Husky life

So It Begins and I Forgot

Well, it’s beginning. Niva is starting to blow her coat. We’ve gone from a somewhat manageable amount of fur to clumps of it everywhere and a constant need to brush Niva and vacuum every surface in our house. Such is life with a husky! It’s worth it.

Black and white Siberian husky sleeping on couch

Ready for the crazy Niva story of the week? Yesterday Sadie opened our front door and Niva slipped out and ran around our neighborhood chasing a rabbit. Jimmy caught up to her just as she caught the rabbit. When we got to her, she swallowed the rabbit whole and then let Jimmy grab her collar so he could bring her home 🥴

We thought we would for sure find a regurgitated rabbit in our house this morning but nope. She just enjoyed her evening snack and kept it down. (more…)

Weekending

How was your weekend? We had our weekly Friday night Bible study (check out the kielbasa butter bean recipe here 🙂) and Saturday was a busy day! Jimmy took Sadie to work with him in the morning and made some progress on the floors in the homeschool room. The room used to have carpet, but we ripped it up and are doing polished concrete floors (with a rug or play mat on top because… kids 👧👦).

Carpet to polished concrete flooring before and after

Before we started, the carpet was beat, stained, and just done. Once we ripped the carpeting up, we spent a ton of time getting the carpet glue off the ground. Jimmy and I had a “date night” last week where we spent a few hours laying down paint thinner and scraping the floor. Saturday was all abound grinding and smoothing the concrete. I think our next step is to polish and seal it. Then we can move on to fun things like painting and putting together furniture! (more…)