Swept away, sad scene

Last night when I pulled into the driveway there was a SUV waiting for me.  It was the guy that saw my lawn sweeper ad on craigslist.  I took him through the house to get to the back yard.  Sadie was all over him, constantly jumping up.  I could tell he was less than thrilled with it.  Even when we got outside she continued jumping up on him despite me telling her to cool it.  She was more excited to see this stranger than me.  Finally I took the dogs back inside to give the guy a break.

After undergoing the standard craigslist negotiation where you never pay the asking price (I dropped $25) the guy said he would take it.  Getting the sweeper into his SUV was a challenge.  I had to remove a piece of the sweeper in order for it to fit, which it barely did.  It’s nice to have the sweeper out of my hair, extra floor space in the shed and $100 in my pocket.

One of the shows I enjoy is Celebrity Rehab.  I find it entertaining to watch celebrities half heartedly try to get clean.  One of the cast members this season is Mackenzie Phillips.  I find her rather annoying and her looks at this point are almost Medusa-like. She has had a pretty wretched life filled with drug abuse and the shocking incestuous relationship with her father.

Well in the episode we watched last night Mackenzie got the bad news that her dog of 14 years was in real bad shape and should be put down.  They actually took the cameras into the vet office and showed Mackenzie crying her eyes out as she gave her beloved dog a final meal of ice cream, his favorite.  It not only flashed Ali and I back to our horrific experience when we put the cats to sleep, it was compounded with projecting if we had to repeat that scenario with our dogs whom we love so dearly.  Mackenzie couldn’t be in the room when the dog was actually put to sleep, a cowardly move in my book but she is enough of a mess as is I suppose.  By the end of the show both Ali and I needed some tissues.

Ali went on the web site for the hotel in Aspen that we will be staying at.  It turns out the place is ultra-pet friendly, no limitations at all.  It also seems quite luxurious, on the site it says prices START at $250 a night.  So now we are thinking of another dog included road trip this summer out to Aspen and back.  Should be fun.

This weekend we have a race to time tomorrow morning.  Once again it’s going to be f’ing cold which makes the process pretty miserable.

I grabbed one of those sliding, retractable screen doors at Home Depot.  I hope to get that installed this weekend. 

36 degrees at the house this weekend.  I am SERIOUSLY tired of the huge serving of cold weather this winter.