Holy Snow!!

Where in the heck did all this snow come from? I dont remember ever, ever having this much snow! In the past week we've had it all; snow, freezing rain, ice, & sleet. It has made everything so quiet and muted. I just love snow. It's so pretty! I just wish I had the vacation to be able to stay home and enjoy it.

Our snow covered house & cars. Jesus' car (the black one) hasnt moved since Thursday.

Waldo doesn't think the snow is so cool. It gets stuck between his toes. He does like to eat ice, though.

Chica has decided that the snow isnt so bad. It would be a whole lot more fun if it wasnt so dang cold, though! She also refuses to look at the camera.

Snow Angels!!

This is what it looks like when you have the big Christmas lights lining your grass in your front yard and then a foot of snow dumps on them. You get glowing snow. This is the one kind of yellow snow that you can eat.. if you want to. I thought it was cool how each lightbulb melted a little cave around itself and a tiny hole at the surface.

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Brrrrrr!!!

It's so cold!! The snow came on Sunday morning with temperatures in the 20's, which is FREEEEZING for Oregon! Usually when it snows here, it will pile up, kids play all day and enjoy the snow day, then the snow melts and is gone or mostly gone by the next day. Not this time! It came down on Sunday and hasnt left. Temperatures in the 20's hasnt helped things thaw. The dogs are enjoying it, but I have to continually pick packed snow out from between Waldo's toes when he comes in. He's figured out that while I do that, if he shivers and lets his teeth chatter he gets extra loves because I feel bad for him. Poor frozen pup-cicle. Though we did make him sit over the heat register after he was outside for longer than we wanted. Chica wanted nothing to do with that!

The best part is that it's supposed to snow again tomorrow, and maybe some more on Saturday. Oh happy days.

Goodbye Smokey, We'll Miss You!

My mom had to take her 20 year old cat in today to go to the Big Kitty Heaven in the Sky. We've known the old gal's time was coming soon. Smokey, we love you and we'll miss you.

What a Fun Weekend!

This weekend was best described as wild. Thursday was Thanksgiving, as you all know. We went to my aunt & uncle's for turkey and more food. My aunts got to see Riley for the first time. They agreed, he's a keeper! We also had a sick puppy. Chica had been sick earlier in the week. She didnt want to eat and just laid around being mopey. Then, after about 3 days, she was bouncy and back to normal, but Waldo looked like this:

He didnt feel so good, poor boy. He didnt want to eat and just laid around being mopey. No worries though, he's back to his happy self.

On Friday, we went to Jesus' parents to help do some inventory control on the 23 lb turkey that my mother-in-law made for Thanksgiving. They have turkey out the wazoo, and will have turkey out the wazoo for a couple weeks. On the way home, we stopped at the liquor store to pick up makin's for "Randy's Hooch". It consists of Rum, whiskey, triple sec, and amaretto. Mix that with some OJ and 7-up and you have a super yummy drink! I had 2 that night. I slept like a rock :-)

Saturday was the stupid Civil War game. I'm just glad one UO showed up to play, otherwise it would have been a really boring game since the Beavs didnt want to put any effort into it. Grrr!

Sunday we went wine tasting. Mmmm!! We went to Plum Hill Vineyards and Kramer Winery. Somehow between leaving for church in the morning and showing up at Kramer, this happened:

I'm not sure when or how it happened, but I noticed it as we were walking in the door at Kramer Winery. It may have been there when I put the pants on that morning, who knows. But I, nor anyone else for that matter, didnt notice it until it was too late. Guess I need to go buy new pants... again.