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Lucy back to vet…
But don’t worry, it’s just her recheck after the wart removals and tooth extractions.
She’s feeling great.
And that awful breath she had is gone. Boy, before they found that rotten tooth, her breath smelled like something had crawled into her mouth and died.
She will have a great time meeting and greeting all her friends at the clinic.
It’s not reality TV it is propaganda TV
So now the idiot in the White House has started his own TV network. Shades of dictatorships. He’s taken another page from his honey man Putin’s playbook.
Please, can we end this already?
The moth wars
I still battle the moths that invaded my home with things the Curmudgeon brought home from his mother’s house.
This is a battle, that had I seen them early on, I might have won.
Clothing moths are invasive and tiny and not really seen until you have a full scale infestation of them.
I started my battle with sticky, baited with pheromones, traps and caught lots of them. I am allergic to cedar so can’t use that in my closets, I use a mix of rosemary and mint.
Mothballs are out of the question as the chemicals in them are dangerous.
Then a few weeks ago I came across a spray, Maggie’s Farm flying insect spray. It uses natural oils in a water based spray.
It is working.
Today’s Tee
It seemed to be a quiet day…
In actuality, it was a busy day.
Lucy had me up early. Twice.
Our Five Star Home Foods guy, Joe showed up to take our order. Sadly, he’s retiring. We will miss him.
The Curmudgeon’s truck was across town getting an inspection. Wouldn’t you know they’d call right before food guy got here? And it was G to the rescue. She ran The Curmudgeon to get his truck while I started working on our food order with Joe.
The Curmudgeon got back in time to sign paperwork and say good bye to Joe.
http://www.fivestarhomefoods.com/home-foods
We’ve been customers for years and years. I highly recommend them.
Today’s Tee.
Cool nights
For the last few nights we’ve had cool weather. It is so very nice to turn off the AC and open the house, too bad I cannot use the whole house fan in the attic and pull the cool air through faster and more efficiently.
To use the fan, I need to get the attic cleaned of the mess left behind by the not so great of a roofer who did our roof. He, knowing what a mess removing a slate roof incurs never bothered to tell us to tarp everything or do it himself.
I cannot even walk through the attic now without running into insulation that has dropped down from the weight of slate crap on it. Or crunching across the floor…ew I hate that.
What I have to find is someone who is willing and able to clean the attic, redo insulation properly, and figure out how to ‘screen out’ critters when the fan is off. The fan is so strong it blew our window screen to ribbons.
Added to my collection
Oh, yes I did!
I added to my Tee shirt collection!
I also added to The Curmudgeon’s
And Lucy got a new blanket.
They’re not going to believe it
Back on July 19th I wrote about how the guys at the car dealer’s were shocked at the low mileage on my van.
Yesterday I got a note from my insurance company wanting to update a few things. 2 questions is all.
- How many miles did I expect to drive in the upcoming year? Um, if I drive a lot maybe 80 miles?
- What is the current mileage on my 2012 van? You’re not going to believe it…okay, here goes… 4063 miles.
I sent it back today. Can’t wait to hear from them, and I’m sure we will. LOL
Lucy update
Wow, she is sure feeling perky.
She even gave her elk antler a few strong gnaws and nibbles today.
We’re keeping her on her pain pill so she stays less active the way they want her to be. Basically, it slows her down a little for a couple of hours.
She’s eating like a pig making up for that missed breakfast the other day. LOL
My day at the doctor
I really like this new doctor, she listens to me and doesn’t make assumptions.
We discussed all my test results and she’s quite pleased with them.
Last blood test indicates LDL level is very low…yay! And HDL level is at optimal high. Another Yay me.
No need for another colonoscopy for 10 years.
Pulmonary tests indicate I have an allergy related cough that we are controlling with Claritin and Flonase.
Now we are going to tackle the weight gain. She is sending me to a doctor who specializes in it.
Unless I get sick, I won’t see her until mid November.
*Update on Lucy: Lucy is doing very well. She has become quite perky today.
Today’s Tee
Lucy’s spa day
Yes, even with all that happened on her visit she still considers going to the vet’s a spa day.
Lucy had some skin tags removed and her teeth cleaned. She also had 3 teeth extracted. They even trimmed her nails while she was out. Then they spoiled her rotten.
Even with all the spoiling, she was ready to go home when I arrived. Except she had to stop at each one of her *ladies* and get a last pet, smooch, and hug before going home.
At the moment, she’s sound asleep and all rolled up in a fuzzy blanket.
I grievously sinned against Lucy…
She got a bath!
With my back so bad, she hasn’t had a bath in so long I’m not going to tell you how long it’s been. Suffice it to say it’s been ages.
She sure does smell better and is a lot whiter. I delight in the freckles that you can see under the clean fur.
She’s even wearing her newest Collar My World collar.
The aches and pains of growing older…suck.
With the wet weather we’ve had, the horrible weight gain I’ve had over the last few years, and the damages done lifting The Curmudgeon from floor far too many times, my back and knees are shot.
To top that off my Achilles tendons are screaming in pain all the time, and my feet are constantly cramping up.
It sucks to get older.
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