Jeff D’s Neighborhood

The other day while grooming my best friend I came across a trouble spot in his fur.  After a closer look I discovered that yes, it was a tick. I believe that Fluffy is much happier now that I have removed the little vermin that was feeding off of him.

Betty gave birth to 3 healthy puppies 3 days ago. It's hard to tell by the pictures, but each pup is about the size of 1 and a half wine corks. Food related posts to come soon; I promise.

A while back I tried FLEA TREATS, an all natural B vitamin flea repellent for my cats.  I honestly did not think it would work when I had given them half the bottle and they still had fleas.  I called the company and was told to "be patient".  I have to say I really thought it was just a ruse to get me to buy another bottle.  I am very pleased to tell you that:  It was NOT.

Somewhere towards the bottom of the first bottle the FLEA TREATS had finally built up in their systems and now they no longer have any fleas.  No, they do not.

I do still find one, possibly two, fleas on them when they come in from the hillside, but those fleas are on top of the hair, not settled in for the long haul down at the hair root/skin level -  what I mean to say is they may bring in a flea or two once in a blue moon when they are out in the tall grass, but they don't seem to ever even get bitten anymore and no longer suffer from flea INFESTATION.  There is NO constant scratching and itching, no 100s of fleas, no flea dirt, no flea eggs, no little colony throwing picnics on the cat's back.

I am on my second bottle of FLEA TREATS,

so what can I tell you?

1. THEY WORK, but take a little while to build-up in the animal's system.

2. They must taste OK, because my cats eat them with no hesitation.  However, the tablets are slightly large in size for a cat, so I usually cut them in half or I crush them and put the tablets in their wet food.

3.  I did notice a change in their appetite (decreased) when I started giving them the FLEA TREATS, but they got used to the B vitamin rush and now are back to regular dietary habits.

4. I've spoken to the owner of FLEA TREATS on the phone.  I trust this company with the health and well being of my cats and my credit card number.

5.  I will continue to give my cats FLEA TREATS because they are safe and reasonably priced, but my main reason is because THEY WORK.

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A 5 mins toilet stop ended up at least 20mins becos of these ＿|￣|○
Why?
cos we were on the coach for tooo long and suddenly we found something to shoot!

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I guess the cat’s out of the bag and hanging on your face if you?re one of the many people living and dead who insisted in 1979 that only Robert Mugabe could possibly rule Zimbabwe. I mean, what normal, Times-reading person wasn’t just aghast at the way Ian Smith, the wicked white leader of Rhodesia, had engineered an end to the conflict that had decimated his country, the one we now call

Here, for the benefit of those too young to remember — or so old they forget — is how Mugabe was invented by clever officeworkers on West 43^rd Street in New York City:  After a long and ugly guerrilla war fought to preserve white rule, and desperate to end the sanctions that had devastated his country?s economy, Smith convinced the white population that Britain would live up to its pledge, made in 1971, to end its financial strangulation of Rhodesia in return for an end to white rule. So, after lots of shooting — and the en-route destruction of a couple of commercial airliners — Smith called an election, which was held in January 1979. Mugabe, leader of a particularly violent faction of the Marxist-Maoists, refused to renounce violence and so he didn’t participate.

Nearly two-thirds of Zimbabweans — including many former terrorist leaders — did, however, and when a moderate named Abel Muzorewa won handily on a pledge to make an orderly transition to majority rule, then-U.N. ambassador Andrew Young and his boss, Jimmy Carter — supported avidly by The New York Times, along with every other left-leaning paper on the planet — flipped. Furious at the prospect of a less-than-immediate transition, they insisted that the election results not be recognized. Democrats and their allies in the press mounted a stiff effort to keep sanctions in place until Muzorewa?s government collapsed, and a new, improved election could be held, one that guaranteed Mugabe victory. That solution, the Times calmly editorialized in June 1979, “preserves a hope for ending the civil war and keeping the Russians out.” Well, yes. Mugabe, of course, was more a client of China’s.

The manner in which power has been given to a generation of African tyrants is the subject of a wobbly New Statesman item this week. Generally, when the colonial power wanted out, they gave the keys to whoever had the most guns pointed at the most people, made up an excuse, and ducked out the back before the firing started. Think of it as a job search for heavily armed applicants, and you?ll get the idea. Or just watch your TV:  You’ll see a remake in Iraq, if the Times has its way.

The “liberation” of Zimbabwe, following more than a decade of bad examples elsewhere in Africa, was certainly no different. The Times, like anyone else paying attention, knew perfectly well that Mugabe was a killer when they insisted power be taken from Muzorewa and given to him, ostensibly to gain “peace” — which certainly wasn’t what Mugabe’s opponents got. (Today, according to Michael Wines in the IHT, Muzorewa?s government never existed at all.) On assuming power, Mugabe continued a bloodbath he had been waging against his rivals for years, including one genocidal rampage (a report from NewZimbabwe.com is here) that so far has resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of civilians in Ndebele tribal areas, the source of much opposition to Mugabe’s rival Shona-led government.

 

Nichée dans la superbe vallée du Sioulot, cette basilique romane est bâtie à flanc de montagne dans un petit village aux toitures couvertes de lauze.

didnt wake up late this morning

spending time cleaning doing laundry..etc

９４５AMに起きました

そんなに遅くないでしょう

 

its me...

before leaving home

at the park

and after returning from shopping...so sweaty eh?

believe it or not..i lost 1-2 kg today..due to that i sweat too much!

and no feelings to eat at all...

hope i will be slimmer soon!!!

 

 

３PMに出発！

六義園に行きました。

left home at 3AM to the park/garden near my house...by my bike

自転車で行きました

目的は紫陽花の写真を撮りに行く

07/07 is Tanabata day

people write their wishes on those colourful paper and hang on the branches of the trees

for me..

i didnt wish for anything

but i THANK GOD instead ;)

Nong Nhun...here are for you na ja!!

 

 

 

お腹が空きまして、のどもかわきましたので

お店に入ってしまいました。

次は

池袋！　靴の棚とTVの棚を買いに行くつもりだったけど、

でも　でも　でも

i was only planning to buy the shoes rack and a small shelf for my TV

with my 2100 yen budget

but but but my favourite department store is just connected to the station

so i just went in for taking a quick look

BUT BUT BUT

 

SOMEONE pls pls get me OUT OF HERE!

i ended up spending 20 times over the budget hmm hmm hmm

who to BLAME?

i got lost among those RED SIGNS written SALE on

new black wallet and a red pass case

(my old one is too small for JP banknotes...my notes are always stuck in the zipper...

and it caused me a lot of troubles)

will have my honourable guests coming to visit in a few weeks

trying to get ready..

preparing some small gifts ;)

and for other super mums in too!

also bought a towel blanket

summer is coming and i am not going to turn the air conditioning when i sleep..

(i hope i can do it)

lucky that i will be spending my summer time in Okayama

the company will be paying all the utility bills for me..i guess ;)

but while staying in Tokyo..i have to try my best to only use the electric fan rather than the aircon.

 

on my way to my REAL destination

(sunshine city building)

i was thirsty again and stopped for a maccha frappuchino drink

 

how much is it in thailand? or in other countries?

for Tall Size here..its 440 yen

finally at 0830PM

i gotto the shop...where i planned to come

planned to order 2 shelves

but why i ended up getting Jewellery case, curtain, boxes etc

i will need the jewellery case for bringing my favourites accessories to Okayama with me.

 

going to handle my laundry stuffs..put them into the closet...or ironing them..etc

 

山ほど多いです

頑張ります！