Still getting to know him

 Kent and I have been married for nearly 17 years (our anniversary is October 10). Three weeks ago I learned that he adores snickerdoodles, they are his hands-down favorite cookie in all the world. I learned this because I was looking around for another vegan cookie recipe, found one for snickerdoodles and asked him if he liked them.

He was not lying. I've made three batches now and he's not sick of them yet. In fact, he told me that if I gave him the bowl of cookie dough, he knew he'd eat the entire bowl even knowing that he would feel miserably sick afterwards. 

I love that I'm still getting to know him, he is my favorite human being in all the world. 

By the way, this was a full pan coming out of the oven. We ate some still warm, so yummy.

The kittens are here!

 I’ll write more about the whole “why two more cats??” but for now, let me introduce the newest members of our family. 

These girls are two and a half months old, not litter mates but bonded. We picked them up yesterday after they were spayed (which yes, that seems quite young to me too). They’re spending the next couple of weeks in our second bedroom which is their safe room. I present to you the safe room:

Wally and Eddie know something is up, not sure if they realize there are kittens in the house. Of course, both boys hate closed doors, especially Eddie, so we have some hurt feelings. Eddie likes to lie right outside the door and yell at us about that awful closed door. His yelling gets Wally riled up, so then Wally hisses at Eddie. 

Anyway, the foster mom named them after female singers. We liked Stevie’s name (as in Nicks) but I had a Mags before and I don’t like to reuse animal names so Maggie is now Annie (as in Lennox). In this photo, Steve is on the left and Annie is on the right.

Last night, the girls spent the night curled up under the guest bed. I could see their little ears and they took turns approaching me and scampering back. I’m sure they were sore, tired and a little freaked out to be in a strange new place.

This morning was completely different. They both scampered out to greet me, purring loudly and wanting pets (I obliged). They ate a whole can of kitten food between them and both used the litter box properly. Annie is on the left and Stevie is on the right:

I got a short video this morning and then later, both girls were on the cat tree. Annie was on the top (and stayed until I snapped a picture), and Stevie was on the second level but got down too quickly for the photo.

Turns out I am just silly

 I shared that the cool bag Radius provided didn't fit the Tymlos pen. Wendy suggested contacting them so I did, shared that the bag didn't seem to be made to fit the pen I actually use. Readers, that same day they called me back!

Turns out that you really are intended to shove that pen down in the opening. As Pierre said, it's supposed to be very snug. So I present to you the fully filled bag with a pen that isn't going anywhere. I think I could drop this off a tall building and nothing would break.

Thanks, Pierre!

Well this is just silly

 Remember in July when I showed you a photo of the bag provided by the company that makes Forteo? I'm not actually taking Forteo, I'm taking Tymlos but as I mentioned then, my endocrinologist had a sample of Tymlos and the bag from Forteo. 

Once I filled the script for Tymlos, I also signed up for their resources for people who've just started Tymlos. I figured, why not? Can't hurt, might help. And last week I got a really cool carrying case from Radius. 

At first I thought it would be perfect; it's got a slot for the pen and little openings to put your needles. I'd used the Forteo bag on a recent trip to Nashville and while I liked that I could put all my medications in there, it's basically just one open space.

Yesterday I decided to get this new bag loaded up. Only . . . the injection pen will not fit in the slot. And that insert is glued in there and not coming out.

You can see in this picture that the Forteo bag is bigger. Which is OK if I used it for all medications when I travel but it's not necessary. I don't have that many.

And aren't these slots clever?

But it's not even close to fitting in that slot.

Just in case you couldn't tell from the previous angle:

So my cool new bag is basically worthless. That's bad product design, Radius, really bad. 

Deja vu

 In both collages, the photo on the left is the new bone growth stimulator for my broken foot. The one on the right is the one I used for my fractured pelvis. 

Otherwise, the drill is the same. I wear the device for 30 minutes each day, the clock resets at midnight Pacific time, and it's a use it or lose it device. I've got 270 doses and once I started the device, the count down clock started. In another 265 days, this device will become trash (no recycling which stinks).

Insurance covered this 100%, probably because the claim is later in our benefits year. I was pretty annoyed by the medical rep who brought it by. He came to the door without a mask on so I said (in my own mask) "where's your mask?" Oh, he said, out in my car. Yeah go get it. Jerk.