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<title>The Trials of a Bottom-Rung Kitty</title>
<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty</link>
<description>Catster diary for the cat LIVIA 2000 - 2013</description>
<language>en</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2013 by LIVIA 2000 - 2013 &amp; Catster</copyright>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:50 PDT</pubDate>
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		<title>Ferryman Paid</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/811098</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:34:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I've arrived at The Bridge.  It's quite nice here, though I'm a bit confused right now.  But I see F ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've arrived at The Bridge.  It's quite nice here, though I'm a bit confused right now.  But I see Feisal, and Sharif, and Torrie, and Kukla ... it's like old home week!  And I'm cleaned up, my butt doesn't hurt anymore, my eyes are clear & bright and I've got energy to burn.  I think I'll like it here ...

But Mom&DadKatt are hurting ... but she says she did the right thing, and she did.  She told me she'd be with me 'til the very end and she was.  Her voice was the last thing I heard, reading this line to me from "Hamlet" ... 

"Now cracks a noble heart - Good night, sweet prince[ss] / and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."  

It's her favorite Shakespeare play.

Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Metting the Ferryman</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/811034</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 06:25:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I will be making my journey to The Bridge this afternoon.  Mom&amp;DadKatt know it's the best thing for  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I will be making my journey to The Bridge this afternoon.  Mom&DadKatt know it's the best thing for me.  I'm not going to get any better and I'm really pretty miserable as it is.  I don't feel good at all, I increasingly cannot control my poops (which are all liquid and have been for some time).  My vet, Dr. L, has said there is nothing more that HE can do outside some type of invasive procedure & Mom&DadKatt don't want to put me through anything like that at this stage.

Thank you all for your purrs & thoughts & messages.  This isn't how Mom&DadKatt wanted to start a New Year but I know they're doing what's best for me and I love them for it.  

I will be my serene, lady-like self 'til the very end, just you wait & watch me.  And I'll be my loving self 'til I draw my last breath.

Love to you all,
Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Welcome 2013!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/810946</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 13:39:47 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Except that I'm not feeling well.  Actually I'm not doing well at all.  I've been having problems w/ ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Except that I'm not feeling well.  Actually I'm not doing well at all.  I've been having problems w/my poops for some time now, but yesterday was worse.  I'm having trouble controlling them ... MomKatt says I'm "leaking" a little bit.  It's hard to meow about but I've lost a lot of weight and I don't feel good.  I'm finding it hard to sit down properly so I start out after I've pooped kinda "crouching down", until I feel like my butt can stand being on a surface, any kind of surface.

I could use some purrs.  I really don't feel good ... 

Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today, I am 12.</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/775666</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:55:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Well.  Today I am 12 years old.  MomKatt says it's hard to believe it's been that long since I came  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well.  Today I am 12 years old.  MomKatt says it's hard to believe it's been that long since I came to live with her after they picked me out.  I went for my "well kitty" on Sat., and we're waiting on news of my bloodwork today.  I feel fine, now that I'm over that nasty URI I had last month, though I have some corneal scarring that, the vet said, most likely won't go away because, when a kitty gets a URI that bad, it causes ulcers in the eyes & scars the corneas.  :(

Oh well, it's OK.  Nothing in life should be perfect and, besides, my energy is back full force, I'm eating like a horse again and am only sneezing occasionally.  They think it's pollen.  That yellow stuff is nasty & gets everywhere, and MomKatt's a fresh-air fiend so, before it gets too humid, she likes having our doors & windows open (screens in, of course).

Anyway, I'm going to celebrate my birthday by napping a lot today.  We'll probably play some this evening when MomKatt gets home from her spin bike class.  I am happy and loved and well cared-for and no 12-year old kitty can ask for more, can they?

Love
Livy]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thank yous!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/770465</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:13:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I just wanted to meow &quot;THANK YOU&quot; to everyone who's been concerned about me &amp; my illness &amp; my progre ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I just wanted to meow "THANK YOU" to everyone who's been concerned about me & my illness & my progress.

Today, 3/15, I'm doing better, still sniffly a little but the sneezing is mostly gone (we hope!) and I'm making efforts at eating.  I'm also getting Forti-Flora in my baby food and Lysine in anything I eat that MomKatt can get it into to help build me up.  I also last night finally ate some treats, which I normally love but which I've been refusing lately ... MomKatt KNOWS I don't feel good if I'm not pestering her for treats!

It's just going to take me awhile to get back my form back.  MomKatt is patient, however, and I really AM a good kitty & try to cooperate as much as possible, even though I hate eye drops!

Thank you again - it's wonderpurr to have so many caring furriends!

Love
Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm the only Aby now</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/735692</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:03:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm the only Aby now at my house since Feisal left to go to the Bridge on Fri.  MomKatt says I bear  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm the only Aby now at my house since Feisal left to go to the Bridge on Fri.  MomKatt says I bear a great responsibility, representing my breed in our clowder ... and being the only Aby she has to love on now.

I miss my brofur.  After MomKatt got back, I sniffed and sniffed ALL OVER the carrier.  Why wasn't he there?  Then she put it up on the counter & forgot about it and I climbed in & sat there & didn't come out for a VERY long time.

Something told me he wasn't coming back when he left that morning.  I'd said my goodbyes the day before, hanging with him & MomKatt at his bed in the dining room.

On Sun. (or was it Sat.?) she washed the boogie mat that was in his bed, put the material that holds the 'nip back in it & laid it out all nicely in his bed.  Then she cried.

A couple of hours later, she came into the dining room to find me sitting there serenely.  I was thinking about him there, remembering what a special brofur he was.

I miss him.

Sad purrs,
Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a Daily Diary Pick today!  4/20/11</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/719334</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:41:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Concats to ME!  And thank you, Catster, for this honor!  I've never been a DDP before!

Excited pu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Concats to ME!  And thank you, Catster, for this honor!  I've never been a DDP before!

Excited purrs,
Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today is my 11th birthday!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/718896</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:24:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy birfday to me!  I'm 11 years old today!  IT's hard to believe it's been 11 years now that I've ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy birfday to me!  I'm 11 years old today!  IT's hard to believe it's been 11 years now that I've lived with Mom&DadKatt.  They don't think I look 11 - whatever 11 looks like.  I certainly don't ACT 11 - unless it's 11 months old, maybe.  Hee hee!

Happy birfday to me!

Love
Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SAY &quot;NO!&quot; TO NUTRO!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/675327</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:49:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>WE THINK THAT CATSTER SHOULD PULL ITS NUTRO ADVERTISING, SINCE THAT FOOD WAS INVOLVED IN ALL THE KIT ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ WE THINK THAT CATSTER SHOULD PULL ITS NUTRO ADVERTISING, SINCE THAT FOOD WAS INVOLVED IN ALL THE KITTY DEATHS RECENTLY AND CAUSED SO MANY FAMILIES SO MUCH HEARTACHE!

Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ice Cream Game</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/602814</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:20:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi!

Odie's sib, Poo, tagged me in an Ice Cream Game - thanks, Poo!  I have to write what flavor w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi!

Odie's sib, Poo, tagged me in an Ice Cream Game - thanks, Poo!  I have to write what flavor would best suit my purrsonality & why, and tag four other furriends to make entries in their diaries!  Fun!

I'd DEFINITELY be Blue Bunny "Peanut Butter Panic" because I'm an Aby and I'm NUTS!  Even at 9 years old, I RACE around the house all the time and am just all in a dither!  I'm FAST FAST FAST!  Mom&DadKatt call me "little cougar" and "greyhound" 'cause I'm so fast.

OK ... so what flavor would suit THESE purrsonalities?  I'm tagging four friends:

Gromit
Hudson
Chai
Alexis Tippy

Livia]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today is my 9th b'day!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/579720</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:12:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>9 years ... I can't believe it.  I'm so blessed w/such a nice home &amp; pawrents who love me.  I know I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ 9 years ... I can't believe it.  I'm so blessed w/such a nice home & pawrents who love me.  I know I can be a right pain in the butt sometimes, with my neediness, but I really just want love (and food.  Not in that order all the time but, yeah, basically those are my only two needs, wants or desires ... at ALL times!)

So ... happy b'day to me!  9 is Momkatt's favorite number too!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I've been HEARTED!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/559865</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:03:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Gentleman Jack (blushing) a VERY handsome ruddy Aby boy, has &quot;hearted&quot; me so I can tell 5 things abo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Gentleman Jack (blushing) a VERY handsome ruddy Aby boy, has "hearted" me so I can tell 5 things about myself in my diary so ... here goes!

Livia's 5

1. I love to drink from the bathroom faucet & make a nuisance of myself  until MomKatt puts me up there while she's getting ready for work!

2. My favorite toy is a milk tab.

3. My favorite food is still ANYTHING!  MOL

4. In April I will be 9 years old - no, I can't believer it either!

5. Like Jack, I too do not wear a collar!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Been tagged!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/418618</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:51:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Hi,

I was tagged for a fun game by a lovely young Aby girl called Isis!  She is one of Feisal's b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hi,

I was tagged for a fun game by a lovely young Aby girl called Isis!  She is one of Feisal's buddies ... (Sorry Isis but my typist was lazy, so she copied your description below!  I hope you don't mind!  MOL)

OK - Here are the rules of the game! Each player starts with seven random facts
about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to post in their Diary the rules &
their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose 7 cats to tag and list their names.

Don’t forget to purr them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your
Diary or send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!

OK 7 pawsome facts about me, Livia:

1.  I'm Gromit's girlfriendkitty!  :)

2.  I've been in one cat show (but I didn't like it very much).

3.  I love STINK!  (Anything that stinks, I'm on it.)  And body lotion.  And perfume.  Yummy!  (MomKatt canNOT understand this fetish of mine.)

4.  I'm VERY fast!

5.  I eat ALL DAY LONG and never gain a THING!  (Purrlease don't hate me.) :)

6.  MomKatt sings a song about me taken from "Lydia The Tattooed Lady", and it goes:  "Livia, oh Livia, say have you met Livia/Livia the BLUE Abyssinian!"  (She's so silly, my MomKatt.  But the funny thing is that now she's got Gromit's Mommy singing it, too!)

7.  I'm a LOVE machine!  24/7, that's exactly how long I will tolerate a human lovin' on me!

OK now I have to tag 7 kitties .. gosh do I KNOW 7 kitties?  OK here goes .. 

1.  Gromit (naturally)
2.  Lucy (of FFF)
3.  Ramses (I AM trying to get to know other Abys, after all!)
4.  Bamboo
5.  Odie (my sisfur Morticia's adopted "little sister")
6.  Playful
7.  Meatball

Gotta get going to let 'em all know!

Livia (purring happily)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's official!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/410772</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:26:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Gromit has just made me the happiest blue Aby on Catster - he's asked me to be his GIRLFRIEND!

Oh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Gromit has just made me the happiest blue Aby on Catster - he's asked me to be his GIRLFRIEND!

Oh!  Oh!  I've never HAD a boyfriend before!  I'm SO excited!  He's so sweet and we both have so much in common.  We both LOVE lap time and lots of attention from our Moms, and believe in the HIGH importance of time with our hoomans!  And ... oh gosh, so much more!

I was hoping he'd ask me and Morticia hinted but ... I never dreamed it would actually happen!

So take THAT Sharif!  *giggle*  (My silly Meezer brofur who beats up on me all the time ... Mr. Gromit's gonna come kick your fuzzy BUTT, buddy, if you bother me anymore!)

Love
Livy (Gromit's name for me *blush* like the Roman historian)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OMC - GROMIT!</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/391752</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:18:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh my cat ... Gromit's Pmailed me!  He's Hudson's brofur (Hudson is my sisfur Morticia's sweetie cat ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh my cat ... Gromit's Pmailed me!  He's Hudson's brofur (Hudson is my sisfur Morticia's sweetie cat).  I met Gromit at the BCCP pawty last Furriday night ... oh, I wonder if he likes me!  I DO like him!

You should see his TAIL!  It's gold and white and has HUGE rings around it like a raccoon!

I've asked Morticia if he likes me but she's ... cautious. I think she doesn't want me to get my hopes up ... oh oh oh!  They are ALREADY up!  It's too late.  I REALLY like him.  He is shy and sweet just like me ...

I hope I answer the Pmail in something resembling intelligent!  I don't want to come across to him like a miaowing idiot kitty!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wed. morning</title>
		<link>http://www.catster.com/cats/603077/diary/The_trials_of_a_bottom_rung_kitty/354884</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:58:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>LIVIA 2000 - 2013 ~ writing at catster.com</author>
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		<description>Y'know I woke up this morning thinking, &quot;Gee, I'd like to have a special guy like Morticia.&quot;  She's  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Y'know I woke up this morning thinking, "Gee, I'd like to have a special guy like Morticia."  She's going steady with Hudson now.  I was happy for her, but it only reminded me how lonely I am.  I'm "Bottom Rung Kitty" in our house, though MomKatt tries to make up for it.  I'm just too nice for my own good, she tells me.  Says I should pop Sharif one when he terrorizes me & chases me under the bed.  I know she's right but ... I just can't do that.  It's mean, and I don't want to be mean.  I want to love - and BE loved - ALL the time.  Can I help that?

I wish I could find a nice guy like Morticia has to protect & cherish me ... oh well, maybe someday!]]></content:encoded>
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