Ferret Math

Anyone who has owned ferrets or been around people that do for any significant amount of time have probably heard the term "ferret math." Ferret owners are unique in that they constantly find themselves in situations where the number of ferrets in their household is always changing. When ferret owners use the term ferret math it is usually with a smile and what they are really saying is that they were only planning on owning 2 ferrets, and somehow now they have ended up with 4, or 6 ........ or 10. But ferret math also can have a sad connotation, in that ferrets can be prone to getting sick, and they are also prone to getting themselves in trouble because of their extremely curious nature, so sometimes ferret math refers to losing a ferret.

We recently experienced ferret math when our ferret Kyzer got sick. We lost another ferret a couple years ago, Lola, to cancer (lymphoma to be exact), and turns out Kyzer had the same cancer. He wasn't showing any signs until this last Monday night, and then it just took over very quickly, I had him at the emergency vet last night, where they kept him overnight, and this morning I took him over to a exotic pet specialist, but by then it was too late, and Kyzer didn't make it.

As anyone who has been around ferrets knows they are each very unique and have their own little personalities, Kyzer was a very interesting and funny ferret, he loved his toy snake with the squeeker in it, he always had to make sure his snake was safe, and would hide it, and walk around with it in his mouth all the time. I could always count on Kyzer to give Kristin a little nip now and again, just to keep her on her toes. : ) Kyzer also liked to watch me play the didgeridoo, but then again everyone likes the didge.

So now we have only one ferret left, Jezy, she was actually the second ferret we got and is close to 6 years old now. The pic on the left is a picture of both Kyzer and Jezy, I am holding Kyzer and Kristin is holding Jezy.

Endless Summer

So its been a while since the last post, and I suppose you could say I've been busy. I am back at work and getting back into that routine after some time off, Kristin is still off for the rest of the summer so she is home with Milo. I am sure that is what most of you are wanting to know about , he is doing great, he is getting a little chunky, and we are continually surprised at how fast he grows.

He has lost his "newborn" look for the most part, I think a lot of that has to due with his hair growing in, which at this point looks blonde, but sometimes it seems like it has a little bit of a red tint to it. He is well over 12 pounds now, and when we went in for the last checkup he was little bit over 21 inches tall. He enjoys playing with his mom at home and listening to music, even the worship leader in the band I play in at church noticed how attentive he gets when we start playing, he seems to like acoustic guitar a lot, and he also seems to enjoy Creedence Clearwater Revival and Zeppelin (maybe someday we will be treated to a trio rendition of the Immigrant song with Milo's cousins).

Another thing he really likes is the didgeridoo, if I play the didge and I put it close to him he will move his feet and put them under the didge so he can feel the vibration.

He makes us laugh everyday with his perfectly timed smiles and the conversations he seems to hold with himself. We had a good fourth of July, just kind of hung out at home and watched the fireworks from our balcony in the evening.

On other exciting news we got a new car, I had to sell the green 2 door Civic I had been driving since we couldn't fit the car seat in it, and when Kristin and I both go back to work we need 2 cars that can hold the car seat. So we ended up getting a used 2007 Toyota Rav4, we got a really good deal on it and it has only 24,000 miles on it and is still under factory warranty because its only 2 years old. It is a blue color, the official color on the vehicle description is Voodoo blue, whatever that means.

Other than that, as I mentioned before, I have been back to work for 3 weeks now, I am getting back into the work routine, and starting to get a lot of projects done. The summer is usually the time that I spend working on webpage projects or other technical projects behind the scenes because I am not constantly bombarded by research help requests from the students. So I fell a little bit behind when I was off with Milo, but am catching up quickly, and hey the more I have to do the more secure the job is right!!!!!

Some of you know we have been looking for a home for the last month or so, we have found some nice places and put a few offers in, but nothing has worked out as of yet, we found a home that we had an offer accepted, but the inspection didn't go as well as we hoped and since the home was bank owned, the seller was unwillingly to drop the price or fix the issues found in the inspection so we withdrew the offer. We are still on the hunt, we know there is a place out there for us, I hope we are able to find it this summer though so we don't have to move when we are both back working. That is what is going on for us here in SD, I'll try and not let so much time get away before my next new post.