Happy Sunday!
Beautiful morning at the park. Breezy 66 degrees, I actually got a little chilly while there.
Just us and Barky/Humpy though.
The GR had a great time, and I needed them to wear their little asses out. They’ve been getting the zoomies a lot, and it’s been too hot to put them outside. They are big enough now that zoomies in the house means furniture being moved and stuff knocked over.
I overdid it a little bit by going. My back was sore when we were leaving. It’s a different kind of hurt, but it still hurts.
I’m sleeping better though. I used to wake up every hour or so in pain, and would try to find a comfortable position. Now I’m sleeping for two to three hours before waking up.
I walked down the stairs this morning instead of bopping down on my ass.
Progress!
Yesterday’s petsitting was interesting.
Humpy hates the GR. She went into the living room and we’d hear her growl every time the GR went anywhere near her. Finally, she ran into the family room and squeezed her way between me and the arm of the sofa. I cannot believe she fit her entire 55 pounds in that small space.
We didn’t have to stay long, as my friend’s MIL got home early.
My friend had left us a gift card and cash to have some lunch delivered, unfortunately, I couldn’t get the internet on my phone, so I couldn’t look up any phone numbers. I was just about ready to look up her password off the router when the MIL got there.
I have a data plan for my phone, so I have no idea why I couldn’t get the internet. I think there is something weird about where she lives because sometimes her phone cuts in and out when she is talking to me from home. She lives in the expensive, ritzy area, so you’d think she’d have good reception.
It was so hot when we left. My truck said it was 103 degrees. I needed pot holders for the steering wheel. The pups were miserable, and they rushed right inside when we got home. Usually, I’ll sit outside for a bit with them so they can potty and sniff around. I sat by myself; they were inside laying on the AC register.
I’m still checking out what’s available in real estate. I found another house I like. It’s $10,000 more and is on over a half-acre. But it has just one bathroom, I want two full baths. Part of it is fenced, a small part. It’s a few minutes closer to my son’s job, but further from everything. From the aerial photo there are fields on one side, but some kind of trucking yard on the other. It’s in a rural area, but with more industrial stuff around it. It’s also about 400 sq feet smaller.
I’ll think about it.
Adding another bathroom won’t be cheap, as the house is only 1200 sq feet, so there would have to be an addition. I don’t know how noisy a trucking yard can get. There’s no garage, but several outbuildings, that don’t look in good shape. The oil tank is in the basement, which is nice in cold weather as the line won’t freeze. However, if an oil tank in the basement leaks or bursts, you have a hell of a mess on your hands.
My neighbor told me he had a package stolen off the porch. I looked back through my ring videos and saw who it was. Unfortunately, I can’t see her face because the ring didn’t pick her up until she was leaving. I’m sure she was thrilled to open the package and find a small part for a motor.
I haven’t had any packages stolen, yet. I’m trying to adjust the ring settings to pick up more of the neighbor’s porch.
One of the reasons I don’t like recliners FCM is because I have gotten stuck in them. I’m short and if the recliner is big, I have trouble getting the footrest down.
We must have had some storming last night. A branch from the neighbor’s tree was resting on my fence this morning. One of the boards got knocked loose.
I wish she’d get that tree cut down, it’s half dead and shedding branches.
The work you are doing looks tedious.
I’m sorry about your mom JtC, but I’m happy for you that you get to spend some quality time with her now.
Squirrels will sploot to cool off. I doubt peanuts would hurt it much, unless it becomes a constant diet.
One of my mother’s exes used to feed the squirrels and I noticed one was getting cloudy eyes and losing fur. A vet told me a diet of only peanuts wouldn’t be good for the squirrel, they need variety in their diet.
The squirrels got so bad that one of them would climb the screen to the slider door and swing against the glass to demand peanuts. There were three pairs of blue jays who sat on the railing and screeched until they were fed, too.
I was out on the deck in bare feet one day, and one of the squirrels ran up and grabbed my toe. I think it looked like a peanut to him.
Squirrels don’t really attack each other, but I think they are not friends either. When they are chasing each other, I think it’s not play.
My old dog Mackie didn’t care about other critters, unless it was another dog. Anything could go up and sit next to him. There was one squirrel that would always run and sit next to Mackie when the other squirrels were chasing him. The other squirrels wouldn’t go near Mackie so that squirrel had a safe space to be left alone.
I hope Polar is okay, Taters.
Pilot, I’m getting there. My mother instilled a lot of guilt in me. As the older child, I was expected to know better, and set the example. I always wondered when my sister was going to be old enough to know better. Hell, my mother even yelled at me when my sister got pregnant at 18. I was supposed to have talked to her.
Nobody talked to me and I figured it out.
I hate shopping with other people. I am a get in and get out kind of person.
My mother and sister both loved to shop and OMG sometimes they wanted me to go with them.
They would go out for one specific thing, and 7-8 stores later they have a bunch of bags of everything, except for what they went out for.
However, when on vacation, I want to take my time and relax.
My parents were the opposite, go see one destination and back in the car and rush off for the next one. Probably why I never want to travel. They wanted to cram in as much as possible, I wanted some time to enjoy where I was.
Cute shower curtain Vroom
There sure seems to be a lot of personality in the small package that is Spot.
I didn’t get much done today, I loaded and ran the dishwasher.
I fell asleep in the chair for 4 hours.
I have to go to the doctor for a shot in my knee tomorrow. I was debating going to the dog park, but I think I won’t tomorrow. I’ll rest and take my time getting ready.
I had stuff to get done this weekend, and once again, very little got done.
And the bloodmobile staff didn’t care whether any of the donors ate/drank anything. I had to sit on a bench for 10 minutes before I could leave, but a snack was totally optional. I also made sure I was hydrated and not hungry before I left the house.
