Day 21
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Other than a frustratingly long wait in the
morning, the day went fairly well. It
started out a lot cooler and windier than expected, so TGF didn’t come over “in
the morning”. I tried to find enough “busy
work” to pass the time .. not always completely successful. I just don’t do “wait” very well. I did manage to get my cheap hollyhock into
a pot .. and discovered it’s blooming!
Not bad for $1!!
TGF and the boys (all 4) got here a little after
noon; I think around 1:30, but don’t really remember exactly. I do know that, as usual, she didn’t give
them lunch .. and they came over here asking for something to eat. I really don’t have stuff like that in the
house any more. I know they tried to
raid the pantry .. the only thing they found was a box of crackers (which they
demolished).
Anyway, I got out in the yard with them as best
I could. They kept asking me things like
“what is this” or “is this any good” ..
how can I answer when I can’t even tell what it is?? I’m sure we threw away things that maybe
shouldn’t have been. But I’m also sure
we saved things that we maybe should not have.
Well, even though the job is far from finished, it looks hugely better
than it did. If my cleaning lady friend
manages to find a time to come help me, as she offered to do, it might get
completely done and look the best it has in years!
Before they finished, DIL got here. At that point I pretty much stopped and came
inside. Pollen has never been a
problem, but dust is. We were sweeping
and I was starting to get a bit chokey.
After the boys got to a stopping point (which
was a lot more than I really expected them to accomplish!), they all came
inside, and all 6 kids were back in the den.
They were a bit disappointed that they couldn’t get their favorite
cartoon channels (I cut Dish back to only basic), but they got over it!
In late afternoon DSS got here, and they quickly
threw as much of the bagged and put aside trash as they could in the truck, and
took it to the dump. That’s the part of
the clean up job that so often doesn’t get done, so that’s a great help!
When they got back, he loaded the gun cabinets
into the truck. There are still a few
ieces of furniture for him to take home (I told him he could have all the
cabinets that DH’s craft supplies were in, since he ended up taking most of the
junky stuff that would need a home at his house!) I think he still has one cabinet to get.
Last night the “missing” cat finally turned up
in that back bedroom. That makes sense ..
I’m sure she hid in the quietest place she could find! So after making sure Maggie and Butter were
out, we set the trap with a bowl of chicken (canned) .. she has to be hungry by
now. I haven’t checked this morning (it’s
too early to open the front door); but I *think* I heard the trap and the cat
crying during the night. Hopefully I can
get her outside and put an end to this misadventure!
I hate for them to not get fed for over a
week. But I’m very much afraid that if
the boys put food out for them, the dogs are going to steal it. No body will be at the house at the time of
day I normally feed them; and I doubt they’ll try to feed them in the hall for
fear another one will sneak into the house.
I’m trying to convince myself not to worry about
them .. they’re really only “strays” … but I sort of consider them mine!!
When I was gone for a weekend, it seemed like
they disappeared .. but within a few days, all but one had come back. I think one of the litter did wander off on
it’s own (or met with disaster). There
are still 4 here, especially the smallest, little gray one we call Shadow. I’m even thinking about letting hm just come
in and be fed with my 2 while I’m gone .. they tolerate him ok. And I can shut off most of the house so can
limit the amount of trouble they can get into!
Well, I haven’t finished packing, so better get
busy. Lots to do before travelling later
this morning!
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