Today is why I keep coming back here to all you wonderful people. Today, you all kept me sane, although what THAT really is right now remains to be seen.
Willie is a wise man, and when I first dealt with animal control this morning, I had to let go of my baser instinct to be a sarcastic beast. My mother taught me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. It was just that his attitude and the way he talked to me was unacceptable, and God knew what he was doing by keeping him out of my face. There will be a letter forthcoming to HIS boss. Poor soul, his name is on that ticket.
This afternoon, I had another 150 pounds lifted off my chest. I was sitting here contemplating a much needed nap, when there was a knock on my door. It was my next door neighbor.....the one I THOUGHT had called animal control. I barely cracked my door, and he saw on my face in an instant that I didn't want to talk to him. Right away, he let me know that he was NOT the one who had called animal control, and he went on to tell me the story. That was where a lot of my confusion came from in the first place. He and I have had discussions about my dog before, since he and his wife have two of their own. He was actually kind enough to inform me that my dog had gotten out one night and he put him back inside the fence. From the information the AC officer had given me, I had just ASSumed they were the ones who called. NOT the case. He, his wife and I stood up talking for the better part of an hour, and I told them I was giving Breeze away. Both of them exclaimed at once, "OH, NO you're NOT! Don't even consider it."
The whole story is too long to get into here, but the long and short of it is that they didn't call. They will help me any way that they can, and (bleep) the buzzard who from 2 football fields away claims my dog wakes him up every morning at 3 am. The solution is about 90% complete and my dog isn't going anywhere.
From the very bottom of my heart, thank each and every one of you for your support and listening to me moan and bellyache, but that little animal loves me unconditionally and has been a saving grace for me for the last five years. Yeah, I love him plain and simple.
.. if the cans are the larger style, you could actually use a long shank spade bit and get a hole thru the joist that would be at an angle, yet still easily allow the romex thru .. of course, one joist deep would be the limit .. or, if there is no drywall above the tongue and groove, just gently remove it, mark each piece numerically, do the job and reinstall the ceiling .. I don't recon Janet would like that idea much because it would get messy ..
