BANKRUPTCY FOR TROT PETS
Just as I thought….they are going belly up. Such a shame they could not get their act together. They still have their web site up to sell bowls which should be taken down. Creeps.
I know they tried…a bunch of young people…BUT the tell tale signs of a company in disarray were all there. Not just the fact they used China to make the goods, that they came late, but they couldn’t get the orders straight.
To me, another sign the company wasn’t in the right hands was the people who started it. If you look at their past “lives” you will see they started or worked for several companies, some for less that two years, over and over again. I know people finally make it with the “try try again” attitude, but these people did not bring anyone into the company as a director or CEO who actually knew what they were doing. Like someone from that TV show when they present their ideas and others buy into it.
So, I waited for 9 months, maybe longer, watching and waiting and finally bit the bullet as they were shipping and fulfilling orders. I bought one dish for my problem child…and that $80 is now down the drain.
So, be sure you DON’T go to their web site and buy a bowl.
CROCHET
That is something (crochet) that I haven’t been able to do. All my furniture was packed up late September and I moved myself to Idaho. Unfortunately, the remodel of the house hasn’t yet been completed and it is going to be November in just a few hours now. I have all my hooks with me, but no yarn. I searched my car and all my bags and do not have ONE skein!! I can’t believe it, but guess I knew I would be busy. I have tried to find a nice dark blue yarn, but none to be found here unless I go to a local store. Unfortunately, the two that I frequented when living here previously are closed. <sigh> Life.
I am staying at my wonderful niece Val and her wonderful husband Brett’s house in a nearby town. I feel like a fish out of water, being 75 and having been on my own for years after my sweet Sid passed away. Hard to live with someone in a way, but overall these great folks make it pretty easy. I know, no matter what, they do really need their space back. I sure do love them, not just for what they have done for me, but for being such wonderful people and so good to everyone. They just had their 5th grandchild, with the 6th on the way! Life multiplying in such a wonderful family!
SO - I am going shopping today to find the dark blue yarn that I need to make Val a scarf for winter. We do have a winter here…for several months starting in November. Another reason I want my furniture to get here soon! The drivers need to make it here in good order with little snow or ice to worry about.
IN CLOSING…
Let me say that I sincerely appreciate you who actually read this and who come back to check every so often. My life here in Idaho will be slower than before as I lost my beloved dog Brodie on the way here. Kidney failure. I think he had a tumor, too, but we will never know. I am still devastated by his loss as he was my special baby. With three dogs now, and none needing medication every 8 hours, I will be freer to take care of myself and the other 3. My cat, who turned diabetic this past February, now only needs one shot at night instead of the two, so I will be able to keep up with other obligations a little better.
Thank you so much for your patience and kindness for sticking with me over the years.
