Trying to shove it into gear.

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I didn't finish the dishes, yet.  Washed twice though, they just need one more time for me to feel right about them.  If I hadn't mentioned, the hydrant has been filled around.  I was quite pleased about that.  The lawn got torn up a bit, but that is a far lesser problem, and one I CAN solve next spring.  A little seed, a rake, and a week or two of tinkering will be a project I might enjoy.  I am, however, going forward with a few other arrangements.

I will be calling today to make sure my mother has television from day one.  She is as plugged into tv as I am to the net, or gaming.  Yeah, we are an owned people, true enough.  The people who bring me food offered to continue doing so.  My mother, however, would have none of it.  She was grateful for the offer, but cooking is not an issue for her, it's something she truly enjoys.  As well, she had me look up the distance to a cousin's home.  He lives in the redoubt, deeply.  Fishes and hunts, too, go figure.  My mother would like our 'vacation' time to be a visit with them.  I suspect that can be arranged, even with gas prices and the distance.  But the travel and stay will take four days.  Not a problem.  We may need time off by then, perhaps putting the visit right in the middle of my mother's stay.  If my cousin and his wife are amenable to the proposal anyway.

I have been keeping the girls fed, but keeping up on the litter box fell a bit behind.  I was only doing that a few times a week, three at least.  But the crystal litter has held up quite well.  When I went back to get the same stuff though, the store either no longer carries it or they were out.  Several stores actually, simply didn't have it.  I found a similar type, just different brand.  I hate changing brands right away on a new product trial, but...  Both brands do quite well.  And that first type lasts about three to four weeks.  Even then it wasn't as skunky smelling as regular stuff after only a week, even after I started cleaning it out.  Urine smells simply vanish in this stuff.  Just so you know.  And, pound for pound of useful litter, it is far cheaper, and lighter, than the other stuff.  Yeah, I am plugging for it.

Hmm, to make a call and get the dishes into a fresh soak for a final wash this afternoon.  Then maybe to some laundry.  I dunno.  I want the dishes done and the kitchen spiffy for my mom.  If I have time, after that, I want to make the bathroom particularly nice and perhaps create a space for her stuff, a medicine cabinet just for her in there, I think.  I might have one around.  Anyway...

Good day.