COLD DARK ROOM

[Maro2Bear]

There is just no way I can catch up. I’ve been gone for almost two weeks packing and moving. We moved into our new house last Friday. I just got internet installed today. Things are starting to get back to normal. We still have 1.5 storage units to unload by the end of the month.
Moving the tortoises was HORRIBLE. We closed on our old house on Friday and had to be completely out of our old house by 10:30am but not allowed in our new house until later that day, 2:00. The torts lived in totes starting Thursday morning and Eric started dismantling all the fencing that day. Thursday and Friday were full of lightning storms and flash flooding. We still had to do it. My poor husband loves me so much. The 4x8 sulcata house took five people to move it out of the back yard. We almost squished a teenager a few times. We are LOVING our new place though. Lots of hard work to get it all done, but we did it and are still working on it.
The kids are enjoying the pool. We had our first pool party today.

Wow, thats some property. Great grass, great pool too!

 

[Lyn W]

There is just no way I can catch up. I’ve been gone for almost two weeks packing and moving. We moved into our new house last Friday. I just got internet installed today. Things are starting to get back to normal. We still have 1.5 storage units to unload by the end of the month.
Moving the tortoises was HORRIBLE. We closed on our old house on Friday and had to be completely out of our old house by 10:30am but not allowed in our new house until later that day, 2:00. The torts lived in totes starting Thursday morning and Eric started dismantling all the fencing that day. Thursday and Friday were full of lightning storms and flash flooding. We still had to do it. My poor husband loves me so much. The 4x8 sulcata house took five people to move it out of the back yard. We almost squished a teenager a few times. We are LOVING our new place though. Lots of hard work to get it all done, but we did it and are still working on it.
The kids are enjoying the pool. We had our first pool party today.

Congratulations on your new home and best wishes for a very happy future there!

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning all.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

 

[Yvonne G]

There is just no way I can catch up. I’ve been gone for almost two weeks packing and moving. We moved into our new house last Friday. I just got internet installed today. Things are starting to get back to normal. We still have 1.5 storage units to unload by the end of the month.
Moving the tortoises was HORRIBLE. We closed on our old house on Friday and had to be completely out of our old house by 10:30am but not allowed in our new house until later that day, 2:00. The torts lived in totes starting Thursday morning and Eric started dismantling all the fencing that day. Thursday and Friday were full of lightning storms and flash flooding. We still had to do it. My poor husband loves me so much. The 4x8 sulcata house took five people to move it out of the back yard. We almost squished a teenager a few times. We are LOVING our new place though. Lots of hard work to get it all done, but we did it and are still working on it.
The kids are enjoying the pool. We had our first pool party today.

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Looks like there's lots of space for tortoises!

 

[Yvonne G]

Good morning all.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Tricia needs an update!!!

 

[CarolM]

Me too but usually the only voice I get to hear out loud is me talking to myself or the tv or music. Dilly(our cat) does say meow in different ways. And my deaf brother says blah blah blah and writes "you drive me crazy!"...

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[Maro2Bear]

Happy Saturday. It’s already hot and muggy out - not very conducive to lots of energetic yard n garden work.

 

[CarolM]

Jayden learned a valuable lesson about his fingers while feeding Toretto... DONT GET THEM TOO CLOSE... he got nicked... didn’t phase him but for a second... now he requires a stem on whatever he may be feeding I always tell him not to let Toretto eat all the way to his hand.. He won’t forget now [emoji33]

Oh shame. Glad he is okay though.

 

[CarolM]

Ok...I can't find the quote where you asked for a picture of my bunny's cage/night stand. Sooo....I'm going to try anyway.View attachment 272400 View attachment 272401

Good Job. It looks quite sturdy and nice and neat.

 

[CarolM]

At one point, in the last couple years or so, a mama fox had babies either under my house, under the garden shed, or in the wooded lot next door. I never actually saw the kits, but heard them. I saw and heard the mum fox calling to them to follow her.

That family of foxes drove my indoor-only Cat-mittee CRAZY. Fortunately, the foxes didn't stay long.

Foxes are known to carry rabies, especially in this part of Florida. Somebody I used to know (used to work with) was bitten by a rabid fox, a decade or so ago.

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[CarolM]

There is just no way I can catch up. I’ve been gone for almost two weeks packing and moving. We moved into our new house last Friday. I just got internet installed today. Things are starting to get back to normal. We still have 1.5 storage units to unload by the end of the month.
Moving the tortoises was HORRIBLE. We closed on our old house on Friday and had to be completely out of our old house by 10:30am but not allowed in our new house until later that day, 2:00. The torts lived in totes starting Thursday morning and Eric started dismantling all the fencing that day. Thursday and Friday were full of lightning storms and flash flooding. We still had to do it. My poor husband loves me so much. The 4x8 sulcata house took five people to move it out of the back yard. We almost squished a teenager a few times. We are LOVING our new place though. Lots of hard work to get it all done, but we did it and are still working on it.
The kids are enjoying the pool. We had our first pool party today.

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Your place looks absolutely awesome.

 

[Momof4]

If someone is on here , can you please go to the enclosure section and let me know if my pix show up? I can’t see them. I don’t want to waste time posting if the pics are visible.
Thank you!!
Happy Saturday!

 

[Maro2Bear]

If someone is on here , can you please go to the enclosure section and let me know if my pix show up? I can’t see them. I don’t want to waste time posting if the pics are visible.
Thank you!!
Happy Saturday!

Yep - i see them - https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/2019-outdoor-build.175401/#post-1740423

 

[Momof4]

Yep - i see them - https://tortoiseforum.org/threads/2019-outdoor-build.175401/#post-1740423

Thank you Mark! I still can’t.
We are getting ready to set posts now!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Thank you Mark! I still can’t.
We are getting ready to set posts now!

Good luck.....are you SURE you live in San Diego? You have a great property to play in.

Have fun.

 

[Cathie G]

Good Job. It looks quite sturdy and nice and neat.

When I say it's beddy bye time, she usually heads for it and doesn't mind being in it. I don't know about the neat part though. I don't know which one of us makes the biggest mess of it.

 

[Cathie G]

I never had problems with opossums eating plants. Years ago, there was an opossum that came onto our front porch to eat cat food we put out for Loki (back when Loki was a feral outside cat)... Until the baby-daddy of Loki's first litter of kittens intervened. He made the opossum BACK DOWN and leave the food untouched.

The lady told me that she actually saw the opossum digging them up and eating the plants. Including roots. They'll probably eat anything that's not hard work instead.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Whew. It’s HOT out today. First almost 90 degree day....and I’m out sawing up logs. A guy stopped by offerred to drop said trees for $300.... tempting, but i work for free.

 

[Momof4]

Good luck.....are you SURE you live in San Diego? You have a great property to play in.

Have fun.

Our cities slogan is “The city in the country.”
We have have lots of rural area and lots of horse properties.

 

[Cathie G]

There is just no way I can catch up. I’ve been gone for almost two weeks packing and moving. We moved into our new house last Friday. I just got internet installed today. Things are starting to get back to normal. We still have 1.5 storage units to unload by the end of the month.
Moving the tortoises was HORRIBLE. We closed on our old house on Friday and had to be completely out of our old house by 10:30am but not allowed in our new house until later that day, 2:00. The torts lived in totes starting Thursday morning and Eric started dismantling all the fencing that day. Thursday and Friday were full of lightning storms and flash flooding. We still had to do it. My poor husband loves me so much. The 4x8 sulcata house took five people to move it out of the back yard. We almost squished a teenager a few times. We are LOVING our new place though. Lots of hard work to get it all done, but we did it and are still working on it.
The kids are enjoying the pool. We had our first pool party today.

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I'm so happy for you. It looks like all of you are having fun despite of all the work and upheaval.