Beagle Mafia

On the rescue front, things are going well. Our puppy has found what appears to be a very good home. Adoption will not be finalized until after his neuter can be done. We also had one of our older beagles also get adopted this weekend. She went to the perfect home with an older couple and their elderly mother. It was a perfect match. Adopting the older beagles is a much slower process but is still warms my heart to see them go to their new forever home. Our adoption events are in full swing creating lots of work for all. This is seriously more then a full time job but I love every minute of it.

As for the family front, we are just one busy family. The boy is playing football now so two days of practice, one game on the weekend and lots of school work in between. The man of the house is always busy making sure we have lights, food and money in the bank. He also coaches. I married such a good man. Such a good man is really an understatement.

As for me, I think I am sick. I think because I really am not sure but something is lingering in my body. Last week, I was definitely sick, like in bed. This week I have this itch in my throat and it causes a deep cough I can feel in my chest which usually subsides in the evening. I cant seem to get enough sleep because it seems each of the dogs takes a turn waking us up for a night time do do session. I have not had a good nights rest in over a week which isn't helping. I just feel very run down and exhausted. I am hoping that I am not coming down with something big but on the other hand, I just want to either be sick or not. This in between feeling good and not good is really draining.

Which brings me to my inner debate of whether to get the damn flu shot for the first time EVER in my life. I am not a big fan of vaccines in fact I selectively and delayed vaccinated my child. It has never made sense to me to inject a virus into my body instead of letting my own immune system work it out. Not to mention, my mother in law gets the flu shot every year and every year she gets the flu. I know, I know you can get the flu from the flu shot, its a dead virus blah blah. I guess its just a real coincidence. Anyway, I watched Dr Oz (because I have nothing else better to do) and when he said that more then 1/2 the people that hear his voice would end up with the flu this year, I got scared. He also said that Vitamin D is your best protection which reminds me that I need to get my arse to the store for some. Be damned pig flu! Be damned!




Soo do are you getting the flu shot this year? Why or why not?