Stress

It can kill you.  I now have three leaks in my house from the buildup of ice and snow on my roof. One in the living room, one in the bathroom, one in the kitchen.  All in front of the window.  Not to mention I have two vehicles that need to pass inspection by the end of the month, and they won't be without major work that needs to be done on both.  Anyone know a cheap mechanic? I guess this is what happens when your vehicles are over 10 years old...  Anyone know a good repairman that can fix the damaged sills and walls that this has caused?  I am really not sure what should be done besides knock down the huge icicles that are now melting away.  I just had a new roof put on this past fall.  But its something like 'facia' that now needs to be added?  I don't know.  This homeowner thing is not all its cracked up to be.  :(

So walking this morning to each of my 15 locations was a joke.  Imagine a narrow hill, and you had to walk on the very tip of that hill, and if you fell from walking on the tip, your foot and leg would fall into a deep crevice.  Well, that's what its like walking to each of these spots where the cats are waiting.  Its a very narrow path, and this morning, I must have fallen off this built up path I've created over the snows we've had this winter, and each time I fell, my foot felt like it was never going to land on something.  Its scary.  I wore a double layer of leggings, and its a good thing because the snow is wet, and so were my pants at that point.  Its getting warmer out. We had another two inches of wet snow, heavy snow.  i didn't even bother to shovel this morning. My main concern was to walk these narrow paths without falling.  

All i can say is its only going to get worse before it gets better.  There is going to be a lot of snow melt when it does begin to warm up.  A LOT of towels to change, a LOT of mud to be had.  Plus, there are two locations where I am surely going to be thrown out because with the warmer weather, the landlord/owners are going to come inspect their properties.  Its a never ending battle that I have to continue to fight.

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News story above:  The only thrill this morning was a huge house fire on Grand Avenue, again. There was another last year, one that burnt to the ground.  I've never seen so many firetrucks before, nor cops.  I had to speak to a few that were blocking me from going to feed the babies on Grand and Baldwin.  They were nice, but told me they couldn't let me drive to the spot, so I had to walk.  I thought for sure the cats wouldn't be around due to the noise and traffic, but there they were, popping their little heads out when they heard me coming.  Fires are terrible.  I only got out once to talk to the cop, and when I got back in, you could STILL smell the smoke, on me, and I was only out for a second!  Not to mention if anyone was injured, and the displacement of families.  Sad.

So, that's it in another nutshell.  I've noticed that not many people are commenting, nor reading this blog anymore.  At one point there were over a thousand hits a day - and now its less than two hundred.  I must be getting pretty boring here.  Not sure, but as long as I have something to say, I will continue to write.  At least its of benefit to me, sort of therapy.  :()

More pictures below of past rescues.  Click on each one to see up close!  Have a good day.