Before I go into Schizo's stories I'll talk about my day. I went to the temple this morning with my mom. We went to Mount Timpanogos due to Jordan River being closed for cleaning/renovations. I had a lot of fun and it is a beautiful temple (aren't they all). Dan helped with this temple too, but he was 8. My mom had to explain to the temple workers why this crazy young girl (me) in all her temple clothes kept avoiding the carpet designs. Sorry I have a hard time walking on my family's amazing art. My only difficulty was the name of the person I went through for. I thought my Grandma had a million names, this lady had a ton more!!! And it was in a foreign language. Sheesh.

Now Schizo. He has soooooooo much energy we have to take him outside daily for walks. Although it usually ends up with me jogging alongside him because he just wants to run. A dog tried to attack us. I of course was freaking out. Schizo wanted to tell him who was really in charge. Ferrets have no fear because they're carnivores. They'll take anything on. Then Schizo hears the sprinklers turn on. I thought for sure he'd hate them since he can't stand water. Instead he sprints to the sprinklers and starts war dancing in front of the sprinkler head. He kept trying to attack the sprinkler heads but would get so excited by all the water. He ended up being soaking wet after 30 minutes and I had to take him inside to dry off. I figured he'd be done for the day since he was outside for an hour. However all he wanted to do was get back outside. I spent a total of 2 hours outside with a very excited ferret. And he STILL has a ton of energy. Goodness, is he half dog??
I told you all that we're so boring we're rarely going to have anything to say. Um.....lets see...... earlier this week I ended up with a giant painful bulge on my head behind my ear. I had no clue what it was and every time I moved my head or brushed my hair I was in tons of pain. One of my co-workers looked at it and said she has a sister-in-law that gets the exact same thing. Apparently it is a swollen lymph node. Basically an intense amount of stress causes a lot of muscle tension that cuts the lymph ducts off and the lymph fluid ends up pooling in the lymph node. Thus causing swelling, pain, and often times infection. Yet again my body tells me I am a huge worrier and after 21 years I'm still unable to handle it. Dan's amazed that I continually have all these problems he has never heard of or seen that are caused by just my stress. Stupid body/mind.

Suki ended up having a mouth sore earlier this week as well. You know when you eat Captain Crunch and it causes the roof of your mouth to get all raw and sore? She pretty much had that in a very small ferret forum. Thus I've spent the whole rest of the week smashing up ferret kibble, mixing it with warm water, and spoon feeding it to Suki. She is seeming to be a lot better. I hope she gets better. I hate it when the ferrets have problems and don't feel well.
Going to bed at 3 am caused quite a rough morning. Dan got a call from his boss (dad) at 8 am telling dan that he would be over at 9 am to pick him up. They needed to go to the Provo temple to get plans set for the renovations of the carpet. It was impossible for either of us to roll our butts out of the bed. Dan came back home around noon and I was finishing up the ferret room. The ferret room has to be cleaned every week and it is a huge huge task. Not only is it a whole room and every crack has to be clean just to make sure it isn't harboring any smell, but the ferrets LOVE to be helpful. That room also seems to get the least amount of cold air from the ac, so it is always rather hot. The ferrets feel that the vacuum is their arch nemesis. I vacuum and they spend the whole time "war dancing" around it and trying to bite it.

We then drove down to the shop to pick up Dan's car. $1400 later and he has new tires and a working air conditioner. However we had to leave my car there so that they could replace the clutch cable. We barely made it to the shop since it was pretty much refusing to shift at all. Ugh I hate old cars.

Schizo went on a walk after we got home. He loved it. He really enjoys exploring and digging. He also will just randomly take off and start running. A lot of people in the neighborhood think it is adorable to see a little ferret with a harness and leash. Schizo gets all poofy while on walks because he is so excited. He gets what is affectionally referred to as a "bottle brush tail." Well I'm back to work tomorrow. Ugh I'm always so dang tired, I never feel physically prepared for work.
After much trial and error, I have finally come up with a design for our blog. I know we're still being pretty boring but what do you expect from a family of two (plus four furkids)? We pretty much spend all our time playing/watching video games, coming up with new ways to out smart the ferrets, and color pictures for our cousins. Rather boring life....but it's how we do things here.
Yes it is 1:30 am right now, but I'm trying to mess around with this blogging thing and see what I can come up with. Dan, my husband, decided to tell me that he thought it would be cool if we started a blog. We absolutely LOVE looking at my aunts' blogs. Unfortunately, we do not have kids who tell cute stories thus our blog is likely to be boring. Just to for-worn you, it is very likely the majority of the posts will be about our ferrets. This is not because we're crazy people, but because for us the ferrets are our children. In many ways I feel they are better than having our own kids. They're incredibly adorable and are ALWAYS willing to love you. Well I should probably be off to bed; church is going to be interesting since it is less than 9 hours away!