A summary of my day at work yesterday. It was a Wednesday so I’m the only vet. Start warming up fluids for a hospitalized parvo puppy. Fluids aren’t warming very fast. Put puppy away and leave fluids to soak and warm up. Say we’ll come back in 15 minutes to give warm fluids. See puppy [...]
Every so often I go into smoothie overload. I load up on frozen fruit, yogurt, and tofu at the grocery store and mix up strange brews in my kitchen. But yesterday I hit upon a combination that I am in love with. If you want to recreate this at home and want to know how [...]
No word yet on the evil mother-in-law’s job. Any day now we could hear. She keeps packing which I think is going to jinx the whole thing but I’ve never been known as a great optimist. Tonight I’m going to listen to a conference call about an adoption agency. They sent some information about what [...]
“Help, Help, I’m being oppressed!….Do you see him oppressing me?” The Holy Grail When I was a christian we were told over and over how christians are oppressed in the world today. Just look at Christmas for a multitude of examples. “You can’t take Christ out of Christmas” and “Jesus is the reason for the [...]
The first clients saw this afternoon were familiar to me. In February 2004 I had seen their cat when they brought him in to be euthanized due to kidney failure. However, they didn’t want me to kill their cat. They wanted the practice owner to kill their cat. The practice owner wasn’t in that day. [...]
I made this very harvest-y meal last night. It is adapted from Moosewood Restaurant New Classic cookbook. Saute 2 cups of chopped onion in olive oil until soft. Add 2 minced garlic cloves and 1 large diced (~1/2 inch pieces) yam. Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Add one minced chili (as mild or hot [...]
Every since we moved here I’ve been thinking about planting a windbreak. In the winter the winds are incredibly strong. The wind on a quiet day can rattle the windows. Planting a windbreak is an exercise in hope and frustration. The trees that you hope will someday protect your house are labelled “protect from strong [...]
I planned to go to a fun show today. It rained all night and I realized as I was getting ready this morning that that meant that there would be MudMudMud! After last week’s dressage show in the mild mud I figured Prize would meltdown when faced with real mud. She did not want to [...]
I’ve never been into holidays. They seemed forced to me. I get cranky when people say that they are giving to charity because it is Christmas time. Do they only think of charity one month out of a year? I don’t want to be told to be thankful on one specific day. It should happen [...]
I’ve never thought of myself as a free spirit but there is a spark of rebelliousness growing in me. When I got married and moved here I started working for a service that places vets in clinics that need temporary help. They had a very good orientation that they gave before I started. I learned [...]
Ever since the husband hypnotized himself to lose weight I’ve decided that I need to keep up. He’s lost over 10 lbs so far. I’ve been watching what I call “fat shows” on TV for inspiration. Celebrity Fit Club, I Lost It, and specials on Discovery Health mostly. I did decide at one point that [...]
I wrote earlier about wanting to finish up my unfinished quilts that I had in a box in a basement. Then later that day I got an invitation to a baby shower. I had baby quilt blocks down there. They were planned for a kid who is now about three. It was half of the [...]
By special guest blogger Prize: I have to tell you all the horrible things that happened to me yesterday. You need to hear my side because if I wait until my mom gets back and let her tell you about it I’m sure she’ll tell it all wrong. You see, I was really tired yesterday [...]
The husband and I developed an addiction to TETRIS last week. Yes, I know we’re about 20 years behind the time but he was updating his computer and found it again. Our goal was to play it to the end. This is not because we are great Tetris players. Actually, we suck. But it has [...]
When we moved here 3 years ago I was excited about the number of fields that surround my house. I had visions of riding Prize through the fields – not quite visions of the wind flowing through our hair as we gallop into the sunset, I tend to think more of training for trail rides [...]
In the past weekend the husband has been giving off signs that he truly understands my thinking. Well, maybe “understands” is taking it a bit too far but he recognizes how I think. He called me last week from San Francisco. The first words out of his mouth were, “I don’t know how much this [...]
When I was driving to PA last Friday I heard an interview on the radio with Franklin Graham of Samaritan’s Purse. He said several things that struck me as strange. Well, not strange exactly because I can see where he is coming from but I found them slightly disturbing and off-kilter. His organization is giving [...]
I’m heading out for the weekend to a 4-H show in PA. This is the district level show where kids try to qualify for states. My mom and I go and hang out and watch the show and make fun of outfits. After 20 some years of hanging around horse shows my mother insists that [...]
Here’s happy alternative energy news. CIS tower is set become Europe’s largest vertical solar array, when all three sides of the 25 storey building’s service tower are clad in energy generating solar panels. 7,244 solar photovoltaic panels, designed to convert daylight into electricity, will create 180,000 units of renewable electricity each year – enough energy [...]
Vets often talk about how easy human doctors have it. Their patients come in and tell you their symptoms. Even a brief “it hurts right here” would be very helpful to us sometimes. But now I’ve changed my mind. The husband had a sore spot on his back last night. Over the course of several [...]