LOOSE ENDS

This will be a post to tie up loose ends.

So far my aroma therapy to repel mice might be working. Right now I have the equivalent of a giant, very fragrant, peppermint stick sitting in the car port. I might have gotten a little heavy handed with the essential oils.

Good thing is that Mighty is no longer inspecting my tires each morning with interest as that was how I am certain the mouse(s) entered the engine compartment. Either no new mouse trails to excite him or the peppermint is overwhelming the mouse smell.

Regardless, every thing electrical is currently working and the other day when I came up to my car in the Walmart parking lot, I had to admit, I had the yummiest smelling car in the lot. No need for a ball or flag on the antenna to find it---just follow my slightly bent nose.

Below is a quote by John Alejandro King that I felt might even be a better solution. “Instead of building a better mousetrap, why not just genetically engineer an inferior mouse?”

Perhaps a tasty form of rat birth control to sprinkle about wouldn't hurt. I may work on the latter idea. I have free time.

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I had joked with a friend about getting my declawed house cats nail implants, then make them do mouse guard duty. Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for. I noticed Minnie was having problems jumping up on things and when I checked her out, I found a new nail poking through the closed sheath in her paw. She is regrowing at least one !!??!!

Sure hope my male cat doesn't decide to reclaim his maleness in a similar manner. Pretty sure there was no warranty on the declawing so she will need minor surgery to remove that one. I understand this happens although it has been a couple years since they were removed. Go figure on the timing. Kind of spooky.

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Minnie is also of the lethal gas fame and her gas problem is back. Maybe it has been back a while but with my clogged up sinuses, I had no clue and was quite grateful for that side effect. I thought I had caught a few whiffs through my stuffed up nose, but wasn't sure.

Again I went in search of a food that would help since the last upgrade worked for quite a while. After spending hours in Petco and reading labels till my eyes hurt, I settled on Halo brand. We will see. This stuff is $24.00 for 6 pounds. I really have adopted a high maintenance stray kitty.

At least this time she did not set off the carbon monoxide detectors and it hasn't made my eyes water. I accept all favors regardless how small. It is bad enough however that I am not inviting anyone over for coffee and am just grateful the weather is mild enough for open windows.

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Update on Cody Ross. Sunday he hit another home run and though they lost the game, he is being touted as the second “Babe” in San Francisco. Sadly, he is new to them. Ellen and I who have followed the young man through his years in Florida, know he is a streaky hitter. He goes through these spells when he knocks the cover off the ball.

Unfortunately, he is just as likely to have a streak of so-so hitting to follow. I hope for his sake, this streak lasts till the end of the season and they get a championship. I love him in either streak though I am not sure his new found hero worshipers in S F will stand by him in a hit-less streak. Sports is pretty much "And what are you doing for me NOW?"

So far he continues being a pivotal part of the team including a timely hit last night. Toes are crossed for ya Cody. Keep those hits a coming. Just hope you haven't set the expectation bar too high in SF. Fans, except those with "mommy complexes",can be fickle.

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More good news. I am healed. Nothing hurts, nothing is stuffed up and coughing is just down to a rather phony sounding “hack, hack” once or twice a day.

Life is so good.