2/5/2003

Hubby had class last night so I did a little rearranging in the kitchen. Our house isn’t all that big. It sounds it, 2 story, 4 bedroom, y’know when people say that you think “nice” but no. It’s an old homestead that’s been converted and the rooms are pretty damn small. The kitchen, when we moved in, seemed HUGE but now with all our shit in there it’s really starting to close in on me. In the store the dog crate seemed well, kinda small. I mean, I can fit in it but still, it didn’t seem all that big, set up in our dining room though it looked huge! I discovered last night that it wouldn’t fit in the spot where I wanted to put it so I ended up having to find a new home for our microwave cart. Now the kitchen is closing in even more. 🙂 The dog is going to have his crate near the back door in the kitchen. She’ll have a nice cozy area with the fridge to one side and a storage cabinet on the other. Kind of closed in and private. We’ll probably toss a blanket over the cage as well, dogs like caves.

I never thought I’d BUY a dog and I kinda feel guilty about it. I’ve never purchased a cat from a pet store or a breeder. Our half siamese came from a breeder that had a mistake where one of her siamese cats got knocked up by another non-purebred cat. My cat Casper came from a family that their cat had gotten pregnant by a stray. Sally belonged to my sister in law who didn’t want to move her out of the house when we bought it, she was also sick of the shedding. Vicki came from a co-worker who’s baby is allergic. I’ve just never believed in purchasing animals from pet stores or breeders. I’ve always held firmly to the fact that plenty of animals need homes and I should take in one of those but so far that hasn’t worked out in the dog department. We’d been looking for a dog like that. I checked the Yankee Golden Retriever rescue site and stuff and all the dogs that would almost work for us have captions that say things like “No Cats”. Our shelter dog attacked our cat and end up moving in with my mother in law and the shelters around here are surprisingly empty. I remember in Tulsa there were tons of dogs at the shelters. So purchasing a puppy is seeming like our only option. I still can’t help but feel guilty purchasing a puppy when there’s lots of dogs out there that need homes. I’ve always considered going out and purchasing a perfect little purebred puppy kind of a snobby/richie thing to do. I dunno maybe I’m just being a ‘tard.

I took a much needed rest and curled up with our cat Vicki in front of the TV while hubby was at school. I’m still not feeling 100% myself. I’ve still got the nasty brochitis cough hanging on, I quit taking my cough medicine though because it was hard to swallow and it’s worthless. I could take it and still kept coughing just as much. I wasn’t given cough medicine last time I had brochitis and actually I thought that you’re not supposed to suppress the cough with bronchitis, that it’s good to cough and get that crap up out of your lungs. I’m still congested too which is probably the most frustrating part of all. I’m hoping at least the congestion will be gone in the next day or two.

I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on my hair since I dyed it black. One woman sounded a little jealous and said that I can pull of any hair color, hehe. I always thought I could pull black off just fine with my skin tone but my step mom always said I’d look awful and her opinion got my dad to ban me from trying anything darker than red. I think I’m going to stick with this color for awhile although I’ve found that it’s very dangerous b/c it stains skin, countertops and bathtubs faster than you can say “Oh Shit!”

Anyway, not a lot of news today and I should probably get to work.