Poor meara's kitten. They might want to give him an appetite stimulant.

Yay, Hazel! Jesse, could she possibly, perhaps, maybe, use a sibling? A tall, dark and fuzzy sibling? You think?

Heh. Hazel is freaked out by other cats, apparently. And the rescue lady said the black cat "isn't showing well" -- after a couple of people touch her, she starts swiping. Oops. She (rescue lady) agreed that she's probably not the cat for me.

Aw, now I want to go adopt all the black cats. That would make my old lady cats pretty angry, though, and they have been pleased with me lately.

Good luck, Jess!

Was the date oculagyric or just the idea of going on a date, Amy?

Sorry about the car, Lee. I hope it doesn't cause too much hassle.

I feel like I have been doing yard work forever but it has only been two hours. OTOH, not done yet, so it could still work out to be forever. I'm thinking maybe the rosh bush can fight it out with the blackberries that are trying to come up in its vicinity rather than me trying to be the enforcer in that corner.

ADULTING IS SO HARD. On the plus side, we are pre-approved to buy the pretty house, and a realtor is coming to help us sell our current place this week. Now I think I deserve some ice cream and maybe a nap.

AHRG ANTS.

I've been seeing some come in the sill, but couldn't figure out where they were going.

Found it: golden syrup bottle in the cupboard. For trace amounts, it wasn't even sticky and cap closed. So now that's in a ziplock and they're rooting around for something else. Which they shouldn't find, I keep things pretty locked down. But they will.

Timelies all!

Listening to Sassafrass singing about the Norse creation myth.

AHRG ANTS.

Used coffee grounds at the entrance point. Seriously. I tried so many things that would work for a day or two. I think it's been two years since I sprinkled coffee grounds into the crack in the floor and I haven't seen ants inside since.

I want to see Mad Max but I the show I've been working on has so much video assaulting the senses that I think I need to take a day of relative quiet. Maybe tomorrow.

Can't sprinkle on vertical surfaces. I've got diatomaceous powder, but will only use that if they don't go away because messy.

Wow, Jessica, that house is beautiful! I hope you get it. The bathtub in the middle of the large room reminds me of my brother's farm: they have that kind of setup, too. It's a bit odd, but entertaining.

I just spent an hour cutting back the overgrown pomelo tree next to my house. For the last few years it has been dropping rotting fruit on my driveway and it's hard to prune because it has horrible inch-long thorns. I finally borrowed my BIL's lopper, which helped, and now I have too much green waste to fit in my bin!

Also I have a bunch of pomelos. What can be done with them? I shall have to explore the internet.

I fell victim to the marketing gurus at Hostess. The Twinkie packages have the Twinkies offset from each other, and they have overalls and goggles printed on them over the Twinkies. Twinkies make excellent Minions. My package has Kevin and Stuart