Month: July 2010

Quick Update

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I know my posting has been erratic as of late. I think I’m really starting to feel bogged down by the internet and having constant access to it via my iPhone. All the Facebook and Twitter updates seem rather boring to me. Please don’t take it personally, I’m just starting to question the whole point of it all. Between that and the near constant multi-tasking I do at work in order to try and keep up, I’m starting to feel like I’ve lost any semblance of an attention span.

Here’s a bit of what’s been going on around these parts lately:

I’ve been able to feed my toad dead meal worms and crickets by using the laser pointer to trick her into thinking they are alive. Although I quickly learned I don’t even need to do that – she eats them right off the spoon that came with them; as soon as I place the spoon in front of her she licks them right off!

We’ve decided to renovate both upstairs bathrooms and found both floor and wall tile the first day we started looking. Now all we need are vanities, sinks, mirrors, hardware, and tubs. I’m simultaneously looking forward to and dreading this project. I know it will look beautiful once we’re done, since Joe did such a great job downstairs, I just hate the anxiety I feel when something in the house is in disarray.

We’ve decided to table the idea of moving after looking at too many undesirable places online and scoping out potential new neighborhoods. Not to mention that our own home has dropped so much in value that we’d sell it at a loss. There are probably 15 properties in our subdivision alone for sale right now and none of them look as nice as ours, so I think if we wait even another year we’ll be able to sell at a nice profit.

The kids and Joe’s parents (who are visiting from Arizona) have been staying with us since Wednesday. Even though we didn’t get to do what we planned due to the unpredictable weather (like hit a water park one of the days), we still had a good time. We saw some movies (Despicable Me (awesome) and The Last Airbender (terrible)), played games and stuffed our faces. We’re dropping the kids off after going out for an early dinner soon. I already cleaned the dining room and kitchen so that I don’t have to worry about it when we get back. I loved seeing everyone, but I’m ready for a little quiet time tonight (and no more HGTV for awhile) before I have to return to work tomorrow. :p

My Boys premieres tonight with two new EPs!

R.I.P. Nutterbutter

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R.I.P. Nutterbutter

We came home on Thursday from work to find Nutterbutter dead. He was lying on his side with his eyes open. Poor little guy. He likely had a brain tumor, according to our vet, which is what we think did him in. He had been acting a bit more strange than usual the day before, and his breathing seemed a little labored, but I wasn’t expecting him to die so suddenly. I had just checked on him that morning and he was active, so it came as a shock. We took him to the vet that evening and requested he be cremated.

I’m not sure how much Nutterbutter’s absence has affected Templeton, but I’ve been taking him out of the cage even more since Thursday in order to give him some companionship since the two always slept together. Rats are social creatures so they don’t do as well alone, but I don’t want to get another rat at this time because I don’t want to get caught in a never-ending loop of always owning rats as I’d like to consider something else like a rabbit or ferret (Joe loves the ferrets but I’m not sure about the smell). In addition, all the rats at the pet store are small compared to Templeton, so he’d probably beat them up. He was always the aggressive one as it is.