Week in Review

* Two snow days

* Two cancelled sub days

* One very productive house cleaning/dusting/organizing day

* One doctor's appointment for Alison ... "Why is my finger STILL sore and swollen three weeks later?"

* One further x-ray at the hospital, where Alison, the radiologist, a coop x-ray student and I had an fascinating conversation about training for, and working in, that field. Alison learned that in high school, she can actually do her grade 11 co-op at the Picton Hospital, rotating through x-ray, labs, dialysis, nursing care, and physiotherapy. She is pumped!

* First work outside with the sheep in 2008 (other than routine care). Feet were trimmed; vaccinations were given, and I spent some time doing a relatively bad job crutching them. We also attempted to guess whether or not they are pregnant. Still fairly clueless about this, although certainly if Jasmine is NOT pregnant, she is on a diet the day we determine this :-).

*First (and possibly last) meeting for the PEC 4H Giant Vegetable and Pumpking Club. It was way too much sitting for Iain; it's not a "fun" club but very serious. (I'm sure they have fun as well!). Even Alison is reconsidering based on all her commitments. Iain really wants to concentrate on perennials and our square foot gardens at home (Hello? Okay son, you are MORE than welcome to do that.) I think we'll still plant giant sunflowers along the house; they're pretty spectacular.

* A visit at HOME from an ultrasound technician; yes, this variety is much less expensive that the kind we go to. Later today (weather permitting) our regional sheep specialist is passing through on her way home from dealing with some larger flocks and she is bringing her equipment. We will be able to find out if the girls are pregnant or not (definitely); approximately when they are due (hopefully) and perhaps the number of lambs coming (a slight possibility only, since our girls could be too far along for this). Hoping for photos, but we're having battery problems. I'm going to pick up Alison from school before she arrives; my name will be MUD considering there has already been two snow days this week, and she left early on the ONE day of school they've had for a doctor's appointment ... heh, heh. However we need two for sheep wrestling since our girls (especially Jasmine) are QUITE big.

*What didn't happen this week was reorganizing the filing cabinet and whip the budget into shape. Having the kids home demo'ed those "to-do" list constants.