This morning he went into shock just as we were getting up. His body went rigid and he was foaming and he could not move. He was terrified. We took him to his vet where they treated him like a prince. They did tests and xrays- they did tried to do a sonogram but he was in too much pain for them to press on his side. He was in shock, had low white cells, a fever and his stomach was blocked. They gave him medication for the pain, but it was barely helping. They gave him fluids. He was on the floor of the clinic surrounded by loving, caring doctors and technicians. He was never alone. The choice to let him go was the most painful one we've ever made. But it was the best for him. The only other option was to go in surgically and "explore" and they were honest that in his condition his chances were low of surviving that.
We cried and held him and told him we love him. We were stoking and talking to him as he drifted off. We are still crying.
Goodbye - mr big, baby wail, lover dog, wailman, puppy, good dog.
You will live with us forever in our hearts.
All of this was just in my eye.
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Well, I kind of hit a low point a few days ago. Some of my friends on here know I have been having a bit of a tough time lately with a whole lot of poop going on with my family back in "the old country".
I got onto etsy chat the other night feeling pretty shite. I walked right in on a conversation about the very issues I am having with my family. I actually felt worse for a moment. But only for a moment. I stuck around instead of leaving and sinking deeper into my situational depression of the evening. I'm glad I did.
Neighborhood, meet GrannyDebDesigns. Lemme tell you she is as sweet as they come, and she totally pulled me out of my funk. Not only that, but we had a lovely conversation a couple of days later that really left me feeling good and somehow just a little less alone than I have been feeling.
So - here's my GrannyDebDesigns promotion. All the photos in this entry are from her store. Go check her out. She's lovely, and has some lovely and quirky items at great prices!
Vox Hunt: Recent Purchase
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I've been on a bit of a buying binge (being home alone will often call for some retail therapy), so here are the last few things that have come home with me.
Today I helped my friend Jen at her work place at Edgewood to package letters for their many donors and such, was fun.. over 1500 letters were to be sent out. It's a really cool place helping at risk kids and my my the building they work in is soooo great! very historic it was once a Victorian orphanage at one point a great one too! After which I had lunch with Monk( the asian body guard I shot) at that lunch I met a Stylist whose responsible for training models for runway and such.. whoot! he does it for a very good cause, he takes at risk girls and train them to become high fashion models, cool guy lots of link ups too and I may be shooting some of his models... whoot!! urgh got my tickets to a charity fashion show in which Monk will participate, his first runway show. Got to support my friends.. urgh bad thing its on the 2nd of August the day that work will be having the manditory friends and family.. I'll work but I have to leave early.. this show is a great place for me to do some networking for sure...
after that went back to helping at Edgewood and I got a cute bookmark for helping!
and then after that I did a photoshoot.. this was done with one light only as opposed to my usual two.. love the effect!!
Gimme a V! Gimme an O! Gimme an X! What's that spell? VOX!
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After a lovely dinner with the hubby we sat down and watched Hellraiser: II. As we were watching he decided to pause it to call his parents. They talked for a while and he got up suddenly looking for his ebay security key fob thingiemagummieship. I wasn't sure what was going on. Then he turns to me and says, 'It's ours.' We are now the proud owners of a 'new to us' car. We pick it up on Saturday. I can not wait. I'm looking forward to being able to go to places while the hubby is at work with my own wheels. Granted I am not going to stop walking or anything like that. It will be for trips that are not within walking distance. Such as, his work. I shall put pictures up once we get it. Yay for new wheels.
Oh, before I forget. We got a 2003 Ford Crown Vic (P71, police interceptor). She's blue. :) yay!
Docking station, PLEASE!
Two hours until I have to leave the house. I should be getting ready and then having a nap. I'm feeling so tired, even though it's only nine thirty.
I have a feeling I won't get a nap though. I don't know that this malaise is something a nap can cure. So I might putz around getting ready to go, and see how I feel about a nap in another half hour.
My boss rejected the apartment I found for P. I was so hopeful. She gave me four other leads, one of which I had already, and the other three were above the highest price range she told me to look in (and above the absolute highest price she gave me when I asked how far I could stretch things). I'm looking at two more places that she suggested today, they sound nice, but who knows. At least adding another fifty dollars does increase the chance of them being a better place. I must admit I am hoping I find something that isn't double the distance from my home, but I am still being diligent in looking in a five mile radius from our place.
Boy oh boy, have I seen some dumps in this last week or so.
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I just updated my inventory with all the post cards and bookmarks. Our spare room has been converted into a market stall at the moment. I am trying to get things arranged a bit more professionally. I have been bringing home boxes and stands from the thrift store and working on how they might best fit my product. I have only had one table, generously donated to me by another etsy person. Last week I picked up one of those racks with four tv dinner tables, and I am going to use those to strategically lay out displays as well. Better than laying out a whole lot of cash on another table right now. The rack also holds quite a few photos. My aim is to have everything sorted the way I want it and back in place by the end of this next weekend. Small hope I will get it done these next few work days.
I have been working on getting more product into my etsy store. Started listing individual post cards, and I will also work on listing my bookmarks. I have to photograph them first - lay them out on some interesting books, and get some attractive artistic shots of them for my first photos there. Once I have those lower price point items in store, I will put up the price of my 5x7's. I am selling them way too cheaply right now.
Sheesh, I have a card order to post today - technically it's already late going out. And about a zillion emails and private messages on here that I need to reply to. Sorry if you have messaged me and I haven't gotten back to you. Being sick last week and everything going crazy with work this week has really knocked me around for doing things promptly.
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I killed my cell phone on the weekend. I haven't told my Love - though he will no doubt read it here and can see it anytime on my desk, so I am not exactly hiding it. Well I didn't exactly kill it, but I damaged it to the point where I can't read the screen anymore. It still works for receiving calls. The wonderful thing about having a prepaid phone is that I am only paying $30 for two months of coverage with about four times the amount of minutes I have needed to use so far. I only got a recharge on minutes about two weeks ago, but in six weeks when it is due to expire again all I have to do is buy a new $30 phone instead and transfer the minutes and number from this one for free, and I am fine again! So for the moment I will put up with a phone that I can't read the screen on, and live with it. It's my penance for getting it wet. I am just not used to having it on me all the time. I'll also need to make a list of numbers to call for coworkers etc because I can't read the screen. Penance. lol.
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Well in the middle there I laid down for a sleep, and just got off to sleep and got a phone call. Bah! I do feel wonderfully refreshed though, so that's good. And - the phone call was from the next apartment I wanted to see. They have left it open for me so that I can go and see it today straight after my other appointment. This saves me another thirty mile round trip tomorrow night to go see it. HURRAH!!! Pleasepleaseplease let one of these be perfect for P! I don't want to look anymore! I appreciate the pay, I just don't want to be doing this right now.
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So - two apartments to look at, then off to the garage to get the car indicator replaced (it broke off five days ago). While I wait, go to the DMV and try to get my license shifted from Colorado. I didn't notice the CO office put in my old middle initial (I got rid of my middle name when I changed my name) and the CT office is apparantly very fussy that everything matches exactly. I hope they just let it slide. Or... I could just get my CT license with a middle initial and not bother about it. I don't exactly want to bring it to their attention, in case they give me grief about it. I don't want to have to go to CO and change it in September and then come back and deal with this again.
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Dagnabit, I tried to have another sleep, but had another phone call from a telemarketer trying to give me a free sunday newspaper. I said "I am not interested".
He had the gall to say "Is there a reason?"
I said "Not being interested is a reason" and he hung up on me. lmao.
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Alright. Time for me to finish wiping down the kitchen benches and haul my ass outta here. Wish me luck with finding one of these apartments suitable. Wish me tons and tons of luck!!
