Hunter safety

Max is a little over half way through with his hunter safety course. The last two nights Barry has been able to go to the class with him and today the class goes to the shooting range in the morning and then class from 1 - 5 this afternoon. Yikes!!!!! During the break they are going to go sign Max up for baseball. Poor Max is getting pretty warn out. School all day and then 4 nights this week hunter safety class from 6 - 9:30 ish. He will have lots of studying to do tomorrow. His test is on Tuesday night.
So its me and the young ones today. Some errands and then we will go out for lunch!!!!
So our Boxer dog Hailey went to the vet because she has been limping after rough housing with Lucy (we think but don't really know). She still runs like crazy on it so we didn't think it was a huge problem. It is really tough to keep her down. Turns out she has a torn ligament in her back knee. The bill for repairing it will be.........
around.......$3,000.00!!!!!!! after all the x-rays and surgery are done. Plus, we would have to travel to Spokane for 24 hours or so. We have her on some medicine. I really don't know what to do. My Mom's dog has the same issue and has had it for years. She has had a surgery and it is back again. It so sucks to see her favor that leg because she is such an athletic and active dog.
Cooper has been busy playing Webkinz. It is nice that he is playing something that doesn't have guns it it. He just bought a Mazin Hamster which came in the mail.
Wyatt is busy all the time with Legos. We are trying to encourage him to write his name and he is having very little interest in that. He may be a tough one :)
I went for a ride this week and it went really well. The sun came out for awhile making it even nicer. Looking forward to getting out and doing that more. Kindra found a gal who is offers riding lessons and I am going to call her and see if she will take me on as a student. I just need to make the call which for some reason I keep putting off.
Barry is working Sunday night, Monday night and Tuesday night.
Tomorrow is the SAG awards RED CARPET time! So fun for me to watch!

A before and after pic and updated animal pics

Cooper is getting better AGAIN. He tested positive again for strep. The doc was suggesting Mono until the test came back. Yikes. He is really showing some signs of being sick since the begining of the month! He stayed home again today. I wanted to make sure that he seemed really on the mend. The doc said 24 hours until he wasn't contagious but really 48 until he would be feeling better. Cross you fingers that this high powered antibiotic works this time.

I have caught a little bug. I am fine now. But I need to vent that it is AMAZING how when I am sick it getting rest does not apply to me. Ugh!

We have seen the sun a few times the last couple of days. Oh, it makes me excited for the seasons to change but seeing how it is only January I best not get to hopeful. Although, I did get a seed/plant catalog to go through and start planning.

I have some pics to share. Bunnies got out finally for a little. The poor things have been cooped up in there hutches full of hay to keep them warm and tarps covering them at night and when it is really bad during the day. It looks like a shanty town for rabbits out there. I hope I come up with a better plan next year.

A picture of Lucia (Lucy) who is coming along. I still am on night duty and have spent way too much time sleeping on the couch. Which really bothers my joints. I am sticking it out because I really need this hunting dog to work out for us. Because I am not going to do this again any time soon!

Finally, there is a before and after picture of the end table that I sanded, primed and painted. Got'er done in one day. It felt good to not just throw it away but to repurpose it.

Strep!

Man poor Coop ! Diagnosed with Strep back on the 6th. Took all of his medicine and 2 days after finishing started having symptoms. Of course the Dr. can't just refill a script. You got to go in to do that! They reswabbed his throat to which he has decided that "it sucks". Tested positive again! This Dr. was in disagreement on the previous Dr.'s choice of antibiotic. So he is on a mega version now. Home today because he needs to be on them for 24 hours before going to school. He told me on Saturday his throat was scratchy and that he thought it was back. Of course I thought it was in his head. But by yesterday he couldn't swallow again and I rushed him back to the walk in clinic.
So I am feeling a little puky myself. Hoping I can just ignore it.
Barry and Max took Lucy out hunting yesterday. She did great and did well with the shotgun going off so that is a releif. I would hate that I am loosing all this sleep house training her and then she wouldn't be a good hunting dog. While they were gone I sanded, primed and painted my end table. It was a sunny day so I took advantage of it and got a project done.
Barry is back to the night shift starting this week. Which is always a fun transition for the family :)

quick post

I haven't felt much like posting lately. Sorry! We have become an extremely unorganized family over the holidays. We are all really needing some refocus time. Back to the basics. More exercise. More reading. Try for less video games and t.v. They become my crutch for me getting things done and I really want to try to do that less. I have to say that the boys eventually get bored with them and search out for something else to do. This is when things get crazy around here and they will after time get into some kind of scuffle with each other. Then of course I am mad and stressed out. So my proactive skills are lacking. Need to work on that.

I want to shout out to my Aunts and Uncles in Wisconsin who check on my blog! It is wonderful to know that you are checking in. But on a sad note I want Aunt Nancy to know that I am thinking of her and her family since the loss of Dick. He had a long battle. O.K. I am off to be proactive. After a hot tub :)