Peeing Machine

So last night we finally took Sam to the vet. We got tired of coming home to a new "wet spot" every night. I actually called the vet on Wednesday night and asked them if it could just be that he decided to start marking or if it was more likely a UTI...and their answer was...well it really could be either one and we won't know for sure until we have a urine sample. So off to the vet we went last night...first they found out he had tapeworms then they had to take him to get a urine sample and draw blood. The blood work was just to check the kidneys since he had a slightly abnormal reading back in June when he had his tail sewed up. So we left with pills for the tapeworms and flea/heartworm medication as a precautionary measure since they said that's how cats usually end up with tapeworms.

The vet called today and said they found crystals in his urine so they want us to change his food to try and change his pH...so that's next on the list of things to do. Of course it's the prescription Science Diet that they want us to switch to so we can only buy it at the vet. And we are still waiting on the urine culture to make sure he doesn't have a bacterial infection on top of everything else. All in all I'm guessing the peeing on rugs was a behavioral thing because he was pissed off because of the crystalized urine and the worms and who knows what else...so (keeping the fingers crossed) hopefully once these problems are alleviated...the peeing problem will be too!

Dishwasher Part 3

So the repair guy was out to look at the dishwasher AGAIN yesterday. At least this guy seemed to have his act together. It was another bonus that he didn't even suggest replacing the part they had already replaced TWICE!! He thinks one of the buttons on the button panel is stuck and so the whole thing is confused. So he wants to replace the button panel. Of course, he didn't have the part with him and had to order it so maybe we'll have it at the end of the week or beginning of next. I'm really hoping third time is a charm, but I'm not holding my breath. If this doesn't work, I think I'm going to start asking for a new dishwasher on KitchenAid's dime. I shouldn't have to buy a new dishwasher after 2 years!!

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving. My parents got to our house late on Wednesday. My Grandma and Uncle arrived on Thursday morning and Steve's family arrived around 1pm on Thursday. We ate around 3ish. We had 2 turkeys and a beef tenderloin roast with all the trimmings.

People kept themselves busy playing pool and chatting before dinner. And after dinner the Wii provided entertainment for all ages. It was great to see my Grandma and Steve's Aunt & Uncle bowling on the Wii!! :)

Friday Mom, Grandma, and I did a little scrapbook shopping in the morning and ventured into the world of Black Friday in the afternoon hoping some of the crowds had subsided. It actually wasn't too bad! We were successful in finishing up the last few Christmas gifts we needed to purchase and in finding Grandma a new pair of shoes...no easy feat with a size 11 foot!!

At 10:15pm on Friday my mom and I decided we needed to make a quick run to Walmart. My grandma was going to make us big "bags" to put the table leaves in so we can store them without damaging them (hopefully). After talking through how much fabric we needed, we decided it was best to try to find something for my grandma to take with her in the morning instead of shipping fabric to her. I found plenty of the fleece I wanted for the inside, but they didn't have enough of any fabric to make the outsides of the bags all the same...so we ended up with 3 different fabrics and finally got home around 11:15pm.

Saturday morning Steve and I were off to meet Trisha and Jason for breakfast...leaving the parents to fend for themselves :) It is always so great to see Trisha and Jason and now that they live in Idaho it seems like visits are far and few between...okay so we weren't great at getting together when we both lived in CA either :P It was good to catch up...and hopefully we'll be able to see them again this summer if not sooner! I'm lucky they have family in Sacramento!!! When we got home I found my parents battling it out at the pool table.

Online Scrapbook Store

I've been meaning to post this for a while...

http://www.passionateforscrappinit.com/

I came across this website when I was looking for something I couldn't find in our local scrapbook store. This site has some AMAZING prices on things and you get 5% off every purchase. It is a little spendy for the shipping since they are located in Georgia...I think it was $8.50 to ship to CA but even with the shipping I saved something like $10-15 on my purchase compared to the local store prices...and my order was only $28 (w/ shipping!!)

Stuff

ITEM 1:
Well contrary to the last post we still don't have a dishwashwer. The new part came last week. We installed it and it worked...ONCE...then went back to it's old ways. The new part (for the second time) should be here Monday or Tuesday...but neither me nor Steve have any confidence it's going to fix it, but we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope we're wrong.

ITEM 2:
On another note we got Guitar Hero for the Wii last night. Steve's not so sure about it, but I think it's pretty fun. It'll take A LOT of practice just to get off the easy mode and on to the medium mode.

ITEM 3:
I love our cats...but for some reason Sam has taken to peeing on our BRAND NEW bath mats in the master bedroom. I washed them yesterday because he had peed on both of them and this morning he had peed on one of them again. I don't know what his issue is, but we've got to find a solution!

ITEM 4:
I can't believe Thanksgiving is almost here. I'm not sure I'm ready to cook for 13, but I'm sure I will be when the time comes...and it always helps to have the expert help of my Dad!! We're still trying to finish up the house and yard before people come over...I don't think much more is going to get done though because today is our last chance and neither of us are moving very fast :) Guess we better get started...

We Have a Dishwasher!!

I'm so excited we finally have our dishwasher back!!! However we found out that all we really needed was the power board, so we are hoping we can send back the ribbon cable and seal. We tried to replace the seal because the one we have now has (well...had) a hole down towards the bottom of it and it was leaking. The seal they sent us was not the same as the seal we currently have and for some reason the door wouldn't stay closed, so we tweaked the existing seal so we could cut off the bottom piece with the hole and now all is well!

Haircut

Well, I think the last time I got my haircut was sometime in March...so it was long overdue. I think you all know I'm not really one to change hairstyles so although it doesn't look ALL that much different...the layers are a new thing for me.