July 29 – I got up plenty early to put the caramel rolls in. However, I pulled a Karen! There were only 24 rolls in the bag but they were LARGE rolls so the bundt pan was pretty over flowing. I carefully pulled off some and put them in a little pan and baked them in the toaster oven for our breakfast, but they didn’t have any good caramel goo on them. I baked the bundt pan and it was plenty full. I had to use a pizza pan to turn them out onto since they were bigger than any of my plates. I made eggs for Bill and we had bacon, fruit and pieces of rolls.
The girls in the office were very excited to see and smell the rolls when I came in. There were plenty to go around. One lady didn’t have any at all, her loss! She ate her dry cereal with a water chaser. Nasty! One lady asked if she could send some to her husband who is also a summer employee at the boat inspection station. I said sure. Then we gave a chunk to the early morning ranger and a cup of coffee and he came back and was super nice and thanked us for thinking of him. I cut off a chunk and brought it home to Bill for tomorrow and left a little bit for them to nibble on the rest of the day.
After lunch I turned off the fridge to thaw out the fridge part. It gets ice on the “fins” and then starts making noise since it works so hard then to cool. I put some stuff in a cooler but it only takes a couple of hours. It takes a lot longer for it to cool back down. It was 59 inside (so it said) when I turned it back on and in 5 hours it’s only down to 44. Should be in the 30’s by morning.
I turned off the water and worked on the toilet seal again. This time I cleaned it and used Vaseline. So far it’s hold much better, so will see how it goes.
We think Xena has a kidney infection or something. We kept finding wet spots on the carpet but when I put salt on them they don’t turn yellow. Then we noticed she is drinking a ton of water and wants to go out much more and pees for about 10 – 11 seconds each time. While Bill is mowing I will call the vet and see if we can take her in tomorrow or Tuesday. She’s never drank that much so we are keeping track of how much she drinks now.
We both read a lot this afternoon, which is nice. We sat outside for a while and we think one little mean hummingbird is chasing off all the rest. It guards the feeder and flies at any other bird that approaches it. Too bad we can’t catch the mean one so the others will come back! The bull elk was out in the field again today. We wonder how long he will stay.
For dinner I baked some frozen biscuits I had made and we split a big sweet potato and Bill had leftover roasted peppers and I had leftover snow peas and I simmered 2 pork chops on low in some mojo crillo marinade and they were so juicy and tender and excellent flavor. No dessert tonight!
Kam called today and said their moving day went really well and Dan and his dad and brother got some things finished at the house and his dad was doing some painting for her, so she was happy. There will be things to buy for a while as they get everything in place and match curtains and rugs and stuff. They should be pretty well set by the time they leave for their Alaska cruise in August.
Time to read for a while and get into the sleep mode!
July 30 - Bill is worried about Xena and he’s not sleeping well at all. He thinks he’s hears her moving around at night and gets up and she’s sound asleep. She didn’t drink any water last night when I was taking her out and didn’t drink much this morning and her urine is back to bright yellow now. She won’t go eat from her bowl but if you lay the pieces down in front of her she’ll eat them.
Bill rode his bike down to get the lawnmower this morning and only ate a banana for breakfast, so I know he’s worried. I called and made a 2:30 vet appointment, then I called Invest about our 1099 from 2010 to see if we can’t get that tax mess cleared up. I headed out after and cleaned and weeded 4 sites and picked up a lot of trash and sprayed wasp nests and got them down. While I waited for the last 2 sites to leave I cleaned the excess butyl tape off the door window and washed the window so that chore is out of the way.
After lunch Bill showered and I went out and did the last 3 sites. They were late leaving and I kept watching for them to leave. Then I closed all of the gates for the dumpsters and came home to shower. Xena had a vet appointment at 2:30. We went back to the vet who took care of her dog bite. She ran blood work and urine tests and called this afternoon to tell us Xena is in the early stages of kidney failure. She also needs more protein so we will be giving her some canned food that is primarily meat with her crunchy food. We have no idea how long she will continue to have a good quality of life. They’re faxing her test results back to our vet in Winter Garden.
On the way home we stopped for Bill to do some library business and at the grocery for a few items of produce. When we got home I made a meatloaf and put it in the oven while we checked sites and took the window frame back to Manual. We stopped by the office to check on a guy who we thought skipped out not paying his last night but he moved to Rosa camp and paid for the night.
I made steamed cabbage with lemon, butter and horseradish for dinner with some veggie brown rice. Then we took Xena for a walk since there are no RV’s on our side right now. Then I got on the computer and Bill did dishes and I made mixed berry yogurt parfaits. Oh, we looked for the elk but for the first night since he arrived, we didn’t see him. Glad I got my photos before he left.
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