Tag: mess

• Ether in my Lap

  Ether wanted my attention a lot today. He sat in my lap and groomed himself for upwards of two hours today. My sons were sleeping most of that time and Stephanie needed to be left alone after a dentist appointment. So Ether had me all to himself. At some point Stephanie and the children all…

  Mark

  December 15, 2025

  collaboration

  attention, cat, closet, Ether, lap, mess, Stephanie

• Pipes, Valves, And Other Things I Should Leave Alone

  We have a water softener machine in our basement. A friend from church disconnected it and shut it off. But the damn thing seems to have been on a very long timer and started again recently. I tried to mess with the timer and that seemed to make things worse. The valves were open and…

  Mark

  October 23, 2023

  Uncategorized

  awesome, expensive, handyman, mess, pipes, spraying water, timer, valves, water softener, worse

• Dead

  The squirrel that was in the road in front of our house is dead. At least I think it’s dead. I grabbed a big burdock leaf, picked it up, and put it on the trash. I figured that would be better than letting it get hit and mangled with more tires. It was still in…

  Mark

  October 5, 2023

  Uncategorized

  burdock, dead, escape, garbage, gross, mess, road, squirrel, wash

• Cleaning Dream

  I had a dream that I had to pack up and clean out an apartment that I was leaving. It was strewn with my personal effects. A complete mess. I opened up the bathroom and a bunch of rats scurried out of sight startling me. There was one rat who stayed in the bathtub and…

  Mark

  September 26, 2023

  Uncategorized

  clean, Dungeons & Dragons, mallet, meaning, mess, pack, rats, television, toddlers, toys