SomeBuddy was sick this week

This week was a bit crazy - we spent most of it trying to nurse our furbaby back to health.  I have no idea what he picked up but there were several sleepless nights with having to take him outside every 2 hours as some internal bug raged through his system.  I had already had a vet appointment booked for Friday for his annual checkup and shots but instead cancelled that and moved it up to Thursday as I was afraid he was dehydrated.  I bought baby non-flavoured electrolytes and made some chicken and rice to try and get him back to health.  Fortunately the vet gave him a shot in the butt to help him stop puking (sorry) and a liquid oral treatment for what was coming out of the other end, both of which worked fairly quickly.


Anyway, by Friday he was mostly on the mend, playing and rough housing again - he looks frufru but he is normally a typical wrestle with Dad type of dog.  He is eating again. We haven't left him alone since Wednesday so maybe by tomorrow we can both be out of the house at the same time without worrying about his bathroom schedule.  He is little, only about 16 pounds at the best of times but I am pretty sure he lost a couple pounds this week.  The picture was taken at his worst, he was cold from going outside so many times so I covered him up.  Hopefully in 2 weeks I can book a followup appointment and they can give him his regular shots then.

Some of our rhododendrons in the back yard are blooming.  Yes they are pretty but - we are still removing them next year as they take up over 100 feet of our back yard and are only pretty for a couple of weeks every April/May.  The previous owner planted them - they are old and woody now and although we have pruned them back we are tired of them.  I will see if someone wants to come dig them out for free when it is time next year but our extended decking will be going right where they are now.

Mom and I went to a charity booksale the Rotary Club runs here twice a year.  I bought 16 books for $20 - that should keep me in reading for a while.  Yes, I can find cheaper books at some thrift stores but - they alphabetize the authors I find my favorites that way.  Also, 100% of the proceeds go to local charities so I am ok with the price.  I also dropped off 6 boxes (truly) to different thrift stores this week.  Frames, binders, some of hubby's coats - it just seems like we keep finding more things to get rid of every week.  Hubby used to hang on to things - he seems to be able to let go of stuff a lot more now.  We still need to purge his closet but we are getting there.

I also realized I have two seafood sets so sold off the one I bought at a garage sale 2 years ago for $5 (see this post).  The set I kept is much smaller and easier to store.  It was a really nice set - stainless steel and complete. It went for $21 on our Facebook 24 hour bidding site - I was surprised it went that high. The profit will go into our fishing/fun fund which already has enough in it for our fishing trip in July.

Yesterday I bought dill, 2 cucumber plants, a new rosemary plant and some cilantro. That plus 3 tomato plants bought earlier in the week are all in the ground now.  The cucumbers I started from seed are still super tiny so I am not sure I am going to bother with growing things from seed anymore as I don't seem to have much luck.  I also bought Mom a bunch of flowers for her patio - that is her Mother's day gift from me this year - early but I would rather get her something that will bring her joy every day than more "stuff".  On the actual Mothers day (May 12 here in Canada) we will have a bbq and grill up her favorite meal, likely ribs with potato salad - but we will let her choose.

Today I need to get my front flower bed in - as well as pot up some more flowers for our patio.  It has been nice and sunny and 15 degrees daytimes so we need to get outside and enjoy it!