Vilify Me

OK. I am old. I've lived in this mobile home community for 15 years as one of the most tenured residents in our twenty mobile homes.

My new nextdoor neighbors seem pleasant enough.

But their dog, Maya, is allowed to behave in ways which drive me nuts.

1. They let her poop in our shared garden bed. They never pick up the dog poop. 
2. I told them that it is a health hazard (which is OK as long as it's in their yard). 
3. Then I put a cheap plastic fence in-between our yards.
4. Then Maya would get in between our lots further up. Yes, I complained to their daughter who speaks fluent English.
5. I was pleasantly surprised to see a screen in that section a few days later.
6. Maya is allowed to bark for extended lengths of time.
7. They crate their puppy at the side of the house, where she dumps her water dish over immediately. (Did Tulip teach her that trick?)
8. When I saw Maya running loose through several yards last week, I called over to the dad that dogs are not allowed to run loose here. Maya was quickly brought inside her house.
9. When I got home this afternoon, Maya was running with her leash still on; no owners in sight. Then she plunked her little behind in my flower bed, as if it (and she) belonged there.

THAT DID IT.

I walked next door to complain. I told the family, "This time, I'm telling our landlord."

It's not all gripes. The good stuff is in a blue font.

(My sister can confirm that I was always a tattle tale.)

Now, if what I have related makes me The Trailer Park B-Witch (choose either first letter), so be it.

But it's not all gripes. The good stuff is in a blue font.

#nodoubtnopoop

#neighbor_dog_rant

#imabeotch

#vilifyme

#TheTrailerParkBWitch 

Hole in Mat

Since the old tabletop was icky from peeling paint, Tulip had been using her water dish as a finger bowl. I thought of ways to waterproof the table. A friend suggested putting a rubber mat designed for using under sinks. I thought,"Great idea!" 

The mat's been in place for a few days.

Tonight I noticed Tulip paying a lot of attention to the right side of the mat where it overhangs a little. Upon close examination, my cat has already taken out a chunk of the mat. The hole is shaped exactly like the little leaf design in the rubber. 

TULIP!    ⮟

The dot at the far right is her first hole. Hope she doesn't become too comfortable doing this. The mat cost me about $36. 

Tulip is still eating paper. Guess now she's onto harder stuff.

I have an addicted cat on my hands!

#cataddict

#tulipeatsrubber

#tuliptales

Cleaning House

I am trying to unload furniture items before June's Endless Hwy 301 Yard Sale. It's the first time I've used Facebook Marketplace. Sold my cedar hope chest first for the bargain price of $60. Tonight a lucky couple in Dunn picked up my Galanz toaster oven. I marked the price at $10. So many people responded to that: I clearly could have asked for more. 

I still have my kitchen set and cigar-shaped coffee table to go. Absolutely no interest has been shown in the latter. Next, I need to take pictures of the spare bedroom furniture, one of my two lateral file cabinets, etc.

• And I have yet to view the senior public housing in Johnston County. 
• To secure an independent living place for Tulip and me.

• And call Animal Control to get a Hav-A-Heart trap for all the feral cats who add more than mulberry juice to my shoes' soles.
• If you catch my drift.

#cleaninghouse

#Unloadingstuff

It's Been A Week From Hell, Part II

My cable bill (cable, Internet and home phone) jacked up their monthly rate to $178+. I decided to save money by finding an alternate Internet company, thinking I'd save time and money.

HA!

Getting hooked up with this new company was - and still is - PAINFUL. They sent three different crews out, each team choosing a different path where to bury the cable. And this took mere weeks to accomplish. Last Thursday, I finally thought I'd seen the last of them. 

Well . . . 

Not so fast. Turns out that not even the tech knew that they wouldn't be able to finish the work ticket. Seems there's been a hold-up on all new installations due to "illegal" or "non-regulated IP addresses."  Now my phone works only if I call out on it. Incoming calls can't come through. The only bright spot is that now all my spam calls come to my cell phone. It's much quieter without the home phone blowing up.

BUT . . . I haven't gotten to the main part. The problem is ME (😟).   I disconnected everything left by the original provider. That was my mistake. Or, as the Dixie Chicks put it, "There's your trouble."

Now:

• I don't have access to the TV unless I watch shows on my laptop. 
• Alexa doesn't even talk to me anymore.
• My printer doesn't work either.

Two people did me a kindness and tried to get all my wires sorted, to no avail. So I called the first provider to help me out. They are due here between 8 and 10 am tomorrow.

Tulip is anxiously awaiting the return to normalcy.

I've been kicking myself (mentally) for messing with things I should not have.

#NoTechiesHere

#TulipDeservesTV

It's Been A Week From Hell, Part I

...and it had almost nothing to do with Tulip.

• This past week my mulberry tree started producing. I have stains on the bottom of my shoes which I keep on the back porch. My house has many, many new stains each day clean up. The berries attract flies and birds. It tends to smell funky as they ferment.
• Unfortunately, every other pair of shoes I wear have the same stained bottoms, but I keep those pairs inside the house.

• Recently, I've been spilling things around here a lot. One day (and I could foresee this happening), Tulip was angling to jump on my lap so she could sample my hot cocoa. I shifted in my recliner to intercept Tulip mid-flight. 
• That was my intention anyway. Cocoa landed on and beneath my recliners. I was surprised how far however-many-ounces could go.

• I had poured coffee grounds in a Melita© single cup filter. I suspected it would be a problem when the mug I selected was too wide-mouthed. Sure enough, the coffee mug tilted. There was coffee "mud" and many, many grounds that fell all down the kitchen counter, refrigerator and . . . you get the picture.
• Tulip had no part in this even worse disaster.

#TulipTales

#CatTales