Wednesday, May 29, 2019



Kelly's staples came out yesterday!  I took her in a few days late but that was just because the cut looked so scary I was afraid it would pop open, of course it wouldn't, or would it??



I was up super early this morning so I spent ten minutes throwing some chicken legs in the instant pot and made bone broth for the pups.  My bone broth recipe is super simple, just a pack of organic chicken legs from Trader Joe's, I think the cost for a pack of legs is a little over $3, which mixed with kibble last about two to three meals for my four pups!  I also added in half a stalk of celery and one carrot chopped up.  Set it on stew for 45 minutes and I'm ready to go back in bed for some morning snuggle with Kelly!  By the time I got ready for work the bone broth was ready to be served, the meat was so tender it just fell off the bones and the pups have freshly made food for the day!

Monday, May 27, 2019


I've been working so much that I jumped up this morning without realizing it was a holiday.  Anyway, finally I decided since no one else would be working today, I should really just relax for a bit and catch up on some house chores and do some food prepping for the week.  The pups seems to enjoy following me around the house too.  I got to make comfort food, watched my favorite tv show and got some laundry done ready for a new week.  Sometimes your battery just need to recharge!



Since Kelly was sick, I've been cooking meals for her everyday.  I have a pretty reliable recipes that she loves, and I've gotten the prepping down so it's very easy.  I usually buy a large packet of chicken breast that contain 5-7 pieces, Target seems to be having some really amazing prices on chicken with a whole 7 pieces pack for about $10, I don't know how to justify the lives of chicken for such low prices but I can't complaint since I'm on a pretty extreme low budget at the moment.  For prepping, I usually butterfly the breast to make more portion out of it.  I then separate each piece into individual zip-lock bags so I can just take one out every day for cooking.  I cook the chicken with some coleslaw veggie mix and then topped with a little bit of kibble seems to be working really well for Kelly and she always gobble all of them up.  Other pups get some of it too, I usually mix in a small ladle of the same stuff for the other three pups so they don't feel left out.  I switch things out from day to day like adding a boiled egg with fine crushed shell, or slice up some rare cooked steak for her, or high pressure some veggie and chicken legs for a bit of bone broth.  She's still on the low energy side but compared to before she's made huge improvements. 




My baby girl Bella is doing well too, she's truly the baby of the family and doesn't ask for much except regular food, exercise and some daily cuddle.  She's very warm hearted and always ready to give kisses.  I've always had people telling me that I have way too many dogs but I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. 

Sunday, May 19, 2019




Well, it certainly has been a while since I checked in here, but today feels like the right time to pick it up again!  Mostly I miss writing down tidbits of my life without causing a big deal on social media. 

Kelly had a major health scare recently.  It started with me coming home late one night and noticing that her belly was bloated and she wasn't moving at all.  I decided to check her into an emergency vet clinic in case something was wrong and to my shock the vet told me to put her down.  Either that or I had the option for surgery but she might not survive the surgery.  She ended up being operated on around mid night to have her uterus removed, and she stayed hospitalized for three days and three nights.  Since the emergency clinic closes at 7:30 am, for several days I was responsible for transferring her between two different clinics day and night so she could be monitored.  

The first night she came home with me I honestly thought she wasn't going to make it and just to my luck the power was out in my neighborhood for hours so I sat in the dark with a dying puppy making scary noises I'd never heard before with her tongue stretched out under a little flicker of candle light.  The next morning I found Kelly sleeping next to me and was actually making some movements and she seemed to be gaining a bit of energy.  She's still got 22 staples on her little belly and we are going to get another vet check in a week or so, but she is slowly making some progress.

In any case, after a whole lot of that going on it just seemed like a good idea to deep clean the house to get all that stressful energy out.  I was up at the crack of dawn this morning and it was drizzling rain outside, and I just started going from room to room changing off beddings and curtains and throwing away medical syringes and pill bottles and whatever stuff that came home with Kelly from the vet.  It seems like home is a great place to start if you want to shift the energy in your life.  



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