an "a" update

for abby, air conditioning, and announcements abby went back to the vet today so he could have another look at her tumor and see if the inflammation had reduced. she's feeling a lot better but she's still not ready for the surgery. the area around the tumor is frighteningly bruised - a deep, deep purple and is majorly swollen (think pregnant lady ankles - abby has the same thing going on - the edema is all the way down her hind left left to her doggy ankle!) so we'll keep up the crazy meds and go back to the vet on thursday for another check-in. if she's ready for surgery, we'll get that scheduled for the following tuesday. otherwise, we'll keep doing these check-ins until she is surgery-ready. i contacted our home owners insurance about the AC unit. the agent's reaction when i told her what had been stolen: "you have GOT to be kidding me!" sadly no. that's just how it is going for us these days. but it seems like we'll only have to pay the $500 deductible - not great but not terrible either. stupid burglars. i also called a couple of HVAC places to see if they could give me estimates. unfortunately they need to get into the house and we obviously can't be there. i emailed our realtor to see if he would mind being there to let them in and he took it one step further - he's going to call to get estimates and set everything up. he also worked with the police and got us a police report for insurance purposes. i love this guy. there's no way our previous realtor would have gone this far above and beyond! my mom, lois, and i spent spent a couple of hours doing some serious gluing on thanksgiving to finish quentin's birth announcements. hey, he's only 3 and a half months old! we're just waiting on some addresses and some special stamps and they should be in the mail soon! make sure you look at the stamp when you get it! ;) also - if you would like an announcement but you think i may not have your address, shoot it to me in an email :)