FIRE!

We live very close to an abandoned Hotel.  This Hotel has been empty  and used for storage since 2005. During the weekend it became the site of a five alarm fire.

Luckily nothing else in the area caught on fire.  This happened early on Sunday morning around 3:00 AM.  There are still fire trucks there today (Tuesday) because every so often a fire starts again in the burned out shell of a building.  There were six structures and only one is still standing.  Arson is a heavy possibility.  The news said that the owner of the hotel had not paid taxes for the last four years.  Now they can afford to pay the taxes with their insurance claim, right?  Arson, well...maybe????

The cats are doing well.  I'm doing battle with the fleas again but that seems to be common for Summers now.  I believe that the Frontline Plus flea treatments are no longer working.  I think the fleas have become resistant to those chemicals.  Even some Vet techs agree with me on that one.  Something new needs to be developed to combat those horrid blood suckers.

The makers (Pella) of our new sliding glass door will be out to see our new door on Thursday.  There is a 1/4 inch square spot in the center of the door that has zero coating on it.  Both the stationery and the sliding door has glass in them that appear to be distorted. if you move your head from side to side it looks like like there are vertical lines running through the glass.  I now refer to our new slider as the fun house door.  We'll see what happens after they inspect it.

Good Night From Muttzncatz's Place

A Moment of Weakness

You will all be happy to hear that in a moment of weakness I bought a new digital camera last night while watching one of the shopping channels.  It's twice as good as my old one which means you will be seeing more and better quality pictures here on my blog.  I'm very excited about it and can hardly wait for it to get here.  The kitties will be blinded from all the flashes going off in their little furry faces.  Oh, it also has a red eye remover built in.  No more red eyed devil looking precious children.

Today was flea treatment day.  All my fur kids got treated with their Frontline Plus doses this afternoon.  The only one that is almost impossible to dose is Tanner.  Today I got lucky and he ran into a cardboard box I had on the floor for their enjoyment.  I threw a large terry towel over him and pulled him out of the box.  I put the treatment on his neck, he peed on the towel, the box, the rug and that was it.  Well you have to understand by comparison this was easy.  We use to have to chase him all over the house and when we got too close he peed.  That meant that there would be several spots of urine all over the house.  We would take kleenex tissues and mark the spots like penalty flags at a football game as we took off after him each time.   So one large spot on the rug, towel and box....a piece of cake! That was just a little green machine (carpet cleaner), throw out the cardboard box and and throw the towel in the washer.  I love it when a plan comes together, don't you?

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Have a pleasant tomorrow

Good Night From Muttzncatz's Place