From The Mommybot

I realized I'd forgotten to take my old monitor and the red muck bucket to the storage unit, so I went over to uncover my car, and met the neighbor who lives in #101, who pointed out some stuff I needed to know re: storing it over there and the snow plow, and invited me to park my car to the outside of his.  Apparently the snow plow does go down in that little gravel lot because he has to clear the way for the garbage truck, so the guy was going to talk to the plow guy and arrange for him to scoop out from behind the cars anyway.  Where I had it parked, tho, would have stopped the plow from clearing behind the rest of the cars, and most likely gotten my car buried under the tons of snow plowed from the gravel lot.  Its also okay with the neighbor if I leave the tarp on his front stoop during the times I'll need to use my car.  So I carred the stuff over to the storage unit then parked and tarped in the spot the guy asked me to.  Its also quite probable that the reason my hood rusted so quick over last winter after the paint was damaged was because the salt/chemical stuff used on the sidewalks was sprayed onto the hood.  The tarp will prevent that this year, tho I know it won't stop the rusting, just slow it a little.

With the muck bucket going to the unit, that meant the Purple Dragon carrots had to come out.  As I thought, they're less than half size, tho they did grow and are definitely useable.  Maybe I'll use them for part of Thanksgiving dinner.  They're drying on a towel out on the porch right now.  I'm pretty sure part of the problem was the fact that the bucket had no drainage hole, so judging when to water them was tricky and putting them where they could get rained on was out of the question (they'd have rotted).  I'll get one of those outdoor pot indicators next year.  I have no plans to put a hole in the muck bucket...its more useable all around without one, and it was Brawn's water bucket so it has sentimental value.  That's also why I put it in the storage unit, so it won't freeze and crack while holding slightly damp dirt.

Madeline is feeling better today, tho she's going to be on the echinacea for another day or two.  She also unbloated - she tends to swell up a bit when she's having a pancreatic problem.  She loves the giant  pink superball I got her at the beginning of the month, in the same store where I met that kitten.  Its too big to lose under things, but just small enough she can just barely grasp it with her teeth, and doing so doesn't cause it to lose pieces like the foam one she had before.

--Moony

I should have phrased that bit the other day as 'I do exaggerate.  Except when I'm not.'

Some people just have wackier lives than others.

--Moony