I didn't mean to

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Back several years one of Marge's friends asked her if she would temporarily keep two of her cats. Marge couldn't say no, so we ended up with two extra cats. We already had BB in the house, so now there are three of them little suckers. They would prowl all night and sleep during the day, so we either had to keep our bedroom door closed or forget sleep. We had to have the air circulate, so the door had to be open. So I built a screen door for our bedroom to keep the cats out. After several years Marge realized the cats were here to stay. Out the door two of them went. But the screen door stayed.

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