I wasn’t here yesterday — it was a really busy day with errands and such. We lead a pretty “retired” life so when things get busy I get tired. All I could do last night was watch the last game of the World Series.
And what a game it was! And, WE WON!
Yesterday was a poignant day for me. November 1, 1969 was the day we lost my grandfather. He was born before the turn of the 20th century, first generation American born to Welsh immigrant parents. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to a coal mining family, he went to work in the mines at age 11. World War 1 found him in boot camp in San Antonio, Texas where he met my grandmother. They married after a whirlwind courtship and moved to Scranton. However, they relocated to San Antonio where he lived the rest of his life and they raised their four children. My grandfather was a gruff little man — little meaning 5’4”! He was not a talker or a sentimental person. He rarely talked about his life in Pennsylvania and we didn’t ask. But, I adored him. I spent lots of time with him and truly felt the loss when he passed.
I believe this photo might have been taken on their wedding day but I am not sure.
So, today is catch up day - laundry mostly. So, I best get started. I bought a new vacuum cleaner —A Riccar— I have named it Ricky. See what I did there?
Anyway, I have used it twice and it seems to work well. I am using this instead of my Dyson V8 Animal because it just doesn’t have the capacity to deal with Trixie’s messes.
What messes you might ask? Well, my medicine cabinet is a wire shelf in my pantry. As my husband was putting away some purchases he must have knocked down a packet of Miralax — one of the individual serving packets. For some reason Trixie thought that might be a good plaything so I had a torn up packet and powder all over the living room carpet. It vacuumed up the mess nicely and fortunately I don’t think Trixie got any of the medication, at least not enough to bother her, so the worst thing was the mess and the vacuum performed nicely.
Sigh — kids, even fur babies — what can you do?
2 comments:
Even outdoor pets leave messes. Today Miss Kitty left a half-eaten bird right by the door and there's a dead rat on the grass. I can't think what else killed it. Must have been her.
My vet once told me that female cats (especially calicos) are avid hunters so she was just bringing you a gift. She loves you!
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