Rambo's Rampages...

Actually, getting prepared is not joyful at all. I despise it. There is nothing about it that I like and I am certain there never will be. And, lucky me! I now have to always be prepared for the worst. That is not a simple task. To take all the kids somewhere overnight is bad enough, but then you have to account for all of Rambo's stuff. Including the stuff that he never needs but he most certainly will the one time you leave it behind. And an extra one of EVERYTHING. It took 3 full carloads to get to my parents house- and I only packed for about a 3 day stay.  With Hurricane Sandy coming we knew we needed to move to a place that was less likely to lose power because our house ALWAYS loses power. Better to move beforehand than during or after. And wouldn't you know that the one area in our electric company's district to NOT lose power during the storm was Cordova. It would figure. Next week, our dog will fart and we'll be out of power for 4 hours, but it can withs...

I sure did as I was confronted with a wall of odors coming from my now 4 day 'powerless' vacant home. 4 days. Not that bad - you would think. Oh, it was THAT bad. Before I go any further, I should say that our power is now back on. Yay. We are home. :)  Our dear cats did actually keep to the litter box this time, but considering we have three of them and that is the first thing you smell when you walk in the door, it's a little overwhelming. Don't worry, it gets better. As you walk through the small hot (because the ac has not been on) entrance into the kitchen the odor slowly changes from cat mess into a less distinctive but just as horrible raw almost tangy smell. Like that description? I thought you would. If you haven't guessed it yet, that would be my entire refrigerator and freezer storing thawed meat, condiments, milk, etc. Out of everything in my refrigerator I get to keep a box of waffles. That's all. The smell has wafted through the entire downstair...