I Like Potted Plants

I have to bring my potted plants in for the winter becuase one of them is a hybiscus, a tropical plant that doesn’t like Virginia winters. When I bring them into the house I have to cover them in towels so that my cats don’t throw the potting soil all over the place. I walked into our spare bedroom where I keep the plants and this is what I found. Apparently I have made my cat the perfect bed, it is soft and it gets sun throughout most of the day.

One Year Update

So, I had my review on Wednesday, one day after my one year anniversary. Everything went very well and it wasn’t something I should have been stressing about. I guess I already knew that but the fact that I had never been through a review was stressful. Thanks for the advice EC. The raise is going to be a welcome site but we already have plenty of things that it is going towards.We both are having car problems, Boo-Boo more than myself. He bought his Explorer less than a year ago and we are having major transmission problems. Apparently the problem with the transmission also causes fuel economy issues, in other words shitty gas mileage. His mpg has been steadily decreasing in the past few weeks. When we first bought the Explorer it was getting 22 mpg, now it is barely getting 15. When the problem first arose we figured that we would just let the transmission go and then rebuild it because at the time it wasn’t causing any other problems. Now that we have taken it to a reliable mechanic, yes there is one out there (a friends father), we know that the problem is worse than we thought and is the direct cause of the poor gas mileage. With gas prices the way they are no one can afford to be pissing gas away. So now we have to decide if it is more beneficial to rebuild the transmission or sell the damn thing. My truck on the other hand just has some minor repairs in comparison to the Explorer. I need to get my accelerator plate cleaned because I have a sticky gas petal that is also causing some idling problems, I need new tires, new rotors and probably new brakes. Other than that I think my truck is fine. Aren’t vehicles a pain the in butt?

All four of our animals also need to go to the vet in the next couple of months. I have heard about a vet here in the area that doesn’t charge an office visit. I am going to go and speak with her in the near future about what she charges and also her knowledge on Boykin Spaniels. I am extremely anal about who I take my animals to because I have worked with every vet they have ever been seen by. I want my vet to be knowledgeable about Boykins so that they know what to expect as they get older, the tend to have hip and back problems. Georgia has started to develop noticeable problems with her hips and I expect my vet to know more about the breed than I do. Anyways, beside that taking four animals to the vet is a pricey situation so that is something else we have to look forward to.

 

 

On top of all that, Christmas is approaching and we have a boat load of people we have to buy for, I guess it doesn’t help Boo-Boo has nine brothers and sisters. Well enough bitching for the day, life is great despite all my complaining.

Attention Pet Owners

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