Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Your ahead of us catching the varmints...I am trying to catch up with you !

The possums and skunk were tempted by sardines but the best thing so far for raccoons is donuts and eggs.

I had a teeth cleaning appointment at 10:00 this morning and when I was walking in the building I saw a cat that looked just like our Puddy. Turned out it was Puddy when she started meowing at me I'm not sure where she was under the truck but she's lucky to be alive as that was a 15 mile drive and fortunately I had made no stops before the dentists.

 

[Bruce]

Puddy rode UNDER the truck all the way to the dentist's office? Wow. And you were sure lucky you saw her or she'd have gone into hiding in the bushes. Phew!

2 down, 98 to go!

Maybe not 98 but I'd bet there are babies out there that were getting fed chicken dinner. Best to keep those traps out and baited.

 

[thistlebloom]

The possums and skunk were tempted by sardines but the best thing so far for raccoons is donuts and eggs.

I had a teeth cleaning appointment at 10:00 this morning and when I was walking in the building I saw a cat that looked just like our Puddy. Turned out it was Puddy when she started meowing at me I'm not sure where she was under the truck but she's lucky to be alive as that was a 15 mile drive and fortunately I had made no stops before the dentists.

Wow, glad she hung on and you saw her! We lost a cat that belonged to Kid#2 when he was little. He and his brother were the best rodent control we ever had. He was a beautiful black cat and was always hopping in trucks. The UPS man removed him from his truck a few times. One day dh was working at a job about an hour away and said he saw a cat just like July wandering around the lot. Turned out that it was July but dh never spotted him again.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Better tell Puddy cat that his trip cost him one of his nine lives......better be careful PUDDY CAT !

 

[Mike CHS]

Better tell Puddy cat that his trip cost him one of his nine lives......better be careful PUDDY CAT !

That is at least two lives used up. Right after she showed up here she got curious about the sheep in the stall by the house. What she didn't know was that one of those big white things was Maisy and Maisy will kill any cat (or most anything else) she can catch. Puddy got through the fence about one foot sooner than Maisy got there.

Covid has arrived in our neighborhood. One of the neighbors tested positive yesterday and unfortunately she has started started the recovery process for a 4 wheeler accident. They and several of the other neighbors have been getting together on a regular basis as if there was nothing going on so we are hoping it doesn't/hasn't spread more.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I take it you and Teresa have been keeping a safe distance ?
People here are still wearing masks as the new covid cases continue to rise in our state and area......sure hope your neighbor recovers quickly....

 

[Mike CHS]

We have avoided going anymore than we have to and since we are pretty well stocked, we only go about every couple of weeks. We aren't paranoid but we are careful and make use of the pickup options that stores are offering. We didn't have any positives in our county at all until two weeks ago and that suddenly jumped to several hundred since most were not taking it seriously. We even did a curb side pickup at TSC this morning for dog food. I'm not sure how much money Kroger is losing on their pickup. We ordered two pork loins this morning along with several other things and wound up with two packages of pork tenderloin since they were out of the loins. The loins were $1.90 per pound and the tenderloins were $5 something a pound but you pay the loin price instead of the tenderloin price.

 

[Mike CHS]

I meant to mention earlier that I'm super pleased with the gas mileage on the new truck. In town it gets right at 18 which is better mpg than my 6 cylinder Tacoma. At highway speeds locally it is getting between 29 and 31. I was surprised for an engine that big.

 

[Bruce]

That highway MPG is pretty darn good for a truck!

Covid has arrived in our neighborhood. One of the neighbors tested positive yesterday

I hope you haven't been hanging around with that neighbor. Probably several of the people who have will now test positive.

 

[Mike CHS]

We haven't been in close proximity to any of the neighbors well before this stuff started. Even their older family members haven't been around them because they weren't taking it seriously plus the Grands have several young children living with them so they too have been careful.