Dan is finally home from two weeks in Missouri. He still has a cough but is feeling much better. While he was gone my dad came over quite a bit and helped me get the garage cleaned out and organized and we were able to organize some of the inside of the house as well.
Now that Dan is home, Pippa got sick. She has had a bit of a cough and a sniffly nose for a while now. Sunday/Monday she was running a pretty high fever (103) but we were able to keep it down with meds. I stayed home with her on Tuesday and she was back to "normal" on Wednesday. Unfortunately, Wednesday night she took a turn for the worse and I made a doctor appt for her on Thursday morning. They said she had a double ear infection that would not go away on it's own so she is on antibiotics now. Even after just the one day, she is doing SO much better.
On Monday, we got two new cats! Now that we have two barns, we wanted to get some outdoor only kitties to help control any rodent population. There is a program here called "barncat rescue" where they hook you up with someone who has cats they do not want anymore (who cannot be kept inside). Nancy came over to our house and left us her two Maine Coon kitties, Oliver and Davy. I'm surprised that Oliver is an outdoor kitty, he's very cuddly and he LOVES Pippa. Davy is a little more skittish though. They are still locked up in the barn as of today but tomorrow we will start letting them out during the day to explore. We kept them inside for almost a week so that they would know where their food is and hopefully continue to come back.
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| Oliver is in the back, Davy in the front |
Liam started Parkour lessons last Saturday and he loved it. We will go back every Saturday that we have him while we can. Soccer starts in April so I wanted to keep him busy and active until then. The first semester of school is over for him and he starts all new classes on Monday. He is thrilled to be taking Art again.
I think that's about it for us. My dad is coming over again tonight and will go with me in the morning to paint a couple of rooms in the old house. Seems some of the paint was a little too off-puting for a few lookers so we are going to paint it a more neutral color in hopes that we get an offer soon. We will continue to remain faithful in our budgeting and donations in hopes that one day it will all come back and we will sell our old house so that we can focus 100% on our new home.
Go Seahawks!
