Well, as I gear up to start finals the next two weeks, I thought I'd blog now so I can spend the two week lull between finals and the summer term doing as close to nothing as I can come.
Stanley is doing great and a regular member of the family.
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He had his last vet checkup this week and was given an all clear on ALL of the problems we brought him home with; two intestinal parasites, a double yeast ear infection, 25lbs under weight and demodex mange. He is off all medications and a healthy 116 lb boy- beating his sister out by 2 lbs!
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We took our couchsurfer, Braden up into the hills of Idaho last weekend. We had planned on stopping at Idaho City, which we did and wandered the old graveyard. When we got back on the road we decided to show Braden an Idaho hot spring so took him by Kirkham where half of the state was soaking. Cobi was driving when we got back in the truck and he went the wrong direction- so we ended up in Stanley where we oggled the Sawtooths, had some dinner, saw some elk and headed back home.
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Still a lot of snow
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Jordan is doing well but as ready for summer as am I. She is looking forward to experiencing her first job hunt this summer and is preparing to dye her hair back to brown in preparation for it. We attended a great lecture the other night. The speaker was Dr. Esfandiari. Jordan held a conversation with a female Supreme Court Justice directly after the lecture and seemed quite inspired as we left. I hope it helps reinforce to her that she can do whatever she wants to in life.
Spring has finally arrived. The yard is blooming beautifully and there are lots of flowers this year.
columbine
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dwarf iris
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We are starting to get rid of more grass out front. The space between the garden bed and the shade flower bed is being transformed into a medicinal flower garden-
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In the backyard Cobi dug the corner and we edged it in what else, red rock to make a second vegetable bed which gets more sun so will be great for tomatoes, peppers and squash.
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farmer Cobi
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The corner of the backyard now looks very farm like with our garden and two compost bins. The fruit trees are all budding and look great this spring as well.
The three rose bushes LR gifted me last fall are all doing wonderful in the front as well as our comfrey, echinacea and other plants. We lost one lavender this winter but hope that the baby it left behind will take it's place.
School is going well. Only two weeks left in this semester and I'm still waiting to hear about the nursing program. I have enrolled in the CNA course this summer and look forward to wearing scrubs in a few short weeks. I've purchased my stethoscope, sphygmometer and nursing shoes along with the textbook. I do feel a bit like I'm impersonating still but have my BLS for health care workers under my belt and before long look forward to having some letters after my name. Thanks everyone for your unending support. Without Cobi, Jordan, my family and friends, I could never accomplish this great goal.
Cobi has started putting his photography on a website called RedBubble. He has already sold one print which is pretty cool. It will be nice to showcase his photos more and get them out there. One of these days we'll hope to get them printed as cards and posters and showcased at the local markets.
We are looking forward to a quick trip to Cali in the end of May to visit Cobi's great Aunt Betty. It will be wonderful to see everyone and get a family fix over the long weekend. Other than that, we're homebound and anxiously awaiting summer in Idaho.
So that's the news from the Idaho Graziano's.
Hope all is well with you.
Much love~
