January came and went. We had some snow, but not a lot. Anabelle was able to get in some sledding and snow play, but she sure wishes there was more snow!
We've been slowly working on:
- Getting the kids moved into their bedrooms.
- Getting the rental cabins cleaned out and taking inventory.
- Making a website for the cabin business.
- Figuring out the best way to heat the house.
- Fixing all the stuff that goes wrong, which is quite often! (which always delays other things we'd rather be doing!)
- Planning for chickens and a garden.
Pumpkin the stray cat went to the vet to get checked out. She was spayed and got her rabies. The vet thinks she's around 2 years old by looking at her teeth. Nothing seems to be wrong with her, praise the Lord for that! She will not use a litter box, so she can't be an indoor only kitty. For her post-surgery recuperation, we put her in our puppy's kennel. She didn't mind being in the cage and didn't do her business in there. Good kitty! She's very aloof and just wants to be petted! Anabelle adores her and takes awesome care of her. Pumpkin follows her around the yard (even in snow!) like a puppy dog. She does come inside, but goes out periodically and overnight. She helps keep the mice population down. She was here on the property before we moved in. We aren't sure why she was here. She was not left behind by the sellers. I think she's purrrfectly happy with us adopting her. ;)
Justin's cat LadyMoon has adjusted well to our new house. Except she hates the puppy and Pumpkin. But she's never been friendly to other animals. She spends her days and nights napping on beds or on the floor in front of a heat source. Occasionally she runs around the house like a psychotic rocket, at least she's getting some exercise!
Zorg is our puppy. Gary picked him out of a box full of free puppies at Walmart. Unfortunately he came with parvo and had to go stay with the vet for 4 days until he was well enough to come home for Christmas. Praise the Lord he got well from that, not all puppies survive that virus.
Zorg has way too much energy! We can't wait for the puppy stage to end, because... teeth. He chews on everything, including us. He has plenty of toys and goes outside for stimulation many times a day, but it's never enough. So far he has learned to "sit" and "shake" and he does not beg at the dinner table. The kids love him, except for when he's being a tiny T-rex. Then he goes in his indoor pen/kennel because we just need a break sometimes.
Zorg is also goofy and clumsy. He makes us laugh or say, "Awwwwwww come look at the puppy!" He loves to sleep in odd positions, it's cute.
He loves taking naps in this brown chair.
Yes, really. He napped like this!
Anabelle made him a bed with her blankets and coats in a box. He loved it. But I had to put a stop to that one.
We bought him a dog bed, but all he did was chew it and try to dig in it. So we covered it in one of his green blankets. That didn't work. Anabelle decided to go in his kennel with him, and that seemed to work! He loves his bed now, though it's not always covered up with a blanket anymore, and no Anabelle does not sleep in there with him.
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