Bath Time!

Today Lil Kat and I gave Ty (da kar) her first bath! She was pretty muddy from camping trip. We had to work really hard to make her sparkle like new. If only Lil could work that hard to make himself sparkle on a daily basis, the world would be a fresher place! Gotta love him!

All Wet

Yesterday we packed up our belongings from the camp site. It had rained the previous night. So there were a lot of things that were wet. I decided we should just wrap them up and throw them in the car.

When we got home, I tossed the wet stuff back on the patio. I figured we would dry them before putting them away. This morning it looked like it might rain again. So I decided to leave the stuff out on the patio. When I got home, I hoisted everything up on the patio fence rails to air out.

It is quite windy here. The air show dry everything out. I think I will let the kids take down all the stuff and fold it up properly. It is a chore to get this big tent to fold up and fit into the small bag. We don't need to store the stuff too permanently. I think we are going to go camping as a family next month. We will not be hiking 10 miles during our trip like the Boy Scouts do.

Camping Weekend

Yesterday we woke up in the wee hours of the morning to go camping. This was required for Little Kat to progress to the next level of boy scouts.

The scout leader had a truck pulling a trailer full of food and supplies. We drove out of town and found ourselves on a narrow road. At some points only one car could travel at a time both ways on the road. Many of the houses there were built right up against the street.

The major activity during the camping weekend was a hike that was supposed to be a few miles each way. It was a big surprise. Turns out it was 5 miles to the destination, and 5 miles back to camp. We sent Kit Kat with Little Kat on this marathon hike.

A few hours later, we got a text message from Kit Kat. She had bad blisters. And she could not make the hiking trip home. Mamma Kat got a street name from Kit Kat over the phone. We then used the GPS in the car to navigate our way by car to pick up the kids. It was a tough weekend. We are going to need more sleep tonight to recover.

Fence Repair

Last week I called up a fence company. I had their guy come out to provide another estimate on our fence repair. I told him he was out before, and now I had the money to pay him. He said prices had gone up.

I asked him how he could lower the new price back to the original estimate he gave me. He said they could not haul away the old broken fence, and it was save me a bunch of money. I wrote him a check. He said the install people would call me within a week.

A week later, I had not heard anything about my fence repair. So I called the guy up. He was surprised the installation team did not call me. He got them to schedule a time to come fix my fence. Later I got a call saying they had to reschedule. They said they don't install fences in the rain. Finally today I got home and we had a new section of fence. Little Kat says it looks funny because the new wood color does not look like the rest of our fence. I like it though. The old fence was broken in many places due to a tree falling down.

Next step is to find some money to add a new fence in the far back of our yard. A lot of our property is unfenced. Time to fence it in.

Auto Manufacturers

Little Kat has been getting more and more interested in cars these days. I think some of it has to do with Mamma Kat taking him when she was looking for a new car.

Today Little Kat wanted to know the names of auto manufacturers. I went to the CarMax site, and printed out the different makers of the cars they sell. There were about 40 brands.

I had Little Kat read and say the names of about 40 of the manufacturers. The Japanese ones were hard to sound out. Strangely enough, Little Kat is taking an interest in the Smart cars. He thinks they might be affordable.

Strange Car

I got home from work early today. It has been a tough week. I decided I could afford to come home on time for once. But when I pulled up to the house, I spotted this little blue car in my driveway. It was a Ford Focus.

Mamma Kat was complaining. She took in her new car for an upgrade. They gave her a free loaner car. However it was a go kart on steroids. She was not happy at all.

LOL. Mamma Kat did not even want to go on the highway with this thing. We used to think that Little Kat would one day drive a Focus. Mamma Kat is rethinking that plan.

LOLcats

There is some new movement called LOLcats. Apparently it hinges around pictures of cats with funny sayings. The official site is something like "I Can Has Cheezburgers".

In other news, Little Kat talked Kit Kat into sleeping out in the tent tonight. They still have the tent pitched in the back yard. It is a little cold out. However they are getting practice in for our trip next week to go camping with the Boy Scouts.

The fence on one side of our yard is falling apart due to rot or termites. I want to replace it with a vinyl fence. But that is going to require us to save up for it. So right now I am bracing the fence with some new pressure treated wood. Let's hope it holds up.