Look what I did!

Ugh

Food poisoning sucks.

Interesting

Most of the people that read my blog already know this, but it can't hurt to post it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ4G1N0cKcE

Happy Birthday!

Today is my niece's 4th birthday! Four years ago not only was my sister recovering, but so was her husband because he had to deliver his own daughter at home...unplanned. Mentsh went into labor faster than she expected and got caught. By the time the paramedics got there, the job was done.

Well, Happy Birthday, darlin'! I love being your aunt!

Chin Chin

That's the name of the new Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood. It is awesome! It has a great atmosphere, not religious like some Chinese restaurants. The staff was so friendly, and it's definitely a family restaurant. When we arrived, we had like a 10 minute wait because we had 7 in our party. (2 nieces and one new nephew included) While we waited at the bar, which was empty, the bartender took a couple of those drink umbrellas and put them on stirrers so that it would spin like a pinwheel, and gave one to each of my nieces. Then a couple minutes later he served them a Shirley Temple each! I was so impressed. While we ate, they brought the girls chopsticks with the rubber band around them so they could learn to use them. The staff kept stopping by to ooh and ahh over the baby. We were really pleased. On top of all that, the food was great. And the best part was my fortune cookie...

"You have a keen sense of humor, and bring out the best in others"...in bed.

SNOW DAY!!

Now the ground has a more solid cover, and it's STILL snowing! There are about a dozen kids outside playing in it. There's a dad out there making a huge snowman. It's beautiful. All these pics were taken from my front kitchen window.

Time for a haircut??

Okay, people...As much as I would love donating my hair to Locks of Love, I still want to keep my long hair. I am thinking of chopping off the layers, which would take off about 6". Is it time for a haircut?

Guess what I did this week.

I went to Galveston Island in TEXAS!!

(There. Now ya got yer new post! hehe.)

Mourning

Y'all remember back in June when I told you about Titan getting into a dogfight? It was with a Rottie named Zeus. Well, I found out not too long ago that Zeus passed away. He was like 12 years old, and just couldn't get up one morning. Even though he and Titan didn't get along, I could tell that Zeus was a good dog. His owner, a single gal like me, is truly mourning this loss. My prayers go out to her.

Turkey Day success!

I realize this is a tad belated, but here it is anyway. Pictures of the Thanksgiving Day feast!


Yum!



That's my niece peeking at the camera!



Yeah, that's me with the silly smile!

Happy Turkey Day!

I hope y'all's Thanksgiving was as good as mine!

Thanksgiving cooking...

...has commenced. Tonight I am in the middle of making sugar-coated pecans. They're currently in the oven and do the smell GOOD! I even bought a cute little half apron to wear while cooking T'giving dinner. I had a bottle of wine to drink while cooking that Mentsh and Mike gave me, but when I went to open it, I realized I didn't have a corkscrew....guess I don't drink wine enough! I've been drinking chocolate milk instead. I'll have to return to the store for the fourth time to get one...or steal my mom's. I think that is a better idea. I'll steal mom's corkscrew. She's in Thailand. She'll never know. hehe.

Ok, so I just went to stir the pecans and one fell onto the counter, so of course I had to eat it...it was gooooooooood. To those of you that are coming to my dinner, at least we know this will be good!

My house is a toasty 80 degrees inside! And that is with the heat turned off! I had to open my doors and windows to cool things down to 70. Living in a townhouse means I share two walls with neighbours, and they heat my house in the winter. It's nice to be able to air out the house in the middle of November!

Look what Nate did...

Santa is dead!!!!

Too soon!

There is a house in my subdivision that already has Christmas lights up!! What's up with that? I thought tradition dictated that Christmas decorations were not to go up until the day after Thanksgiving. Oh well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! I guess I'm gonna have to put up my decorations now, too! Man, I love this time of year.

I'm making my first Thanksgiving dinner for the family this year! So I apologize in advance to my family if things do not turn out as planned. Either way, we're gonna have fun!

Happy Halloween!

So...Halloween has come and gone this year. I'm disappointed with this year. Our subdivision got larger, yet there were fewer kiddies. I ended up talking with my neighbor most of the night. Turns out he's a good person to know, as he is a manager at the Krispy Kreme!

I'm looking forward to the next holiday, Thanksgiving. My plans are still not solidified yet, but I'm working on it. My mom and sister will not be here, so I'm on my own.

Happy Birthday!

Today is Titan's birthday!! He turns 5 today! Unfortunately, he had a vet appt today, but he's healthy, so it's all good. He weighed in at 99lbs! We went to Petco and got some fun toys and chew bones, and all is well with the world. After that we went for a mile and a half stroll on the greenway. He is now sound asleep, as a good Weim should be!

Happy Birthday, Titan!

Happy Birthday!

Seein' as how my birthday is being spent primarily alone...I feel the need to sing happy birthday to me:

Happy Birthday to me!
Happy Birthday to me!
Happy Birthday, dear DJ!
Happy Birthday to me!

hehe! I am in a good mood today. It's such a beautiful Fall day today! WONDERFUL!

I met up with a guy friend, Doug, and the two of us and our two dogs walked the greenway for about 3 hours. It was awesome.

I celebrated my birthday early with my family. We went to my favorite restaurant and they even arranged for me to have a Tiramisu cake!! A WHOLE cake of that goodness! It is a beautiful thing! I also got flowers, Irises and Stargazer Lilies. They're beautiful, too!

Today is indeed, a good day! I hope everyone else is having a wonderful day, as well!

Whisky Girl disappoints...

Ok, I'll try to fill in some details on the camping trip.

WG and I decided, fairly last minute, to go camping. We leave around 5pm, still uncertain which campground to grace with our presence. So we must explore our options before it gets too dark. We head up to Sarah's Creek campground and the map we have of it is not complete in our opinion and according to rumors heard there was more offered at this site, so we seek out the validity of these rumors. We head up a Forest Service road in my Rodeo with the back loaded up with two 80lb+ dogs and all our camping gear. We ford a stream a couple times while still encountering campsites. This is where we encountered the scary mountain men camping way back in the woods. None of these were worthy of our purpose this trip so we continued on.

This is when we went off the map. There is probably a good reason why the road was not on the map...it should not have been driven, however my Rodeo handled it without even a hiccup. (Praise God for 4 wheel drive!) We were climbing inclines of more than a 60 degree angle with HUGE holes at least 7" deep to make the ride bumpy on a gravel "road" (if it dare be called a road.) We forded 3 more streams, bottomed out once, but no fear, I got skid plates. WG kept asking if I was sure I wanted to continue, but heck yeah, I was having me some fun! We did notice that a few times there the dogs looked a little worried about the two of us. ;)

So we notice dusk settling in, the headlights were actually being useful, so just before we forded the 6th stream we turned around. (Do the math, I got to drive through moving water 10 times!!) Since we decided not to camp here, we had to go check out the other campgrounds which put us arriving at the final destination next to a beautiful river well past dusk. WG and I got the dogs settled, set up camp, ate supper, made a fire, and drank some sissy wine coolers.

Next day we took it slow. I got both dogs into the river and tossed some tennis balls. That water was COLD! Even the dogs started shivering...eventually. It doesn't matter how cold or tired they are...if a ball is thrown, it MUST be retreived. I think they both slept for about two days after this trip.

Anyhow...this is the run down on the trip, WG, if you think of anything to add, feel free. Embelishments are welcome!

New nephew!!

I now have SIX nieces and nephews for me to hold and love! Daniel James was born September 27 around 6:30pm. He weighed just under 8lbs and 21.5" long. The absolutely awesome part is that I got to cut the umbilical cord... :) I'm spending a couple weeks with my sister helping her while she recovers and gets used to the new "normal".

Request to WhiskyGirl...

WhiskyGirl may be the only way you'd believe the recollection of our exploring the north GA mountains last week. I would appreciate it if WG would type up the story so I can post it.