alert is! But I guess I am not
>>>>>>>> missing
>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Subject change - did you ever get Bali back?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think that was still in flux when I left.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If not, my condolences.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. We have given up on her. Oddly, that pet psychic contacted me
>>>>>> again
>>>>>> today and asked me the same question. Uh... Hello? You're a
>>>>>> psychic!
>>>>>
>>>>> Lol, well maybe only psychic when it pays?
>>>>
>>>> Dunno. I can't entirely dismiss what she said. She did say there was
>>>> a
>>>> large gray tabby out there that was tormenting them. And that tabby
>>>> has
>>>> been confirmed via my wildlife cam. I have not seen it coming around
>>>> bothering us though. In fact nothing has been since that one raccoon
>>>> was
>>>> trapped. And she did say some useful things to us. I think at least
>>>> by
>>>> looking in the bushes like we did and calling out to Bali, even though
>>>> we
>>>> didn't find her, it let her mom know that we were doing all we could to
>>>> try
>>>> to get her back. The other people who were helping us told us not to
>>>> call
>>>> out to either cat as that would alert the predators to them. Still not
>>>> sure
>>>> who was right on that score.
>>>
>>> I think psychics can get things "in the neighborhood" so to speak, which
>>> is to day quite a bit, yet still be off.
>>>
>>> Its no exact science at all.
>>
>> Yes. I do know this. I used to have a couple of packs of Tarot cards.
>> Don't think I have them any more because you can do readings for free
>> online. I would occasionally do readings for other people and they
>> always
>> were amazed and claim that I was dead on! I am no more psychic than
>> anyone
>> else. I do on rare occasions have psychic flashes, if you will. Twice,
>> I
>> was driving and something told me to pull over quickly. I did. Both
>> times
>> there was an out of control car behind me. Of course I had finite clues
>> like hearing the car behind me. Once as a child, I was sitting, waiting
>> to
>> see who would get which part in the Snow White Operetta that I had tried
>> out
>> for. And sure enough I just knew who was going to get Snow White.
>> Sometimes I just know things. But other times when I wish I could just
>> know
>> things, I don't and I can't.
>
> I once sat through a stoplight turn signal on green which, had I entered
> the intersection, I'd have been obliterated by a speeding limo, of all
> things.
>
> Seemed like I was in a trance, and no one behind honked either.
>
>> When I did a reading for my mom, I said something about a dark haired man
>> and a dark haired woman. I had no clues who these people were. That's
>> just
>> what the cards said. She immediately said it was her sister and the man
>> she
>> had hooked up with who wasn't my uncle. My uncle, BTW has dark hair too.
>> And I had no clue about the other man. So my mom just admitted details
>> to
>> me that I did not know. And when I did a reading for a friend, he said
>> that
>> the red haired woman that the cards referred to was his ex. So people
>> will
>> readily admit things.
>>
>> This is not my only dealing with a psychic. I have been to three others.
>> One did predict the time frame of my wedding and she was correct on that
>> But she also referred to my boss as a woman. Sorry Mr. C. I could just
>> never see you as a woman! And she told me to paint my office blue. It
>> was
>> already blue! She also told my mom that her SIL was very ill and was
>> going
>> to die soon. Now this would have been...lemme think...24 years ago.
>> Aunt
>> C. is still alive. Not doing so well medically now but the medical
>> problems
>> didn't crop up until fairly recently.
>>
>> Another one told me that I was a monk in a former life. Guess I have no
>> way
>> of verifying that. She told me that I have two guardian angels. Guess I
>> have no way of verifying that either. And she had me draw my aura on a
>> piece of paper. She had me use a variety of crayon colors and the way
>> the
>> aura came out is in no way the way it says an aura would look according
>> to
>> my book of auras. And no, can not see them. No matter what techique I
>> use,
>> I can not see them at all.
>
> Nor can I.
>
>> The last one also did balloon animals. He was very nice, very friendly
>> and
>> a cat lover. And best of all, cheap! So I hired him and later brought
>> my
>> mom in for a reading. I can't remember the time frame on that. Maybe 3
>> years ago? Although he was highly entertaining, I don't think anything
>> he
>> said came true. I can't remember all of the specifics. He said I would
>> get
>> a small windfall, perhaps from someone passing away. I did have some
>> distant relatives pass away but didn't inherit a thing. And I did get
>> some
>> small sums of money that I wasn't expecting. He told my mom that she
>> would
>> win big at gambling. And she used to. But since he told her this, she
>> has
>> only won maybe 2-3 times and no big wins like she used to get. Used to
>> be
>> she would win maybe $2,000 every month or two and lesser sums in between.
>> Like $200. And she is not a big gambler. Only plays the slots at
>> casinos.
>> These days only the local casinos. She used to go to Reno or Vegas once
>> or
>> twice a year.
>
> Sounds more like good guessing to me.
>
>>>>>> We have since adopted a new baby named Jetta. I don't have any good
>>>>>> pics
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> her just yet as she is confined to the bathroom until we can get her
>>>>>> better
>>>>>> tamed. She is coming along quite nicely. We can pet her freely now.
>>>>>> She
>>>>>> comes to me when I call her and she is seeking us out to be petted.
>>>>>> But
>>>>>> she
>>>>>> still gets frightened very easily and runs to hide. At least she is
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> going behind the toilet as much as she was. She lived behind there
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> we
>>>>>> first got her. We've had her since a week ago Sunday. I read on the
>>>>>> internet that a feral cat can be fully tamed at 10 days but that is
>>>>>> rare.
>>>>>> More likely it takes 2-3 weeks or longer and some will never be fully
>>>>>> tamed.
>>>>>
>>>>> So is she indeed feral, or was she?
>>>>
>>>> She was born in the wild with her two sisters and a brother. They are
>>>> orange tabbies. She is what they call a white tortie. She has a
>>>> little
>>>> orange heart on her side. Sooo cute!
>>>
>>> That's adorable.
>>
>> Angela just picked her up. As in really picked her up and put her on her
>> shoulder. I am soo happy! I have been tempted but... For some reason
>> the
>> cats seem to be more willing to let Angela pick them up than me. Perhaps
>> because they see her only for the fun things. I am the one who takes
>> them
>> for nail clips, to the vet, gives their medicine when needed, etc. So if
>> I
>> pick them up, in their eyes a bad thing could follow. She has pounced
>> across my lap and across my foot and twice she let me lay down with her.
>> I
>> am just afraid if we let her out into the house, she will become
>> frightened
>> and find some place to hide. And since she is so tiny, we might not find
>> her for a while. So I want to make sure that she is totally fine with us
>> and feels safe. I think we are close to getting there. She does want to
>> come out!
>
> This is like cat whispering, you hold back your acceptance and then they
> want it more.
>
> A fins strategy, imo.
>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a pic of her going home. Not gonna put up the one of her
>>>>>> behind
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> toilet. Somebody would find fault with it, I'm sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...ps53bc7dfa.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> She's adorable, a very inquisitive and pleasing face, and the eyes
>>>>> match
>>>>> her markings perfectly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>> She seems to have Bali's sense of adventure. Seemingly there is no
>>>> place
>>>> she won't go. But unlike Bali, she is wary and cautious. Bali kind
>>>> of
>>>> struck me as rather stupid which perhaps is why her mom stuck so close
>>>> to
>>>> her. This little girl is very smart. She loves all of her toys and is
>>>> great at catching the toy mouse on a wire. And when I gave her some
>>>> cat
>>>> grass she ate it right away.
>>>
>>> Fitting right in, as cats will generally do. I think you'll have along
>>> and
>>> happy life together.
>>>
>>> Is Jazzy accomodating to her so far?
>>
>> Yes. She seems to know that she needs to be in the bathroom to be safe
>> until she has adjusted. Jazzy seems to really love any and all kittens.
>> If
>> we have a show on TV or are doing a Youtube or something with kittens
>> meowing, she goes into alert mode, ripping around the house trying to
>> find
>> them. She did not want to give her kittens up and especially not Bali.
>> They said she cried non-stop for the two days when Bali was away being
>> spade. She only calmed down when she got her back. She also nursed her
>> way
>> beyond one year and became alarmed any time Bali did anything she deemed
>> to
>> be dangerous (which was actually pretty frequent) or went out of sight.
>>
>> One thing that Bali loved to do was get on top of the kitchen cupboards.
>> No
>> matter what I tried to block her from doing this, she found a way around
>> it.
>> So I took down everything that was up there and when we redid the
>> kitchen, I
>> replaced those things with a very few select things to go with our yellow
>> paint and red pepper trim. Like a clear bowl of plastic peppers. Also a
>> bowl of grapes and one of apples and pears. Bali kept knocking off the
>> bowl
>> of apples and pears because for some odd reason there is a tiny window up
>> where they are and she liked to look out it.
>>
>> The odd thing is, after she went missing, the bowl toppled over. I joked
>> to
>> Angela that Bali's ghost must have done it. It happened when there were
>> no
>> cats in the house and in fact it was the night before we got Jazzy back.
>
> I'd take that as a sign also.
>
> I lost a kitty prematurely and for years she'd appear in our loft, yes
> visually, in her special spot looking down.
>
> You;d just have this feeling of being watched.
>
>> Since it has been hot, I just left everything as it was. But last night
>> I
>> was stuck in the kitchen for a little while waiting for something to
>> finish
>> cooking. So I climbed up there with my reaching tool and put it all
>> back.
>> Hopefully I got it all. I can't see up there because it is so high so
>> the
>> best I could do was poke around with the tool then fish for whatever it
>> was
>> when I hit something.
>
> Any more tumblings down, please let us know.

Now that I think about it... Some years ago, I had a roommate with a yellow
cat named Sheba. This was the same one I mentioned who after getting
married, invited my new roommate and I to dinner and served our food in a
margarine tub and a Cool Whip tub. Anyway... She did not handle the cat's
illness well. I was the one who realized that the cat was sick and I drove
her to the emergency vet that we had used for our dog. When the vet
couldn't get the I.V into her, I did it. I also picked her up while they
were waiting for the test results and gave her the vitamins that seemed to
make her feel a little better until they realized that it was in fact
leukemia.

Some time after that, I woke up one night to see a tiny, neon green ball of
light shooting around the room. I watched it for a while. Wasn't
frightened but very curious. I now know that a ball of light could be a
ghost. I also used to get the feeling that a cat was pouncing on me as I
slept or tried to sleep. If I had the light on and was awake when it
happened, I could actually see the blanket going down in spots as though a
cat were pouncing.

We had a lot of other weird things go on in that house. Once, the locked
front door flew open. I was in the kitchen so could not see it happen.
This was after the first roommate moved out. The roommate I had at the time
had a little dog. I heard the door open. I heard the dog bark. But when I
looked around the corner, nobody was there.

The same roommate had a peeping Tom. We called the police and they sort of
played it off like... Two young women living alone. Just got hysterical
for no reason. Also tried to tell us that the peeper was probably a
raccoon. I had somewhat sheer drapes on my windows. The police told me to
get mini blinds. Told me that if they couldn't see in there, they wouldn't
peep. So I got some custom made mini blinds, not realizing at the time that
I could have installed larger ones outside of the window. Would have been
much cheaper! But I also wanted a certain color to match my bedspread.
So... It was hot and the window was open. No screens on our windows. I
heard a loud, clattering noise. These were metal mini blinds. Through the
moonlight, I saw a hairy arm and fist punch through the blinds. I freaked!
Again, we called the police.

After that, my roommate's BF arranged to spend the night at our house but he
parked on the street behind us and hopped the fence to get into our house.
He did this because after mentioning these problems to the other neighbors,
we learned that they too had problems. One had their house egged. And they
suspected squatters who lived across the street. The owner of the property
was trying to evict them and they did not want to leave. One neighbor
surmised that they didn't know who was trying to evict them so they were
going after everyone.

So that night, we sat on the floor of my bedroom, in the dark, under my
window. E's BF peeked out the window every once in a while then alerted us
to do the same. We watched as two guys from the school across the street
drove down the street in an old VW bug. Meanwhile some other guys got on
the roof of the school, waiting. After a while, they used a flashlight to
signal the guys who were headed our way. And sure enough, they came right
to our house but didn't get close to the window because as they stepped into
the driveway, the BF lifted the blind and shouted at them. They immediately
ran back across to the school and I called the police.

Long story short there, nothing could be done. We lived in unincorporated
King county. The King county people could take a complaint but said they
could not press charges because the people who did it were in Snohomish
county. The Snohomish county people said they could press charges
but...they could not take our statement because we were in another county.
It all sounded very fishy to me.

We never did figure out how the front door came open but my old roommate
surmised that our landlord might have done it. Within days after that last
incident where we called the police, we came home to a note on the fireplace
giving us 10 days to vacate. The landlord decided to get married and
although he owned three houses, this was the one they were going to move
into. Not legal but by this point, both my roommate and I had pretty much
had it and wanted out of there. She found a strange little rental property
where she lived briefly then moved back to AZ where AFAIK she still is. I
managed to wreck my car on the way to looking at a rental so wound up moving
back in with my parents for a while. Ah, fun!