Kitties and houses
Jun. 17th, 2006 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiThe pet shelter called yesterday to see how the guys were getting along. We'll need to give them a call back with an update later today.
I learned this morning that Mal likes going under the covers in our bed. I've NEVER had a cat that was into that! So cute! :) He also seems to like tea, because he was killing himself to get into the last few drops in the bottom of my cup (when he couldn't shove his head in there he stuck his paw in and licked it off of his paw).
These guys are nuts about our open windows. We'll be picking up a few cat sill shelves so that they don't have to uncomfortably straddle the part that sticks up in the middle of the sill to properly latch when closing.
If Brian ever gets out of bed I'd like to walk down and check out the farmer's market which opens for the season today. There's also laundry to be done in prep of tomorrow's show, some yard work (weedwacking and mowing) and later we'll see friends for a crafty night. Brian's on call weekends definitely limit what we end up doing since he needs to be close to work and able to be interrupted by a pager (so no movies), but I think forcing ourselves to hang around the home once a month is a good thing!
Related to our house, there are a ton of small things we want to do, and some larger things that we need to think about. Our front porch needs mending/scraping/painting, but last night we talked about the possibility of screening it in so that the cats can go out. There is a tiny bit of water coming in our roof near the chimney (the state of our bedroom ceiling seems to indicate that at one point it leaked a lot and the former homeowners patched the ceiling/band-aided the roof). Our guess is that we need new flashing around the chimney, but our roof *is* ancient. We knew this was coming, but its going to be painful. Before next winter we'll need a plumber to do an inspection/overhaul of things to prep for the winter, since our den radiator was improperly installed and a bunch of our other radiators leak a tiny bit from time to time. I love our old house, but it has its issues due to its age.
I learned this morning that Mal likes going under the covers in our bed. I've NEVER had a cat that was into that! So cute! :) He also seems to like tea, because he was killing himself to get into the last few drops in the bottom of my cup (when he couldn't shove his head in there he stuck his paw in and licked it off of his paw).
These guys are nuts about our open windows. We'll be picking up a few cat sill shelves so that they don't have to uncomfortably straddle the part that sticks up in the middle of the sill to properly latch when closing.
If Brian ever gets out of bed I'd like to walk down and check out the farmer's market which opens for the season today. There's also laundry to be done in prep of tomorrow's show, some yard work (weedwacking and mowing) and later we'll see friends for a crafty night. Brian's on call weekends definitely limit what we end up doing since he needs to be close to work and able to be interrupted by a pager (so no movies), but I think forcing ourselves to hang around the home once a month is a good thing!
Related to our house, there are a ton of small things we want to do, and some larger things that we need to think about. Our front porch needs mending/scraping/painting, but last night we talked about the possibility of screening it in so that the cats can go out. There is a tiny bit of water coming in our roof near the chimney (the state of our bedroom ceiling seems to indicate that at one point it leaked a lot and the former homeowners patched the ceiling/band-aided the roof). Our guess is that we need new flashing around the chimney, but our roof *is* ancient. We knew this was coming, but its going to be painful. Before next winter we'll need a plumber to do an inspection/overhaul of things to prep for the winter, since our den radiator was improperly installed and a bunch of our other radiators leak a tiny bit from time to time. I love our old house, but it has its issues due to its age.
