Monthly Archives: September 2014

When Andy came home the other afternoon I said,”If we weren’t spending so much on the roadwork, new batteries, and the solar heating project, we could take a nuclear-powered icebreaker and take a dip in the Arctic Ocean at the … Continue reading →

This is what the fly traps in the shed looked like last Tuesday: Andy replaced them with fresh ones, and this is what they looked like 24 hours later: Yuck! The traps in the attic of the house look about … Continue reading →

Andy got home shortly after 5 yesterday afternoon. Much better than the 7:45 Friday evening, since when they do roadwork he has to get up at 5 am to leave here by 6 to get there by 7. That’s too … Continue reading →

Andy and Orlando were going to fix up the roads last weekend, but the weather report said there would be heavy rains and flash flooding in the burn scar areas — which includes our roads — so they postponed it … Continue reading →

This is Seth Meyers’ view (9/24/14) of our actions against Isis: Do you agree with him? September 26, 2014  

One thing Andy and I used to wonder about was, what would happen if our landlord sold the apartments? He’s even older than Andy and I are. He spent as little money as possible on maintenance, but we do love … Continue reading →

I feel much better now that I have given up hope. —Ashleigh Brilliant That’s where I am right now. I’m doing major reorganizing, recycling, tossing things out, and it looks hopelessly messy in the process. It reminds me of when … Continue reading →

Unfortunately the Rid-a-Rat failed again. The new count is rats in truck 18 rats in well house 9 mouse (in truck) 1 ground squirrel (in truck) 1 Andy moved the light to a different location, but it’s still pointed towards … Continue reading →

rats in truck 17 rats in well house 9 mouse (in truck) 1 ground squirrel (in truck) 1 Notice the zapper got another rat in the truck, even though the Rid-a-Rat was blinking as it should. We’ll have to see … Continue reading →

Here’s a picture of the motion-activated spotlight in our apartment: And here it is in the well house. Andy pointed it towards the area where the rats had tried to build their nests. So far no new rats in the … Continue reading →