Day 1124

We got up at 7:30 today, did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  Then we left to take the truck to the dealership.  Traffic on loop 1 was backed up for a mile at Lacrosse.  Then it was realtively speedy until William Cannon.  It was stop and go from there until we got on 290.  With all that we were still 15 minutes early.

The service writer noticed that one of the front tires was coming apart and that the truck needed an alignment.  That, along with the $150 "diagnostic fee" means that we're into the repair for $500 before they've even looked at it.  The writer said their diesel guy was overbooked and he'd call in the afternoon.

It was about 9:15.  We had some time to kill and went to the donut place on Brodie.  We left Lucy at home so we got her a bacon donut.  Then we dove to Barton Creek Mall for our yearly visit.  We got there a minute after they opened.

We stopped at Sears first.  They were having a going out of business sale.  I bought a drill press, a shovel, and some screwdrivers.  We also got Mom some clothes for Christmas.  Then we spent hours walking through the mall.  We bought a birthday present for Melissa and some cosmetics for Ellen.  We had lunch at California Pizza and didn't leave the mall until after 2.

We stopped at the post office on the way home.  We came home to a disaster.  We'd tied Lucy to the bed.  Big mistake.  She shit all over the floor and cowhide.  She also destroyed her bed, our comforter, and the comforter cover.  She even shit on and tore up her pink bed.  The bedroom floor was covered with down and dog bed stuffing.  It took both of us over an hour to clean up the mess.  I had to throw out the dog bed and the comforter. 

Ellen went to Hog Heaven while I finished the cleanup.  Then I surfed and finished the wash.  When Ellen got home she fixed Lucy some rice and turkey.  She saved the pink bed by restoring the stuffing and sewing it up.  Then it got a bath.

Dinner was a frozen Ramen bowl.  After dinner was TV and surfing.  The mattress people called and said they'd deliver the mattress after 4 tomorrow.  That will give us plenty of time to replace the stuff Lucy destroyed.