Well, the canoe trip my niece and I had planned for yesterday was rained out - bummer. Hopefully we can get it rescheduled before her Living Social / Groupon / DealChicken coupon expires. So that meant I had time at home I hadn't planned on having and down to the basement I went for more decluttering. I took Cruz down with me so she wouldn't be by herself upstairs - I even took a big pillow for her to lay on. What and where did she lay - in the corner on the cold, cement floor - go figure.
In the early afternoon I was at an appointment where I did a little "channeling of Mike". I had received a mailing from Resorts Members Association stating that I "may qualify for their program to eliminate timeshare maintenance fees". I figured it was a scam or a bait and switch - but I thought I'd go and see. Very early in the presentation we were told we would have to give up our timeshares to which I mentioned that was not what their mailing said - even before going into the appointment I was starting to channel Mike because of how the lady that "greeted" us acted. I was told by the presenter that, "there are no free lunches". To which I calmly looked at him and stated that I realized that but no where in their mailing (which I had with me and started to read to him) did it say I would have to give up my timeshare. At that point I got up and walked out of the appointment. Needless-to-say I have done an online complaint with the Florida Attorney General's Office and Better Business Bureau - this company was out of Florida. I did chuckle when I had to determine what type of complaint I had on the BBB's web site because "bait and switch" was an actual option to pick!
I did get to watch the NASCAR race last night since it was on ABC. I have the least expensive package with DishTV so when NASCAR stopped broadcasting on FOX this season, I haven't been able to watch any races - so last night was a treat. And it was Bristol - short track racing. I tried to get Cruz enthused but she just laid on the floor :)
Ok this will be gross but if you are a dog owner you may understand. During the middle of the night I heard Cruz starting to throw up and then throw up. I'm like "great".............but of course I didn't do anything then - I figured I'd deal with the mess in the morning. When I got up I looked everywhere upstairs and didn't find anything. So either she didn't really actually throw up or she's like Milly was and Cruz is a "self cleaner" if you catch my drift. I did make some rice for her in case her tummy was upset which of course she didn't eat.........
Had a good church service this morning where I continued to get a few hugs and condolences about Butler. I even got a sympathy card from my friends' little boy (he's not even two yet). I was told he picked the card out himself and then he "colored" it on the inside for me. The saying on the inside said something like, "Sorry things are poopy right now", which he had no way of knowing it said that - but it was pretty accurate for my situation :) And Butler has blessed the LWF nursery - the two containers of baby wipes that I hadn't opened - were donated to the nursery :) Sometimes I'd use baby wipes to wipe his boo boos off or him if he needed a little cleaning.
After church we headed to Easter Lake where we had 11 people get baptized! Several of those baptized were our "church of tomorrow" kids with their father's being the ones to baptize them - how awesome! Once again I have no clue why the pictures I take with my digital camera won't upload to my blog. Here is the link to our church's Facebook page (hopefully) so you can look at the pictures from the service if you'd like: https://www.facebook.com/#!/lwfdesmoines
Oh ya - guess what I saw at the edge of the water before the baptism service started - just guess - a garter snake!!!! I'm like "really, really?!" I really must be the snake whisperer because I don't know if some of you remember my post from last Labor Day when I went to Walnut Woods and was sitting reading - some kids weren't too far from me when one of them said, "oh look, a garter snake".....
My handy guy stopped by this afternoon to see if the threshold he made to transition from my living room laminate floor to the carpet in the hallway downstairs would fit - and to pick out the stain for the wood. While he was here he helped me carry my (aka Butler and Milly's) couch to the curb for pick up tomorrow. As luck would have it - I was on the bottom end of the couch (the heavy end) but thankfully the couch didn't weigh that much. I debated taking a picture of the couch at the curb but figured that would be kind of weird and maybe a little depressing.
When it cools off in a little while I'll take Cruz for her daily walk.....
