Friday, November 30, 2012
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Well. A little bit anyway. It's a start. I'm actually hitting the ground running this year. It's not even December 1st and I've already gotten everything down from the attic today. I actually think this is a first for me. I'm trying to take advantage of the warm weather while my attic is not so freezing. I'm also trying to convert all my cardboard storage boxes to plastic bins. I'm doing it little by little. I started back at Easter so by now Halloween and Thanksgiving are done also as well as the boxes of keepsakes from my childhood. Converting Christmas will be a huge a project. I have so many boxes of "stuff." Which reminds me some of that stuff needs to go to Goodwill tomorrow. Nobody is looking to buy my snowman candy dish on Ebay. I must stop kidding myself and let it go. I am a hoarder by nature. But it's time. I did buy 2 more dedicated ornament boxes. Great investment. I bought one last year and it was awesome. It came with cardboard separators so I didn't have to painstakingly wrap each glass ball in tissue paper. They're made by Sterilite and hold 54 ornaments. I got them at Target for under $15. I got the bins that are clear-ish plastic so I can see what all is inside too. Making my life easier. One bin at a time.
Kelly Monaco has the all time best hair in my book.
Unfortunately, my hair would never hold that volume all day
Thursday, November 29, 2012
It's been a while...
Wow. I've been really bad about keeping up with this blog. I'm going to try to do better.
We got a new puppy in August. His name is Jet because he's totally black. My husband named him. This was before we'd decided that we'd keep him for sure. I'm not great at picking out names so it's just as well. My husband named our (black also) cat Midnight but I always called him Kitty. Jet is a Pit Bull. I was nervous about it at first but he's actually really sweet. Everybody says it's how you train them. Back in June my son's friend told me that his neighbors had a bunch of puppies that they wanted to give away and would I like one. No. No, I would not like a puppy. Fast forward to August and my son calls me one day and says "Oh, here's a heads up. I'm bringing home a puppy today but I'm going to sell it on Craigslist and make $100 bucks." Mkay. If one could make $100 by selling that puppy why don't the present owners sell it? I had a feeling that this spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E. I told him, "You have a week and by a week I mean three days to make the dog disappear." I walked in the door, took one look at the pup and my heart melted. He was soooo cute! Yeah, we were keeping him. Oh. Then I also found out that you can't sell puppies on Craigslist anyway which my son probably knew already.
Dogs are expensive. There are the vet check-ups, vaccinations, food and toys. Dog toys are fun but they sure don't last. I got him a ball (specifically for dogs) and he had it for 5 minutes before he ripped a giant hole in it. He also ate through a leash. He's sick right now with a mystery illness. He's on his second anti-biotic and hopefully we'll see some improvement by tomorrow. Poor baby.
We got a new puppy in August. His name is Jet because he's totally black. My husband named him. This was before we'd decided that we'd keep him for sure. I'm not great at picking out names so it's just as well. My husband named our (black also) cat Midnight but I always called him Kitty. Jet is a Pit Bull. I was nervous about it at first but he's actually really sweet. Everybody says it's how you train them. Back in June my son's friend told me that his neighbors had a bunch of puppies that they wanted to give away and would I like one. No. No, I would not like a puppy. Fast forward to August and my son calls me one day and says "Oh, here's a heads up. I'm bringing home a puppy today but I'm going to sell it on Craigslist and make $100 bucks." Mkay. If one could make $100 by selling that puppy why don't the present owners sell it? I had a feeling that this spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-E. I told him, "You have a week and by a week I mean three days to make the dog disappear." I walked in the door, took one look at the pup and my heart melted. He was soooo cute! Yeah, we were keeping him. Oh. Then I also found out that you can't sell puppies on Craigslist anyway which my son probably knew already.
Dogs are expensive. There are the vet check-ups, vaccinations, food and toys. Dog toys are fun but they sure don't last. I got him a ball (specifically for dogs) and he had it for 5 minutes before he ripped a giant hole in it. He also ate through a leash. He's sick right now with a mystery illness. He's on his second anti-biotic and hopefully we'll see some improvement by tomorrow. Poor baby.
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