# SweetMewsic's Musings

> A Cat Lover's Blog

Language: en
URL: https://sweetmewsic.com/

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## Pages

- [Nobody’s Home](https://sweetmewsic.com/): These cats want in. What they don't realize is this: NOBODY'S HOME!
- [About Me](https://sweetmewsic.com/about-me/): There are several things you should know about me before deciding whether to read my blog. Ethics The first thing you should know about me is what I value. Faith: I am a fundamental, Bible-believing, independent Baptist and "young earth"
- [Assorted Musings](https://sweetmewsic.com/assorted-musings/)

## Blog Posts

- [Confessions of a Dusting Deserter](https://sweetmewsic.com/confessions-of-a-dusting-deserter/) (2025-05-21): I am a dusting deserter, Of all the household chores, dusting is what I dislike the most. I try to approach this problem with humor.
- [An Interesting Birthday Gift](https://sweetmewsic.com/an-interesting-birthday-gift/) (2023-07-27): For my birthday this year, my mother chose an interesting birthday gift for me. Rather than the standard present or gift of money, she decided to provide five pizza meals from Jets. I was allowed to select the timing of
- [A COVID Tale](https://sweetmewsic.com/a-covid-tale/) (2021-05-04): My COVID Experience in Verse   A hint of a headache, Congestion galore; Just a sinus infection... Or could it be more?   Just four short days later Lost taste and lost smell. Could it be nasty COVID? I needed
- [A Great Independence Day Message](https://sweetmewsic.com/a-great-independence-day-message/) (2020-07-05): Today I discovered again that a theme originating in our nation's history can resonate deeply in me and move me to tears. My pastor, Craig Hurley, preached a great Independence Day message, reminding us that our Founding Fathers recognized not
- [Paint Your Pet](https://sweetmewsic.com/paint-your-pet/) (2019-10-25): Last night I tried something new with cousin MJ and sister Melissa: a class at The Community House in Birmingham entitled "Paint Your Pet." After arriving we each got a canvas with a light pencil sketch of our chosen pet
- [Bug Repellent](https://sweetmewsic.com/bug-repellent/) (2019-04-10): What's Going On? At the end of last week, I began to get a large number of emails from WordPress. Apparently my website login was under attack. I could not believe how many attempts were being made to sneak into
- [An Interesting Year](https://sweetmewsic.com/an-interesting-year/) (2019-03-09): It has been a long time since I have posted anything here on my blog. It has been an interesting year: three felines have departed our household, and I have learned about something called the "Romance Scam." Feline Losses Cara
- [The Ideal Job](https://sweetmewsic.com/ideal-job/) (2017-10-02): The ideal job is one for which I have the requisite education and strengths and one in which I can utilize my experience and skills. The work environment and style of leadership are important factors. Finally, the ideal job is one with which God endows me, one in which I am able to serve Him as I serve others.
- [Anniversary Post](https://sweetmewsic.com/anniversary-post/) (2017-05-04): It has been exactly one year (to the day) since I last posted to this blog.  Happy Anniversary to SweetMewsic's Musings! The last year has, for the most part, been a happy and productive one. There are two exceptions to
- [I Grieve for America](https://sweetmewsic.com/i-grieve-for-america/) (2016-05-04): It is Ted Cruz's defeat in Indiana and subsequent withdrawal from the presidential race that drives me back to writing poetry and posting it online, first on Facebook and now here. I Grieve for America I grieve for you, my
- [2015 in the Rearview Mirror](https://sweetmewsic.com/2015-in-the-rearview-mirror/) (2015-12-31): On this last day of the year, I look back on 2015 as if it were an object in the rearview mirror of the orange Dodge Dart I usually drive. The year has had more ups and downs than usual,
- [Having a No Good, Very Bad Weekend](https://sweetmewsic.com/having-a-no-good-very-bad-weekend/) (2015-11-08): My no good, very bad weekend actually started on Friday. I did not realize I was suffering from fibro fog until the next day. What I did see was that C. P. Pirate did not look like he was feeling
- [Back Again!](https://sweetmewsic.com/back-again/) (2015-08-05): It seems like quite a long time since I posted here, but I'm back again. Lots of interesting (and not so interesting) things have been happening in my life. I Have a New Doctor I owe some thanks to my
- [Two Cat Tales](https://sweetmewsic.com/two-cat-tales/) (2015-05-12): One day. Two Cats. Two Vets. Two Cat Tales. A Happy Tale It has been three months since Pawscar Awesome's last visit to the veterinary ophthalmologist at BluePearl in Southfield.  I took Pawcar in for his check-up today. Although he
- [Birthday Photos](https://sweetmewsic.com/birthday-photos/) (2015-05-11): The birthday photos that were taken by LifeTouch for our new church directory arrived at last. I am not really thrilled with any of mine, but they do provide an idea of what I looked like when I turned 65.
- [Homecoming](https://sweetmewsic.com/homecoming/) (2015-04-21): It wasn't exactly what I'd envisioned a homecoming to be. I arranged with Dr. L. to pick up Patch the Pirate this evening from Gasow Veterinary Hospital. Patch is not completely well, but there is little more that could be
- [It’s Official: I Am Ancient](https://sweetmewsic.com/its-official-i-am-ancient/) (2015-04-17): Better Than the Alternative It is 1:00 AM on Friday, April 17; today I officially become ancient. I don't feel 65, but I do notice some of those nasty physical changes that happen as we grow older. I often joke
- [Vet Bills](https://sweetmewsic.com/vet-bills/) (2015-04-15): Vet Bills Past One of my ten-year-old kitties, Patch the Pirate, has been a cause for concern on and off throughout her time with us. She occasionally has a dry, hacking cough, which the vet says may be chronic bronchitis
- [Whose Bias Now?](https://sweetmewsic.com/whose-bias-now/) (2015-04-12): Two great letters to the editor were published in The Detroit Free Press today in response to a recent editorial by the Free Press Editorial Board, which said that Michigan must outlaw discrimination against lesbians, bisexuals, gays, and transgenders. Both letter writers
- [Scare Tactics](https://sweetmewsic.com/scare-tactics/) (2015-04-08): Only eight days after Revelly crossed the Rainbow Bridge, I got another awful scare. Pawscar Awesome, my orange polydactyl "michikitty" (for the shape of his front paws), refused to eat his supper and his breakfast the next morning. He was not
- [In a Different Valley](https://sweetmewsic.com/another-valley/) (2015-03-28): My walk today was through the valley of the shadow of death (Psalm 23:4). Dr. L. from Gasow awakened me with a telephone call this morning to tell me that Revelly had now shown definite symptoms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: fluid
- [Another Sick Kitty](https://sweetmewsic.com/another-sick-kitty/) (2015-03-26): Last week it occurred to me that twelve-year-old Revelly might be sick. She had not been eating much, nor had she been wandering around displaying her whacky tail or fighting with Gobblin' Goopuss. Off she went to the vet on Thursday for
- [In the Lowland](https://sweetmewsic.com/in-the-lowland/) (2015-03-04): Life is grand when you're on the mountaintop, but so much of life is spent in the lowland! Missing one of my prescriptions for fibromyalgia for a couple weeks now has caused my energy level to drop more than usual.
- [Goodbye, Spock!](https://sweetmewsic.com/goodbye-spock/) (2015-02-27): Spock is no longer in the galaxy. I was saddened to read today on multiple websites about the death of Leonard Nimoy this morning at the age of 83. Mr. Nimoy played Spock on the original Star Trek series and
- [I’m with Rudy](https://sweetmewsic.com/rudy-giuliani/) (2015-02-25): Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, has been the target of many in the media for his claim that President Obama does not love America. I, for one, agree with him. Obama campaigned on "hope" and "change," advocating the
- [Still Learning about WordPress](https://sweetmewsic.com/still-learning-about-wordpress/) (2015-02-19): I had a request not too long ago to enable people to subscribe to this site. Trying to find an easy but effective way to do this in WordPress was not a simple task. Many options are available, and I
- [It’s Valentine’s Day](https://sweetmewsic.com/valentines-day/) (2015-02-14): How nice to get a Valentine From someone wishing to be mine! The sentiments are good and fine, But all too often just a line.  
- [Learning New Things](https://sweetmewsic.com/learning-new-things/) (2015-01-24): I am relatively new to WordPress, but I am really enjoying it. There are so many ways to "tweak" your content and include various kinds of media! I am also discovering that I really like learning by doing. Fortunately, WordPress
- [Facebook Wisdom](https://sweetmewsic.com/posted-facebook/) (2015-01-24): AIn't It the Truth?
- [Celebrating 22 Years and a New Year](https://sweetmewsic.com/celebrating-22-years-new-year/) (2014-12-31): Today is the 22nd anniversary of my marriage to Jim. In some ways it is hard to believe it has been that long (I do not feel 22 years older); in others, it certainly does. Jim has been kind to me
- [Losses Mute December Joy](https://sweetmewsic.com/losses-mute-december-joy/) (2014-12-19): I am very sorry to report that two close family members have had to bid farewell to much-loved feline companions in the last ten days. On December 9, my sister Melissa's newest kitty, Choo Choo Charley, crossed the Rainbow Bridge
- [Time for a Break](https://sweetmewsic.com/time-break/) (2014-12-04): The first Tuesday in December is typically the last night of the Birmingham Bible Institute fall semester, and so it was this year. Students in my Hebrew 7, Greek 7, and/or Greek 3 finished their course(s) with honor. Now it
- [It’s National Cat Day!](https://sweetmewsic.com/national-cat-day/) (2014-10-29): Things are definitely looking up. I am feeling pretty much normal again (thank You, God!) and there's good news on the "cat front," which I am celebrating on National Cat Day. Perhaps the story will be more interesting with a
- [Feeling Better…But Not Fast Enough](https://sweetmewsic.com/feeling-better-fast-enough/) (2014-10-02): The night before my teaching responsibilities at Birmingham Bible Institute began, my throat became quite sore. "Rats!" I thought. "This is the worst possible timing." I nevertheless did my three hours of teaching and briefly introduced my classes during the
- [Technology Crash Day](https://sweetmewsic.com/technology-crash-day/) (2014-09-08): Today has been both a little too interesting and a little too frustrating. Most of the problems have involved technology and its vast potential for glitches. Among today's events include: MJ's equipment did not function properly on a photo shoot.
- [Praise Where Praise Is Due](https://sweetmewsic.com/praise-praise-due/) (2014-09-03): It occurs to me, belatedly, that I omitted the most important part of the story about Jolie Fille and her paw: the praise I owe God for the way He worked out all the circumstances for me to be able to get
- [Changes](https://sweetmewsic.com/changes/) (2014-09-02): The last ten days have held some interesting surprises, two in particular. The first of the changes concerns Pawscar Awesome, my orange polydactyl, who (at age 7) was adopted in January 2013. He reacted so badly to my efforts to
- [I’ve Got to Admit: It’s Getting Better](https://sweetmewsic.com/ive-got-admit-getting-better/) (2014-08-21): Got to Admit: That Hurt! Last week started off with a bang and did not get much better. My new kitty, Jolie Fille, who had come home the previous Friday, was freaked out when I tried to grab her and