Poor Diablo!

My poor dog really didn't have a good day today. First off, he had to have surgery on his knee. He had a 'doggie ACL' injury that Dr. Nixon was able to fix and we get to pick him up tomorrow. Unfortunately, he is going to be out of commission for a few weeks. We are hoping he will be good as new before the baby comes.

But probably even worse for the poor pooch is the imminent return of JonnyO. We got word from Pineapple Jonny that he will be coming to stay with us starting in mid-April. Melissa and I were happy to hear he is coming, but I am sure Diablo wont feel the same. Despite Jonny thinking that Diablo is 'his dog'.....our pooch hasn't warmed up to the friendly French Canadian. Maybe the third summer will finally be the one where they develop a bond.

I didn't tell Jonny we ran out of the green paint we have been using for most of the house and his new room is going to be the same pink we painted for our soon-to-be daughter's room....hope he doesn't read this blog.

Is it really March?

With weather forecasts predicting a low of somewhere near -21 this week it looks like the winter sports are going to be around for awhile longer. I have been wanting to get out on my bike, but I am trying to make the most of the last few weeks of playing in the snow. On my weekend I got in a great day of downhill skiing, a horrible attempt at classic skiing, and an epic snowshoe. I also managed to sneak a few beers in with the big deal boys....where we plotted out our Ski to Sea team. We didn't discuss uniforms but they sure aren't going to be blue speedos!!!!!

On Sunday I got out with the 'boys' for some turns. It was pretty sweet....the conditions were great and it was fun to get a few runs in with Chris, Robin, Gary, and Marcus. You may notice that Marcus is missing from the picture....Speedy was probably already halfway down the run.

Despite enjoying the winter sports, I would sure love to see spring come and have riding season start!

Taking it like a MAN!!!!

That is an X-ray of Ian's left hand taken after he shot a 3 inch spike into it on Sunday. He was over helping me build the indoor climbing wall at our new house. We were working on the framing and the nail gun slipped off the 2x4 Ian was nailing a piece of blocking into. All I saw was him flinch after he shot the gun and he turned to me and said "can I have some help". I looked at his hand to see the spike going through both sides of his hand. Ian remained calm and we quickly got him into a car and off to the hospital. He fortunately didn't nail his hand to a board or hit any bones so removing the nail was pretty easy for the Doc. It looks like it should heal quickly and he hopefully didn't do any permanent damage.

Through the whole ordeal he took it really well and even came back and helped us with installing the plywood. Major tough guy props to Ian for that one. I do have to say a big thanks to....Nic, Marcus, Ian, Paul, Shei, and Van for all their help with constructing the new indoor gym. It looks like it is going to be lots of fun to play on.