Daily Ooos: Wednesday, December 8

[faerywings]

It is gonna be another "drink coffee all day" day.
Yesterday was not a good day. Bad news all around. I knew from the start it was not going to be good but the hits kept coming.
Part of me was hoping that when I went to see Cait first thing that Liv had passed in her sleep- I know it sounds awful but I was hoping she had. Making the end of life decisions is *hard.* I didn't want Caitlyn to have to do that. But nope, Liv was being her usual happy self.
Which was wonderful. But *hard.*
Then Scott got a call that Sam's dad had died. They had been estranged for years, they didn't want him at her brother's funeral in Sept. Even under those circumstances, it is a horrible blow to the family.
A few hours after, Scott gets an update that the job he was hoping for with the County was not going to happen. They couldn't get the position included in the County Budget so there goes that.

The vet is the best. He is so understanding and compassionate. You can tell how much he loves rats and respects Caitlyn as a rat mom. He did everything he could to make the final decision as easy as he could. It was still awful. We were able to bring her home and bury her in the yard. He also did an x-ray on Evie's foot/ankle that has been swollen for a while. She either has a micro-fracture or bone cancer. He sent us home with some anti-inflammatories and we will wait and see. He said that if it is bone cancer, rats do very well on three legs, but Caitlyn doesn't think she would do that to Evie. With the way her lipomas are growing and being 2 yo, she isn't a good candidate for surgery.

Overall, yesterday sucked

I have to get a ton of stuff done here this morning and then I am cleaning this afternoon. In between , I will be drinking lots of coffee

Thank you all for your sweet words to Caitlyn and good thoughts

Wishing everyone a very happy day!

 

[faerywings]

@tanteva What is this "sleep late" thing you are talking about?
Any idea of what you are going to do with your FS kit?
I will have to watch the video later when I put my speakers on.

@LSlycord Congrats on the non-contract renewal. Sometimes you need to step back and take some time to figure out where you should be. And IMHO- The Belgium Bistro is where I would want to be too LOL
I love hearing how close you and Syd are- making those moments together. Not as happy to hear that you are sitting on the beach soaking in the sun. But that is just my jealously talking. *G*
How did the office cleaning go?

**My Gary is the best, he brought me another mug of coffee**

@BrightEyes I am so far behind on the scrapping and games. I am still working on the scraplift page. I have no idea when I am going to have time/mental energy to do it but the challenges are open until the end of the month?
ITA with you, I hope Linda takes before and afters of the office- even if she can see the difference that way

@taxed4ever What a cute village you are making! Time is going too fast but how exciting that the family will be with you soon!

At least getting your hair done will be a good thing to try to keep your mind off of the sad day ahead!

I was hoping that too, but the lady on the chair next to me spent the entire time complaining loudly about *everything.* It was not relaxing at all especially when she started to say the vaccines were like Nazi Germany.

@felis Yay for your snow!!! That must make you happy. We are supposed get some today too
Glad that you are feeling better

@bcgal00 Poor Taz! Hope he is better today

@tanteva Baby steps are better than no steps. (Faery is wise *nods*)
When I used a kit like FS, I start by throwing stuff on the paper and going from there. It is harder for me to have an idea in my head and try to create it than it is for me to start messing around and see what happens. Just my 2 cents

@Cherylndesigns The canvas must look amazing, and a perfect fit for your home, gorgeous!
Sounds like everything else is falling into place with the boots and bow and house!
At one point yesterday at the vet, Caitlyn was crying so hard that she said she was going to throw up. I offered to get Tom and she said no, she only wanted me. Is it awful that I was happy about that? Not happy, not the right word, but YKWIM?

Anyway, I am almost done with Mug#3.

Love and hugs to you all

 

[tanteva]

Woop woop! I have finished those letters and they will go into the mail box tonight! 3 days early!!! I still have the Swedish letters to do, but I can do that next week, no rush there. (At least not until I've postponed that til last minute LOL)

I'm waiting for Urban to get home from work. We are going to the pharmacy & also getting some groceries. No dinner prepared, and I'm hungry ... this will not be good. HAHA .... nothing like getting really hangry at the grocery store. I had tons of plans today, but I guess I have to be good enough today. Ended up watching a movie on Netflix .... oops.

Tomorrow I'm working noon til 6.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good morning! I'm up stupidly early - don't know what's wrong with me! I just can't sleep in anymore. I've been away since 7:30 and finally decided to get up about 8.

Chris @faerywings I'm so sorry that yesterday was so sucky. Sounds like it was just a bad day all around. I'm sorry about Sam's dad, and Gary not getting that job. Poor Cait - I'm so glad she had her mama with her and I definitely KWYM. My girls are the same way. Sending love and hugs to all of you that today will be brighter. Sorry about your hair appointment. I don't usually find going to the hair salon to be all that relaxing. Last time I went, it was just Adrienne, me and the stylist in there. That was probably the most relaxing visit I'd had for awhile.

I'm SO far behind in everything. I've had a lot to do for CT's in general and have had to divide up my time. This is such a busy time of year. I'm going to be a little elf today, so I'll probably be a little scarce. LOL

Have a good day and I'll see you out on the board.

Hugs

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... quickly popping in to say hello and then off to my hike. It is a chilly but sunny morning, should be great for hiking up a mountain LOL. My backpack is ready to go and I packed myself a chef's salad for lunch, it will be yummy! Going to bring along a nice hot thermos of coffee and my hand warmers. I really should be staying home and getting so many other things done, but I need to get out into the fresh air and find my soul again.

@faerywings - Oh my faery friend, you really did have a crap day yesterday!! Sending you lots of gentle hugs to you and Caitlyn and now to Scott also! WTG to your Gary for bringing you another cup of coffee! I hope that today brings some much needed good news!!

I have to get going, so will wish everyone else a beautiful day! Catch up tomorrow!

 

[Buddy the O' Elf]

Hello to all of you - are you behaving yourselves today?? What's wrong with me? You guys never behave for very long. Hahaha

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I'm tired and stressed and its going to be a long day. We got a huge vet bill yesterday and there is a lot more to come over the next few days. I'm feeling so stressed about our dwindling savings but of course it is necessary for Taz's health.

He did swallow a piece of a toy and it is lodged inside him so he can't go to the bathroom anymore, is periodically vomiting and will be scheduled for surgery. They gave him antibiotics and some IV stuff and hope that he might poop the obstruction out today but they don't have much hope for that. Its too big. This afternoon we will arrange the surgery. He was so stoic yesterday during all the exams, needles, xrays, etc. The tech said she'd never seen a dog so calm and well behaved during all that. Our boy is so gentle and calm, my heart goes out to him for the trouble he is having. I didn't sleep much last night and, like Chris, will be subsiding on coffee all day to keep me going.

I'm going to get another coffee and get to work for a bit before the vet calls. I didn't go back to work yesterday when we got back home, I was just too stressed to care about work but I know today I have to make an effort to get it done.

 

[bcgal00]

I see Buddy came to visit....waving hello to Buddy! He's bring some cheer to us today!

 

[Buddy the O' Elf]

I see Buddy came to visit....waving hello to Buddy! He's bring some cheer to us today!

Yes, Buddy's trying to spread the cheer. I'm sorry about you being stressed out, Rae. Maybe Buddy can sprinkle some magic dust your way. Sending elf hugs.

 

[BrightEyes]

I was another one who slept in today... but I know it was because I stayed up until 12:30 AM. I was watch Top Gun DVD and then got caught up on watching the special feature on the making of it (2+ hours). Being that NAS Miramar (where most of the movie was filmed) was where my hubby had worked off and on for several years...and he cruised on the USS Enterprise several times... plus a good friend of ours was one of the technical advisors... those scenes brought back lots of memories. Need another cup of coffee to get the brain working like it should... I got caught up in playing the Show Me game and just did a search for 'rose' in the gallery... and latched onto the first LO with "Rose" that popped up. Turned out it was a hibiscus known as a with the title Desert Rose!!! So another not so quick look to find a real rose LO and post it. I see a few of us are still a bit foggy brained today.

@faerywings This sure hasn't been the best days for the family lately. Glad you were able to be Cait and be her support while dealing with Livvey. So sorry about Scott's job not getting funded and his GF's father's death. Lots of sad stuff to deal with in such a short period of time.

@Cherylndesigns So glad the new boots have arrived. They sound warm and wonderful. Glad DH was able to put the bow in place for you.

@taxed4ever Hope you can stay warm on your hike today. Enjoy the day and come back refreshed and ready to tackle whatever needs to be done. Your lunch sounds yummy.

@tanteva Good for you getting those letters mailed off in time.

@bcgal00 So sorry about Taz and his needed surgery. <<< hugs >>>

Buddy... so good to see you drop by.

CYL

 

[Cherylndesigns]

I was another one who slept in today... but I know it was because I stayed up until 12:30 AM. I was watch Top Gun DVD and then got caught up on watching the special feature on the making of it (2+ hours). Being that NAS Miramar (where most of the movie was filmed) was where my hubby had worked off and on for several years...and he cruised on the USS Enterprise several times... plus a good friend of ours was one of the technical advisors... those scenes brought back lots of memories. Need another cup of coffee to get the brain working like it should... I got caught up in playing the Show Me game and just did a search for 'rose' in the gallery... and latched onto the first LO with "Rose" that popped up. Turned out it was a hibiscus known as a with the title Desert Rose!!! So another not so quick look to find a real rose LO and post it. I see a few of us are still a bit foggy brained today.

@faerywings This sure hasn't been the best days for the family lately. Glad you were able to be Cait and be her support while dealing with Livvey. So sorry about Scott's job not getting funded and his GF's father's death. Lots of sad stuff to deal with in such a short period of time.

@Cherylndesigns So glad the new boots have arrived. They sound warm and wonderful. Glad DH was able to put the bow in place for you.

@taxed4ever Hope you can stay warm on your hike today. Enjoy the day and come back refreshed and ready to tackle whatever needs to be done. Your lunch sounds yummy.

@tanteva Good for you getting those letters mailed off in time.

@bcgal00 So sorry about Taz and his needed surgery. <<< hugs >>>

Buddy... so good to see you drop by.

CYL

Yes, I love the boots! Here's a picture of my wreath - it's hanging on an old window. You can see my dilemma with the size - I made it the size I thought it should be to scale, but it covered up the red truck. I love that red truck.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

I see I missed Buddy's visit. Maybe I'll catch him next time - he's a busy little elf.

Kay @BrightEyes sounds like you got a good night's sleep. I wish I could have slept later, but oh well. I have to show you my boots now. They're scrunch-top, which I like a lot. I've been wearing them around the house to try to break them in a little, but they feel really good for brand new boots.

 

[bcgal00]

Yes, Buddy's trying to spread the cheer. I'm sorry about you being stressed out, Rae. Maybe Buddy can sprinkle some magic dust your way. Sending elf hugs.

Yes, Buddy...elf hugs do definitely help

 

[taxed4ever]

Ohhh @bcgal00 Rae how awful for your sweet Taz!! How awful for your poor bank account!! Sending you lots of healing vibes for your Taz and hope that his surgery goes well!