Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
On the trail of the mysterious Collar
I went around the yard while I played with Sirus today and found no obvious dig spots where the dog may have found a 43 year old dog collar from. I had visions of finding dog skulls around the yard.
Strabo seems to be a bit better today, he is moving around his cage again. Its weird there seems to be good days bad days and so so days. Maybe the medication the vet gave him to help with his breathing is doing the trick finally.
Strabo seems to be a bit better today, he is moving around his cage again. Its weird there seems to be good days bad days and so so days. Maybe the medication the vet gave him to help with his breathing is doing the trick finally.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Sirus never ceases to amaze me
I can only hope that Sirus didnt dig up a dead dog tonight. I went downstairs and found a leather collar with a leather leash..well part of a leash attached to it. The dog tags on it say the dog license expired in 1965 and that it had a rabies shot in 1962. I have no idea how the collar and leash part appeared in the middle of the living room. I guess I will have to go check out the yard when I can see tomorrow.
The vets are making a killing off me this month.
Ken was throwing ball for Sirus in the back yard when Sirus stopped playing and wanted to go in. Odd for him for sure. He would whine and limp around and when i went to move his leg he screamed. It turns out that Sirus sub located his hind leg this week. So Xrays and an emergency vet visit later they wanted me to give him Deramaxx and keep him on bed rest. Not a fun thing to do. I will not give him the Deramaxx because of the problems with the medication. It has a high chance of harming dogs and even causing death. He seemed to heal up pretty quick when he was not allowed to play any more. He needs to learn not to launch in the air to get the ball.
The no exercize is driving him insane though. Soon he can get back to normal I hope.
A couple weeks ago kens parents came by and his dad had the sniffles. I got sick shortly after that too and so did ken. I was stupid and never thought that it might cause problems. Strabo came down with a cold and I watched it. He has had many of them. However rather than getting better it got worse. I made an appointment to take him to the vets. He was coughing and having trouble breathing. The vet took Xrays and put him on 2 different antibitics. he also gave him a penicillian shot. The shot caused a bad reaction and I had to run out quick and get some benadryl for him. He was on the antibotics for a week but they really didnt help much so back to the vets we went. They tried him on heart pills thinking it might be congestive heart failure and not pneumonia. The heart pills did not help either. So the next week, again back to the vet and we did more Xrays. the liquid around his heart was getting better so they want him now to do 4 more weeks of antibitics. Today however his cough and breathing got worse again. so the vet now has him on some mediction to help him breath. He is a very sick little ferret.
The no exercize is driving him insane though. Soon he can get back to normal I hope.
A couple weeks ago kens parents came by and his dad had the sniffles. I got sick shortly after that too and so did ken. I was stupid and never thought that it might cause problems. Strabo came down with a cold and I watched it. He has had many of them. However rather than getting better it got worse. I made an appointment to take him to the vets. He was coughing and having trouble breathing. The vet took Xrays and put him on 2 different antibitics. he also gave him a penicillian shot. The shot caused a bad reaction and I had to run out quick and get some benadryl for him. He was on the antibotics for a week but they really didnt help much so back to the vets we went. They tried him on heart pills thinking it might be congestive heart failure and not pneumonia. The heart pills did not help either. So the next week, again back to the vet and we did more Xrays. the liquid around his heart was getting better so they want him now to do 4 more weeks of antibitics. Today however his cough and breathing got worse again. so the vet now has him on some mediction to help him breath. He is a very sick little ferret.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
recycling
I noticed today that we sure are cutting down on garbage by recycling. Recycling is something I never did in Victoria because it was to difficult to deal with. It is so nice to be in a place that recycles logically. I have lised a few differences between recycling in victoria (CRD) and here.
Louisvile Recycling:
Recycling day:
Have your recycling out each friday
Sorting:
If you want to sort it that would be nice other wise toss it in the box we give you for free. Clean would be kind of nice to.
Cardboard must be in 2 foot by 2 foot pieces.
Items taken:
Papers, Plastics, Cans etc
CRD Recycling
Recycling Day:
Have your recycling out every 3rd blue moon except if the blue moon falls on a lunar exlips in which case have the recycling out on Pierre Trudeau's grandmothers sisters birthday.
Sorting Items:
Sort objects within a bulk of objects from a heterogeneous population is provided. The bulk of objects to be sorted has an inherent variation, and at least one class, having less variation than the originally inherent variation of the bulk, is separated from the bulk. This lesser variation represents a quality of composition with reference to any organic material of the objects within the bulk. The method comprises the steps of distributing each of the objects to be separated as a separate object in a sorting device; exposing the separate object to energy emitted from at least one energy source; recording from at least one point of the separate object by means of at least one sensor a first multivariate signal; predicting or classifying, by means of a calibration method previously performed on a subset of the population, between the first multivariate signal and the quality of composition, a second signal expressing the magnitude of at least one quality variable of univariate variation; and separating the separate object from the sorting device to the at least one collected class in dependence on the magnitude of the at least one quality variable of the second signal from the at least one point.
(ok I stole this but its damn close to the crd rules)
Items taken:
paper if it has never touched plastic
plastic if it has never touched paper
carbord of its folded into the following origami shapes: horse, cow, cat, parliment buildings.
Louisvile Recycling:
Recycling day:
Have your recycling out each friday
Sorting:
If you want to sort it that would be nice other wise toss it in the box we give you for free. Clean would be kind of nice to.
Cardboard must be in 2 foot by 2 foot pieces.
Items taken:
Papers, Plastics, Cans etc
CRD Recycling
Recycling Day:
Have your recycling out every 3rd blue moon except if the blue moon falls on a lunar exlips in which case have the recycling out on Pierre Trudeau's grandmothers sisters birthday.
Sorting Items:
Sort objects within a bulk of objects from a heterogeneous population is provided. The bulk of objects to be sorted has an inherent variation, and at least one class, having less variation than the originally inherent variation of the bulk, is separated from the bulk. This lesser variation represents a quality of composition with reference to any organic material of the objects within the bulk. The method comprises the steps of distributing each of the objects to be separated as a separate object in a sorting device; exposing the separate object to energy emitted from at least one energy source; recording from at least one point of the separate object by means of at least one sensor a first multivariate signal; predicting or classifying, by means of a calibration method previously performed on a subset of the population, between the first multivariate signal and the quality of composition, a second signal expressing the magnitude of at least one quality variable of univariate variation; and separating the separate object from the sorting device to the at least one collected class in dependence on the magnitude of the at least one quality variable of the second signal from the at least one point.
(ok I stole this but its damn close to the crd rules)
Items taken:
paper if it has never touched plastic
plastic if it has never touched paper
carbord of its folded into the following origami shapes: horse, cow, cat, parliment buildings.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Kathy got shot
Well I guess I took too much pleasure in Ken getting shot in the butt. I went to the foot doctor. He did Xrays of my feet. I do not have bone spurs but I do still have planters fasciitis. He gave me a shot in the bottom of both feet. I also got a prescription for medication and some funky shoes to wear to bed. He said if that does not fix them up I may need to go in for surgery. We can hope it wont get that far.
It was kind of funny. I was telling him what I had done previously to fix my feet and I mentioned the cortizone shots and that I never want another one of them After all the exam and Xrays and everything he goes "well I suggest cortizone" I was like "in one foot right?" and I swear he got an evil glint in his eye as he said no both feet. So much for never again. I must say however his method of the needle didnt hurt half as much as the other one did and I do agree it makes them feel better.
It was kind of funny. I was telling him what I had done previously to fix my feet and I mentioned the cortizone shots and that I never want another one of them After all the exam and Xrays and everything he goes "well I suggest cortizone" I was like "in one foot right?" and I swear he got an evil glint in his eye as he said no both feet. So much for never again. I must say however his method of the needle didnt hurt half as much as the other one did and I do agree it makes them feel better.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Ken got shot
We spent the day out looking for desks and furniture and such. We have a big empty house except for our bed and our computer desks (folding tables. About all we came up with was some shelf units to hold stuff int the computer rooms. I am big on not buying the first thing I see this time around. I did buy some glass baking stuff, cake and bread pans that kind of thing. I want to toss out all the old metal ones that get rusty. I hate that. Ken did get a hair cut today. It turns out I am married to a man after all, amazing whats under all that hair.
After we got home kens foot was hurting so I took him to the hospital. It was sweet. It took about an hour or just over to get in. I got to wheel him around the ER in a wheel chair. Did you know its almost impossible to do wheelies in a wheel chair when the handle keeps popping off? That was a disapointment but I will live. Ken on the other hand just sat there whimpering. I am not sure if it was his sore foot or my driving. I was very supportive however. I told him to suck it up and be a man.
In the emergency room they put him in there was a tv which was good because they have glass doors on the rooms so you cant go and poke into everything in the room and pretend to be Doogie Howser, M.D without the nurse glaring at you, so I got to watch independance day and pretend I was good.
Then, and now this is the good part, a guy walks in and goes 'I got a pain shot for you' stands ken up and 'wham' right in the arse. It hurt so much he forgot about his foot. I tell you the wonders of mondern day medication. I have never seen anyone cured of pain so fast. So instead of sitting there complaining about his foot he sat there complaining about his arse. I figure they should give him one in the foot to make him forget his arse but alas I am not a doctor. After xrays and before the movie ended, much to my annoyance, they decided it was a sprain and sent him home with pain killers and told him to lay down alot. He is good at that although like a kid as soon as he is told to do something he already does he does not want to do it any more.
After we got home kens foot was hurting so I took him to the hospital. It was sweet. It took about an hour or just over to get in. I got to wheel him around the ER in a wheel chair. Did you know its almost impossible to do wheelies in a wheel chair when the handle keeps popping off? That was a disapointment but I will live. Ken on the other hand just sat there whimpering. I am not sure if it was his sore foot or my driving. I was very supportive however. I told him to suck it up and be a man.
In the emergency room they put him in there was a tv which was good because they have glass doors on the rooms so you cant go and poke into everything in the room and pretend to be Doogie Howser, M.D without the nurse glaring at you, so I got to watch independance day and pretend I was good.
Then, and now this is the good part, a guy walks in and goes 'I got a pain shot for you' stands ken up and 'wham' right in the arse. It hurt so much he forgot about his foot. I tell you the wonders of mondern day medication. I have never seen anyone cured of pain so fast. So instead of sitting there complaining about his foot he sat there complaining about his arse. I figure they should give him one in the foot to make him forget his arse but alas I am not a doctor. After xrays and before the movie ended, much to my annoyance, they decided it was a sprain and sent him home with pain killers and told him to lay down alot. He is good at that although like a kid as soon as he is told to do something he already does he does not want to do it any more.
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