Should I be embarrased?

This weekend I had a busy Saturday. I took both dogs to the vet, and that is always an ordeal. I know Barkley loves car rides, JayJay I am not as sure. She refuses to lay down in the car, and I just can't tell if she would have preferred staying home! It was time to get their nails trimmed, Barkley needed a follow up heart worm test, and I wanted the Doc to check both of their ears. Last time I was there we had a scare when Barkley's initial test came back with a chance of heart worms, but when they sent the test to the actual lab it came back negative. They have this little plastic thingy that looks like a pregnancy test, where if it turns a certain color there was a positive or negative result. The good news is this time the test they did at the vet came back a negative, so he is in the clear. A couple weeks ago, JayJay was having an ear problem, so I stopped and bought some cleaner, I won't complain about it costing $20, or that it is cucumber melon scented, because my dogs are worth every penny I spend on them. Barkley started shaking his head too, and after the surgery on his ear for the hematoma (sp?) which is like a blood blister, I tried cleaning his ears too. I wasn't seeing any problems, but I could tell he was bothered, so off to the vet the first chance we got. It is like forcing a kid (I imagine) to eat vegetables, but worse trying to clean a dogs ears. I have to hold them down, and I don't mind the gross factor of rubbing around in their ear with a cotton ball/pad, but it is getting to where they see the bag of cotton swabs and they run away. Almost like when I start prepping the bathroom for their baths. The prep being laying towels all over the place, covering the TV and other electronics with a sheet, closing the door to the bedroom and office (Barkley loves jumping onto the bed after a bath, and passing on that wet dog smell. Anyway, on Saturday the vet confirmed Barkley had a minor infection, and sold me some ear drops I have used before on him. I feel bad because I can tell his ear is bugging him, but all I can do is keep cleaning it once a day.

Barkley
Laying in the backseat of my old Grand Cherokee, which I had thrown down a blanket to keep his fur off the seats. This is one of my favorite pics of him, and when I took it I was surprised to see it turn out so well (I took a couple). I didn't even look in the back, I pointed the camera, while driving between the front seats and caught this shot.

My mom came up and met me at the vet office, a little late, but she came because it is kind of hard to control them if they are busy at the vet's office. Also, after their appointment, we planned on taking them (the dogs) on an extended walk over in Heritage Park. I was shocked at how out of shape my dogs are. Usually when we walk around the neighborhood, at first they are pulling me, then towards the end, I'm almost dragging them. I actually stopped a couple times on the path hoping they would lay down and catch their breath. I couldn't find their collapsible water bowl, but we maybe only walked an hour or so, and it was really windy, not too hot. I reaped the benefits of the walk the rest of the weekend, they were both so exhausted they layed around the house most of Sunday, and the rest of Saturday.

Here is a weird question to ask, and kind of personal. The, I guess you call them tech, at the veterinarian's office made me think a little. You know the person who walks you back to the exam room, and helps the actual Dr. At the dentist they might be called a hygienist, or at the family practice a nurse? Anyway, we got to talking, she was on the cute side I admit, but anyway it seemed we had allot in common. After my Mom arrived and came into the room, I gave her a scolding about Petco stores and their habit of selling puppies from puppy mills. When the tech came back in, and we were talking even more that issue came up, and I found out she is a vegetarian, seems to be into animal rights, and volunteers at a animal shelter here in the area. Deja Vu, for me. It seems she also has allot in common with my ex, the one I lived with for 8 years. Besides my mom sitting there, this made me question myself, as I admit I considered inviting her out for a drink/movie/coffee/sky diving, ok, maybe not that last one. Leave me a comment on what you think. It's not like I was comparing her to the ex, but is it a good thing or would it turn out bad, her having so much in common (it seems) with my ex?

JayJay
I just can't get her to pose for pictures like Barkley does. When she sees the camera pointed towards her, she gets shy for some reason.

Ok, now for the subject of the post...

I admit I played a bunch of Grand Theft Auto IV on the PS3 this weekend, I was getting into the storyline, and not having anything exciting to watch (I'll discuss DvD's below). I knew I needed to run a couple errands. I talked myself out of hitting best buy for a movie, borders for who knows what, and even target to just browse around. I decided on Bed, Bath, and Beyond, to look for that hard to find zester gadget. If you remember a recipe I recently made called for lemon zest. All I had was a cheese shredder, which gave poor results, so I decided to purchase one made for that specific task.

Here is where the subject question comes into play. Should I be embarrassed that I really like this store as much as I do? I mean, is it a little feminine that I could fill up a couple shopping carts every trip if money wasn't an object? Not to take anything away from their store, because if there was a different one that didn't have all the bedding, and other assorted stuff on the opposite side of the store, I would be addicted to it instead. Where I spend my time at BB&B is the kitchen gadgets, and appliances sections. I almost bought two different kinds of garlic slicers, before I talked myself out of either of them. I admit it's because I enjoy cooking so much, I look forward to the kitchen at my next house. A counter top full of appliances, and drawers full of gadgets, like a plastic wheel, when you load it with a garlic clove and roll it on the counter, it chops up above mentioned garlic. I ended up buying a zester, a cooking utensil container, and a trivet that could also work as decoration. It was a tile deal with a painting of some kitchen stuff, and it said Cucina Italiana (which means Italian Kitchen). If you clink the links above, the zester I bought looks just like that, but its not a slim blade, its wider, same brand though. The trivet link takes you to an example, I couldn't find the exact one, but it looks sort of like that, not wine bottles though.

The last thing I'll write about is the 3 movies I am sending back to Netflix this morning.

1. The Hottest State
2. The Claim
3. Battlestar Galactica: Razor

I wasn't impressed that much with the first two.

The Hottest State, was adapted from a book written by Ethan Hawke (who also directed, and did the screenplay). It was about an actor who falls in love with a singer in NY. Their relationship is pretty rocky because she moved to the city to make her career, and be on her own, so she doesn't want to be attached.

The Claim, was set during the gold rush in the harsh Sierra Nevada mountains. A small town named 'Kingdom Come' welcomes in the survey crew from the railroad who are deciding if the tracks will make a stop in their small town. A huge plus for any town of those times. At the same time, a mother daughter arrives who have a connection to the town's founder, and sort of man in charge.

The third one was a movie released to get the fans through the break between season 3 and the final season (airing now). I was hugely disappointed in this. Not the movie, but the fact when the disc tried to access the DvD menu, I got an error message, saying it could not be played. I reported the problem to Netflix and shipped it back as well today, requesting a replacement.

Ok, that's enough for today. Leave me a comment on if I should be embarrassed about my Bed Bath and Beyond addiction, or your opinion on dating similar people.

ciao!