Late

It is late and going to turn in. But would like to say that hubby is excited about the new store that he's helping a friend with that is opening tomorrow.  The sign was his idea and is perfect for the business theme!  I'm sure I'll be there helping out now and then too. :)

Oh I nearly forgot. The vanity came today and it is in place upstairs in the bathroom!  Although the guys punched a hole in the wall with the corner of it, that's fine and all repairable!  Will take pictures soon. The contractor has to add faucets, and back splash.

Because it is October?

...I've been hearing a lot more sirens these days, well especially evenings around here the last week or so.  Is it because it is October?  Who knows? Just weird and hear them once again.

This morning I heard them suddenly stop too and wondered if they were somewhere on our street. Hubby said he didn't see any lights or activity anywhere but they did just stop suddenly and were fairly loud (close).

Not much new, just wanted to stop by and ponder this question about all the sirens as of late.  Luckily and hopefully they are not headed here to our house any time soon!! :))

Monday is over

I only worked a regular day today. Whoppee!!!

I just spent about an hour chalk painting some shelves that hubby made out of an antique dresser last year.  Since he is opening an Antique store with a buddy by hopefully this weekend, he said he can use them to hang on the walls (and maybe even sell them).  So I got creative in my color choices. They are not sandpapered or waxed yet but here are the colors.

  I also painted 4 little shelves hubby made to go into a metal rack he is going to use to place items on too. 

See these little wooden shelve tops will fit in where the metal shelves are.

I am so glad that I bought a bunch of discontinued sampler sizes of paint while visiting the youngest over a year ago.  They have come in so very handy!  I used two different ones for the powder room cabinet and toiletries rack already and now two different ones tonight!  I still have a few more unopened jars. 

I forgot that I meant to post these two pictures of Kaci. This was the day before she went to heaven.  She liked to lay underneath my desk, and sometimes I would accidentally kick her.  I won't kick you anymore Kaci, promise!

 

Cooler these nights..

We are finally able to sleep with the windows open as it has been getting down into the 60's or 70's and we could give the air conditioning a break too. The only thing is, I forgot all the noises you can hear from outside during the night.  Friday night it was a dog out back that barked until all hours.  Hubby got up and shut the back door.  Then last night there were some sirens from ambulance/fire trucks and one time it was close enough that Merlin started howling. He sleeps upstairs with us too. Although that was kind of funny, I had to tell him to be quiet.  :-)

I really have zero tolerance for folks who leave their dogs out all night long!  Besides the fact that it is animal cruelty, the barking is bothersome to neighbors. How thoughtless!

I worked some this weekend since I didn't work last. It was nice getting caught up.  Tomorrow should be an easy day.  Yah I always say that. Still missing Kaci but at least I didn't reach for her bowl today. Whenever a pet dies, there is always a void, doesn't matter how many other pets there are.

The bathroom remodel is done except for the vanity.  It is suppose to be delivered on Thursday.  I sure hope it arrives unbroken and they can get it upstairs okay.  I'll wait and take pictures until it is all done.

Sad day..

I didn't write yesterday because I just wasn't in the mood. I called the vet's office to see when I could do the horrible deed of bringing our sweet Kaci to her demise.  It was the right decision I know but it was tough. It always is. This is not the first or even second dog that we've had to make this decision for. At first the receptionist said that the earliest appointment was at 4:00PM.  I took it but was sad that this event would be looming over my head all day.  A few minutes later she called back and said the vet can get me in at 9:00AM (she was getting me in even though she was booked.)  I was relieved about that.

It was tough but I got through it.  It is so hard to watch dogs take their last breath.  It is like you are waiting for them to look up at you and lick their lips.  But she is in heaven with my Dad, I am pretty sure.  It was really hard getting back to work and I have to admit I was crying off and on and distracted.  I should have just taken the rest of the day off, but I got through it.

Even though we still have 4 dogs there is a void without her here. I almost filled her food bowl last night and I missed the way she spun in a circle until she got her food although she hadn't done any spinning in about a week. And last night I kept gently turning over in bed as she always slept between my legs and had to remind myself that she wasn't there.

Today was a little better.  As with all things, time will help. 

Kaci

Remember I said one of our dogs was not feeling well?  Well we took her to the vet today and she was way worse than I thought. She wasn't really throwing up daily anymore she was eating some (not totally refusing food altogether). Turns out she is going through severe liver and kidney failure.  The vet did not know if it was acute or cronic but it was bad enough she said if we took her to an animal hospital she only gave her 30% chance of getting better. I know that is better than nothing but it would also cost thousand(s) until they got a full diagnosis which would likely not be good.

They hydrated her for us and we took her home because we think it is just her time. It is a tough decision to make but anyway we are giving her lots of love and attention (and table meat) which she has been scarfing up, as tomorrow we'll call the vet to see when we can bring her in and say goodbye to her. 

She would have been 11 years old come December 28th.  May not seem old to some, but I've never had a dog live to be quite 10, so 11 is a good life in my opinion.  We love her and will miss her!  I'm off to spend a few hours with her...

Yesterday's moon pictures

These were actually taken yesterday morning. I was up at 6:30AM to take my walk and noticed the moon still really huge!  I took a fast walk and the moon was still out so when I walked Tika I took the camera with me.  I had to keep my foot on the leash to keep her still enough to take the pictures. :)

Bathroom is nearly done except for the vanity. Will take some pictures the end of the day tomorrow.