Well here we are once again making a new post to my wonderfull little corner of the web...
I am now about three and a half weeks into the nicotine patch thing. Am now on the step two patch and hope to be on the step three patch by friday. All is going well with that and I have not had any bad cravings. I am totally over physical habbit part of it. Which means all i need to do now is cut out the nicotine all together. Kicking ther physical habbit is the hardest part. Once thats done all there is left to do is deal with physilogical part of it.
Well Spike is still doing well. Am getting him a few new things on friday like a new bowl and carier. Not sure if I will expand his cage any time soon. Also been thinking about getting a second guinea pig. Have to research it more and really think about it first.
All has not been perfect in the last few weeks but things may be looking up soon. Will keep you all informed as time passes.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Not enough golds!
Well people it's been two and a hlaf weeks since i started the patch. I'm still on the step one patch and this friday i start the step two patch. Already saving a lot of money and enjoying the extra cash.
Spike is doing well and is enjoying his new cage i built for him on friday. Went to bugden signs and bought a 4'x8' sheet of corogated plastic to make the base of the cage out of. Got a 13 pack of storage cube squares from walmart. Also had some leftover lumber in the basement. Put it all together to make phase one of Spike's new cage. Next payday i get another 13 pack of squares and some toys to add to it to make phase two of the cage. Looking forward to it. Well i won't be getting him a exercise wheel or ball or a harness. They can be harmfull to guineapigs. Am building him a travel case soon out of the leftover corogated plastic i have. Then i can take him out visiting! Oh joy!
Been working on my electronics course again and am hoping to have another lesson done by the end of the week.
Things are going well with me and the lady. As you can all probably tell by my lack of presence as of late. But i'm not complaining.
Well thats it for now. Will probably update other blog soon.
Spike is doing well and is enjoying his new cage i built for him on friday. Went to bugden signs and bought a 4'x8' sheet of corogated plastic to make the base of the cage out of. Got a 13 pack of storage cube squares from walmart. Also had some leftover lumber in the basement. Put it all together to make phase one of Spike's new cage. Next payday i get another 13 pack of squares and some toys to add to it to make phase two of the cage. Looking forward to it. Well i won't be getting him a exercise wheel or ball or a harness. They can be harmfull to guineapigs. Am building him a travel case soon out of the leftover corogated plastic i have. Then i can take him out visiting! Oh joy!
Been working on my electronics course again and am hoping to have another lesson done by the end of the week.
Things are going well with me and the lady. As you can all probably tell by my lack of presence as of late. But i'm not complaining.
Well thats it for now. Will probably update other blog soon.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Come on lady hold my hand... Take me to your shadow land...
Well people here i am on a somewhat warm thursday night. Things right now are going pretty good.
Spike is doing well and is getting very acustomed to his new environment and routine. I bath him and clean his cage twice a week. I pretty much have his diet straightened out. I now pick him up for a little bit once a day. I read that the more physical contact they have the more at ease they will be when you handle them. I notice vast improvements in his comfort level and temperment every day now. I am very pleased with his progress. Caring for him and having him around is very rewarding. Hopefully i will have him for a long time to come.
Well last week my first shipment from correspondence school arived and i have already completed my first online test and recieved a score of 100%. Looking forward to working on the course over the next while.
Had yet another interview the other day with WalMart. Was for a different position this time. I think I blew this one. Oh well who knows... Just happy that I have plenty to do in the next while.
Well tomorow i get the materials for spikes new cage. I will be able to afford enough materials to build "phase 1" of spike's new cage. Looking forward to having him in his new home soon.
Well thats whats new. Be talking to you guys again soon.
Spike is doing well and is getting very acustomed to his new environment and routine. I bath him and clean his cage twice a week. I pretty much have his diet straightened out. I now pick him up for a little bit once a day. I read that the more physical contact they have the more at ease they will be when you handle them. I notice vast improvements in his comfort level and temperment every day now. I am very pleased with his progress. Caring for him and having him around is very rewarding. Hopefully i will have him for a long time to come.
Well last week my first shipment from correspondence school arived and i have already completed my first online test and recieved a score of 100%. Looking forward to working on the course over the next while.
Had yet another interview the other day with WalMart. Was for a different position this time. I think I blew this one. Oh well who knows... Just happy that I have plenty to do in the next while.
Well tomorow i get the materials for spikes new cage. I will be able to afford enough materials to build "phase 1" of spike's new cage. Looking forward to having him in his new home soon.
Well thats whats new. Be talking to you guys again soon.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
To boldy go where no guinea pig has gone before...
Ok so it's been almost a week since i had my new guinea pig. Me and Tracy named him after. We're calling him Spike for the way his hair sticks up in the front. Tomorow is his first cage cleaning and bath. So we will see how that goes. he's getting rather acustomed to me at this point. He snifs me, takes food out of my hand and nibbles on my fingers, but still won't let me pet him. Oh well all in good time I guess.
In related news i have already decided to build him a bigger cage. I will be building a fairly large cage that will give him much more room to exercise and enjoy everything in his cage. Will be building the cage out of steel mesh squares (normally used for storage units) and the base will be constructed of some kind of plastic or rubber material (probably coroplast) and will all be suported on a wooden table built of the cheepest materials i can find but still of course be plenty sturdy. I'd like to have several levels to the cage and in addition to the plastic house he has and the wooden climbing toy he has, I'd like to add an exercise wheel as well as a real bed. As for other "out of the cage accessories", i need to get some shampoo, a travel case and harness, and a plastic exercise ball for roaming around in.
Ok. So my study materials for the electronics course i signed up for came in yesterday. So i am quite plaesed :) Started studying yesterday and did my first online exam today. Got 100% So i am pleased so far. Seems like the course is ten times better then the course i started but never finished with ICS years ago. So I am looking forward to getting somewhere with the course. Should be fun. Get to build cool stuf like a sound amplifier and all that craziness.
Ok so the quiting smoking thing is going well so far. I am currently on day six of using the patch, and haven't had any seriously bad cravings yet. Already saving lots of money and looking forward to saving even more when i'm off of the patch all together.
Lots of stuf on my wish list right now. On the top of that is parts and components for building a proper cage for Spike and of course more toys for him. Then i guess would be the buying of parts to upgrade my computer, and after that would be an XBox 360, and what ever i feel like after that.
So as for everything else, all is going well. Me and Tracy are getting along better than ever i like to think. She's planning something special soon, so that should be interesting :P Job search has come to a screeching halt as neither of my interviews panned out and i haven't heard from anyone else since. Not worried about it since i have well more than enough to keep me busy right now.
Well thats how things have been. Chat with you all soon.
In related news i have already decided to build him a bigger cage. I will be building a fairly large cage that will give him much more room to exercise and enjoy everything in his cage. Will be building the cage out of steel mesh squares (normally used for storage units) and the base will be constructed of some kind of plastic or rubber material (probably coroplast) and will all be suported on a wooden table built of the cheepest materials i can find but still of course be plenty sturdy. I'd like to have several levels to the cage and in addition to the plastic house he has and the wooden climbing toy he has, I'd like to add an exercise wheel as well as a real bed. As for other "out of the cage accessories", i need to get some shampoo, a travel case and harness, and a plastic exercise ball for roaming around in.
Ok. So my study materials for the electronics course i signed up for came in yesterday. So i am quite plaesed :) Started studying yesterday and did my first online exam today. Got 100% So i am pleased so far. Seems like the course is ten times better then the course i started but never finished with ICS years ago. So I am looking forward to getting somewhere with the course. Should be fun. Get to build cool stuf like a sound amplifier and all that craziness.
Ok so the quiting smoking thing is going well so far. I am currently on day six of using the patch, and haven't had any seriously bad cravings yet. Already saving lots of money and looking forward to saving even more when i'm off of the patch all together.
Lots of stuf on my wish list right now. On the top of that is parts and components for building a proper cage for Spike and of course more toys for him. Then i guess would be the buying of parts to upgrade my computer, and after that would be an XBox 360, and what ever i feel like after that.
So as for everything else, all is going well. Me and Tracy are getting along better than ever i like to think. She's planning something special soon, so that should be interesting :P Job search has come to a screeching halt as neither of my interviews panned out and i haven't heard from anyone else since. Not worried about it since i have well more than enough to keep me busy right now.
Well thats how things have been. Chat with you all soon.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
What would you name a multicolored guinea pig?
Ok so you're wondering what the title is all about?
I'll tell you...
Tonite i went out to pet city in the village. Last nite i decided i wanted a fish tank with little fishies... Then today i discovered that getting what i wanted would be too expensive. So then i decide newts would be really cool since they were alot cheeper to keep. Then i looked through three stores and i found a big nothing in the way of newts or salamanders. So once i got to pet city and realized i might not get anything... Then i started pricing up the hamsters and guinea pigs. The guinea pigs wern't that expensive starter kit and all. So the next step was to get on the pay phone and convince mom to let me take one home. So much coaxing and convincing later she agreed to let me have the little critter. So after a long 31 years i finally have an actual pet of my own. Haven't named him yet. Have a few ideas though. Will let you guys know when i have chosen a proper name for the little guy. I am very happy :) Looking forward to having him hopefully for a long time to come.
Well i'm rather nervous tonite just the same. Been trying to get a hold of tracy since 7:00 and haven't gotten an answer since... Oh well... I just hope she's allright.
Oh yeah... Have some more news. I'm planning on quiting smoking. Picked up some nicotine patches. So hopefully that will work out for me. Will keep you guys posted on that.
Nothing else to report right now. So i will chat with you people later.
I'll tell you...
Tonite i went out to pet city in the village. Last nite i decided i wanted a fish tank with little fishies... Then today i discovered that getting what i wanted would be too expensive. So then i decide newts would be really cool since they were alot cheeper to keep. Then i looked through three stores and i found a big nothing in the way of newts or salamanders. So once i got to pet city and realized i might not get anything... Then i started pricing up the hamsters and guinea pigs. The guinea pigs wern't that expensive starter kit and all. So the next step was to get on the pay phone and convince mom to let me take one home. So much coaxing and convincing later she agreed to let me have the little critter. So after a long 31 years i finally have an actual pet of my own. Haven't named him yet. Have a few ideas though. Will let you guys know when i have chosen a proper name for the little guy. I am very happy :) Looking forward to having him hopefully for a long time to come.
Well i'm rather nervous tonite just the same. Been trying to get a hold of tracy since 7:00 and haven't gotten an answer since... Oh well... I just hope she's allright.
Oh yeah... Have some more news. I'm planning on quiting smoking. Picked up some nicotine patches. So hopefully that will work out for me. Will keep you guys posted on that.
Nothing else to report right now. So i will chat with you people later.
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