Tomato juice is another remedy I've heard, Zen. Poor kitty. And poor your house and you. Skunk is not nice.

BT, sorry about the election outcome. May some good still come out of the new.

I need a helmer

But do you have a spreadsheet?

When I was a kid a Samoyed dog (loads of white fur) that lived up the road got sprayed by a skunk. The tomato juice treatment took care of the scent. It also turned his fur pink. I thought it was lovely, but the dog seemed kinda bummed about it all.

I hop whatever is up with Drew isn't too serious, Pix.

OK, bazillion errands have been run. I now have more stripper, groceries and gloves.

Fingers crossed that all is now fine with Drew.

I should probably get in on this round of the polish exchange; I have a ton of great colors I never use, and surely someone else can get some pleasure and use out of them.

I still have the box, JZ; do you want to get together next weekend and go through it? That would also give me time to do some more culling and maybe add some more bottles to the box before we start the new round.

Zen, we used an Internet recipe of hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and baking soda when Byron got sprayed. I'm sure you could google it. It worked really well (though his gray fur had bleached orangey patches for awhile).

So I just had to go rescue my neighbor. See, she's up on her kitchen balcony, working on the rail. And in order to keep a wasp from getting inside, she slammed the door. With the handle locked. I just happened into the kitchen and she's gesticulating wildly at me. Luckily, she gave me her key a while back, so I was able to go over and let her in.

Man, that's one of my nightmares. And it is really hot out there today.

OK, tried the Dawn dish detergent remedy. It got a lot of it out, I think, but there's only so much lavage the cat will put up with. Now I'm worried that I didn't get all the detergent out. He's licking himself, so he's probably going to throw up either because of the detergent or the skunk oil. I think I'll wait for a while before I try to pour any other liquids on him. Poor thing is quite bummed out. Oh, he just walked into the den, so at least he's not hiding anymore; that's a good sign.

I feel so bad for him! And me and the other cat, but mostly him. It's my fault; I should have replaced the bent screen ages ago. But it wasn't loose, and I never thought he could push it hard enough to bend it right out of its frame. How did he even get the leverage? Damn.

Chumley surprised me once by jumping out a first floor window that didn't have the screen down on it. I wouldn't have thought he'd be that brave, or foolish. It was at least a six foot leap... I guess he was motivated.

I hope Drew is okay and heading out of the hospital by now.

I have not gotten a headstart (or, hey, and kind of start) on anything I'd wanted to do today. I should get moving.

I'm disappointed. The white blouse I bought from Modcloth is transparent enough to clearly show my bra from the back. Since they doubled up the fabric in the front, I'm guessing that's deemed acceptable. I just don't dig it, though.