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August 03, 2006

Catching a break...

I do believe it's cooler out there than it has been the last few days; sometimes I just don't mind those little cold fronts dipping down from Canada, eh?! At any rate, I had never felt so wilted and sweaty and down right dripping wet disgusting as I did earlier this week. eeewww...

So we got somewhat hooked on dried raspberries a few months ago. What evil being decided to yank them out of the stores! I had a stash since I was buying multiple packs whenever I went shopping...then...they were gone and now, so is my stash. I finally got online and started looking, which again, was what I should have done weeks ago when the stash was dwindling. Some places are out of stock but I found one willing to ship me some...well sort of. You see I also found some tantalizing chocolate covered dried fruit as well, that just jumped into my shopping cart...yes fans...things CAN and DO just jump into shopping carts even when they are virtual..amazing! Be that as it may...I got email from said online company telling me it is just too hot to ship chocolate and they would attempt shipment next week. I guess that is preferable to a giant bag of melted ooze and fruit.

I took the opportunity to cart a crate full of cats off to the vet for their annual check ups in this oppressive heat and humidity...yup yup yup...31.8 total pounds of cats plus carrier. Lets just say that ~Elmo has not gained any weight during the course of the year but he could stand to lose a few more pounds. Dr C suggested low carb food for both of them..( diabetic cat food since he suspects ~Elmo would develop diabetes before long anyway)....all fat and protein he says..just like they would eat out in the wild...mice and birds...yeah...now that's all I think of when I open the cans...ground up mice and bird pieces. More eeewww. All in all it was a real thrill to drag them off for their check ups...one of them scratched the hell out of my leg, ~Elmo would not come out of the carrier per usual ( even DR C had the thing upside down trying to shake the cat loose from the sides) Knoel drooled all over my arm while I was holding him during the exam. DR C wished he had more time to make friends with each animal so he could hold them and make them comfortable..yeah doc, you got more than 6 years? Don't think twice about it, Knoel really does like me but he doesn't want me to pick him up either...I was lucky I got only drooled on..or maybe he is the one who slit open my leg. Seriously, we made quite an impression...yellow shirt covered with mostly black fur..open wound with blood pooling around my ankle all mingling with a little sweat because after all, there was mild exertion involved in carting 31.8 pound of cat plus carrier around.

In other news...I listed our snow blower for sale on craigslist and finally got a response yesterday. I didn't hear back if the guy is indeed coming to look at it but I did feel the need to go out into the garage and clean it up a bit and make sure it started well. There had been Leo dust and construction scat all over it. 5 minutes of mild movement in the heat and humidity was good for a half hour of profuse dewiness! of course it was at this time that ~Elmo and Knoel decided to forgive me for carting them off to the vet...sweat plus cat hair = further disgusting eeewww....

With today's forecast of lower temps, I just may get to move more freely about without offending those in close proximity...I think I need to make a trip to the farm stand. BTW, sweet corn is not going to be too abundant around here this year because of the earlier excessive rains, some field are still flooded. Hrumph, as if fresh corn season isn't short enough, we now have to contend with shortages.

Have a good day all...

Posted by frani at August 3, 2006 07:30 AM

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Not enough sweet corn?? What is this country coming to? Have a great weekend. Beth

Posted by: bunnybeth at August 4, 2006 09:09 PM

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