No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. ~ Carrie Snow
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Thankful (4)
Today I'm thankful for comfort food. I needed it this week.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Thankful (3)
Today I'm thankful for the little things - like an afternoon of sun in an otherwise dark northwest November.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ~ Paul Boese
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thankful (2)
For always seeming to know when I need something or that I have something on my mind, I'm ever so thankful for the friends I've made in my lifetime...
Friendship is a sheltering tree. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Friendship is a sheltering tree. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Thankful
So, I'm starting the series a little late this year, but I would like to have at least 10 entries in by Thanksgiving. I'll see if I can do it.
One thing I'm thankful for every day (to the point of sounding like a broken record) - even walking in the rain, or spending the evening at the vet...
One thing I'm thankful for every day (to the point of sounding like a broken record) - even walking in the rain, or spending the evening at the vet...
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
~ William Arthur Ward
Friday, November 4, 2011
Another day, another vet bill
I will spare you most of the gory details of what is wrong with Atticus, but lets just say it involved him waking me up once an hour or so when I was trying to sleep and ended up with my poor dog pooping blood and an emergency trip to the vet.
3 hours, a chunk of paycheck, 3 medications, and a liberal dose of stress later, we are finally home.
Diagnosis: dog colitis. Or some sort of eating-raw-salmon-disease that I can't remember the name of. The vet found out Atticus eats random things he finds on the ground outside and couldn't figure out which one it was without more testing. Which I vetoed. Dog mom of the year? Not this year.
On the good news channel it only took 20 minutes for me to convince Atticus to eat 3 pills covered with cream cheese. Now I get to do that twice a day for the next 2 weeks.
On the other good news front I got approved for my rental house. Yay! Nothing like trying to drum up some excitement in the vets office while I'm anxiously sitting in the waiting room for them to stop poking my dog with needles etc.
I'm pretty much tired enough I want to cry. Instead of indulging myself, I get to take a shower and go to work for a 12 hour shift.
Atticus seems to be okay with that as he is currently snoring on the couch.
What a life!
A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. ~ Ogden Nash
3 hours, a chunk of paycheck, 3 medications, and a liberal dose of stress later, we are finally home.
Diagnosis: dog colitis. Or some sort of eating-raw-salmon-disease that I can't remember the name of. The vet found out Atticus eats random things he finds on the ground outside and couldn't figure out which one it was without more testing. Which I vetoed. Dog mom of the year? Not this year.
On the good news channel it only took 20 minutes for me to convince Atticus to eat 3 pills covered with cream cheese. Now I get to do that twice a day for the next 2 weeks.
On the other good news front I got approved for my rental house. Yay! Nothing like trying to drum up some excitement in the vets office while I'm anxiously sitting in the waiting room for them to stop poking my dog with needles etc.
I'm pretty much tired enough I want to cry. Instead of indulging myself, I get to take a shower and go to work for a 12 hour shift.
Atticus seems to be okay with that as he is currently snoring on the couch.
What a life!
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| My new pet pharamcy |
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Checklist
So far today, I've...
Woken up early and cut my coffee time short
Gave my monthly dose of blood to the vampires at group health
Scored a bunch of free packing boxes from the husband of a coworker
Had a friend over to sort through all my future Goodwill donations (she took most of my blouses...awesome!)
Talked to my future landlord twice (he assures me he sent my paperwork Friday. Its Wednesday and I still haven't seen it).
Got in my hours worth of sweat at the gym
Walked Atticus in the pouring down rain
Shopped for food for tonight's work meeting (yes, another one....)
Have played enough Word Feud amongst all the above to raise my IQ 3 points
Now I'm all showered and squeaky clean and ready to leave for work in about 30 minutes.
Although I still haven't technically applied for the house etc I feel pretty good about it. Its still a big source of stress in my life though. I hate not knowing something. I also wonder how soon in advance I need to schedule movers? I have a company in mind, but hesitate to book them yet.
Oh wait, how could I forget...
Skipping is oxygen for the soul. ~ Jessi Lane Adams
Woken up early and cut my coffee time short
Gave my monthly dose of blood to the vampires at group health
Scored a bunch of free packing boxes from the husband of a coworker
Had a friend over to sort through all my future Goodwill donations (she took most of my blouses...awesome!)
Talked to my future landlord twice (he assures me he sent my paperwork Friday. Its Wednesday and I still haven't seen it).
Got in my hours worth of sweat at the gym
Walked Atticus in the pouring down rain
Shopped for food for tonight's work meeting (yes, another one....)
Have played enough Word Feud amongst all the above to raise my IQ 3 points
Now I'm all showered and squeaky clean and ready to leave for work in about 30 minutes.
Although I still haven't technically applied for the house etc I feel pretty good about it. Its still a big source of stress in my life though. I hate not knowing something. I also wonder how soon in advance I need to schedule movers? I have a company in mind, but hesitate to book them yet.
Oh wait, how could I forget...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAPA!!!!!
Skipping is oxygen for the soul. ~ Jessi Lane Adams
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