The weekend was not fun!

I  managed to flood the basement because I couldn't remember whether I had turned off the outside water.  (I hadn't. Neither had Chris.) Since it seemed fairly warm out, I opened the spigot to check and nothing came out. Apparently, it was colder than I thought and the water was frozen in the pipe. So I left  the spigot open so that when it got warmer, the remaining water would flow out. Well, it got warmer;  the water started flowing alright - right down along the foundation and into the basement. D'oh! After I shut the water off, I spent over an hour sucking water up with the shop vac because I couldn't find the hose for the pump. I think it was only 40 gallons. I kind of lost count of how many 5-gallon  tank loads I emptied down the drain. The basement is mostly dry. I have to toss a rag rug into the washer. I'll do that when I do the load of rags and cat mats.


Today, I took Nellie and Claire in for their rabies vaccinations. Claire was better behaved than usual. No one was bitten. Now I have to renew their licenses. So another hundred bucks gets sucked out of my pocket.

The price of everything is creeping up. My latest phone and internet bill is $82, up from $78. The price of stamps went up a penny. Gas went down four cents, but that's probably because I don't need any yet. Once I do, the price will go up just before I get to the pump.

The anti- and pro-Obama ads have already started. The Republicans haven't gotten a clear candidate yet. I say no one should vote for anyone running. They're all corrupt. We should change the system.  We should all think of someone to write in. If we wind up with twenty million choices, they all have to take a written test on the Constitution and its amendments. The top two become President and Vice-president. The top two from each state get to be Senators. Representatives get picked from the ones remaining by congressional district and all incumbents are thrown out. It'd never work.