All I Want for Christmas...

There was this one time when I bought a pair of black flats for work.

I wore them in, and they were so comfy.

Then Chloe ate them.

So I went back the store and miraculously they had the same pair of shoes a year later!

So I bought them!

I wore them in, and they were so comfy.

Then Chloe ate them.

She Did It!

Cost for 7-week basic obedience class: $80

Hours of practicing: many

Failing the test: painful

Cost of re-doing 7-week basic dog obedience class: $80

Hours of practicing: many

Finally passing the test (and tying for 1st place): priceless

Love you Bea

Saying Goodbye

Yesterday, Andy got a call that his Gran passed away.  It was a call we knew would be coming soon.  Saying goodbye to someone you love and have such fond memories of is something I wish he didn't have to go through.

Mixed in with all of the emotions that come with losing someone is a little bit of joy.

We know for certain she is with Jesus.

She got to see all of her children before she died.

She asked that her body be donated to science so that other people could study and learn, and maybe even get closer to finding a cure for dementia and Alzheimers.

Her timing is impeccable: she went to heaven on a Sunday morning :)

Wednesday Giggles

From ihasahotdog.com and icanhascheezburger.com:

In other pet news: This is Chloe's second day of spending the morning out of her crate while we're at work.  So far so good.  However I must admit that visions of disasters are dancing in my head!

And finally, I will leave you with some love:

Chloe finally giving in to letting the cat snuggle too :)

Christmas Time Things

Over this past week we've slowly put up some of our Christmas decorations.  Chloe has seen her first snow, her first Christmas tree, and experienced her first snow day (where all of us lounged around all day long and did nothing, not even go outside. She loved it!)

Chloe trying to figure out what we're doing and what a tree is doing in the house:

Chester claiming his much-loved spot under the tree before I could even put the skirt down:

Some table decorations:

Oh how we love snow days, and experimenting with curtain colors, and snuggling with body pillows!:

And last, but CERTAINLY not least - Andy's big debut as snoopy in our church's rendition of A Charlie Brown Christmas.  He's the tall one...the only adult...the one with the big white costume on :)

Curtain Dilemma

Oh boy, today was a snow day!  And what better thing to do on a snow day than to change the color of your curtains!

Ok, but I need your help.  For almost a year now I've had it in my head that tan curtains would be better than cream.  It all started when I got a view of our living room from this angle:

So much cream! The walls, the blinds, the curtains...

But I do kinda like the cream curtains from this angle of the livingroom:

Still, I was convinced that tan curtains would be the key.  Mainly because we have that tan piping in our couch, tan in our lamps, etc.  So I bought 4 panels of tan curtains only to find out when I got home that two were the wrong height.  Darn it!  But for illustrative purposes I put one tan panel on each side of the room to see which I liked better.  I'm conflicted:

I like the color of the tan fabric, but when I put it up on the rods the light shines through and turns it a different color.  I'm almost leaning back to the cream now. What do you think? Should I have just left things the way they were, or is tan a better option?

RE: Uy!

After much ridiculousness, I now have snow tires that are balanced, and highly rated.  Apparently I had two bent rims, which is why (says Pep Boys) they couldn't balance the tires.

Hmm.  Interesting.  I don't remember having tire balancing problems BEFORE I went to go get snow tires put on at Pep Boys.

P-Boys, did you mess with ma' rims??