Rest In Peace Lilly

Sad news. Friday July 25, 2008 I lost a dear friend. Lilly was 15 years old and had been with me since she was a kitten. It all started one New Years Eve, when Michelle, Shannon and I were house sitting for Jeanette. She said "Don't let Natasha get out, she's in heat." Well, she did get out. Several months later 3 kittens were born. A white one, a silver one, and a black one. That little black kitty came home with me and I named her Lilly.
We've had one crazy journey together. She's lived in several places with me. Her sister Zora came to live with us 2 years later. For a brief period of time she had a dog brother named Epi Thatcher, a golden retriever. For the last 4 years she's had a dog sister, Sachi Valdez, the chihuahua.
She was a wonderful cat, she never bit or scratched anyone. She loved to hang out when people were over. She was a daredevil and a climber. She loved to lay on the railing over the stairway, never afraid she was going to miss as she jumped up. She had amazing balance. She loved to always be underfoot and getting into anything and everything. Lilly certainly made sure she was always noticed.
My heart aches and I miss her terribly. The house is certainly a lot less active since she is missing.

May I Please Have Some New Legs?

Busy weekend for me! Friday I just flopped. The work week felt really long. I think I was asleep before 11!

Saturday I was up by 6:30 and moving by 7:30. First task was the yard. I usually do it every other week, but because I went to see Will last weekend I was a week behind. The weed whacker was out of spool so on went the gardening gloves and the edging had to be done by hand. As I went around the yard I was pulling out all the long growth around the edges, alternating hands and tossing behind me. I must have looked like some crazy cartoon character. The little trees have been sprouting a number of branches that are right at the level to poke out my eyes. Blind gardening does not sound like a fun idea. So I took the clippers and cut them back. After that came the mowing of 3 weeks growth. Then the rake. I'm happy to report some of the grass is finally spreading to the bald patch. 3 hours of work with a few good breaks from the heat and the yard looks great. I even tended to the flowers both in the front and back.





I also:
Put away a load of laundry, tidied the kitchen and living room, cleaned the downstairs bath, dishes, and took out my grandmothers chair to be cleaned and set in the sun for airing after living in Amy's basement for 5 years.

Sunday I made Amy a lasagna for her birthday and brought it over. The Butchers were having band practice so afterwards everyone had cake. A rainstorm was rolling in so I made a haste exit to get home and get the trash out before the deluge.

I have still yet to finish the cabinets and free myself from the moths once and for all. It's such a loathsome task I'm finding it hard to get myself to finish it up. I know I will be grateful once it is done, it's just getting myself to do it is the challenge.

I Have an Enemy!

UGGGGGGH! I've been infested with Flour Moths! I must have brought home a bad bag of flour from the store.

I cannot even tell you how upsetting this is. I have so much stocked in my pantry. I don't know if I will have to get rid of everything I've stored or not. It's disturbing and scary and icky and expensive! I thought they were only in the 1 stand alone cabinet and I cleaned that all out and plastic containered everything and it was fine. Then I went away for the weekend and came back and they are attacking a different cabinet. Hopefully they are just there. I will get more containers and clean out that cabinet and pro actively clean the other cabinet and that should be the end of that. I hope. I tossed 2 trash bags of food the last time. 2! I'm too broke for this. This pantry stocking has been my life line. So very sad! Not to mention gross!

32 years of life and this is the first time I have ever seen this. There have been a lot of problems with food this past year. I think the standards are getting entirely too low. I wish people would get it together and be more concerned for peoples well being. Now, I've lost so much food, and I will have spent over $100 buying cleaning agents and plastic containers. All on top of having to replace all this food. All on top of I already can't even pay all my bills. The spiral moves on downward.