To the five of you who are reading my blog today, hellllllllo! Since today is the busiest travel day of the year, I know many people are out and about riding in planes, trains and automobiles as they head to their Thanksgiving Day destination. If you are traveling today, I wish you safe travels!
Ryan, Sadie and I are leaving for my mother-in-law’s house in Sarasota late this afternoon. I am ready to get the Thanksgiving fun started!
Workout
Today’s workout began with a 30 minute walk/run treadmill workout before I hit the mat for some abdominal exercises. It felt good to sweat, but I left the gym with a light headache. I’m not sure what’s up with that, but I’m hoping it goes away soon. I’ve had a sore throat for two days now, so I’m taking my vitamins, drinking lots of water and crossing my fingers for a healthy Thanksgiving weekend!
Breakfast
Once we arrived home from the gym, I ate a banana and took a quick shower before heading out to run a quick errand. While I was out, I popped into Starbucks for breakfast.
I ordered the egg white, spinach and feta cheese wrap with a small peppermint mocha.
I brought my laptop into Starbucks so I could blog as I finished my breakfast. I plan to stay here for a few hours to get some work done before I have to take Sadie back to the vet for a check up later this morning. The goop in her eyes is completely gone, so it’s just a routine follow up appointment, although she has this little bump on her skin that appears to be growing with every passing week. The rapid growth has me a bit concerned, so I hope we can get that little guy checked out, too.
Paranoid pet owner!
(I snapped that picture of Sadie last night as she was watching Paula Deen on television. She cracks me up! She was very invested in Paula Deen’s mini pork sliders.)
See ya in a bit!
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Haha I’m one of those travelers- currently sitting on a plane waiting to take off! Re. your headache — maybe you’re dehydrated? That usually does it for me.
I totally used to be that paranoid pet owner! My dog had a host of medical issues the first few years we had her, but eventually, after many talks with the vet, we figured out how to better read her cues and now don’t feel the urge to take her in for an expensive appointment for every whimper. For example: last week she jumped off the bed and must’ve landed on her paw wrong. She limped and wouldn’t put weight on it, yet would lie down right on it no problem! So, I let her ride it out and sure enough, by the next day she was 100% fine. Wouldn’t I have been a basket case if I’d paid $500 for x-rays of a perfectly healthy paw!?! Haha
Happy Thanksgiving, Julie!!!
No traveling for us this year! My husband said it was abnormally easy to get to work this morning though so i guess the travelers are waiting until later 🙂
I’m Canadian, so I’m not going anywhere today. Just work, which is where I am right now. Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving though!
This will be my fist Thanksgiving in almost 8 years (just moved back to WI from FL) that we’re spending with my family. Fortunately, we only have to drive about an hour to Brunch with them tomorrow. I hope you have a safe trip to your gathering & I hope that the bump on Sadie is nothing. I know what you mean though, I worry every I find or feel something on my dog, or even if she acts different. After all, they’re our babies & furkids, right?! Pic of Sadie looks adorable, BTW. Now I’m craving a Starbucks Skinny Peppermint Mocha… 😉
Hope everything is OK with Sadie! I used to have a cat (coincidentally, also named Sadie!) and anytime she showed the least bit of a physical problem, I would convince myself it was some sort of horrendous feline ailment and want to bring her to the vet. Pet owners can get a little nuts 😉 Happy Thanksgiving to you & your family!
Sadie is just so cute I want to smoosh her face, rub her fuzzy lil ears and give her kisses! Hope you feel better and enjoy your Thanksgiving girl!
You’re a good puppy mama! Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Btw I LOVE the peppermint mocha from Starbucks. It’s my absolute favorite and I take full advantage of it when the holidays roll around each year!
me too!! i keep meaning to try the gingerbread latte, but the peppermint mocha calls to me every time!
Hope Sadie’s checkup goes well!! Happy Thanksgiving (in advance)!
happy thanksgiving to you and your sweet little family! glad sadie is on the mend. 🙂 i’ll be getting my first peppermint mocha of the season on black friday!
I’m one of the five!! I’m sitting on campus waiting (procrastinating during study time) to take an exam. Who gives an exam on the day before Thanksgiving?? AND it’s chemistry…yuck.
Safe travels to all!!
Our vizsla had a bump on her shoulders about a month ago. We had to go to the vet for her puppy shots so we could just ask then. He gave her an antibiotic and it went away on two weeks. Still don’t know what it was. And now after putting drops in her eyes for a couple days I think her conjunctivitis is gone. At least I hope so because she won’t let us get near her to put drops in any more hA
I hope Sadie’s appointment goes well. 🙂
I’m stuck at work all day, so I’m reading! I can’t wait to get out of here, though, so I can get home to bake and get to bed so I can rock the Thanksgiving 4-Miler in my hometown. I am hoping to PR this year and run it in 31:59! Then I will stuff my face. 😉
Good luck at the vet! Sick animals are the worst!!
Love the peppermint mocha! Have you tried the peppermint, white chocolate mocha? Or is that the same thing haha?
I ran on the treadmill this morning and had a little headache when I left as well. Sometimes too much time on the treadmill does that to me thought. If you’re used to running outside, this may be the cause?
I flew home yesterday, so a nice lazy morning of blog reading for me! And my brother’s dog Molly will also watch TV, it’s hilarious! My brother has sent so many photos of her intently staring at the television, the last one was her watching the Bears football game last week!
AWw good luck with Sadie!!! That egg white and spinach wrap from Starbucks is my favorite breakfast!!!! I think I may need to go get one now! 😉
Safe travels to you, Ryan and Sadie! My husband and I will be heading to New York tonight for the thanksgiving fun. First married thanksgiving!
I am totally that paranoid pet owner too! We’ve had to take Annie to the emergency room a couple of times now and each time I’m a wreck! I can see the cogs turning in Chris’ head (is this what you’re going to be like if we have a kid??). Haha but I feel like its almost worse with a dog because you don’t know how they feel and they can’t tell you, it makes me sad! Poor little hounds. I hope Sadie’s check up is A- ok!
I was feeling sick the other day and had a scratchy throat, my mom told me to try 1 tsp honey with 1/4 tsp cinnamon 2x a day for 3 days and it worked! You are supposed to just eat it with a spoon but the thought of doing that grosses me out so I just put it in tea and drank it!
…and all of your international readers will be reading. We’re stuck at work on a totally normal work-day. Snooze!
I get paranoid when it comes to my pets, too! Hope all is well with her!
I have three German Short-haired Pointers at my parent’s house (which as you know are very similar to vizslas!) and they get little growths on them all the time. The vet always says it’s completely normal, but sometimes if they get big enough we get them removed anyway, even if it’s just for cosmetic purposes. Don’t want my little babies to be sporting weird growths!
I don’t have a pet of my own but I imagine I’ll probably be pretty paranoid. My boss brings his dogs into work everyday and every time I see a little spot on them I let him know. He probably thinks I’m so annoying! Oh well!
Five readers? Haha! I feel that way a lot! =) Happy Thanksgiving!
You are not alone in being paranoid about your pets! Just a few weeks ago we noticed a few red, almost scab like spots on our new puppy and then found a similar spot on our golden retriever. Being totally paranoid, we assumed the puppy had caught a skin infection and spread it to our other dog. We took them to the vet the following week and turns out the puppy simply has acne (which is completely gone thanks to one round of antibiotics) and the spot on our golden retriever was just a callous because she always lays on her left elbow on the hard, tile floor. Needless to say, we felt pretty embarrassed when we found out it was nothing, but also very glad!
I am totally a paranoid pet owner! I let my dog run around in our fenced in backyard, but go out to check on him every 5 minutes! I am so scared my little guy will get out or get hurt! Loving or crazy… I will let you decide! 🙂
I tweeted yesterday that this is one of the times a year that I wish I was an American… or at least had reason to celebrate the American Thanksgiving holiday. I’m from Canada… and don’t get me wrong, Thanksgiving is great but there just seems to be that extra bit of festiveness when it comes to Thanksgiving in the US. It must be because its so close to Christmas and it makes for one big holiday season. Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
I bet you it’s a clogged sebaceous cyst (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001845/)! Our neighbor’s dog has one on its back (it’s about the size of a golf ball and SO gross), and they have to regularly drain the crud out of it. Coincidentally, I have a small one on my scalp (you can’t see it because my hair covers it) – the same neighbor is a hairdresser and she says they are very common! Luckily they are harmless for people and dogs alike!
Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving!
Just a heads up, dogs can’t actually see what’s on the TV 😉
And Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, so just another work/school day for us! We’ll still read your blog!
I’m working today, but heading home at 1:00 to bake and I’ll finish the day working at home. I hope you feel better! Safe travels and Happy Thanksgiving!
My best friend is a vet and she says she would MUCH rather deal with a paranoid dog owner than one that ignores problems. So definitely get it checked out.
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So cute…I don’t blame her for being interested in those Paula Deen sliders. 😉 Cracks me up when our dog gets into a TV show!
Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels.
I am so ready to get the Thanksgiving festivities started too! I’m stuck in the office one more day though, travelling to my parents house tonight. Have a safe trip and I hope Sadie is ok! I’m sure she is.
I am sure Sadie is okay but I am glad you are going in for the follow up. I, too, am a paranoid pet owner. Bella is seriously the light of mine and Keith’s life. She has brought us back to life after a very sad and trying year. I went to college with our vet and I swear I call him at least once a month. He’s a trooper though and always comes by our house on his way home from work to check her out and put my mind at ease. 🙂
I have classes today until a little after 8. Then, my mom is picking me up for NYC to drive to NJ…long day!
Always reading Julie! Love the blog :] Have a blessed and safe Thanksgiving!
I’m paranoid with ya! Although the times that I have taken April to the vet, I’ve felt validated at the end. One time, she was bitten by another dog and although the cuts were small, they were deep. The vet said it could have gotten infected and turned into an abscess if we hadn’t taken care of it. Another time she started leaving smelly butt stuff on our bed. It turns out that she had infected anal glands (and gave herself a hot spot, too). See, it’s always validated!
(Aren’t you glad you know about my dog’s anal glands?)
Me and my husband never go to the doctor, but if my dogs couch, I start freaking out. I completely understand being paranoid!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Love your dog- so cute 🙂
Have a safe trip this afternoon!
This past summer, my dog was harassing me before bed and I noticed a new bump on his neck. When I investigated, I found out it was a tick. I DESPISE ticks more than any other bug because those things are scary as anything so I was freaking out. More than anything I was scared it had bit him and then I wasn’t sure how to go about getting it out (especially since it was on the front part of his neck, not the back part, which made things tricky). It was like 12:30 a.m., but my sister was still up, so I recruited her to help me. Thankfully the tick was just in his fur, not in his skin, so I was able to get it out with a lot of tugging. He was such a good boy throughout the whole ordeal. He doesn’t even like my sister that much (and she doesn’t really like him that much, either), but he just looked at her the whole time (that way his head was up which made it easier to get at his neck) and let me tug/trim his fur to get rid of the tick. It was all fine in the end, but I totally understand being paranoid about your pet!
It looks like a few more than 5 people are reading your blog! 😉 Have a great Thanksgiving!! 🙂
I keep meaning to try that wrap from Starbucks. It looks really good. Happy THanksgiving!
Hi Julie,
Can you help me find a wristlet that you had blogged about many months ago? I fell in love with it, but lost the link to the company site. You showed a wrislet that has a pocket for your IPhone, then a blue shoulder strap style one also with IPhone pocket. I’d like to get it for my sister for Christmas, and one for me of course, so any help is GREATLY appreciated!
Love the blog… keep the inspiration and energy!
Thanks,
Bonnie
Ohh I’ve only ever tried the peppermint hot choc at Starbucks but the mocha sounds great!
I am a paranoid pet owner too! God help me when I have a kid, the poor thing! Haaha
No travel and a quiet holiday this year. I really liked your elliptical hill interval workout. I was searching for a new one and I came across it the other day. Hope Sadie feels better!
Hi Julie! Happy Thanksgiving.
My fiance and I have been thinking about getting a dog for the past 3 years. How much do you spend per month on Sadie? Before you quit your office job, do you think she was active enough although she was home alone all day?
Any info. would be much appreciated!!
I’m definitely a paranoid pet owner! One Saturday night this past winter, my pug was acting weird and looked bloated so I insisted we call the vet and take him in… on a Saturday evening… that “emergency” vet bill was NOT pretty.