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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 pm
(February 6, 2025 at 6:52 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (February 6, 2025 at 6:18 pm)Fireball Wrote: Back from putting our spaniel mix, Maggie, down. The latest was not being able to stand up, on top of a list of other problems. She was supposedly 10, but the vet said she looked a lot older than that. 
That is often the right thing to do but it sure doesn't make it an easy thing to do. I am sorry for your loss.
(February 6, 2025 at 8:18 pm)Jackalope Wrote: (February 6, 2025 at 6:18 pm)Fireball Wrote: Back from putting our spaniel mix, Maggie, down. The latest was not being able to stand up, on top of a list of other problems. She was supposedly 10, but the vet said she looked a lot older than that. 
I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thanks! She was such a sweet dog who had had some real trauma in her past, based on behavior. Her previous owners must've been real SOBs.

We got a Chihuahua/Jack Russel mix a couple of weeks back. The people who got rid of her tied her and 4 other dogs in a sack and left them at the pound. Two hours after the people came to work, she gave birth to 4 puppies. Then some time in durance vile until we adopted her, after her pups were weaned. Talk about skittish. She's doing better, now.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 pm
(February 6, 2025 at 6:18 pm)Fireball Wrote: Back from putting our spaniel mix, Maggie, down. The latest was not being able to stand up, on top of a list of other problems. She was supposedly 10, but the vet said she looked a lot older than that. 
Sorry for your loss, Fireball.
Never an easy thing to have to do.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 6, 2025 at 10:18 pm
(February 6, 2025 at 6:18 pm)Fireball Wrote: Back from putting our spaniel mix, Maggie, down. The latest was not being able to stand up, on top of a list of other problems. She was supposedly 10, but the vet said she looked a lot older than that. 
Condolences.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 7, 2025 at 10:04 pm
Watching football and trying not to let my anxiety get the better of me. I put the wrong date on some important housing-related documents, so the next month's rent is anybody's guess.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 pm
Doing my morning exercise. I was planning to make chili today, but I don't feel much like cooking. I suppose it will be easier to just keep going once I start.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 8, 2025 at 2:24 pm
Reading different recipes for Instant Pot chili. The recommended time to cook is all over the map. I settled on 20 minutes. This is a recipe that a healthcare worker taught me many moons ago. It was basically the first thing that I learned to cook. At the time I had been using pre-made seasoning packets and ending up with a lot of inedible chili.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 8, 2025 at 2:57 pm
Switching the Instant Pot to slow cook. I worry about everything these days.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 8, 2025 at 3:22 pm
Lots and lots of ironing...part of the quilting process. Currently ironing three different sets of pieces parts so that I can do more pinning and sewing when the mood strikes.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
February 8, 2025 at 3:57 pm
I forgot the veggies for my chili. Better late than never.