Just A Normal Day

 And here we are once again ... alive and kicking, thank goodness!!  I complain about the time change, but really, I'm just glad to continue to breathe.  That brought about an OH NO this morning when I took in a nice big breath to smell ..... you guessed it ..... SKUNKOLA.  I'm hoping they are hanging out at THE neighbor's house ... the one with the soothing music.  I know that's their hangout because all the holes under the fence were on that side.

I made a beeline for Kitters, but I think she's too smart for that.  Cooper was relegated to the house while I searched.  I didn't find the culprit, so thankfully it is on someone else's property since the Skunk Catcher  in me has retired.

Kitters is back to her old self now, following me around like a puppy dog, rubbing and purring.  Apparently that means I'm part of her "clan".  She truly prefers to be outside, which is fine with me.  She's really not sleeping here ... she's guarding the feeder.  

The big black and white kitty that I have not caught on camera yet, is trying to steal all her food.  That's not happening Kitters says.  Though I haven't seen her go after the other cat, there are apparently ear flicks that relate NOT TODAY, so the interloper does not jump up on the table.  

Though I spent hours on the internet looking for that quilt pattern, nothing showed up.  There are lots of pictures and even a video of how to do it.  That's great but I need cutting directions.  How many pieces of each size and what size!!  I looked up just a plain log cabin block, but weirdly, it's not put together the same.  

So hey ... let's spend two hours trying to make up our OWN pattern.  Yeah, that didn't go quite as planned.  Six pieces of paper later, I had nothing.  

I finally grabbed this second panel and whipped up another one.  I like this one better, but NONE of these panels are the same size.  It's always a math trick to get them to an appropriate size without requiring yards of backing fabric that will be wasted.  

The good news is the roll of thread I needed for the Halloween quilt was delivered late in the afternoon.  Too bad it's Bingo night or I would quilt it today.  I added that to the list.  

Tomorrow will be DIG A HOLE DAY.  When I mentioned wanting a flagpole, one of the Honor Guard guys volunteered his time by going and BUYING a flagpole.  He said we would install it Friday.  I appreciate him so much, but he's not able to dig the hole.  So that means I need to get my shovel out and get started.  My bad, I'm kind of hoping for rain to soften the soil a bit and delay the installation.

Suddenly, there was a lot of yelling around 3:00.  Yeah, it was just me.  I have two very old email accounts that bring in around 200 scam emails every day.  I've used them since 1994, so they are attached to many things I need access to.  That means spending hours trying to set up a NEW email address and change all the old ones.  If I ever get that done, I'll delete them from my computer.  Take THAT you scammers ... I won't even have to read your name any more.

That's it ... that's all I did yesterday.  There was nothing exciting on the food front since I don't have tomatoes any more.  In fact, I stood at the freezer door wondering WHAT I was going to eat.  Everything was frozen hard as a rock.  Note to self ... you better get to the store for casserole ingredients.  

This beauty was shining down this morning in the Standard Time DARK.  It's a BAD SIGN.  It's BINGO night and we have a full moon rising.  Oh how I am not looking forward to THAT!!

And so I put on my chainmaille girdle, my steel chestplate, by knee knockers and motorcycle helmet, getting ready for the onslaught of peasants with torches, flaming arrows and pitchforks for another night of fun.  I'm OFF TO BINGO!!