He eats!

I finally got B to eat today! The magic ingredient you ask? Well, it was simple. It just involved hand feeding him and holding his bowl at a comfortable height for him to eat. It waso only half a bowl, but at least it's something! Apparently, his neck sore makes bending over and chewing painful for him. At least that's my best guess. T concers; therefore, I must be right. :)

So I did venture into town today to buy a couple of things, mainly paint (for the ever going bedroom painting project - at least now I have the paint!) and soft dog food. So I managed to hit four stores today and I did not come home with one plastic-ever-present-bag! It's a small milestone for me. I'm not in any way liberal, tree-hugging, hippy or anything like that. However, as my allergies to everything grow, I've tried to reduce chemicals we have in the house and doing that reading started reading about the ever-present plastic bag. And since Harrah is not a recycling mecca, it just makes it easy to not bring them home. No, I don't carry groceries home in my hands. I have a couple of cotton totes that I use and honestly, it's easier. I can put them on my shoulders and it makes hauling stuff around much easier!

So back to B - once I got the soft food home, I went out with him again and he nearly tackled me for the soft food. Apparently, the hard food was irritating to chew. Hopefully this will help him. The bad news is that he's got another sore - this one on his hindquarters. And it's gross! So he's going back to the vet on Monday to do some lab work and figure out what really is the problem. We'll probably sedate him so we can trim his hair and properly clean the sores.

So that is that!

And the grand redecorating of the master bedroom will begin on Wednesday. It has to be finished by Saturday afternoon because we are having people over on Saturday night and the house can't be crazy! The plan is to paint the room top to bottom - ceiling, walls, trim and doors. Then I'll clean the carpets, re-cover the headboard, re-stain and hang the headboard. Curtains won't get made this weekend but they will happen as well. Then I'll reassemble the room in the new configuration.

Projects for another day include building a new entertainment center and dresser storage combo, sewing and hanging curtains, either making or refurb-ing new nightstands, art (possibly homemade if I can't find what I want), new lamps, new bed linens and dust ruffle (sewn by me to match the headboard). And finding and covering a new vanity table in beveled mirrors (reserve judgement until the finish project is unveiled).

Lastly, I finished the matching pair of booties that goes with the baby blanket. So now that I'm fairly comfortable with the pattern, I'm going to start knitting another pair with the most fabulous yarn I bought in Portland. I only bought one little ball of it and it was NOT cheap, but it's so wonderful to the touch and it's a beautiful rainbow of soft tones that are perfect for a little baby but not to babyish. I wouldn't mind my own something made out of it. Since I never knit for myself, if I like it when it's done, I may just order more for something for me! I've been doing some reading online on knitting things, and I think I've found a sweater pattern for myself that I may try doing for myself. It's going to take forever though!! Baby clothes are one thing, I can crank those out quickly. Not so much with adult size clothes with a small knit!

Oh pictures will follow of the booties - I left the usb cable for the camera at my office! HA!