Random 5 for June 2, 2024 – Communications, project surprises, moving, cats, smells

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Stuff that makes me giggle – I love when businesses use “ordinary phrases” when communicating. Google does a lot like “oops we can’t find that page” or  changing their icon on Chrome to commemorate someone or something. This week I had something delivered from Target. The day after I ordered, I received a message that said “oh boy, oh boy” I was getting a delivery. I haven’t heard that expression in a long time and it made me smile. I love it when the nerds have a sense of humor.

Good news! – (or is it?) Late this week we found out that our start date for the bathroom project has been moved up a month. Highly unusual in my experience. Another client wanted to delay their start date, so they switched us. Woohoo! Supposed to start sometime next week. Earlier start, earlier finish, at least that’s the hope. I’m preparing myself for craziness.

The move – The access to the bathroom is through our bedroom so we will move to our guest bedroom upstairs. I forgot how annoying moving is and how much junk we can accumulate in the three years we’ve been here. I threw out a box of outdated medications and somehow we accumulated 87 boxes of band aids. Oy vay!

Don’t steal my teefs!

Now I must do it – With the impending onslaught of contractors, I really need to get my cat Gus’ teeth taken care of. I set up his pre-appointment for this Tuesday. Surgery will happen during the construction but I can’t help that. After all he went through this spring, I wanted to give him (and me) some recovery time. He will have at least one extraction. I can’t tell if it gives him pain. He eats like a horse but it’s sure to make him feel better without teeth stuff going on. After Morgan had her teeth taken care of, she was a new cat.

The downside of a good nose – Yesterday something smelled in the house. I went on a mission to find it. I changed the cat litter, cleaned out the recycling bin, and stuck my nose in the washing machine (front loaders are notorious for stink). I even sniffed the cats (yes they can get a poop dingle hanging on their butt fur but not this time). I couldn’t find it. I’m hoping it isn’t a dead mouse decaying in my basement. Wouldn’t be the first time.

So how was your week? Any good news?

58 thoughts on “Random 5 for June 2, 2024 – Communications, project surprises, moving, cats, smells”

  3. I had to laugh at your ‘old’ sayings. I used an old one in one of my thrillers–‘Katie bar the door’–to evoke an emotion. Then I read it in two other thrillers within the year! What’s up with that?

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  4. I can’t stop thinking of Gus’s teeth. Please tell him for me, and I’ll quote the great philosopher, Soupy Sales…if you’re true to your teeth, they’ll never be false to you.

    Also remind him, there’s a fish in his future.

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  5. I’m the one with a smeller in our home. My wife just looks at me every time like I’m crazy or something. Then when I find it she’s shocked. 😮 Congrats on the early start to the bathroom — good to get all those old medications out the door as a bonus! We had a dog once that had to have a tooth extracted. Two days later it was like he was thanking us because you could just tell he was no longer in any pain. – Marty

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    • Both Gracie and Morgan were like that. Today the vet said that Gus does not need a dental right away especially considering what he’s gone through so far this year. It will also be a mild one. She wasn’t near as freaked out as another vet. We’ll get it done in the fall AFTER the bathroom reno.

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  7. Kate,these beautiful cats and their tales of mischief make my day!Also the concept of the cats “talking” to us (through you,my darling) is pure genius!Keep ’em coming!

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  8. Sorry about the dental surgery, Gus. No one likes going to the dentist. Congrats on the upcoming new bathroom though!! I can’t wait to hear how it goes. I’m smell bling these days. I bet our whole house smells like a litter box! I’ve just gotten used to it. Hope you find the source soon.

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  9. we hope you can find out the reason for the smell… we got a weird smell too, it was a hornets nid in the fireplace… what a crap… we thought in france all things what smell are like perfume or made by chanel… sigh… :o)))

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  10. That phrase “oh boy oh boy” makes me smile too. I picture a little kid excited for a treat.

    I read a funny post the other day about now-obsolete phrases that people used to use instead of a string of cuss words. I remembered a few from over the years.

    I remember the last time you said you had a bad smell it turned out to be a dead mouse and you wondered how the cats missed catching it.

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    • The vet said in January when he was in for his urinary blockage that one tooth needs to come out. I feel sorry for the guy. Too much stuff but he’ll be better afterward.

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  13. I have a most excellent smeller and Jerry smells little to nothing ever since he accidentally snorted soap up his nose. Not being able to smell seriously ruins her ability to taste things. He actually had to go to the doctor for it. We had frequent dead mouse stink at The Tiny Ten until our Critter Control guy sniffed it out.
    Fingers crossed for a smooth and quick reno!
    Poor Gus. He needed the break you gave him. I am thinking he is such a laid back boy that he will take it all in stride.
    My week was great… finally finished up the drops routine after the removal of my cataracts! WooHoo!!!

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  14. I also enjoy those “ordinary phrases”, especially when they’re a little bit old fashioned. Language is changing so fast that what my grandkids might think of as ordinary, I might not understand.

    I hope Gus will do as well as Morgan. Fingers crossed.

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  17. I hate it when I can’t figure out what is making a stink or making an irritating noise. The worst part is that half the time my husband and son can’t figure out what I’m talking about because their senses aren’t as acute. So it’s like I’m being gaslit…until I find the culprit and wave it in their faces.

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    • Yes, my husband’s sense of smell is almost nil. I have to go on these stink hunting ventures by myself. Many years ago, I walked into a friend’s house and told them they had a gas leak. Neither one smelled it but I made them call the gas company. Yep, I was right! I should have worked for a perfume company!

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      • Your super sleuth skills might have saved their lives and their house!

        Good luck to Gus. Tigger did great after a few extraction.

        Good luck with the bathroom project.

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        • I’ve smelled gas a number of times and have always been right. I have a sensitive schnoz! I asked about having a dental when Gus had his “other” surgery but the emergency vet doesn’t do dentals. Fingers crossed for project. It’s a conundrum. When things go wrong I get some fun blog posts. (Always look on the bright side!)

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  18. And so it begins…….the project……fingers crossed everything goes PERFECTLY and it’s over maybe even EARLIER than you think. Good luck locating the “offending stinky item”……sounds like it could possibly be what you don’t want it to be though. EEEK.

    Hugs, Pam

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  19. Jack had 3 teeth extracted. He was pretty dopey for a couple of days then back to his normal laid back self. It was a chore giving the antibiotic to him! Having 3 less upper teeth, all in a row on the same side, hasn’t change his chow down habit at all. Hope Gus has an easy time of it.

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    • Me too. Gracie had all but 2 teeth extracted and she eats just fine. She often has kibble. I buy Rachel Ray’s because the kibble is smaller. I swear she has callouses on her gums!

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        • Poor nutrition maybe? She was rescued from a hoarding situation. She was already an adult cat. She had her first dental within the first month of living here and had 11 extractions. They don’t really know why her teeth are so bad. Many broke off at gum level which required them to “dig them out.” She was a trooper. Much happier after the surgery and yes animals adapt. When I was a little kid, a lot of the old adults (people adults) in our neighborhood didn’t have teeth and they could gum their food with the best of them. My mom always said don’t let anyone pull your teeth! Get them fixed.

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  20. How long is the bathroom project supposed to take? Our kitchen renovation starts next Monday. We had so much junk, and not just in the junk drawers. Clean out is still underway. I hope Gus’s procedure goes fine.

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    • Projected 6 weeks but that doesn’t include the glass shower door. That won’t be templated until the shower is done. We can live with a curtain on a suspension rod. Gus, sigh! It will be a test of his surgery. They say his specific cause of urinary blockage is caused by stress. He’s the most laid back cat I have but teeth and contractors will be stressful.

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      • We’re not looking forward to managing the dogs and cats with contractors here either, though our project is projected just to be three weeks and two days (but who’s counting?). Hope Gus and Sasha do okay with all of it. I’m glad they have the upstairs cat room for retreat space.

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        • The grays will supervise the crew. Nothing scares them. Sasha will spend 6 weeks under the bed upstairs until they leave, then she will give me hell. Gus usually stays in the family room but we’ll see what he does. The upstairs room is nice there is a tree outside the window so I open it for them.

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