Awalking we will go

So E's gone right? To a conference and he took Sabu. So no more wheels for C. So she gets a limited energetic burst and thinks, "Hey, we don't live as far from work anymore. I could walk!" Hmpf. It's getting boring. And slow. And cold. But the walking muscles are getting fab!

C very much enjoyed the new GG. She's getting better at seeing them; almost in real time! Watched the new one last night and whoa! The Lorelai/Luke break up is bugging me. But of course that's what gets me to watch. If there was no drama in their lives their wouldn't be much to watch would there? I would much rather they just shout, "I love you! Marry me!" though and end the suspense. :)
And Rory! My goodness! College is growing her up; maybe too fast. I liked the sheltered, prim Rory a bit better. More like me I guess. I think Marty would be better for her.

Other than watching GG last night, didn't do much. Remembered to give Nibbs his meds; made more pumpkin spice cake (and remembered not to eat the whole batch at once. whoa.)... what else? Read my library book. If I don't finish it soon, probably have to renew. That's annoying.

Salty progress

E has done it again. He surprised me. He finished the trim and everything for our first built-in shelf. It's gorgeous! AND he finished painting the closet, painted the closet door and installed it. Whew. He was either really bored or really energetic. :)

I had a great weekend with G and C. However between all the nachos, fries, and salsa, not to mention pumpkin bread and cookies, I gained a HUGE amount this week at weigh in. I'm blaming it mostly on the salt intake this weekend. But I did eat WAY more than I should have.

While E is gone to conference this week I'm walking to and from work. I can feel the soreness already. But I'm loving the walking. I take my laptop with me and at lunch I can use all the wifi access points downtown. Course yesterday I couldn't connect at all but today I finally found the setting to change and make it work. Heheh. I love wifi.

And the scrape goes on...

Well another layer of paint is gone. But, ya know, like 10 billion are still left. Those doors will be the death of me. I found dark pink and yellow paint this time. I decided to use a plum purple color on the inside of the bedroom door. So that's motivating me to finish stripping the old paint off. I just can't quite deal with all those layers. Does seem kinda silly to remove paint and then paint again. Sheesh.
Ethan has finished installing our test/first built in book case. One coat of sealer is on and I'll do another tonight. We're leaving them plain wood; we used pine. It's actually really neat! I can't quite beleive we did the project our (read Ethan)-selves!
I'm off work this Monday (thank you federal holiday) so I'm heading to my bro and sis-in-law's house. Bro's leaving on another cruise (darn that Navy) but sis will be there and (yeay!) my newly engaged cousin will come too! So it'll be a great girls weekend.
On the cat front, we thought Nibblet was double toothed last week. I did a little searching online and found that some cats do have double eyeteeth (like extra toes on their paws) and some have to be pulled so they don't have problems. I also learned that cat's have baby teeth too. They lose them around six months when their adult teeth come in. So his gums were red and irritated looking. Called the vet, got an opinion, made an appointment for dental surgery (ew).
The next day, checked Nib's mouth again - only one eye tooth each side! Whew! So no surgery, only normal growth for this guy. Or so we thought.
I got up this morning, bleary-eyed and headed for the bathroom to shower and get ready. Saw Nibbers on the way and he wasn't using right front paw. It looked twice as big as normal - so swollen! "Oh no! He's hurt! He got run over! What's wrong?" went thru my head. I tried to check him out but he got squirmy and wouldn't let me touch the paw. Tried to rouse E and of course got the "grunt snort what time hack" roll over thing. So figured I'd try again when I got out of the shower.
20 minutes later, saw Nibber's blood on the floor. Instead of just the underside of his paw hurt, now there was blood coming off the top too! This news finally got E out of bed. (hmpf) And he called around to find a vet who could see him right away. I got ready like SuperWoman and we were off. Nibber's crying all the way. They shaved his paw. It was a cut that got infected they think and formed an abcess. Then the abcess burst. They had to sedate him and they also gave him his shots. His paw is all wrapped to the elbow and he shakes it all funny every once in awhile. We have to take him back tomorrow to have the bandage changed. And there's also the antibiotic to give him morning and night - with a dropper. It looks like Pepto Bismal. :)
Munchkin started hissing at him when we brought him home at lunch. Can't get him to stop. He must smell like dog or medicine or something. Really threw off Munchers. hehe.
Gotta pack now. Happy Sailing A!

Fumigation

Well I actually worked on stripping the doors today! Got thru about 2 more layers of paint and there might actually be wood under. Amazing. I opened the windows and kept the heaters on to keep the temperature up so the thinner could work. But I'm feeling a bit woosy. So I think I'll be off to see a movie in a bit just to get out of the house. I'll leave fans on and windows open, well a bit anyway. Still don't feel super-safe in our new neighborhood.

Completed a very late good deed yesterday. Finally shipped off my grandfather's slide projector to him. Didn't cost as much as I thought it would considering it's so large and heavy. Also found out the postal place takes used packing peanuts and foam and such so you don't have to toss it. They'll reuse it and then it saves their customers money too cause they don't have to charge for it! I just love finding out little stores do stuff like that. Yeay for the reusing.

I don't like E being gone. Somehow it's more intense and icky this time. I miss him. Maybe its the real house thing; a different environment. Hmm.

Slow and Steady

Ethan has been moving forward on projects for the house. Whereas I have just been a bump on a log. I went to a free class at Home Depot last week about power tools and faux painting. I received a $20 rebate on a power tool set so we snapped one up! Ethan has started to build one of the built-in shelves. We've decided on pine and we'll leave the wood showing. He routed out the sides for metal inserts which we'll be able to attach shelf holders to; totally adjustable. He's also been working on my closet. It's all spackled now. Just needs to be sanded, painted and the closet rod installed. We also have plans for a peephole in the front door.
He left for a business trip tonight so I'm feeling lonely. Good thing there are so many cats here for company. I'll work on stripping the rest of the paint off some more interior doors tomorrow and hopefully get myself to do some cleaning. I need to send off the rebate for the power tools before the deadline, mail a package for E - he sold something on Ebay right before he left, and a few other paperwork things. A check to return, some checks to deposit at the bank, a couple bills to pay. Maybe I'll see if Auntie Anne is up to company tomorrow and take over a DVD or two to choose from. Hmm...
Wish me luck on the chore-energy level.