The Gods Must Be Crazy!

My parents have the luxury of taking off for the weekend on some unknown adventure, be it camping, exploring, or wine tasting. They pack up the Rav, lock up the house and are off to discover new and exciting things. About half the time, they leave poor Charlie looking out the window with his sad, crying eyes, watching them back out of the driveway and drive off to face the world without him. Later that evening, I'll go let him out and sometimes he'll come home with me to play with my dogs. But he never does settle down, he just stares forlornly at the door, hoping and waiting for it to open and his beloved Mom & Dad to come strolling in. Poor guy. (How am I doing on the guilt trip?)

This time, they went up to Leavenworth, WA to go wine tasting and explore the area. Mom called and said they found a cool winery. They always find cool wineries. This one was in a big log cabin house thing and the wine tasting was free! I love free wine tasting! Especially if they have cheese. I don't wine taste, I cheese taste. But that's another story for another day.

I think my parents are having too much fun up there. I came in to work this morning, opened my email and found this:

And this:

What the heck? Crazy? I think so! So now I have new caller ID photos on my cell phone. Thanks for the awesome new pictures, guys!!

11 More Days!!

Only 11 more days until we board the plane to the Happiest Place on Earth! Jesus and I are going on vacation to Orlando for our anniversary. We're going to do the tourist-y thing and hit up DisneyWorld, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios. We're also going to go see the Blue Man Group. I'm so excited for that! We'll be in the front row, in the "Poncho Section". Should be fun! Guess I wont dress up for that outing. (I know, like I would dress up anyways). Not taking 3 day weekends to go camping, or a random vacation day here and there is finally going to pay off. It was pretty hard during the summer to see my vacation hours rack up and not be able to use them. But it will be totally worth it!

Jesus had some identification issues, so we were a little worried on how he was going to get on the plane. But that has all been solved and so instead of "Only 11 days to get this figured out, time is really moving", it's "Only 11 more days! Time's cree-ee-ee-ping". Time's moving so slow, it turned 'creeping' into a 4 syllable word!

Random Picture of the Day:

"Mighty Fisherman"

Are We Related?

Are you my Mama?

What a Slacker...

I know, I'm a slacker. So Jesus survived his Adventures in Babysitting, both with Riley-Bob and Miley-girl. Riley is such a good baby. He pooped for Uncle Jesus :-) Go Riley!

We also watched Miley so her parents could go out for dinner for their anniversary. (Wow! 3 years already? I swear my feet are still cramped from the dumb shoes I picked out that were way too high for me!) I digress. Miley was so good. She hung out with Uncle Jesus, her favorite Mexican Uncle (take that Roy!) and they looked for motorcycle headlights together. What more could a girl ask for?

I've been busy with work lately. I went down to Medford for a few days for some work-related stuff. But work-related stuff only keeps you busy for so long. So I filled my evenings wandering the grand ol' town of Medford. I successfully found the Harry & David's factory. They had Moose Munch on sale for buy 2, get one free. I know, not a huge sale, but I LOVE Moose Munch! Plus, I found Peanut Butter Moose Munch! Yum!!

Also, outside the building, there were a bunch of pumpkins that you could buy for a rip roarin' Carve-o-rama. In this big pile o' fun, there was a GINORMOUS punkin'!

In case you cant read that, it says "1,325 lbs". That's HUGE! I sent a picture of it to my cousin. She promptly replied with "Is it bigger than you?"

Yes, Kylie. It outweighs me by 5 lbs. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Adventures in Babysitting.

Tomorrow, my husband will begin the task of caring for a overly adorable 4 month old while his mother, grandmother, and aunt head out for some gallivanting on the town. Okay, we're going to a baby shower, but it's brunch! Yum! I love brunch! Anywho, this will be his first time alone with a being unable to speak up for himself since his little brother was born 10 years ago. Holy cow! Angel's going to be ten in a week or so!! We need to do some birthday shopping! Sorry, off on a tangent. Uncle Jesus has decided that he should take cutie little Riley on his first fishing trip.



Don't worry Em, won't happen. He has a hard enough time handling the dog (who just hangs out) and fishing. I think I've talked him out of it, so they're going to spend a nice morning in front of the tv napping... or so he thinks. I'll let you know how it goes.

Check Me Out! I Do Tricks!

Since we got Chica about 4 1/2 years ago, she's taught herself multiple tricks. It's so funny to watch because she is just so eager to show them off. When she gets over-excited, she does them all in high-speed rapid fire. This dog cracks me up! Ignore Waldo traipsing through, he's oblivious.

If you couldn't catch it, I was saying "Bang!" with the thumb and first finger "gun" motion (offscreen) and she'd drop dead. Sometimes it takes a couple of shots, and her tail doesn't quite understand what the whole "playing DEAD" part is about. Goofy dog.