Author Archives: Kathy

About Kathy

Perl, MySQL, CGI scripting, web design, graphics following careers as an analytical chemist and educator, then in IT as a database administrator (DBA), programmer, and server administrator. Diagnosed with Mitochondrial Myopathy in 1997.

The fourth nest

Atticus is adjusting well to the new place. Wherever I sleep is always the first nest. While we were staying at my dad’s place, he slept on my blanket on the sofa, only going into my dad’s room one night … Continue reading

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Surviving July

Breakfast this morning was corn meal mush, black tea with milk and sugar, cranberry juice, and a probiotic capsule. I cooked the mush sitting down, with a brand new induction cooktop. Being able to sit was nice because of after … Continue reading

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FB frustration

This is the second day in a row that I have given up on trying to catch up on Facebook. This time I was only able to go back 17 hours on the newsfeed. I switched from Safari to Firefox … Continue reading

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Da Bear

One of Atticus’ Christmas gifts was “Brown Bear” — a small plush stuffed animal with a green scarf and stocking cap (with antlers!) and a squeaker. In the almost ten months since I adopted Atticus I discovered that once we … Continue reading

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New toy

Atticus barks [click on link to view QuickTime video] Last week I noticed that the mobile phone I got in June 2011 was fluctuating between zero, one, and two bars where I usually get a strong signal. I thought at … Continue reading

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