State of things...

[geminigirl]

We weren't affected by Hurricane Katrina. We've had slightly heavier rain and the weather reports show a slightly higher than usual chance of rain, and there's been a bit more wind, but it's not unreasonable, and if there wasn't a hurricane hanging around, I'd have assumed just worse than usual storm and left it at that.

The water level in the lake behind us has risen a bit, but nothing serious.

I suspect there were some pressure changes in the air yesterday-Beta was clearly unhappy and nervous. He paced around for a while. The kittens seemed unaffected.

Speaking of the monsters...Beta is big, sweet and orange, as always. Gizmo and Widget are fascinated by his tail. Widget is bold and demanding. He often asks to be picked up and cuddled. I often tuck him into my shirt or overalls when I'm sitting on the couch-I joke that it's practice for attachement parenting. He's daring and wants to explore and get into things-this morning he got himself into a pillowcase, under the pillow...if I'd had the camera, I'd have sent it to Stuff on my Cat. He also farts more than any cat I've ever met. Gizmo is a funny cat, she likes to be pet and snuggled, but only on her terms. And she's a big fan of nose licking. She climbs up and snuggles and purrs and provides a good nose-grooming. They're both very short coated, and I haven't gotten them to tolerate much brushing yet, but that may be that the brushes we're using are a little sharp for the babies...Beta has a heavier coat. They like the play cubes we bought them. I really do have to find the cameras.

Other things...we're having connectivity issues with the cable modem. I've been having a horrible time trying to get them to figure out the problem and repair it. It took a week to just get the cable company to discover that it was a signal problem and take some action. We'll see what happens now; I've got a draft of a letter to them in another window.

Beyond that, things are quiet here. I don't hate the lake behind the apartment, where there is a pair of ducks, a blue heron, a few other birds I've yet to identify, and at least one large turtle.

We're looking at tickets to New York for Thanksgiving, and for Canada for Christmas.

I ought to do laundry and find clothes that don't make me feel gross in case we decide to go out tonight. And I wish posthaste were around...

Comments

We had a similiar problem w. verizon

[maxdwolf.livejournal.com]

Had intermittent loss of connectivity. Once every month or two. Finally, a contractor we have over the check the wiring in general notices the phone line is hooked up incorrectly (after having 4 contractors for the phone company miss it). We have our contractor write down the problem for us (something he describes as obvious and easily fixed to anyone proficient in the field) to hand over the the phone personnel to fix. After that, everythings fine.

[cmariewt.livejournal.com]

I am glad to hear everything is okay in your part of the country.

Yes! Post pictures of the kitties!

Re: We had a similiar problem w. verizon

[geminigirl]

We seem to be okay, now that a tech has finally looked at what was going on outside, where there was a piece of cable that had split, and the splitter or junction thingy (can't remember right now) was cracked. Water and condensation were apparently getting in and causing outages.

We'll see; I'm not sure that I trust the techs...

[geminigirl]

I took a few pictures this week...we'll try to upload them this weekend and make them available for viewing.