Thanksgiving Belated

Well, I do know that this post is slightly belated, but it is still Thanksgivingish related. For Thanksgiving, we went down to Greensburg to visit, hunt, and eat with Susan's family. We came back on Sunday - back around 7 p.m. Anyway, we had a good time and we ate lots of food (pie, turkey, brisket, "the dish," etc...). Luckily, for the deer, we did not shoot or even see anything in regards to hunting. I think, both Susan and I, saw lots of birds - I think because I know I did, but only think Susan did. That's another blog - LiveJournal.

It was good to get away from Arkansas, if only for a little while. It is now about to get really cold and possibly snowy over here for the next few days. We will have to wait and see how the weather turns.

Everyone is doing rather well. Fuzzy, Ash or cat, is, I hope, getting better after having to have the vet come see him at home. Some skin rash or allergy. He is also not eating, or appears to be, very much for some reason - we don't know why and are trying to give him various foods to eat. He has lost some weight, but is still as crazy and fuzzy as ever. I hope all will be well with him - he's a good Fuzzy after all.

To conclude, I am very thankful for whoever is reading this blog although a comment now and then would be nice so that we know you are out there. I am also thankful that my brother-in-law does not read this blog because of the following picture. Good day to you all...

Grading, cleaning, and inspections, oh my!

Yep, I guess I better post something. It's been kind of hard getting time to play on the computer these past few days. We had a field trip with our mammalogy class a couple of weeks ago, which was super fun--caught the smallest gopher I'd ever seen! Also managed to catch a couple of animals with PIT tags in them that I had tagged in January, so that was cool. I've got students' papers coming out of the wazoo (trust me, it hurts) and I've been wading through them over the past couple of days. Our animal facility is also getting ready for a big inspection, so I've been spending most of my afternoons this week making sure all the gophers have clean cages and clipped nails. Oh, and there's that little thing of trying to find a Ph.D. mentor as well. I was prepared for people to tell me "yea" or "nay," but not so much "maybe." Anyway, enjoy the pic.

Leafage - Garvan Gardens

Leafage - Garvan
Originally uploaded by Famille-DeVries.

This is an example of some of the leafage I told you about in my last entry. This was taken while we were exploring Garvan Gardens - Hot Springs, AR.

That GopherGetter needs to do some posting - What do you think?

Sick

Well, I am more or less sick. Just starting to get over poison ivy and now I am fighting with a cold or something. Not fun, not fun at all. Susan isn't feeling too well either.

Anyway, we had to get a new washer because the old one finally coughed and spluttered its way into washing machine hell. It was a not so good machine that did not last more than 8 years. I seem to remember my parents having a washing machine that lasted around 20 years, but I could be wrong.

Also, the family Brecheen came up to visit this past weekend. We, at least I, had a good time, and I assume they did as well. Our cats were very gracious. We managed to go the Garvan Woodland Gardens and see some leafage - it was nice. We also ate some good food and, as a bonus, they hauled away our dead washing machine. Yeah!!

That is all...