Cell Phone Woes

My not-so-sweet-fur-baby, Daisy chewed the end off of the charger for my phone a couple of weeks ago.  I ordered a new one from Amazon.  It was the wrong one.  So, I ordered a second one.  It came today and guess what!  Yep, the exact same charger as the first one.  I am about ready to pull my hair out or scream one.  I don't know what else I can do. I guess I will try to take it to Fred's or the Dollar store and see if they might have one that will work.

Daisy is still not housebroken.  She poops wherever she happens to be and shows no remorse when I am cleaning it up.  Most of the time she will pee on the pad or outside.  Why she won't poop is beyond frustrating me.

Trying also to break her of scratching me to get my attention or when she wants to play.  I have tried ignoring her and moving away and she just comes back harder.  I have swatted her and got nowhere.  Now, I am trying sending her to her room.  I have e mailed Bro. Wayne for advice since he has raised Jack Russell/Rat Terriers.  I thought maybe he would have some words of wisdom.

Another one of my won books from www.goodreads.com came today.  Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan  The blurb about sounded interesting so I entered to win an advanced copy.  Right now I am reading Dancing Dogs by Jon Katz.  It is another advanced read copy that I won.  It's a pretty good collection of short stories about dogs.

I am enjoying discovering new and new-to-me authors via www.goodreads.com.

Daisy is sitting in my lap now.  Hard to believe how much she has grown since I adopted her.  She will be 4 months old tomorrow.  Wow!

Daisy's 2nd Visit With Dr. Bob

So, yesterday was Daisy's second visit with Dr. Bob.  She did much better this time.  She only whimpered a little when he got a stool sample and then again once when he was trimming her nails.  She 2 shots and will go back in 3 weeks for another shot.  She is up to 9.6 #'s and is doing great.  The ringworm is almost gone.  But, Dr. Bob did say to keep treating her for it.  Got tickled at Dr. Bob misunderstanding me about the shampoo he gave me to use on Daisy.  I asked him if he had ever used it himself meaning on an animal.  He thought I meant had he ever bathed or shampooed himself with it.  :D  I cleared it up quickly and told him about finding out the hard way that it doesn't really lather much.  I used way too much and nearly never got it all rinsed out.  To make it worse, Daisy's coat seems to hold the soap.  She did better with her bath last time, though.  She only got impatient when it was taking too long to get the soap off of her.  I will have to remember to not use as much next time.

Gave her the heart-worm pill yesterday.  So glad she took it w/o a fight.  She just crunched it up like it was treat.  Glad the makers of it made it tasty to dogs!  Will find out how expensive they are when I take her in next time.  That one was free.  It is probably going to be high $ because it takes care of all of it; fleas, ticks, worms of all kinds.  I may have to see if Dr. Bob will sell me one a month.  Oh well, I will worry about it later.

Issac

God answers prayers!  I prayed that God would protect me and Daisy and my house from the storm.  Not only did He do that, He fixed my oven through it!  Sometime during the night the electricity went off and when it came back on it reset my oven and it no longer flashed "F10" and is now working again!  Thanking God for His never ending mercy.  He knew that I can't afford to have the oven worked on never mind buying a new one!
Pretty amazing how He takes care of His children, huh?

Daisy

I accidentally dropped a Lanoxin pill last night and of course it rolled.  And of course Daisy pounced on it.  I managed to convince her to drop it instead of eating it, thank God!  I don't know what it would have done to her, but I am sure it would not have been good!

She is always finding something to get into that I have no idea where she got it.  She had a watch, chewing on the band yesterday.  The last time I had seen it was when I laid it on my TV tray.  She is as mischievous as a 2 year old human baby!  But, I love her!  Just wish she would start pooping on the pad or better yet, outside!

I can tell the weather is about to do something because my chest feels tight.  Peyton had his sweat test today but, they won't get the results for a few days.  He is all choked up this evening, too.  I wish they find out what is wrong with him and how to treat it.  Poor kid has so many health issues.

Tropical Storm Issac

Tropical Storm Issac has a lot of people in panic mode.  I am not all that worried about it.  I just hope we actually get some rain from it.  It's so dry here and my grass is dying.  On the bright side, maybe it won't need to be mowed again but maybe once for this year.

I stepped out on faith and agreed to set up a website and Facebook page for church.  Bro. Marvin assured me that I will be trained to do the website and that it is actually easy.  We will see!

My oven is flashing "F 10" and not working.  I was going to unplug and plug it back in but I can't get to the plug.  I hope that I can get someone who can reach it.  I want to at least try that before doing anything else.  The manual says that it is possibly a part (don't remember which) has gone bad.  Always something around here!  First my computer and now the oven!

Keep smiling!  It will make those who hate you miserable to know you are happy!  Read that on Facebook and thought it was cute and true!

Daisy Take A Bath

So, Dr. Bob said to give Daisy a bath 2x a week with the medicated shampoo.  Today was the fourth shampooing.  I thought maybe she would be use to it by now.  That's what I get for thinking!  You would have thought I was drowning her from the crying and trying to get away from me.  To make matters worse, the direction say to leave on for 5 Minutes!  Those are the longest minutes of the day.  :(  Then comes the rinsing.  I used more shampoo than I needed to because it wasn't lathering up like it needed to be.  It felt like I never would get her rinsed off.  Try holding a squirming puppy by the collar, pour water all over her, rubbing to make sure the shampoo is out all the time telling her it is going to be ok.  Loads of fun!  Then after I took my bath, I had to put the ointment on the sore places.  Yet another battle!  They are looking much better, so all of the work is worth it.
Day 3 of not seeing the cat.  Think he may be gone for good.  I didn't want anything bad to happen to him, but glad he is gone.  It saves me the trouble of getting rid of him.

Life With Daisy

Daisy went to the shelter last Friday for another one of her "baby" shots and then to Dr. Bob because she has some sore places on her leg, face and under one arm.  Turns out to be ring worm.  Ugh!  More than likely got it from the cat.  So, $96+ later I have shampoo, pills and ointment to treat her and the cat with every day and shampoo 2x a week.  I think (and hope) the cat is gone.  I haven't seen him for over 24 hours.  It will save me the hassle of getting someone to take him to the shelter.  I am afraid either he or Daisy will get hurt the way they rough house.  Not to mention I can't afford both of them!  And he is bad about laying down right where I am trying to walk.  I have almost fallen because of him.  He runs in every time the door is open.

Daisy is suppose to be a Jack Russell/Pug.  Sometimes I see Pug in her and other times not so much.  Doesn't matter to me!  She is cute and sweet and smart.  That's all that counts!