May 25, 2010.

Just a quick post for now today. We are taking Rudy-dog to the vet on Saturday. He is still sneezing out blood, but since we turned on the AC his sneezes are not as frequent. This is a bit reassuring to me....perhaps this is just a case of bad allergies. I'm sure the vet will want to do an Xray to rule out the other bad things. And this is fine, it will reassure my mind. We have a couple of wonderful friends who have stepped in to help alleviate some of the financial strain this is putting on us.

And, I have decided (I may be crazy) but, to have a garage sale. Garage sales are soooo much work. But, I have lots of stuff I'm sure I can find to sell. I'm going to ask my mom if I can use her garage. We have a carport, but we do lack parking here. Plus, I just don't have anywhere I can seclude the dogs so they don't go bonkers all day with people coming and going.

I'm shooting for having the garage sale mid-June. This way, if Rudy does have more serious problems I can help supplement his bills with this. If he doesn't, I can use the money to help defray both his and Charlotte's yearly vaccinations which are due mid-summer.

Financially, we are slowly recovering from what happened to us. It is a slow crawl out of a hole. I'm hoping that as each month passes, we will have a bit more extra money that we can begin to rebuild our emergency fund. But, as life usually goes...just when you think your over the top of the hill...a surprise repair/bill shows up. Chris had to have a medical procedure last month and since we have a high deduct able, we will have a new monthly payment coming in from the hospital soon. Not to mention we owe the clinic and a diagnostic lab money from this.

So, a garage sale I will have. I've even thought about other avenues of making a little money on the side. I feel guilty that I am only working two days a week, plus evenings at the cinema. Since we left the restaurant Chris does not want me working a full-time job...he wants me to enjoy having some time during the week to do things like the Bible Study class, etc. I have worked full-time for over 25 years and it is so weird for me not to. So, I've thought about trying the ebay route of selling stuff. But, not sure how lucrative that can be. Some folks seem to do really well with this, but I'm not sure what really sells and makes money on ebay. Guess I need to do a bit of research.

Ok...enough babbling for today!

EDITED: Rudy is bleeding from the same side of his nose as the runny eye. This morning his nose began bleeding and he hadn't even sneezed. We're taking him to the vet today.