Vorlon Whispers

Saturday, March 24, 2007

It was 6:38 when Danny and I went out for our walk. I fed him when we got back and had a large bowl of mixed fruit, toasted Irish Soda bread, and coffee. I went through my email messages and worked on some projects around the house.

I had used duct tape to tape down the edges of the rugs when Ted was using the walker. When I pulled the tape up, the adhesive stuck to the floor. I tried several things to get it off such as nail polish remover, alcohol, and silver polish (it has a light abrasive.) The thing that worked is tar and wax stain remover that I used on the laundry. I didn’t want to use Goo Gone as it stinks and I was afraid it would ruin the finish on the floor. I did the upstairs rugs I haven’t pulled the tape off the downstairs rugs yet.

I did some laundry and cleaned the fish tank. I brought the fish home for Ted. He liked the fish but I brought them home too late. He hardly knew they were there.

I don’t believe I had mentioned that I had the Coo Coo Clock repaired. It had not been keeping time well for years. I called the place where I took it before but the grandfather who did the repairs had passed away and no one worked on mechanical clocks. They gave me the name of a man who lives near me and I took it to him. It was expensive but he did an excellent job. The parts were badly worn and he had to rebuild something. It took a while and I kept looking up at the blank wall to see what time it was. It is good to have the clock back.

After dinner, I went to the Video store and rented a movie. I took Danny with me. I usually take him on short trips. He likes to ride in the car. I had walked him before dinner but halfway through the movie, he wanted to go out. I didn’t want to stop the movie, as I don’t know how to start where I left off. It starts back at the beginning. I put it on pause and that worked out fine. I put in Danny’s eardrops and found he is having more problems. When I cleaned his ears with a Q-tip, he whimpered and had some blood on the Q-tip. He’s been shaking his head and scratching his left ear. That’s the worst one. I’m supposed to rotate medicines each week and he seems to have done better on the other medication. I will put him back on the other tomorrow and call the Vet on Monday. I hope I don’t have to take him to the emergency hospital. One is in Philly and the other near Atlantic City.

Reb sent me a program so I can put photos in the blog. Perhaps I’ll set that up tomorrow.

Don will be coming to help me with my personal income taxes. I went online and updated the software from last year. I haven’t finished the upgrade; I’ll do that when Don’s here.

I got a call from a Toastmaster Friend who is Pastor at a nearby church. He was away on vacation and did not know Ted had passed away. He was very sorry he was not here for the service. He thought highly of Ted.

Say a little prayer for Danny Boy’s ears.

New from the Vorlon Wife.

Posted by The Vorlon at March 24, 2007 9:48 PM