She’s Young and With It

Wembley the cat is having his teeth cleaned tomorrow. We are super worried about this because he has to be anesthetized for the procedure. Tomorrow during the hours of about 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., you will find me very stressed and probably cleaning house like a mad woman or something equally time consuming.

There is a story here. Our wonderful, fabulous former vet left our nearby veterinarian practice. When we took Wembley in to the new vet for his annual shots last month, his bloodwork showed an elevated kidney enzyme. This worried us. Additionally, we didn’t really like the new vet. Erm, maybe a better choice of words is that we didn’t really feel confident about the new vet.

I selected a new veterinarian office and we took Wembley to have follow-up bloodwork performed on Monday. The new vet’s recommendation was to first try having his teeth cleaned because he has a lot of tartar build up. She advised that bacteria in the mouth can travel through the blood and damage a cat’s liver, kidney, and heart. I came home and looked up a lot of info regarding the procedure and have now learned how important dental care is for dogs and cats.

So, keep your pet’s teeth healthy! And keep Mr. Wembley in your thoughts tomorrow.

Geez, I am so sad that Jerry Orbach died. He lulled me into deep sleep* many a night as Detective Lennie Briscoe.

* In case you don’t know… For some reason, approximately 65% of the time that I watch Law & Order (any variety), I fall asleep about midway through the episode. The majority of the time that this happened in the past it was while watching the original L&O with Jerry Orbach. When I can’t fall asleep, Clint jokes that I should just put on a L&O episode and I will be out like a light.

p.s. The new season just hasn’t been the same with Dennis Farina.
p.p.s. What will they do about Law & Order: Trial by Jury, which was made as a spin-off just for Jerry Orbach?

Jerry Orbach will be sorely missed on the tv in our household.

I have a slew of holiday time non-consumer items that I made to show you, but some of the gifts have not been opened yet so I must wait another day or so. Until then, an after-the-holidays gift that is not so secret can be shown.

Last year, I tried to knit Clint a scarf but he discouraged me, saying he would not wear one very often. Well, during these chilly times, he has been wearing my scarf more than me! So, I decided that I would knit him a scarf as a belated holiday gift. I dragged him to the yarn store to select yarn since he can be very picky about these things. He was very helpful and I think he chose some good colors. I started on the scarf yesterday before being hit with the consumerism bug.

p.s. The consumerism bug sucks. I knew I should not have gone shopping as I knew I was feeling itchy to buy something. However, I was feeling a bit stir-crazy so I went shopping and purchased several items of clothing. Ergh. Now I have post-consumerism guilt.

I hope everyone had a happy holiday! We had a nice, quiet day. We have yet to use our print gocco but expect some Young and With It gocco productions in 2005!

We went to see The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou yesterday. I really liked the animation and I think we will purchase the soundtrack, but the movie itself left me feeling odd. I wanted it to be more quaint and quirky, I think… like Wes Anderson’s previous movies.

Clint and I decided to purchase a joint gift for ourselves this year. Here is a hint:

And a sneak peak at the holiday card making. Yep, that’s right, I have not even made the cards yet.