Friday.......Winter Activities Day

J's ice ornament

 Friday once again....time flies! Terry and J boarded the bus this morning to head to the ski hill. The daughter however wasn't feeling well, and the dog really wasn't feeling well so I opted to stay home and tend to the ill and injured. Luckily the human ailment was short lived and we were even able to hit the Nordic trail in the afternoon. The canine injury however is not good. Laddy has not been having a good few months.He has been having trouble with his hind quarters for quite some time now and was put on pain meds before we left the prairie. We now have a new V-E-T who is trying a bit of a different approach......different meds. That is all been going well enough but it seems he has injured a front leg somehow.....perhaps on the stairs outside. Its not something anyone witnessed. Yesterday limping and today unable to put any weight on it. This makes getting around quite difficult when the back end already has issues. He is not a small dog. I have been carrying him up and down he stairs today and trying to decipher the grunts, whines and barks and get him what he needs.

Me.....

Whew.....didn't mean to go on about the dog like that. We are watching him for the weekend so see if its just a sprain.
Shasta and I got out, as I was saying, for a lovely ski. It was just starting to snow..... we are supposed to get about 15cm overnight, then tomorrow  5C.
If the roads aren't too crazy tomorrow, us girls.....Shasta, Nik's girlfriend and I are going to go shopping. The girlfriend wants some help buying a bday present for Nik. Then we are coming home and she will stay for dinner.
Picked the boys up from the bus....they had a good day on the hill, aside from the bout of freezing rain that stuck to their goggles. Now we are snug in our wee trailer while the winter storm has its way with the world outside the windows. Hope you are all cozy and warm.