House Cleaning Groupon, Shots and Tomatoes!

Pennies
I lied a few days ago when I said Old Navy was my favorite Groupon. Today is my favorite one--house cleaning! Every time a house cleaning Groupon comes up for Columbia, I buy it. I have been very happy with all the services I have gotten. If you have ever priced out a maid service, you know this is a steal! It's just that I don't have time to clean my house anymore, and when I do have free time, that is so not what I want to do! It's SO nice to come home to a clean house that you didn't have to clean. I never knew what that felt like until Groupon came around. It's my little splurge! If you are interested in today's Groupon house cleaning deal, go here:
House Cleaning Groupon

Puppies
This is what our Monday and Thursday nights look like:

Laci has terrible, terrible allergies, so off to the doggie dermatologist she went two years ago after a very expensive stay in the emergency hospital and then at her vet's office. She had allergy skin testing done, and it is done on dogs the exact same way it is done on humans. She is pretty much allergic to everything. Something I learned was that dogs mainly absorb allergy pathogens through their paws. So, if you have a dog with allergies, make sure you clean their paws after being outside. I also learned that allergic disorders are in fact the most common cause of itching in pets. So, back to Laci--to keep her allergies under control, she gets an allergy shot on Mondays and Thursdays. She also gets a benadryl every morning and a zyrtec plus a benadryl every night. And, yes, I give her the shots. It's not bad--you just insert the needle into the scruff of their neck and reward them with a BIG piece of chicken jerky afterwards :). Since we began this treatment, we have been able to keep her allergies in check, which is so worth the time and money we have spent to get here!

Ponderings
Remember yesterday how I was pondering about my tomatoes? Well, I pondered some more about them and what new ways I could use them instead of salads and tomato sandwiches. Well, my husband must have read my mind! He seared tuna steaks and then added tomatoes, fresh basil (off of our plant we keep in our sunroom) and cheese on top of them. He then put them in the broiler until the cheese was melted. It was great and different! Mouth watering yet? Well, it should after you see what they looked like...

Told you!