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July 18, 2005
Expensive hobbies 
Follette has some badass gum disease. Two teeth will need to come out, and hopefully, a couple can be saved. She has one ugly mouth. You'd never know it from watching her meow. Poor kitty. So, Thursday will be the big day that she will go under the knife, and I'll cough up $1K that I don't really have.
I know good oral hygiene is good for pets. And I'd get more behind it, certainly, if it didn't cost so much. But let's face facts, at $400 for a teeth cleaning, ack.
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I of course want to go buy expensive things. I've been thinking about replacing my old powerbook, which is beginning to show its age. It no longer enjoys ejecting CDs and DVDs, and everytime it refuses to give up a borrowed platter, I start sweating. Its 10 gig harddrive, once-upon-a-time huge, is now always almost full, and I spend a lot of time pulling things off it, hoping to free up more space.
So, I decided this weekend to call the powerbook store to see what it would cost to take care of these things. $400. That, or I could get somebody's teeth cleaned. At what point do you say, I'm spending bad money after good (or whatever that phrase is. What is that phrase?).
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It's hotter than hell outside. 91 according to the gadget on my browser. That seems a little cool. I was broasting on the scooter.
Hey, but if you're thinking about doing Bridge Pedal Sunday, August 14th, St@rbucks is offering a coupon for $3 bucks off. Not bad!
How can it already be almost August? How is this possible?
Posted at July 18, 2005
Comments
Ouch. Sorry about the pet expenses...and what is it with this hot weather???? Yowee.
Posted by: susan at July 18, 2005 6:31 PM
hey veej? i fix powerbooks for a living and have quite the supply of old parts lying around...
please lemme know if there's anything i can do to help. with the PB, i mean. sounds like you've got the gato taken care of.
Posted by: hollie at July 18, 2005 6:35 PM