Back at home

We had a really good camping trip. Perfect weather. And we visited with family a lot. Ella and cousin Rylan had a blast together. And she’s now old enough to really enjoy all the fun kid camp things – like the swimming pool and the candy store, and there’s even a barrel train ride for the kids now.

The bad news is I’m back from vacation and reminded of a problem here. Just before we left Steve mentioned to me that Kennith (our very naughty cat) snuck in for a few minutes and peed in two spots in Ella’s room. Ella’s precious, beautiful little girl’s room I spent months obsessing over. (OK, I know I STILL haven’t blogged about that like I promised – I will sometime.) But anyway, now it smells like CAT PEE. I don’t know if you all know about cat pee, but let me tell you this – it’s a terrible smell and it never goes away. We’ve had to lay new flooring in one of our rooms because of Kennith destroying it with his pee.

So, I’m really at my wit’s end with Kennith. We struggled with his floor urination problem ever since we moved into this house four years ago and we never found a cure/solution. So, he lives in the garage. It’s sad to see him spend his live between a couple of bins, not getting the attention he used to. His hair is all matted. I haven’t taken him to get his regular haircuts like I used to. And he’s 14 years old. I’ve tried to find him a new home. Strangely noone jumped at the chance to take in this overweight 14-year-old cat with health problems!

I’m actually sitting in our living room now smelling cat pee here too. I think he went on the new carpet too. Remember the beautiful new carpet I wrote about and posted photos of? It smells terrible. Ugh.

I’ll try to post photos later of camping – just a bit preoccupied by the stench of cat pee right now!