Tuxie Tuesday Today

We know, we did it again. Mommy has been busy. She had to pack up all her books for the heat treat, and now she's shelving them back up. That's going slowly because she doesn't want to "clutter" too much. Her eye appointment didn't go too well, either. Her left eye is fine, but the right one got "the needle treatment" again. We are going to be inspected once again in little over a week (remind you of Dezi, Raena, and Audra?). Seems like the new manager is inspection happy. We'll show her!
Mommy went to WallyWorld yesterday for her insulin, and came home with a bad tummy. So she didn't eat dinner and felt yucky most of the night. Today, so far, she is lots better. At least she didn't bring lots of stuff home we can't afford. All that came home with her was her medicine!
I am my adorable self, of course. One of the totes is still on the floor, almost full, and it is perfect for sitting on when Mommy is in the chair. I can sit next to her! We also have a bunch of books still on the floor waiting to be shelved. I only knocked a few over. Just a few!
And this plastic tubby thing with the cover on is great for napping. Hey, that sounds like a good idea.
See ya,
Love ya,
QUINN

Tuxie Tuesday

Home again from appointment #1, Mommy checked the temp this afternoon here in the partment and it is 82 degrees Fahrenheit! That we can live with! She said they had lots of roads closed all over for construcktion and she got to go all over to get home on the Metro. She LOVES looking at houses, so she enjoyed it.  They dropped one gentleman off at a handicap place, and she said it was so perfect! No stairs.Electronic card to get in. That's the kind of place she wishes we could have! She said the outside was very pretty. We probably can't afford some place like that.
The heat treat is over for us. No bugs, supposedly. That's what it is for. She saw the ropes or hoses or whatever last week in the next floor up, so she pretty much said we are next. They do that so the bugs don't run away from one partment to another. She says one up, one down, left and right. They all get treated so the nasty bedbugs and roaches and stuff get dead! We certainly don't want them!
So Mommy has to go to the eye doctor tomorrow probably for more needles in her eyes. If so, she will not be able to get on line or watch tv or read, so she will take a LONNNNGGGGG nap til the next day.
Mommy really wants a new place to live, but we can't afford to move. So sometimes when she gets home from somewhere she is sad because she saw lots of pretty homes. Today she was just entertained. Whew!
Oh! Mommy found my foodie bowl.  On the pantry floor!
love ya,
Tuxies RULE!
QUINN

Heat Wave

Mommy's off again tomorrow. We had our heat treat today. I got lots of compliments!!!
We sat across from the elevators all day. Alllll day! The battery in Mommy's book actually died! I sat in my little PTU nicely and sweetly and loved the sweet words I got.  I even got some sweet sniffs from a couple of nice woofies!! There's a nice long-haired dachshund in our building that I got to meet!
When we got up here Mommy wouldn't let me out of my PTU until she made sure I had water to drink and she turned the fans AND the a/c on! The temperature on one of the fans wouldn't even register what it was! Right now it is 91 degrees Fahrenheit! A few hours later! My water dish (which is metal) needed ice cubes!! And the nice people dumped my crunchies on the floor and we can't find the dish. WTC! *translate that What the Cod* I hit the ladies litterbox first! Then I worried about the water.Then the crunchies. And Mommy has to get at least one new bowl (the one for crunchies). Now I am stuck with the plastic stuff from the cupboard! I do have a pretty bowl for wet foodies, though. They didn't lose that because Mommy didn't have it out this morning!
Oh,  and the pantry and closet doors were left open, so she made sure to close those right away. Party-you-know-whater!
Anyway, Mommy is gone the next couple of days for doctor appointments And then she has to go to WallyWorld for her intsulins. And a neighbor is coming Thursday afternoon to help us put books away on the shelves she can't reach. Would you believe one came this morning VERY early to get them down? Now they all have to go up again. A good thing Mommy is what's called (I think) a bibliophile and she used to work in a library once upon a time!
Did I say they made Mommy take her books down out of the shelves? Yup. Lots of plastic totes to play on!! And Mommy didn't even yell!!! (well, she did yell when I went up on the table, but still, I was mostly good)!!
Anyway, I will try to get Mommy to let me check in the next few days. Cross your paws! And it will finally cool down in here soon!
love ya,
QUINN
(the STAR of the lobby!)

Update

Mommy came back from the evaluation and Medicare turned her down for the wheelchair. She CAN get a manual one, but has to pay for it by herself. Which she can't do. She doesn't have money for that.
After 3 and a half months waiting they told her if she can make it to the evaluation with her walker under her own power she doesn't need a chair. Even though she has Arthur-it is. Even though she falls a lot.
She is kinda upset right now, so I have to play nursie. Thought you all would like to know the results.
QUINN

Sunday Stuff

Happy Sunday! I have been hovering over Mommy on my chair back with the sun beams shining on me this morning.  Yes, it is warm today, and will get warmer the nice weatherlady promised last night. It is fine with me when all I have to do is slide down the chair and sit in it in the cool when I am done with the warms!
Mommy has picked out some more books to download from the library, even a couple of cat mysteries!  Tomorrow she will be getting evaluated for her wheelchair! Let's cross our paws everything goes okay.  In between stuff she can read kitty mysteries and think of me!  She will be gone most of the day and I will be all alone.  If anyone wants to come over and do what Mommy calls "nattering", or I call chatting, please do. I have nice crunchies to share and lots of water and of course a clean litterbox and LOTS of places to curl up or play. Maybe we'll get to sneak in the pantry! Shhhhhh!  I have little balls and mices and a pink Tickle Pickle.  My red dot can be active all by itself if anyone wants to indulge. Sneaky thing! I'll let Mommy tell it to do it's thing while she's away.
Anyway, Mommy will be gone and I would love company! If your 'rents won't let you come over, that's okay.  Have lots of fun and snoozes at your own home! You know that we can certainly plan our own days!
I feel a nice snooze coming on. Enjoy your Easy Sunday!
love ya,
QUINN

NEWS!

 
 

We got our a/c fixed!
We got our a/c fixed!
We got

COOL!
love ya,
Quinnie and Carol

NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY.

NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY – August 9

Observed each year on August 9, (and sometimes on the first Saturday in November) bibliophiles get to celebrate on National Book Lovers Day! A day for all those who love to read, National Book Lovers Day encourages you to find your favorite reading place, a good book (whether it be fiction or non-fiction) and read the day away.

(This was copied from the internet.)

 

(this was on her niece's Facebook pages. She's a librarian)

 

So Mommy has been reading this morning, of course.  As usual. She even furminated me to prove she wasn't ignoring me. And made sure I had fresh water and foodies. Then she started a cat mystery book. Borrowed from the library and on her Kindle. I still get occasional scritchies and short conversations.

She thinks it's kind of ironic that the manager here said to get rid of her books because they drew bugs. Mommy muttered something about Fahrenheit 451 But it is not that hot out. Getting muggy, yes. Oh, that was a book by Ray Bradbury.

Actually the lady picked up one of the books and flipped through it and said "this one doesn't have bugs".  Well, duh.

Now, our books are in bookcases. Two are full. One has only a partial row of books. The remaining one has "knick knacks". If Mommy has to destroy her books (including, she says, some first editions and special printings) then she wants to know why all the libraries and bookstores in the world don't have to do the same. And while they're at it, get rid of all the paintings, too, as bugs MUST like canvas. Bye, Mona Lisa! See you on the internet!

She gets carried away sometimes.

The lady told her to get rid of her ironing board because it was dirty. Can anyone say "wash it"? It is the same ironing board one of the ladies of the blogosphere sent her years ago. Yes, through the mail!

How about a new cover, instead?

She also said Mommy had too many clothes. Really? Just a normal closetful. Only the closet here is 25 inches wide and she has to fold a lot of her clothes and put them in tubs or dresser drawers

Okay, we're done. Mommy's done.

It is going to be very hot for a few days and very muggy. And did I mention our a/c totally died? The fans are out in force!

MOUSES! kind of day.

Stay cool,

love ya,

QUINNIE MAKAYLA
p.s. oooooooh We might get the a/c fixed today!!!!! Maintenance has been here. They said they never saw such a clean filter. Well, Mommy washes it once a week like she is sposed to, and even does it with the shower head! But the rest of the a/c inside looks terrible.
Tomorrow is sposed to be ugly muggies (our weather lady says muggies, and that's where we picked it up) and if the a/c is working we will finally be able to use the oven without dying!

 

 

 

Tuxie Tuesday

Weird. Mommy was watching tv last night and when she was going to get up to visit the powder room she had a stabbing pain. Her back went out and she didn't even do anything! She made it to the powder room and took a couple over the counter pain pills with her usual night meds and shot. She said it's a little sore today, but no shooting pains. Thank goodness. A nice warm shower really helped.
Sometime today maintenance is supposed to come fix something in the powder room. She called in a work order yesterday.

The social worker was actually nice yesterday. I curled up on the end of the bed and looked pretty for her. I think that helped! Don't you??
On the middle of the month my Mommy goes in for her evaluation for a wheelchair. Finally.  Wonder (if they approve) how long more she has to wait. She sure has been moving stuff around to make room for it when and if it comes.
Tonight is National Night Out and our building hosts the neighborhood party. If Mommy's back is better she will go to it. She has of course been before, and she says the neighbors are fairly good cooks. They set up a big grill for chicken, hamburgers, hotdogs, and brats, and have lots of different homemade salads, and of course, beans and corn. And sometimes Ice Cream!
It is starting to get hot again, so who knows if she will actually go.  Usually she goes back inside to the community room to eat, but they haven't had the a/c on down there lately. If she brings stuff back up here I may get a small bite of meat, maybe?
Tuxies rule!
love ya,
QUINN

Hi, Again!

Well, we were sposed to have an inspection Thursday. But then Mommy read the paper wrong and it's next Thursday. The new manager stopped in and asked us if we needed to be sprayed for bugs, and wanted to know why we had dead bugs outside our partment (We baited?? And it worked???  And we will be doing it again, too!). So they said they would be back on Thursday to spray. Fine. Wednesday we had our friend in the building clean our floors and take out garbage. Thursday afternoon the bug guy came. He pulled open the pantry (well organized now) door and got on the phone and said Mommy kept garbage in the pantry. Mommy immediately said there was kitchen stuff, lids and stuff in a bag, not garbage! Well, we still have a few bugs (we wouldn't have to bait if you came once in a while and did a good job spraying!). Just not very many. And the guy then said, well you still have bedbugs, too (how could he tell from standing in the kitchen??? Besides, we don't!!!) He said take everything down off the top of the frigermator and he would try his best. And put the cat up and leave for an hour. He'd be back. Aren't we on assisted living?? Well, we aren't really qualified, and Mommy doesn't want someone else managing all her money, which they do on assisted living. We made that decision a long time ago. So it was none of this guy's business.
And the guy kinda did insult both of us. Not only the remark about garbage in the pantry and bedbugs in the partment without looking or the crack about assisted living, but the remark that he would be back.
Well, he wasn't! Now, that was purely rude!
At one point he asked where I was, and didn't like Mommy's answer ("I don't know"). Like I can't be an independent cat and have to be watched at all times? I don't come when called, either. Well, sometimes I do, if there is food involved! I have several places to be in the partment!! Even though it is small. So she doesn't always know exactly where I am.
Mommy and I are kinda pissed. I was in that kennel for a lonnnnggggg time waiting for us to leave!!! Mommy didn't think she could do much besides waiting for them to come back, so she wasted a lonnnnnggggg time, too. Finally she got up and let me out of the kennel.
So we didn't have a lot to be thankful for on Thankful Thursday other than the day was actually a lot cooler than it has been in quite a while.  And it's going to get hot again, but we loved being cooler for even a little while.
Mommy had some interesting smelling pasta last night for dinner, but she didn't let me have any. That was unfair, too, to me. She said it was good. Oh, really???
Well, it's Friday today, and Mommy said we won't have to be insulted again until next Thursday.
Believe me, that is a plus! And maybe she'll share her food?
Have a good weekend ya all!
love ya,
QUINN

ps. NEWS!!.Well, the bug guys work for the place we live, so I can't really complain. They know them and trust them (we don't know why). There was a really nice outside place that had the contract before and they were good. I guess the budget got cut!
Mommy lives on her social security and we make things stretch, but we are not going to let anyone take all our money and put us in assisted living (well, we wouldn't have to move, cause part of this place is assisted living, but still).
We got a phone call this afternoon from the new manager. She's siccking the social worker on us next week. We don't like her, either. She will tell us to give me up, give up cable and the computer network, give up most of her stuff, and live in poverty with people telling mommy what to do. That is what we are facing. Oh, and the people who pay her salary are the assisted living place's owners.
We really want to move!!!
I don't want to lose Mommy!!!!!!
Wish someone could get us out of here. We already live in public housing and there is nothing cheaper. Help!!!!!
We have faced this time and time again, only this time the manager is meaner!

Remember me? It's Tuxie Tuesday!!

Whoa! We have been gone too long, Mommy! At least we have been reading blogs and commenting once in a while, though, but gee, it's been too long!

Well, Mommy has been busy and stuff. And a couple of nice bloggers have helped her get her insulins she couldn't afford. THANK YOU, kind lovely bloggers!
Monday morning, once again, it was recycling day and someone forgot. Not Mommy! The peoples that pick it up! And Mommy had all her food cartons broken down and junk mail and cans and stuff all ready.  The stupid container is still sitting outside our door!
And we are getting yet another inspection coming up in the partment building.
Mommy decided that enough was enough about the bugs and she bought some stuff with her own monies to deal with it some time ago. So we have no worries there! We were tired of all the creepy crawlies that were around after being sprayed (I have to leave the partment when they do spray). It's like they have been just spraying water. And complaining all the time.  So now, with the help of Home Depot and Target we have no worries in that department! And I don't have to leave. Yea! But it really is the duty of the building to take care of, and that's not exactly fair.
Now Mommy has been counting down the days until we get her monthly monies from Social Securities. She is so tired of 97 cent balances in her checking account! And that happens Wednesday. Isn't it good that Chewy is coming and we don't have to worry about the monies??
And one more month till she gets evaluated for her wheel chair.
I guess now you are caught up.
Oh, yeah, mommy wanted me to tell you that I woke her up twice last night for no reason. But, really, it was because I love her and she was talking in her sleep or making weird noises with her nose and mouth!
It is going to be very hot the rest of the week (heat index over 100) so I am hoping mommy stays home!
You all that are experiencing the same hot weather take care and try to stay cool!
And yeah, TUXIES RULE!
love ya,
QUINN