Money In, Money Out

Recently, I helped a friend out and took care of his greenhouse full of hydroponic lettuce (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroponics). It was a three week ordeal which I thoroughly enjoyed. Joseph and I look forward to the day when we will have our own greenhouse to help feed our family (even smudgie!). Here's a photo of the greenhouse that we just finished building at work. This is for the vermicomposting project that I received grant fund for (from a grant that I wrote to the state). See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6TiawLx0J8





I wasn't expecting any sort of payment, except a labor trade for help on my greenhouse. He surprised me the other day with payment. That day I had taken in Smudge to get her teeth checked out. She has stomatitis, which means she is allergic to the plaque on her teeth causing severe gingivitis. The doctor said that she needed to get all her teeth removed because they were seriously decaying in her mouth and causing some swelling. My poor baby girl! He giveth and taketh away (money, that is).

Smudge had to spend the night at the vet because they wanted to keep her on morphine overnight. I picked her up this morning. She's on pain meds and a sedative to keep her relaxed as she heals. She only has four teeth left: the two upper and lower canines. Poor girl. She is doing just fine, sleeping by our heater and eating canned food. Let's hope that this is the last issue that Smudge has for the remainder of her life.

Just a side note....the crew is firing the kiln this week. The excitement is at an all-time high, as is the anticipation and stress. Nothing they can't handle. We'll keep you posted on the progress of the firing along with some photos.