Weekend and the basement saga continues!

It's been a long week....Tuesday the apartment complex started the epoxy process in the townhome next to ours. Within a couple of hours the smell was overwhelming, but I continued to just ignore the smell until about 4:00 it got to be too much. I went to our landlord to complain. Luckily for me, the complex OWNERS were in the office when I stopped by so they got an earful of my complaints. Kelly took my name and said "let me come up with some options and I will call you." The owners came over to check things out and made the ruling that the chemicals were NOT usable because they were too "potent" to use in people's living quarters. We got shipped off to the AmeriSuites here in Fort Wayne for two nights while they finished our floors - they decided to use latex paint instead of epoxy. The hotel was okay - would have been easier without the puppy, he does well but he does like to play and bark and you cant really have him doing that in a hotel room! When I returned home Thursday morning, I thought it was kind of strange that the windows to our townhome were fogged up. I went inside and the men were still working on the basement, and my house was less than 60 degrees!!!! I was slightly upset because we have "suffered" with the AC off the last month to save money and they had it that low for two days. Personally, I dont think there is any excuse for having it THAT cold, especially without the permission of the person paying the bill! Really was just the last straw - we are most definately looking for a new place starting in December!

And, after all this drama, the paint is already coming up off the floors....

On the upside we got away from everything this weekend and went up to Detroit with our puppy. We were only there for Saturday and Sunday but it was a nice break away from the clutter in our home. On Saturday we pretty much just relaxed around the house, minus a trip to CVS that left me with a toenail pretty much ripped off (*OUCH*) and dinner out. Sunday we got up and went to church and then breakfast with Tommy's family. The rest of the afternoon Tommy played games with his family then we took them out for chinese before leaving. After having to make several stops, we finally got home last night about 11:30.

We may have another road trip planned in the next week - we are putting lots of miles on my car and money into the hands of those wonderful oil producers! :-/

The funniest thing happened to Phoenix... obviously, as puppies get older they change, but who thought it could happen overnight??? When Phoenix woke up this morning one of his ears had miraciously flipped over into the "correct" position... lets hope the other follows suit soon, or he might be one silly looking dog. *new pics of Phoenix uploaded*

It's been proven, things come in multiples...

both good and bad. First, the bad - as mentioned before the basement of our townhome was flooded. It turns out the flood was due to a malfunction/failure of the sump pump so our insurance wont cover it and the apartment community's insurance will only cover their property. I think its great that renters have no way to protect themselves against stuff like this, its not our fault that they dont keep up on things around here. Well, we are still waiting for them to "fix" the damage to the basement. They decided instead of cleaning the carpet they would just rip it up and paint/epoxy the floors. We will see how that goes, right now we are stuck with everything from our basement all over the house and the smell hangs in the air. In addition, Tommy's power cord for his laptop died so hes in the process of looking for a new one. (On top of the fact that my laptop is STILL disfunctional as it has been since before the wedding.)

But, in spite of my negativity about the above, there is good news, at least for me. My parents and sister found a place they will be living come the end of September. My dad's new job will be based out of Alabama, so they are packing up and moving for the second time in less than three years. I have seen a couple pictures of the place, and it seems very nice - its new construction so its kind of being built to their specifications as far as the finishing touches. They will close on the house September 29. Even more good news, I should get to see my mom and sister mid-September for almost a week - they are planning to visit Tommy and I on their way down to Huntsville.

With everything thats happened with our townhome and the issues we are facing, Tommy and I have been looking at our options for when our lease is up. We are going to check into buying a home and if that doesnt seem feasible we will find someplace else to rent, I highly doubt we will be in the same place in a year. I am a stickler for customer service and they have none!

Phoenix had a vet apppointment with a new vet on Thursday. I wasnt totally comfortable with our previous vet and this one is cheaper/closer. We are doing a wellness plan with Banfield Pet Hospital (associated with PetsMart) that will provide all necessary basic care and vaccinations as well as free office visits and two comprehensive exams a year (and so much more) and we will get a discount on services outside of what they cover; it will also be nice to spread the expected expenses out evenly. Unfortunately, Phoenix was subjected to some things he wasnt ready for - the over vet had never taken his temperature! He also got four different shots versus the one he had gotten previously. He wasnt a happy camper to say the least. The good news is that the vet gave our pup a clean bill of health and said he is in excellent condition. We go back in two weeks for two more vaccinations and will schedule his nuetering and microchipping for a couple weeks after that. In addition, because Phoenix is an aussie shepherd, we are having a test done to determine if he has a mutated gene that can cause problems with several drugs (including heartworm preventative, tranquilizers and pain meds). More information about MDR1 mutations can be found here.

We decided to enroll Phoenix in puppy classes because he has a couple quirks that we are having a hard time with - mainly hes not confident around new people and other animals. He's not aggressive, but he gets overly excited and hard to handle. It will also be nice because Tommy will be the "leader" during the classes so hopefully it will help him build a stronger bond with Phoenix. Right now the puppy is a "momma's boy" and tends to mind my commands and ignore Tommy. I can only imagine how frustrating that must be! We do have a couple of new pictures of him up on our Phoenix Pics Link :)

Thats about all thats going in Fort Wayne - life goes on, day by day... nothing too exciting. But, thats what we enjoy so much... :)

P.S. I will make Tommy post on here soon!