Sunday Evening Post #18
|
Day |
Amount |
Place |
Category |
|
Tuesday |
$40.39 |
PetsMart |
Pets |
|
|
$7.94 |
work cafeteria |
Allowance |
|
Wednesday |
~$160 |
Vet |
Pets |
|
|
$17.81 |
Safeway |
Groceries |
|
|
$28.02 |
Outback |
Eating Out |
|
Friday |
$30.31 |
Safeway |
Allowance |
|
Saturday |
$47.50 |
Gas |
Car |
As expected, not a whole lot of spending this week- just over $330, with almost half of that coming from the vets. On Wednesday, we got Junebug’s stitches out and our vet, who is flummoxed by the fact that she’s not better yet recommended we continue all meds, so we paid for the full round again. However, they also recommended we come back in later for a consult with a specialist. We did. His answer was that the meds weren’t doing any good at this point, so why keep with them. He suspected that the answer would be surgery, as that is how you treat a swollen salivary gland in dogs. The confusion has come from the fact that June has swelling on both sides and this usually only happens on one side. So, we returned all the meds except the antibiotic (in case the swelling starts to grow again), but then had to pay the consult fee.
The specialist called us on Friday to let us know that yes, he definitely believes we should consult a veterinary surgeon, and that this is standard salivary gland swelling, it is known to occur on both sides, it’s just rare. No idea what that will end up running us. Luckily, she doesn’t seem to be in any distress, so surgery isn’t something we need to rush into.
Friday I picked up bagels and cream cheese for the staff that were in the office with me. That’s why it comes out of allowance and not groceries.
Now, for the answer to the question I know you are all asking, how did the oil-less turkey fryer turn out?
Well, with the exception that we don’t believe the turkey turning out anything like a fried turkey would, it was perfect. Imagine the best case scenario for your oven roasted turkey- you basted, covered the breast in foil, etc…
We got that, only without any of the work. It was like an old Ron Popeil infomercial – set it and forget it. We put our 15+lb turkey in the fryer and then for the next 2.5 hours (that’s right, only 2.5 hours) we ignored it. It came out perfectly.
Here are pictures of the chicken we cooked on Monday to test it out and the turkey itself on Thursday. C can’t wait to try cooking ribs in this thing…
Monday's Chicken
Thanksgiving Turkey
Beautiful birds, makes me hungry and I just finished a turkey sandwich, for the third day in a row, and that's OK!
Sadly, not that many leftovers for us, but we do have aturkey breast in the chest freezer that hopefully C will make (stuffed with basil) this coming weekend.
I hope that your dog is ok. Your birds look great – I used a turkey deep fryer this year with oil and the turkey turned out great. It took about 1.5 hours to cook 2 birds, so there was a ton of left overs.
Yeah, ours definitely doesn't cook as fast as an actual deep fryer, and the turkey was not "fried" by any stretch. But it still turned out delicious and faster than the oven. So I am calling it a definitive win.
The turkey looks great. My father-in-law has some sort of cooker (not a deep frier but something else that I can't remember exactly what) and it turned out delicious!
You know, machines made for a specific purpose (like cooking turkeys) seem to do really great at that purpose. Actually, we are definitely hoping to get more use out of it than just Thanksgiving/Christmas, but still, if it lasts us 5 years, that takes the cost $20/year, and it is certainly worth that.
Yummm your birds look great.
Sounds like your poor dog is having a rough go. Hope you guys have some pet insurance to cover the costs.
The funny thing is, is that Junebug doesn’t seem to know anything is wrong. She didn’t like having to wear the cone after the biopsy, but otherwise, she’s her normal self.
We don’t have pet insurance. We’ve looked in to it, but between the restrictions and payout limits, it just always seemed better to put money aside to pay for vet care. So far, this has all been paid for out of general savings. We’re going to have a little less cushion than I’d like, but with some belt tightening and the addition of a rent/grocery paying roommate, I don’t see any problems so far. (Of course, that’s until we find out what the surgery will cost.)