James made biscuits this morning, and as always, we ate at the table. Pidgie came to claim his share—he loved the gravy James had poured over the biscuit-and-ground beef—and we noticed he was limping a little. His left leg looked a little bit swollen right where his toes and his leg met. He didn't seem much quenched by the situation; just annoyed with his foot, but I put him in the cage and half-covered him so he would rest during the afternoon. The foot still seems a bit swollen but it's not bothering him; right now he is mugging "Girlfriend" [his toy] and singing happily.

Willow, on the other hand, is a bit under the weather. She was watching us get dressed to go out and when I said, "Do you want to go out?" she gave a little happy leap into the air as always. But when she landed she yipped and has been limping on her left foreleg since then. We've both felt the leg and the shoulder and nothing seems to be swollen and she doesn't cry out or flinch in pain when it's touched. So we're keeping her quiet and seeing what develops.

On the other hand, we had a nice afternoon. We had to go to Sam's because BJ's isn't carrying our variety box of granola bars for work lunches again. Then we drove up US 41.

I had been wanting to go to Books-a-Million this or next weekend and had looked on their website to figure out if the store was up at Mall of Georgia or at Discover Mills. To my complete astonishment, I plugged in our ZIP code and it said there was a store in Acworth, on North Cobb Parkway!

Indeed there is, past the WalMart and Lowe's that were brand new two years ago there is now a big shopping center that includes a Super Target, a Petco (we were able to find two more "Girlfriends" for spares, as Pidge loves to toss his toys to the floor and they frequently get stepped on), and the Books-a-Million (plus a Michael's that is opening soon).

I like Books-a-Million because they have the best magazine selection I've seen in years (or since Oxford Books closed) and they carry magazines I buy in the fall and winter, like Country and Country Woman, because I like the photos, which no one else carries (WalMart used to carry Country, but they quit, and of course Media Play, which carried both Country Woman and Reminisce Extra is ::sob:: gone). I also got a Reminisce Extra, Good Old Days, and the Christmas issue of Early American Life. Had a good time perusing their Christmas books.

We came home through Mars Hill Road and, along with a bunch of new developments and a couple of new shopping centers, saw some colorful trees—one maple was a blazingly brilliant poem of orange, yellow and green—against the increasingly cloudy sky. We'd never gone this way before and it was a delightful ride. We ended up coming out at Macland Road at the Kroger.

Used a coupon at Border's for a free drink; had something called "Cocoa Trio" which is cocoa with a whipped cream topping, a squiggle of dark chocolate, a semi-sweet bar, and white chocolate shavings on top (hence the "cocoa trio") and looked through the new issue of Real Simple.

Willow's still a worry, though.

Labels: books, pets, sickness

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nice blog. had fun reading it. i love pets too.
i am already gearing up to celebrate christmas in style, how about you? check out this wondeful Christmas Blog for some cool gift ideas.

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