The Cubs won last night, which was good. 1.5 games out of first, doubleheader with the Cards today.

The trash was knocked over AGAIN last night, which was VERY, VERY BAD. Court looked outside and saw it and also saw a white cat (with collar) standing around our front porch. I am now 100% convinced it is CATS doing the destruction. I now HATE all cats.

I definitely think Boots being in our house has something to do with it. The neighborhood cats (at least the white one and a calico) know we have a cat imprisoned in our house. The calico came to our front window (evidenced by boots mewing like crazy at the front) and I went outside and shooed it away. The dead bird I found outside our front door last week (did I write about that?) is more evidence they're doing this as a reaction to us having a cat. I think they're trying to woo him or something. Who knows?

Court still thinks raccoon for the cause of the trash destruction...but I'm still staying with 'cat'. Next step: go to Home Depot and buy some animal repellant (or maybe poison...must investigate legal ramifications...) to put around trash each night. Court wants to move it to the back. I don't think it'll be any safer there...in fact, if it IS a raccoon, it'll be worse, since it's probably coming out of the wildlife behind our house. Also, if the trash is in the back and is upset at night we won't even see it until we look out back, which we almost never do.