Nick's recovery from surgery

Nick finally got his HUGE vericose veins removed last week and since we shared pictures of his mouth I knew all of you would love to see his new improved and very sexy shaved leg :)

Nick ended up with a total of 36 incisions. The doctor said that 20 incisions was average but we all know that Nick is ABOVE average now don't we? LOL

Soooooooooo.... it has been 1 week since Nick's surgery. He has been off and quickly got bored so guess what he did.... A lovely rock border. Nick got the rocks from the creek in back of the house even though I told him all that lifting should not be done so soon after surgery. Evidently I am not a doctor and therefore do not need to be listened to on this topic. Who knew?

Well- this is how it looks now. Pretty- yes. Looking forward to another hernia repair- no. That's my man!

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike!

Hmmm, I mean WE want to ride our bicycle, WE want to ride our bike. Nick and I had a moment of "lets just get one" so we did and it is so much fun and good exercise too. It is a 21 speed Shimano. We added the fenders and bike rack to it so we would look really COOL! Nick and I rode our tandem bike around the 2.6 mile block that I normally walk- it was harder than walking, that's for sure. But quicker too! With Nick in front and controlling the ride it was hard for me to get used to having no control as to where the bike was going and when to pedal or not (we have to work on our bike communication) but I think we will have lots of fun with this and everyone is welcome to try it out. So come on over so we can go for a ride! Expect more pictures- maybe some of them will have us in them too. LOL!

Poor Nicky

Nick has been having some problems with his teeth lately and he got 3 of them pulled today while under IV sedation. I thought I should take some picture so I told him to say cheese and look what I got! What the heck?!?




By the way, the black is there is the stitches.





There was quite a bit of bleeding for a few hours afterwards
but Nick was feeling no pain at the time.






Ice packs helped control the swelling.




And happily medicated Nick lounged for the rest of the day!


The end!

More snowshoeing

This morning we woke up to this wonderful view behind our house. It was a very wet and heavy snow that stuck to everything it touched. Yippy- More snowshoeing!



Nick and the boys went out first to see if we would be able to walk in it. Nick was already tired from cleaning the driveway and deck of snow but he wanted to go snowshoeing!

So we went- I won't bore with with more of those pictures- just refer to previous postings for that :) But I had to share this.....

This is Boomer after snowshoeing on an average day

Not bad right?

Well the snow stuck to everything remember? And this is Boomer in the middle of our walk today.

We stopped three times during our walk so I could break the snowballs off of him and I still had to use my hairdryer on him when we got back home. Poor puppy- With all that snow he could barely lift his legs to walk. Junior did just fine though!

Have Boomer and Maxwell become friends?

Well, sometimes they play nice.

And other times Boomer thinks Maxwell is a chew toy, which appears to make Maxwell a bit angry.

Hmmmm

Guess everybody can't get along all of the time.

snowshoeing with the dogs

Junior took the time to show Boomer the basics of snowshoeing with us. Boomer caught on quickly and really enjoyed being free to run. Without a leash he didn't go too far ahead before turing to make sure that we were coming. By the time we got back to the house Boomer's fur was full of small snowballs. He slept well that night!

Update on our new addition to the family

Boomer has quickly become a loved addition to our family (although Smokie may diagree with that statement). Boomer has been to the vets and has a clear bill of health. He had his puppy vasectomy (we don't use the "N" word with Boomer) about 2 weeks after we got him and has healed well from that little procedure.

Smokie prefers to be far away from Boomer. That is because Boomer thinks Smokie is a chew toy. We put a baby gate up so Smokie has a choice as to if he hangs out with Boomer or not. He was here first, ya' know? Smokie has totally blamed me for this new addition to our family. It has now been about 3 1/2 weeks and Smokie is now letting me pet him again- talk about CATTITUDE. He is not a very forgiving kitty!

Junior has been more forgiving though and usually plays with Boomer. When Boomer first got her Junior made sure that it was clear who the boss was. Why wasn't my name on that list anyway? Whenever Junior is tired of playing with Boomer he lays down just outside of his reach. Smart dog! I think Junior actually enjoys when Boomer is outside with him though. They have fun playing together.