Still connected

My Modem lights are all fine and I haven't lost internet since yesterday. I'm close to declaring victory. I'll give it another day and then call off the Tech Who Would Get Here Too Late To Save Me Anyway.

Also Biggie is back to regular Biggie. Birding and coming over pets but not wanting to be petted. He must have such a confused brain. We did spend a fair amount of time last night playing with the wire stickie (like Stickie but with other stuff on the end connected by a wire so it looks like it's just randomly floating). He still ignores this fabulous toy which I should send back but I just can't bring myself to.

It will go in the Toy Garage for now. There's enough in there now that I should not have to pay actual money for another cat toy for a very long time. Also easy shopping and immediate delivery.

Today's todos include digitizing my vaccines. I've looked at a bunch of options and, yes, do have photos of my cards (I have one for each shot). But I think I'm going to go ahead and set everything up in the Clear app. It needs my photo id and a photo of me. My current license is down in the car so I'll need to go get it. Also I need to take the hand vac down there and give the car a go over. And, while I'm going down anyway, I need to drop a package off at the UPS OUT box. And grab a shower so my hair isn't sticking out. THEN back to the app. So... it's complicated.

I think I'm not going out today. The smoke's not bad, I'm just lazy. Tomorrow I have to go out while the housecleaner cleans so I'll save my errands for then and keep myownself cool inside today. With TV and with knitting and whatever else pops up.

Bird on a wire

He's all over this feather on the end of the wire. The stick came with several furry worm things but they were of zero interest. He's a total feather man. We played for a good 30 minutes and wore him out.

So, of course, I took pix.( Read more... )

He's planted on the couch. We're going to watch an episode of MI-5 now.

well, that's new

My baseball game was just interrupted by this. Thunderstorms around here are very rare but this kind of chicken little warning is ever more rare.



It's 5:04pm now. It's smokey-ish out now but the sun was out until a few minutes ago.

I've lived in parts of the country where we had thunderstorms every evening all summer long, interrupting TV this way would have pissed those people off fast.


I do get amused when Northwest weather people warn people about thunder - not lightening but thunder. I'm serious, thunderstorms just don't happen around here.