Back Soon
I’m taking a break from a couple of the blogs I write so I can catch up with some other schtuff around the house. I have so much to do around here, it’s pathetic. Contrary to popular belief I haven’t embarked on any cruises or taken any vacations lately.
Flash will be coming home tomorrow, for the last time. Here is the last picture taken of him before we had to let go.
Reducing Our Impact
As an independent conservative in a world where people are either going crazy to prove that man is the cause of global warming or they are bending over backwards to say otherwise, I find myself thinking. What am I thinking? I am thinking that even if we are not the cause of global warming, shouldn’t we be doing what we can to reduce our impact on the environment?
If I had the money to install solar panels on my south facing roof, I would. GreenandMore.com offers hundreds of eco friendly products, and they do so while practicing what they preach. At their location they use recycled office supplies and there is no plasticware on site. It’s not often a company lives by their principles and operates by example.
I was browsing their site tonight to see what type of green products they may have, and I was surprised to find a number of items I would love to purchase. I was more impressed, however, with their learning center, where I learned a lot about pollutants, air quality, and composting. Composting is a passion for us, so it was good to read about all of the benefits it has to the environment.
You don’t have to be an extremist to take time out of your day and do something beneficial for the environment.
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Sphere: Related ContentQuality Over Quantity
Today was a very emotional day.
It all started at 6:30 when the alarm went off and I quickly woke up the entire family. There was never any doubt that we would all go together to take Flash to this very important appointment today.
We arrived about 20 minutes early, which was amazing seeing how the Atlanta traffic was. After completing the new patient registration form, they took us all into a small 10×15 room. I have to admire the kids for sitting there, listening to things they could not understand, keeping quiet so we could comprehend what the veterinarian was telling us.
Flash’s prognosis is not good. The deterioration in the bone is so bad that he is now at the point that just walking could cause hairline fractures and more pain. The veterinarian explained everything to us, he covered all the options. I am so glad he did.
The first thing Flash needs is an immediate amputation of his right front leg. They will have to take the shoulder and the shoulder blade too. His recovery from the amputation will be rather quick, but he will never recover from the cancer.
The veterinarian explained that there is no doubt the cancer has spread and Flash has at best 6 months to 1 year left with us. He discussed the options for chemotherapy, but even with the treatment that shows the best results, the most Flash gains is an additional 6 months to 1 year.
He’s been moping and you can tell he does not feel good. He must know something because he keeps trying to sleep in the cat bed and the cat hasn’t been around for months.
We will never know what Flash is thinking, or what he wants. I do know that if it were me, I would choose the quality of life over the quantity. It just seems more logical to me to allow him to live as a happy 3 legged dog for 6 months to a year, rather than have him laying around listless, drooling, in a heap of fur on the floor, too sick to notice whether or not we were even in the room.
So for now, we are planning on the amputation. He has pain pills to get him through til we can get that done in the next week or so, and after that is done, we will take it from there.
Winter Cleaning?
One thing I need to do before the new year starts, is clean up this computer. I have only had it a few months, and it seems to be running slower than when I bought it. I don’t install a bunch of crap on it, and I don’t use Internet Explorer, so a popup blocker isn’t the answer for me.
Who knows, maybe it’s my imagination, since I saw a few new computers at the stores this holiday season, maybe I just think mine is running slow.
Sphere: Related ContentPutting An End To It
Before my mom came to stay with us, I used our dining room, well our “formal” dining room anyway, as my office. I moved out of that room and into a corner of the living room until I decide where I want to relocate to. haha… Anyway, along with my office I lost my bookshelves and my bookends, so now I am stuck with a load of books on my desk, using my monitor and the cpu as bookends. Not good I tell you.
Sphere: Related ContentRipping It To Shreds
I sw the funniest thing today. We were heading down to Newnan, Georgia, and we saw a really cool sportscar zipping down the road. As we approached it, we noticed something wrong with it, and I almost had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
Note to people in sportscars driving in Georgia: You must remove the car covers before you attempt to drive the car, else you risk ripping it to shreds and looking like a moron driving down the road.
This is why I wish my camera was back from the repair shop. That would have been a hilarious video.
Sphere: Related ContentCan I Give You A Lift?
When people buy houses, I don’t think they plan ahead like they should. No, I am not talking about adjustable rate mortgages or anything like that, I am talking about the whole process of aging.
See, people just don’t take into account that they might not be able to climb those steps as they get older. We have a full basement on our house and I already plan to look at stair lifts in about 15 years. Yes, I will be prepared.
Sphere: Related ContentWhen New Is Used, After The Fact
It’s nice to have the Christmas holiday off from work. One of the routers at the office went down last week, and we found out, only after it died, that it was a used cisco router and not a new one, like we thought we had purchased (several years ago).
We got the new router up and running right before the holiday, so getting back to work won’t be such a chore this time.
Sphere: Related ContentKicking Myself
I don’t talk about it much here, but I used to own a 1965 Mustang. I really loved that car, I was just too young to understand how cool it was, and how much I would value not having it now. I also owned a 1969 VW bus for a couple years, but finding the right auto accessories was a pain in the butt, so I sold it. I could kick myself for getting rid of both of those.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Quiet Kills Me
One thing I love doing, while I work on the laptop, is watching my television shows while I work. Whether I plant myself in front of the television to do my work, or if I’m streaming the video off my desktop machine through the Cat5E cable, I just can’t work without watching or listening to something else.
If I had to work in a quiet office all day, I would probably go totally insane.