Nov 23, 2014

Make Your Own Cat Condo from Yahoo and The Ronnie Re

Improve Your Cat’s 9 Lives With a DIY Cat House

Amanda KingloffNovember 23, 2014

f they aren’t curled up in the sun, being grumpy or sitting on your keyboard while you type, say, an article about DIY Cat Houses, our feline friends need a place to call their own.

Don’t sacrifice your (or Snowball’s) personal style with a ho-hum, store-bought bed (or plastic stackable basket). Instead craft a custom cat house for your beloved furry friend. You don’t have to be a crazy cat lady to care about your kitty’s comfort.

Improve Your Cat’s 9 Lives With a DIY Cat House

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1. Home Meow Home

Image via Sew Take a Hike

To be truly content, some cats need four walls, a pitched roof, and skylights. If that sounds familiar, then this cute, little, single-occupancy unit may be purr-fect for you. Pick your pattern, break out the sewing machine, and line it with fleece for extra comfort. They will be curled up in front of the fake fireplace in no time.

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2. Printed Cat Tipi

Image via Free People

If your furry friend is more of the nomadic kind, try crafting this tipi out of fabric, twine, and five wooden dowels. Its a perfect accessory for any Thanksgiving celebration.

3. Packing It In

Image via Beautiful Life

Before you toss that vintage suitcase, give it a new life as a bed for your four-legged friend. His dreams will take him to far-off places, even if he never actually leaves the house. Make cleaning easier by using a pillow with a washable casing.

4. Cat House For Your House Cat

Image via Chez Larsson

As a pet owner, you know that cats, like children, enjoy a good cardboard box more than what’s inside. Take it to the next level with this cardboard cat home within your home. Consider a little front-door landscaping with some catnip topiaries flanking the front door.

5. Mouse Not Included

Image via Chip Chick

Upgrades in technology happen every five seconds. The good thing is that there is also always a need to upgrade your kitty’s nest. If you have one of these original gumdrop shaped babies, remove the innards and replace ‘em with a little software of your own.

6. On the road

cat resting in minature mobile home house

Image via Straight Line Designs

Traveling with your pets isn’t easy. While not exactly do-it-yourself, these pet friendly trailers are a nostalgic way to tote around your family friend.

7. Totally Tubular Cat Shack

Image via Instructables

If your kitten is the type who likes to catch some waves while he catches some Zs, take a trip to your local hardware store to pick up the few materials needed to craft your cat a soft place to lay his head.

8. Not-So-Sour Milk Crate Bed

Image via Crafted Niche

What cat wouldn’t love to be surrounded by the aroma of sweet milk as they curl up to take a little cat nap? Grab a crate from your local flea market and apply a little elbow grease to make this simple bed. Put it oncasters to make a little mobile home for Felix.

9. A Tisket, A Tasket

Image via Petoolah

Blend your cat’s habitat into your wall art by hacking a cylindrical Ikeabasket into a homey little cat bed. Carefully secure it to the wall and fold up a comfy towel or blanket to rest in the bottom.

copied from yahoo.........seriously, Yahoo has one of the best newspapers out there, good recipes and cute cat info.....who needs more than that.......thanks for reading....cl...the ronnie re.

Merry Christmas from The Ronnie Republic

Nov 20, 2014

Dog (Am Staff) Jumps Into Freezing Water to Save Owner: Hero Dogs Featured on The Ronnie Republic

Would you jump into freezing water to save someone from drowning? This dog did

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by Jessica Phelan - Nov 20, 2014

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3041349038_7a93a2334a_b — *Monty, a Staffie from Suffolk. Photo by Tim Parkinson via Flickr.*

Someone give Corbin the Staffordshire Terrier his lifesaver badge. The brave dog more than earned it when he dived into an icy river to rescue his owner.

“If he wasn’t there to help me, I would have drowned,” says Corbin’s grateful owner, Philip Skirving, of Alexandria near Dumbarton in west Scotland.

The drama took place on what began as just another of their nightly walks along the banks of the River Leven. Skirving lost his footing and slipped – straight into freezing-cold, fast-flowing water.

‘I couldn’t breathe because it was so cold’

“I was about 5ft away from the bank but I just went into shock as soon as I hit the water,” Skirving told local newspaper the Lennox Herald. “I couldn’t breathe because it was so cold and I just couldn’t get myself back to the bank.”

Thankfully, Corbin realised immediately that something was wrong. He jumped in after his owner and clamped his jumper in his teeth, using it to help drag Skirving back towards the bank.

The pair made it out of the river safely and, soaking wet, headed home to get dry.

They’ll be avoiding any more adventures for a while, says Skirving, whose partner Zoe is expecting a baby in a few weeks. “I think I’ll just walk [Corbin] to the end of the street from now on.”

Owners should always take extra care when walking their dog in the dark. Here are our top tips for staying safe.

copied from wamiz.co.uk

Ronnie just loves this story........

Nov 15, 2014

JigSawJam--A Beautiful Way To Start The Day

Seriously......do you like to start your day with a puzzle, a cup of coffee and the morning paper via the comp, Chromebook, Tablet, Smart Phone, etc.

Jig Saw Jam.....try this for art puzzles, cute puzzles, ranging from easy to extremely difficult and a range of puzzle piece options to fit anyone's visual needs.

The comments are always fun, too.

And here is a link to the page:

http://jigsawjam.com/

or check it out on Google Play.

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A Good Mom

by Alexander Jansson--copied from ARTBOOM and here is a link to the page:

http://artboom.info/painting/illustration/the-art-of-alexander-jansson.html

Christmas

Nov 14, 2014

Geraldo: I Say The President Should Pull The Trigger On Immigration

English: Geraldo Rivera at a Hudson Union Society event in September 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Bill O'Reilly at a Hudson Union Society event in September 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So today, my man Geraldo Rivera, 77 WABC New York, is departing from his fellow Republicans, as he so often does, to promote the plan of President Obama to go ahead with his plan of immigration reform without the consent of congress.

Geraldo is on WABC every morning from 10-12--he is not afraid to go in a different direction from his other cohorts at Fox News.

Can't wait to see it this evening--he will go up against Bill O'Reilly on The Factor to argue the issue.

Can't help but view Bill O'Reilly as a racist--on many--occasions as he recounts his ideas for policy regarding people of the Religion of Islam and his take on poverty in the African-American community.

I invite Bill here to Wichita and merely witness the lack of grocery stores in the lower income area and hear his take on that--there is simply no access to food in walking distance. Unbelievable!

San Diego--12 year old boys beat up for gang affiliation in the barrio......Bill, just wondering--what do you call that sich?

Can't start here on Bill O'Reilly and white privilege.......his lack of compassion for his fellow human beings is a completely other subject for deep introspection on a different day.

Geraldo is not afraid to stand up to O'Reilly. He said the other members of the GOP are really not interested in moving forward on immigration reform.

Geraldo Rivera is not always behind our President but immigration is one of his pet projects and dear to his heart. He said there are over 500,000 undocumented workers in the New York City area alone.

Geraldo told us the last time him and O'Reilly went off on this subject they almost came to blows--it was heated--and the closest he has ever come to a fight on the air.

These people are here and working hard and want a future just like the rest of us.

Here is a sample of the traditional older hard working Latinos in action in San Diego..........

Take a trip to Rancho Santa Fe and see who is doing all of the manual labor, building brick walls, gardening, etc. The place could not survive without the Hispanic labor.

And as George Bush said....who is going to pick strawberries....my kids are not going to do that kind of work, are yours.......

The best story is the Mexican guys working on an extremely steep roof, no protection, huge drop off, on Thanksgiving day. I said.....why are you guys working on Thanksgiving......and they said....my boss--he wants the money.

Geraldo also did a good job on his show recently when he called out San Diego congressman Duncan Hunter on saying 5 members of Isis had come through the Southern Border. In fact, thanks to Geraldo, it was proven to be a lie without any substantiation of facts behind the statement.

The border in San Diego and the surrounding areas is extremely strong. Try visiting the border crossing at Jamul....these people are not playing around. Constantly going through cargo trucks, armed and with dogs, often waiting at the end of the dirt driveways during the night--these people are serious and defy anyone to say they are not.

Thanks, Geraldo and Noam, bringing up the opposite side of the issue, for telling us the facts, but mostly thank you for your compassion towards other human beings around the world.