Today, I have a brat run to make, which means I can't just glom a lift out of Beloved. This, in turn, means I have to rent a ride up to North Lakes, pay for my car on a borrowed card (eep!) and then finally drive it back home.
Then I make an appointment for Pippi to see the vet, get her shots, and make an appointment to have her neutered.
It's a busy week for this 'Nutter. Also, there should be Patreon stuff happening RSN. Stay tuned.
I have lost count, and the person who said they'd take six weeks max to get back to me hasn't got back to me and I think I should scour my sent box to see if a reply wound up in my junk folder and... PARANOIA!
Anxiety is sometimes a sack of suck.
Today is Ekka Monday, and the kids are at home, but Beloved is going to work. Once it hits 7:30-ish, I shall have to lock the kittens outside
Read more »Beloved wasn't just gassing about getting that second cat. We wanted one with the same rough age as our new kitty, now christened Pippi.
[Shown here: A black and white kitten with white spats, one white sock, and a white blaze on her neck and chest]
Say 'hello' to my little friend. This is the kitten I've been working for for so long. It's been nineteen weeks she's been alive, and it's been nineteen weeks we've been working on the Kitty Kondo(
Read more »There is a wee sleekit timorous beastie in the house and this time, it's a cat. Yes, folks, I have finally finished working on the kitty shelter and obtained my little feline from a friend.
She's 19 weeks old and absolutely terrified of this house and all the weirdoes in it. Not surprising in the slightest, IMHO.
For those disinclined to do the math, that's three months and one week old. 1/4 of the way to being a grownup kitty.
She's
Read more »We're but a few staples away from having the Kitty Kondo(tm) completed!
It's game night, so Beloved and the family have some extra hours in which to bond with the fine feline that has caused NINE WEEKS of anguish and effort from us.
I am going to ENJOY being a blob this weekend. Snuggled up with my new kitty and finding her a name.
Hell, I might even post pictures.
But for now, I watch for Chaos' bus... and then get
Read more »Trust me to write this nonse just before I have to watch for Chaos' bus. I'm THAT organised.
So.
Mayhem is home sick with what's looking like a contender for the Ekka Flu. Yay. We didn't even go, and he has it. He's going to be helping me with my bullshit as the day progresses.
I also pln or getting a reserve roller support so Mayhem can join in with the bullshit.
And then... WE PAINT!
...I'll get the story done sometime
Read more »My left knee has decided to co-operate after literally four days of relative hell. Then my left ankle decided, "Nope. We don't get to walk normally any more."
I think my left leg is over its tantrums for now. Just in time for my right leg to pull shenanigans on me. It would just even things out.
But no, wait. My left hip hasn't had a tantrum yet.
Sigh. It's not easy getting old and still needing to do stuff.
Today... I
Read more »OK. So. Beloved and I have begun work on the interior of the Kitty Kondo(tm) more as something to do whilst I paint the last junction box and the table/bench thing we already built for inside it.
Ekka week starts this Friday (also a D&D night), and the following Wednesday, I have my Beloved home to work on things. By this weekend, I should have everything they have made so far painted and ready to rock and/or
Read more »That's a lot... and most of that is normal, average, ordinary BS.
Throughout the week, I have two objects to paint, six if you count each individual angle-iron foot for the final unit of the walkway.
We have a table/chair/bench for the interior of the actual cage and I'm counting that as a pure win.
Read more »So. In one day, we have:
So far, we have added a skin to the junction box, developed a plan, cut off and angle-ground a ramp unit... all to make the Kitty Kondo.
My noodly little writer arms are hurting.
...and I'm taking a lunch break.
There won't be any tales out of me before dark, if then.
Read more »I have just published episode 5 of Inter-Mission, which is now out on Anchor, linked over on the "PODCAST!" link up in the menu, there. It should also be out on the current affiliates with Anchor, which are:
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I've reached an embuggerance with the dang Kitty Kondo (tm) because we know a 10mm hole is too
Read more »Like the late Dent, Arthur Dent, I can never get the hang of Thursdays. They sneak up on me and shock mne with the knowledge that another week is almost over.
Well, shit.
What we have accomplished:
Cool, but emotionally,
Read more »So. I successfully applied a second layer of paint to the box frame. I successfully stapled the lattice at the top of the cage. I successfully cut a piece of wire mesh to size and trimmed the edges with an angle grinder and cut notches in it for the struts of the box.
...just... not quite to size.
I gotta do more grinding to make it fit properly and that's cool. It's cool. It shouldn't take more than half an hour to
Read more »Beloved stayed home, yesterday, and helped me out with making the frame to make a junction box to finish the walkway so we can finish the cat cage.
I'm in the middle of painting it, and I still believe it would go quicker if the whole thing was suspended somehow so I can get to the most territory in the least amount of time.
It shouldn't need to go as far as me building a rig, but I do need to work
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