Oh my goodness, you pet owners, I think it's more expensive to take care of pets than to raise livestock! (Only half kidding. Animal for animal, it may be true). But yeah, in both cases it's worth it. Just seems more shocking to hear costs for small animals, pets.
Robin, I wish HB the best with his tooth removal tomorrow. At least you now know you're moving in the right direction. The mowers ought to be ashamed of themselves to leave a mess. Who am I kidding? So many people these days have no concept of responsibilities or concepts. Just getting somebody to come do anything at all is a major accomplishment!
Muzz, my last deaiings with a plumber and what they charged almost broke me of even trying to get any kind of work done. From what I've been seeing and hearing, this is likely to get worse before it gets better. There are several factors but for years now learning trades was not encouraged. Now that there's a shortage, prices have gone up, while wait time has also gotten longer. It seems more are beginning to catch on to the fact that there's more money to be made in trade skills than in many college degrees so maybe there's hope for those of us who need their services, which includes just about everybody.
Kat, hope you test good on the PT and don't get any rain tonight.
Poirot, it seems strange that gas prices would be lower up north of you.
Squirrel, I know why prices go up the end of May but why at the end of this month? Nothing like a big clap of thunder to get one out of a rocking chair and back in the house!
Our rain is gone until the first of next week. It rained overnight and a little bit this morning. Altogether I've had an inch over the past couple of days. Glad to get it. The north wind is gusting up around 35 mph today. It was wet and cloudy and cold all morning but the sun is in and out now.
I just want to sleep but it's too late for that. I woke up at 3:00 this morning and spent the next 3 hours trying to get back to sleep, finally gave it up and got up at six something. After a shower, breakfast, and morning chores, I decided to take a nap on the sun porch. Had all the curtains closed. Slept ten minutes before a persistent noise woke me up. I was warm and cozy so kept trying to sleep. Dozed a bit for another 20 minutes and finally gave it up. The racket was too much. I have one of those small feeders with a suction cup that holds it onto the outside of a window. A tiny thing, about 4"x 6", just about right for an average size bird to get inside it. Occasionally I hear one peck the glass window briefly while eating but nothing like this.
I finally got up and went to look. My jaw dropped to see Earl the Squirrel inside that little feeder, wadded up in a knot and struggling to move around. He was packed in there with no room to spare. That didn't stop him from some theatrics though. He'd wiggle around and almost fall out, then somehow grab hold with his hind legs and hang upside down, while putting seeds in his mouth with his front paws. It was pretty comical. By the time I got my phone to take a video he was gone.
I'll never know how he got up there and got in that thing in the first place. The window is about 36"x 64" and is about 40" off the ground. The feeder is in the center of the solid, fixed glass. I'm not sure who is more skilled at getting places they don't need to be--squirrels or raccoons!
