Happy 2004!

Poor TooToo the dog is in the bedroom crying. Her paw looks bad, I think it’s infected. Tomorrow I’m going to have to take her to the Vet. I’ve given her an antibiotic tonight, and Mom read on the Net that I can give a do 5 mg of buffered aspirin per pound of body weight. I’ve bought aspirin, but am reluctant to use it. If TooToo keeps having problems I will, though. Alice, the other dog, is annoying me right now, forcing me to type one-handed and pet one-handed.

Spent a quiet day for the most part. I took Linda to see Calendar Girls this afternoon, a delightful movie!! I’m very happy we went. Mom thanked me several times for taking her, and I finally had to sarcastically remind her how totally difficult it is to get me to go to a movie.

Afterwards I dropped her off at home, picked up some dirty laundry and some cleaning supplies, then came back home and spent two hours cleaning the kitchen. I also tried to start the oven, and when R.’s kitchen filled with smoke I realized she doesn’t have a smoke detector in her home. (I forgot R. uses the oven for storage. There is no telling what I’ve crisped – I’m afraid to look!) So tomorrow I need to pick up a smoke detector, depending on how hard they are to install.

The kitchen is looking marginally better. I cleaned off the counter-top by the telephone (ick!) and started washing dishes. I have most of the dirty ones washed, but I’ve run out of cabinet space to place the clean ones. (Too damn lazy to dry them by hand.) I also discovered the garbage disposal doesn’t work, one more thing to note in my ever-growing list.

Tomorrow Charlotte is going to help me clean house. I hope we can get something serious accomplished, but I doubt we’ll get much done with Baby Russell in the house, too.