Turkey Day - Here we come!

Dh, the dogs and I are leaving for the great state of Ohio early Wednesday morning. It's a 12 hour drive and we have to get through Chicago without going through rush hour, so we'll probably leave before 5am. Fun times! I'm a HORRIBLE car traveler. Or, maybe I should phrase that I'm horrible for the person driving. I get in a car and I'm asleep. I will probably sleep for a good 10 hours of the trip, which makes for good company. And then when we get there, I'm still tired. Go figure.

The reason we're going to Ohio is to celebrate Thanksgiving with the inlaws. Dh grew up there, and most of his extended family is there. It'll be nice to see everyone again. I'm excited to play everyone on the Wii - it should be funny!!

I hope everyone has a good turkey day!

Getting Better

Orion wanted to thank everyone for their concern over his tooth coming out. He's been resting (as you can see) and building his strength back. Monday he was acting a little weird, but starting Tuesday, he was pretty much better. He never stopped eating and has been sitting near where the bones are for me to get them out for him. Yeah, like I just spent all of that money for him to break a tooth again!! He'll be on antibiotics another week and one more day of pain pills. Now if he can stay away from chewing so much, I think he'll be good. Oh, and Baron is NOT happy about all of the attention Orion is getting. He would like to get back to being the dog that is babied as soon as possible!

Retote Offer

If you shop at Target as much as I do, check this out! You can send in 5 plastic Target bags and get a coupon for a Retote bag in January! Go here to get more details - but hurry, you have to get this in by November 30th to receive your free bag. I'd love one of these for those few times I don't have a huge amount of stuff that I've bought, then I wouldn't have to use a plastic bag!

Not Quite What I Was Expecting

So today we got up, expecting to go Christmas shopping. I was putting the dogs in their kennels, when I noticed that Orion's right side of his face was swollen. I called Dh to check it out, and the first thing he says is, I bet he's got a bad tooth. Great. I called the vet and got him in right away. Yep, he's got two cracked teeth. We got him some antibiotics and pain pills and he's scheduled for surgery Monday. So after $100 today and probably $500 on Monday, Christmas shopping was the last thing we wanted to do. We did get two presents, but the rest of it will have to wait. Oh well. How can you be mad at a face like this? That bump by his right ear is the swollen part. Of course he's eating fine (he would eat everything in the fridge if we let him!), but he does seem a little tired. At least it's only November and we have plenty of time to finish our Christmas shopping. So much for starting early!

Christmas in November

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow? Christmas shopping! Better to be early than late, right? It should be interesting, Dh doesn't like to shop unless it's at Cabela's or something similar, and I don't think everyone on our list will enjoy something from there. Hopefully things will go smoothly and we'll get a lot done. It would be nice to have a big chunk of my list crossed off already! Then I can just worry about Christmas cards, always a hard one for me.
Have you seen the new show on TLC called Real Simple, Real Life? It's by the magazine, Real Simple (my favorite), and they take someone who needs help in a couple areas of their life - organizing, decorating, fitness, food, wardrobe, etc - and then their experts come and help them out. I'm really loving it. Even if I don't have the same issues as the person on the show, I can usually take away something from it - AND it's entertaining. Gotta love that. So if you're not doing anything on a Friday night at 7pm CST, check it out! Plus, the host is Kit from the original Road Rules! I used to LOVE that show!

Yes, this is what I want my 300th post to be about

Is anyone else sick of this ad? This woman with her creepy eyes - enough already! At first I thought it was spam, but I have literally seen this ad on every type of website. I hope she got good money for this. I, for one, am SICK OF IT!!

The Last of the Fall Weekends

On Sunday, Dh and I went to my parent's house to celebrate my brother's birthday. The niece and nephew got bored, so they went out to play in the leaves. Of course I had to follow with the camera.

My nephew wanted to rake up the leaves to jump into, and got pissed whenever his sister tried to go into them. So my brother raked up some leaves for her. The the nephew had to run through those leaves as well, still not allowing his sister to go through his pile. Ah, the good ol' sibling logic!They both had a great time. I'm glad I was able to catch some of it before I froze! That's what I get for going outside without a coat!

Let It Snow?

Yes, this was my deck a few short hours ago. Luckily, most of it has melted. I'm sure Alli and Linda are both laughing right now. Oh yeah? Well, I still have Archivers, so you can take your warm weather and blow it out your nose! :)

Election

Election day - what a great thing that we are able to make our voices heard and elect people to represent us. I wish there would have been different choices in the Presidential election, but you gotta deal with what's there. This is the first time that I have voted for someone who has not won the election. Kinda strange, but what's done is done. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 4 years. Regardless, this is history making. Change is always scary, but usually ends up being good. I hope that the new administration is able to get the economy back on track. I would think that would be job one. And if you're curious, no, it's not easy to get Orion to pose with a "I voted" sticker on.