Emergency vet surgery

This morning I had to undertake a huge task. I was presented with a very hurt animal... unicorn had untwisted his horn!

At that moment I didn't know if unicorn would make it. If he (yes, the purple unicorn is a he) wasn't loved very much by his owner, I am sorry to say it but, he probably wouldn't have made it. This was an urgent matter people!

I have been faced with some fluffy vet work in the past.

Polar bear needed some stomach work done. I think his owner thought he was a bit too fluffy for his size.
Dolphin needed a fin repair.

But unicorn work?!? This was going to be my hardest surgery by far!

I am happy to say, though, unicorn and surgeon made it through surgery just fine. The owner couldn't be happier. Unfortunetely the owner is not letting unicorn get the proper rest needed. :)

All in a hard days work!

What a pleasure!

Disclosure- this was typed up yesterday but for some reason didn't post.
The last 2 days I have had to work 12 hour days. The little boy I nanny is usually in full day preschool but yesterday and today there was parent teacher conferences so I have been with him ALL day from 8-8. Before you start thinking "Oh my thats a long hard day" let me just tell you how FUN and fast work has been. The little boy I nanny has just been absolutely WONDERFUL! Lots of laughing and playing together. We made waffles together, ate Ben and Jerry's ice cream downtown, had a picnic in the park, built an awesome train track and read lots of library books. Sometimes a 3 1/2 year old makes you want to rip your hair out and tie them to a chair and other times you just can't get enough hugs and kisses and time together in a day. Either way, days like today make me REALLY excited for when I have my own little ones. I feel grateful in this economy to have a job and it's even better to love my job and be good at what I do.
The weekend will be just as exciting. Heidi's baby shower is tomorrow and Sunday we are having my Aunt Nancy's thanksgiving day dinner. A little early I know but her grandson will be in town and he wants her thanksgiving dinner. I am in charge of pumpkin pie and banana cream pie. Yum!
Oh yeah, and the weather today is BEAUTIFUL! And the fall tree colors make me smile all over!
I hope everyone is enjoying their Fridays and have a great weekend!

What a great day after work...

So today I worked from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Very typical lately. Work was fine. Jack was kinda sick and we were out and about and had a major poopy blow out. Needless to say the car ride home was just in a diaper. He is almost 3 so I have no need to cart around extra clothes for him (so I thought). Anyways so gross. But I get off work and go to Fred Meyer for a fantastic couponing deal and then to Albertsons for some more. While being on a coupon high from saving killer loads of money (ok maybe not that much) I walk up to the door to open it and at the doorstep (really no step there but doesn't that word sound nice, doorstep) there was a free sample of fiber one granola bar and cereal with coupons. And I walked into my house and my nose filled with heavenly delight. Rillz had made a crock pot dinner this morning so it would be done when I got off work. Oh my gosh... I thought it smelled amazing but the taste was even better. If I didn't have my own personal chef I would just be eating out of boxes, like crackers, lunchables, or really whatever I get with couponing. Don't get me wrong, I cook. But it is very bland food and cooking stresses me out. Baking I can do and love it but cooking... oh boy. God must have given me Rillz so my future kids can eat decent meals without me going psycho in the kitchen. Tonights meal was very thrifty might I add. A roast I got on sale and veggies picked from my parents church garden. Let me explain... my parents neighbor had extra property and thought it would be a great idea for a ward garden. Anybody in the ward can come help and pick fruits/veggies from this garden. What a blessing for those people struggle. But those people struggling didn't take advantage of it as they would have hoped. On Rillz's day off (Tuesday) he went over to visit my mom and Ren and Kristi had told him about this garden. Of course Rillz wanted to see the veggies. He got eggplant, cucumber, squash, cantaloupe, watermelon, zucchini, and some other veggies. So it was a great night!

So this was actually last friday when I had this great night. I just didn't have time to write about it this week. I was very very busy working a lot!
This was the samples I received from Fiber One.
I paid $3 for these 5 lunchables and got $5 in catalinas back (catalinas are like coupons that spit out at the register for use on anything in the store on my next shopping trip.) So I got paid $2 to buy these.
This was all $5. I get plenty of snack foods for very cheap!
These were the free veggies from the garden.
Such a yummy dinner! He makes great food with flavor. It tasted and smelled much better than it looks in this picture.