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`Low Arvie update 9/22/2010 10:38:16 PM
Hi
Sorry for the long delay between blogs this week! Life has been a bit hectic. First of all and most importantly, there are now five new calves at Low Arvie. Ermintrude had a boy (number three of the batch), Betty the Beltie cross had a girl - not a Lady because she isn't full pedigree, but she is very cute and we have called her Princess to make up for not being a Lady. Then Lady Evelyn had her first calf called Lady Anna-Marie. Evelyn is called after Richard's mother (Mary Evelyn) and after she died we found a card saying that if Richard had been a girl, he would have been called Anna-Marie.
The weather has turned very autumnal now, with misty mornings and some rain, but the temperature has remained fairly high and all the calves and mothers are doing well. We are still waiting for eleven more, but so far all have been born during the night and with no problems at all, so I hope that continues.
I have not been so lucky, and have had a lot of tooth problems. I had a root canal filling but it did not cure the pain and in fact made it much worse. Last Friday I went back to the dentist and had to have the tooth extracted. The root had begun to reabsorb and there was only half left with the root filling poking through it straight onto my gum, so no wonder I was in pain. I had already paid for the filling and now had to pay for the extraction, which made it doubly worse!! The hole has taken all week to heal and I have been feeling pretty miserable. However, all seems well again now, BUT I have to go back again to the dentist seven more times between now and Christmas for other repairs. It seems I have reached the stage where my teeth are beginning to crumble!!
On Saturday, I am going back to England for my 'me' week, so am looking forward to that. I don't think I will get much 'me' time though as my cousin's husband is now very ill and in hospital and I have promised to go and stay with her a couple of nights. Also, Morgan's father and family fly in from Arizona on Tuesday, so I will spend some time getting to know them. I am looking forward to that - if he is of the same ilk as Morgan, it should be fun!!
