Pink Fox: its Raining...IN MY HOUSE! :/

[Wannabefree]

I'll have some leftover spackle. you can borrow some of my supplies rather than buying them. I have new roller heads and brushes. I'll just need them back eventually to do my kitchen.

 

[pinkfox]

oh that would make life sooo much easier! woot

in other news, dinner was yummy...
and aparently ruby has lost her mind...
because it was raining early...it now mean that the sky is falling and she cant go out from under the carport LOL.

 

[pinkfox]

well its another rainy day here...
i have a swimming pool in my driveway...
im going to have to dosomehting about that at some point but its low on the list...will probably just put in a gravel pad or something leading from the road to the edge of the carport...
i dont use the car port right now, nor do i park in the area thats currenlty aiming to be a pond...but the mail carrier has to use it to turn around so its just a muddy yick fest so i need to do something there to help at least keep the mud down.
theres some pooling in the back and side yards, but considering the amount of rain weve had the past couple of days im not all that suprised and quite honestly not to fussed about what little pooling there is. cant expect clay to drain that quickly anyway lol.

in other news...
today dozer gets another deworming and i need to clean out the cat box, making the switch to scoopable litter now that Willow is over 6 months old and hoping that will keep things in litterbox land under even better control. (i hate none clumping, but ive seen the damage clumping can do when ingested by kittens *shudder*)
otherwise i have no specific plans for this rainy day.

 

[Wannabefree]

Beautiful day eh?!

I'll get the roller/brushes/paint pan ready for you. I don't have an extendable handle for the roller, but you really shouldn't need one. I don't use them anyway Just don't let me forget to pass them off to ya on Turkey Day before you leave! I tend to forget stuff like that

 

[pinkfox]

well today i needed to re-deworm dozer...
checked my pyrantel payomate and it expired last week, least i got 1 dose out of that last bottle lol
so decided to pay the extra couple bucks to invest in an even broader spectrum de-wormer...since i dont have the supplies to do a proper fecal here (ill admit i used to used the highschool bio lab to do my dogs fecals before i moved lol) and his past is so sketchy (and i found out hook worm is common here in TN as well AND he did have fleas when i got him i decided to go fll spectrum and invest in the Fenbendrazole (safe-guard)
now the safeguard powerd for dogs is almost $16 for 3 doses, with fen ou treat for 3 days and then repeat in 2 weeks, so $32 just to deworm the Dozy one....
and i always deworm the pups before the go home just to be sure so id have to pay that again x 3 for the crestie babies...

so instead i picked up the 10% suspension for goats, its the exact same stuff easier to give because i can syrnge it rather than mixing with food, it doesnt expire untill 2014 and 1 bottle will treat 250 5lb dogs LOL!. so dozer is 6 1/4 lbs now so he gets 1.1cc, today, tomorrow and thursday. then in 2 weeks time he should have doubled his weight again so hell get abotu 2.5cc x 3 days.
2 weeks later the crestie pups will get about .5 a cc each x 3 days and ill also do Ruby at the same time at 2cc's x 3. and itll stil leave me with an entire bottle that can be sused for goats, cattle, horses, rabbits, cats, even chickens...
people scoff when i tell them i buy livestock meds for my dogs whenever possible...but i mean when you compare the DOG product to the livestock product its the EXACT same thing (both at 10% fen) everything is the same...i can spend $32 on a full deworming schedual for 1 dog or i can spend $20 and deworm ALL my dogs plus livestock as needed for the next couple years!
i do the same with ivermectin...
heartguard would cost me $5 a month for jasper and ruby eventually about $7 for dozer and $6 a month per cat (a total of $28 per month...)
i can buy injectable ivomec (given orally) at $38 for a 50ml bottle and treat up to 5000lbs of dog/cat! even if Dozer reaches 100lbs id still have enoughin that $38 bottle to treat ALL the dogs and cats for about 3 years lol.
people think im nutz but why wouldnt i do it that way?!
obviously i wouldnt suggest it for people who arnt unsure of their pets weight or unsure about dosing ect...but, if you know your pets weight and know the dosage, i dont see why you shoudlnt use the cheaper EXACT same product.

anywho. picked that up at TSC, then hit walmart where i picked up some take home totes
hit lowes and bought paint...was talking to dad and he said "go to customer service" turnes out hed bought me a an expanding roller, an edger and a trim roller and they were at waiting for me
(Wannabefree, i might still need to borrow a tray and a brush off you though )

so i picked up a little tub of spackle dont have much that needs spackling and a cheap putty knife
a gallon of olympia one in the green i wanted *yay* (it gets good reveiws as a one coater on light colors and is low VOC) in eggshell
and a gallon of semi gloss white for the trim and door!.

squee...cant wait to get this room painted and finnished off!

i also checked out petscove, nice little store, the owner is great, and ill definatly be going back.

then headed home where i got into a little bit of a traffic jam...you know your in the country when it takes 15 mins longer to get home because someones cows escaped their field LOL.

 

[Wannabefree]

Just let me know whatcha need when you get here

Cows escaped?! Where? Didja get one?! FREE BURGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JK, yeah we have that issue quite often actually

I love the folks at Petscove, they're always really nice and will go out of their way to get you what you want/need. Even though they don't really HAVE to be that way...they're really the only game in three counties They could be really awful and still have customers

 

[pinkfox]

nawh i thought about it but i figured 1: it would do more damage to my car than my car could ever do to a cow...and 2: id never fit it IN my car LOL.
looked like the rain had softend the ground and theyd pushed a post over and decided to take themselves for a walk LOL.

i like petscove, he said once i get busines cards made up to drop some off for the crestie pups and linnie babies said they dont get too many requests but once in a while theyll get someone come in looking and hes more than happy to refer lol.

in other news, stuffed pork chop for dinner and im quite excited about it...lol

 

[Wannabefree]

Girl you in da country now...strap that sucker to the hood!!! You won't get many funny looks, and definately not from the locals, just the outsider implants

Yeah he's good about referring folks to you too. I plan on selling some bunnies through him around Easter time.

Stuffed pork chop

 

[pinkfox]

i know *drooool*
i was looking for some ideas and found the recipie for this online, i figured it sounded "southern" lol
the stuffing is a cornbread stuffing with apple and cranberry.
and i pan seared it in olive oil salt, pepper and garlic, theni put it on a baking rack over a tray and used a little bit of home made vinegarette with italian seasoning to deglaze the pan, drizzled that over the chop before putting it covered in the oven.
It smells delicious and should be ready in about 15 mins. im hoping searing it keeps it nice and moist, im still learning with pork as my mum alwasy over cooked it (i think most folks overcook pork lol) and i cant eat it when its overcooked, it goes way too dry and gets stuck. so *fingers crossed*
having it with a simple side salad with diced apple and more of the home made italian vinegarette.

 

[Wannabefree]

Yeah most folks overcook pork and it's nasty. Butter helps it maintain moisture too for future referrence