Dollar Store Cayenne Pepper

Let me preface this post with this statement:  we don't hate animals.  We aren't really inclined toward having our own pets...  But we don't hate animals.

So we have a wooden front walkway out front of our apartment.  And it's elevated above the ground.  And the neighbor's cat (not in the same complex -- the complex next door) has decided that under our walkway is a great place to poop. 

We do not like the smell of fresh cat poop.  We don't like it.  We think it's not healthy.  We aren't happy about it.

So my sweetie did some research and found that cayenne pepper is a great deterrent to cats -- since, when they scratch the ground, the pepper is flung into the air and they breathe it in and it irritates them.  So, we got some cayenne pepper and tried it.  And it worked.  For like a month or two.  No more cat poop under the walkway for us to breathe in every time we go out front. 

But today, we noticed the smell was back.  We think the leaf blower guy disturbed our last cayenne pepper layer.  So...  Since I was near the Dollar Store (because who wants to pay a lot of money for cayenne pepper for this project?) today, I stopped in and got two bottles of it.  There may not be a happy cat tomorrow...  But we'll be happier.  And we're hoping eventually the cat will get the clue and never come back (we were hoping that had happened already, but I guess not...)

So I'm grateful for Dollar Store Cayenne Pepper.  And yeah, it may not seem nice.  Sorry if this offends anyone.  But we aren't going to have the cat using our area as its litter box -- there are toxins in that poop, and it smells bad.

What are you grateful for today?