Walking, racoons, and trying new recipes.

Some folks in the condo complex called a "wildlife extraction" specialist to come out and see about the racoon. I suspected that she had babies in the attic space above our condo. The neighbors a few doors down confirmed it. They heard the babies crying and quite a bit of scratching going on in their attic. The wild life specialist came out today and sprayed some sort of chemical in the attic of three of our units. The chemical is supposed to mimic the scent of a really large and really angry racoon. Mama would then think said big mean racoon was going to eat her and quickly relocate her babies. Once they were sure Mama and babies were out, they would repair the hole. We really think she moved them out tonight. We were watching a movie and heard the most awful noise. At first we didn't know what it was, but quickly found out it was these babies crying while she was pulling them out of the hole to take them to their new home. I know they had to go, but it almost made me a bit sad! I'm just thankful they opted for a humane extraction and didn't just kill them - even though I know racoons are not nice. They sure are cool looking though.
I decided that I would take my walking with Baden up a notch. I downloaded a pedometer on my iphone. I thought I already had one, but it wasn't there anymore so I downloaded a new app. I don't like it very much. Last night I walked a tiny bit over a mile with Bay. Tonight I was determined to get up to about a mile and a half. I got about halfway as far as I did last night and Hannah sent me a text message. No big deal. I responded to the text message and kept on walking. I got to the point where I knew I had walked about a mile (because it was the same route from last night) and looked at my phone. It had stopped recording my steps at about the point where Hannah sent me the message! I guess it got confused when the text came in. Not cool! I have a real pedometer someplace. I am hoping I can find it when I get the rest of the house unpacked unless it's in storage.
I didn't try any new recipes tonight. I was going to but E is having some issues with mouthsores so I opted for soft fettucini alfredo - something I knew he would be able to eat. I did splurge and picked up some garlic bread from Silveks. Yum! I am looking for new stuff to fix though, so if you have any good recipes that are family friendly please send them my way.
I have to figure a way to get my walking in tomorrow. I have a meeting in the evening and it will be dark by the time we get home so walking the trail is out of the question. Maybe I will do laps in the sanctuary at church - ha!. I am enjoying the bit of time to myself though and think the walk is really good for me. My goal is to get up to two miles soon and to keep walking every day.
So much coming up.. Hannah is in a pageant this weekend, Riverfest is coming up, School about to be out, yipes. Good things.. All good things.