Saturday, January 16, 2021

Patio Start

 

I'm determined to clean up my house to the point that I can host a New Year's Party at the end of the year. This means a lot of cleaning and a lot of maintenance; the fence that Brian and Melody have proposed is just the first step.

This week I reorg'd the patio, chucking the work tables because although they are functional, they looked awful and I want nice things. This arrangement is just a start.
Friday I got extra food to distribute because a 3-day weekend was coming up. I suppose that's my Day Of Service thing.
Today - Saturday - I had a Toastmasters Divisional meeting that wiped out Zoomba, then I helped someone from Buy Nothing try to figure out their leaky roof. I had conveniently forgotten the dread of getting off the roof - that moment of moving from a nice solid roof to a potentially slippy ladder, but I was wise enough to call them on my phone and ask them to hold the ladder, and then felt ok. I cleaned the gutter which they were sure was the problem, but I think there's also a design problem in that a flat roof that much beat least 20x20 is drained by a 1 inch pipe and I don't see how that can possibly avoid backing up when we get a storm. Oh well.
Tonight is DND night!

Friday, January 15, 2021

Educational Cat Feeder


THE PROMISE:

This is a combination feeding station and educational cat toy. Just remove the lid and fill the top level with kibble! Your cats will enjoy pawing through the gaps and knocking the kibble into the tray to eat. Everyone has fun!
THE REALITY:
  • Ginny figured it out immediately, played with it for a while, got bored and ignored it ever after.
  • Imp stared at it for an hour. I showed her how to do it with my finger. She ate the kibble and stared for another hour. I gently took her paw and used it to knock kibble lose. She ate the kibble and stared for another hour.
  • Shadow looked at it, looked at me, and maowed, "Why? WHY?" --
After a month of this, I gave it away on "Buy Nothing Highland Park". It WAS educational - for me at least.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Political Ruminations And Humor In A Troubled Week

It is a fraught time. A few thoughts or resources I came across this week:
 

Article 1, Section 5, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution:
"Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member."
It's happened 15 times before. Why not expel any member who helped the insurrection? 

Sunday, January 10, 2021

Winter Flower Haiku

 

Even Our Flowers
Blossoming In The Winter
Feel Confused These Days