Och Aye

In Scotland, but Alas no phone and limited internet.  I will post blogs when I have time and predate them back to the days the things occur when I do.  Sorry laddies and lassies!  I am hearing Scottish burr shoutinng right now as I sit in my hotel room.  You hear that 24x7 while in your room along with cars, birds, pigeons (funny stories in these coming plus they always remind me of Lord John and Percy Wainwright), dogs, horns, etc.  One thing I must complain about before I sign off, is why is it impossible to find a Fraser of Lovat tartan?  I was able to find a MacKenzie one 2x, but no Fraser so far.  I did find a few thinsg with their motto though.  Ok, gotta run!

Stress

I am sick- I have been nauseous since Tuesday and I had to deal with my sister in law's pipe bursting, my dryer vent smalling like burning (which means I have to get it redone because it is too long and a fire hazard), my old car not starting and when I went to jump it it started smoking on both cars and melted the plastic on the cables and I burnt my hand removing (I had to remove my sweat pants and stand in my underwear in order not to have 2 car fires), then I went to mom's house (did I mention she is mentally impaired) and there is a family of raccoons in her attic and her roof and gutters haven't been cleaned so they are falling off and the eaves wood is all rotted off, oh and after I went searching for her missing cat and thought I saw in the neighbor's yard but she swore it wasn't him - well it was and she tried to bury him the next day and she couldn't do it very deep, so had to dig back up the cat and re-bury in another location correctly (poor thing was attacked by the neighbors dogs who got out and killed the 16 year old cat and dragged him back to their yard). I am supposed to go away on my first vacation in 14 years with my sister who doesn't have any relationship with my mother. Anyway, to say I am a bit stressed and now worried about fixing my mom's house (and how to do that financially) and helping my sister in law with her house, is a HUGE understatement.

New cat resting place

Eave of the house

Roof of house

Roof

Wood rotted off under the eave

Gutter

vent where raccoons are getting into the attic

 Window where the cat was attacked that has not been replaced

Tree that fell in the backyard

Another tree in the backyard

I'm blogging!

I am welcoming myself to the world of blogging!  Hello whatever is out there!