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on October 09, 2008

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A Sad Tail

So, as you've read in the earlier posts, our newly installed frost wall was covered with a waterproofing tar. No big deal. The morning following its application, I went outside to fill the window bird feeder and stepped in the still squishy tar as I stepped on top of the frost wall in order to reach the bird feedr. Ick. Dammit. It didn't really stick to my shoe (I don't know why), so no worries. Well, Maxwell, our cat, LOVES to go outside now that he lives in the country, and when he hears the front door opening he shoots to it hoping to get out. No big deal. So on the same morning as my tar encounter, I let him out when I take Mickey to the bus. And I leave him out. Later, I hear him yowling to be let in, so I let him in. I don't notice anything right away, but shortly after I notice he's walking funny. Holy Shoot! He has walked through the danged tar and has come in and walked through his cat box. What a mess! I called the vet and they said to buy a bottle of Goo...

Time for a New Name

Well, it appears, thankfully, that the name Soggy Bottom will have to be retired. Mid-week last week, our contractor, Michael White, and his excavator, Lindsay, and three of his men dug in, as it were, and started laying the curtain drain across the yard to drain it of all the spring waters. This drain will also come in handy when it rains and water comes rushing down the mountain. There are springs all over the mountain, including our yard. Michael tells me that water runs laterally and, as we all know, water follows the path of least resistance. So, when there is a curtain drain nearby, all water wants to flow to it, since it's the easy way out, and then the drain takes it away. Sounds like hocus pocus to me, but guess what, it works. The yard has already begun to dry out, AND, the basement has also started to dry out, but this drain does not fully take care of the basement problem and this week they are going to begin work on the drain around the base of the foundation. These gu...

Catching Up

Lord have mercy. Time does fly. I cannot believe summer is over. Where in the world did it go? It rained for two months, everyone molded, gardens rotted. It's nice now, but soon we'll be up to our eyeballs in snow. Lord have mercy. As usual, lots has happened since my last post, but I simply haven't stayed up late enough to sit and type at my blog. By the time I get through watching So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef, Dancing With The Stars, Project Runway, and Kathy Griffin, while drinking super-sized gin and tonics, I can only do one thing and that is to go to bed. (When I started composing this post on August 7th, the preceding sentence was an apt description of my usual evening. However, I have since begun to pick up three night shifts, in addition to the 40 hours of day work I put in at the store, so now I really have no time to write my blog!) Tonight, however, I decided I'd better sacrifice some television and sleep in order to do some catching up. Fill 'er...

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