If You Were Wondering

I haven’t been putting up much other than the Iditarod coverage because I have too much going on in Real Life™.

I’m building a security light system to cover a very dark spot among the little duplexes that my Mother manages. I’m trying to install a low voltage lighting system around my Mother’s water garden to comply with regulations designed for swimming pools. I’m attempting to repair a bad threshold and exterior door to the kitchen in my house. I’m planning on replacing the decking at the back of my Mother’s house.

This is in addition to all of the other little things that come up every day, like shopping, cooking, eating … the little details of life.

And then there is the thing that I am most involved with at the moment – The War.

I had to bail out one of the Underhouse crew from Animal Control because she was trapped by a neighbor, who is attempting to make everyone’s life miserable. Her latest tactic is trapping cats by enticing them onto her property with tuna fish, and, i kid you not – red salmon. I love red salmon, but I won’t pay what they charge for it, and she is using it to attract cats. Why not Beluga caviar?

I am in charge of building a barrier between this individual and the rest of the tenants in the area. The owner turned down my first choice – 12-foot chainlink topped with razor wire and land mines, so I’m planting azaleas and a flag pole on the line to shield the 4-foot fence that will be in place, and no one needs to discuss its possible problem with ‘static electricity’ that ‘is caused the use of metal stakes and fencing, interacting with the high water table, and the acidic soil.’ [When it comes to BS, it is a good thing science education in this country is so inadequate.]

I’m now researching repellants to see if there is some way of keeping the cats away from her house. The bail could mount up, and it is a funding source for Animal Control, so they aren’t apt to accept that this individual is just causing trouble and should be ignored.

It was so much easier when I could just call in an air strike…

PS – cat blogging will be delayed and may feature a mug shot.