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My husband has been at a tattoo convention all weekend, so I’ve been able to be here in the house alone for a change.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my husband and all the time we’ve been spending together has been great, but I need a break sometimes! At least when he had a job I would have a few hours to myself…but now, with no job, it’s him and I morning, noon and night. It can get on one’s nerves. I probably get on his too.

I was actually able to get some things done yesterday. I think it’s because he wasn’t here. I really hate cleaning when he’s riding the couch. That’s my biggest pet peeve. Why should I be busting my ass while you’re sitting on yours? Ugh, i hate it and it makes me SO crabby!

So I got the kitchen cleaned yesterday and today I’m working on the APSFA newsletter.

It’s just me and the zoo and it’s lovely.

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Simplehuman Trash Can, Sak Purse, Missy to Vet!

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We went shopping tonight for a new stinking garbage can because Topaz has figured out how to opn the can even when it’s locked! We ended up getting another Simplehuman one. But this time it’s metal and big. I’m hoping he won’t be able to knock it over and get into it. The lid is flush to the top, so hopefully he won’t be able to open it. I swear, this is the last kitchen trash can I am buying. If this doesn’t work, we’re getting one that goes under the sink!!!!

Why didn’t we do that in the first place?? I hate those kind of trash cans…they’re just too small for us and we’d be changing the bag constantly.

So, I’m really hoping this works! I like it too because it’s bigger, will hold more, and because it’s metal you can smash the trash into it. heh

We’ll see…we have yet to really test it.

This is my new purse. I really like Sak purses. I wanted to get this one, but they didn’t have it at Macy’s. It was on the website though…but I couldn’t see spending the shipping money and waiting for it and everything when I could just pop in there and buy one. It was a really good deal too, it was 40% off! It was kind of a late anniversary gift from the hubbs. And he was a trooper too and shopped for it with me. He even gave his opinion, which he never does!

My poor little missy miss, Onyx, Ony girl has some horrible sores on her that she’s been chewing at for a while. For some reason, she always gets the itchies this time of year. When we got home from shopping, we noticed little tufts of black fur in the bed and when we checked her out, there was one spot that was pretty swollen and really raw. Poor baby!

So we took her to the vet. They said it’s not hotspots, and gave her doggie Benadryl to take for the itchies. It’s probably fall allergies or something. We also got a homeopathic spray for her. It’s called FidoDerm. It seems to be helping a bit! They also did a blood panel and she got her shots.

Her blood came back perfect!! She’s a little overweight, which we’re working on…

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Election Day & Spaghetti Dinner Recipe & Holiday Inn

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Well tomorrow is the day…All this election BS will finally be over…the news reports, the commercials, the phone calls…and we’ll know who the next President of the United States will be. I am off work, so the hubbs and I will be voting fairly early I believe…since they are expecting long lines at the polls.

I honestly don’t care who anyone is voting for, everyone has their own political view and opinions and that’s great! Just do make sure that you go out and vote tomorrow. This is an important election and I’ll probably be up half the night to see who the winner is.

Tonight I made a spaghetti for dinner. lol That’s what I call it anyway…”a spaghetti”. lol

I make it with turkey meat, italian is the best, but tonight we had regular…lean turkey…a can of sliced mushrooms…big can, the hubbs and I love the mushroom…a green pepper…fresh from the farmer’s market!…garlic salt…and a bottle of Classico “Traditional Sweet Basil” pasta sauce. Oh, and wheat spaghetti noodles.

I break the noodles and get them going, or the water boiling for them anyways. I cut the pepper up and started cooking it, the mushrooms and some garlic salt in olive oil…added the meat and cooked that until the meat was all good and cooked. Then I dumped the bottle of sauce in and let it simmer…drain the noodles and then put the noodles into a large rectangle glass pan, dump the sauce on…mix and add mozz cheese to the top and bake in the oven for a bit. YUM!!

It’s delish!! Tonight I also added a few leaves of spinach…just to see if it changed anything. I dunno if it did, but it was extra yummy tonight!! And it’s one of the hubbs’ favorite meals too. Plus being that it’s turkey meat, has the extra veggies and all, and it’s got wheat noodles…it’s not all that bad for you.

Sometimes I make garlic bread from leftover hamburger/hotdog buns or something, but tonight I didn’t. I could have though, because we did have some hotdog buns…but I didn’t feel like it. We didn’t need it anyway…the spaghetti was plenty!!

Tomorrow I have to make some veggie goop, and mix it with meat and get Topaz’s food ready to go for him. We had bought some Veggies from our food girl that were by Oma’s…VEGGIE 5 WAY( Olewo Carrot, Green bean, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, and Garlic) 2#bag…and the dogs really seem to like that. I think the garlic had the most to do with it, it was really smelly…not bad, just smelled like food.

I’m hoping to get a big batch of food ready for him and then freeze some individual packages that are already weighed out and everything. Easy for feeding and everything. I have 2 packages of pork chops ready to go into the mix as well as some chicken breasts for the next batch.

He’s just been doing so well, I want him to continue to do so! So we’re doing everything we can for him.

I just got the movie “Holiday Inn” on DVD…it’s a new version in COLOR, which is so cool. I’ve been watching this movie for YEARS…it’s our traditional Christmas Eve movie.
Yeah, I know it’s old…1942! And the original is in black and white, but I like the songs (I may have the soundtrack on my iPod LOL) and I like to have musical type movies on in the background when I’m on the computer…especially when there’s NOTHING on tv!
The hubbs keeps making fun of me because I’ve probably watched the movie 10 times since I got it, and I will watch it over and over again…but really it’s just background.

Men…they don’t get it! LOL

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