Hello All.
Some years back Queen Elizabeth said she had had an annus horribilus.
Or something that sounded like that.
What do you call three horrible months?
Triplewoefulwhammy?
In three short months:
I moved from a bit of paradise to a converted SINGLE garage.
I left all my family behind (ok..maybe that isn’t such a bad thing)
I lost Tom.
I lost Wendy.
I lost my sense of humour(temporarily…I hope)
I have a cracked windscreen which is going to cost a fortune to replace.
I had a major fallout with my mother.
And, last night Jasmine got a bone stuck in her mouth.
Ok…I hear all you dog owners out there.
Never give your dog bones.
I have been told this over and over.
In nine years this is the first time this has happened.
It will also be the last time.
Cost me an arm and a leg to get her sorted out.
We had to take her to the emergency animal hospital.
R750-00 before they even looked at her.
On the upside…what a nice vet.
Wait…I take that back…I will tell you why just now.
Jasmine was very good until he lifted her up onto the table.
She then gave a little growl.
Well, she would.
She thought he was taking a liberty with her.
So he put a plastic muzzle on her.
Which she REALLY objected to.
But I would have too.
And he gave her an injection to knock her out.
Which was quite amusing.
Then he opened her mouth.
And popped the bone out.
It was on the roof of her mouth.
Jammed between the two rows of teeth.
He could have told me to look there when I phoned him.
It would have saved him coming out.
And I would still have all my limbs.
Anyway, while she was still out I asked him to give her all her shots.
Which he did.
And he drastically reduced my bill.
I think, because I made him laugh.
Then he gave her another shot to wake her up.
Which took a bit of time.
Finally, he lifted her off the table and we both wobbled out to the car.
Jasmine because she was still dopey.
Me, because I had just forked out over a thousand rand.
I went home and had a glass of wine.
The vet probably went home and planned his next holiday.
I believe you when you say vets charge a fortune. My sons have cats and they know all about it, too.
Poor Jasmine, and you too.
By: Pussycat44 on July 28, 2012
at 10:54 am
Hi Pussycat…we are both fine this morning though Jasmine only asked for food after eight this morning!!!
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 11:16 am
Poor Jasmine. The vet could have told you to check her mouth yourself, and you would have saved a small fortune. They charge an arm and a leg. Hope the wine helped when you got home granny!
By: barb19 on July 28, 2012
at 11:06 am
Hi Barb…I DID check her mouth but didn’t see the damn thing…don’t know why…it was huge…anyway..a lesson learned.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 11:15 am
At least you paid that sort of money for someone who loves you. I just forked out more to replace the door the robbers smashed up yesterday
By: SidevieW on July 28, 2012
at 1:01 pm
I feel your pain Sidey…horrible to have your space invaded like that.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 1:12 pm
it was!
By: SidevieW on July 28, 2012
at 8:07 pm
Are you feeling any better,love?
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:27 pm
I hope Jasmine is on the road to recovery now. You certainly have had a rough couple of months, haven’t you.
By: mairedubhtx on July 28, 2012
at 1:41 pm
Yes Maire…it can only get better from here…I hope.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 4:30 pm
With all that has happened to you in a few short months, I am not surprised your sense of humour went walkabout. Hopefully it will return with some TLC for you real soon.
By: grannymar on July 28, 2012
at 1:46 pm
Thanks Grannymar…good to see you here…we should start our own group of grannies…it would be such fun!
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 4:31 pm
Sorry you’ve had such a horrible time, Granny.
By: Tilly Bud - The Laughing Housewife on July 28, 2012
at 2:54 pm
Hi Tilly…I keep telling myself others have it much worse…sometimes it works.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 4:31 pm
I do that. It doesn’t help; it just makes you feel guilty for feeling bad.
A horrible time is a horrible time is a horrible time. Other people’s horrible times can’t change that.
Consider yourself hugged.
By: Tilly Bud - The Laughing Housewife on July 28, 2012
at 4:34 pm
Awwww. …thanks Tilly.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 7:34 pm
xx
By: Tilly Bud - The Laughing Housewife on July 28, 2012
at 7:51 pm
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:27 pm
Life seems rather challenging for me at the moment too, but you win the horriblus annus award, hands down . . . since you moved TO your parents rather than vice versa. Everything is easier as long as I am HERE.
Here’s hoping we have brighter days on the horizon.
Give Jasmine a pet for me . . . and remind her to CHEW before she swallows.
By: nrhatch on July 28, 2012
at 3:57 pm
Yes NR…my biggest mistake was moving here but now I have to make it work.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 4:32 pm
No you haven’t lost your sense of humor yet
Thank goodness. Hugs to you.
By: Booksphotographsandartwork on July 28, 2012
at 4:14 pm
Hehehe Linda…yep that was a bit of poetic licence…when my sense of humour goes they must just bury me.
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 4:33 pm
Oh dear, that money, whilst being well spent, does seem rather excessive. Vets and doctors certainly don’t come cheap. Hope things improve for you granny, and you can laugh again. Hugs xx
By: adinparadise on July 28, 2012
at 7:40 pm
Don’t worry AD…I am still laughing…sometimes a bit hysterically!
By: granny1947 on July 28, 2012
at 7:43 pm
I can here you cackling insanely, from here.
xxx
By: adinparadise on July 28, 2012
at 8:19 pm
I’ll tone it down AD!!!
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:26 pm
It felt kind of odd ‘liking’ this, considering what you went through, but it was so heartfelt and your humour shone straight through, I couldn’t help myself. Hope there is a big turn-around in your fortunes, soon.
By: klrs09 on July 28, 2012
at 10:51 pm
Thanks Kathy….am sure it is all up from here.
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:26 pm
Granny, you remind me of the kid who discovers a huge pile of horse droppings and starts digging through it, saying, “Where there’s horse poop, there’s gotta be a pony!”
The best part of this post is that you have spit out all those stress-makers. When you blow off steam, and it’s important that you do, you’ll at least know why and won’t have to go through all kinds of guilt-horse-poop.
By: souldipper on July 29, 2012
at 12:43 am
Guilt horse poop…I love it!
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:06 pm
Granny I really feel for you. Tough six months.
As they say, it can only get better 
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at 3:38 pm
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By: Subhan Zein on July 29, 2012
at 6:31 pm
Thank you Subhan…I loved your blog!
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:06 pm
Thank you! Many blessings o you.
Subhan Zein
By: Subhan Zein on July 31, 2012
at 9:11 pm
Morning Subhan…you have a great day.
By: granny1947 on August 1, 2012
at 7:21 am
Aaaaaw granny…..so sorry bout the vets bill but glad that Jasmine is OK. Love you girl xxx
By: Colleen on July 29, 2012
at 7:01 pm
Love you too Coll….are you feeling better?
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:05 pm
Yes thank you granny, getting there slowly
xxx
By: Colleen on August 1, 2012
at 1:11 pm
Hi My friend…I saw that it is taking so long…I feel for you.
By: granny1947 on August 5, 2012
at 9:03 am
Just devastating actually Kath…..but so thankful for everyone’s support and love xxx
By: Colleen on August 5, 2012
at 8:45 pm
I am sorry – for both of you. Jasmine had a bad experience and seems to be on her way back again, and I hope the same for you. There will always be bad periods in life, but your last three months seem to have been extremely horribilus. I wish all the best for you – and for a turn of the coin.
By: munchow on July 29, 2012
at 8:22 pm
Thanks Munchow…so kind of you.
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:05 pm
Gosh you have had a challenging time lately Granny, hope this will be the start of a better week for you and Jasmine!
By: optie on July 30, 2012
at 11:40 am
Thanks Optie…me too…winning the lottery would help!
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:04 pm
You are getting back your humour alright:-)
By: dreamingthruthetwilight on July 30, 2012
at 8:09 pm
Hehehe Nadira…it is never too far away…in fact..it comes out at the worst times.
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 8:03 pm
You’ve really had more than your share of negatives in your life lately, Granny, but I don’t agree that you’ve lost your sense of humor, temporarily or otherwise. I’ve seen that light side of you shine through constantly (even when it was down to a flicker), and I SO admire that. With the stuff you’ve dealt with in so short a time, I’d probably be buried under the covers permanently with a “Do Not Disturb” sign on my door.
It’s so tough when these unexpected things happen to our pets and we get hit with tremendous bills. We don’t think twice about having the vet help them, but the shock when the bill comes is almost as bad! That happened with Daisy’s whole respiratory illness when we first got her – I don’t want to relive that!
By: raisingdaisy on July 31, 2012
at 1:27 pm
Hi RD…do you have a spare “do not disturb ” sign?
By: granny1947 on July 31, 2012
at 7:43 pm
No bones for dogs, please! Expensive trip but glad you got the bone out.
I replace my windscreen in December last year, in April this year a huge rock came out of nowhere causing a beautiful crack right in the middle of the brand new windscreen URGH!
By: Gobetween on August 5, 2012
at 8:04 pm