Thursday, November 16

[Othersharon]

Good morning! We are having another sunny day but started out at 32 when I got up but now up to 43. Sure a great way to wake up in the morning when I take Buddy outside! Not really but it must be done! He seems to think it’s great! I’ve been able to get more leaves cleaned up and now have several bags in the garage waiting to be taken to the dump. I always promise myself to take a few at a time so I don’t get to many but then just keep filling them and before I know it I have to make a couple of trips since I can only get so many in the car at a time! And I need to have room to park the car in the garage when it decides to snow! I have a couple of motion lights I’ve had for awhile so maybe today I’ll try to mount them. They are battery operated so they need to be where I can get to them to change the batteries when they need changed. Last night Buddy flushed out a rabbit again but it’s so dark that I can’t see it! So far it’s faster than Buddy which I’m glad of! Not sure what he’d do with it if he caught it and probably don’t want to know! But I do hear it as it races across the yard to hide under the porch! Judy, sure hope you can get your refrigerator situation solved soon. That’s gotta be tough. I need to probably get to the pet store and get Buddy’s food today too. There’s a home game,I think this weekend and State College will be busy not to mention with the holiday next week. Store closes at 6 so need to plan the day based on that. Goodness, I’m jumping from this and that this morning so probably should just wish you all a good day and quit rambling here!

[SoCalGalcas]

We had some rain yesterday! Not much, but real rain. Little less than 1/2 inch. Love the fresh clean smell when I do my first walk of the day. Lyn

[MandysMom]

I'm only 75 or so miles from Anne and I paid $4.15 a gallon for regular gas on Monday. On the other hand, last night we bought 4 bags groceries, only meat was 3 packages of 2 lbs each at $8.98 of ground beef, rest other groceries, plus 1 case of 12 sodas and 2 half gallon bottles of cranberry for holidays-- tab came to $176.00!!!!
It's sunny after off and on drizzle yesterday. We are heading shortly to allergist for son Chris to have contact allergen testing to try to get a handle on his eczema. Only across town, so should be a quick drive, then a hour or two sitting as they test .
That's our excitement for the day. I'll do treadmill when I return. Making progress on BP!
Velda
MandysMom
 
How do you delete a post? I accidentally put this in the sign of times post! I could copy it to here but how do I remove the other?

[Bethers]

Velda, I'll go delete the other post.

My excitement for today will be taking Ty to see a vet down here. He needs one annual shot and his annual checkup and I'll be happy if I like this vet so I'll know I have a go to place if I need to get him in for something. I had told people I'd play Texas hold 'em this afternoon but Ty's appointment made me cxl that. They play often enough and I don't want to play as much so no problem. Then I have a pick up grocery order. I have to say with my careful shopping, I'm spending less on groceries. This week will be a little higher because I'm purchasing for a dish for our Thanksgiving. But my grocery budget is the lowest it's been in a few years.

[BarbaraRose]

Good morning gals!

I was laying in bed this morning hitting my snooze button. I heard some noise outside, so took a peek and saw a truck that said "mobile RV wash". Not for me. Just then I got a text notification so I checked that. (I usually ignore those in the morning). It was the Mini Split guys saying they were here to install the new motor! I didn't even see their truck outside when I looked out. They apologized for the short notice (1 minute!) but they got some new motors in this morning and decided to start with installing mine. I guess they have about 10 people waiting for new motors and they only got 4 in, so I am glad I got on their short list!! Took about an hour to put it in and now it runs very quiet! Yay!

Since I was up while they were here, I cleaned the bathroom and most of the kitchen, so I used that time wisely. Now I need to finish up the kitchen (wash some larger dishes that won't fit in the little dishwasher). Then the living room. I printed up some brochures I made yesterday and put them on a table in the porch last night. Well, we got more rain overnight and it came thru the open window right by the flyers so they got wet. I usually close those windows (west facing) when it rains or is windy but forgot. Now I need to print up some more flyers for tomorrow. Luckily, I just bought new ink cartridges.

Beautiful day today. Just a few whispy clouds rolling by and the birds are singing. High in the mid 70's.

I have to go to the bank today to get cash for tomorrow. Also pick up some balloons for the signs. Should probably do that this morning so I don't forget. I need to have everything set up tonight for the sale tomorrow morning. It starts at 8am but people get here at 7 or earlier. I will put up the signs tonight too.

Have a good day! I gotta get moving here!

[OregonLuvr]

Good morning. I got busy early this morning. Had some coffee and breakfast and headed to our new grocery store at 8am. Last time I went I just got what I needed and a couple things on sale and got out of there. Today I wandered around to familiarize myself with the store. Never good going up one aisle after another ha ha But I got some way cheap stuff. Whether I needed it or not ha ha Butter was 1.98 a pound, I use quite a bit of butter so that was a real find. They also still sell my pizza dough it is a ball of dough for 1.28 so got one of those as I love making my own pizzas. So much better than the frozen. Loaded up on some fresh veggies and bought the fixins for stir fry and lasagna. I dont freeze the stir fry but I do the lasagna after I portion it out. I had 4 big bags of stuff and it was only $126 dollars. The meat is a bigger portion of the bill of course. If you spent $125 you got a free large turkey. Well I am not that big of a turkey fan but they brought one up anyway and it was big. There was an older couple (ha ha I say that now) behind me with not alot of stuff in their basket so I asked if they would like a turkey....... At first they didnt want to take MY turkey LOL I said well someone will want it because I sure dont.WOW I got big ole smiles and a couple of hugs.....absolutely made my day. They were so cute and I knew they didnt have much in their cart so no free turkey for them. I will be happy all day now.

[Bethers]

Karen, it makes my heart happy to read about you paying that turkey forward. I'm sure you made their day, possibly their month!

Ty now has a south Texas vet. My pocketbook is lighter. I told her I thought he had a loose tooth. She agreed, and we decided better to pull it. We noticed another missing. What's interesting is he has very good teeth so all we came up with is he's willing to chew on anything. But both are front and center, so I'm thinking maybe we won't play tug of war anymore. He'll be sad about that but it's the only time I can see him loosening front teeth. He also had some gunk in one ear. So she cleaned that out and gave a med for it. I check his ears about once a month, so know that wasn't old and she agreed that it didn't appear to have been spreading. Then with clipping his claws for me and exam and the shot due, I called him my expensive boy on the way home. It could have been much worse. We discussed that some heart worm meds aren't as effective. She gave me the name of one that is combined with flea and tick and I can get in Mexico and she recommends so I'll be taking that name down with me next time I go. If anyone still uses Heart guard, that's no longer recommended. Her number one choice now is Simparica Trio.

I did something stupid and got bakery chocolate chip cookies with my grocery order. Usually I can control myself and they last awhile. Haha. I've had two already and am thinking of another. I will not be buying them again soon, I guarantee that.

[OregonLuvr]

I still give Heartguard to Emma and Bravecto. Interestingly enough Oregon has very few cases of heartworm. Some vets are not even recommending it anymore. We are in the 0-5 cases last year is all. So think I will finish up this box I have and not give it anymore. Ticks are only a problem up in the mountains so no real reason to give it. I will continue with the flea medicine because we do have those. Emma will need all her vaccines in June again. I cant believe it has been 3 years already and I need a new dog license so have to have them by June. Glad you got TY all fixed up and yes tug of war is hard on their teeth so I was told. Emma has the attention span of a gnat so she never really got into it, you want it here it is was her mantra. She does love her toys tho. I need to fix several of her toys with new squeakers I bought and a couple of limb seams splitting open. She doesnt destroy her toys they just kind of wear out. She has umpteen toys but only a few favorites. Maybe I will go thru them one of these days.
Tomorrow I have my eye doc appt in the morning and Saturday I get to pick up my
Malasadas—aka Portuguese-Hawaiian Doughnuts. I am anxious to try them. I will share with my neighbor tho because I dont think they freeze well if at all. Nope I will spend the weekend eating them ha ha
Going to find something on tv to watch Might watch the new NCIS Sydney show that premiered earlier this week and see if I like it. I liked NCIS Hawaii but will be a while before those shows reappear so will check out this one.

[Cudedog]

We discussed that some heart worm meds aren't as effective. She gave me the name of one that is combined with flea and tick and I can get in Mexico and she recommends so I'll be taking that name down with me next time I go. If anyone still uses Heart guard, that's no longer recommended. Her number one choice now is Simparica Trio.

Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT give oral or injectable flea and tick meds to your dog.

EXPECIALLY TO OLDER DOGS.

Upon my vet's recommendation, I gave this to My Sweet Girl. The meds destroyed the function of her pancreas. This is a known, but little-talked-about, side effect of these meds.

I did everything - and I do mean everything - to keep her alive.

She died.

It destroyed me, and I will never get over it. Had I done my own research before I allowed these meds, she would never had gotten sick.

I will always blame myself, because I believed my vet - without researching myself, FIRST.

Anne

[Bethers]

Anne, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I've done the research and believe this is the right path. I know the signs and will have no problem stopping it if necessary. It took a long time before I forgave myself for listening to the vet that put Peaches on subq fluids which ultimately hastened her death. He pretty much laughed at me when I blamed the fluids and I gave her one more dose which almost killed her right then. It was too late to reverse some of the damage, but yes, I learned my lesson. There are dangers to everything. I just did more research on this after reading your post and I feel even more informed, but also feel I know what to watch for and I have no problem calling it quits to anything. Thank you for making me look even closer.

Karen, I didn't used to give heartworm meds regularly. But it's pretty common to hear about it down here, so I figure I need to be more proactive. I'd probably do the same you are if there.

[Cudedog]

Anne, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I've done the research and believe this is the right path. I know the signs and will have no problem stopping it if necessary. It took a long time before I forgave myself for listening to the vet that put Peaches on subq fluids which ultimately hastened her death. He pretty much laughed at me when I blamed the fluids and I gave her one more dose which almost killed her right then. It was too late to reverse some of the damage, but yes, I learned my lesson. There are dangers to everything. I just did more research on this after reading your post and I feel even more informed, but also feel I know what to watch for and I have no problem calling it quits to anything. Thank you for making me look even closer.

Beth, I am always happy to put my oar in, busybody that I am!!

The only thing I might add is that. . . it only took one dose to destroy her pancreas. So it was already too late "to call it quits" after this first dose. The damage was already done, although it took me a bit to figure out why a really healthy dog was quite suddenly so very very ill. Long story - I'm stopping now.

Fleas and ticks can be very bad here, because the climate is (fairly) warm all year, and also because my neighborhood is infested with feral cats. One can't keep them out of one's yard (because they climb fences) and they leave their excrement (and fleas) behind.

I found my flea problem was MUCH worse when I had lovely, green grass. Since the drought of the last several years, I just let my grass turn brown and die in the summer (because I don't water it) and have found that the flea problem is notably less when Joe doesn't have luxurious green grass to romp through.

I have found that about the only time Joe gets fleas (for some unknown reason) is in June. Joe is a smooth-coated dog (unlike your boy) so when combing him it is easy to find a flea or two. I just give him a bath with Dawn dishwashing soap, which usually takes care of the problem. If they persist, I will give him one topical (drops on the skin) flea treatment.

For the last several years, just this one treatment once per year has been all it takes. And, like I say, fleas can be BAD here because it doesn't have repeated hard freezes during the winter. Sometimes no hard freeze at all.

Anyway, I'm stopping now as I don't want to kick up a ruckus. If you (or anyone) has any more questions on this topic, please PM me.

And, I readily acknowledge, we all have to do whatever it is we are comfortable with.

Good luck.

Anne

[snowball]

helped mom with her shower and set her hair.. it just isn't either of an important to her or she just doesn't like to get a shower... usually takes at least two times coming in and telling her that the it's time for a shower .. anyway that is usually my big thing for the day of her shower.... read scriptures lounged around on the bed and not sure what I did I did color a bit even read a couple of chapters which I rarely do during the day ... oh and I wrote titles of the books I just got into my notes on the phone... I was going to start granddaughter's afghan but I don't know where I put it down the way she wanted the colors to go need to find that before I start it... thought I took a picture of what it but couldn't find it....
looked in the photo on phone not there I remember my dd going over it a lot with me... just no idea of what I did with it...
I'm not sure about my shrug not sure if it's right so I hesitate to work on it might go and look at other patterns see if I can find one that I am more confident with and start over....
glad you got rain Lyn was good hearing from you
and vet appointments can be as bad as a trip to the grocery store but sounds like it was a good one always nice to find one that you like
Have a good open house as well as a good yard sale Barbie
hoping all is well with you Anita
you all have a great day
sheila

[BarbaraRose]

I had a terrible time with fleas when I was living in Vista! Just could not get rid of them and even I was being bitten to pieces! It was awful! But out here they can't survive in the heat (they die at around 104*) during the summer so no problem then. Not sure about the winters tho. I haven't seen any evidence of fleas since I move out here.

Was super busy all day! Whew! My back hurts, my feet hurt! I am tired! I went to the bank early and got some cash, then stopped at Denny's for breakfast. It was SO good! Scrambled eggs with cheese, crispy bacon and 2 pancakes! One of their 55+ breakfast deals. All that for $8.67! Then stopped to get some balloons at the Dollar Store. Got 6 yellow smiley face ones!

Worked outside for a few hours cleaning patio furniture, the deck, etc. Then put up tables, got sale stuff organized and priced. I don't have a ton of stuff but what I have is good stuff and some brand new, never used.
I then cleaned the rest of the house and got the signs ready to go. Will put them up early in the morning.

Soaked my feet for awhile in hot soapy water which felt very nice! Now am in bed with the heating pad under my back, and drinking a little Baileys (S'Mores flavor!). Will get up by 6:30 and get the signs put out and make sure I have everything ready to go. My agent will be here around 7am.

Will be glad when that is all done! I have Saturday off too so will just relax and let my feet and back get a good rest.

[Cudedog]

Hi Barbie!

Here's hoping you get multiple offers on your place today!!

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Anne