My yard has gone from ass to putrid crap. Why? Because the effing asshats contracted to pave the road have parked all over my yard and are driving around on the grass and side walk. That is unnecessary seeing as how they are parking on the side of my house that isn’t getting paved. You bet your ass that I have been taking pictures. I’m that annoying neighbor, but if they don’t fix the damage they have done. I’m going to be a nightmare come Tuesday (Monday is a holiday).

Today is a dreary day. It is extremely overcast and foggy outside. Must be dementors. ;D

I went to the grocery store this morning and now that I have finished putting all of my purchases away, I am finding the cats are behaving suspiciously. I hear odd noises and then when I check on them, they are just standing in the middle of the floor. Yes, suspicious.

I think the icky weather has put me in a sour mood. I was hoping to get photos of the new curtains, but there just isn’t enough light. Then when I came home from the grocery store, I found someone had parked their minivan on my property. I believe it is probably religious recruiters. /sigh. They’ve got twenty minutes and then I might have to leave a passive aggressive note on the windshield!

Update: They are going to be paving the side street (ours is a corner lot) and so someone needed to park their minivan in our yard. They could have ASKED first. What if I had company? What if I was planning on reseeding that area? Hrmm? Hrmm? Yeah, exactly.

Bobby Fischer has died. Didn’t see that one coming. He was one um, interesting (weird) guy.

I love that my cats are worried about the fact that Josh is not home. I do not love the fact that they are taking turns in expressing their worry. One is either walking around howling or the other is pacing and eventually shredding things. I’m going nuts with these two. At least they are getting along a lot better. They still keep a little distance, but they are hanging out within feet of each other. They touched noses last night. Progress!

Yesterday morning they chased each other around the house for nearly four hours. There were a few little breaks, but those lasted no more than five minutes. That was usually to try and figure out why I was moving furniture. I moved furniture because yesterday I took down the very dated curtains* and wood rods in the bedroom and installed new rods and curtains. I didn’t just take them down. I actually fixed the wall (fill, sand, orange peel and paint) and then installed the new ones.

Unfortunately, I decided I should wash and iron my curtains after I had measured and poked holes in the lovely looking wall. Why was this unfortunate you ask? Because the curtains effing shrank! Yes. They shrank a good five inches. FIVE INCHES people! I washed them carefully too! So, I had a bit of a breakdown and IMed Josh to tell him of this tragedy. As I was messaging him, I had an epiphany.

I used similar tabbed curtains in the guest bedroom and I hadn’t washed them due to time constraints (guests coming). I tried them on the rod and they fit perfectly! I put the shorter ones in the guest room and they look perfect in there. So, the moral of the story, if your curtains say dry clean only, don’t risk it. Dry clean only.

* See this pre-purchase photo of the guest room for the same lovely 80s style curtains.

My immune system has been abnormal for quite some time. I am always getting sick. I decided to give DanActive drinks a try. Considering how much I dislike sweet yogurts, this is a big deal for me. I am on day two of drinking them. So far everything seems fine. I am holding my nose as I drink them. If I didn’t, there is a very likely risk of vomit*. I will report any noticeable changes if they occur. I’m going to give it about two weeks. I figure that should be sufficient.

So there you go folks. I’ll be your guinea pig and let you know!

*Yes, I can’t stand it that much.

Torchwood airs tonight on BBC2, 9pm. That’s about 4pm our time. It is the closest to a bit of Who that we’re going to get for a bit. Enjoy people. It begins airing on BBC America next week.

The kitties are getting closer, on their own. Alfred is exploring the places that are normally Skittles’ spots. He plopped down on her carpet by the hearth and she climbed in her bed. That’s when he started clawing at her bed. Not in a dangerous manner though. There was one paw swat from each of them, but no hissing. I just hope things continue to progress nicely.

About a minute after I took that photo, we heard loud cat fighting sounds outside. All three of us jumped up and ran to the window. We couldn’t see anything and by the time I got the light on, the dueling parties were gone. I’ll be keeping my eye out for anyone that may be injured.

Amanda, please tell me you sent Alex to bed. This game has nearly given Josh and I coronaries. I can only imagine what he is going through!

It would appear that it is afternoon bath time. Alfred is sitting on the couch with Josh and I (watching the Green Bay and Seattle) and my sweet little demon princess Skittles is in her bed in front of the hearth. They are both grooming. It is cute. They still aren’t really getting along, but Alfred is getting more comfortable walking around and the demon is giving him space.

I think I’m going to leave Josh with the youngins and make a run to see about getting a dust mop. I realized yesterday that if your house is done entirely in tile, a dust mop is necessary.

Where I surf Part VII: Linkfests and the Rest:

Pop Culture Junk Mail – Links to stuff, lots of stuff. Sometimes they find links that cause childhood flashbacks. Not a bad thing.
LJ Ubergeeks – Daily ubergeek facts and sometimes just uber links.
Boing Boing – Similar to Pop Culture Junk Mail. Generally fun links found here.
MetaFilter – I’ve been a MeFi member for some seven or eight years and a reader for even longer.
LinkMachineGo – Links!
LJ Baaaby Animals – Pretty much sells itself
ICanHasCheezburger – LOL Cats!
The Leak Cauldron – A WB favorite, this site always has the real news.
LJ Veg Recipes – Vegetarian recipes for your consumption.
PotterPuffs – While she doesn’t create them anymore, I keep this feed in my reader, just in case!