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Day Three without FP. Thing is, it gets easier on me the longer she’s away. I know she’s coming back sometime, but I find other things to do beside sit in the window and wait for her car to return. So, I do them … like bugging AH to go outside. It’s nice today – and he said he’s planning to get outside to start the clean-up from all the snow and storms – and said I might be able to go out. I hope so. Even though I know there’s no grass or anything like that, it’s simply good to get outside for some fresh air. Wish me luck.

Hey. It’s Friday! Whoo! Hoo! At this time last week, it was nasty, noisy, cold and without power. This week is much, much better.

A bit of news to share before we head off into the weekend. Now, I could report on a story like this nearly every day, but I don’t. It’s too depressing. However, this is going on not too far from my house and I’ve got more than a few readers in this area.

70 cats removed from camper in Wash.
by JIM FORMAN / KING 5 News

AUBURN, Wash. — More than 70 cats living in a small camper in Auburn were seized Thursday evening by animal authorities.

King County Animal Control services counted 74 cats and one dog inside Jerry Reynolds’ camper on the back of his small pick-up truck.

The camper was called into police after a neighbor reported it parked near a medical center.

Reynolds, who said he is a breeder from Moses Lake, said he has been living in the camper for the last five weeks, wanting to be closer to his girlfriend who is in the hospital.

Reynolds said he had no other choice but to take the cats with him in the camper.

“It was better than letting them go,” he said.

Reynolds knew the name of almost every cat he handed to animal control authorities.

Each cat was removed placed in carriers to be examined by veterinarians. When carriers ran out, some cats had to go two in one carrier.

OK. Before I jumped to any conclusions, I checked out some of the pictures of the cats here.

And you know what? They look pretty healthy, and well-fed. Now, that’s not saying having 74 cats in a camper is a good thing. Nor am I believing – or not believing – what he says about being a breeder. However – and it’s too soon to know yet – if the cats are healthy, being fed and not living in squalor (which admittedly is highly doubtful) – who’s to say he can’t have 74 cats?

By the way, AH saw the picture of the guy and immediately started doing the Time Warp, whatever that is. Kept going on about Riff Raff, or something. It’s Day Three without FP for him, too. And it shows.

Anyway, I’ll keep an eye on this story.

That’s a wrap for the week, and I’m glad it’s behind me. Have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you on Monday.

The Wumpus

Wait. Hold on. I’m not scared or anything, but there’s this large, bright orb casting light onto the house and into my office, and I’m not quite sure what it is.

Yes, yes. I know. It’s the sun. But it’s been awhile since I’ve had any sunspot, so you’ll pardon my shock, OK?

Not much going on – and I don’t want to lose out on my ‘spot – so a quick one today.

I scanned the news – and it’s the same old, same old – so nothing there. FP is gone for Day Two, so there’s that. Oh, but I did get to watch her flight yesterday via AH’s computer. I wouldn’t mention it other than: 1) It’s pretty neat to be able to do that; and 2) She had a bit of an interesting flight. Apparently there were some nasty storms at the airport she was flying to, so the plane did some circles in the middle of the map and waited nearly an extra hour before it landed. But it all worked out.

That’s all I’ve got. Seriously, there’s some massive sun and I’m on my way. Have a wonderful day, and I’ll see you tomorrow.

The Wumpus

Well, the lights flickered a few times last night, but we kept our power on. Whew. And it was really, really windy for awhile, too. But we made it. AH tells me that was the last of the storms for a few days, so hopefully things can get back to normal around here.

Oh, wait. It can’t be normal yet, because FP took off with her big, black bag this morning. So, it’s just the two of us for a couple days, I guess. Feh.

The rest of my world lately? Pretty mundane, other than the weather. Wanted to go outside several times … which kinda shows how clueless I can be when it comes to that, huh. Of course I wasn’t let out, and I suspect they were right when they both told me I really didn’t want to go out. Between all the snow and falling tree limbs, it would’ve been cold and dangerous. Plus, the squirrels and birds ate all the feed put out, and haven’t been around for a couple days anyways. Oh, and the yard? It’s a mess. Good thing I’m not the one who has to clean it all up, huh.

That’s it for a Hump Day. I’ll check the news to see what’s been going on, as well as getting back to my love life and the latest on that. More on that tomorrow. Have a great day.

The Wumpus

Once again, this will be quick because I’ve been told the power could go out at any ti

Hah. Fooled you. But here’s what AH showed to me this morning as I was looking outside at all the wind going on.

A wet and windy Tuesday is already underway in Western Washington this morning…not what we want to see when we are STILL trying to get the power back on in some Puget Sound households. South to southeasterly winds will gust up to 45 through the Sound. With the ground so saturated from the recent rain and snowfall, it won’t take much more wind to bring down more trees, potentially causing more damage or bringing down more power lines.

Ugh. I mean, triple ugh. However, I understand this is the last of a string of storms, so let’s see if we can get all this nasty weather behind us, and return to some normalcy tomorrow. Think spring.

The Wumpus

Well, that was interesting. First, let me quote from Thursday’s post.

“Wish me luck, and hopefully we won’t lose power and I’ll be here tomorrow to wish us all a Whoo! Hoo! Friday. See you then. I hope.”

Now, let me quote from Friday’s post. Oh, that’s right. There is no Friday’s post. Why not? Well, I think you can figure it out. And honestly, it wasn’t too bad being without power for a bit, as it doesn’t impact me very much … at least at first. But as we went into Day Two – and the waterbed I sleep on downstairs got colder and colder – I found myself spending all my time in the loft next to the woodstove. I still got my regular feedings, plenty of attention from the both of them and life was pretty much normal.

For them? I don’t think it was too bad, either. AH was kinda stressed for a bit because one of our trees looked like it was ready to break and crash into the house, but things warmed up, the tree went back to its original position and all was well. I know he’d been talking about taking out that tree in order to allow more afternoon sunshine onto the sun deck – which is A-OK with me – but now it’s going to be more than talk. Blocking the sun is one thing. Being a threat to the house is quite another.

Oh, and when did the power come back? A lot, lot sooner than AH anticipated. Normally, we’re the last to get power back but this time we were one of the first. And from what I understand, there are still a lot of people without … and it’s been five days. Ugh. Here’s hoping it’s all fixed today.

The rest of my weekend? Pretty normal. The snaps, breaks and thumps from all the tree limbs falling stopped, and all my regular heat sources were back in action. Plus, FP is off to the office today for the first time in almost a week, so it’s back to normal in all phases.

That’s a wrap for a Monday. Have a great day yourself, and I’ll see you tomorrow.

The Wumpus