Our stupid vet

When we boarded the puppy for the Illinois trip, we got a horrible surprise when we picked him up... He had huge blisters on his lips that they wanted to biopsy because they thought it might spread (what?), they asked if hi was ever stiff because he was limping and would lie down every few steps (which we later learned was probably due to the kwik on MOST of his nails had been cut, OR because they split the nails around the kwik, OR because he had a puss-oozing cut on one of his front pads, OR because he had scabby, blood-crusted spots on his elbows probably from laying on concrete). We had also (stupidly) asked that they remove a mole from his chest that had been bleeding. They said ok, and then found some other mysterious "red spot" near the site of the mole that they wanted to cut off, too. Then they called and said they wanted to remove some other red bump on his groin too, so he would need to go under general anesthesia and then they would biopsy the lip bumps, too. I said no to it all. I hadn't even seen most of the stuff they were talking about. And as for the red bump on his groin, he's had that for a month of two but we thought nothing of it, since we had just taken him to the vet to find out why he has urinary incontinence. For that, they had ordered bloodwork and when that came back normal, they did an x-ray to look for some kind of mass and apparently (I was actually told later) never even saw the red bump on his groin! What a bunch of incompetent #$%&@#.....



Here's a look at the lip bumps that we now think were caused by a chain-link fence he probably stuck his nose through for the duration of his stay at the kennel...

Here's a look at his poor, kwik-cut nails all frayed & peely....

And here's a look at the red bump or mass they apparently missed when they xrayed him trying to find, you guessed it, a MASS....

This is the end of that sad, sad story. The poor baby.

Way to grow, right Crum?

Here's some updated pics of my garden...

and here's the tomatoes...

The 3 corn plants...

Basil, Lemon Thyme, Thyme, Cilantro & Lettuce...

Grandparents!!

We had a GREAT time visiting the sweet little grandparents!! They totally spanked us at Blitz but luckily we were just playing for nickels so we quit when we were only in the hole about a buck and a half. Sheesh, those blitz sharks. We saw Lincoln stuff, went to the zoo, shopped the antique malls, went out to eat (at Cheddars, mostly) and watched a LOT of tv. But all in all, it was really restful and relaxing. I'll blog more about it later, sissies. love you.

My Garden: The Sequel

Here's some more shots of the garden, for perspective...

This one is the view from my backdoor:

The view from the backyard:



And, a shameless in-love-with-my-dog-but-isn't-he-old shot from his eye level:

My new garden!!!

The kiddie pool one consists of: Tomatoes (regular & cherry); Lettuce (buttercrunch leaf & head); Volcano hot peppers; Tomatillos; Sweet corn; Basil (sweet & italian); thyme (regular & lemon); cilantro.

The little garden is all kinds of mint plants: Spearmint, Peppermint, Chocolate mint, & lavendar mint. They had to be separate because they grow like weeds and would take over the garden if they were in the same container.

I chicken-wired it off so sqirrels & raccoons & rabbits & other critters wouldn't eat my CROP. lol. Anyways, hope you guys apperciate the troubleit took me to find the stupid memory card USB port thing so you could see these freakin pictures!

And here's a shout out to my cute little dog who stole onto the couch knowing he's not allowed to be up there.... That little stinker. He's lucky he's so freakin cute! OK well, I love you both! Bye!