You guys are cracking me UP with the goofy jokes!
So, a few weeks ago when someone peed on the guest bedroom bed twice over the course of two days (both times on the waterproof mattress cover, under which lies a vinyl mattress cover. I am devoted to making sure no cat pee ever actually touches the guest bed mattress.), I insisted that it was time for Fred to find and purchase a decent webcam “wireless IP camera” that we could set up in a corner of the bedroom, pointed at the guest bed, so that we could figure out who the fuck was peeing on the bed.
(“What are we going to do when we find out?” Fred asked. I still don’t know the answer to that. I just want to KNOW.)
We got the camera and set it up and then I installed the software on my computer and set it to record when it detected motion. At first I watched every clip the camera made, which I quickly tired of because no matter how I fiddled with the settings on the camera, if a shadow moved in the room it triggered the motion detector and I got a ten-second clip of nothing. (Except, of course, for the clip where Fred crawled into the room and around to the camera and then waved his hand quickly in front of the camera because he wanted me to think there was a ghost. Except he didn’t get low enough when he first crawled through the door and I could see the top of his head. Freak.) After I waded through all those clips the first few hours, I started just going in and checking the bed to be sure it hadn’t been peed on before I deleted everything that had been recorded without looking at it.
And then the software started being a pain in the ass, shutting itself down at random times for no apparent reason. And we couldn’t find an upgrade for the software, and as Fred pointed out “If we’re going to spend that goddamn much money on a camera, it needs to come with software that WORKS.”
So we sent it back.
Which leads me to ask:
Got a webcam “wireless IP camera” with really good software? Tell me about it!
I snagged some screenshots when I was watching the movie clips and made a quick little movie to share so y’all can see the excitement that goes on in the guest bedroom.
Miss Stinky hangs out in there a LOT. Who knew?
So, did I mention that I originally had a hair appointment scheduled for the day I went in for my lower body lift? I called and canceled it with the intention of rescheduling it once I had recovered from surgery, but then I put it off, and then I was like “Well, I was thinking about growing it out anyway!”, and then I bought some temporary color and colored my hair to cover the grays, and then that washed out.
And I am SO gray. I would guess that I’m 50% gray if not more.
I think I’m still going to wait a while to call and make an appointment for a cut and color. The gray doesn’t bother me much, and I never look forward to sitting and having my hair done (it’s borrrrrrrrring, even though I very much like the woman who does my hair), so maybe I’ll go in September.
This picture doesn’t even come close to showing how damn gray I’ve gotten.
Friday when Fred got home from work, he decided it was time to mow the lawn. So I went ahead and mowed the side lawn on the riding lawnmower while he ate dinner, and then I ate dinner while he went out and started mowing the rest of the lawn. I debated sitting on my ass in front of the computer, but decided I was tired of doing that (I’d been doing it all day, after all) and so I went out and got out the push lawnmower and mowed the side and front lawns up by the road (which is too hilly for the riding lawnmower) and then I mowed the entire fenced in portion of the back yard and some of the chicken yard. When all was said and done, between the two of us we got the yard mowed in about two hours (not including the pig yard and the back forty, which Fred did yesterday).
One day I’ll surprise the hell out of him by mowing the lawn myself before he gets home from work.
(Except that I strongly suspect he’d be annoyed if I did that, since he is not much for surprises and I think he kinda LIKES mowing the lawn himself, the big freak.)
These kittens are KILLING ME. They’re 16 weeks old and they are STILL occasionally nursing. Poor little bitty Kara, she’s such a small Momma cat, the little brats are just sucking the life out of her!
I’d shoo them away from her when they start in, but – well – it’s not MY job! Besides, they’re so happy and cute I can’t help just sitting there and watching them.
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Stinkerbelle in her favorite spot, on the guest bed. In the background, Spanky in HIS favorite spot on the trunk under the window.
Previously
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: Right now, Fred’s upstairs trying to snooze while Mister Boogers comforts him.
2004: Does she think she’s Paris Hilton?
2003: Me, earlier today: “I swear to god, I’m going to go on a shooting spree!”
2002: ME LOVE LOBSTER, have I mentioned?
2001: No entry.
2000: It sure is good to be home!
By “webcam,” Robyn means “wireless IP camera.”
WHATEVS.
My god, poor Kara! Her nipples are going to hang down to the floor by the time she gets rid of her kids.
I love the kitten (cat by now?) that kneads with the white paws up in the air on Kara. So cute!
Oh, and you look good in the pink. Wear more pink. PSA over.
My cable company has a special on demand channel for the Olympics and you can get any/all of it there 🙂 Maybe hers does too? I can’t get my DVR to work with my VCR 🙁 It is supposed to be able to download stuff to the VCR but it never does.
Soooo sweet with her ha..I mean front paw on one of the kittens’ heads when the video starts. Adorable! I’ll have to try and get some video of our nursing brood for you. Lambo’s mama has agreed to take our whole little colony of ferals (Little Fuzzy + baby, Big Fuzzy + 4 babies, and we may actually keep the boy, Shorty) so I don’t have much longer – will try to catch them in the act.
Robyn,
Do the kittens actually get any milk? I’m surprised that Kara would still be producing milk. Still cute as hell, but just wandering…
My dad would never let me mow the lawn. What did I WANT to do – mow the lawn. When he let me, he’d stand and watch me and only let me mow for about 15 minutes. Of course, what I had to do was clean the house. Ugh – I hated cleaning the house.
What did the farmer say when he couldn’t find his tractor?
Where’s my tractor?
*giggle giggle snort* Of course, I generally wait as long as possible to give the answer or until I can’t hold it in any longer and still be able to say the answer seriously. Yes,I do read Highlights. Why do you ask? *snicker*
Just wondering why you don’t keep the door closed to the guest bedroom and not allow the kids in there. Also, that would cut down on some of the house work, Heaven knows you have enough work to do around there. After all, they have the rest of the house and back yard to roam around in. Don’t you know that a little grey hair on the sides shows character! especially if it is cut short and sassy. loved the video of the kittens nursing. Thanks for sharing
this: Fred crawled into the room and around to the camera and then waved his hand quickly in front of the camera because he wanted me to think there was a ghost.
cracks me up.
hehe.
What would have been even funnier is if Fred had casually walked into the guest room, turned his back to the camera, and “mimed” peeing on the bed… which is what I thought you were going to say!
I meant to mention this before but forgot until you mentioned the peeing again. After you wrote about it earlier I read about the problem in a vet’s column in our local paper. The vet said that cat’s with urinary infections or other urinary problems for some reason often pee in sinks or other drains. I forgot to mention it because I knew yo guys are at the vet’s all the time.
Good lord. The babies look to be the same size as their mom! I’m surprised she’s still producing milk, after being spayed. She’s being very tolerant.
I haven’t seen my real hair in years, but from the little bit that I get a peek of when my roots start to show I think I might be really, really super gray. I’m 50, but I definitely feel too young to have gray hair so I intend to keep on dying it. I wonder when one stops dying one’s hair? Any ideas?
Kara has a sweeter temperment than mom’s Polly. When Polly decided enough was enough she started squalling like a banshee when the poor babies just nuzzled her. She now is the terror of The Creek. You look at her cross eyed and she squalls like she is ready to rip somethings heart out. Dang she’s grouchy. All the other cats make a wide detour around her and she’ll still growl.
I’ve been looking at tastespotting.com lately and yesterday, there was a picture of chicken feet. After gagging a little, I thought “Hmm, maybe Robyn isn’t afraid of chicken feet”, so I thought I’d sent the link to the article!
http://burntlumpia.typepad.com/burnt_lumpia/2008/08/chicken-feet.html
Re; Miz S; I decided I would stop coloring in my extensive gray when I turned 60. Well, that B.D. has come and gone. I still color my hair, and do it myself. I have to renew my license next month, and I don’t relish having a license picture that shows me as “old.” So, 50 is really young to me, and TOO young to go gray. And Miz Robyn; if you let your hair go gray enough, then you would find it easier to go BLONDE!!! LOL!!!
Sammi
Cutest kitten picture evar. Holy crap, they’re getting big!
I got my first gray hair when I was a teenager and I was dying my hair regularly around the age of 30. I’m now close to 50 and I can’t imagine every being comfortable with a headful of gray hair. Meh.
I enjoyed watching the hidden surveillance tape. Miss Stinky is so cute!
My fiance just bought a Linksys Wireless-G Internet Home Monitoring Camera for the express purpose of monitoring our cats when we’re away!
So far, so good.
Stinkerbelle is the cutest thing ever 🙂 Just had to say that.
I noticed you were reading (or read) “The Girls” and was wondering what you thought about it. I loved it BTW, and had to keep reminding myself it was a novel!