111.0 pounds on Feb 22, 2009

she is ouncing forward and, is now up to exactly 111 pounds...

Goal was 115 by her birthday on April 11, but I think she might just make it before then... we'll see. The final holding weight we are aiming for is about 122 pounds. If she can get there and we can keep her there, I think things will be fine.

I am trying to keep her stocked with raspberry filled Krispy Kremes, venti strawberries & crème Frappuccinos, cheesecakes (the whole cakes...), lemon raspberry cakes, Little Debbies, chips & dip and of course the Boost/Ensures...

I also bought her a big box of Ferrero Rocher's for valentines day.

We'll start to go out more often for fattening dinners now that I have a job... and will hopefully have a fence up in the next few weeks.

My first quote to get the property boundaries identified was $1500. Um, no. I can take a surveying class and probably rent the equipment for that... but I found a company that might be able to do it for under $600 which I am fine with...

The fence is going to cost about 1500 and it is nothing pretty, just a 6 foot welded wire with t-posts every 8 or 10 feet, and a basic double wide metal gate filled with welded wire.

So, here is hoping that by March 15 or so I can start letting the little juvie's outside. Ollie is already flouting the rules and sitting on the little cat tree that sits in front of the cat door - that is literally just a step through the door and he is outside. So, security has had to clamp down!

I feel bad, they are cats, they belong in the woods climbing trees, chasing animals and leaves and each other... soon. That'll free me up more to go and do things with mom after I get off work so i don't need to run home and let Snuggie out for a couple of hours before bed time. They will all be able to come and go as they please during the daytime and evening hours.

This is not a fool proof road barrier, but it is the best I am going to be able to do for them until we can someday move to a place much farther off the road and to a road that has much less traffic. The IF next door only has a 30 inch high fence between it and the road and there are tons of trees growing up at the fence.

I am seriously thinking about trying to buy the IF. I could extend the fence up higher... the current appraised value is only $7500 and it is 1.5 acres, so maybe, if the lady will sell it...

I could have some chickens then... the IF is in the township and I am in the city limits which means I have to have chickens 100 feet from the house... not enough room to do that... I walked around there about a week ago while I was clearing up brush, there is a seasonal creek that runs along the back of it and from the culvert under the road.

I don't know if the lady that owns it would be willing to sell it, maybe with the economy the way it is, she might jump on it. I am going to see if Carter across the street knows her. Carter has lived here since about 1954 and she knows the history. Use to be a house on the IF, but in the late 50's the man that lived in it killed himself with his shotgun. Knowing what we know today, she thinks he was dealing with Alzheimers... well, the house seems entirely gone. Use to be a blacksmith shop up by the road, as the corner of it is one of my property bounder markers, err, was...fortunately the rest are allegedly proper "pins."

I need to make sure I can stand this new job before I think about approaching her!

OK, got tons of school work to do.