Home sweet home! We got here around 3:15 this afternoon. Have been unpacking the two very full cars and putting stuff away all evening. Still not done but getting close. It is so very good to be home.
Jim put Tony in the office and took the cat crates to the garage. When Jim came back in he couldn’t find Tony. We looked all over the house and outside for him. About two hours later we heard him in the office. He was hiding on a book shelf behind a table. What a relief it was to find him.
The cats have talked to each other through the screen door. It hasn’t been love at first sight yet. We will give them some more time to smell each other before we actually allow them to make contact. Katy slept most of the afternoon in her big crate in the living room.
I had Tony in my car and he cried almost half the way home. Jim said Katy slept most of the way. Neither one has ever gone off of Jim’s property except to go to the Vet’s office. Not sure Tony is a fan of road trips.
I am making a very long grocery list for tomorrow. Jim is going to go to town and do our shopping tomorrow. I have a feeling it is going to take him a bit at the store to find everything. I cleaned out the refrigerator today – had a lot of things out of date. When you are gone for over five months that happens!
The sunset tonight was a beauty. There were enough clouds to give it lots of color yet we could still see the ball drop off the edge of the earth. I had to put a sweater on as it is chilly out on the deck. It is so nice to look out over the green green grass of home.
I didn’t sleep real well last night and am tired tonight. My right shoulder is bothering me tonight. I iced it while we were outside watching the sunset and will take a hot bath and then use a hot pad on it in bed. Sure hoping the doctor can figure out what is wrong and give me something to make it feel better.
We went on a walk and when we got to the mail box the dogs came to walk with us. We turned around and brought them back to the house. Their collars needed charged. Roxy’s collar was sticky and not working well. We locked the dogs in the garage and got the collars charged. I brushed Sophia for a bit with the rake and got handfuls of fur off of her. Have a lot more work to do on her. She looks like she is in rough shape. Roxy has a few burrs I need to cut out tomorrow. She was a bit pissed at me for locking her in the garage and not in the mood for me to work on her.
I have masks back in stock if anyone needs some. Holler at me and I will get them to you. I found some elastic so you can have your choice between ribbon ties or elastic. Jim likes the ties an I like the elastic.
I fixed hamburgers on the George Foreman grill tonight. The pickings for dinner were slim to almost none. I heated a can of corn to serve with them. That was the best I could come up with. I can do better tomorrow after Jim goes to the grocery store.
I have a lot of cleaning, sorting and reorganizing to do this week. I also would like to get back to painting the deck and get that project finished up. I’ll see how much I get done. Lots to do to reclaim the house. The house sitter did a great job but it will feel so good to get it really cleaned again.
Jim got his cameras unloaded. He has a big job ahead of him to get them organized and on shelves. We didn’t have room in the two cars for all his cameras. He took over one of the bedrooms downstairs as the room he is going to turn into his dark room isn’t big enough for all his treasures. That should keep him busy for several days.
Grateful to be back on the prairie again, grateful for a beautiful sunset to witness tonight, and grateful for a safe trip today.