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Today's News and Weather Report
Oct. 17th, 2011 12:52 pmIt's definitely cooler than it was; last night it very nearly froze if it didn't actually freeze. Brrrrrr. It is definitely fall, with what I believe will be an early winter. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think so. We'll see. Tomorrow *might* be a bit warmer though. ::fingers crossed::
So what have I been doing? Getting ready for winter mostly. I have yet to get my car in the garage, which bothers me a great deal. :( I had thought surely I would get at least that much done but apparently not. The worst of it is stuff that there is just *so much* to go through. Yikes. And I don't want to pay out $$ for people to move it yet again to another storage but I might not have much choice. I am getting plastic over all the windows, and caulking as much as I can. I still haven't gotten anything done about the basement though. The summer just went too fast -- in large part due to the heat wave when no-one wanted to go down and work in a stuffy basement -- and also, I have to move a lot of things around on the porch before I can get to the door (the door is a part of the floor, which is very common around here.)
On to more cheerful news.
Mike H. stopped by with a young kitten he found wandering and lost. I feel sure it is someone's pet because it is clearly well-cared for and very tame and friendly. So I will be watching the lost and found ads to see if I can locate the owner. Mike said he will watch too; I am sure someone is missing it. Right now I have it sleeping in a carrier after a nice meal of gooshy food and water. (I can't keep it in my bathroom because (a) the bathroom is too small and (b) it is where one of the litter boxes is kept.) My little dog has spent most of the morning barking at the poor thing though it doesn't seem to mind -- she (LeeAnn) remains firm in her belief that small kittens are actually mice, and therefore to be hunted. *sigh* She cannot be trusted at all until kittens reach a larger size, then everything is fine. My other two cats have been doing the traditional smell-and-hiss checking-out of the stranger, and throwing their own tantrums.
And so it goes. Now I need to write a little bit.
So what have I been doing? Getting ready for winter mostly. I have yet to get my car in the garage, which bothers me a great deal. :( I had thought surely I would get at least that much done but apparently not. The worst of it is stuff that there is just *so much* to go through. Yikes. And I don't want to pay out $$ for people to move it yet again to another storage but I might not have much choice. I am getting plastic over all the windows, and caulking as much as I can. I still haven't gotten anything done about the basement though. The summer just went too fast -- in large part due to the heat wave when no-one wanted to go down and work in a stuffy basement -- and also, I have to move a lot of things around on the porch before I can get to the door (the door is a part of the floor, which is very common around here.)
On to more cheerful news.
Mike H. stopped by with a young kitten he found wandering and lost. I feel sure it is someone's pet because it is clearly well-cared for and very tame and friendly. So I will be watching the lost and found ads to see if I can locate the owner. Mike said he will watch too; I am sure someone is missing it. Right now I have it sleeping in a carrier after a nice meal of gooshy food and water. (I can't keep it in my bathroom because (a) the bathroom is too small and (b) it is where one of the litter boxes is kept.) My little dog has spent most of the morning barking at the poor thing though it doesn't seem to mind -- she (LeeAnn) remains firm in her belief that small kittens are actually mice, and therefore to be hunted. *sigh* She cannot be trusted at all until kittens reach a larger size, then everything is fine. My other two cats have been doing the traditional smell-and-hiss checking-out of the stranger, and throwing their own tantrums.
And so it goes. Now I need to write a little bit.
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