I'VE DONE IT
I mean, if we were being completely honest - I'd have to say that we really haven't been 100% vegan.
A little bit of this ----
And a lot of that ---
And, well -- this, too.
The struggle is real.
In all reality, we could eat homemade garlic bread, pasta, oreos, and potato chips every day and still call ourselves "true vegans"-- and honestly - that's BASICALLY what we've been doing. Sigh.
So I've turned over a leaf. Seriously. 100% Vegan. For real, this time. And to sound even more crazy to my carnivorous friends - I've cut out bread and pasta, too. WTF?!?!?! I mean, you guys. Pasta and garlic bread are MY FAVORITE.
But I just could not identify our diet as "plant based" when all we did was eat pasta, garlic bread, and a veggie or two on the side. So veggies. ALL veggies. ALL the time. Nuts, legumes, and fruit, too - but nonetheless...
Matt wasn't thrilled to restock our kitchen with vegan essentials. Mostly, due to cost.
But I absolutely love the look of a veggie centerpiece.
Plant Based - once again.
So far, so good. I'm sure you're all super annoyed reading my empty promises and I bet you don't believe a word I say. But I am still determined.
Any guesses on who our delicate flower is??
So, since April 5th - Pappy has struggled with some stomach bug that gave him very, very bad diarrhea. Well, at least we thought it was a stomach bug. We took him to the vet and got him on antibiotics. After a week, his "issue" still didn't get better- so, we talked to the vet and she suggested getting him on a PRESCRIPTION DOG FOOD ($28 for 6 pounds) and a PROBIOTIC. In addition, to his ANTIBIOTICS -- thinking it could be a stomach bug AND food allergy.
Around the same time, his mange reappeared - only this time, not on his skin, but in his ears. We started treating him immediately. Medicating with a topical (like how you apply flea and tick meds) every two weeks - and his ears have only gotten worse. I just got off the phone with our beloved Dr. Gerbig - and we will be starting a topical cream (that we'll be applying in his ear) starting tomorrow.
I seriously feel like the mother of a chronically ill child.
Anxiety. Mange. Stomach issues. ____________ (fill in the blank).
Dr. Gerbig called him a delicate flower tonight. And we couldn't agree more.
As if that wasn't enough -- Our boys HATE thunder. Shocker, right? So we'll likely be purchasing thunder coats soon.
Belly Bands - the boys figured out how to take them off.
Gentle Leaders - the boys figured out how to take them off.
E-Collars - the boys figured out how to take them off.
Hopefully we'll have better luck with the thunder coats, or shirts, or whatever they're freakin called.
In other news:::
I judged high school cheerleading tryouts last weekend. So fun.
I hosted Carmy's baby shower on Sunday- SUCCESS. I can't wait to meet little Miss Aria.
I've "skipped my way through the vegan pasture, over the magical hippy rainbow, and through the holistic forest" - and finally made my own toothpaste. HOORAY
It definitely needs some mint essential oil for taste. But still
Pappy and Wally love their new toy from their best friend, Sharon.
Actually, they just love Sharon, in general.
She sent this video to me the other day while at work. It made-our-day. We watched it ON REPEAT at lunch. Love you Sharon (Excuse the part where Wally so rudely almost tackles her).
And lastly, here is a shot of the convo Matt and I had about vet bills. Actually just Matt's reaction.
Mange treatment, prescription dog food, flea and tick preventative, heart worm preventative, antibiotics, probiotics, anxiety medicine and/or pheromones plug ins for separation anxiety = bankruptcy. Just kidding. But you seriously can't even make this shit up.
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