Pain and Agony

It's been an interesting week here at our house. Monday, Orion went to the Vet to have a huge lump taken off his front leg. You should be glad I didnt' take any photos of it - it was pretty gross. He's been fighting us to lick his new stitches, which resulted in one falling out and him going in for staples today. This is his new look, which he loves. It's kinda funny to watch him come up stairs. He just doesn't get that he needs to lift his head a little for the cone not to hit the stairs.

The other fun thing is that my back went out on Wednesday. It had been hurting me for about a week, but I thought it was just normal back pain. Wednesday I got ready for work, and it really hurt. I wasn't even able to wash my feet in the shower! Just when I was going to leave, the pain got so bad, I yelled for Dh and called into work. A couple of hours later, I took a left over muscle relaxer that Dh had (I know it's not good for you, but I was desperate!), and tried to make it to the bathroom. That ended up with me in the middle of the living room floor screaming and moaning for a couple of hours. The dogs weren't too happy about that! After another muscle relaxer, I was able to get up, go to the bathroom, and go to bed. I finally went to the Dr on Thursday, got my own muscle relaxers, and some super Ibuprophen, so things are finally on the mend. I'm still in some pain and haven't been able to do too much, but it's slowly getting better. The worst of it all, after the pain, is that I wasted 3 days of vacation for this!! I only get 13 to begin with! (including sick time). I guess I'll be at work for all of 2009!

Scrapbook Hangover

It is impossible to have a bad weekend when things like this happen.I miss everyone already! Can't we just get together and scrap instead of working?

Wow! That's Cold!

This was the temperature at 7:30am today. The top temp is inside our house, the bottom one is outside. Notice there is no "." between the 2 and the 5.
Yes, that's -25. Good luck this weekend, Alli and Linda! Welcome home! :)


This past Sunday, we celebrated Dh's birthday with my family. After a little while, we showed our nephew the Wii. He LOVED it. Here he is bowling. He didn't want to stop for dinner and didn't want to leave. I guess I know what he's doing every time he comes over from now on!
The other part of this picture that I love is our niece with her backpack on. It's a Disney Princess backpack that has a handle so you can wheel it around, and straps so you can wear it on your back. She had that thing loaded with her "Odies" (that's the name of every baby doll she has) and everything else she brought. It's amazing that little body can hold all of that up.

While the nephew was playing the Wii, my brother and niece sat on the stairs for a little bit. I thought this was cute. This weekend is going to be great - it's the annual scrapbooking retreat! Last year, it was the coldest weekend, I think we might hit that again this year. I haven't scrapped in a long time, so I'm hoping to get a lot done. I'll post pics when I get back.

Peeps

Yes, these are Halloween Peeps. I purchased them this fall to use for s'mores (like a creme brulee s'more!) Since then, they have been sitting on top of my fridge waiting for the perfect time to eat them. The reason? I love dried out marshmellows, especially peeps! They get crunchy and oh so good! Anyone else love their peeps this way?

Christmas 2008

Christmas was strange this year. We got stuck in Ohio until Christmas Eve because of really bad weather. I've never missed Christmas in 31 years. It was a little hard, but I guess I'd rather miss it than be stuck somewhere in the snow. Christmas Day we went to my brother's house. It was nice to see everyone, and we did get to see the niece and nephew open a lot of their gifts.

My niece got a kitchen set from my parents. Needless to say, she was pretty excited. I couldn't catch her dance of joy with the camera! Here's the fuzzy version. The kitchen took about 2 hours, a couple of beers, and a lot of swearing to assemble. We are still cursing my Mom for getting that thing! Oh well, at least the niece was happy.

My nephew got a really cool Rambo type Nerf gun. He and Dh had a great time with it. They disappeared into the basement for hours playing with it. I'm surprised Dh hasn't asked for one for his birthday! Dh and my nephew then watched The Incredibles together. I love that they get along so well. Does that mean I'm married to a 5 year old? :) Oh well. I'd rather have someone who acted young than acted old.