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whodat111/susan posted an update Sunday, Jun 12, 2022, 4:49am EDT, 1 year, 11 months ago
Hi Potties - Time to catch up again.
I have a "draft dodger" in front of the storeroom door across from the cats' bathroom & I've had trouble keeping it across the entire door recently. One night last week I thought I saw either a rat or a possum face peering out into the hallway. When I opened the door & turned on the light there was nothing to be seen nor heard . I now know what's going on. My neighbor, Dennis, called this afternoon to tell me Tomas had been working with him today & needed a couple more hours to put in a full day - did I have anything to be done? I've had an large wooden cat cage from our breeding days that's been sitting in that room & decided to get the fellows to take it apart so I could bring a metal shelving unit from the old house to put things in better order. Once the cage was destroyed & hauled outside I was shocked to find the wall behind the cage had several holes in it & lots of insulation had been pulled out . Seems as tho when we were overrun by rodents a few years back they had been using the insulation & miscellaneous papers to built nests under the cage & in some boxes of books nearby. The cage hadn't been moved in a number of years so there was no way I could see the damage being done. Must be how the baby possum got in that room & may have been the entry point from the 1 found in the pantry about a year ago. I'll get with Dennis to discuss replacing the paneling & insulation on the whole wall when he & Tomas have a day to spare. I was going to Lowe's this coming week to get even more "hurt" impatiens so I'll take a look at what's available to make the repairs. I spent a couple of hours tonight vacuuming the damaged area & may drag out the steam mop on Sun. to clean the area I can reach for now.
I spent part of Fri. afternoon planting most of the last batch of impatiens & 2 bags of stargazer bulbs but have about 7 impatiens, 1 more bag of stargazers, 1 rosemary plant & 1 red mandevilla that still need homes. I'll coat myself in bug repellent in hopes the mosquitoes don't fly off with me.
Watched the Belmont today. It's the longest of the Triple Crown races but if it had been just a little longer, I think the only filly in the field might have caught the eventual winner. It looked like she was closing fast.
I got a call on June 3rd from Bobby, the Social Director at the home. Bear was in his office & wanted to talk with me. Thankfully, he no longer begs me to come get him or ask when I'm coming to see him. I feel sure he's getting good care - 1 staff member & no residents have tested positive for Covid in several months. Bobby was kind enough to email me a picture of Bear & he looked pretty good. I passed the picture along to Selena Anne & am sending a print of it to our friends in Florida.
I went over to the old house last week & brought back a tote bag of books & another of assorted "stuff". I may try & make a run this coming week but most days are expected to have temps in the low 90's & there's no a/c so we'll see how it goes.
I went to the U-Haul space last week & got the vintage ladies' sewing rocker to fill the empty space in the booth. Still have 1 spot open & will see what I can move from the old house to fill it.
EA, Selena's daughter is sending a load of furniture & such up to her new place in Mich. tomorrow. Next Mon. Selena is planning on moving their belongings to the Blairsville house. Poor Selena has been frantic with handling 2 moves at once & 3 of them fighting bouts of strep throat at the same time.
I've sorted thru some of my cat books (fiction) to send to my friend Francine. She'll pass them along to her daughter . I hope to get them mailed this coming week.
Hope everybody is doing well & ready for the heat wave predicted for most of the county. Later.
Susan