Sunday, July 12, 2009

Her Favorite Perch


Once the weather was warm enough to allow for open windows, Cleo has been quite taken with the outside world. She will flit from window to window each morning, checking out the birds, looking for bugs flying outside....and always watching. She will occasionally make a little chirping noise when she sees a bird nearby. This cat of ours is really quite entertaining. Last night around 3:30 I felt Chadwick move the bed. I thought he must be twitching in his sleep until the "twitches" progressed to full out kicks. It wasn't until I heard a small "thud" that I realized he was kicking at the cat - who was biting his feet in protest because he tried to rearrange his sleeping position. She didn't return the rest of the night.

And Chadwick has arrived safely to Champagne-Urbana, IL, where he will be spending the next two weeks at the vet school learning about life as an ophthalmology resident and making connections. Thanks to my brother Sean and his girlfriend, Beth, for letting Chadwick crash at their place while in town!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Happy Fourth of July!

We spent Independence Day with Chadwick's family at their cabin north of Boise - his sister, Emily and brother, Stephen and their families came into town for the fun as did one of his cousins and family who now live in Boise. It was a big group! We had a late breakfast Saturday morning, went to the shooting range to put some holes into paper targets, and spent the afternoon canoeing on the Middle Fork of the Payette River. So much fun! I'm not sure the little kids had a good time, but we made it without mishap or capsizing. Saturday night was spent at the Starlight Mountain Theater watching "Joseph's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." It's an outdoor theater in a town called Crouch - the production was impresive! The lead singers were great and the worst part about the whole evening was the mosquitoes that came out in force once the sun set. A city fireworks display completed the night.









I hope everyone had a great weekend!

On a side note, Chadwick officially finished his internship last Friday - he will be working at WestVet with their ophthalmologist once a week and then working for his Dad 4 days a week while he re-applies for residencies this fall.
And our cat is doing well.