Getting closer
So how many magazines did I buy? 112. Yes, that’s one hundred twelve. I’m finding that number includes 5 or so duplicates. I’m not done going through them yet.
Bella stuff: I had to take Bella to the vet again yesterday. I had to take her for a foot problem when we first got here. Of course, it had to be on a holiday where you have to go to the emergency clinic and pay the equivalent of a house payment. She had some type of thorns in her foot. Big black ugly ones, making her foot a lovely shade of maroon. She got meds, the foot started looking better, and we went on. I noticed it’s starting to turn maroon again. It’s red between the toes and it looks like her nail bed is infected. I did a little internet searching and found a vet someone was happy with. This guy was super nice as was his staff. He looked her foot over real well, gave her a shot, 7 days of antibiotics, and trimmed her nails. All for $56! If I were still taking her to her regular vet in GA, that would have cost way more than that. I probably wouldn’t have walked out for less than $150. Hell, they charged $12.50 for a nail trim alone, $2 for sticking a thermometer up her rear, $49 for walking in the door, $1 for listening to her heart (Do you want us to listen to her heart? - Huh? - That will be extra. - WTF? (and then you feel like a heartless beotch if you don’t want to pay a measly dollar to have her heart listened to)), and so on and so forth. Even after we move an extra 25-30 miles away, I’m thinking we’ll drive the extra miles for this guy. He cared more about her than sticking a dollar in his pocket.
House stuff: I know, I know. Click away now.
It’s hard to believe that we’ll have house keys next week. I’m so ready to be in the house, and also not ready. We’ve been shopping this weekend. The only thing we have to show for it is something to sleep on. We still need something to sit on and a refrigerator. I found that you really can’t just look at Consumer Reports and take their word for it. I found that a fridge they rate as a good one is getting crap reviews from real world users. I did figure out which one I want (I couldn’t find a single complaint on it) but it’s taller than the space available. That means we’ll be taking out the cabinets over the current fridge. It’s sad because it’s not like we can afford to lose any cabinet space, especially since one is being used to house the sprinkler system controls (wtf) but I really like this fridge. And it could take up to 3 weeks to get it. Must I do everything the hard way? I guess that makes life a little less boring.
I wonder how long it will take to find all my knitting things.




July 17th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
O wow, a good and relatively inexpensive vet is a pearl beyond price! Good luck with Bella’s tootsies. And good luck with the fridge. We just made a WAG and bought one that had the features we wanted. I’m just damned lucky the thing fit in the space we had, because it never OCCURRED to me to measure it.
In spite of my best intentions, sometimes I’m a total moron.
July 17th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I see a lot of take-out in your future!
But it will be worth it to have the fridge you want.
Poor Bella.
I hope she improves soon.
July 17th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
We travel an hour to take Twink to the vet. there are plenty close by, but this guy is fabulous, and doesn’t overcharge. Well worth the drive!
Good luck on the fridge, I’m a little worried that ours is going to break down any day now.
July 18th, 2007 at 5:16 am
When we moved into our home we had a lot of trouble with refrigerators too. The unfortunate truth is that buying a brand-name means nothing - I discovered when mine broke after two days that the exact same fridge can be made by almost anyone- an Amana can be made by Whirlpool or LG or no-name manufacturers and vice versa. And none of them are expected to last 20 years like the old ones did. Heh, talking to the service techs was more help than anything.
July 18th, 2007 at 6:45 am
I hope Bella’s foot is all better real soon, poor baby!
It took us 4 years to replace the fridge that came with the house. It was so gross. But, you have a house! Yay!