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Had a dentist appt this morn, but cancelled it due to the heat. My appt was for 1;30 and it's going to be 109* today, so I rescheduled for Friday @ 10am. Only 98* Friday.

Did some watering early, and came inside to read up on how to get rid of foxes in my byard. 🦊🦊

They're poopin' all over the place, tearing up my plastic ornaments from the $ store, knocking over my empty planting containers....just making a mess. They're a little too comfortable here.

If anyone has any ideas that work let me know. Or, I may invest in a BB gun.. 🤫
 
RobinWren said:
I want to cry at stories like this, why have an animal if you cannot care for it properly. We are fortunate at least where I live, our rescues generally bring dogs in from the states or other parts of Canada. So many people here are willing to give a cat or dog a good home. Even on my walks I rarely see an outdoor cat.
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Yes, I feel so sorry for our feral cat population in this horrid heat. I saw one drinking from a gutter and it was so thristy it wasn’t even spooked by my walking by with by walker. The gutter is so dangerous for animals to drink from and yet the cats have no choice.
 

dobielvr said:
Had a dentist appt this morn, but cancelled it due to the heat. My appt was for 1;30 and it's going to be 109* today, so I rescheduled for Friday @ 10am. Only 98* Friday.

Did some watering early, and came inside to read up on how to get rid of foxes in my byard. 🦊🦊

They're poopin' all over the place, tearing up my plastic ornaments from the $ store, knocking over my empty planting containers....just making a mess. They're a little too comfortable here.

If anyone has any ideas that work let me know. Or, I may invest in a BB gun.. 🤫
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Hmm, mouse traps where they step and catch a toe and learn to avoid them. Not rat traps, a rat trap could cripple them.
 
dobielvr said:
Had a dentist appt this morn, but cancelled it due to the heat. My appt was for 1;30 and it's going to be 109* today, so I rescheduled for Friday @ 10am. Only 98* Friday.

Did some watering early, and came inside to read up on how to get rid of foxes in my byard. 🦊🦊

They're poopin' all over the place, tearing up my plastic ornaments from the $ store, knocking over my empty planting containers....just making a mess. They're a little too comfortable here.

If anyone has any ideas that work let me know. Or, I may invest in a BB gun.. 🤫
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They may be looking for water.
 
I had a fairly large CD mature last week and today I started the process of paying off the balance of our mortgage. This of course lead me into the world of internet banking hell. I took my loan out with USAA many years ago, and they turned it over to Nation Star, who somehow brought Wells Fargo into the picture. I finally got the payoff balance from Nation Star, but they wanted me to wire the money to a Wells Fargo account that I never heard of before. But Wells Fargo does not me to wire any more than $5000.00 at a time.

After numerous logins, logouts and phone discussion with several different people, I threw up my hands and finally found where I could send a certified check to USAA. This now entailed moving money from my main checking account at Navy Federal to our local Regions Bank account, and an in office discussion with our local bank manager.

Tomorrow I will be able to go back to Regions and get a certified check made out to USAA. Altogether five banking institutions managed to get into the act. I told the lady at Regions to give herself a virtual hug for rescuing me from internet banking hell..

How do things get this complicated?

I need a nap!
 
Finished filling a large box of clothing and shoes for donations. Most of the clothing is now too big for me. Not a bad problem to have. Saved some sparkly clothes and shoes for when my 6 year old GD comes over and wants to play dress-up. :love:

Tried on a bunch of my dressier clothing to figure out what I'll wear to an August wedding. Got it narrowed down to two choices.

I love being able to shop in my closet.
 
StarSong said:
Finished filling a large box of clothing and shoes for donations. Most of the clothing is now too big for me. Not a bad problem to have. Saved some sparkly clothes and shoes for when my 6 year old GD comes over and wants to play dress-up. :love:

Tried on a bunch of my dressier clothing to figure out what I'll wear to an August wedding. Got it narrowed down to two choices.

I love being able to shop in my closet.
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I do not have dressier clothes. I never go where they would be needed.
 
I had a bad feeling when I woke up and the day didn't disappoint. Off and on heavy rain with drizzle in between - cool and overcast. Found standing water in the cellar and of course, so much rain that the plastic sheet I put in the attic under the leak didn't help much, so more stained wallpaper.

I cleaned out my closets yesterday and got two, 60-gallon trash bags of clothes and a 12-gallon bag of shoes to donate to the city mission. I thought I'd take the clothes to the laundromat to freshen them up - in the pouring rain. Got there when it opened at 5am and there were 3 cars already there. Who would have thought that early on a Monday morning so may people in a small town would be wanting to do laundry. Added to the fact one top-loader was out-of-order. At least my dryer at home worked.

Decided to re-pot a cactus that was leggy and very top-heavy. I wore thick gardening gloves and still got poked. Then it broke in half. Went ahead an re-potted the stump. I'll let the other parts cure, then stick them in soil and see what happens.

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On top of all, Firefox decided to act up. Couldn't open homepage - the load icon just kept spinning around. Closed FF, but in Task Manager, it said it was still running. Had to manually close it. Happened twice - FF just freezes.

I called the roofer to confirm he was coming on Saturday. He said he is so far behind schedule because of the weather, he isn't sure now when he can get here. Meanwhile - unsettled weather all week.

So how was YOUR day?
 
Today's major job (which is not really allthat big) is to start looking for two, new counter chairs/stools today. Fortunately my legs went down before the stool did this morning, leaving me standing and stool not so much. The stool was overpriced, China-made crap from a place called Grandin Road, an outlet recommended by the decorator friend of a friend. Stupid me. Even after I glued and clamped it back together twice, the junk still fell apart quite suddenly in different places. Furniture should last more than a year and a half. We still have some pieces made by now-defunct Heywood Wakefield that remain as solid, variations in humidity be damned. Throw in a trip to the market, some reading and the day will fill up.
 
Going to a new salon today for a haircut and a little color weaving. This is my DIL's stylist, and I've know both the stylist and her husband since they were in HS with my boys. It's a much more upscale salon than my usual but it's time to go to a pro for the color. Also, I'm leaning toward an updated cut. Shags are back in - they always worked well with my curls.
 
Waiting for my doctor's phone appointment. Might have to go out later, depending on whether the humidity gets to us or not. The condo is having the a/c chiller looked at today, so a/c will be off until tomorrow morning. Humidity level outside is 82%. May have to get the fan out of our locker .. we'll see.
 
1st of three days off after six days of work

today’s activities in order of priority :

Devotions and COFFEE. 😄

dance/exercise (my cardiologist tells me I need to be doing 30 min cardio 5 days a week—I’m up to 20+ min 3-4 days a week)

wash

new library books. (After watching “Genius” about Thomas Wolfe, I picked up one of his books…. Ok, he is a genius with words but reading a chapter of his writing is like eating a whole cheesecake— very dense and rich)

grocery shopping and cooking ahead

finish the Bollywood movie I started last night

have a great day!
 
JonDouglas said:
Today's major job (which is not really allthat big) is to start looking for two, new counter chairs/stools today. Fortunately my legs went down before the stool did this morning, leaving me standing and stool not so much. The stool was overpriced, China-made crap from a place called Grandin Road, an outlet recommended by the decorator friend of a friend. Stupid me. Even after I glued and clamped it back together twice, the junk still fell apart quite suddenly in different places. Furniture should last more than a year and a half. We still have some pieces made by now-defunct Heywood Wakefield that remain as solid, variations in humidity be damned. Throw in a trip to the market, some reading and the day will fill up.
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Take a look at this site, Jon.

They have some really beautiful furniture.

http://hancockandmoore.com/Products/Search?TypeID=CAT9,CSTOOL
 
Paco Dennis said:
Went to the big city to buy a cordless chainsaw. Stopped by the Fretboard Cafe for a cup of Decaf. :)

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Looks like you had the place all to yourself? :)

I remember as a kid, while out with my mom running around town, we'd stop in at one particular coffee shop, and I was always taken aback by the regulars that would get up from the table they were sitting at, go fetch the pot of coffee, refill everyone's coffee cups at their table, and the waitress never flinched. :giggle:

Are you still required to wear masks where you live?
 

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