Here You Come Again...

You germs, you....

Oh yes, you heard me and not some broken record.  Bo and Cote are sick again.  Nasty sick.  They got some sort of nasty cold thing and it is punishing me day and night.  All night.  I will be going on night 2 of no sleep.  That's OK, because when they are under the weather. I always sleep with one eye open.

Gage is still doing well with his studies here at home.  He is all signed up for hockey for this winter and is super excited.  Me?  Eh.  I don't know much about the sport at all, so it sort of takes the wind out of my sails.  I never show him my lack of enthusiasm though.  He is still happy about being in the Boy Scouts and is excited for his next meeting.  I keep forgetting to bring his Popcorn Selling kit to town with us to try and sell some.  I am lucky if I get out of here with socks on, so I was not prepared for this task right away.

Keith has not been getting many hours in at work and we all know what that means... small paychecks before the Holidays.

Stellar.

As for me, I am doing OK.  Still trying to lower my stress level and I am getting a little closer every day.  Melissa, my friend Bangel and I all just started a new site.  It is basically a sight for advocacy, our favorite things and controversial and fun randomness.   I am very excited about it and hope it is enjoyed by many and forces everyone to think.

Farm Update:  We have been under attack by an insane skunk I will go ahead and name Relentless.  Our first discovery of her was on Sunday afternoon when Gage went out to the feed shed to get Luna and Hermoine, our hilarious kittens.  All of a sudden Gage was barreling across the yard with the kittens flailing under the crook of each of his elbows.  He was screaming and bawling and at first I thought that the kittens had killed Thelma the renegade hen, but all he could squeek out was "SKUNK!"

I almost died laughing.  Well here to find out this skunk was trapped in the shed behind some bags of chicken coop bedding that had tipped over.  So goofy Keith and I head out there to try and figure out what to do to get it out.  I found the biggest fencing pole I could find, and as Keith tried to get an opening wedged clear, I gingerly held the rifle.

After we cleared an opening, Keith spent the next couple of hours waiting for Relentless the skunk to come out.  It didn't happen and he eventually had to leave for work.

So then fast forward to this afternoon.  We are outside again and watch as the skunk squirts under the pig barn door.  What the heck, right?  So Keith posts in his truck waiting for it to come out and I go behind the barn and start banging around.  Doesn't work.  This is one super relentless skunk.  I finally go in and just in time for Keith to see it and shoot it... right in the doorway of the barn.

HOLY CRAPPERS does my farm stink.  I made Keith strip down outside after disposing of the skunk and let me tell ya, it does not make a huge difference.  We won though and that is the main thing.

Anyways, please keep us in your thoughts as we are pretty much trapped here at home :)  Enjoy this little batch of decent weather we are having and have an awesome night!!!