This Scary Story Has a Happy Ending - by Lee

Dear pals,

Last week, for no reason the power was out for like 6 hours.  During that time, Lady, who set up a desk in front of the fire, did a good job at keeping the generator and fire going, and getting a little work done.

Our desk set up

In the afternoon, once the power was back, Lady went to add wood to the fire. She didn't realize how much the wood in the fireplace had shifted to the front. When she opened the doors, a burning piece fell out and landed on the blanket I had been sleeping on earlier. At this point I had gone upstairs for a drink and was having an upstairs nap. 

The log that feel out, started a small fire on the blanket. The flames were low, but the smouldering was high. 

Somehow, Lady remained calm, although there were a LOT of HBO words, and got the flaming log back in the fireplace and carried the blanket to the patio door where she put it in the -20 cold. 

The charred blanket

With all the fires that have had such an impact on LA recently, we are truly grateful our little mishap, was just that.

Your pal Hailey Bug who won't sleep in front of the fire if Lady in in charge. 

Trouble on a Tuesday - Emma Edition

Lady had a completely different post prepared about how, overall, Emma was a very good guest. Lady had even rated the whole week with Emma a B+.

Points had been taken off for needing to go out in the night one night, being very scared in storm, and for making her usual mess of toys. 

Coming out from under Lady's desk after hiding from a storm

This rating was revoked Sunday morning. Emma, had a bit of an upset stomach for a couple days (typical for her), however, Sunday morning at approximately 10:20, it took a turn for the worst. Emma had diarrhoea that can be best described as raspberry jam like. 

The first bout occurred in the bedroom as Lady was walking out of the closet with the laundry basket and poor Emma (who is very good at asking) squatting on the floor. Lady took a look, asked the Man to bring her some paper towel and said, Emma needs to go to the vet. In the 20 minutes that followed, as Lady was trying to eat, and get dressed and get ready for the vet, there were 2 more bouts. 

Emma was silent in the car, and thanks to construction, Sunday fun days and other events that closed roads, it took them about 1.25 hours to reach the clinic. The arrived just as Uncle Chris landed in Ottawa. His flight had been delayed 3 hours, so he was behind. Between seeing the vet tech and the vet, Uncle Chris was able to get to the clinic to join them. 

After an exam, the vet gave lots of scientific names that meant 'bloody diarrhoea' (Lady almost wanted to say, one didn't need to be a doctor to see that but she didn't).  He said we would probably never know what upset Emma's stomach so badly but clearly the bacteria in the gut were off (again Lady thought this was rather obvious). He said the normal course of treatment is hospitalization and IV fluid and treatment, but given that Emma was not dehydrated and not lethargic and not vomiting, he suggested some medicine to take home (Lady can't remember the name but it had charcoal and a probiotic), special food and monitoring. He expected improvement within 5 days.

Lady and Uncle Chris were both relieved it was not more serious and know that Lady did the right thing about taking her in when she did. After about 2 hours there, everyone was heading home. 

In the end, Emma's visit was given a C-. Lady told Uncle Chris, that it was amazing the lengths Emma would go to, to not be left behind again!

Postal Problems

Like 2 years ago Canada Post said we were getting a new mailbox. They sent keys. Lady kept the keys. Last week, with no warning a new box showed up. Lady's key didn't fit in any of the slots. She and Man tried many times. It was so boring to watch.

Turns out the keys then sent 8700 years ago weren't for this box and they had made a mistake in not giving us new keys. We were able to pick the new keys up at the grocery store the next day. Give Lady's online shopping problem, it is good it was only a problem for one day!