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Moving…glad it’s not me

January 15th, 2012

The company that my friend, Linda, works for announced that they are opening a new office in Calgary, Albert Canada and she has been one of the chosen few that can go look at houses for rent in Calgary before she actually has to move and starts work there.

She said that she would call me and we could have coffee and look for a new temporary home for her together.  I love shopping for houses, especially for other people!!  She will be there for 6 months to a year and needs a place to call home. Just a cozy 2 bedroom house with a small yard would be perfect.

I asked her how she was going to find a place to live while she is here in the U.S., and she told me about a website that her company had told those chosen few about, where they could “shop” for homes in Canada right from her own home computer.  Well, pooh. I thought she meant we could take a trip to Canada together and look at houses!

I wish her all the luck in the world and can’t wait to go visit her in our great neighbor to the North.

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Electronics, what a pain…

January 15th, 2012

My new puppy is growing so fast!  I want to capture every new thing on video and share it with all my friends!!  She is so cute and lovable (most of the time anyway).  As she was doing a new “thing” for the first time yesterday I, of course, had to get it on video.  So, I grabbed my digital camcorder and when I tried to turn it on, the battery was dead.  I had not charged it.  My problem is that I have a limited number of outlets that are accessible to charge all of my electronic “gadgets”.  I needed a USB battery charger so I can plug them all in at the same time in one location (such as my dining room table).  That way I would not have to hunt for each item when I want to use it, trying to remember what room I laid it to charge.

So I hit the good old Internet and low and behold, I found a  site where I could get a USB battery charger!!!    The prices seemed reasonable enough and they had so many items to choose from.  I  I cannot wait until it gets here here, so I can continue to capture Roo’s antics to share with the world.

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Another new challenge

January 2nd, 2012

Well, Christmas has come and gone.  I had a nice, quiet Christmas this year.  I didn’t decorate too much, just a small tree on the table top and a few other things.

I went to see my podiatrist about my foot; I called two weeks ago, when it started bothering me, but with the holidays and all, it was awhile until they could get back to me.  He took an X-ray of the foot and suggested a walking cast.

So, I am now on an air cast for a month.  I hope that this will help and I won’t need to get a shot of Cortizone (very painful) or worse yet, have surgery to remove the bone spur.  That would mean another month on crutches and I still have to walk the puppy, clean house, go shopping for groceries and all the other things in life.  Wish me luck!!!

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Just another day in paradise

December 16th, 2011

Well, can my month get any worse?  Now, I have a bone spur on my heel and am on crutches.  It has been there for awhile, but I have not gone to the doctor for it for a variety of reasons (see post entitled “Sickness”).  So, with the holidays coming up, I am on crutches, depressed because of the loss of Pooh Bear and still sick from my sinus infection.

What next; or do I dare ask?  It sure is hard walking a new puppy while on crutches, but it is a new challenge to overcome, and I like a challenge.

I guess I will just push on and take life as it comes.  It can’t get much worse, can it?  I hope not!!

 

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Loss of my best friend

December 5th, 2011

Well, my December is starting off to a great start.  My beautiful friend, Pooh Bear, had a stroke over the weekend and I had to have her put down this morning.  To top it off, I had to go to work afterwards.  She was a beautiful dog, she never caused me any problems throughout her entire life.  I will miss her dearly.

I noticed last night that she was not walking well.  She had lost control of her hindquarters.  This morning, she was just walking around in a fog-like state, just following the sound of my voice as I readied for the day.  I was going to take her in by myself, but found I was too upset to do so.  So, I called my old friend, Larry, and had him come over and take us to the vet’s office.  When he arrived, he said that she just did not seem like herself.

So, we took her to the vet’s office, I made the arrangements and said a very tearful goodbye to my wonderful friend of 15 years.  She hesitated as they took her into the back, as if she knew she would never see me again.

I met Pooh in 1996, 9 months after she had been born.  She was tied to a dog house 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and totally ignored, except for being fed regularly.  I took her home, along with the dog house.  She never wanted anything to do with that dog house ever again, and I can’t say I blamed her.  She was scared of her own shadow back then.  She never even barked for the first 6 months that I had her.  I thought that maybe she couldn’t.  After awhile, she came out of her shell and became a normal, well-adjusted dog.  She followed my every step too, and was always there for  me, no matter what.  I will miss her greatly.

I had her cremated and have her ashes in an urn here at home.  My peace needs to come from the knowledge that she is no longer suffering and is in a better place.

 

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