Juliebird, fyi, one of the local garden places is celebrating Mulch Madness (thought you'd appreciate that).

Mulch volcanoes for everyone!

(No, stop, don't do that).

I'm still in plant-ordering madness (in a way, it's an effective strategy to keep the costs down, as things are quickly becoming unavailable), and then there's the bazillion roses to prune. My mulch madness probably won't happen until mid-May.

Ground is still too squashy to do anything outdoors. But I've started dressing up some planters with heather from Home Depot (they were outside, so already hardened off!) and sheet moss, some spray-painted sporangium (green and gold shimmer), natural mushrooms on picks, sprigs of dried lavender, and birds nests with fake spotted eggs. Second set was with green and gold mushrooms, heather, and curly willow.

Still trying to figure out the planters that are frozen solid that I can't get the winter plantings out of.

Timelies all!

Argh, so itchy. It's not so much the dry skin, though that's annoying, it's the area on my back that started itching yesterday and has a bunch of raised bumps. This has become a recurring problem, and I don't know what's causing it. If it were bug bites, shouldn't I have more in more places? And wouldn't Gary be getting bitten too? He's not.

So my cats are almost 12 years old, good gracious! Ply has started peeing on the carpet. I'm off to the shops to get deodorizing ingredients and a new litter box (it's top-loading currently, maybe it's aching her too much to jump in it? But no, I've seen her hopping out of it. Is she only pooping in it?). But until I get that sorted, her ass is outside, where hopefully she's powdering her nose. I feel so bad, I let Nunya back in, and Ply was on the steps, with this forlorn WTF look on her face.

Aw, poor Ply! Maybe she has a UTI and peeing is painful?

Sheryl, could it be some reaction to something, like a new detergent or new clothes?

Juliebird, you might want to try Feliway it's a cat (well they make dog too) pheremones that can help calm kitties when they are stressed. It really helped my anxiety ridden cats.

Had more things going on at work than I have brain for. I'm going sit here and be a lump.

I just up and over a curb HARD turning into a parking lot, caught the corner. I hope I didn't bend a rim and hope the tire stays inflated. Need to take it in tomorrow. Damn.

Back with new litter box and hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. Let poor Ply back in and gave her so many scritchies she collapsed at my feet. Next step, I'll grab some Feliway, which has worked for them in the past as far as anxiety goes. If the problem persists, I'll take her to the vet. Hopefully the deodorizer concoction and easy-entry box will prevent this from becoming a habit. Grr. I don't care about the carpet, or the apartment floors being ruined (the damage deposit is long long bye bye), I just don't want my home to smell like crazy cat lady town.

But, man, that was an expensive carpet.