Saturday, July 01st, 2006 | Author:

Our plan after work was to hit a few mom and pop pet stores to find some toys for Peanut. Dinner wasn’t part of that plan, but we were spontaneous for once in our lives. As we were driving through downtown Wheaton, we got stopped by a Metra train. We just so happened to be right in front of Luong Loi, a Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant. Joe said something about how we should try that place someday and I said, “how about now”? There was a parking spot right in front of the door so all he had to do was turn the steering wheel to slide right into the spot. It was actually kinda cool in a this kind of stuff only happens in movies way.

We’re always a bit hesitant when trying a new place, so we ended up ordering all Chinese dishes – fried wontons, chicken and broccoli and tempura chicken in sweet and sour sauce. But what delicious dishes they were! Most definitely worth the money as they were a little more than what we’re used to paying for Chinese food. I couldn’t get over just how good everything tasted.

I also enjoyed the atmosphere. It got busier as we were finishing up but it never got loud and annoying like some restaurants can get. They keep the music turned low and everyone’s conversations were low-key as well. We definitely want to go back and try a Vietnamese dish. Seems a lot of people were ordering the noodle soup.

After being stuffed silly, we finally got back to the matter at hand. The first place we stopped at is called Family Pets on Roosevelt Rd. in Glen Ellyn where we found these tubes called Funnels that you can connect to the Crittertrail cages. We had seen them at Petsmart but they were $12 a pack and you need at least two just to make a halfway decent loop for the hamster. This place had them for $8 each so we got two. They also had the cutest puppies in this place, and a pretty white and grey hamster who reminded me of Peanut.

We went a block down the road to the other pet shop (forget their name), but they didn’t have anything interesting. We stopped next door and got ice cream from the DQ though. Because all that Chinese food apparently wasn’t enough. ;)

Our last pet-related stop was Pet Supplies Plus. I can’t say I’m crazy about this store, but their prices on food and bedding are great, and I ended up getting some treats for Peanut, including these berry-flavored puffs that my other hamsters used to love.

We made a quick stop at Jewel-Osco to get Pepsi since it was on sale. I picked up some strawberries on sale and watermelon too. I don’t know if it was in my head, or the fantastic meal, or just that it was Friday, but everyone we came into contact today was just so nice. I was feeling the neighborly love unlike I have in a long time. It was just a nice day overall.

A scary thing did happen when we got home, though. When I came in the door, I said “Peanut, I’ve got treats” and I swear she came running out to see. No shit. I gave her one of the berry puffs and she liked that, so then I gave her a chew stick except she shoved the whole long thing into her cheek pouch and it was sticking in there at a weird angle. I was freaking out thinking she was going to end up choking on it. Joe tried grabbing her but she ran into her den, so I unlocked the cage and lifted the cover off the base so he could get in there and grab her. He managed to force the chew stick forward so it was sticking out of her mouth and he grabbed it and pulled it out. I was so relieved. I guess I will have to break them into little pieces so that never happens again. I’m just so glad she’s ok. I swear I was hyperventilating.

I should get to bed! We’re going to the first showing of Click tomorrow since we never got around to seeing it last weekend. I love Adam Sandler movies!

Category: Food, Pets, Shopping
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  1. When I eat Vietnamese food I always get Bun (vermicelli noodles). I usually get it with chicken and it is SO GOOD!

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    Jenniyb 

    My hampster used to LOVE Wheat Thins. Every time we gave him one he would shove the whole thing in his mouth so that the one of the pointy sides was to the side and his entire cheek would stick out like one huge triangle. Apparently they have very, very flexible and tough mouths b/c he did this all the time and never choked or hurt himself.