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November 28, 2007
Thanks
Thanksgiving was nice this year, it was also my birthday and I endured the Happy Birthday song and my mother couldn't leave out the "How old are you now..." part, but it was cute. I tried to not pay too much attention as I was doing the dishes at the time!
Dinner was great as usual. Mom insists on cooking dinner every year so we always go to her house. This year I was off and usually I work so that was nice for a change. Then...Dev had the "great" idea of driving to Burlington that morning at 4am to hit the sales on Black Friday. I've never done that, but a few people I work with have done it and "love" doing it every year. So, since I was working the graveyard shift that Friday I thought, "What the heck, I'll go." Turns out I didn't get up at 4, but rather 4:30 am when Dev woke me up. We were on the snowy roads by 5 am and made it to the Big B by 7:30, I drove kind of slow because I didn't trust the roads or my new little car, but I was pleasantly surprised with my little car!!
Things weren't too bad until we hit the mall, man oh man! I did get a couple of things for a very good price, but that was about it. It was fun, but not sure I'd do it again!
Then, I awoke the other morning having dreamt of people, cousins, I hadn't seen or heard from in years and I mean like 20! My dream was so vivid and surreal that I awoke, made me a pot of coffee and looked one of their numbers up in the phone book and called him and we talked for nearly a half hour and caught up on sooo much! It was like 20 years hadn't passed! Strange, but nice and now we plan to get together and meet each other's children and reminisce some more! He only lives a couple of hours away, but we have just never kept in touch.
Now it's off to work, it snowed a little last night, but not enough to really say so. I really would like a nice big storm to come for the holidays, we'll see what happens...
Posted by tracey at 07:12 AM | Comments (0)
November 15, 2007
White stuff
It's officially here and I was kind of excited to see it coming down today...snow that is! It's almost Thanksgiving and I was hoping we'd have a little snow for the holiday!
It seems that Christmas is coming too quickly this year as well! I'm trying to rap up my lists, ordering the last few things I need to get and trying to figure out when I should order things for family that lives afar. I only send gifts to my sister and her family in FL and this year I'm thinking just a nice Vermont Maple products basket for them all to enjoy.
I have to work this Christmas and I'm a little bummed about it, but we've decided to have our Christmas on Christmas eve instead and still enjoy dinner out to Mom's after I get done work. I don't mind working really, I do enjoy making the patient's day a little brighter if I can, just haven't had to work Christmas in a long time.
Otherwise it's quiet around here, well, I did holler at the neighbor's the other night, 3:30 am to be exact! Now I feel bad about it, but I'd had it with their pesky dogs howling and barking all night long and waking me up! It totally blew me away that they did not hear this at 2 am!! Other neighbors have complained as well so I finally made a call at 3:30 am the other morning and kind of told him what I thought of his barking dogs. Haven't heard them since and so now I feel bad, but maybe it took care of the problem.
Oh well...
Guess that is all for now!
Posted by tracey at 06:35 PM | Comments (0)
November 08, 2007
Goodbye old friend
So we had to have little Bandit put to sleep today and it about broke my heart to do it, but I couldn't stand to see him suffer anymore.
The vets said his kidney's weren't working anymore, yet he was peeing a lot, but he stopped eating, wasn't drinking, wanted too, but couldn't. Then when Dev got home from school she took him out of his crate and he fell forward onto his head and could hardly stand up.
I didn't know what to do. I had them do blood work, x-rays and then they didn't call me back today to let me know what the results were, but when I got home and saw what condition he was in I knew I couldn't let him suffer like that anymore.
So, he's gone and we will bury him tomorrow near the cedar hedge he liked to lay in during the summer when it was hot. He would always bark to let us know when the kids were coming through the hedges to go play.
I'm going to miss that little stinker...
Posted by tracey at 09:10 PM | Comments (0)
November 06, 2007
Pets
So my poor little Bandit isn't well and I fear he may have to go down. He's been acting funny for about six weeks now and despite my best efforts to get him well, he seems to not be able too. He's painfully thin and now he's not eating at all.
I put off taking him to the vets because I really don't have a lot of good things to say about the vet I have always taken my pets too. For one, they charge you an arm and a leg before you even walk through the door, then they tell you not too worry, we'll do this and that and take your $400 and then your pet has to be put down anyway...
So, this time around I decided to get Bandit all cleaned up and nicely trimmed, which did make him look better and I'm sure feel a little better. Then I went about cooking him special treats and trying to get vitamins and iron into him, but that doesn't seem to work anymore. His mom had cancer so I'm starting to think he may have it too. Then I discovered tonight he's starting to drool and has a HORRID odor coming from his mouth. Can't really see anything out of the ordinary, but the stench is AWFUL.
So, I will take him to the vet's tomorrow just to see if they can tell me what it might be, but I have my doubts it's going to be a good prognosis.
Poor little guy...
I love my pets and just hate it when they get sick and there is nothing you can do to fix them.
Posted by tracey at 09:06 PM | Comments (1)
November 01, 2007
The month of "gloom"
So November is upon us and the weather has finally taken a turn. The days are a bit warmer than the evenings and I like the cooler nights. The woodstove warms the house just enough to take the chill off and it's back to crock pot favorites for supper!
November can be gloomy though, cloudy and overcast skies and that chill in the air with a few snow flakes slying about here and there, but despite the dismal days, it can also be a month to reflect and enjoy the changing seasons, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and my birthday!
A friend and I enjoyed an annual craft fair this past weekend and hubby and I had friends over for dinner to show off our vacation pics and then I developed some nasty cold symptoms and a bit of laryingitis that kept me home from work one day this past week. Hannah has been sick as well with a nasty cough that acts up at night when she is trying to sleep! But I think we are both on the mend now!
The kids enjoyed a nice Halloween this year and had fun dressing up and trick or treating (even though Devon is a bit too old to trick or treat now!) with the neighbors this year. Because they went with the neighbors I forgot about their grandmothers who always like to see them dressed up! Will have to make up for that this weekend!
I've also started my Christmas shopping already! Have my lists made and quite a few things already bought. I'm staying practical, getting things people need, not necassarily what they want!
I've also started some home projects, quite by surprise actually. Got home from work one evening and began pulling wallpaper off the downstairs bathroom. Created quite a job, but hubby got right into it and it's half newly painted now and looks WAY better!
Now I'm picking out paint boarder for the kitchen!!
Posted by tracey at 11:00 PM | Comments (0)