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No More Garbage Hound!

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This lovely picture is our brand new garbage can. It’s a slow news day when I’m writing about a garbage can! haha But we were having an issue with Topaz getting into the trash all the time and needed to find a new kitchen trash can. We have one with a lid that closes, but he still was managing to get into it.

So, we went to Bed Bath and Beyond cuz I had a nifty little 20% off coupon. I figured we’d end up with one of those silver 100.00 garbage cans because if nothing else, it would be heavy enough for him not to knock over. But we found this one instead. It actually has a lock which is exactly what we need!

Now, we’ll just need to remember to actually lock it when we leave.

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My husband and I went out to dinner last night to Chili’s and then we went to Costco because I had gotten a giftcard for my birthday from his sister and her family in Australia. After that we ran to CVS to pick him up some iron since he’s anemic again and also his script for pain meds for his back.

When we got home the trash can was on its side and there was garbage strewn from the front door to the back door!!

So basically, we left Topaz out (didn’t crate him) because we were only going to be gone for a couple hours and we didn’t have anything on top of the trash can. I didn’t realize it was full, or I would have put a laundry soap container on top of it like we usually do.

This has happened before when I went out alone for a few hours and dh was at work. I just cleaned up the trash and went about my business.

My husband, however, starts swearing and yelling…just in general, not at anyone. And basically freaking out. He went and changed clothes and then swept the trash in a pile in the kitchen. He then asks if I can get the trash pile while he vacuums the living room/hallway. I was like huh? He said there was trash all over here, i need to vacuum. Ok…then I picked up all the trash and he said, “you’re gonna wash the floor right?” I was like, “wasn’t planning on it”. He said he’d do it because he won’t walk on it if it’s not washed.

Maybe that sounds normal to someone. To me…this is his OCD at work.

Now, I’m not just saying he has OCD because he does some quirky things. He’s been diagnosed with depression with OCD tendencies. And yeah, there are many reasons why…

He’s not a hand washer, but he is a hand washer. We go through more hand soap in this house, I cannot keep it in the dispensers. I need to buy stock in it.

He washes clothes too…a lot. He washes everything, including jackets all.the.time. I’d say he does a load of something everyday. Not necessarily bad, it’s good to be clean, but it’s really and truly excessive.

I don’t think he needs medication or anything for it. And I know we all kind of have little OCD things we do. I put things that come in colors in “rainbow order” all the time. I also will line up my pencils by height. There are other little things I do as well. We all have our little things, right?

But last night with the trash and the vacuuming and washing the floor, it was just a little much!!

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The husband’s check was much huger than expected so we ended up with some extra moolah this pay period. Which is always a good thing.

I’ve been worried for a while now that Topaz, the Aussie mix and Epileptic puppa, is in pain…so we’re going to cart him off to the vet tonight. The vet we normally see, and the one that I prefer to see him is in tonight and won’t be back until Sunday…so I figured why wait?

I am hoping that x-rays are not needed and that she can give us some medication or a shot or something and maybe we can add a supplement or something…but we do have money, so if more things are needed we’re covered.

I wish the husband made this much money all the time. We’d never have to worry about money and would be able to do those extra things that we want to do.

He’s been doing much better as far as his health goes, and he’s been almost working full time now. I don’t know what he needed to get this going, maybe it was the “release” from his 9-5 gig that he was doing…because after he spent some time relaxing and getting over that drama…he hit the ground running and has picked up a lot of extra hours. Which has just been glorious!

I’m glad that the drama is over too…good riddance!

One of the cats, Alex, needs to go to the vet too. He’s got some sores on the back of his hind legs and his breathing is kind of wheezy. He will wait till next pay…or, maybe Thursday…depends on how much this Puppa visit is.

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