Maggie showed her terrier traits!
It was gross! It was sad!
Yesterday morning we were in the back yard with Maggie, talking to the fence guy, when Maggie goes trotting past us with something hanging out of her mouth. I immediately recognized it as a tail but Rog thought it was a stick. He caught up to her, told her to "leave it" and then stuck his finger in her mouth to get it out. Oh, cringe! A little field mouse who wasn't quite dead, with his little feet flapping in the wind as it dropped to the deck. Poor thing was pretty far gone but not quite there yet. We disposed of it, Rog scrubbed his hands really good and long, and I looked all over for something to wash Maggs' mouth out with but never found anything. No Maggie kisses for a while, that's for sure.
This has turned out to be a good week for us other than the nasty weather-related trip home. The sun has been shining, the temps have been in the 50s and 60s during the day, and we feel like we are on a little vacation. We've had a walk to the park every day. We are really enjoying having good internet - getting software updates and apps downloaded. We had dinner last night with Mike and Erica. It was a good visit. They are doing well.
The fence is being repaired in a timely manner. Yesterday they dug the post holes, today they set the posts and Monday they will reattach the fence. We really lucked out with this contractor - he's done good by us. Even better - the insurance is picking up the tab minus our deductible.
As far as I know everyone is on the mend in Fairfield. Haven't pestered them with phone calls foe a couple of days.
In the meantime, we got a call from a camper at Santee who ended up purchasing our two recliners that we had for sale once we bought the sofa. Our neighbor was kind enough to meet with the buyer and collect the money for us; and, as she texted, "done deal." Glad to be rid of them and the extra dollars will come in handy this month, for sure.
Tomorrow we head back to Santee and the RV. We will take the shortest route - straight down US395 along the eastern side of the Sierras. and meet I-15 in the Mohave Desert. It's a pretty drive - we go past Topaz Lake on the NV/CA border, Bridgeport at the edge of some sawtooth mountains, Mammoth Lakes Ski Area, Mono Lake, and the eastern entrance to Yosemite. We will see Mt. Whitney on one side and Death Valley on the other. It's one of my favorite drives. (Not Roger's - it's a two lane road.) The weather promises to be nice and we will be in no particular hurry. We have reservations in Ridgecrest, CA - at the end of the mountains just as you enter the Mohave Desert. From there it's not such a pretty drive, but that will be Sunday of a three day weekend and we are hoping the traffic once we hit San Bernadino and on into to Santee will be minimal.
We are packing up this afternoon and will leave early in the morning. We'll be back in six weeks with the RV. Just having this nice week of weather here and seeing some plants peeking up out of the dirt, I am anxious to get back to play in the yard but it's still February and way too soon! Roger keeps going out in the garage and looking at his wood; so I think he will be more than ready to put his shop back together in April when we get back!!
In the meantime, we got a call from a camper at Santee who ended up purchasing our two recliners that we had for sale once we bought the sofa. Our neighbor was kind enough to meet with the buyer and collect the money for us; and, as she texted, "done deal." Glad to be rid of them and the extra dollars will come in handy this month, for sure.
Tomorrow we head back to Santee and the RV. We will take the shortest route - straight down US395 along the eastern side of the Sierras. and meet I-15 in the Mohave Desert. It's a pretty drive - we go past Topaz Lake on the NV/CA border, Bridgeport at the edge of some sawtooth mountains, Mammoth Lakes Ski Area, Mono Lake, and the eastern entrance to Yosemite. We will see Mt. Whitney on one side and Death Valley on the other. It's one of my favorite drives. (Not Roger's - it's a two lane road.) The weather promises to be nice and we will be in no particular hurry. We have reservations in Ridgecrest, CA - at the end of the mountains just as you enter the Mohave Desert. From there it's not such a pretty drive, but that will be Sunday of a three day weekend and we are hoping the traffic once we hit San Bernadino and on into to Santee will be minimal.
We are packing up this afternoon and will leave early in the morning. We'll be back in six weeks with the RV. Just having this nice week of weather here and seeing some plants peeking up out of the dirt, I am anxious to get back to play in the yard but it's still February and way too soon! Roger keeps going out in the garage and looking at his wood; so I think he will be more than ready to put his shop back together in April when we get back!!
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