Bear's Bath Day
Jun. 25th, 2022 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeWhile I have been working on printing Westercon 74 program books and Lisa has been packing Hospitality supplies, it was the day that Kuma Bear had been dreading: his annual bath.
After Lisa gave Kuma a good wash in the kitchen sink, she bundled him up in towels to try and dry him out. Stuffed bears do not dry that quickly. And no, you cannot put Kuma Bear in the tumble dryer!
Bear has spent the afternoon grumpily sitting out on the front porch, out of the sun, but in the dry desert air trying to get dry.
Meanwhile, the program book printing has reached the 90% point. I think we'll have enough ink to get to 100%. After that, we still have to collate and staple it.
I got word from U-Haul that I should be able to get the rental trailer from a designated location in Fernley after noon on Monday. But we realized that we're going to need a bunch of moving blankets to protect some of the exhibit material we're transporting to Tonopah, and we can't get those in Fernley. Also, there appears to be at least one thing we've forgotten that we can't buy in Reno until Monday. So the current plan is to get the trailer on Monday at noon, park it at the house, then drive to Reno and deal with the purchase of the missing item and then go to the U-Haul store in Reno to rent moving blankets. And maybe buy more ink cartridges so that we have ink for the printing we will be doing in Tonopah.
After Lisa gave Kuma a good wash in the kitchen sink, she bundled him up in towels to try and dry him out. Stuffed bears do not dry that quickly. And no, you cannot put Kuma Bear in the tumble dryer!
Bear has spent the afternoon grumpily sitting out on the front porch, out of the sun, but in the dry desert air trying to get dry.
Meanwhile, the program book printing has reached the 90% point. I think we'll have enough ink to get to 100%. After that, we still have to collate and staple it.
I got word from U-Haul that I should be able to get the rental trailer from a designated location in Fernley after noon on Monday. But we realized that we're going to need a bunch of moving blankets to protect some of the exhibit material we're transporting to Tonopah, and we can't get those in Fernley. Also, there appears to be at least one thing we've forgotten that we can't buy in Reno until Monday. So the current plan is to get the trailer on Monday at noon, park it at the house, then drive to Reno and deal with the purchase of the missing item and then go to the U-Haul store in Reno to rent moving blankets. And maybe buy more ink cartridges so that we have ink for the printing we will be doing in Tonopah.
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Date: 2022-06-26 08:00 am (UTC)Most of the bears in my household get cleaned with foaming carpet/upholstery cleaner which you spray on, work into their fur, then vacuum off once it's dried out. It's wet initially, but not enough to soak in.
Teddy
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Date: 2022-06-26 03:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-06-26 06:40 pm (UTC)I only mention it in the cause of smoothing relations between Kuma and those who bathe him.
Teddy
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Date: 2022-06-26 10:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-06-26 03:30 pm (UTC)