Oh Huck, you are impossible.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Guess who else loves FALL?
Little Hucklebear was neutered on Friday the 13th (Nov.). With a heavy heart I took him to the vet and among all the other crying shivering dogs he was a pillar of strength - Mr. Social Butterfly actually - running around tail wagging meeting other dogs. "The bad part (I thought to myself) is when they take him from me...." but when the vet tech took the leash he followed her, tail still wagging, back into the operation room without even looking back!
When I picked him up I anticipated a groggy, nervous little dog - changed from his previously chipper self now that he'd endured surgery, but NOOO, little Hucklebear was happy to see me, ready to play, and hungry for treats. I took him home with instructions to keep him calm as he would still be in some pain for a couple of days.
That night I wouldn't let him play in the backyard unsupervised, but even while I was out there he was a ball of energy. I tried to bring him inside and calm him down a bit. The next day Michael was out working in the backyard and Huck proved he was far from inhibited by his little snip snip! See pictures below.
Anyone who may have been worried can now rest assured that he is just fine. His stitches are healing beautifully, he seems to have no side affects (AT ALL!) and tomorrow we can give him a bath. Thank heavens!
When I picked him up I anticipated a groggy, nervous little dog - changed from his previously chipper self now that he'd endured surgery, but NOOO, little Hucklebear was happy to see me, ready to play, and hungry for treats. I took him home with instructions to keep him calm as he would still be in some pain for a couple of days.
That night I wouldn't let him play in the backyard unsupervised, but even while I was out there he was a ball of energy. I tried to bring him inside and calm him down a bit. The next day Michael was out working in the backyard and Huck proved he was far from inhibited by his little snip snip! See pictures below.
Anyone who may have been worried can now rest assured that he is just fine. His stitches are healing beautifully, he seems to have no side affects (AT ALL!) and tomorrow we can give him a bath. Thank heavens!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Kids are Destroyers
Again, before I start this blog, we are NOT having a child. I'd hate to fake any of you out again, so let's make that clear. We will have children, just not right now as I write this blog.
I mentioned in the birthday blog one of my presents is a dining room table. We've yet to find one, but it is still 'on the table' and we've started talking about what we want and shopping around. I told Michael last night that I didn't want anything TOO formal because really it's probably going to be used quite a bit once we start having children - our breakfast nook will become too small quickly. This is the conversation that followed (best I can remember it).
M: Yeah, it's really hard to picture us buying ANYTHING nice since we're going to have little kids soon.
N: What? Are you kidding?
(Note: this was asked about buying nice things, not about having kids soon)
M: No, I'm being serious. Kids are destroyers.
N: Well, yeah I guess when they're babies we'll still want to eat in the breakfast nook with the tile floor because they drop food and stuff
(Note: where our new dining room table will go is carpeted right now)
M: Yeah, kids throw things. They don't have a care in the world... the only thing on their mind is -
N: Destruction?
M: Yes! They throw stuff, climb on stuff, think that doors can support their weight and rip things off the hinges...
............... I'm now officially worried about our monster-children. haha
I mentioned in the birthday blog one of my presents is a dining room table. We've yet to find one, but it is still 'on the table' and we've started talking about what we want and shopping around. I told Michael last night that I didn't want anything TOO formal because really it's probably going to be used quite a bit once we start having children - our breakfast nook will become too small quickly. This is the conversation that followed (best I can remember it).
M: Yeah, it's really hard to picture us buying ANYTHING nice since we're going to have little kids soon.
N: What? Are you kidding?
(Note: this was asked about buying nice things, not about having kids soon)
M: No, I'm being serious. Kids are destroyers.
N: Well, yeah I guess when they're babies we'll still want to eat in the breakfast nook with the tile floor because they drop food and stuff
(Note: where our new dining room table will go is carpeted right now)
M: Yeah, kids throw things. They don't have a care in the world... the only thing on their mind is -
N: Destruction?
M: Yes! They throw stuff, climb on stuff, think that doors can support their weight and rip things off the hinges...
............... I'm now officially worried about our monster-children. haha
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happy Halloween
Lots of happy in our lives lately with Happy Birthday, Happy Halloween and Happy Anniversary. I guess you see now why I love this time of year. I dressed up October 29th for a work event as a pirate, but October 31st our friends Ryan and Allison (Hey Allison!) in the Engaged and Newly Married Class at church threw a fun costume party! Pics of our costumes below - we won best costume as Popeye and Olive Oyl - my hair is still gray in places from the black hair spray!
See my pirate costume with matching co-workers by clicking this link http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=337303&id=864180073&l=b45a814f9a.
See my pirate costume with matching co-workers by clicking this link http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=337303&id=864180073&l=b45a814f9a. See other birthday and Halloween pics by clicking this link
Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me
This weekend I celebrated my 27th birthday. It feels older than I thought it would, but things are so great in my life right now! I had a wonderful day thanks to all of the fabulous well-wishes I received! Also with much thanks to Michael! While I was out of town the two days preceding my birthday, he was a busy man!
Friday morning I woke up and Michael had a flower arrangement (that he arranged himself!) in the bathroom and another in the kitchen. He'd been up since who knows when and had already gone to get donuts and Starbucks coffee - that means he made two stops people! I opened present #1 and my card and then headed to the office.
When I got to the office there were roses, that Michael also arranged himself and dropped off on Thursday while I was out of town! I had some jealous co-workers. :-D The receptionist (who seriously loves Michael already) told me "Your sweet husband has such a great personality and he is so cute. He is the whole package sweetheart - the whole package!"
Friday evening I arrived home to open present #2, a vase from Pottery Barn - Michael is so great about remembering things that I've been looking at! Present #3 - I think this is my favorite - was when Michael told me I can now officially go shopping for our 'grown-up' dining room table!!! I'm already picturing my new place mats and napkins on this new table with all our friends sitting around just having the best time - oh the food that I am going to cook!!!
For dinner we went out to eat with a few friends for Mexican food at Gloria's. The funny thing about this is that it was EXACTLY the sort of thing I was planning for Michael's birthday which is in November... guess I'll be on to plan B!
Anyway, I had an absolutely fabulous birthday only to be followed up by a fun Halloween and a Happy Anniversary :)
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Our Trip to Virginia and North Carolina
October has been a bit of a whirlwind so it's likely that my procrastination in writing will be cause for shorter posts with more pictures - maybe some of you will be grateful! Mid-October we took our 1-year anniversary trip and flew out to Norfolk, Virginia. We drove into Duck/Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and stayed there at a resort on the beach.
Though the weather was unseasonably cold and rainy, it wasn't TOO rainy for us to get out and see the sites. We were still able to check out the sandy dunes and beaches, visit the Wright Brothers museum, eat some delicious sea food, tour the USS Wisconsin (in Norfolk) at Nauticus and - my personal favorite - go hang gliding off the sand dunes in Kitty Hawk!
Neither of us had ever been to this part of the country and it was lovely even with the nasty weather. They say the BEST time to go is September so we missed that by a few weeks, but it was still lots of fun to get away just the two of us.
Pictures are posted in an album on Facebook but you should be able to get to them from this link below (if you can't, please email me because I know some of our readers don't have Facebook accounts but may want to see pics): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=333468&id=864180073&l=a20e47a30e
Below are the two videos of each of our first flights at Hang Gliding School. Because the winds were coming out of the North and Northeast due to the storms coming in the instructors would run with us holding a leash to try and help us get more air - ideally the winds from the West are best but because of the bad weather we didn't get any of those so we made the most of it and still had a blast! Our instructors were great and I would totally recommend Kitty Hawk Kites where we flew - they do all sorts of other cool stuff in the Summer months including para sailing that wasn't available when we went.
Though the weather was unseasonably cold and rainy, it wasn't TOO rainy for us to get out and see the sites. We were still able to check out the sandy dunes and beaches, visit the Wright Brothers museum, eat some delicious sea food, tour the USS Wisconsin (in Norfolk) at Nauticus and - my personal favorite - go hang gliding off the sand dunes in Kitty Hawk!
Neither of us had ever been to this part of the country and it was lovely even with the nasty weather. They say the BEST time to go is September so we missed that by a few weeks, but it was still lots of fun to get away just the two of us.
Pictures are posted in an album on Facebook but you should be able to get to them from this link below (if you can't, please email me because I know some of our readers don't have Facebook accounts but may want to see pics): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=333468&id=864180073&l=a20e47a30e
Below are the two videos of each of our first flights at Hang Gliding School. Because the winds were coming out of the North and Northeast due to the storms coming in the instructors would run with us holding a leash to try and help us get more air - ideally the winds from the West are best but because of the bad weather we didn't get any of those so we made the most of it and still had a blast! Our instructors were great and I would totally recommend Kitty Hawk Kites where we flew - they do all sorts of other cool stuff in the Summer months including para sailing that wasn't available when we went.
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