Just Pass Me By

Over the past couple of weeks my mother and my husband parents both had to put their cat to sleep. Mom was from a intestinal blockage which her vet did not catch. My husband parents we are not sure what happened to their cat but it was very sick. I been happy because Otis has been very healthy and hasn’t needed to much medical attention of the emergency type. He needed medical attention once with me and that was when I gave him a hair ball treatment he was allergic to. I was so scared that night in the vet office, he was a rescue kitty from the Humane Society. They are a great group, but have gotten a little costly over the years but I can see why.

This morning I woke up and lets just say it started off on the wrong side of the day. I forgot to set my clocks ahead and needed and meet someone every week at around 12pm. She will be late to but because I told her to come a little later so I could eat and get ready. Well Otis was pretty much his normal self meowing at me, and being a attention sponge. He did his little low meow which normally means I have a hair ball and it coming up. Okay no big deal we go though hairballs a lot. I think I need to find a good remedy for him or something because this morning was scary. My husband told me he eating his vomit, okay that not normal. I now this, my husband doesn’t seem to understand that cat’s for the most don’t eat their vomit back down unless it stuck. At least this has always been the case with otis. Otis did his other low meow and was still hunched down on the floor at this time I got a little worried. I went over to him when it looked like he might be struggling and he was, I did a couple things I was told helps cats vomit up their stuff and that didn’t work. Otis was breathing still but you could hear his breathing and that sounded struggled. Now I am scared for him. I do not have any clue where the emergency vets are near me, never needed them. My vet is well at least 30 minutes so not a good option.

My husband still didn’t get Otis was having serious trouble getting the hair ball up. Otis cleared his airway finally and went into the office. and started coughing up that hairball again. I kept a eye on him, because it already been a problem. He started struggling again, and had it in his mouth trying to pull it out. Then he kindof did the lay down thing, that scared me I went over to him and stuck my fingers in his mouth and went to pull it out. He bite me because he was still chewing on it trying to remove it. Didn’t hurt me, and I don’t care, I finally got the bugger and pulled it out for him. I went as far as turning Otis Upside down to try to get it to come out. Otis was fine after words, but I am seriously wondering if I might need to take him to a vet because may have something stuck, or if Otis is fine now because about 15 maybe 20 minutes later he went and ate food and drank water.

I know right now money is so tight that we can’t afford a huge vet bill, I am not working yet again, and hubby doesn’t have a bunch of money in his account only enough for gas. Well if Otis needs to go I will take him in even if it means bouncing my account, because it better to get Otis taken care of then anything else. Otis is a living thing, my debt well those are problems but they are not breathing and don’t have a soul. Otis is my responsibility, when I took him in I agreed to take care of him. Otis and I have been through a lot, he like a child to me. Yes I know some think it’s crazy, I am very attached to Otis. Shoot when all my friends except for one friend turned their backs on me, and said they wanted nothing to do with me in the worst time of my life. When I had friends who stopped talking to me because they found out, they never said anything they just simply disappeared. Otis was there, when I needed reassuring that Cat was in my lap or on my bed right next to me. There were a few times I was so broken, and scared to leave my home, when I would cry Otis had tears.. I gotten through that darkest hour of life and will never be back there. My wounds have healed from that time, and I was able to overcome my fear, hurt and shame. I will never be ready to deal with Otis leaving. I think when it is his time to go it will be extremely hard for me to deal with, but now since he has a soul he will probably go to Heaven. I believe animals will have a special place because they don’t know the different from right and wrong exactly they can learn it from their master but I do think they know the different from certain rights and wrong. Maybe my husband and I should invest in pet insurance it would be good, to bad they don’t have life insurance quotes

Do you need a new kitchen, are you tired of your kitchen because it out of date. Well I have a idea for you, the only thing it not a online store, so sorry no purchasing on line. You know you can go to Home Depot or some other home improvement store and be charged a bunch of money over what the product is really worth. We know that retailer mark up their products sometimes up to 300 percent more then the product is for whole sale. Wouldn’t it be nice to get your kitchen updated at whole sale value.

Well there is a leader out there that is a members only showroom. Well there is a place out there, directbuy. The reason why they can sell items at the direct price is because they have membership charges. This could be a nice way to get a nice little kitchen update. They sell everything from stoves, oven, and dish washers. Wouldn’t hurt to look into them if your thinking about remodeling.

Today I am pretty bored, how can I be I posted several times on my blog. It is not warm enough today to go out for a walk. Normally when spring starts coming I want to be able to go outside and walk. I love walking and other outdoor spring, summer and fall activities. I will be glad when hubby and I can go fishing this year, maybe this summer we might be able to go visit my mom in Oregon and sister in Washington. I miss the West coast a lot, I miss the ocean mostly. I think next time I go back that will be one of the first places I go.
I know my mom wants to go camping with us, but with hubby allergies tent camping might not be good, to bad there is not Branson cabins in Oregon as far as I know. We probably will have to wait another year before taking a week to go to Oregon, because I have to pay for college. I guess maybe after my college debt is payed and I get back into school if I can maybe I will put aside money. I miss mom and my sister, but I know going out west will be more expensive then going down to Illinois, or my hubby parents. I don’t mind spending money on vacations, but unlike mom and dad or Grandma, we have to stay at a hotel and sometimes those can get pretty costly. I will have to look at my once website I found a hotel the last time for Oregon and got a good deal. Eventually hubby and I would like to move out west. Winters are a lot more milder then here, yes we get snow but growing up I do not recall any days way below zero like it is here in the Midwest. I do not hate living in Minnesota but I don’t like it one bit in the winter. I seriously have grown to hate winter, grant it Oregon and Washington have their down falls to when it winter. To be honest I rather deal with the passes being closed for part of winter.

Otis has friends, out again. I guess he will be out at the patio door a lot now. We have started seeing little birds and rabbits out and about more. Otis will now seat for a while at the patio door watching for them birds and other little animals. I am thinking about growing some herbs this year along with my yearly tomatoes. I know last year one of my small tomato plants got stolen from a little itty bitty squirrel. I know the herbs I would like to grow will attract some of the wild life around the building. I am thinking about growing them inside at a window, but that could be bad for Otis. I think it time to start researching which herbs are safe, because I am not sure if it good for me and hubby that it is good for Otis. I know grass makes cats vomit, so would hate for a herb to do that or worst.
I guess it off to one of the plant franchise in the cities and start picking some brains, or maybe my vet can tell me if there are any I should avoid. I know there are a few flowers which are deadly to cats, and I know Otis loves digging in plant dirt. I might have to find a place that I can grow that Otis won’t be allowed.

Otis where are you, here kitty, kitty. Hide and seek with him is so not cool some days. Sad thing is sometimes Otis is right there on his favorite seat with my teddy bears. Otis gets rather frisky with them bears, sometimes it hard not to laugh at him, some times it you little strange kitty. He has one bear he will stair at me or my husband when he being frisky with it. Kind of like look at me.
I would like to know how Otis get himself into tight places, and then why he thinks I should have to find him and rescue him out of it. In our kitchen we have some draws and not sure how he did it but Otis got stuck behind the draws a few months ago. I have to make sure they are closed so Otis don’t repeat it. Maybe I should be mean and let him there until I take a picture of it, sometimes it looks so funny but I know he don’t like it so my first thought always getting him untrapped. There are a few things I have to make sure they are closed so Otis don’t think about getting in. The sad thing I know if Otis wanted something in those draws he would get into it, he is a crafty cat. I still haven’t figured out how he manages to open the door to my bathroom, hopefully he never does the front door or we will have a problem.
One place Otis likes to get into then cry about it after he gets stuck or locked in. I have a closet in my whole way, it small it one of those linen closet. There are several selves on it, and some how Otis will either get on top or the third one from the top, the problem with this is he can’t get down once the door is closed because their is not enough room between the shelfs and the door. So then we here him doing the same cry as I am stuck help me. I try to keep him out of the closet, because on the floor I keep most of my cleaning chemicals down there. I have a couple of places, kitchen sink for all the kitchen stuff, my bathroom sink for like human stuff and his shampoo, and hubby has stuff under his sink.
On top of my bathroom sink I have my jewelry box, I have to make sure all my neckless get put in my jewelry box. I do not wear jewelry to often, I have 3 neckless I wear. I have a couple pears of earrings and a couple of bracelets. I only wear them when we go out on special things. I have medical jewelry but to be honest it I never wear it. Otis likes playing with my neckless, now thats a load of fun. Have you ever untangled a neckless that a Cats played with, let me tell you it worst then the normal entanglement. The worst thing is when he takes my jewelry or socks into his cat litter. Why do cat bring stuff like that into their cat litter. I also wonder why my cat has to lay in all those odd positions they look painful.

It seems there are so many law suites lately, lets see we have that air born and the gift card thing going on. I am glad about the air born thing being brought to light it is important, expecially with the claims they have made. A few months ago my husband suggested I try it but I read the ingredients and figure it wasn’t a good idea for me. I believe if my memory serves me right they had a sweetener in it. So we didn’t get it normally I don’t try those, now I will try some home remedies some of them work pretty good. One that my husband and I have found is Cider vinegar and raw honey this works pretty good for congestion due to allergies. I am not saying it a cure but it helps some, it also feels good going down a sore throat because of the postnasal drip.
My husband a couple days ago was talking to me about supplements for weight loss and health. Weight loss supplements worry me the most, because those are the one which can cause heart trouble in some people. So as a loving wife I told my husband don’t do it when he told me he was going to try some supplements. I was worried it was for weight, but then he told me it was for heart health. I told him okay but be careful.
I think sometimes we can get obsessed with how to lose weight and being thin. I think the best way is by diet and exercise, and making sure that not to much weight is being lost.
Now moving on to the Companies and their gift cards, this isn’t going to pass well. People have paid for their products, or their gifts for other people, and frankly the card is not worth a whole lot of money and they should honor them. They should not have sold gift cards if they where in that much financial trouble, they should have only sold their products. I would be angry if I got someone a gift card and it was not honored, not to mention I would be embarrassed. These companies need to honor their sales and those gift certificates is like money. Why should they get to keep money which is not really theirs, there was no product traded so the money on that card is not their it is who ever owns the cards. I honestly will be shocked if the courts lets them get away with this what this is, is cooperate robbery against their customers.

Well, I found out why they updated our plumbing fixtures, but seriously I think they missed the mark here. The first night we had it installed I decided to take a shower. I love showers at night, makes mornings easier sometimes I like morning showers but prefer them at night. I managed to cut my thumb not sure if it was by the shower or by my fingernail. It took me 3 times longer then a normal shower with my old shower head. This is not saving water, or is it.
Lets see the most annoying problem if you don’t think the shower is bad enough, is the toilet although the dishwasher comes in almost as a tie but I think the Toilet is really the worst. How many times should I have to flush the toilet to get read of simple waste. Lets see when it not so simple it at least 2 to 3 times of flushing it, no more living up the toilet seat don’t want Otis playing in it.
What’s the problem running close to the Toilet woe, it’s with the dish washer, how many times do you have to run dishes before they are clean one time right? That what I thought to, guess again, the last 2 loads needed three times each. Um are you sure, this is saving water, because I feel like I am majorly wasting my water here. I can’t be saving water if it takes me longer to take a shower even with less water pressure, I can’t be saving water if I am running the dish washer more then once. Hey wait a minute I got a raw deal here, this is wasting my dishwasher soap to and that cost money. NOT good expecially since I am trying to go back to school soon, can’t be wasting money on things.
Sounds like I am having a blast doesn’t it. It is amazing what people will do to try to save water and conserve but I think we need to remember that wasting less water is still wasting water. I am sure I wasted more water washing dishes, then I did when it took me one running of the dishwasher.

Over the last couple of days I been listen to the news, there been a story on that has really ticked me off. I would like to know why those environmentalists think catching a bunch of houses on fire is going to help our environments. Do they not realize setting fire defeats their purpose, it harms the planet, it harms the animals they are claiming they want to save and help. Well if you truly wanted to save the birds or wolves or foxes or what ever other animal there is you wouldn’t be catching things on fire.
It makes no sense, it was not their property to damaged. So what theres houses there, for people to live in. Have they ever thought of creating habitats on those property, I know a lot of home owners would be welling if they where asked to but if your burning down their property they will stop hearing you, and think your cause is meaningless. How many birds, field mice, and other small creatures where hurt or even kill because they choice to do this act of violence. How many of those animals, who lived in the near by forest or wooded area are now suffering breathing trouble because of the fire. The problem here is we need to think about our actions and what those action will do to the environment. Yes people need to have places to live and yes animals are endangered I am not denying that, but I am saying that the method of trying to fight for this cause is lost and needs to find some serious redirections. I sure hope that some of those who are responsible are found and held responsible. I am glad no one was living in those home yet and hope that if they rebuild they get motion sensor lights on their properties and video cameras on new properties so that criminals can get their due reward. Let me end this by saying I know not all environmentalist are this egg headed.

I have talked about my husband parents a few times. They have decided that my husband and I be their Power of Attorney. I now this is a lot of responsibility and sometimes it not a pleasant thing to be. My husband and I over the summer where named the Medical Power of attorney, this is different then power of attorney. I believe the right term for this is Medical Agent, this means my husband and I make sure mom and dad wishes are met. This is hard because sometimes family can be pretty difficult to deal with, they can be down right rude when their way isn’t met. Mom and Dad know that if their son don’t want to follow through I will follow through, and they also know that I have strength my husband does not have. This is not a bad thing but sometimes my husband needs me to help him, and same here I need him to help me.
My husband isn’t strong with numbers, that okay because I make up for it. I am weak in English, yes this is my first language. Hubby has a master in English, me if I ever complete my Bachelors, I will get my Master in psychology. My main focus will be on women and children, victim of abuse. Between the two of us, I am the one who is very direct, and I don’t take a bunch of grief from people. Normally I put a stop to it or find a way to make peace with everyone. My role in the family is Peacemaker, sometimes I simply do not succeed.
My husband decided I would be the best to handle the financial stuff with mom and dad. I think maybe he feels a little uncomfortable doing this because he their son. I do not feel uncomfortable doing this even though I see them as my parents to. I guess it doesn’t both me because I used to help my mom balance her books, and I have friends who come to me to help them budgeting and planning. I have helped several friends figure out their budgets, and been able to help them find out where they have went wrong. When I go shopping with hubby it drives me nuts for a couple of reason, because I don’t keep a good talli up in my head. He will add things in the cart and not tell me what it cost, this drives me nuts, or add things that I don’t see. When I am by my self I know exactly how much I will spend before checking out, when I am with him I can get somewhere near it.
This weekend we went up to mom and dad’s, I love going there it always so peaceful and they make me feel at home. I worry about dad because he seems to forget things which are important. I think this weekend was one of the most uncomfortable weekends for me, because I had to try to figure out where money was going with out it being noted in their books. This is not a good thing, because it hard to figure out exactly what should mom and dad have in their account. I felt frustrated with dad for not writing in what checks where spent. He will have people fill out his checks and this concerns me. Why am I concerned, because they bounced their account and I can not see to find any good reason for it. I know I was missing the electric bill, and not sure about other things. I guess we have a lot of work ahead of us over the next couple of weeks. I needed to look at their budget, to see if they could offered to make payments on something, I think it best at this time to say no to it, and wait awhile until we know exactly what is going on with their accounts. It looks like it might be time to talk to their banker and maybe they can help me sort out their accounts.

I have a old rickety entertainment center. The last time my husband and I went to IKIA, we started looking at their entertainment centers and stands. Eventually we will be getting a LCD TV on of those nice HDTV, probably will get it from Best Buy. I know we need a new entertainment center because our TV right now does not fit into it. Okay no big deal we will just put it on my end table. I got both the end table and the entertainment center from a friend when she moved into a different place. It was nice at the time I got it because I had a tv that fit well, and to many things for my old entertainment center.
My current entertainment stand is leaning to the left, we have my radio on it, a dvd player, PS3, Xbox360, and a old VCR, those are our electronic things, then I have a some books, papers and nicknack’s. So my next entertainment center will need to be fairly large or I will need to find a TV cabinet for the Xbox, PS3, DVD, and VCR and of course the TV. It might be best to wait to get this until we can get our new tv, which looks like a year or so down the line.
I recently looked at some tv lift cabinets they where beautiful! I got excited about them, but then saw the cost. Okay not bad for the product but a little to much for me to want to spend. They had fine quality TV cabinets, but just to rich for my blood or my husband. I think we will end up sticking with IKIA or target or some other department store.