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cold and windy and down one cat...

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  This morning the wind is blowing quite intensely, and the temps are much cooler than yesterday. The smoke is not as intense as it was with the wind coming out of the Northwest this morning. I have spent most of the morning trying to find a contractor to install some security doors to help deter any more visits that are uninvited. So far not much interest in the job. I do not like the cold. Neither do the cats, well maybe one cat does; Stitch was near the house most of the evening until he wasn't. This morning he still remains on the lam. Stitch has not adjusted well to the move, nor to the addition of Athena into the group. I think sometimes he would like both Blue and Athena to just disappear... wait maybe those are my thoughts. I find it weird that anyone just randomly decided to break into our home, and it would seem that there was no other reason than just to break in. Not sure what scared them off. Maybe the car in the garage and thinking they picked the wrong house? I guess...

Wind, Smoke and Water

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It has been a minute since I made an entry to the blog. A lot has happened since then. I have narrowed the list of things I will share in this post to just a few items otherwise it will be a book not a post. First, I made the dreaded trip to the mall with the girls, we visited the fake Toys R Us and they sat with Geoffrey for old times' sake... at least old-time's sake for the older 3 the youngest has no clue what Toys r Us even was to kids in the past. Now two days later and a much lighter wallet, we have two very sick visitors of the mall. Over there is still a ton of things that need to be done before we head back to the other house. Unfortunately, we received bad news today. Our home was broken into. One of the garage doors was kicked or rammed in with something. The police pointed out that attempts were made at prying open the interior garage door into the main house. We are not sure what occurred to make the intruder stop, but they did not get into the main house. There i...