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Racoon update…..

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:30:24 +0000

So Mommy racoon and her 4 babies have safely been relocated to a marshy area near Stevens Point. The 1st night the mommy racoon managed to undo the trap door to the cage on top of the chimney and escape back down into the chimney. Smart racoon and extremely dedicated to the babies! The guy had to come back and put a new trap door on the cage and assured me there was no way for her to escape again. Last night worked and she was still in the cage this morning. Unfortunately she had to endure a rainstorm last night.

So after taking racoon and cage off the roof, he took the babies out through the damper in the fireplace. Yeah, the guy is standing on the roof with a net on a long pole and the babies start dropping out of the fireplace damper. They were kinda cute. about half the size of Digby. And they growl, sounded like a bobcat kind of growl. When mommy and babies were reunited (in cages, of course) in the driveway it was kinda touching because they looked so happy to see each other. Ok, but they do have really long, sharp-lookin’ claws. All the while the dogs aren’t the least bit interested in the racoons, they were more interested in the racoon guy, that’s probably how they managed to last so long undetected in the chimney.

Let this be a lesson. Cap the freakin’ chimney!

ETA: Apparently racoons do not like “Battlestar Galactica” ….

Just stuff….

Sun, 28 May 2006 02:04:31 +0000

Is there a hair dresser out there that actually knows how to cut hair? I’ve gotten 3 haircuts in the last 6 weeks I think. Each time trying to fix the previous haircut. Today’s hair dresser said “oh yeah I can fix that.” I guess the point being that there should not have been anything to fix, since I just got a cut 3 weeks ago. At the same place by the way. She said the last person cut the layers with the angle going in the wrong direction, thus causing my hair to bunch out at the side in a kind of cone shape. Partly my fault I suppose, because I didn’t let them dry it last time. But that’s a whole new story… because when they do dry it they make me look like a poodle.

Pet peeve of the week…..

Bank tellers. This happens every time I go to the bank. Different banks even. Drive-up… lobby…same thing every time. The teller will say to me “Do you want to deposit these checks?” as I hold out my deposit slip and my checks endorsed with “for deposit only” after I have said “I’d like to deposit these please”. End of story.

…test

Mon, 15 May 2006 02:44:12 +0000

I really have to check in a little more often here. There are 400 comments sitting there. Granted most of them are advertising for porn sites, but 1 was a real comment from 4 months ago. perhaps I can come up with some witty, entertaining stuff.

Just know that there is an out of the way shoe store on the way home from Iowa. And if Caesar didn’t need to be picked up on time, I would be the owner of new shoes. The Shoe Box, route 87 or 78 or whatever. Advertises themselves as the midwest’s largest shoe store. Next time. I will have shoes!

….No Title…

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:46:46 +0000

If anyone is still reading this….I’m still alive. I survived the plane ride and the in-laws. But we still have those 2 free tickets and I was just noticing there are $80.00 a night hotel rooms in San Fransisco in January. So…..anyone up for San Fran in mid winter?

In other news, I was hoping the evil employer had finished resurfacing the parking lot while I was gone. But that didn’t happen…so maybe I should parachute in to work.

Only 1 more day left…..

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:07:40 +0000

….and then we have to go back to reality. It’s been the coldest, rainiest, vacation here in a long time. All of the trails are soggy and mucky making it hard to even walk around. But in the good news category, there is plenty of water to take a shower and flush the toilet even .
Went fishing. Caught some red fish, and pollack. Also caught some little baby cod that we had to throw back. Also saw whales so that was good. We got a combination whale watching/fishing trip.
Now I’m just waiting for the sun to come out so the wet laundry will dry. Hopefully!

Where’s my ring?

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:52:49 +0000

Oh look! It’s back on my finger!

The jeweler did an awesome job of making it a size and a quarter bigger and soldering it back together. They even did scrollwork on the new section and you can only tell if you look really closely. The new scrollwork is slightly different than the old and the new gold is a little bit different color. . And it’s all shiny and pretty again.

The price though to fix it is about the same as the cost of the ring 30 years ago.

Oh well.

Space Available…

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:56:35 +0000

Anyone out there want to go on vacation with us? Prefer younger, fun-loving, person, with better than average personal hygeine. Must enjoy sitting in the car for an endless amount of time, using outdoor facilities, and sleeping in a less than luxurious environment. But the scenery is incredible.
All you have to do is put up with us for 2 weeks. This would include crabbiness, emotional outburts, and occasional temper tantrums. You’ll likely be covered with dog hair and if you’re unlucky enough to be stuck in the back seat, you’ll get a huge headache and be sea sick from the squeaky spring. Food would include fatty, salt-laden fast food anywhere we can find it along the way. But again the scenery and card playing are abundant.

Come on, you know you want to go.

Our guest has backed out (parents can be such a pain). And it’s quite possible that the 3 of us could kill each other if left alone.

One more time….

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:38:05 +0000

So I show up at my rehab appointment just as the tornado siren is going off and the radio said there’s a tornado on the ground just south of Rib Mountain. Yeah! What do I do now?
Stupid part is people are just walkin’ around like nothin’ s happenin’.
So I run into the rehab class just to see what’s going on. I’m told if I stay I have to go to a room with no windows with all the old people. I decide to go back home…in the direction of the possible funnel clouds/tornado. On the highway everyone is driving about 75 mph and the sky just south of the mountain isn’t looking too good. It was a lovely shade of black and blue.
After I get on the exit ramp the tornado siren goes off again. Instant panic attack. I made it home. Run into the house, gather up the tornado supplies and pups again, and hustle to the basement. Geez, you’d think I’d have all the supplies together in one place by now, wouldn’t you?
Once again grabbing the car keys and checkbook. Like who am I gonna write a check to in a tornado? Downstairs, Aaron’s taking a shower and oblivious to the whole thing.
You know the outcome, we spent an hour in the basement and nothing happened. And of course, another round possible today.

PS. Veggie burgers really suck!

Just another summer day…

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:46:23 +0000

Tornado warning in progress…but the siren isn’t going off yet. So we’re ok…so far!
It’s probably a good idea to get flashlights, etc. together ahead of time. Gotta go…

Update…

Not much happened. A little wind, lots of lightning. We spent 30 minutes in the basement with 2 bewildered dogs and a cat and all of our important belongings. We always take things like car keys with us. But if the tornado levels our car, why would we need the keys?

And the good news is, according to weather reports, we get to go through it all again tomorrow!

FF continued….

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:55:31 +0000

I think I’ve managed to improve on the grilled cheese from yesterday. Just take off the tomato.

That is all.