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SRS: I used vitamin A which is good for skin and hair. The cysts cleared completely and her coat was shiny. Animals tend to respond well to vitamins.

Beautiful sunny day but cold today. Still, I hated to leave the country. I managed to work more on glazes and glazing and loaded the kiln but decided not to fire until the weather is warmer. The venting system is not in yet and I have to turn off the heater to use the kiln and open the windows to let the fumes out. So I need to be there to turn heater back on and close windows. I hope to get back down on Thurs and will fire that night. I look forward to seeing the new test glazes and a few new glaze effects.

Realizing 4 hours of work is all I managed each of last two days, in two hour blocks. Well, I AM retired, after all.

Made sure all the plants were watered in the sun room and the seed trays are moist. "Had" to finish latest novel; it was a fascinating combo of modern and ancient murders being solved and interconnecting. Getting faster at deleting emails and scrolling through FB, and more choosy about what I try to look at on the latter.   

Each departure entails clearing the frig of perishables and putting them in frig on arrival. I'm getting better at it. There is a great deal of a type of clutter involved in two "homes" - what is where and what needs to be taken or fetched back and how many days might I be gone factored into it.

Arriving in the city, there was no heat on and the K counter is covered with tools. The resident furry creature has made a mess of the place and is eating plants in places I did not think it could reach. Unhappy to see the creature come through the LR into the K where I finally saw that it is unmistakably a rat about 8 inches long, plus tail. I phoned R at work and reported. The live trap is on the roof - which is quite covered with snow. No wonder there has been such a mess. R thought it was a squirrel but now he is seriously concerned. Maybe he will DO something.

Apparently the tools were on the K table but he moved them to clean up the mess on the table. So maybe I can move them back to the table, hence de-cluttering the counter - food prep area - so we can eat. I tend to take umbrage at the places he puts tools as in "They should not be on the table; they should not be on the counter... You put them there; you move them!" But there is NO PLACE in this house for tools. The back shed needs to be torn down; it is full of junk; no place for tools. They are stashed in K cabinets and a defunct frig. Hopefully, the new K (in my lifetime?) will have a tool spot OR if he decides to add on a sunroom at the back, I suggested the blank wall have long row of lower cabinets and a counter for tools and workspace. With book shelves above! YEAH!

While I am dreaming: he assures me the apt in VSP is coming along nicely; no completion in sight but HOPE! This house is not pleasant to come "home" to. Even the mill with no running water is preferable. And far less cluttered. Because everything we are not using is stored "out there" in the rest of the 20,000 sf building! That's cheating!! I really am looking forward to the warmer weather so I can continue my work on "Stuff TO Go"!