Sunday, December 11, 2011
Visiting Fountain Place and Santa
We got up early on Saturday so the pups could meet with Santa and so we could get some family pics. The kitties were excluded as they don't travel well. Poor kitties. Here's a link to my facebook pictures of the pups with Santa and a few pics of our Martha Stewuart Christmas Candy & Crafts.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thanksgiving and the Beginning of December
So its been a while since I wrote to you. Things have been pretty busy with the new addition to our home. Bailey, our new pup, has brought a little excitement, if not destruction, to us for the holidays and we’ve been enjoying it even when we’ve been arguing over who has to take her out at night when its cold outside. Regardless, she is a super sweetie and hopefully, on Monday, I’ll be able to add Santa pictures of the puppies.
Thanksgiving
Shea and I hosted Thanksgiving this year and it was stressful. But on the upside it was a joy to have family and friends at the house, use my china and eat left overs…yummmm.
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| Chuck and Mom carving turkey |
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| Shea bought me flowers and we got to use my china...even the gravy boat! |
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| Lots of food, we had it on the table and on the counter. |
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| Pies, pumpkin, pecan, pecan sweet potato, cherry, blueberry, chocolate, coconut & strawberry rubbard |
Once everyone left, Shea and I lay on the couch watching TV while the puppies played and I finally got to look at Thursday’s ads. Mom decided it wasn’t worth it to shop on Thursday so I headed out myself to Walmart…what a nightmare…The parking lot was full and so were the parking lots of all the stores around it…people were parking on the other side of the freeway and walking over…luckily I found a space on the side of Walmart (ever the optimist to even try) and since there were no carts…ended up making 3 trips in and out hand carrying items. The first was toys for tots, the second was niece and nephew gifts and the third was for everyone else. Boy did my arms hurt after lugging all that out to the car. People were crazy and I think a little drunk. I’ve decided if they do another Thanksgiving night opening that I won’t be part of it…So that was at 10p and by 11p, I was at Super Target in a line that wrapped ½ way around to store. I played angry birds on my iphone for an hour while waiting. By the time Target opened at 12a, the line was doubled…Luckily, they were only letting 50 in at a time so it wasn’t crazy like Walmart. Got in and out fast and went to bed so Mom and I could start shopping at 6am.
Black Friday
Wow what a difference, we missed the 4am openings so were following the crowds…and there were no crowds. Whats weird is that we got we were searching for. Bestbuy, the parking lot was almost empty and Mom found all three items that she had wanted. All of which were on sale. We then went to Bass Pro Shop…when we walked in, there was a line to the entrance…we grabbed our donuts (thank you bass pro) and headed over to the item Mom wanted…both of us were in agreement if it wasn’t there we weren’t waiting in that line…but come to find out there was one left; it was the model opened for viewing…As Mom waited for the box, the guy came racing out to let us know he’d found 6 more … way cool and even better, by the time we walked up to the front there was no line. Next was Bed Bath and Beyond…again store was nearly empty and there was no line. Every store we went to the lines were 2 deep or less…we just kept getting good parking places and finding all of our sale items…WOW. It was a really good Black Friday and we were done by noon. That night, Shea and I went and saw the Muppets…Great movie.
Saturday
Shea and I started putting up our trees (yes plural). I’ll get pictures up soon. But the house looks great. That evening, we went over to Rose’s where I hope she continues to have her “Christmas Card Party” although Shea and I were the only ones who actually worked on our cards (thank you Suz for helping with the stamps. Got most of them done while we watched Buddy the Elf, A Christmas Story and the Grinch…and we got to eat Rose’s yummy Chili. It was great.
Sunday
Rose and I went to Casa Manana to watch Santa Clause…YUK, the music was horrible and it wasn’t like any story I’d heard of for how Santa became Santa. Whatever. Rose and I suffered through it and survived. We even agreed that we’ll try another one next year since we liked Rudolf so much last year. After that I went over to Lita and Chuck’s as Shea was hanging with them, while the dogs had a play date. Boy were the pups tired. Poor Prince could barely move on Monday. Always enjoy visiting with Chuck and Lita. It was a great weekend!
First Weekend of December
Our first weekend in December was spent cleaning and decorating. I’ve got more to do but as early as it is…we’re in pretty good shape…we even have decorations outside this year though I need to find a place for our plastic Santa…he’s a cutie and find the gooses’ outfits…Right now they’re naked cause I can’t find the Santa outfit … not sure what I did with it. We also attended a Veteran Show that our dance teacher put on in Wylie…It was very small townish and there was a lot of sweet spirit. My favorite part was the guys with the riffles where the leader actually walked up the rifles like it was a stairwell. Too cool. So most of the Christmas cards have been mailed, most of the decorations are up, most gifts are wrapped and have been mailed to out of town family. I’ve even got my lighted village up this year. I think Shea thinks I go over board…he’s right.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Bailey, the new addition to our family
Saterday, the plan was to clean up the house for Thanksgiving company. Shea was going to clean the fish tanks and I was going to re-sort out the kitchen but first I wanted to go to the Rowlett house to gather up some more kitchen items that needed to be incorporated into our home...of course we never made it to the Rowlett house. First we stopped at Firehouse Subs for lunch, then we stopped at the Petco to check out the puppies...Shea and I had discussed getting a second puppy and I had told him we really should wait until after the Christmas holiday since we had thought about going to Cinci... Well since we're not going to Cinci until spring that issue was resolved so there was really no reason to hold back on the search. Shea had mentioned seeing a full blood german shepard on Petfinder but when we called the pup had already found a home. We went to the Rowlett Petsmart and checked out their adoptable doggies, we stopped at the Rowlett pound and found an adorable brown lab mix named Bravo with the possibility of adopting and then we went to the Sachse pound, which is were Shea found Prince. Bailey (previously unnamed was one of the few quite dogs there). I took an instant liking to her because of her pretty face (racoon markings lol).
She's super sweet in temperment but she needs to be trained... Specifically, she likes to get onto the couch and she jumps on people...and of course being one and having probably spent most of her life in someone's backyard she isn't potty trained. Poor Shea is having to clean up mess #2 because I left her unattended after I left... We've agreed until she's potty trained that she can't be left alone outside her crate... Shea had me practice with her for about a 1/2 hour when we arrived getting her used to her crate. She now runs to the crate (as does Prince) because I give them a treat if they go in... We've yet to introduce her fully to the cats as we've blocked of the house...that should be interesting. As for Bailey's name. I was looking in the Bs for girl names and it was one of the first ones I named. Shea instintly took a liking to it and so did I. So naming was easy. Welcome to our family, Miss Bailey.
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| Prince |
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| Prince and Bailey begging |
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| Bailey with her new squeaky toy |
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| Prince is just a little jealous but he is enjoying the extra treats |
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| Prince (left) and Bailey (right) waiting for a treat |
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Yes its late but...things to do. etc. - Wedding Rehearsal and Dinner Picturebook
Hi all, there was another 50% coupon at shutterfly that had me workin late into the night to finish a photobook. I still think there may be some more pictures of the wedding rehearsal and dinner but I don't have em! Anyway, I still have fond memories of both even if the rehearsal did drag on a little.
Here's the Shea & Julie Wedding Rehearsal and Dinner photobook:
Here's the Shea & Julie Wedding Rehearsal and Dinner photobook:
On unrelated news, Rose and I are going to see Antonio Banderez aka Puss in the Boots on Friday and on Saturday, Rose, Suzy and I are walking in the American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer walk at Ranger stadium...I of course will walk the entire way. Rose and Suz like to run the last block or so.
Talk to ya soon.
Juls.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Halloween 2011 - Taking over the WORLD, Narf!
Pinky: "Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"
The Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky—try to take over the world!"
The Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky—try to take over the world!"
The Pinky & The Brain Theme Song, by Tom Ruegger
Pinky and the Brain
They're Pinky and the Brain
Yes, Pinky and the Brain
One is a genius, the other's insane
They're laboratory mice
Their genes have been spliced
They're dinky
They're Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Before each night is done
Their plan will be unfurled
By the dawning of the sun
They'll take over the world
They're Pinky and the Brain
Yes, Pinky and the Brain
Their twilight campaign
Is easy to explain
To prove their mousey worth
They'll overthrow the Earth
They're dinky.
They're Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, NARF!
Pictures of us on Halloween 2011
We had a wonderful time at Lita and Chuck’s. Lita was a ninja, Chuck a pumpkin, Lori was the energizer bunny (too cute) and Shea and I were Pinky and the Brain. We still have the world ha, Narf! Its in Shea’s pickup. Had a wonderful time. Food was delish and as always the company was awesome.
And, we also went trick or treating. Way fun...and it was the good stuff...chocolate!
And, we also went trick or treating. Way fun...and it was the good stuff...chocolate!
Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 31, 2011
The weekend before Halloween
We went camping at Ray Roberts just north of Denton Texas. Felt like I was freezing on Friday before we lite the fire. Yea fire! Awesome place to go; very relaxing when I wasn't falling off my bike...good news except for the handle bars the bike came out unscathed. All I got was a scrapped knee and wounded pride. Shea really liked his new stove/grill...me too. Too bad I didn't take pictures of the heart shaped banana pancakes that I made him on Sunday...of course I put peanut butter on mine with warm maple syrup.
Then on Sunday we went over to Mom and Don's. We were fed Fried Chicken, Potato Cassarol, Red Lobster garlic bisquits and an incredible salad...yum...then we carved pumpkins. I think Rose wins hands down. Mom did great too!
Tonight we're headed to Lita and Chuck's to hand out candy and bond with beer and wine. I've got a chilled bottal of Vampire wine waiting wa-ha-ha
Monday, October 24, 2011
Rose and I had a Martha Stewart day and Shea had a I'm going to play/clean outside day
This weekend, Rose and I made homemade pistachio bread, pumpkin bread, yeast bread, cake balls and whoopie pies. And we did 3 crafts, tombstones, glowstick face ballons and glowing mirrow eyes. The yard that Shea worked in all day looks great!
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