General topics.

So, weird question, when I move I will be flying with my two small dogs. Should they be medicated? My youngest, Sky is a whiner.

It was beautiful and eerie at the same time. I was at work (I am a school librarian) and we had really good totality.

I saw Dallas go dark on the news doggiemom, it looked like a lot of fun. My son is in Austin, haven't heard from him yet, but I'm sure he saw it too.

I got to see the eclipse here in Dallas, TX. It was totality and was dark for a good three minutes. It was beautiful and reaffirms my faith in the Lord even though I am going through a rough time ATM.

I thought it was pretty cool too, I had my husbands welding Googles on. Wish it got a little darker , but it was pretty darn cool 😎

Okay that was really cool, and I'm nowhere close to the totality zone.

It was rainy here this morning and there's still heavy cloud cover, eclipse watchers may be starting to get a little anxious (I know I would be). Even though they live and work right in the zone Nephew #1 told me they have decided to watch on NASA and my good friend who also lives in the zone said she has to be at work, but Nephew #2 has his day off today and has plans to go for a little drive south to take it in - fingers crossed the skies clear!

Dollarama had no owls but they did have crows and I was wondering why anyone would buy those outside of Halloween, now I know!

cwillie, a robin kept pecking my young daughter’s bedroom window so I bought a plastic crow from the $ store and put it on her window ledge, anchored by a rock. Problem solved.

A blustery storm blew the crow off the ledge. My daughter didn’t notice until I’d had time to scribble a note to take the crow’s place. ‘I got the crow. You’re next!’, signed with a drawing of a robin. She laughed! I recently noticed she keeps that note in her memory box.

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CW,

I planted my bell peppers. Wish me luck.

Thanks for all the ideas, I taped up a plastic drop sheet that I had on hand and so far that seems to be working, it lets in the light too.

Golden, there are plenty of cats that traverse my yard, maybe I should leave them treats! As for the meringue - I think I've tried all the things commonly recommended 🤷‍♀️

cw - get a cat I had a few years of bird trouble between losing Toonie and acquiring Rocky. I never had trouble when I had Toonie. Once I got Rocky the bird trouble decreased to almost nothing

re meringue - do you use cream of tartar? It helps.

Cwillie I have the same issue with a cardinal. I put a stuffed monkey hanging on the inside of the window and it keeps the bird away.

I don't have much faith in the idea of owls or snakes because from past experience using them in the strawberry patch the fear wears off in about a day or two, but I'm willing to give it another try. Or I may just drape the area with netting, at this point I don't care anymore if the bird gets tangled.

cwillie,

Get a statue of a big owl. They make plastic/resin ones for this purpose. It will scare the bird away . I’ve had my owl sitting on top of the fence on my deck forever . Rarely have some bird crap on the deck .

There is robin that comes back every year that is once again driving me crazy, it likes to peck at the windows. All the advice tells you it's fighting it's reflection but it's clearly not that because it's just a gentle tap tap tap and so far only on the north side of the house. This year it's sitting tapping on my sliding patio door and now that I've blocked the bottom of the door it's (gently) flying pecking at the top. I don't know what this @#&% bird wants, it's not as though this is a good nesting spot. And of course it's sh!++ing everywhere too, which is the real maddening part.

I am feeling relieved to have found a place to rent and that my two doggies babies are coming with. I am feeling happy on one hand to move on and sad in another.

cwillie, I told my kids the same! They all love to eat mushrooms and I was so afraid they’d bite into something toxic.

I felt the earthquake this morning, that was crazy strange! 🫨

That's such a good idea cwillie! 😀

Anxietynacy - when our kids were small I always called the things growing outside toadstools and the things on our plates mushrooms, no confusion that way!

TNtechie - the kid is going to be running around and hot and sweaty no matter what the weather, I don't blame you at all for not wanting to be cold and miserable

TN, that's awesome , I miss those days of school sports. I'm sure there is a twing of guilt but it's fine to miss some events now and then

As for the eclipse, my mother had a lot of phobioas, I was always told to not look at the sun anyday. . So after years of that being drilled into me. It kinda scares me anyways.

Similar to my fear of mushrooms, LMAO, mom always told me mushrooms where poisonous, so I wouldn't eat one outside. Now no matter what if something has mushrooms in it, my throat closes up.

I've become a cold weather coward... today I'm skipping the track meet... it's going to be in the 30s with rain and wind. So I sent my high school freshman off with a waterproof gym bag packed with extra clothes, an umbrella, hand/foot warmers and food. This year his speed has picked up at 6'2" and a trim 204lbs he's running the 100m, 200m, and 4x400m relay as well as throwing the discus and shot put. As a freshman, he has better time and distance than last year (in middle school) but he's not placing as well because he's the young guy.

Part of me feels guilty to not attend the meet but another part of me says I don't want to freeze!

I think it's either a case of CYA in case of liability or appeasing family members who are freaking out, you have no idea how constant the media coverage is and the gloom and doom you're-going-to-go-blind-if-you-look advice. But seriously, if you are of sound mind and you want to look that's your right (but even in a partial eclipse the sun is too bright to look at so nobody is doing that anyway) and if you're in memory care you won't know anything about it unless somebody makes it their mission to point it out (oooo it's 3:00, everyone get away from the window!). Can you imagine sticking paper over the windows and then having to explain why to a bunch of people with dementia who then get agitated because it's out of the ordinary and sounds threatening? - as if staff doesn't already have enough to do...

CWillie I don't know a lot of folks who stare directly at the sun with or without eclipse. Does seem like overkill. They are of the belief that better safe than sorry?

My sister was reading me a directive from the nursing home where she still works part time, apparently they want staff the ensure all windows are covered during the eclipse and have even told them if the windows don't have curtains or blinds they must cover them with kraft paper - and no, we're not in the totality zone. I think some people are really going off the deep end with all this eclipse talk, I was laughing my head off...

I can send myself flowers! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Here are some for you, Cwillie! 💐🌸🌷🌹🌻🌺

I HATE DOING TAXES EVEN MORE.
So much so, that I haven't done them yet.
So, I think about doing them, for a full 30 days I have procrastinated.

I feel sick about it. 😨🤕🤒🤢🤮

So, I am paying the bills today instead.
Or maybe tomorrow.

And that is not all.

I HATE DOING TAXES😱😭🤯🤪

That is all.

Thx need. I love a good ham dinner.