Possibly Rabid

 Happy Voting Day from sunny California.  Did you know the 2020 census showed an historical low number of people living here?  I'm pretty sure it's even LOWER now, as people are flooding to other states to get away from the tyrannical tax-inducing governor now in office.  I hate politics, but seem to have been drug in kicking and screaming due to the current state of the nation.  We are in trouble, so please vote accordingly.

THEN ... it was TURN THE TIME BACK day ... that craziness also instituted by the State that causes sleepless nights and time differences that ruin your schedule.  By the way, your animals have to adjust to the new schedule also.  

Me?  I stay on Arizona time.  That way I don't annoy my Arizona friends when I call them at 5:00 in the morning.  I even try to be extra quiet when I get up at 3 am Cyndae time when she visits.  

Here's the latest foxy video.  I noticed the other day that two big potato bugs had disappeared from my patio.  It appeared they were dead when I saw them last.  In fact, I haven't seen hardly any spiders outside either.  I have a feeling this is why.  I never knew they ate bugs and such.  I thought they were always after the chickens and eggs.  I have my own pest control service every night and it's FREE.

I forgot to mention the other day when Mr. Warkentin stopped by, he asked if I had any other things that needed to be fixed.  I said yes ... this back door.  When I close it, you can see light along the left side.  It wasn't closing tight enough, or maybe the weather stripping needed to be replaced.  I already messed with it of course, and found one of the screws to be stripped.  

He took a piece of wood out of his back pocket ... along with a pocket knife and cut off a piece.  Who carries wood in their pocket??  He jammed it in the hole, moved the bottom piece over and screwed in 2-1/2" screws, mentioning that ALL the hardware should be attached with longer screws, which of course he had in his pocket.  THIS is my kind of handy guy!!

We closed the door.  It was tight like it should be with NO light coming around the edges, meaning no warm air going outside.  This one has been bugging me for well over a year.  I'm buying a box of screws and fixing the rest of my doors.

My next trick ... gutters AGAIN!  I ran out in the rain to fetch the critter cam, to find this one overflowing, right on to the window frame that had dry rot.  From below, you really couldn't see any problem.  Out came the ladder.  Again, it appeared the screws were too short and pulling out of the holes, not to mention they were heavy with sand and gravel..  

I scrounged around until I found two much longer screws, but my not-so-trusty drill was not strong enough to screw them in.  I found my screwdriver with the funny round head, but my hand wasn't strong enough either.  My solution ... a little more leverage.  It took awhile, perched on top of the ladder, because the shingles were behind the gutter, but I got it done.  

After an hour, I finally got three more screws in, enough to hold it tighter to the facia board.  What a workout!  It's good enough for now, but will be added to the "maintenance" list when the guys come to paint the trim.  I guess I better start paying more attention to the outside.  

I cleaned one more gutter by the garage and discovered the last painters did not paint the top of the garage door frames.  Why would you not do that when you painted the rest of it?  I'm just shaking my head.  

It seems a lot of people don't do good work anymore.  The raccoon in me is getting agitated.  Yup ... this is a perfect description of me!!

Definitely rabid if I pay you for a job and you do it halfway!!!  

Time for a walk around to see if anything else needs fixing.

AND ..... it's once again BINGO TIME!!