I'm sorry. My bad. Pinot Noir. There is a big difference. One is white and one is red. I prefer the red.

Escargo at Mon Amie Gabi with Hob Nob Pinot Grigio. YUM.

When to Buy Organic

Info on when to buy organic vs conventional foods.

No frogs were harmed during the composing of the previous text.

A.M. walk--feel like I'm in a Frogger game! So many frogs to dodge on this hot, humid morning!

Cat Update

Kitty is a girl and she is apparently healthy.

C is going to flip when he sees the bill. Granted $100 of that bill is the Revolution (heart worm/flea/etc) treatment I needed to buy anyway for both cats. I thought I was doing myself a favor by getting it from the Doc. My Pet Meds charges $15 less in general AND they had it on sale for half of what I paid at the doc's office. Live and learn I guess. Next time I'll know better.

Kitty also has to go back in 4 weeks for booster shots. It should be a whole lot less then. But, to get her spayed is another story. UGH. Sorry C! You don't even like the pets that much and you have to fork out the dough for them. Hopefully, our cat cost for this coming year will be a lot less without Rusty and his ailments. Anyway......

Now that it is confirmed she is a girl, approx 5 months old, and 5.4 pounds, I'm going to work on the kids to call her Star instead of Straw. It is so close in sound especially when said by a 4 year old. Do you think they will go for it?

I just went through it again and I didn't get screwed on the Revolution. The doc's office gave me 7 doses making each dose around $14.25 each. The price on mypetmeds.com puts it around $12.75 each and I would have only gotten 6 of them. I still would have done better online but it wasn't as huge of a difference as I first thought. Whew!

Kitty has been snoozing all day which is to be expected after such an ordeal but she seems fine. No adverse affects from the meds.

Kiddos and the week ahead

Here are the photos of M's hair as I promised.

C is excited to get O involved in Boy Scouts. Here he is in his uniform. Cute, eh?
On top of the other things that happened last week, M flooded the bathroom by plugging up the toilet. That was a fun time cleaning that up. Now she is terrified of flushing the toilet! Funny but annoying at the same time.

Today will be spent cramming for my first Herbal Formula quiz tonight. The quiz is only worth 5% of our grade but I know from experience that if I do poorly, it psychs me out for the midterm. I need to get a handle on this stuff so that I don't feel overwhelmed come midterm time.

Tomorrow, observation in the clinic. Saturday work. Sunday I signed up for a CPR class to renew my certification but I may skip it as I have another quiz coming up on Monday plus a paper due Weds. Also, O has a b-day party to attend Sun followed by a game and it is our turn to bring snacks. Busy day. After all of that, I take off one week from today for Vegas. I feel that it is a well deserved trip and am very much looking forward to the break, a change of scenery and time with friends.

Have a great weekend everyone. Love to all.