Holy... Glad everyone's ok, John Buck 41!! Scary stuffs there.

Reminds me that I was going to share a "good kitteh" moment with you gize... My future BIL has a beautiful calico girl named Sweetie Pie (aka Pooty) She's a very sweet, though incredibly odd cat. A few weeks ago they noticed what was described as a "dead animal" smell around the kitchen, but tearing the place apart yielded nothing. The kid was using the microwave one night & they noticed the smell came back. The cat started running between the kitchen and the BIL. She would jump into his lap and then back down and look at him, trying to get him to follow her. He finally did (Thankfully!!), and discovered the wall was smoking. He caught it in time to keep the house from burning to the ground (it's a hella old house, and would go up quickly). The wiring was completely welded together, so there's a whole circuit he cannot use w/o fear of burning the place down. GOOD KITTEH for letting the hoomans know there was a huge problem!!!

Ok, that's all for now. I need to take new pics and stuff. I'll be back later. **HUGS** if anyone needs them!

The Ice Queen: Haruko_Haruhara: The party can start now-- I'm snowed in all weekend!!


/woo?
//no, not woo!
///time to watch Adventure Time
//see yous guys on Sat., my TF goes buh-bye tonite

So who got haruko?

If no one has, I will... don't you have to wait until it expires?

The Ice Queen: John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.

Glad to here all are ok. Hopefully it can be fixed quickly so you won't be stuck in a hotel!

We'll probably be here til late next week.

Thankfully, Mrs. Buck was off that day or I would probably not be posting right now. I would've slept/died thru it while our 200+ y/o house went up like a matchstick in 15 minutes. We live literally 200' from the FD. Wifey knew that calling 911 and having the call re-routed thru county dispatch to our FD would take longer than sprinting down and telling them so she did the smart thing

Adrenaline is an amazing thing. When she hollered up and said "THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE" I only got dressed to the bare minimum---no hat, no gloves, no coat. After 45 minutes standing in the driveway watching the firemen do their thing, I checked out the thermometer. It was 12 degrees. All of a sudden I was cold LoL

Could've been a LOT worse. We are fine, the furkids are fine, and relatively minoir damage.

And there's WiFi here at the motel :)

Gotta crash. Will check back in tom aft. Thanks to all for your thoughts.

OlderGuy: The Ice Queen: Haruko_Haruhara: The party can start now-- I'm snowed in all weekend!!


/woo?
//no, not woo!
///time to watch Adventure Time
//see yous guys on Sat., my TF goes buh-bye tonite

So who got haruko?

If no one has, I will... don't you have to wait until it expires?

alll riiighhttt! the fight is on-
lets see who can get to her first.
at 12:00 am she should be ripe.

John Buck 41 so glad you are all ok. Fur kids are wif you? Buy the wife nice flowers. She is a keeper!
Old guy
Yes, got to wait for it to expire....I tried too...Haruko, never doubt that you are important!

John Buck 41: The Ice Queen: John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

Could've been a LOT worse. We are fine, the furkids are fine, and relatively minoir damage.

And there's WiFi here at the motel :)

Gotta crash. Will check back in tom aft. Thanks to all for your thoughts.

Scary - glad all are well and the house can be repaired relatively quickly.

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tigerose: John Buck 41 so glad you are all ok. Fur kids are wif you? Buy the wife nice flowers. She is a keeper!
Old guy
Yes, got to wait for it to expire....I tried too...Haruko, never doubt that you are important!

That's OlderGuy... there's no such thing as old... just young and younger.... course, some of us aren't in the 'younger' class anymore....

John Buck 41: The Ice Queen: John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.

Glad to here all are ok. Hopefully it can be fixed quickly so you won't be stuck in a hotel!

We'll probably be here til late next week.

Thankfully, Mrs. Buck was off that day or I would probably not be posting right now. I would've slept/died thru it while our 200+ y/o house went up like a matchstick in 15 minutes. We live literally 200' from the FD. Wifey knew that calling 911 and having the call re-routed thru county dispatch to our FD would take longer than sprinting down and telling them so she did the smart thing

Adrenaline is an amazing thing. When she hollered up and said "THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE" I only got dressed to the bare minimum---no hat, no gloves, no coat. After 45 minutes standing in the driveway watching the firemen do their thing, I checked out the thermometer. It was 12 degrees. All of a sudden I was cold LoL

Could've been a LOT worse. We are fine, the furkids are fine, and relatively minoir damage.

And there's WiFi here at the motel :)

Gotta crash. Will check back in tom aft. Thanks to all for your thoughts.

OMG! Scary! So glad you all came through OK and the house can be repaired fairly easily.

John Buck 41: The Ice Queen: John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.

Glad to here all are ok. Hopefully it can be fixed quickly so you won't be stuck in a hotel!

We'll probably be here til late next week.

Thankfully, Mrs. Buck was off that day or I would probably not be posting right now. I would've slept/died thru it while our 200+ y/o house went up like a matchstick in 15 minutes. We live literally 200' from the FD. Wifey knew that calling 911 and having the call re-routed thru county dispatch to our FD would take longer than sprinting down and telling them so she did the smart thing

Adrenaline is an amazing thing. When she hollered up and said "THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE" I only got dressed to the bare minimum---no hat, no gloves, no coat. After 45 minutes standing in the driveway watching the firemen do their thing, I checked out the thermometer. It was 12 degrees. All of a sudden I was cold LoL

Could've been a LOT worse. We are fine, the furkids are fine, and relatively minoir damage.

And there's WiFi here at the motel :)

Gotta crash. Will check back in tom aft. Thanks to all for your thoughts.

Glad everything is ok. My sister and her family lost their home to fire a few years ago -- was not a good experience.

You got WiFi and maid service, enjoy!

AllMyKidsHaveFur: quantum_jellyroll: John Buck 41:
Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.

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quantum_jellyroll: John Buck 41:
Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.

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QJ, that is GROSS!

What are they?

Naked Mole Rats

So relieved to hear that all the John Buck 41s are OK, & ensconced at a motel with WiFi.
Y'all get a good start & it's time for me to pack it in for the day already. Good luck to all of you engaged in the Hunt to Re-TF Haruko_.
Overlords are requesting to be fed, so I'll go begin that procedure. C y'all tomorrow.

Nuther goody-night pic not needing captioned. Notes say this is Oreo who now waits at the Bridge for Shera, & amuses her/himself with all the others there, including Fred
who let us live with her for quite a long time & looked like. this

John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.
(snip, go to next post...)
And there's WiFi here at the motel :)

Wow! I'd say you'd had one heck of a week. Glad everybody made it out okay. (((hugs)))
Fire bad, WiFi good.

I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.

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Biscuit!! How is the little Biscuit face? I read of his troubles last week - hope he's feeling much better

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/My favoritest Biscuit pic... geez - took me forever to find it!

That is a lovely photo and a lovely cat! I'll add my "hope he's better" thoughts to yours. :)

yobbery: I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.
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Good luck with your procedure -- hope you don't have to wear a "cone of shame" like Biscuit!

yobbery: I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.
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Ummm, did a double take and had to squint before I noticed the teeth. Then I remembered your awful story last week. Good luck!

/ROFL

Daisy, telling me what she thinks of my photo taking.

"What was dat? Dis is not a shawade. Now, twy it again, dis time with Feewing. "

"Good, good..."

The Ice Queen:
QJ, that is GROSS!

What are they?

Naked Mole Rats

What she said.

You should see them in their matching leisure suits.
They look like a Herb Tarlek (new window) convention.

yobbery:
I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.
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If the nurses try to pull that "The Doctor says you *have* to have this enema" trick on you,
don't fall for it!!!!

Time for me to hit the sack. See you guys tomorrow. :-)

John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.


That is truly all that is important! Yay for insurance! And so very glad you are all ok.

Earpj: Leo and his brother Max.

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Awww! They are gorgeous guys! How old are they?

Hop Along Cattiday: Happy Caturday Y'all! Sorry I am only jumping In & Out...This is what I have to get past in order to come & Play for a while...

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Ya think Rupert Missed Me??



There is no other way to interpret his body language! Awwww!

Oh, I forgot! Yay Caturday! Who is the lucky Sherpies sufferer this week?

Kittypie070:
[runs in, hugs John Buck 41, runs back out, trailing bits of space shuttle wiring and fifty year old fireflies]

So glad you're OK

:3

John, why didn't you tell us you had groupies???

I've spent the past 2 days working on quilting projects for the first time since we moved... so it's been 9 months since I've even had my sewing machine out. Lars is all sorts of happy because he LOVES fabric. Cassie is less happy because I'm not focusing 100% of my attention on HER. She figures out ways to climb into my arms to distract me for a while. No pics of the two fuzzies "helping" with these projects as of yet, but here's one current project & then a past project w/ a cat :)

Current project - Spring Log Cabin Table Runner:



Cassie helping with a past/current project (still trying to decide on borders):



Lars helping with same project:

John Buck 41: [words about scary fire] .....

Could've been a LOT worse. We are fine, the furkids are fine, and relatively minor damage.

And there's WiFi here at the motel :)

Gotta crash. Will check back in tom aft. Thanks to all for your thoughts.

That is so scary. Thank heavens you are all OK! Hugs to you and the furkids. Enjoy the hotel, pretend you're on holiday. :)



Remember kids, it's never a bad time to test your smoke alarm(s), inspect your fire extinguisher(s), or take out fire insurance if you don't have any. And be sure to review your emergency evacuation plan with your family too. It pays to be prepared.

John Buck 41: Hi all. Interesting week at Buck Manor.

We are ok, pets, too. House is still (mostly) in one piece. A spark between the pellet stove and the outside vent got caught in the wall, probably sometime last weekend and continued to smolder til Tuesday morning. We have a gaping hole about 4' by 7' in the living room. FD showed up about 7:40am and were there for about 90". They did a great job not trashing the living room too badly, just some water damage and a few knick-knacks/dog toys wet and/or nasty from plaster. And more smoke damage than I thought Tuesday afternoon. Insurance is all current and paid up and they will pay for us to stay in a local motel for as long as is needed, as well as repairs/restoration.

That's it in a nutshell. Lots more details but they are unneeded at this point.

tigerose: John Buck 41 so glad you are all ok. Fur kids are wif you? Buy the wife nice flowers. She is a keeper!
Old guy
Yes, got to wait for it to expire....I tried too...Haruko, never doubt that you are important!

Ripley the cat at stepson's a mile away. Jazzy and Micky are at my in-laws but about 70 miles away :(

Pineapples: John Buck 41: Sheesh! That's so scary. So so scary. I am SO glad it turned out as well as it did (all things considered) and everyone is ok! You are important to the Caturday family! Hope you find some fun in your impromptu motel stay :)

We'll think of something :)

Olderguy Sorry about that...:) I think by the time you hit 90 or so, you can start to think, " I am getting older now". But then, my Uncle is 92 and he is not old at all! :)

I am only old in the morning, pre coffee!

Good Meowning! Today is the last day of my long term assignment..it has been three weeks. Time to move on. (Yay!),

Everybody have a safe day, you are important!

yobbery: I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.
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Good luck at the dentist, hopefully your procedure goes very well and they get you all fixed up.

I'll have dinner waiting for you when you get back.



P.S. So glad to hear sweet Biscuit is on the mend and back to his good old self!

quantum_jellyroll: yobbery:
I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.
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If the nurses try to pull that "The Doctor says you *have* to have this enema" trick on you,
don't fall for it!!!!

I'm NPO.....If it's got coffee in it I'll take it.

akimbotoo:


Awww! They are gorgeous guys! How old are they?

Umm...Max and Leo are about 4 and Jo is 7ish.

Alien's FB page is back up.

spinach gunk: yobbery: I'm off to bed. I have an appointment with this dude in the morning. Goodnight guys.
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Good luck at the dentist, hopefully your procedure goes very well and they get you all fixed up.

I'll have dinner waiting for you when you get back.

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P.S. So glad to hear sweet Biscuit is on the mend and back to his good old self!

Yes please!