Thursday 11-21-13

It’s a week before thanksgiving. I usually visit Food Maxx and try to buy as many five dollar turkeys as possible. If I can get enough, we can have turkey once a month, all year. There’s nothing better, hot off the Barbie! The new policy is, you have to buy fifty dollar’s worth of groceries in order to get a five dollar turkey, so I headed home, on a rainy day, and Denise’s sunflower (in Danny’s yard) caught my eye. Craig brought the table he saved for us, and I caught a shot of him while he was here. (Out of focus L).

 

 

  

 The next morning I saw an ad by Target, turkeys, 99 cents a pound, so I got up immediately, and went and bought two twenty two pound turkeys. I also stopped at smart and final, and bought a twelve pounder for John and Suzy, plus some roasting pans.

 

 

   

I caught the dogs laying in the sunshine. Funky shot through the new sliding glass door. It does funny things to the sunlight.

 

Got some washers to work on the deck. One day last week, I picked a black widow off my arm, not realising she had bitten me.

The first week was a little shakey, lots of nausea, and a bump that raised up on my arm, and started to throb. Not knowing if the venom

damage was bacterial or chemical, I immediately saturated the area with iodine. I thought it would be interesting to follow the progression of the effects

 of the venom, so I started,(after about five days) to take a couple pictures every day, to record the event.

   

  

I will add the rest of these photos on another area. http://www.petesmemories.com/widow.html.

 

I was able to work outside a little, and I cleaned up Buddy’s grave, and trimmed his rosemary. The rosemary was a gift from Steve and Kimberly, the

weekend that Buddy died.

  

It was also time to wrap the pipes, ‘cause the weatherman predicted a hard freeze that would last a week.

  

 

 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  

                                                                                                                                                                   What’s wrong, dad?

 

 

 

Denise’s piggy shaped meat loaf!

 

 

  

I love my dogs!

 

 

Steve and Kimberly came to visit. Kimberly let me take a picture with no argument J.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Jerritt at work on the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s nice to have family on Christmas day.

  

 

Our tree wasn’t fancy, but we did buy a live tree to plant in the yard.

 

Happy dogs, bellies full of ham!

 

That ham!

 

Once again, I am thankful that we have plenty, after so many years of having not enough.

 

It has been some time since I have written, here. I have been taking a few photos, but haven’t felt like writing.

I don’t feel like writing, now, but will add photos to speak for themselves. I will return later and add to this.

    

 

   

   

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

  

  

    

  

 

 

  

   

   

 

Date stamp incorrect. Should be 2014-1-10. I’m not sure what this is. It has a tail like a possum, but the face is wrong????????? It must have been poisoned!

 

And a photo taken by Todd

 

 

 

 

2-16

I still don’t feel much like writing, but………………….I lost my neighbor, John, last night.

We were expecting rain Saturday night, so I called Mike, Friday night, and he came Saturday morning. We moved firewood with the tractor. It was still wet from the last rain, and I even had trouble

getting the tractor out of the barn. It was squishey and slippery, but we finally got most of the wood moved to the front and back yards.

I woke up at daylight, Sunday, and I had caught a possum, during the night.

 

I made a batch of spaghetti sauce, and while it was simmering, I got a phone call from Maria Pibb. She told me her father had passed away Saturday night.

I was speechless, but relieved in a way. It was so sad the last I saw him. They were taking him away, and I had a sense that that would be the last time I saw him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      Six bags of composted steer manure.                                                                                       Chinese apricot

 

                                                 Gala apple

 

                                               Babcock peach                                                                                       Shinseiki pear

 

                                                      D’Anjou pear                                                                                                  Bosc pear

 

                                                                                              My poor baby worked toooooo hard!

 

 

  

These are from my funky camera. I forgot to set the date. It should be 2014-2-21. I shot these from the house.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                      Mike helped me move firewood.

 

                                                                                                                                                  We got most of it out of the garden area.

The weatherman says we are getting rain on Wednesday, so I asked Mike if he got time to please help me.

He called me Monday morning, and offered to move the rest of the firewood.

It took him three hours, but he got it all moved.

 

 

                                                 All gone!!!!

Enough to share!   J

2-25

I had planned to turn over some dirt with my tractor, but Bailey got sick, vomiting. She started

at noon, and continued until midnight. I didn’t expect her to live through the night.

She did, and I took her to our vet, who diagnosed her with parvo. Her second night was worse

than the first, and as miracles would have it, she survived the second night. She went for her second

treatment today, and Buster went with us. He tested negative for parvo, and he received the vaccine.

I will add Baileys receipt when I get it, but for now, here is Buster’s.

 

2-28-14

Sick puppy!

 

Bailey is soooo out of it!                               Buster is sooooooo worried!

 

 

 

 

         Poor little girl!                                          Worried little boy!

 

This is the day for Bailey’s last treatment. She gets an antibiotic, and a saline

drip. She is so contagious that we must bring her to the back of the vet’s office.

 

There is a washing machine just inside the door. They cover the machine with towels

so they can wash them as soon as Bailey is finished.

 

Buster is really worried about his sister. Too bad humans can’t act like that!

Quick stop at Costco for gas.

 

Much needed rain!

 

 

 

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Pete <pete@thepetersonranch.com> wrote:

Thank you for caring for Bailey. She is doing much better.

When I was in the office the other day, with Buster, you gave me an invoice for Buster, but not for Bailey.

If you could email to me the estimate, and the final bill (itemized) I would appreciate having that for my records.

Once again, thank you!

Terry and Denise

 

Good morning, 

 

Here are the invoices I have on file for Bailey. We are so happy to hear she is doing better. Please let us know if we can do anything else for you :)

 

Take Care, 

Melyssa

 

Akaal Pet Hospital INVOICE - 46286

6081 Greenback Lane

Citrus Heights, CA 95621 Date: FEB 26 14

916-729-7779 Reprinted MAR 1 14 at 09:00

916-729-7776

info@akaalpet.com Account: 3703

Operator: MO

TERRY PETERSON

7831 SUNSET HILLS LN Page: 1

ANTELOPE, CA 95843

Name: BAILEY Birthday: MAY 25 11

Species: CANINE Gender: FEMALE SPAYED

Breed: BASSET HOUND MIX Weight: 22.6 lbs

Rabies Tag: 10291 ID2: 7178

Item Date Description Pr Qty Units Price Total

01001 FEB 26 14 EXAMINATION JB 1.00 EACH 35.000 35.00 *

11023 FEB 26 14 PARVO VIRUS TEST JB 1.00 EACH 39.000 39.00 *

12001 FEB 26 14 CBC OUT TO LAB 12949999 JB 1.00 EACH 45.000 45.00 *

56010 FEB 26 14 FLUID LRS S/Q [SM] JB 3.00 EACH 22.000 66.00 *

03048 FEB 26 14 INJ. CEFAZOLIN 100 MG/ML JB 3.00 EACH 24.000 72.00 *

56006 FEB 26 14 INJ. METOCLOPRAMIDE 5 MG/ML JB 3.00 EACH 24.000 72.00 *

55005 FEB 26 14 INJ. B-COMPLEX 150MG/ML JB 3.00 CC 24.000 72.00 *

72173 FEB 26 14 CERENIA 16 MG 4 TABLET PK JB 1.00 EACH 18.000 18.00 *

72007 FEB 26 14 AMOXIDROPS 30 ML JB 1.00 EACH 22.000 22.00 *

60020 FEB 26 14 HILLS K9 DIET I/D CAN JB 2.00 CAN 2.430 4.86

56001 FEB 26 14 MEDICAL WASTE JB 1.00 EACH 2.000 2.00 *

Subtotal: 447.86

SUBTOTAL: 447.86

* TAX EXEMPT TAX: 0.41

TOTAL THIS VISIT: 448.27

PAYMENTS:

TOTAL: -448.27

CHANGE: 0.00

TOTAL NOW DUE: 0.00

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Akaal Pet Hospital INVOICE - 46324

6081 Greenback Lane

Citrus Heights, CA 95621 Date: FEB 28 14

916-729-7779 Reprinted MAR 1 14 at 09:00

916-729-7776

info@akaalpet.com Account: 3703

Operator: MO

TERRY PETERSON

7831 SUNSET HILLS LN Page: 1

ANTELOPE, CA 95843

Name: BAILEY Birthday: MAY 25 11

Species: CANINE Gender: FEMALE SPAYED

Breed: BASSET HOUND MIX Weight: 22.6 lbs

Rabies Tag: 10291 ID2: 7178

Item Date Description Pr Qty Units Price Total

72174 FEB 28 14 CERENIA 24 MG 4 TABLET PK JB 1.00 EACH 20.000 20.00 *

72173 FEB 28 14 CERENIA 16 MG 4 TABLET PK JB 1.00 EACH -18.000 -18.00 *

70167 FEB 28 14 AMOXICILLIN 125 MG/5 ML JB 1.00 EACH 20.000 20.00 *

72007 FEB 28 14 AMOXIDROPS 30 ML JB 1.00 EACH -22.000 -22.00 *

Subtotal: 0.00

SUBTOTAL: 0.00

* TAX EXEMPT TAX: 0.00

TOTAL THIS VISIT: 0.00

PAYMENTS:

TOTAL: 0.00

CHANGE: 0.00

TOTAL NOW DUE: 0.00

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916-729-7779 916-729-7776

 

   

   

  

Still really sick, panting, and drooling!

 

Finally feeling better. Back to normal!

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

    

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Everything is back to normal. This chapter now contains nearly 500 image files, so it is time to start a new chapter.

Maria Pibb called me and asked me to mow. I made an attempt, yesterday, but is so wet, the cuttings won’t clear the deck, and the mower plugs up.

Robert was thinking about doung some chipping with John’s 5 horse chipper (pencil sharpener). We took the carb and fuel tank off to clean.

I will close here, and begin a new chapter. http://www.petesmemories.com/biopt8.html  

 

 

 

 

A few beautiful sunset photos to close!

 

 

These sunset photos are from 8-9-2013. They were trapped in my funky camera. I finally extracted them today! (2-28)

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued. . http://www.petesmemories.com/biopt8.html