50-50

Last Thursday I took 50-50 to the vet because her eye was looking infected. Turned out she had an ulcer on her eye plus an infected tooth. The vet wasn't sure if the infection had spread from one to the other. The ulcer turned out to be a melanoma and was removed. We won't know for sure if it was benign until we get the lab report back. We took 50-50 home the same day and have been treating her eye with drops, plus an oral antibiotic. Cross your fingers.

Snow was softly falling in the morning when I got up. There were a few white patches on the ground, not much, but I did see flakes falling and that counts as snow. It was 35 degrees so the snow didn't stay any length of time. By 7 o'clock the sun was out and the snow was no more. I took Flash for his walk on the trail and it started to rain before we got home.

Flash was soaking wet so I put him in his crate while I got a towel to dry him off. He didn't make a fuss at all. I thought he might whine, but he didn't.

Today was horseback riding lesson combined with dog training. We worked with Flash to get him desensitized to horses. You can read about it on his blog: http://flashthebordercollie.blogspot.com.

Dennis comes home tonight from his ski trip. He'll come in late, but Flash will be overjoyed to see him. Tomorrow he can run along with Dennis as he rides his bike to the office.

Garage

Eugenio is working on leveling the earth where the garage is going to go. He also pulled out the tree that was in the way. All we're waiting for are the permits. The County Building Department is so slow and persnickety, I wonder if I'll see this garage built in my lifetime.

Ski Trip

Dennis is off on another ski trip so it's just me, 50-50, and Flash holding down the fort. Poor Flash misses his Daddy. Mom is no fun.

New TV

Our new TV cabinet came Saturday so Dennis and I cruised down to Costco to buy the 60" Samsung HD TV we've been looking at. It also happens to be 3D. Seems like you can't buy a TV without 3D anymore. Then we returned home and Dennis and Gary moved our old wall system to Mom's house. Mom could only use the center piece, so the other two pieces are going to Kristy. We are very good about recycling.

Around 4 p.m. Dennis came back to set up our system. I fixed dinner while he worked. After the dinner break he went back to work, finally finishing at 8 p.m. We watched a couple of programs, then sat in the jacuzzi before going to bed.

It was windy again yesterday and this morning (Sunday) it's still blowng our there. We got up at 4 a.m., probably because the wind woke us. Or we just weren't tired anymore.

Windy

It is so windy today. The wind blew my car around when I went into town and it's still blowing like crazy. I took Flash for a walk this afternoon -- it was freezing! We also went on our usual walk this morning and it was freezing then, too. I don't like it.

Worst Date Ever

Thursday is normally a T.R.O.T day, but because of the recent snow and rain, no horseback riding. That left a clear day for a date with Dennis except that we needed to go to the credit unit and get a loan for the new (used) truck we are buying for the business. Gary (brother-in-law) has been communicating with the seller, who is still waiting for his pink slip, expected Monday. We worked with the loan officer to have the seller fax in a few papers and then come in with the pink slip on Monday and sign off and pick up his check. We explained that to Gary, who, in turn, explained it to the seller. Then the seller said he didn't expect to have to do all that and it was a deal breaker. What?

After that, we took the Prius in to the Toyota dealer because the indicator lights were all on.

We had lunch with Uncle Johnny, who was kind enough to let us borrow his car. Then we took Johnny home and went to the movies while we waited for our car to be fixed. We saw The Artist, winner of this year's Academy Awards. We expected Hugo to win Best Picture and, after watching The Artist, we still think it was the better movie. Oh well.

The car was ready after the movie, so we went to pick it up. Turned out that "rodents" had eaten into the wiring harness. Luckily, there were able to fix the wires affected at a cost of over $300. The service guy did say, however, that if more damage had been done, the entire harness would have to be replaced at a cost of $7,000. Wow.

After that we took Johnny's car back and went to do some grocery shopping for Mom and Angie (who is still sick). WalMart is still a horrible store to shop in, but the prices are better than the grocery store. I do hate that place.

We got home around 5:45 p.m. Poor Flash must have thought we were never coming home. He was very happy to see us.

Although there were some good moments, all-in-all it was not the best date.