Today was a busy and coughing day! I started out on Friday, February 12 by adopting Doc, short for The Doctor, because his name was Tennant. Like in David Tennant (ok, not sure if spelled the same as the real Scottish actor, but close enough!) who was the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who. See how I made the connection? Anyway, Doc is a chihuahua mix, male, about a year and a half old. He's my ESA K9. Emotional Support Animal K9, for dog. My therapist, Steve, is writing me a letter so that I may carry his with me everywhere I go. See, a little bit ago, I started having blackouts again, while driving. Now I'm not blacking out and not functioning, I'm still continuing to drive and function quite well. I just "wake up" or become aware somewhere down the road. I noticed this happening after I had to take Revy back to his owner and knew I needed another companion. I don't know if I've been doing this before and just not been aware, but I'm also having dissociative episodes where I'm watching myself talk and move, like a third person. Did it at the dentist and it was so nice and seductive. It's getting easier and easier to slip into the third person feeling and not be present. Just watch, feeling like I don't have a care in the world. No responsibilities, no bedbugs, no demands, no feeling frustrated that the roommate isn't really vacuuming and isn't doing it the way you want it done to really fight the bedbugs. I was supposed to call Dr Fouss if it happened again, but I haven't. Don't know why except maybe I do. Right now, I kind of miss being "away". No hubby losing his cool, exploding at me, then apologizing later. Expecting me to just take it, which I do, and then just accept his apology and go on. How nice it would to be away from it all.
So bringing home Doc, from the Humane Society, he was a stray. He was held for a week after he was adoptable and therefore, ta dum! Has kennel cough. Started the day after we brought him home with a small cough in the morning. For the next three days, it was just in the morning getting progressively worse. By this time, baby, the galute! and Doc had been exchanging sloppy wet face and mouth licks. No sooner get Doc in, Baby starts and gets it bad out of the gate. Cookie starts but not so bad, just once in awhile and Kira gets it and coughs up wet puddles of flemm.
I started with Doc going in, getting his free visit and costs me $10 for meds. He had just gotten neutered and was brusied and sore, with a worry spot from licking so much. His balls were black. Worrisome! The cough got worse, so I took him back in two days later and full blown kennel cough and needs a stronger antibiotic and a cough suppressant. And we were putting him on The Wellness Plan here at Banfield Pet Hospital which is located in all the PetSmarts across the country. This will give him two physicals a year, all the vaccinations, two fecal exams, two dewormings, blood testing to check for heartworms and other diseases and organ function, urine testing, a full dental cleaning with pre-anesthesia work up, and unlimited free office visits. It was $40 for the visit, and the first month payment of $33. Plus the additional medications and the first month of First Start, a flea, tick and parasite topical medication. Full cost? $110.
I got a credit card approved with a $1000 limit, no interest until November. 23% interest if balance isn't paid off each month after that. Got it so hubby and I could start our balloon business. But came in handy for this little emergency.
All the dogs had to go in, all the dogs got put on The Wellness Plan. Each month we will get charged to the credit card $33 per dog for 4 dogs. We will be able to pay that each month so we won't carry a balance. The trick is to pay off all this before November.
Cookie will be the first to use a lot of free office visits. She got what we thought was a pinched nerve in her neck from Baby, all 85 pounds of her, jumping up on the bed behind her, rolling her on her back and her twisting her neck trying to right herself. The fat little sausage. Fist visit to a vet with xray, meds and office visit was $225. Next visit two weeks later to different vet, office visit and meds and review of xray, $100. Visit to put on Wellness Plan, review her injury history and change the meds plus treat the kennel cough, $119. Plus two medications I will be picking up at Walgreen's tomorrow. Since Cookie isn't showing dramatic improvement in the last three weeks, thoughts are maybe this is a slipped disc and a possible small stroke from her neck, blood flow being interupted and something. Don't quite understand it. She is showing signs of neurological damage. The stand the dog on all 4s. The turn the foot backwards so the top of the foot is on the ground. Normal reaction is the dog rights the foot. On the right side, Cookie doesn't. We changed her meds to Prednosone (not spelling this right either tonight) with continuing muscle relaxers and pain medication. Reseen in two weeks. The only cost of that visit will be meds.
Kira's visit was $115 and Baby's was $160. $80 to finish buying dog tags and harnesses for everybody. Now we are done spending on the credit card. It goes away into the filing cabinet.
Tomorrow I'm going to Prayer Shawl meeting and then to Rescued Hearts Thrift Store to turn in my application to start volunteering there on Wednesdays from noon to 3 or 4. Then I have to clean up the craft room and re put the closet back together as the kids are coming down on Sunday to have us all dress nicely and take pictures in the park. Then we will be doing dinner with my parents coming over too.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
13th Wedding Anniversary! Friday, February 12, 2016
Today was a fabulous day. Having as romantic dinner as we can at home with roommate Frank here. Tomorrow we will take the Living Social prepaid coupons for two admissions to the movies with popcorn and go out to see Deadpool. We might even eat out at the Country Buffet, where I can get unlimited chocolate milk!
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Today was a auspicious day. Hubby had to be at work at 7am, so I was on my own to get up today. I remember waking up at 730am, thinking I had Prayer Shawl meeting at 9am, so set my alarm for 9am. Made sense at the time. Well I woke up at 845, realized what I had done and got ready quickly. We were out of Rimydal for Cookie and she was in pain. So I carried her downstairs and outside. I left the dogs out while I fed everybody. Then I got them back inside and left. Then came back in to get my bag of crochet and bottle of flavored carbonated water. Then I finally got in the car and left.
Not bad, I got to the meeting at 930am. We had a good time with our various needlework projects and talking. I'm still working on my shawl. I need to start crocheting at home again so I can get it done and start another one.
When we were done, I was just getting in the car when hubby called. He was going over to meet Frank and get some money from him. He wanted to know if I wanted him to pick up lunch and meet me at home. I said I could drive over to the school and meet him so that we could go out to lunch together. Tomorrow is our 13th anniversary so it would be nice to have lunch out. He agreed and I drove over.
I waited for him to get back and then we drove over to Sheldon's Luncheonette. We both wanted the Open Faced Roast Beef sandwich but they don't have it on Thursdays. So I got a roast beef sandwich with cooked onions and peppers with melted swiss cheese. I ate the everything but the bread. Then I had a cherry pie ala mode. Yum!
Then hubby gave me $80 so I could go get a pedicure and manicure at the Ten Fingers Salon. I wasn't happy at all with the manicure I had gotten at my regular salon so wanted to try out this place. I decided to try the Aromatherapy Pedicure. It has 3 scented salt scrub massages with all the stuff of a deluxe pedicure. I was in heaven! It was $40 but so worth it! At the other place, a deluxe pedicure was $35 but this was so much better! And then they gave me a $2 discount on a basic manicure so I only paid $10 for it. I gave him a $10 tip. I really shouldn't have gotten this now but I so needed it!
When I got home, our pup Cookie, was in some real pain. She wasn't moving well. She has run our of the Rimadyl anti inflammatory yesterday. So I called my vet up in Woodland Park and got an appointment for Saturday. They couldn't call in a prescription because they hadn't seen her in over a year. So I then called the vet down here that had seen her for this problem and they talked to the vet and he gave us a refill for three more weeks. Frank gave me his card and we borrowed the $40 forthe medication. See, told you I shouldn't have done the mani/pedi.
Hubby had come home during this time to take an extra lunch time off since he was working 7am to 9pm. He blew up at me and told me this was all my fault for not telling the vet down here a lie to get the prescription, though it worked out anyways. He told me to tell Cookie that I was sorry. He was right, it was all my fault. I hadn't been limiting Cookie's activities, and carrying her up and down stairs, removing the footstool she uses to jump up and down on the bed. It's my fault she is in this pain and that we had to borrow the money to get her medication. I really screwed up and I'm so sorry. He was really mad.
Later he apologized for yelling at me, but he was right, it was my fault. Luckily the vet down here gave me the meds for Cookie and I told them that I was having the vet in Woodland Park looking at doing some alternative therapies for Cookie, that is why they want to see her xrays. So tomorrow I will call the vet down here and give them the vet up there's email address to send the xrays. Luckily for me it all worked out. Hubby keeps saying he's sorry but I am the one who is sorry.
It looks like the dog I wanted to adopt from the Humane Society as my therapy dog may have been adopted. I didn't see him on the website tonight so I'm going to go there tomorrow after I take Cydney to therapy to see. Then I'm going to take a look at some other dogs they have listed for adoption.
Not bad, I got to the meeting at 930am. We had a good time with our various needlework projects and talking. I'm still working on my shawl. I need to start crocheting at home again so I can get it done and start another one.
When we were done, I was just getting in the car when hubby called. He was going over to meet Frank and get some money from him. He wanted to know if I wanted him to pick up lunch and meet me at home. I said I could drive over to the school and meet him so that we could go out to lunch together. Tomorrow is our 13th anniversary so it would be nice to have lunch out. He agreed and I drove over.
I waited for him to get back and then we drove over to Sheldon's Luncheonette. We both wanted the Open Faced Roast Beef sandwich but they don't have it on Thursdays. So I got a roast beef sandwich with cooked onions and peppers with melted swiss cheese. I ate the everything but the bread. Then I had a cherry pie ala mode. Yum!
Then hubby gave me $80 so I could go get a pedicure and manicure at the Ten Fingers Salon. I wasn't happy at all with the manicure I had gotten at my regular salon so wanted to try out this place. I decided to try the Aromatherapy Pedicure. It has 3 scented salt scrub massages with all the stuff of a deluxe pedicure. I was in heaven! It was $40 but so worth it! At the other place, a deluxe pedicure was $35 but this was so much better! And then they gave me a $2 discount on a basic manicure so I only paid $10 for it. I gave him a $10 tip. I really shouldn't have gotten this now but I so needed it!
When I got home, our pup Cookie, was in some real pain. She wasn't moving well. She has run our of the Rimadyl anti inflammatory yesterday. So I called my vet up in Woodland Park and got an appointment for Saturday. They couldn't call in a prescription because they hadn't seen her in over a year. So I then called the vet down here that had seen her for this problem and they talked to the vet and he gave us a refill for three more weeks. Frank gave me his card and we borrowed the $40 forthe medication. See, told you I shouldn't have done the mani/pedi.
Hubby had come home during this time to take an extra lunch time off since he was working 7am to 9pm. He blew up at me and told me this was all my fault for not telling the vet down here a lie to get the prescription, though it worked out anyways. He told me to tell Cookie that I was sorry. He was right, it was all my fault. I hadn't been limiting Cookie's activities, and carrying her up and down stairs, removing the footstool she uses to jump up and down on the bed. It's my fault she is in this pain and that we had to borrow the money to get her medication. I really screwed up and I'm so sorry. He was really mad.
Later he apologized for yelling at me, but he was right, it was my fault. Luckily the vet down here gave me the meds for Cookie and I told them that I was having the vet in Woodland Park looking at doing some alternative therapies for Cookie, that is why they want to see her xrays. So tomorrow I will call the vet down here and give them the vet up there's email address to send the xrays. Luckily for me it all worked out. Hubby keeps saying he's sorry but I am the one who is sorry.
It looks like the dog I wanted to adopt from the Humane Society as my therapy dog may have been adopted. I didn't see him on the website tonight so I'm going to go there tomorrow after I take Cydney to therapy to see. Then I'm going to take a look at some other dogs they have listed for adoption.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Today was a doing day. We had to get up early to leave for the Zoo for my Docent meeting, even earlier then usual because of the extra snow we had gotten the other day that caused hubby to get stuck coming out of our driveway Friday morning. Then the neighbor got stuck coming out of his. And several other neighbors all along the street. We were all digging each other out and pushing each other to get going.
So yesterday, when Frank came home, I asked him that after he had a chance to rest for a little bit, if he would go shovel the front of our driveway and into the street so we wouldn't get stuck. Or at least try. Well, Frank is a drinking man, so he went and bought his beer, then settled into drinking and shoveling. Best way, he said. But he did a fabulous job! When hubby came home, he was able to pull into the drive with no problems.
So this morning we got up at 730am and were out of the house by 8am. We backed out of the drive, turned and was able to get down the street with no problems. Yeah! That meant since we didn't have to dig and push our way out, we had time to drive through and pick up some breakfast. Yeah! McDonald's pancakes for me, sausage mcmuffin for hubby. Then we were on our way to the Zoo.
The roads were clear as we stuck to all main roads. Even the road up to employee parking at the Zoo was clear so hubby was able to drive me up to the top, where I was spared walking up a long ass hill. I got to walk across the back part of the Zoo to The Lodge at Moose Lake, where we were having our combined meeting of both types of Docents and our potluck lunch. I had found a big container of mustard potato salad marked down for quick sale for only $3.99 since it only had two more days before it had to be sold. Perfect!
Hubby handed me a $20 bill just as he dropped me off as he didn't want me to be without any money, and I'm so glad he did! Because I had forgotten that we were having the Scavengers Sale for Vultures at our meeting. Docents donated animal related products and put a cheap price on them to raise money to support the vultures. I spent the whole$20! But I got some great stuff! I got a book on animals from the 60s, and a new Animal Encyclopedia. I broke down and bought the big grizzly with a big fish that is glass and an interesting pattern. I got a box of miniature wooden ducks to give to Cassie for Valentine's Day to remind her of Minnesota when she used to go back there during the summers with her dad. I got a statue of a hedgehog too. Might send that to Cassie too, since she really wants one. And some jewelry for me. I had several bags and had to carry them all over the Zoo after the meeting!
After the meeting, I joined the Docents in Training for the afternoon session of class so I could get my CEC, continuing education credit. I had done one class earlier in the year and needed one more credit, so this was it. Luckily, one of the DIT helped me carry my bags. I crocheted once we got back to the classroom during the lectures, something I learned that helps me listen better and keeps me from falling asleep.
It was a good refresher course and I might go back for more to help me get back into the swing of things. After it was over at 330, one of the DIT helped me carry my bags down to the front of the Zoo, where hubby was waiting. It was a nice day.
I thought a lot about why I am so completely attached and in love with Revy. He's the size of a newborn baby, loves to be held, melts into me, and is bringing up feelings I had when I just had Cassie. I loved that baby! I held her all the time. She wasn't allowed to sit and cry, the smallest of whimpers and she was in my arms. There is no way to spoil a baby. They just need their needs of love, food, changes, comfort, warmth and kisses met. I felt so happy, at the top of the world! Here was the baby I was told I would never have, the first pregnancy I had to completion. I was so thrilled every day I was pregnant. Every night I would lie there with my hands on my belly, praying and concentrating on growing her. Every single night. When she was born, I was doing everything I always dreamed of doing with her. I breastfed, I held her skin to skin when she was ill, sleeping upright in the recliner on nights she had ear infections, so she could have her ear pressed against my chest to hear my heartbeat, reminding her of being in the womb.
Revy has brought up all those great feelings. He's settling in more, the dogs are all getting along, he is starting to get more relaxed and independent, so isn't wanting to be held as much. And I have to ask myself do I really want 4 dogs and 7 cats? I can't have the birds out or the rattie boys out while he is in the room as he attacked Inry. Didn't hurt him, just scared him when Revy grabbed Inry's head in his mouth. I don't know. The other dogs are kind of jealous of the attention though I am trying to still spend extra time with them. But I pick Revy up and cuddle him a lot. We are still looking for his owners in the meantime.
So yesterday, when Frank came home, I asked him that after he had a chance to rest for a little bit, if he would go shovel the front of our driveway and into the street so we wouldn't get stuck. Or at least try. Well, Frank is a drinking man, so he went and bought his beer, then settled into drinking and shoveling. Best way, he said. But he did a fabulous job! When hubby came home, he was able to pull into the drive with no problems.
So this morning we got up at 730am and were out of the house by 8am. We backed out of the drive, turned and was able to get down the street with no problems. Yeah! That meant since we didn't have to dig and push our way out, we had time to drive through and pick up some breakfast. Yeah! McDonald's pancakes for me, sausage mcmuffin for hubby. Then we were on our way to the Zoo.
The roads were clear as we stuck to all main roads. Even the road up to employee parking at the Zoo was clear so hubby was able to drive me up to the top, where I was spared walking up a long ass hill. I got to walk across the back part of the Zoo to The Lodge at Moose Lake, where we were having our combined meeting of both types of Docents and our potluck lunch. I had found a big container of mustard potato salad marked down for quick sale for only $3.99 since it only had two more days before it had to be sold. Perfect!
Hubby handed me a $20 bill just as he dropped me off as he didn't want me to be without any money, and I'm so glad he did! Because I had forgotten that we were having the Scavengers Sale for Vultures at our meeting. Docents donated animal related products and put a cheap price on them to raise money to support the vultures. I spent the whole$20! But I got some great stuff! I got a book on animals from the 60s, and a new Animal Encyclopedia. I broke down and bought the big grizzly with a big fish that is glass and an interesting pattern. I got a box of miniature wooden ducks to give to Cassie for Valentine's Day to remind her of Minnesota when she used to go back there during the summers with her dad. I got a statue of a hedgehog too. Might send that to Cassie too, since she really wants one. And some jewelry for me. I had several bags and had to carry them all over the Zoo after the meeting!
After the meeting, I joined the Docents in Training for the afternoon session of class so I could get my CEC, continuing education credit. I had done one class earlier in the year and needed one more credit, so this was it. Luckily, one of the DIT helped me carry my bags. I crocheted once we got back to the classroom during the lectures, something I learned that helps me listen better and keeps me from falling asleep.
It was a good refresher course and I might go back for more to help me get back into the swing of things. After it was over at 330, one of the DIT helped me carry my bags down to the front of the Zoo, where hubby was waiting. It was a nice day.
I thought a lot about why I am so completely attached and in love with Revy. He's the size of a newborn baby, loves to be held, melts into me, and is bringing up feelings I had when I just had Cassie. I loved that baby! I held her all the time. She wasn't allowed to sit and cry, the smallest of whimpers and she was in my arms. There is no way to spoil a baby. They just need their needs of love, food, changes, comfort, warmth and kisses met. I felt so happy, at the top of the world! Here was the baby I was told I would never have, the first pregnancy I had to completion. I was so thrilled every day I was pregnant. Every night I would lie there with my hands on my belly, praying and concentrating on growing her. Every single night. When she was born, I was doing everything I always dreamed of doing with her. I breastfed, I held her skin to skin when she was ill, sleeping upright in the recliner on nights she had ear infections, so she could have her ear pressed against my chest to hear my heartbeat, reminding her of being in the womb.
Revy has brought up all those great feelings. He's settling in more, the dogs are all getting along, he is starting to get more relaxed and independent, so isn't wanting to be held as much. And I have to ask myself do I really want 4 dogs and 7 cats? I can't have the birds out or the rattie boys out while he is in the room as he attacked Inry. Didn't hurt him, just scared him when Revy grabbed Inry's head in his mouth. I don't know. The other dogs are kind of jealous of the attention though I am trying to still spend extra time with them. But I pick Revy up and cuddle him a lot. We are still looking for his owners in the meantime.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Friday, February 5, 2015
Today was a up lifting day. I've had a problem for the last many weeks of fighting a really bad, unmotivated depression, being physically ill, unable to get out of bed, not taking care of myself to the point of not brushing my teeth for 4 days, staying in my pjs for the same amount 24 hours a day, being totally dependent on my hubby for all sustenance. And our roommate, Frank. Previous posts have detailed some of the biggest battles I have been going through. But I have been paying attention to my medication schedules, attending my therapy and trying to get back in touch with God by praying and telling Him my troubles and asking for guidance.
I'm starting to feel better. For the past 3 days I have gotten up, gotten dressed and gotten out. I haven't made it back to church yet, because of the snow, but I'm making steps. The next is to uncover my bible from the pile of books on my nightstand and start reading again.
I was going to try to take it easy and sleep in until 10am after hubby kissedme goodbye and left for work. But just as I was settling back in, my neighbor Janice called me to tell me hubby was in the Bug, Kiggy, and stuck just outside our driveway, blocking part of the road. So I got up, opened the window, and called down to him asking if he needed help. He said yes, so I threw on my jacket and scarf, and snow boots then ran outside. We tried me in the car with him pushing forward, then him pushing us backwards. We tried to dig out snow from under the car, tried to put some plastic bin lids under the tires for traction, but nothing worked. Janice had come out and helped too. I ended up going in and calling AAA. While I was on hold, I got up and looked out the window since hubby didn't come back in after a while. The car was gone! By sheer frustrated determination, he got the car out! We've had two major snowstorms and our road is a mess! Hubby called me when he got to the main roads, which were fine. We agreed he shouldn't come home for lunch.
Then I texted Holly, who was going to pick me up for lunch at 1130am, and she told me Abbie, her two year old, really wanted to go now, so could she pick me up at 1015? I said sure and got ready. Told her to not try to park near the curb or in the driveway.
We had a good lunch and I gave her the present I had gotten for her, a stuffed pillow in the shape of the poo icon with a smiling face on it. She laughed and loved it. I told her it was for her desk in her call center so when she has those hard customers, she can just talk to the poo. Guaranteed to make she smile!
We went to the grocery store after that then she dropped me off at home. As we pulled up to my house, my neighbor was stuck coming out of his drive too! So we got out and tried to push him forward and back, to no avail. Some guys were coming towards us, one of them my neighbor from the other side, and he was walking/running pretty fast yelling "Call 911", and ran down the street. So I called 911 and walked over to my walk to see the car and guy in his drive he was trying to get away. They guy saw me and pulled out and drove away. I made an awful witness, couldn't tell the dispatcher much.
In the meantime, Holly had unloaded my groceries on my groceries onto the porch and left to her dentist appointment. When another guy and I got Joe dug out and pushed out of the snow grooves, I went back home.
Now yesterday I had picked up a stray dog from my niece's place as she found it, had spent two days looking for the owner, but couldn't keep it. Neither of us wanted it to go to the pound so I picked him up. It's a little dog, part chihuahua and mixed with dogs to give him a small body but long legs and a tail that curls. On the drive over to my parents to have them check to see if he had a microchip, he insisted on riding on my lap. He was so much like my old dog, Birthday Girl. She was a mix breed chihuahua too with long legs and curly tail. So I was used to having a dog on my lap, standing on my arm looking out the window while I drove. He just wanted to be close to me. My parents weren't home so I drove straight over to Walmart, carried the little guy in and fitted and bought him a harness and leash. I also picked up a bag of small dog food.
Then I called hubby and told him that my niece had found the dog out in the snowstorm on Monday, when it was really bad out. And how they searched for the owners for two days but her dog is protective of her and wasn't letting the little guy close. She was afraid it might get hurt so I took it. We would look for a lost pet notice on the Humane Society board. But he had no tags, no collar, no nothing. I picked up lunch for hubby and drove over so he could eat and meet the dog. He was charmed, the dog was a cuddler. I told him I was naming him Revy, after a hotel in Sweden in the book I was reading called Room 10. It's a murder mystery that revolves around Room 10 in the hotel. Just like Revy was a mystery. He laughed and said ok, but you know we can't keep him. But I say that every times, and look at us now!
I went home and introduced Revy to the gang. From holding him, I wanted to give them a chance to smell him, then leave my dogs on the main floor, while I gated them there, and I took Revy up to my bedroom so we could spend a little time just relaxing. He slept on me the whole time.
I did eventually get him over to my parents, who have a microchip reader, and they scanned him. He does not have one. So much for that. And there was no lost pet post placed.
He stayed with me and slept with me all night. We took him out often, not knowing his history if he was house broken or not. But no accidents. The dogs all got to know one another and by today, are fine together. Revy is as small as a cat and a male so was no threat to any of them.
So when I went out today, I felt good about leaving him home with the others. After all the hub bub, when I was carrying in the groceries, Revy got out the front door and fast walked down the street. I was right behind him, following as quickly as I could, calling to him but to no avail. Finally he turned into a driveway, then up to their walk and went up on their porch. As all the snow is about two feet deep and he is the size of a cat, I was able to catch up with him and pick him up.
When we got back home, I carried him in one arm and picked up and brought groceries in with the other. I didn't put him down until the door was firmly closed!
I love this dog! He wants to be held and carried all the time and stay with me at all times!
Tomorrow I will be going to the mandatory Docent meeting at the Zoo. It's a potluck so I picked up a container of potato salad that was marked down for quick sale. Since we are eating it all tomorrow, I'm not concerned. Then in the afternoon, I'll be going to the Docent afternoon session of school to get my CEC that is required. Hubby is going to drive me up and pick me up at 345pm.
I'm starting to feel better. For the past 3 days I have gotten up, gotten dressed and gotten out. I haven't made it back to church yet, because of the snow, but I'm making steps. The next is to uncover my bible from the pile of books on my nightstand and start reading again.
I was going to try to take it easy and sleep in until 10am after hubby kissedme goodbye and left for work. But just as I was settling back in, my neighbor Janice called me to tell me hubby was in the Bug, Kiggy, and stuck just outside our driveway, blocking part of the road. So I got up, opened the window, and called down to him asking if he needed help. He said yes, so I threw on my jacket and scarf, and snow boots then ran outside. We tried me in the car with him pushing forward, then him pushing us backwards. We tried to dig out snow from under the car, tried to put some plastic bin lids under the tires for traction, but nothing worked. Janice had come out and helped too. I ended up going in and calling AAA. While I was on hold, I got up and looked out the window since hubby didn't come back in after a while. The car was gone! By sheer frustrated determination, he got the car out! We've had two major snowstorms and our road is a mess! Hubby called me when he got to the main roads, which were fine. We agreed he shouldn't come home for lunch.
Then I texted Holly, who was going to pick me up for lunch at 1130am, and she told me Abbie, her two year old, really wanted to go now, so could she pick me up at 1015? I said sure and got ready. Told her to not try to park near the curb or in the driveway.
We had a good lunch and I gave her the present I had gotten for her, a stuffed pillow in the shape of the poo icon with a smiling face on it. She laughed and loved it. I told her it was for her desk in her call center so when she has those hard customers, she can just talk to the poo. Guaranteed to make she smile!
We went to the grocery store after that then she dropped me off at home. As we pulled up to my house, my neighbor was stuck coming out of his drive too! So we got out and tried to push him forward and back, to no avail. Some guys were coming towards us, one of them my neighbor from the other side, and he was walking/running pretty fast yelling "Call 911", and ran down the street. So I called 911 and walked over to my walk to see the car and guy in his drive he was trying to get away. They guy saw me and pulled out and drove away. I made an awful witness, couldn't tell the dispatcher much.
In the meantime, Holly had unloaded my groceries on my groceries onto the porch and left to her dentist appointment. When another guy and I got Joe dug out and pushed out of the snow grooves, I went back home.
Now yesterday I had picked up a stray dog from my niece's place as she found it, had spent two days looking for the owner, but couldn't keep it. Neither of us wanted it to go to the pound so I picked him up. It's a little dog, part chihuahua and mixed with dogs to give him a small body but long legs and a tail that curls. On the drive over to my parents to have them check to see if he had a microchip, he insisted on riding on my lap. He was so much like my old dog, Birthday Girl. She was a mix breed chihuahua too with long legs and curly tail. So I was used to having a dog on my lap, standing on my arm looking out the window while I drove. He just wanted to be close to me. My parents weren't home so I drove straight over to Walmart, carried the little guy in and fitted and bought him a harness and leash. I also picked up a bag of small dog food.
Then I called hubby and told him that my niece had found the dog out in the snowstorm on Monday, when it was really bad out. And how they searched for the owners for two days but her dog is protective of her and wasn't letting the little guy close. She was afraid it might get hurt so I took it. We would look for a lost pet notice on the Humane Society board. But he had no tags, no collar, no nothing. I picked up lunch for hubby and drove over so he could eat and meet the dog. He was charmed, the dog was a cuddler. I told him I was naming him Revy, after a hotel in Sweden in the book I was reading called Room 10. It's a murder mystery that revolves around Room 10 in the hotel. Just like Revy was a mystery. He laughed and said ok, but you know we can't keep him. But I say that every times, and look at us now!
I went home and introduced Revy to the gang. From holding him, I wanted to give them a chance to smell him, then leave my dogs on the main floor, while I gated them there, and I took Revy up to my bedroom so we could spend a little time just relaxing. He slept on me the whole time.
I did eventually get him over to my parents, who have a microchip reader, and they scanned him. He does not have one. So much for that. And there was no lost pet post placed.
He stayed with me and slept with me all night. We took him out often, not knowing his history if he was house broken or not. But no accidents. The dogs all got to know one another and by today, are fine together. Revy is as small as a cat and a male so was no threat to any of them.
So when I went out today, I felt good about leaving him home with the others. After all the hub bub, when I was carrying in the groceries, Revy got out the front door and fast walked down the street. I was right behind him, following as quickly as I could, calling to him but to no avail. Finally he turned into a driveway, then up to their walk and went up on their porch. As all the snow is about two feet deep and he is the size of a cat, I was able to catch up with him and pick him up.
When we got back home, I carried him in one arm and picked up and brought groceries in with the other. I didn't put him down until the door was firmly closed!
I love this dog! He wants to be held and carried all the time and stay with me at all times!
Tomorrow I will be going to the mandatory Docent meeting at the Zoo. It's a potluck so I picked up a container of potato salad that was marked down for quick sale. Since we are eating it all tomorrow, I'm not concerned. Then in the afternoon, I'll be going to the Docent afternoon session of school to get my CEC that is required. Hubby is going to drive me up and pick me up at 345pm.
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