by CJ | Feb 17, 2018 | Journal
So one of the casualties (sort of) of the remodel is the fact I haven’t been able to reach my tank to do maintenance, or when I can, we’re decorated for Christmas, or I’m too tired. But a reactor (tube) of gfo (granulated ferric oxide) has been...
by CJ | Feb 15, 2018 | Journal
We managed, with a combo of Hulu and NBC, to get a feed of the Olympic opening ceremonies—without commentators. Delightful. For once, we could watch something spectacular and TALK to each other in our own living room, without two blathering voices overlaying a...
by CJ | Feb 14, 2018 | Journal
—and half a food of snow and still coming. I’d gotten into a nice rhythm with the cats going outside for a couple of hours, returning to a snack, settling down —and now—Shu is sitting beside me staring out the window in total disgust. The...
by CJ | Feb 10, 2018 | Journal
The weather’s 40 by day and 20 by night, which means that the trees are confused but budding and the sap is rising fast. This means get out there and trim and clip and rake…I got half the apple tree pruned and the wands diced for the bin, we have a...
by CJ | Feb 6, 2018 | Journal
by CJ | Feb 4, 2018 | Journal
Because I can let the kitties out to exercise, they’ve been, well, more active. And to assure I get them back quickly and efficiently, I always give out a small handful of kibble to each (in separate places) —this means when I call, they come running....
by CJ | Feb 2, 2018 | Journal
And we now have our last doors up. What we have to go is the backsplash and kitchen venting—Scott was so sick we’re a little worried about him trying the vent work on the roof. Wait for warmer weather on that. And he likely has other clients he has to...
by CJ | Jan 30, 2018 | Journal
It’s not easy: we’ve got one never-gains-weight and one easy-keeper, and feeding one enough while not having the other blimp up is not easy, but we’re managing. Now that we’ve fixed the yard as escape-proof, we can let them both out, then feed...
by CJ | Jan 27, 2018 | Journal
For a number of years, the visits counter on cherryh.com has not worked. I’ve refurbed it several times, but this time couldn’t even find the free-counter site to do it. And this last week, lo, it’s come back to life. With an updated count, as if...
by CJ | Jan 25, 2018 | Journal
Wesley, the orange one in the photo, we think Goku, maybe Sanzo, maybe Maddy….they’re still down in the deep dark and overshadowed by the winter cover, but daytime temperatures have been 40-ish and they’re stirring. Water temperature is probably...
by CJ | Jan 23, 2018 | Journal
Implants may be possible on this side, but…3 to 9 months unable to eat on that side and not well on the other: this is not how I planned to go on a diet.
by CJ | Jan 20, 2018 | Journal
My knees have never been the best. I acquired two football knees without playing the sport—the first time to fail me was when I was about 12, stepping over a barbed wire fence, thank goodness in jeans, but a mile from camp. Leg just quit, with a nasty cracking...
