Terror in the Trees

So we all know I am the proud owner of 2 ridiculously small dogs. Lulu is 4 lbs & and Lily is 15 lbs. (The 15 pounder is a story for another post).

I took the dogs out for their evening romp in the yard. I was enjoying the weather and saw something in the yard. I sauntered over and ew, sick. It was a dead rabbit. It was missing body parts. Well my hunting dogs were oblivious to the animals so I hustled them inside to wait for the Mr. to come home and take care of this issue.

He comes home, and I tell him about our dog's stellar hunting skills and if he could please dispose of the animal. Thank.you.very.much. I thought he ran it over with the lawn mower. Well, apparently not. There was a HUGE hawk in the yard back for it's prey. Holy crap!

The Mr. got the hawk out of there and I didn't ask details on the rabbit but it's out of the yard. We have since been having hawk drills with the dogs. We caw at the dogs and they hide under large objects. I am fully aware this is not normal but we're trying to be prepared.

Cutting the Cord...

Err... cable that is. The Mr. and I have finally done it. We cancelled the cable and internet. Don't jump on the "they're crazy bandwagon yet." We're trying to cut expense to save for next year's adventure in moving to a new city and starting grad school.

The Mr. is obsessed with Dave Ramsey. I'm coming around. I like the part of organizing the budget and all that stuff. I just don't like the not spending money part.

We have whittled our expenses down but our "home entertainment budget" was ridiculous.
We paid:
$12 a month for XM radio
$125 a month for internet and cable
$26 a month for a landline phone just for TiVo.

I called XM to cancel and they gave us 3 months for free. I have an appointment in 3 months on my calendar to cancel.

I cancelled our current cable & internet. I re-signed with another company for high speed internet for $25 mo. since they are partners with our cell phone company. We can then use hulu.com for our Mad Men fix.

I cancelled the land line. I will miss you TiVo. You don't even know.

I also signed up for Netflix to keep us from going crazy.

Our new budget line is $25 + $8= $33 instead of $163. Dave would be proud.

It's not easy being green!

I am addicted to cleaning products. I admit it. I love my Saturday morning cleaning parties and am always willing to try out a new product, especially if it's "green." Clorox green works-loved it. Generation dish soap. Did not love it. Mind you I don't have a dishwasher (gasp! I know, the horror) so I like to see soap bubbles and see that I'm actually cleaning the dishes.

Mind you, all the green people (is that what you call them?) say that "clean isn't a smell. It's the absence of smell = clean." Well, I think that's bull. I want my kitchen smelling like clorox clean up. thank.you.very.much.

So, back to the soap. It was watery, did not smell lemon-y, and I will be tossing it out. Well, I guess I'll recycle the bottle. That's enviromentally friendly, right?