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I've been thinking about this a lot. Especially so just this week when I had a cat get incredibly sick....after hours of course.
He's a large animal vet that tends house pets on thursdays. If it's an emergency tho, you call, he answers, then you fly low over the tree tops to his rural home where he hands you a bill for 30 dollars after he puts your sick pet back together.
His door is always open. He's attentive. He's GOOD. Really good. Gosh, he went down to tend animals from Katrina and still goes back every year for volunteer care.
So, what do you gift a vet that doesn't suck every last dime out of you and takes really good care of your animals? He's in his late 60's...he lives simply. No Mrs. Vet that I can gather. hmmm.
Cash? A full meal spread for him and his Thursday Pet Volunteers? I'd like to do something to show my sincere appreciation to his devotion.
Would a muffin basket or those edible fruit things be to cheesy? I was gonna suggest cooking a mini turkey day meal for them but then I thought they might have looked at it as you were throwing your left overs on them.
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Christina Maurine Leigh
Proud Army wife to Brandon Keith, Mama to Jordan Ann Maurine and expecting Nathan Matthew Neil
I love our vet, too, and have given he and his wife chicks for their chicken flock.
Since you think he might live alone, what about a food basket with a quart of pickled hard boiled eggs from your chickens, some home made muffins, a chunk of nice cheddar, a nice salami, and maybe a quart of homemade soup? that sounds about perfect for anyone imo.
I love our vet, too, and have given he and his wife chicks for their chicken flock.
Since you think he might live alone, what about a food basket with a quart of pickled hard boiled eggs from your chickens, some home made muffins, a chunk of nice cheddar, a nice salami, and maybe a quart of homemade soup? that sounds about perfect for anyone imo.
Ok, that I can handle.
See, I wasn't feeling the cooking love because I'm really not that great of a cook. ok, I kind of suck. Baking is down right laughable. BUT I do make a decent creamy wild rice soup. Dh swears it's waaaay better than restaurant. lmbo.
Brandon Keith, Mama to 
Jordan Ann Maurine and expecting 
Nathan Matthew Neil
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