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I know some of you may have seen this already, but since the holidays are approaching and I find this video so funny (probably because I am guilty of making similar purchases) I MUST post this!

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Just because I just may get too tired or forget to blog, here goes. I'm trying to participate in NaBloPoMo, so I must blog each day of November.

I've been trying to think of something interesting to say but I can't or either don't want to because it requires to much thought. Today was spent getting some things done in the online work department and then I proceeded to go on a cleaning and reorganizing spree. The living room had it's usual vacuum and steam clean then I started rearranging some things. It just wasn't inviting in their before, now it's starting to look halfway decent. Now I'm going to finish in the kitchen and pick up some groceries with Greg. Must. Have. Food.

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We didn't get around to doing anything festive for Halloween. I didn't feel like putting on my "costume" that I got together for last year. I was just gonna take pictures in it that's all. I also didn't feel like putting Caesar's hot dog costume on him. He's unpredictable with his bodily fluids and droppings right now (as usual) and I'm trying to keep the house clean. Well, maybe next year we'll do something. We will be taking advantage of the after Halloween sales. I'm gonna get a big pumpkin and bake the seeds.

We took Simba back to the animal hospital this morning because we thought he was having trouble going. He's been licking his "pee pee" again too. He's alright, just may be a little irritated from the catheter. I know he's tired of people touching his bladder, he's gonna have to get used to it because we will be feeling him up frequently :lol:. He's fine though, I just panicked seeing him STILL licking down there and going in and out of the litterbox.

I'm working on another giveaway for a custom diaper & wipe pouch from a very talented blogging mommy. Be looking out for that!

Since Thanksgiving is nearing, I'll be adding a turkey that I drew some years back to my blog header. Yay for recycling. I want to try some new recipes for the holidays (Thanksgiving & Christmas), any suggestions?

I shall be going, I have to code a website and then do some household scrubbing.

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Simba's still in the hospital, they are waiting on him to pee on his own. If he goes by 6:30pm we can pick him up at 7pm at the latest today. We don't know the balance yet because some things still may need to be done. If he doesn't pee then an extra day will be tacked on.

Updates:
- There was blood in his urine, which is common.
- He won't eat. I wouldn't eat either if I had been under such trauma. Also he's used to a certain type of food which is probably not being served at the vet.

Some things that I didn't mention because my head was hurting and my stomach was growling while writing the previous entry about Simba:
- I knew what was going on with him. I watch him frequently because this is so common in male cats.
- His bladder had swelled up to the size of a baseball.

Hopefully the vet doesn't recommend an expensive prescription food. I had already planned on switching him to Nutro brand. Caesar eats that brand. Since Simba has gotten sick, I'll be switching foods a little sooner. The remaining 9lives (what my mother was feeding him) food that we have left over I'm just going to give to the neighborhood cats. I was going to through it away, waste not want not.

Thanks for the comments concerning Simba. Hopefully he'll be home tonight.

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Last night Simba struggled to use the litterbox. He even howled and growled as nothing passed. I noticed only a few sprinkles of urine in his box so this was a sign that he had a blockage. All night and early this morning he licked his "area". I told myself to call a vet when I woke up today. That's what I did. I called around for price quotes emergency and non-emergency. This was an emergency and Simba couldn't wait until Monday to be treated. I agreed to see a vet and be assessed the emergency fee. Greg left work to take us over to the vet. It took forever. We are just getting back. 1 emergency turned into 4 in a matter of 30 minutes, so the doctor had to go room to room to room to room. I do think she could have cut some of the chit chat. Come on we're dealing with an emergency here why are you walking back in forth through the hall talking and laughing? Simba was in so much pain, it was like he was having contractions. The whole time was spent watching Simba growl and howl in pain. He was not a happy kitty at all. Long story short, he's being treated until Monday, he's going to have a catheter in until tomorrow. Deposit of $200, remaining balance $195 or $345 depending on any extras that need to be done. Him and Caesar both still need to get their shots in November :cry:. They are our children...and at this rate will be the only children that we have.

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I decided to write about random thoughts that come to my mind. Queen Helene's Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion is currently on my mind. This particular lotion I've used on and off. My mother and I used to be frequent dollar store shoppers and we'd buy this lotion. One 32 fl oz bottle would last soooo long. As the years progressed we stopped going to the dollar store, the household budget increased, we started getting Vaseline brand lotion. I got used to Vaseline and other non generic brands so when I moved out I continued buying the more expensive lotions.

NOW.

Greg goes through lotion very quickly. He has to put lotion on every crevice of his body. He already has loooong legs, so do I, but he has more leg to go around, lol. We find ourselves buying a bottle of Suave, St. Ive's, or whatever brand is cheaper each week or so. Greg's used to using Jergen's but we cannot afford Jergen's the way he goes through it! You realize how hard you have it when your parents are not buying for you anymore.

We picked up a 32 fl oz bottle of Queen Helene's Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion from Walmart a few days ago and are in love. I'm so glad that I noticed it. Sometimes the cheap stuff blends in and it gets overlooked. I have been reacquainted with my "dollar store" lotion and it's perfect. Not too thin and not too thick. It smell delicious, it does the job. We got googobs of lotion for a little over $2. We love you Queen Helene.

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Please excuse my absence around here. I'm still working hard on my store and this time I mean business. I had gotten so discouraged with it because I kept running into problems that could easily be fixed, brain farts, etc. I find that if I just stop doing something and come back to it later I'm able to get around the problems.

I think that fall is here to stay finally. It's cold and rainy, the house is freezing. We had to turn the heat on again. We are not looking forward to our energy bill. Sure wish we had a fireplace. We may get a space heater, I know how dangerous those things are but I don't leave them on unattended. My mother bought one for me to use in her basement when I came home from school to visit. I'd let it blow a while, in plain sight, then I would turn it off and unplug it when I was done. My mother freaked out when I told her that we may get one because when I was an infant my mother and I were burned out (severe smoke damage) of our townhouse due to our next door neighbor leaving her space heater on unattended. My mother had took our neighbor to the doctor to get some birth control pills, when we returned our building was on fire.

I have a phobia of large fires so I am very cautious when it comes to handling fire or electric items that may start fires. So if we get a space heater, I'm going to be on it like a hawk.

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See my pumpkin? Isn't it cute? There's a story behind it. Some weeks ago Greg went to the store to pick up a few things, I asked him to pick up some Ruffles cheddar cheese & sour cream chips. I had a strong craving for them. So he comes back from the store....

Greg: I'm back. Look what I got Hounie. *hands me the pumpkin*
Me: Ooo *smiles, grabs pumpkin* where's my chips?
Greg: *slaps forehead* I'm an idiot.

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Since the last post nothing but good things have happened. I'm working on my store, trying to cram as much as possible into this weekend before I have to tend to other things. Today is Sweetest Day? Oh boy where has the time gone? Good thing we lucked up on a free dinner to Godfather's Pizza tonight! Other than that I'm feeling accomplished and extra motivated so I'm going to end this before I start winding down. Tata!

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A few months ago, my aunt fell into a check scam. Some guy called the house telling her that she won a little over $100,000. Only thing that she had to do to secure the money was to cash a $4,000 check that they send her and wire the money back to them. My mother argued back in forth with the man and my aunt, and since my aunt is so trusting of everything, my mother just agreed to do it. So they cashed the $4,000 check and wired it back to this fake company. My mother didn't tell me about this until it was too late. I immediately told her it was a scam. She reported what happened to the bank, they found out the check was bad and had to take the lost funds from my aunt's bank account. $4,000 down the drain.

Now today, Greg and I were browsing the job section on craigslist and came across this ad...

Now I don't trust ANYTHING foreign but out of curiosity, I request more information about the opportunity and they send this poorly written and formatted spam to me. I've received emails like this before and I'm sure you guys have too.

I replied with a simple "blah" message of I am aware of check scams, I get similar spam every day. You know what that "blank" replied with?

then f*ck off.

I finalized the convo with Oh is someone mad because they thought they had an idiot on their hands?

This is just a little something for those who aren't aware of these types of scams. Let your loved ones, especially your older loved ones, know about check scams. They like to prey on innocent, feeble people. Feel free to poke fun at Mr. james_duffield15@yahoo.com if you're bored.

Edit: Here are some of his ads.
http://hattiesburg.craigslist.org/etc/443195313.html
http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/etc/452444156.html