{"id":21124,"date":"2022-02-06T16:11:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T23:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=21124"},"modified":"2022-02-07T07:39:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T14:39:40","slug":"the-state-of-the-house-feb-6-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2022\/02\/the-state-of-the-house-feb-6-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of the house: Feb 6, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oscar: 4.5 months old, 8 pounds … sweet, stinker kitten … channeling Auggie who also liked to have his bath in the sink. I think it is hilarious! This sink is warm from doing dishes, but it is damp. At any rate, Oscar seems to like it as much as Auggie did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar continues to be a lot of fun. He and Emmett play chase and wrestle. After a play session I pick up pillows, re-align rugs and furniture … they do not play “gently”. I am thrilled that they love to play together. Oscar also continues to entertain himself with pretend hunting games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so far … I almost hate to write this … Oscar is a good sleeper … quiet all night. He likes to sleep between Emmett and me. Emmett sleeps against my upper back and Oscar snuggles in between our bottoms. We’ll see what happens as Oscar gets older and also with Springtime mouse invasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have had beautiful …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And ugly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ice. That was earlier this week. Since, it has snowed and then warmed and as of this writing, the walk paths are wonderful soft snow and good footing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when it looked like above … on Monday, I fell on the ice on our first out walk. Kind of crazy as I walked a line that had been bare ground. But it had warmed, snow around the bare ground melted and froze into a very clear frozen puddle. I wasn’t paying close attention and the ice was so clear, that I didn’t notice it was ice until I was down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minor ouch to elbow and some first night “whiplash” discomfort, but a fast recovery. I am always grateful if I miss some sort of rib injury!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT … although I was walking with 1 ski pole … 1 because I was carrying a flash (torch) in my other hand … I thought about a headlamp so that I could carry 2 poles in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a headlamp that was never stable on my head so did not use it much. Then I stored it badly in cold weather and the batteries leaked. The new lamp is USB rechargeable, stays put on my head and has a number of brightness levels including a “red” night vision setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I owe looking at this headset to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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