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New Babies
Posted on October 22, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Flickr.
We have four new babies. There are two girls and two boys just like our first batch. They are so cute!
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Molly Has a Boyfriend
Posted on September 19, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Web.
Guess what! Molly has a boyfriend. His name is Julio. Isn’t he adorable?
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My Little Piglet
Posted on August 31, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Flickr.
Molly is officially 8 lbs. According to her most recent weigh-in at the vet on Monday, anyway. I had no idea she would break 6 lbs. Just goes to show you how much I know.
Here are some new pictures of our baby girl. Enjoy!
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I Want One
Posted on August 27, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Life, Wishlist.
Brian saw this on TV the other day. I actually heard about it from Jan several months ago but I didn’t know what it was called to look it up. So anyway, now that I know what it is, I found their web site. It’s Petapotty.com. A pretty neat idea. I wish I could have thought of it. I’d probably be rich by now.
Anyway, Molly is acting more and more like a cat lately. She’s actually able to get on the cat tree now. And the boys thought they were safe! Not any more!
The other day Brian left her in the room by herself and she knocked over a cup of Pepsi. It went all over Brian’s pillow and the featherbed. We needed to replace the featherbed anyway because it’s worn so out Molly just gave us the push we needed. We went to Target and got a synthetic alternative that works just as well. What’s better is that there will no longer be feathers poking out to stab me.
Yesterday was pretty much errand day. Brian took me to my waxing and then we went to the bank to start a savings account (now that we are debt-free, we can start putting money away). We are actually saving for our home rennovations which we plan on starting in the next year. In the process, we ended up getting an account upgrade. We went from free checking to relationship checking so now we get free stuff (free online banking, free online bill pay, no more fees for using other banks’ ATMs, free feature checks, travellers’ checks, official checks, and all that stuff). Free stuff is always good, but my favorite part is that if we go over a certain balance then our money will earn interest. I know other banks do this anyway, but Intrust doesn’t offer this to their basic checking customers. We’d have to switch to another bank which is a pain so we just kind of have to go with what Intrust Bank has to offer.
After the bank I took Brian to the Anchor for lunch. He’d never been there. He actually liked it. Except for the strange people. Brian thought it was odd that this lady sitting next to us struck up a conversation with me out of the blue. I thought it was odd too, but I wasn’t as weirded out by it as Brian was.
Next stop was Target. We ended up getting two new pillow and our matress topper. We actually got a good night’s rest last night. Our first one in a long time. The new matress topper feels good.
We also stopped by mom and dad’s house to pick up Jen’s old airbed. Brian and I have been wanting to get it but we always forget to take it home with us when it’s time to leave. Now we have it and we can start having our slumber-party-movie-marathon nights in the family room again. We used to do it until our featherbed got so worn out that it wasn’t cushy against the floor anymore. I miss those nights. Anyway, hopefully I’ll have some free nights when I don’t have so much homework so we can have a slumber party night.
We got to hang out at the house for a while but not for too long because I asked Brian to go to Latin dance class. It was so much fun! I can’t wait to go again next week. Hopefully, we’ll learn some new moves and get better. I love dancing.
Today has been devoted to homework and laundry. I did get to play some poker but my poker playing days are numbered. I have a full load this semester and I’ll be lucky to come out without having a nervous breakdown.
Please bear with me even if I start blogging less frequently. I’m just busy with school. I should be able to start blogging regularly again in between semesters and during the summer. Unless we begin rennovations next year, in which case you probably won’t hear from me at all. We’ll see.
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Molly’s First Haircut
Posted on August 1, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Flickr.
I’m just amazed how different Molly looks in this picture. She looks like a totally different dog without her fluffy hair. Anyway, I’m glad we finally got her groomed because she needed it.
We originally wanted to take her to Shampoodle on Central and Greenwich. That’s where Annette takes Lola. Of course, being ignorant about dog grooming, Brian and I figured we could just walk in. We don’t bother to call and make an appointment or anything.
We drive up there on a Saturday (this was last weekend) and, much to our disappointment, they are only open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. Apparently this is typical for pet groomers, besides pet stores, no one is really open on weekends. The problem is, these are my work hours. I pretty much have to take off work in order to get Molly groomed. Yikes!
Desperate to get Molly groomed, we drive to PetSmart. PetSmart is not our first choice, mind you. We love the store but we hate the grooming. We’ve watched other dogs get groomed there and the groomers are not the nicest people in the world. So this was pretty much an act of desperation on our part.
They were booked clear through Wednesday. Absolutely no walk ins. The sad thing is, I can walk in to a salon and get a haircut. However, you can’t do the same for dogs. My dog is more high maintenance than me! Then again, 90% of the population (yes, men included) is more high maintenance than me so that doesn’t really tell you much.
Brian and I didn’t want to take Molly to PetSmart anyway, so that actually worked out for the best. He called Shampoodle to make an appointment, but they don’t make afternoon appointments. Drop off is at 8 am and then they call us when she’s ready. So you pretty much have to drop what you’re doing to come pick up the dog. Not the most convenient for Brian and I since we both work during the day. They call themselves a “dog day spa” so it’s pretty high brow. I think their clientele mostly consists of housewives. The cost factor was average (Annette said it was about $30 for Lola’s grooming) but the convenience factor was way outside our threshold. Needless to say, we crossed Shampoodle off our list.
So I asked my coworker Jan where she takes her dogs (she has three poms and a maltese, so she is pretty experienced and knowledgeable about these things). She recommended Dog and Cat Toggery. It’s an unassuming place (kind of like hole in the wall establishment) on Oliver and Central. Jan said they can do both morning and afternoon appointments. If we end up with a morning appointment, I can pick Molly up and take her home at lunch. If it’s an afternoon appointment, then I just drop her off at lunch and then Brian can pick her up at the end of the day.
I called them up and made an appointment for Friday afternoon. So I went home during lunch and took Molly. It worked out perfect because Brian gets off work at 3 pm. I told them that if she were to get done early, they could call him up to pick her up. I told Brian that if they don’t call he can just pick her up between 4 and 5 pm. It worked out great for us.
Although, having a pet groomer open on a Saturday or Sunday would probably work out the best since it’s really the only days we are free. Of course, we will get Molly groomed anyway even if we have to take her during the week. I’m just glad we only have to go through it once every three months.
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