Rusty’s skin problems

After stressing over it and putting it off I finally broke down and took off work early Thursday and took Rusty to the vet.  Since husband refused to help me I decided on calling the vet near my house.  If I had to I could even walk there since last time I tried to get Rusty near the car he stopped dead in his tracks and would not move.  I went to Petsmart and bought a new harness and leash and then let the dogs out of their pen and let them run around a bit before I attempted to put the harness on.

Rusty was quite willing to walk on the leash but as usual he resisted walking towards the car.  This trip I decided to put a sheet on the passenger seat and let him ride there.  Once he got in he was fine.  It was a very short ride and he was fine getting out and walking into the vet.  There are always curious smells as you walk to the door so he gladly checked those out and was very calm.

We got called back right away and I hate to admit it buy he weights 39.9 lbs….yikes what a fat beagle!  The assistant tried to take his temp but he was so sore “back there” she wasn’t able to.  The itching had gotten so bad he was very irritated “back there”, on his sides, and on the top side of his tail.  Although I had treated him recently with Frontline, we noticed he still had fleas and the diagnosis was he’s allergic to fleas.  I asked about the Thyroid and the doctor felt sure it was a flea allergy.  I was surprised he didn’t make a comment about his weight or his bad breath but he’s probably saving those comments for next time.

The vet recommended a fairly new product called Comfortis which is a tablet the dog swallows and when the flea bites it dies.  He also gave me some antibiotics and a steroid tablet for the itching.  He said it could take about three days to see relief from the itching but the flea stuff should work in about two hours.    I could afford to get the Comfortis for all the dogs since they would require a different weight dosage (at $74 bucks for a six month supply) so I will try treating them again with Frontline and see if that helps.  I really didn’t think there was a big flea problem but I guess when you are allergic, it only takes one.

Rusty willingly got back into the car and we drove home.  The bad part is, I’m going out of town on Sunday and it will be up to husband to give Rusty his meds.  The steroid should be given twice a day for 7 days then once a day for 7days plus there antibiotic is given twice a day.  I may have to call everyday and remind husband to do this plus right everything down.  I hate that waited so close to my trip to finally take him to the vet but I assumed he’d give him a shot.  The vet said because he needed such a high dose, a shot might mess with his adrenal glades and that’s bad.  I guess the doctor knows best. 

I just hope by tomorrow Rusty finds some relief from the itching at least.

I’m sorry Gilles

It’s my fault he didn’t win Dancing with the Stars.   I didn’t get a chance to get on the computer Monday night to vote and he lost by less than 1% in the voting….It’s all my fault.  He was the best dancer on the show…..

Stress Dreams

I have been having trouble falling asleep lately so last night I took one Tylenol PM (Target version) and fell alseep pretty fast.  I really needed some sleep so I was glad.  But it’s funny the things that go through your mind and your dreams and how they probably relate back to what’s going on in your life.  I guess I’m more stressed than I thought.

I remember some of the things I dreamed.  One of them was that me and my mom were in an Antique store and I was making a decision on buying some old dishes.  As we were at the register I looked out the big picture window and it was as if we were in this small grocery store we used to go to at our old house.  There was a lot of traffic and then I see these dogs running around and towards the road.  At one point I was outside and tried to call one of them to get out of the street.  he came to me briefly and instead of a collar he had a watch around his neck.  He then ran away.  Next I’m back inside and I see where two of the dogs have been hit and people are around them trying to help them as two more dogs continue to run in the street.  I can remember a sense of helplessness.

 - In real life I’m having troubles with my dogs.  My beagle has a bad skin allergy which I can’t seem to get well and now the dogs are tearing stuff up to get out of the dog fence.  I am feeling helpless.  I’m very frustrated with everything to do with those dogs right now

- When my mom and I went out of town a couple of weeks ago I accepted a box of old dishes from my aunt.  They were her first dishes and were over 50 years old.  Neither one of her children wanted them and I felt bad.  (I’m the sentimental one) but the decision to take them was a hard one.

I know exactly what lead to this next dream.  I have a trip coming up and on certain days I have to report to the lunches or the banquet about an hour before everyone else for some type of practice.  This next dream was that I overslept past the time I was suppose to be there and here I was trying to get ready in a matter of minutes.  Very stressful dream……….

That will teach me to try and change my sleep patterns…:-)

Just another rainy Saturday…..

I think I am getting tired of this rain.  Don’t get me wrong…rain is good but everyday?  And the worst part is that we had a 90% chance of rain today and it didn’t start till around 5pm….I had planned my day around it raining all day.  When it only rains for part of the day…in the summer…it just makes it more hot and more humid!  Thankfully this rain is bringing in a cold front so the weather won’t be so bad tomorrow and the rest of the week.  I just don’t like to sweat if I don’t have to.  The evening right now seems pretty ncie though.  I was sitting outside trying to hear a concert that’s playing over at the arsenal.  It’s Sugarland and I would have loved to have gone.  I’m sure it’s a good concert despite the fact those people are standing in the rain.  It’s funny that we can hear it at our house because it’s pretty far away I think.

Tomorrow I guess I’ll be in the back yard mowing and fixing the lattice work under our screen porch.  Rusty decided to chew a big enough hole for him and the other dogs to get through and get into the big part of the yard.  I discovered this yesterday when I stopped by the house at lunch to make sure Charlie, my small dog ddn’t have his his stuck between the gate and fence again….nope not stuck….roaming free in the part of the yard he’s not suppose to be in.  Rusty has just decided he doesn’t want in the dog yard.  Not sure if it’s because he is miserable or what.  He has a bad allergy or skin problem and I keep forgetting to call the mobile vet during their business hours.  I made myself a note to call Monday so hopefully I can get him some relief before I go out of town.

Speaking of going out of town, my trip to San Antonio is about wa week away.  I’m really excited about going although I will miss my boys.  Hopefully this will be my last trip away from them for a little while anyways.  The girls are planning a pilgrammage to Tunica in the Fall but that’s several months away.

I’m pretty much ready for the trip.  I got a new dress to wear to the Banquet and new shoes that I THINK I can walk in all evening. This trip is turning out to be pretty expensive already but it’s a special occasion so why not spend a little extra.  I can’t decide if I need to get a new suitcase before I go.  I have a very large suitcase but it’s super heavy and the fact that we have three people and luggage in one rental car….let’s just say there won’t be much room.  Thankfully out fourth person arrives at a different time so we don’t have to woryy about her luggage the first day…now going home might be a different matter.  We are staying until the afternoon that Saturday so we don’t have to rush to the airport at the crack of dawn.  I’d rather come home sooner but I have to do what my ride does because I won’t take a taxi….plus it gives me more time to eat Mexican food….I’m so looking forward to some Mexican food.

Recipe Page

This is a page I’m adding to my recipe scrapbook. It’s for Buffalo Chicken Dip (yummy). I used my cricut machine to cut out this cute chicken I found. Only problem is I made my page too big. I obviously didn’t remember what size my book was…..9×9 or 8×8….Oh well..I can cut it down.

Stay Away from the Bathing Suit

I have decided that I have several  problems which are preventing me from losing weight.  Some of which are:

 - I’m lazy

- I don’t think when I eat

- I can’t seem to stick to anything for very long

- and I’m an emotional eater – When I feel down about myself I eat, when I feel good about myself I start thinking about what I eat and exercise etc.

I’m obviously not feeling too good about myself these days.  I’m the fattest I’ve ever been (not pregnant) and I feel like I look like crap.  It’s doesn’t help that my husband said something to me last night that he thought was funny but it hurt my feelings so bad I couldn’t even speak.  We were watching “The Office” last night and he called me Phyllis.  Now Phyllis is the very large woman who Dwight often makes fun of.  I told husband that he might as well have called me a big fat pig….I told him that I wish I was Phyllis because in the show her husband loves her no matter what(fat or not).  He apologized and said it was a joke but I told him that I would have never said anything like that to him and why wouldn’t that hurt my feelings.  I know my husband loves me but I also know that he wants me to lose weight…hell I want to lose weight too but when you hurt me I feel bad about myself and then what do I do?  I eat….

Seems almost every man I have been with has made comments if I gained a little weight.  This is probably why I am as big as I am.  Well that and the fact that you tend to eat more when someone takes you out to eat all the time or you start cooking to impress someone…..But it’s like opposite day…you say something about the weight…..I gain more.

I am miserable about being this size.  I can’t use the excuse that I just had a baby because he’s three….I’m not pregnant anymore so that’s no excuse either….I just can’t seem to MAKE myself get motivated….It also doesn’t help that my knees and feet are hurting (yes I know that probably wouldn’t if I lost weight)

There is a trip coming up in a couple of weeks, a conference in San Antonio and I guess I’ll just have to go there fat…..Not exactly how I want to represent my chapter but it’s who I am right now…..

Can you tell I’m feeling sorry for myself.  It also doesn’t help that I just tried on a bathing suit…..

Friday Off Ramblings

Time for some Spring Cleaning!  I’m finally getting in my closet which houses more clothes than a small shopping mall and digging out my spring and summer clothes.   So far I’ve just been buying a few new things.  The weather has been hot then mild and then some days down right cold so an assortment of things in the closet has been the status-quo.  But now…it’s turned HOT!  and humid which is how it is down south.  Even though the temp today is not too bad it’s already humid.  Once I go outside I may not even be able to cool off.

Even with air conditioning I’ve heated up today going through big plastic containers of clothes.  I plan on really sorting through and getting rid of some but who knows how my day will go…I might be too tired.

I still have outside errands to run but I wanted to make sure I at least started getting summer clothes out.  I have to run to the grocery store, the fudge store (for a mother’s day gift) and maybe to the cell phone store.  I really need a new phone.

Okay back to closet surfing……………..