Danny's most recent heavily researched purchase

During our last camping trip we encountered some very heavy winds that tore our old tent to shreds. Duct tape got us through that trip but it has been retired. Danny found this one online for a great price. It only took 1 month to be delivered from Oregon. We thought someone might actually be backpacking it across the country to us and they would show up at our doorstep sweaty and breathless with our tent in their hands, but it turned out to be a UPS guy instead. We are planning a possible camping trip to Key West in November depending on my work schedule. 

Our tent's first adventure...the backyard.

Look what I did!

Danny and I found this end table at Goodwill for $5.99. It was very scratched up, but sturdy.

I used a liquid deglosser/cleaner then painted it with some leftover sample paint I had from when I painted the condo. I wanted to change the drawer pulls out, but haven't found any that fit the existing holes. Painting was ambitious enough, I have no desire to fill and drill holes.

Suckers

Last night I was called off of work (too many people scheduled, stupid management), so Danny and I took Vic for a walk at 10pm. Vic took off into the brush and something small and white was bouncing toward Vic.
"Danny! Pull him back! Its coming toward him! What is it?!"
Of course Danny had a flashlight and revealed it was a kitten. It was meowing like crazy and kept rubbing up on Vic. We had a conversation. Do we keep it or leave it. Danny carried her home. We fed her and gave her water and she slept outside. "We'll take her the humane society in the morning."  We both hoped she would just be gone in the morning. She wasn't.
This morning the Humane society said she is too small and they would euthanize her tomorrow. Crap. They will take her in 2 weeks when she has gained more weight and can be spayed and adopted. Crap. Oh, and she has tape worms that can't be treated until she is bigger. Crap.

New plan. She will remain outside, we will offer her to anyone who breathes, she will go to the Humane society in two weeks or 2 pounds, whichever comes first. 

We got a rug...our lives are sooo exciting.

Danny and I were going to the grocery store. I looked up and saw that we were in a different part of town than where we shop and pulling into Homegoods. I was confused. Danny said he wanted  to go look at rugs. What? Actually he had taken the wrong exit and was going to try to play it off, but we did find a rug for the living room.

I made laundry detergent

I followed these directions...
Make Your Own Laundry Detergent! It's Easy! Save BIG & Have Fresh, Clean Laundry! | Busy-at-Home
This blogger figured it costs 20¼¢ per jug of detergent (which is 75 loads)!
I didn't take pictures because it turned out exactly like the directions. It was kind of a pain to grate and boil the soap, but still only took me less than an hour.
Done a couple of loads and I think it is working.

Enjoying our vacation days

Yesterday Danny and I visited a Pioneer Settlement in Barberville. We pass it on the way home to Gainesville and I've been wanting to visit. It was a rainy Wednesday afternoon and we were the only people there. It is a collection of old florida buildings and antiques. There was an old high school, a post office, a wood shop, a blacksmith shop, a fire depot, a train depot, a tiny farm with goats, chickens, peococks, and mean snapping geese. Pretty cool old stuff.

Then we made a stop at this place...I'm not even sure what to call it...stand? store? They sell random pottery and huge animals. It was just so weird we had to stop and look around and at least snap a pic.

After that, lunch at Tom's pizza in Deland found on urbanspoon ( we LOVE our smart phones). It was just ok, probably won't be back. But we are enjoying discovering the cool things in Deland. 

I survived

4 of the 5 days were great. The last day crapped on all my confidence and contentness with my job. I completely earned the next 6 days off the last night.

Recap of the last night: MRSA in the sputum+ coughing that sprays mucus from a trach=face shield that fogs up because I'm dying in my hot isolation gown, liquid poop from ankle to belly button almost dripping off the bed, lost count of how many tubes of blood I sent to the lab, stat chest xray, stat labs, more stat labs, call to the doctor at 2am, more liquid poop, more liquid poop again, really? more liquid poop, pleasant happy dementia, not so pleasant hostile uncooperative crying dementia, vulva wound care, vulva wound care again after a bm, very vague tube feed orders, suction the trach, clean and replace the trach? no, get respiratory therapist to clean and replace the trach, lost medications, many calls to pharmacy to find lost medications, 9 total accuchecks, and a crappy team of nurses working with me.
But, I survived and so did my patients.