Beloved Hubby put all of us
to shame today. He was home, and we have a Big Trash Pick Up Day scheduled for
Monday, and while most of us believed the pile was big enough already, he went
after all the half-finished projects and various ‘intend to’ abandonments, and
it’s now huge. All the old furniture is out there, the non-functioning double
stoves, the old cooktop and vent hood, tons of stuff from the storage barn that
DMIL and DFIL had already cleared out. I helped some, but it was barely a
raindrop in the ocean compared to him !
We also have a new-to-us
vehicle, and said goodbye and farewell to Venus-diesel. We’re now tooling
around in a Toyota 4-Runner that, to me, is darn near perfect for us. Four
doors, not quite so tall, a full-size backseat, moonroof, excellent stereo with
a CD player, a back big enough for a whole load of groceries with a sliding top
and a kind of ‘container’ custom-shaped to the carpet back there that helps
keep stuff from tumbling over, with a hatchback and electronic everything. Air
conditioning needs charging, but just having the windows open was nice and cool
this afternoon ! So far, unless something else springs up, her name is ‘Angel’.
Some bad news, though.
Ginger is still rampaging through everything, and she doesn’t care what gets
knocked over in her wake. I may have to line the Arena desktops with aluminum
foil, she’s so determined to squeeze into any inch of space that might fit her
lately. She’s already knocked over and broken her food dish, my OttLite
lightbulb, and a coffee mug – yesterday she sent Nightmare, Headmistress
Bloodgood’s horse, tumbling to the floor, and I just noticed there’s a big
crack in his nose. (sigh) If I could, I’d take it out of her allowance, but one
of the things about being a cat is that you don’t really own anything of real
value to anyone else but another cat, and 99% of that is cat chow.
You might see if you can find Feliway (I think that's how it's spelled) at Wal-Mart. It's good for calming hyper kitties down. I use it on Finn-cat when he goes to the vet and comes home all freaked out.
ReplyDeleteIt may just Ginger getting used to her new again environment. My cat drove me crazy for a few days after we moved. He was into everything and jumping all over. He calmed down but still has moments LOL. He's afraid of the spray from air freshener. I use an empty air freshner can to keep him away from things I'm working on.
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