So if you are feeling up to watching a good movie, you know who to call!!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
It's all done...really it is
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Some news to fill in the gaps
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
It's finished!!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Izzy's first swim
Adam and I went to Clarkston for Easter weekend. It was so warm and beautiful there that we took Izzy on a few walks to Swallows Nest Park along the river. We wanted to see what she would do if she jumped in and got wet. Adam threw in a stick to coax her into the water. She wasn't expecting what happened. Take a look...
She then came onto the dock after jumping in the water and was leaning over to take a drink or something when she slipped in head first into a full puppy dive. She was under for a few seconds before she came up, then she swam straight into shore to get out. I missed the fall into the water but I got her swimming. She is a good swimmer.
Monday, April 6, 2009
A Quick Update


And this is after 5 coats of paint! That's right I said 5!!!
We also made a big purchase this last week. We bought a new vehicle. We traded in old Dusty and got a 2008 Dodge Nitro R/T. I have to say it is a darn sweet ride and I LOVE IT!!! It has less than 5,000 miles and is in mint condition. The former owners are from Omak and traded her in for a Charger so we got a sweet deal on a barely used Nitro. I have wanted a Nitro since they came out and I am so happy!! It has leather seats, which I thought I would never do since they are always so cold, but I compromised when I heard they were heated. Here she is...
Just a few more things, sorry this post is so long but it has been awhile. Here are some cute photos. My family came up to visit this weekend since Jason came in town to go to a friends wedding so I got some super cute pics of my nieces, Ava and Emma. Emma loved to play with Gordon and Izzy, but Gordon was too scared and Izzy was too playful.
Hanging outside on a nice sunny day!
A few photos of our super cute puppy.
Izzy really wants Gordon to play but he is too lazy.
She got caught licking the water up after I took a shower.
Izzy really likes to eat ice cubes.
Izzy playing hard with all her toys all over the living room.
Izzy's favorite thing to do it go on walks. This is us at Manito park, it was a little rough. I thought she was going to suffocate herself. There are too many people and dogs for her to handle. She just pulls and pulls and pulls.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Ghost Tablets
There is a medication out there called Effexor XR which is a very popular antidepressant. Well, there is a generic equivalent that have come our recently but there is one slight difference between the generic and the brand. The brand Effexor XR is available as a capsule while the new Venlafaxine ER is available as a tablet. It is still a controlled release tablet however, rather than being filled with little time release pellets as the capsule is there is a tiny little pin hole in the tablet that slowly releases the medication leaving a ghost tablet which is eliminted in the...well you know how it works.
This lady we had switched from the capsules to the tablets came up to pick up her medication the other day and wanted to talk to the pharmacist. So, I went over to the counter and I noticed that she had demanded brand capsules rather than the tablets. She wanted to talk to me and let me know that the generic does nto work and that her body does not absorb them correctly. I knew that the tablets are eliminated when you go to the bathroom and that this has made people think that the pills are not working.
So I asked her how she knew that her body wasn't absorbing them. She told me that when she went to the bathroom she saw them in the toilet. I told her that was normal. That the medicine is slowly released from the tablet and then the empty shell is eliminated. She said, "but they are hard!" Okay...I told her it is hard, it is so hard that your body cannot absorb the tablet it is just eliminated as a shell and the medicine is in your body. The next thing she told me was quite disturbing. She said, "Okay, this is going to sound gross, but I went to the bathroom and there was three in the toilet. So I reached in and felt one and it was really hard. I have never had this problem before and I don't think they are getting absorbed." I explained to her again, for the third time, that this is normal. Your body is absorbing the medicine and eliminating the empty shell. I told her the reason why this has never happened before is because there is only a handful of medication that works this way and she has probably never been on them before.
So, for all of you to avoid such a gross situation, NEVER REACH INTO THE TOILET!!! Please ask your pharmacist first. Because they don't want to hear stories about your searching through the toilet for your medication.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Warning to all Oxycontin Thieves!!
coveted Oxycontin pills. These colorful little pills are causing quite the ruckus here in Spokane. One pharmacist was actually tied up at Albertsons and a customer had a knife held to their throat at Walgreens to get a few little pills!!

