Fakebook stuff

 Some goodies. The one of me and the kitten is me holding my old cat Smudge, when he was a few months old. He died of a broken heart 7 years ago when his buddy, Bouncer Senior, passed from ill health. Exactly a week after losing Senior, I came home from work to find Smudge in his favorite spot, curled up behind the toilet, gone. His big, beautiful heart just broke losing his buddy. He was buried right next to Senior, so they could be together forever. It still breaks my heart, losing that big, loveable former feral. He was TNRd at just about 2 months old, and was always somewhat spicy because of it. But his heart was so big. He loved so hard, and I was his person. Losing him broke my heart, and still does. He would be 11 now. Every pet I've ever had that I've lost over the years, I still miss terribly.

Other stuff is just stuff. Laundry is about to go in the dryer and I have a few dishes to finish and the living room to wet vac to get up some of the dirt from the last couple weeks. No real rain but loads of heat has meant Bandit and I are dragging in a lot of dust that settles in that carpet bad. Time to get it less messy. I'll handle those when it cools off down there, about the time I make dinner. There's also the yard to work on some. It needs it badly but it's been so hot it's been impossible to get out and do anything with it.

Speaking of heat, I went to Tractor Supply today and got a small wading pool for Bandit. Got enough of the yard mowed to let it set level in a shady spot, and got it filled. So far, she thinks it makes a great big giant water bowl. Eventually, she'll figure out it's for walking in, too, and she'll get wet in it. She does love the water, but I think she loves the creek more than anything else.

Still awful warm, though it's a bit cooler today. Some scattered thunderstorms are on the menu for this week, but we shall see. I also need to get a lot more goodies in the shops, and work on making some cat toys to shoot and add. Need to get a new phone before that though, because this one is a couple years old and beat to crap. Even the so-called "unbreakable" screen cover I put on it is beat up. Bits missing from the edge, cracks galore. Unbreakable, HA! Even with a case on, I still managed to break the phone screen and the protective cover and the case! I'm just a klutz with a smartphone.

I also hopped back to Wally World for a small underbed style storage tote. Left the lid, because this thing is not a storage tote. It came home to be the new cat box. It's longer than a regular cat box and a bit deeper, so the kitties like it much better. I like it because it keeps them from throwing litter all over the bathroom floor.

On to pictures!