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Do you know what pet sedatives are?

Well, my best friend Bailey found a whole bottle of them on Friday while we were both at work, and had to be taken in for emergency care! What a start to a great weekend, right? Wrong! First off, I’d do anything for him so I wasn’t too fazed when the vet said that he needed to run some test and possibly keep him overnight (I was guessing $300, and this guess didn’t sound too bad)! Secondly, all the regular vets in the area closed shop for the weekend, so I was left with no other options anyway. Now here comes the hardest part to swallow: third, our itemized estimate had a total of $1400 at the bottom of it! Man, I almost flipped my lid right there!

The vet helper (sorry, I don’t know her real title, and didn’t care to due to the fact that she had like no personality to speak of) said everything on that list was absolutely necessary, and I didn’t have pet insurance (it always sounded like a crock of bologna to me. I still believe this, by the way) so my hands were tied — I was forced to pay this huge bill, because of the love that I have for this big dingbat with fur. However, I didn’t do it quietly!

The next day I did a ton of research, and this is some of the stuff that I found out about vet clinics (a day late and a dollar short, if you ask me): Continued

My fiancée, Jen, loves everything about Jimmy Buffett!

His beachcomber lifestyle epitomizes a relaxed attitude. Take for example one of his greatest hits Margaritaville, of which she tells me only “posers” listen to (color me poser then). In this song, Jimmy (as a young man in Key West) is living the high life in a “bummy” sort of way! His days are filled with eating shrimp and sponge cake, losing his salt shaker constantly and getting hammered off of margaritas on the daily (which are horrible, by the way). This cheap ass can’t even afford a new pair of sandals (in the song, he “blows” his old crappy ones out).

Jen’s wanting a piece of this way of life is the reason we moved to South Florida. Too bad we didn’t get all the way down to Conch Country. Instead, we’re stuck in a far worse place than we started off with: Boca Raton. Before you damn “snowbird” New Yorkers jump down my throat, let me explain why this place has nothing to do with the beach lifestyle that many people would associate this part of the Sunshine State with … Continued

Buying a puppy is a huge commitment!

This will be your new best friend for a long time, and you are responsible for giving him/her a good life. This means that you will 1) feed it the right food, 2) nurture it and 3) take it for long walks, even in the middle of a snow storm (especially in snow storms, they love the snow). To better understand the financial burden that comes with pet ownership, I listed some helpful guidelines: Continued