Ain't that the truth; and with sanding dust added into the mix, it looks like we haven't cleaned in a couple of years.I've just got Ruby, but she does her best to ensure her fur sheds in every corner of every room!
So by tomorrow my living room will probably look like I didn't do a thing.
I mostly just dusted, reorganized and tossed some things. It is nice to still have a place that stays just like I left it. Although once in awhile a catnip mouse manages to find refuge there.
rubysmama
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Mamanyt1953
Love the pictures! So cute! 
Lari
BJ was very pleased that you would buy from him. He was a little shy about modeling at first. Very cute.
tarasgirl06
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surya
It seems we all have a desire for a fresh new year! 
dustydiamond1
OMG those are precious pictures! Thank you for posting those. It looks like you had , either very capable help or a cativated audience! Very glad the tape didn’t end up on anyones’ paw! That would have happened here! Or maybe a nose? Lol 
Furballsmom
Happy New Year to you ,Poppy and family.
Good boy BJ! He really did try to tell me to get out the treats! The next time he tries to nibble a ginger, I’ll go straight for the treats!
I agree, after 10pm there should only be silence, so I can get my beauty sleep.
Our neighborhood starts the week before the 4th. Thank goodness New Years there were only a couple of random small ones during the evening with a deluge of really big ones at Midnite and none after that. On the 4th sometimes there are random ones until 2am.That's the only good thing about the freezing cold weather here. It's too cold for the neighbors to want to be outside shooting off fireworks on New Years. They sure make up for it around July 4th though! They do it for like 2 weeks then.
I agree, after 10pm there should only be silence, so I can get my beauty sleep.
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tarasgirl06
I did come up with an idea though!! I wonder if I could gather those who enjoy them here and convince them to have their own display in the empty lot at the end of this neighborhood? It would save money and they could buy the really expensive, pretty ones with pooled resources. It would put the noise further from houses too! I think it’s worth a try! Wish me luck!
2018 4th of July we had idiots setting off large fireworks in the middle of the side street close to our apt. No police showed up . Luckily no car turned into the street. It went on for 4 hours. This is a residential neighborhood with tall houses and lots of tall trees, most of the trees are over a hundred yrs old.
You would think that outlawing the fireworks would indicate that the law would be enforced. Random ticketing might be a deterrent if it were done at all! People just drive across the state line where fireworks booths are set up along miles of road to catch the out of state purchases. Around here the noise starts at dark and continues for hours. I still hear some today. There are lots of big displays set up across the state and most are free. It only takes a short drive to find a legal place to enjoy a show. Fireworks can be extremely expensive but there seems to be something attractive about shooting them off?!?!? They don’t allow guns to be shot off in a residential area but you can explode things.
tarasgirl06
I don’t know what they are made of but have you tried the ear plugs made for shooting guns? Maybe they are not latex. If all else fails I would make some foam pads myself but I doubt anything will cut out all the noise. Cork is the best thing I have found to soundproof. It is sold in small flat squares so you might be able to use that in some way. When the woods were occupied late at night by hoodlums partying and playing music it cost me sleep for many months. That’s miserable! I finally put cork up at the windows and that helped.
dustydiamond1
I have aniciet large tress here too. During drought we’ve had fires started by fireworks. I’ve even found spent rockets on my roof and scorched places in my yard where the spent fireworks landed. I end up staying up on the New year and the Fourth of July to guard the property. It’s not fun. I sympathize completely!
I love, love, love that picture.Deal?
= Don't you mean "purr-sonality"?
That's more like it.
This was the funniest pic!
But this was my favorite one. So sweet.I love you Froggie. Time for a kitty kiss!
Banjo is so adorable with her new little friend Rubbit!
Crawling under the blanket was good for me too! Good BJ! He really is our protector. The Watch cat!
Banjo has asked the new frog to chose a name. The rubber frog is.....
Rubbit!View attachment 315899
There are foam earplugs that you can buy that, I believe, are latex-free. We used to get them in boxes of 100 pairs for use at work. They are the kind that you roll up and then put them in your ears where they expand to provide a seal against sounds.Banjo is so adorable with her new little friend Rubbit!
TYSM for the info on cork. I'd be kind of leery of that for earplugs, as it might flake off and get into the inner ear, causing major problems. My sinuses are wonky anyway, and after having a pretty bad sinus infection last summer, I think I'll just have to tough it out. I have a pair of the gun ones -- they're orange and shaped -- but they don't seem to be any better than the other types in terms of irritating my ears.
I tend to cut people some slack on NYE and ID, because it's pretty much understood that that's what you do on those evenings, whether I like it or not. Fortunately, fireworks are banned in this city except for the pro displays, which are much more exciting anyway, and most people seem to take advantage of those; but we're very close to the Los Angeles border, and they're allowed there, so we get noise from those. Also, Southern Cali is close enough to Mexico that a lot of people go there, get the big, very dangerous firecrackers, and come back here and let them off. Where we lived two locations ago, South El Monte, which was mostly Latino/x-Hispanic in population, it would look and smell like a war zone at those times, especially July 4th. My ex was a private pilot and we used to rent a plane and fly around looking at all the smoke and stuff. It was pretty surreal. He liked the fireworks, so he'd buy a bunch of the permitted ones and we'd let them off in our large driveway behind our fenced/gated perimeter, making absolutely sure all cats, possums and others were well out of the way. Since everyone else was doing it, it didn't bother anyone human that I know of, and it sort of de-stressed me to be having our own little display, though I never would have bought them myself. When we moved to the Mojave where they were understandably VERY illegal, the guy across the road let a bunch off. I called on it, as I was concerned to be living in THE DESERT with this going on. Turns out the guy was a bailiff! and didn't like being called on his actions. I didn't care. It's illegal! for such good reasons!
I have two types of those, one of which is orange and shaped, and used for firing ranges; the other is beige/light brown and cylindrical. Both are not good. I've also had yellow, cylindrical ones. IDK if they're latex or not. All I know is that they bother me. Thanks, though!
I think she meant to soundproof the room with cork, not put in the ear?
