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You know you’ve been reading too much of Robyn’s blog when you start dreaming about Robyn’s life. I had a dream the other night that Newt ate all but 2 of your chickens! Sorry! At least I’m not clairvoyant or anything! 
But which two did he not eat – Fricasee and Flappy McGee, or two of the unnamed ones? (And you’re not the only one who’s had dreams about us. I occasionally dream about internet people I’ve never met, too.)
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Would you have to get 4 of those litter robots? At $300 a pop, that’s kind of pricey. Still, it would be worth it if it worked. I currently scoop 4 domed litter boxes every other day and that gets old fast. Can you close your bedroom door to keep the critters out? We used to sleep with the door opened allowing cats in and out, but we started shutting them out at night and WOW what a difference in the quality of sleep. Little brats.
Speaking of the Litter Robots, I ordered one after I got an email from Michelle (hi, Michelle!), because I figure the worst that happens is it doesn’t work for us, then I have to send it back and get a refund. I’m perfectly fine with having to empty out the poo drawer (or whatever the hell it’s called) twice a day – it isn’t the fact that I have to clean out the litter box so often that’s made me want to order the Litter Robot, it’s the fact that I have to run into the laundry room 14 times a day and scoop litter over the latest pile Sugarbutt or Tommy (or whoever) has left behind, and because the laundry room is next to the kitchen, that’s the sort of thing that can really stink up a couple of rooms (especially since the door that goes between the laundry room and kitchen is out in the garage waiting for me to strip and repaint it!).
I’m concerned that the older cats – Spot especially – will be scared by the Litter Robot, so once it gets here, I plan to put it in the laundry room, but also offer a regular litter box as well. Hopefully once the cats realize that the Litter Robot offers always-clean litter, they’ll all take to it.
There’s no way on earth we’d end up with 4 Litter Robots – I’d never be able to talk Fred into spending that much money, first of all, and secondly, we wouldn’t have the room for four of them. Right now, we don’t have 4 litter boxes, anyway – we just have one big one, and it seems to be working okay for us.
I’ve read that you’re supposed to have twice as many litter boxes as you have cats, but that is so NOT going to happen in the And3rson household in THIS lifetime.
I could close the bedroom door to keep the cats out, but to be honest, I like having them in there sleeping with me. Most of the time they stake out their own spots in the room and let me have enough room to sleep, and they stay quiet all night long. Just every once in a while something gets into all of them (I think it’s hormonal, actually – I’m due to start my period, and that always gets them wild for a day or two) and they turn into real pains in the ass.
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The first thing that popped into my mind when you said you fed the chickens eggs was “Would you eat a human embryo?” Is there such a thing as mad chicken disease? YUCK!
If a human embryo were as tasty as a cheese omelet, I’d have to say yes.
(Although the egg we fed the chickens was most likely unfertilized, so it would really be more like eating a human egg rather than a human embryo. And human eggs are teeny, so it’d probably take a LONG time to gather enough to make a decent omelet.)
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Is Spanky getting older? Bruce used to do the nighttime yowling thing when he became elderly. The vet said there are lots of reasons why older cats do that–it turned out that Bruce had developed hyperthyroidism (he was losing, weight, too, which was why we brought him in that time) and that’s what was causing it with him.
Spanky’s 10 years old – almost 11! – but I don’t think we can blame it on his age. He’s always been a cat who likes to hear himself talk (we think he’s got some Siamese in him), and his entire life he’s done the wandering-around-the-house-howling thing.
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Now I’m worried that you are going to shoot someone that you like. No running around with a gun! My dad almost shot my brother doing something like that. Buy a wicked alarm system. Then switch to a taser.
There’s a world of difference between holding a gun (finger NOT on the trigger, safety engaged) and actually firing a gun. I have no desire to own a taser (I might be tempted to tase a cat when they’re really being annoying), and we already have a security system in place – I arm it every night when I get home, or after Fred leaves Smallville for Madison, and keep it armed until the next morning.
I haven’t shot anyone yet, but if I were to shoot someone, it’d be someone I
don’t like, obviously.
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Robyn, were you still buck nekkid when you were running through the house with your gun??
No, I tossed a nightgown on once I realized the cats weren’t in hiding. Of course, if I’d stayed buck nekkid, I wouldn’t have needed the gun – anyone who’d broken into the house would have taken one look at my buck nekkid ass and turned to stone.
Does the crashing mirror lend any more credence to the ghost theory?
Uhhhhh…. nope, not as far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t. I think it lends credence to the “Double-sided tape is a bad way to keep a mirror stuck to a medicine cabinet” theory, though. Lesson learned!
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The smug look on Sugarbutt’s face cracks me up.
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Previously
2006: Smart man, that one.
2005: Back from Gatlinburg.
2004: No entry.
2003: I love Von, and questions answered.
2002: No entry.
2001: Miz Poo gives me a scare.
2000: My husband, the diplomat.]]>
Ugh! There are few things I hate worse than selling a freaking house. It sucks and you have my utmost sympathy. You’re right to not be too excited til it’s all signed and you have the check. The last house we sold, the buyers backed out the day before closing. Fuckers. I still hate them with the white hot hate of a thousand Meester Boogers.
That being said, I really hope these buyers work out for you and you don’t have to mess around with it anymore.
We’ve also always bought the buyers a home warranty and frankly I just thought it was standard procedure. Next time I might not be so nice, thanks to you.
You had mentioned in an entry a few months back about taking a pill for your facial hair. Did it help? I am interested in your experience before I try it.
Thanks!
Those buyers sound like a royal pain in the ass, but I’m still keeping my fingers crossed the purchase goes through. Why is the whole process so annoying?? I swear, I’m going to stay put in this house until I’m carted out, just so I can avoid ever having to deal with buying/selling a house again!
“getting his fret on” cracked me up! My husband does that, too. Must be a guy thing.
Good luck with the house sale.
I think you should have been nominated for “Best Blogger Period”. Your site is still the one I most look forward to reading each day.
Congrats on the sale of your house. I’m sure the inspection will be fine. You and Fred have maintained your house so if anything comes up it will be easily fixed. I sure hope my Mom & Dad have as good as luck as you did. They just closed on a new house in Texas and put their Arkansas house for sale. Anyone interested in a nice retirement home in northern Arkansas, post a comment!
Regarding ghost theories, have you thought that maybe the ghosties are just protesting that the mirror was affixed with double-sided tape? The malevolent beings used their psychic powers to cause it to fall!
Just saying…
It’s been 4 yrs. since I did that box for you. My god, time flies.
One comment about the automatic litter box… I used one automatic box and one regular box. By the end of the week they were using the Littermaid exclusively and not even bothering with the regular box. I didn’t make a big deal out of it, just put both of them in the laundry room and let them figure it out.
This is a comment that has nothing to do with the present entry, but I wanted to say I liked your idea of selling your broken iPod on eBay. My husband had some stereo equipment which broke and we had to replace. He was going to throw it away, and I told him how you sold your broken iPod on eBay and specifically stated it was broken, etc. Well he sold his broken equipment and made way more than he thought we would! Thanks for the idea!
Now that I have 6 cats, I have two large litter boxes that I scoop once a day. (One of them should probably be scooped twice, since it’s more frequently used, but it’s not that bad.) That’s plenty. I just thought it would be better to avoid issues if more than one has to go at one time (and because my old girl is in early renal failure and goes quite a bit more often).
And I close the cats out of the bedroom, mostly because of allergies. Now we get the howling under the door in the morning if they hear a peep out of us (or not) because we’re STARVING them to DEATH!!!
My mother is a real estate agent here in the Houston area, and her motto is, “It ain’t over until the money’s funded.” And that motto came about because of the exact kind of buyers that Shelly had to deal with. You have NO idea how often this happens…
Ugh I feel your pain, kinda on the flip side. I am the buyer right now and our closing is the end of this month with our inspection being next Tuesday. We have sellers that don’t want to do anything, like clean out their huge 37×40 shop full of SHIT or fix a broken window and we DO stand to lose earnest money and appraisal fees if they should piss us off.
Damn I hate buying/selling houses.
Do you still wonder whether Mr FancyPants will ever come home and does it bother you that you might not be there if he comes back one day?
Buyers really are fuckers, since we just sold our condo for almost $30k below our original asking price (it was on the market almost a year. That’t why). But when we sold our condo, we also became the asshole buyers who offered below the asking price, and in our case it worked. The compromise was that the sellers refused to fix anything that our home inspector found, and there was a shitload of stuff, so they made out on that end. Even as I write this, our plumber is ripping the bathroom apart.
Longtime reader, first time commenter.
I don’t know if someone else has asked this but are you going to be able to get internet in the new house or are you just having to live without (gulp) from now on? I know it’s a banal thing for my first comment but I’m curious.
I feel your pain. Home selling is a bitch.
Take it from me….I’m a Realtor.
Congrats on getting offers already! I listed a house 2 weeks ago and not one person has even looked at it yet!!
I’m freakin’ out.
We have a saying “buyers are liars” and they usually are.
Also had to give up my fridge last time WE sold our house.
LOL @ Lena! My mother (realtor) says the same (about buyers), but finishes that with, “and sellers are thieves.” Both sides are fighting for what they want, and don’t really give a damn about the other side. Which is why I’ll NEVER be a realtor. I just couldn’t deal with the drama.