it's been a long time

Ah yes, it's been a long time since I've updated you on the goings on and a lot has been going on. 

We've signed the paper work for the new porch and they've actually started the framing (pictures to come later).  Now if the weather would cooperate I'd acutally get to sit out there.  It's either been beastly hot forcing both man and beast to seek shelter or it's been raining (I've got a dumpster in my driveway that's been leaking water non stop for two weeks).  I know, I shouldn't complain about the rain but hey I want my porch.  Actually the little bit of delay will work out.  The lights we ordered won't be in until mid to late August.

WeatherMaster came out and agreed to move the HVAC unit and pay a small amount towards the repair of the cut joists.  Though we did have to sign a release that frees them from any all future damages or responsibilities.  Wanna guess when we'll be call them again?  Yeah you got it, we won't have to worry about global warming.

Now that WeatherMaster has moved the HVAC unit in the attic, we're searching for new attic stairs.  Mark wants some that have a minimum of 300lb weight limit.  From his time doing HVAC he knows how heavy some of that equipment can be and a light weight ladder would be to dangerous.

While we've had the dumpster at the house we did pull down the icky nasty cabinets in the garage and the beat up work bench and tossed them both in to the dumpster.  It's amazing you can open the car door without hitting anything.  Both Mark & I are determined to declutter our lives.  A lot of that will involve getting rid of books, furniture and stuff we've accumulated since moving in to the house. 

Well, since my last posting we adopted a new kitty, Calypso.  She's about 2 years old and has had a rough beginning to her life.  At some point her tail was pulled so hard it cracked her spine forcing the amputation of her tail.  At some point in her young life she was exposed to heart worm but managed to fight it off.  She's been on the 21 day plan for retraining.  This consists of her being confined to a crate when we can't watch her and her only coming out when we can see what she's doing.  So far we're doing well, we've missed the kitty litter a couple of times in the crate, but I think that's more we're not real sure where our butt is in relation to the kitty litter pan.  Calypso is a little sweetie, the vet just loves her.  When she first moved in she was under weight and the vet said she never gets to to stay that.  Three weeks later, I was told to put Calypso on diet food since she gained 1 pound 10 ounces in three weeks.  So not good.  The boys, Milo and Manny are tolerating her but for the first couple of weeks there was a lot of hissing going on in the house, but for the most part they just ignore her.  One time, Milo allowed her to lie next to him and take a nap.  He even decided to give her a brief bath before noticing I was watching him and then he had to hiss and jump down.