Let's start with Rouxby Sue updates. We managed to make it through the week unmedicated, with perhaps a little more freedom than she probably should have had. But listen, this girl has had enough of being physically attached to my little firecracker.
Her stitches look great, and we were supposed to have complete freedom come Wednesday. We might actually make it after all!
Afternoon update: The little girl has officially been released, and the evidence shows she is QUITE ecstatic. A bath is in her very near future, too!
In other brave news, Reggie has a vet appointment tomorrow. Y'all, this dog hasn't been in a vet's office in three years, when we were not-so-nicely thrown out and asked not to return.
He's been getting his shots from an angel of a vet at the kennel, but it's really only making his vet anxiety worse. After our trip to the doggie ER a few weeks ago, we decided we really need to find another way.
Just pray for us because I probably need to be medicated. Pray for us...and the poor vet. He doesn't know what's coming through those doors!
Afternoon update: Reggie was a trooper at the vet! We just had ourselves a little meet-and-greet, get-to-know-you visit. He's got some antibiotics for a little respiratory infection, and we have a plan for his shots.
Here's hoping for some easier vet visits! 🤞
Listen, folks, if you're new-ish around here, let me reiterate: THIS IS NOT A FASHION BLOG. It's merely a documentation of how I may look like a tornado in a trailer park at home, but I try to be decently presentable when I leave the house.
Last Thursday, I had an eye appointment that was VERY overdue. But ya girl was out of contacts, so there was no more postponing the inevitable.
I got myself dressed, and those are my reading glasses because it's just a waste of precious contacts to put them in before you go to the eye doctor
Then it was home to the puppers and time to get about half the house cleaned.
Friday, I got up and busted a move because I wanted to finish cleaning the house and water the flowers before Hubster came home. We also had some fun plans with the neighbors that evening.
We headed out for a long, fun, adult-beverage-filled evening at Fort Worth's Oktoberfest!
I linked my dress and socks in case you're heading out to celebrate. The dress didn't feel like a Halloween costume and was comfortable enough to dance the chicken dance 🐔 in the scorching heat. The socks were soft and made of cotton, too.
The hat is many years old. I buy an Oktoberfest pin each year and add it to my hat. It's become a little collection of memories!
Here are Hubster and me together before the place got jam-packed and crazy crowded!
Saturday brought about a VERY lazy day around here because apparently I'm not as young and able to bounce back as my mind chooses to believe.
Later that evening, we headed out with some neighbors to Red Robin for an easy dinner before we all turned in for an early night.
And y'all, the level of needing to wash my hair had reached EPIC proportions. As you can see from the next photo, I obviously chose to put on a hat instead of washing it on Sunday.
We ran to Costco, and then Hubster ran across the street to help RK with some work in his backyard. It was another quiet day, and we even got a teensy amount of rain!
I wore my Chicago Cubs T-shirt, which is a few years old, along with my Cubbies hat. The tennis shoes are old Tretorns, but these are pretty similar.
We've made it to Monday, and it's catch-up day around here after a long weekend of fun.
We've finally arrived at today, and Reggie had his vet appointment. I swear I spend my life at the vet lately!
Anywho, his visit was a meet-and-greet because he's anxiety-ridden to the hilt. The vet just got some eyes on him, and we have a plan for his shots later this month.
Which means I had to get dressed in something presentable.
I did come home and enjoy what might be the last pool day of the season. We have RAIN coming, y'all! Actual, real, liquid precipitation. We're talking a possible 3–5 inches or more.
We need it, so no complaints here. But it's also bringing some fall weather, which could mean the end of pool season, other than sitting on the tanning ledge. We'll see what happens!
When I left you last Wednesday, I said I was probably having cereal for dinner. And you know what? I did, in fact, have Frosted Flakes for dinner.
They'rerrrrr greeeeaaat!!!
Thursday night, home alone again, I don't think I actually had dinner. I'd been cleaning half the house, and I think the dogs and I just went to bed early.
Friday evening, it was French fries at Oktoberfest. Saturday at Red Robin, I had a salad and an order of fries.
Some days, my diet looks like a five-year-old's, for sure!
But never fear. A Costco run on Sunday saved us.
It was so good, and I was so hungry that I barely remembered to take a photo!
Hubster fired up the outdoor boiling pot and boiled shrimp, while I cut up some salad stuff. And just like that, we had dinner.
Last night, we had Costco stuffed peppers, some green beans, and leftover hot dog bun garlic bread.
Please tell me you guys make garlic bread with your leftover hot dog and hamburger buns, too?!
I was digging around in the pantry looking for green beans when I spotted a box of pumpkin muffin mix and decided to make those.
Also, if you haven't tried these muffins from Trader Joe's, you're missing out!! You would NEVER know they were gluten-free, and I buy, like, 10 boxes every fall.
Hoarder much?
I added some walnuts to the mix and then made a little pumpkin-spice streusel to go on top of the muffins. But don't think you have to dress up those babies, they are divine just the way box tells you to make them!
I kept six out to eat over the next week and froze the rest. Now I can have a muffin whenever I want!
Hubster doesn't like pumpkin muffins, and I cannot help but wonder what went wrong in his life to cause that.
Sadly, I got behind, and RK was coming over for dinner, so I totally forgot to get tonight's photo. It was a little something we picked up at Costco. They were sampling it, and y'all know that's the way to Hubster's heart...wallet!
These just needed to be heated in the oven. Then I chopped up a salad, boiled some pasta, and served it with Rao's Arrabbiata sauce.
Dinner was done, the kitchen was clean, and I was ready to rock!
It's hilarious in a rather eccentric sort of way, and I'm thoroughly enjoying this one.
I still haven't started another audiobook yet.
Survivor — Yes, we're still watching, and yes, we still enjoy it. Although these people seem soooo young!
America's Got Talent — The best person won. I said what I said. America finally got it right this year!
Halloween Baking Championship — Hubster tolerates it for my sake. What can I say? It's the season!
This week, we hopefully will start watching MobLand, and my favorite, The Amazing Race, comes back on.
Television is good again!
🗓️ What's Coming Up?
We've got another vet appointment tomorrow for Rouxby Sue. Anal glands...and I think that's all we need to say about that.
The botanical gardens are having their plant sale, so that'll be Thursday. Then Friday, it's the Texas State Fair, unless we're in the process of building an ark.
Plus, I should probably go to an actual grocery store, since tomorrow night's dinner hinges on it.
With any luck, you'll get to see some fall clothing next week. But then again, Satan's weather could return with a vengeance. It's Texas, y'all. You just never know!
Until next time, keep the coffee flowing, the dogs out of trouble (or at least try), and embrace the chaos.
