Friday, May 27

Tonight is Great-Nephew's birthday. Happy Birthday, Great-Nephew!

Up at 7 a.m. this morning, and did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Hurried to get ready for the day, so I'd be dressed by the time the pest control guy arrived at 10 a.m.

We had called pest control, because a flea from one of the cats jumped on me. But after the cat had been given a flea med, I didn't notice any more of the pests. Also, Hubbie had sprayed a flea product on the carpets and furniture. So I guess we'd taken care of the problem before the pest control guy got here.

Our intention was to have the house treated as a preventative measure, but the pest control guy said that the treatment he uses requires that residents and pets leave the house for four hours. Also, before the treatment is applied, residents must: remove everything from closet floors and from under beds; vacuum every inch of carpeted floors; vacuum furniture, including under pillows and in deep crevices; thoroughly clean hardwood and non-carpeted floors; and have pets treated with flea meds.

I think this kind of extreme treatment is for flea infestation, which we don't have. We were hoping the pest control guy could just spot spray the den and living room, where the cats mainly roam, but he said he could only do the full treatment. So we opted out for now. We can always change our minds if the flea problem gets worse.

After the pest control guy left, Hubbie and I ran a few errands...to the hydroponic farm for tomatoes, to the vet clinic for vitamins for Shih Tzu, and to the barbecue restaurant for a few pounds of pulled pork.

Back home, we decided to sample the pulled pork on wheat buns for lunch. We packaged the rest for the freezer to take camping with us. After lunch, we put some other foods into the camper freezer, even though it will be several days before we head out.

Spent the rest of the afternoon doing this and that. Later, for supper, we had beef hash, with a choice of Lima beans or butter beans. Mother had peeled and boiled the potatoes earlier, while we ran errands.

Mother went home afterward, and Hubbie and I watched "Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost," starring Tom Selleck, recorded on DVR from a prime time channel a few days ago.