Squirrel Stopper

A friend of ours got us a birdfeeder for Christmas and we have been enjoying watching the various birds come and go. Especially when there was snow on the ground. Of course the squirrels have found their way to it and are causing problems. They would jump from the tree to the feeder and spill it and then eat the "spoils" from the ground. So I put a longer arm out thinking they couldn't jump that far. Come to find out, they can jump 10 feet! I read online about various inhibitors I could try but finally just wrapped the tree a few times with tin foil. That seems to have slowed them down. My next method is to shoot them with paintballs and see if I can identify repeat offenders! The other day my neighbor threw two firecrackers at them! Scared me to death so I ran over to see what happened and there was a blue haze in my backyard like after the Battle of Gettysburg! No squirrels but no Jasmine either! I searched all over for her and finally found her in my shower shaking and afraid. Took quite a while to settle her down.

Meanwhile, we got our DE state tax refund deposited in our account the other day. We might be able to throw some hot dogs in with the macaroni and cheese this week... Actually, we saw a coupon for a great looking lasagna meal at Pizza Hut. So I ordered it online and got another 20% off for our first online order. I went and picked it up and as you can imagine, the picture was far better than the actual. It was good but not much of it.

I was finally able to powerwash the cars yesterday and get the salt off of them. Of course 3 hours later there was bird poop all over mine and it started to rain!

It is supposed to get to 65º today!