Hey, everyone! I don't have internet yet, but I'm as good as there, so maybe I can be on here more often.
I'm sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I just didn't want to start a new one.
Right now I'm using my neighbors' WiFi, but I have Starlink, although it's still in the box. It came last week and I still have to figure out how to set it up.
Not much new has really happened. My mom died last August and with what she left, I was able to pay off my loan for the septic and electric and have some left over.
I was going to do my yard this spring, but I can't seem to get hold of the contractor and so I might just fence my yard this year and do it over next year when I have a little bit more saved. I've been trying so hard to grow stuff but the deer are practically sitting on my steps.
A neighbor has been giving them apples, so if I went out and threw stones at them (the deer, not the neighbors), all they did was chase them to see if they were edible. So naturally, now I'm feeding the deer apples. I found out they also love strawberries. I told my neighbor to teach them No More.
I've also been adopted by a stray cat. Well, two of them. I don't know who their owners are, but the black one comes in and sleeps on my bed and Browncat just shows up in the morning to be fed. I really can't afford two cats, so I think I'll take Browncat to the shelter as soon as I can get her used to eating in the cat carrier. She's a longhair tortoiseshell and very sweet, do I think she'll find a home quickly.
I haven't seen Reddy Kilowatt, the squirrel, since last May when she came into the trailer and jumped on my shoulder, but another squirrel came climbing into my lap last summer and filled the void. I was afraid with the cats around I wouldn't see any small animals, but this spring all the birds are back, including the quail, along with two squirrels and a couple chipmunks.
With Browncat's food being outside, Peter Possum is a regular visitor now and of course, the jays are ever present. I need some jay names, guys. Last year I had 5 jays, this year I have 10. We have Crazy Jay, Baby Jay, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jay Z, Jay Leno, and LL Cool Jay. I need 4 more names.
I wasn't able to get my oven fixed, but I did get something comparable. I got a toaster oven that's just huge. It's 47 quarts, almost the size of a regular oven. It's not an air fryer but that's fine with me. It only has 3 knobs - I can deal with that. The other ones looked like they had an airline cockpit on the front. God help me if I need to get a new car.
So that's it. I'm going to explore the site now and then start some ribs going. I see everything looks new and cool!
It's great to be back!
Yeah, right! 
