Steve is taking his FAA checkride this afternoon. I have the scanner tuned to the Olympia ATC waiting to hear him takeoff. Pretty exciting

I was elated the other day to find out that they have not euthanized the pitbull from my July 24th post. I don't know if they will or not especcially since the people attacked are defending the dog to the media. I am still hopeful something can be done to save this dog's life.

We have a major slug problem. Instead of getting slug bait (both costly and dangerous to Miss Casey) I used the good 'ol pie pan and beer trick. I am sure I looked like white trash carrying throw away pie tins and a 40 of Bud through Safeway :) I almost wanted to explain to the checker what it was for, ha. Well it worked! 36 slugs in 3 different tins this morning. Huzzah! I think Steve feels a bit bad about killing things but I told him they declared war first so it's on! I better be careful though....They may retaliate by putting out kiddie pools of Pepsi in an attempt to get me! ^_^

Had a good 4th-Yesterday morning we went to the condo and did some more packing. Then Steve's mom met us for the parade. Pretty fun. I had to work last night but once I got home we sat out in the backyard and watched the fireworks. Our neighbors were setting off huge ones so I need to go out back and pick up all the little cardboard leftovers. Fun but I am exhausted. Last night at work was so crazy! I work through Wednesday and then I have five days off. Exciting :D

Here now in the 98512! It's been a hell of a day.... Very stressful. We went to go hook up our washer and the valve is leaking water everywhere so we have a plumber coming tomorrow morning. Hopefully it won't be too much! And! We can't get the passenger side window to roll up in the Avenger. *sigh* I am hoping in the morning that it will just work. Casey had a hard day... She was very stressed out but luckily she has been sacked out for awhile. She loves the yard! The fence was completed today-hurray! It's pretty. Tomorrow the deck will start being torn down. Should be interesting. I think I am going to have a hard time sleeping tonight.... I have slept in the same room for three years. I am glad the majority of the move is done. We still have quite a few boxes at the condo but all in due time :)

Soon I will go to bed....Last night living here so I am a bit sad. I had a really rough night at work too. I guess taking care of two dying people will do that to you :(

The entire deck needs to be replaced. We drained the hot tub today. We weren't expecting this expense.... And it is a spendy one! Although I thought it would be about 10K and it's a bit less than that so maybe that's a bright spot. The fence is almost done and a gorgeous cedar!! I will have to take some pics and post them tomorrow. Comcast is coming tomorrow to stop service here and then restart it at the new place about noon so this will be my last post from the condo! Lots of memories here.....

The movers will be here at 0830 so I am getting up early to clean stuff from under my bed, etc. I am sure I will regret this in the morning but I need to go to bed. I am just so warped!!

Ok peace out forever from the 98501! Tomorrow I will be in a new zip code!

Tomorrow is our last day at the condo. Our lease is up at the end of July but bright and early Wednesday morning the movers will be here to haul off the big ticket items such as bed, washer/dryer, couch, etc. Pretty exciting.

The contractor was at the house this morning and he let us know some bad news: Part of the back deck is rotted from the inside out. The whole thing may need to be replaced. Steve also noticed a small amount of rot on some beams under the hot tub side so we are going to have the contractor look at it in more detail tomorrow. Very frustrating and a potentially very expensive task.

Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson have all passed away in the past few days. Sad.

The 23rd was Casey's 9th birthday. Unfortunately I had to work late that night so we did a little celebration last night. She got a baked chicken breast :) I had to cut it up and debone it...that was fun :P Poor thing also had to go to the vet to get a cheak up on the glands. Infection is gone but she now has a yeast infection in her ears!! So she has some nasty gunk in them that stinks like old socks.... Oh Casey. Bassets are such oily, stinky dogs, haha. But I love her! Here are some pics of the feast!

( The birthday hound )

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/48940597.html

Two local women were attacked by a pitbull. Essentially the teenagers walking the dog were kicking it and these women pulled over to help. Then the daughter of the owner of the dog commanded the dog to attack. The kids were taken into custody and were later released to their parents. The victims are defending the dog. And the owners are saying the dog was defending the teens against these older women. BULLSHIT. Look at the picture of the dog! That is obviously an abused animal. Casey started out her life as an abused dog and it's the same thing. I had to work very hard to get Casey to where she is today. This just kills me. The poor dog is going to be murdered because he was loyal to the people that were supposed to love him. I really wish this dog could go to one of those pitbull rehab places. I wish something could be done. These kids need to be held accountable. The animal cruelty laws in Washington suck! There are cases all the time that get a slap in the wrist and the pets pay the ultimate price. Ugh.