#cat disaster

[facesofcinema]

Twister (1996)

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Pompeii (2014)

[facesofcinema]

The Bay (2012)

[nawilla]

Beware the Ides of March, or something . .

So, first thing this morning N the Cat managed to pee on my laptop keyboard.

I caught it immediately and it was not very much (she was peeing on the same throw she puked on last week), but it is fleece, some rolled right off and some got in the keys and mouse plate.

The capslock is stuck on, the mouse plate is dead and it boots up fine but won't let me log in.

I do not know how this will effect posting on AO3. Currently the dreaded device is upside down in hopes the foulness will drain.

Did I mention it was the first 3 day weekend that I managed to take all 3 days off in years?

[jellorat]

Everything is Planted and I hurt

I took off Thursday, and my wife and I made three trips to Lowes. We got 24 bags of dirt, 12 at a time, and 5 huge bags of beauty bark. As you can see in the pictures the beauty bark filled out the rest of the hoop house.

The problem with having a physical disability is you like to forget and think you can do things you used to do 30 years ago. I am in rough shape. I not only filled the raised beds, added the bark, but I mowed the lawn.

My lawn mower saga is now over. I had ordered that lawn mower from Lowes, and they no-called, no-showed me three times, so I canceled and ordered a Makita battery mower from Amazon.

I was just going to test it to make sure it worked, so I could break down the box, but it was so cool, I mowed the back yard. My grass is only in tufts becuase they used nasty glass and garbage and rock filled dirt to level the lot, and got grass to grow good enough for the sales pictures. So it's a bumpy nasty yard to mow.

We also have an issue with the driveway as they only put a bare inch or so of gravel over the crappy fill dirt, and it is growing so many weeds. We are opting to use 2 cups of rock salt in 1 galloon of water to kill the weeds. I have sympathy at trying to get a house ready for sale, but a lot of corners were cut all over.

So anyways, I have things set up in the garden finally, and I was starting to wonder if I had committed a bit of overkill on the hoop house and chicken wire, until the day after I planted it all.

The damn cat, which is lovely and beautiful and feral, had dug up my mint bed to pee in it. I had to drag out the chicken wire and wrap each of those small round beds to keep him out.

All this is to say, I am dead up against a wall of sore and exhuastion today. I spent the day in bed and watched Good Eats on Discovery+ wiht the wife. She made game maps next to me while I dozed.

I have so much more to do, that it's nuts. I have 9 more curtains for the house, a kitchen cabinet box, and a coffee table. I'd have been done with this in a few days when I was healthier. Not so much now. I have to take each item day by day.

Like for instance, today I was going to sew one set of curtains, but I just can't. I hurt. It's really hard to be able to work with your hands, and be prevented because of your body's failings.

I am trying ot be patient with myself and happy that at least the garden is planted. I will need to top the beds with dirt in winter, and maybe transplant the strawberries to a fuller raised bed, but it's in its final form. Now, even when I am hurt and sore, I can still do the little planting things. As this condition progresses, I am set up to continue with my garden which brings me a lot or joy.

[facesofcinema]

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

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Liu lang di qiu (2019)

[ljh622-blog]

FACT: I am THAT cat lady, who once tried to become part-cat. Just not to the serious acclaim of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical turned film.