Damn cat and other news

So you know from my previous posting that Little Mexico has returned to our humble home.  Unfortunately, he and I are having a pretty serious disagreement about his status as an Outside Cat.  He seems to think he fits that description, and I feel that him being found over 5 miles away from home disqualifies him for the position automatically.  

I let my position on the matter be known by not letting him outside.  He lets his be known by peeing on the carpet.

Every day.

In the same spot.

I’m not ready to give in yet, and I’ve got my cat pee removal technique down (I’m a professional at this point) but god damn do I hate cat pee.  Anyway, more news at this confrontation develops.

In case any of you were wondering (I know you weren’t) here is my secret to success:

• 1 part water, 1 part vinegar in a spray bottle
• paper towels to absorb cat pee spot (don’t scrub, just blot)
• spray the area with the vinegar and water, let it sink in to the carpet and pad
• let it dry, you can blot here if you’d like
• mix 1 part water, 1 part hydrogen peroxide into another spray bottle, add in a little dish soap too
• sprinkle some baking soda onto the spot
• spray the hydrogen peroxide and water onto that
• use a stiff bristle brush to work the baking soda in
• let it dry and then vacuum it up

Anyway, this has worked really well for me.  I hate hate hate cat pee smell and this takes care of it and its really cheap and fairly easy.

So moving right along to other topics, I missed another concert this month.  This time it was Metallica, another band I’ve never seen that I’d really like to.  Clearly, I fail at concerts.

I’m re-reading The Dark Tower series, against my better judgment.  I won’t give away any spoilers, but the ending of the series and the final book really disappointed me the first time so I’m not sure why I picked it up again.  The series is pretty good up until that point, so I’ve enjoyed reading what I have so far.  One book left and I’m dragging my feet.

Also, holidays.  Not a huge fan.  I had a lot more written here, but deleted it.  I don’t really want to get into all this now, but lets just say I don’t want my childhood experiences to color what my kids see.  I’m pretty sure I’m neurotic or something about this.  More reflection later?

Wrapping this all up, let me say that Group Health really sucks.  It beats having nothing at all, but only barely.  We took Violet to Urgent Care with a broken finger today (had a door closed on it, ouch) and had to wait nearly two hours to see anyone.  So we sat there while her finger was still bleeding, albeit slowly, until we saw the triage nurse who said “wow, they should have got her in here much sooner!”.  WOW REALLY?  Anyway, the tip of her finger is broken, had a laceration that required two stitches and we’re hoping her fingernail will grow back.  She did pretty well during the ordeal, but definitely wasn’t a fan of it.  

So, I’ll try to update more frequently so I can avoid these large ’shotgun’ updates where I just throw everything at the post and see if it sticks.