We drank Margaritas while watching Salt, coincidentally enough. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not a fan of Angelina Jolie action movies. This movie wasn’t as bad as Wanted, but I could have thought of a better way to spend 90+ minutes.
drizzle in the valley
The weather was not ideal for this year’s Thunder in the Valley, but we managed to go downtown a couple of times (albeit without the bikes). Thursday night, we caught half of a set from the Eric Tessmer Band. I could have listened to them all night. The band was great, but the guitarist was phenomenal.
We took Friday off, as is our custom and we went downtown in the afternoon and walked around for a bit. Saturday, having seen all there was to see, we simply went for a ride on our bikes. Next year, I think we need to branch out and check out Windber Rumbles.
poor alice
Alice had to have some lumps removed (5 to be exact). Poor dog. She’s doing well. Though, she’s not allowed to go on walks or anything for two weeks.
Prior to her surgery, the vet did some routine bloodwork. Everything was good except her triglycerides. They were 1,500. They’re supposed to be in the 70-100 range. So, I guess you could say they are a little elevated. Sigh. The first thing we need to do is put her on low fat dog food. Of course the prescription stuff from the vet has the lowest fat in it, so I’m going to buy a bag of that to start. I’m hoping I can find something at Petco that is comparable. Beyond that, I’m not sure what can be done. I’m assuming there’s probably a pill for this, but it’s not like she needs to be on any more pills.
While she was out, the vet also cleaned her teeth. I noticed that she cut her toenails too (that one was a freebie). I think this particular visit may have wrapped up the financing for the Law wing of Richland Veterinary Hospital.
fushing feefs
So, I was all excited the other week because my fruit trees were bearing fruit. I went to the trouble of ordering nylon footies to put on each piece of fruit so that they would not get eaten by bugs. One day recently, I noticed one of the nylon footies in the driveway. I assumed it must have blown off the tree. Another day, I noticed one in the yard. By this point I was pretty curious, so I took a look at the trees to find that almost all of the fruit is GONE. There’s maybe one peach and one apple left. I have to assume the birds stole all of my fruit, but the jury is still out on that one. My neighbor informed me that a gang of chipmunks has been hanging around my garden during the day, so they are suspects as well.
predator
This was a novel by Patricia Cornwell. I’ve read some of her stuff in the past and it was ok, but I just could not get into this book. I was trying to slog through it because I got the latest Sookie Stackhouse novel for Mother’s Day and was anxious to start reading it. Still, it took me over a month to read. But, I finally finished it yesterday. By the time I got to the end, I didn’t even know what was going on. I’m sure I’m not going to have any of these issues with the book I’m reading now.