BKM's BDAY

Happy Birthday Brittain!!!! Here's to 76 more!!!!

DM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!!

Happy Birthday to the best husband I've ever had!

Really?

I just thought I would let everyone know that David has fallen prey to TV advertising and I'm quite sure that Billy Mays now has him on his in his sights and probably has him on his gather-intel-on-this-person-right-now-because-he-actually-buys-from-these-commercials watch-list. What amazing item did David want so badly he could not resist picking up the phone to call and order not one, but two? The answer, my friends, is a SNUGGIE! And, don't despair. He did spend the extra money to get the 50% thicker snuggie with pockets. Enjoy!

Snow Day!

On Tuesday morning we awoke to snow! Unfortunately neither David nor I have jobs in which we are actually exempt from working due to snow (therefore it was not a real "snow day") but whatever.... :)

As you know, we have a husky named Kohana and he LOVES snow (surprise)! He gets so excited he can hardly contain himself. There have been times when it started snowing in the middle of the night and he has woken us up barking and "woo-ing" and jumping around in his room because he saw, smelled, etc. snow. Who knows how he realizes it at 2:30 a.m. but his Siberian Husky snow sensors go off and it is like someone gave him a fistful of Vivarin and a Mountain Dew. So, we will let him outside and he will just rub his face all over the snow on the deck and roll around to make sure every square millimeter of his body has been touched by snow.

Forgive the quality of the pictures as they were taken very quickly from our bathroom window...

Winnie vs. Opossum

Yesterday evening turned out to be quite exciting (read: terrifying for Brittain). Last night around 6:00 I called the dogs in for dinner. I went to get everyone organized and I noticed that Winnie (I know, I haven't given you much information about her at this point...) wasn't there. No big deal... she often goes to snoop around all of the nooks and crannies in the house when she comes inside. I called and called her... no Winnie. So, I went to the back door in case she she was waiting for me there. No Winnie. I went outside and looked for her. No Winnie. I called her and I heard a little bark coming from somewhere so I went out searching for her... She had somehow found her way under our storage shed (which is only about 6 inches of clearance) and couldn't find her way back out. As I was tearing the lattice off of the shed to give her an escape the nose of another animal poked out right by my hand! It looked to me as though it was the nose of an opossum (a HUGE opossum). It startled me and I ran to call David. He called animal control and rushed home to help. I wasn't sure that it was an opossum. It could have been a raccoon or because of how large the nose was, I even considered it might be another dog... We finally got her out but couldn't find the other animal. The cops showed up and they went to look for the animal while I looked Winnie over and took her to the emergency vet. The vet couldn't find any injuries either so we gave her a rabies booster and brought her home (to lots of hugs and pets). It was a very stressful night but things ended with the best case scenario so I am definitely not complaining! Just happy everyone is safe and sound!

2008 Playoff Games

This will have to be a short post as it is still a very sensitive subject for one Senor David.

Saturday night we went to the Panthers vs. Cardinals Playoff Game. If you didn't see the game, it was fantastic- Panthers were awesome, played the best game of their lives and we won! (If you saw the game, shhhhhh. Let them be happier than the rest of us). The good thing about the game is that it wasn't nearly as cold as predicted! (Look for the positives, right?) Of course, maybe it was just because I was wearing a toboggan, leggings, jeans, thermal socks, camisole, thermal underarmour, fleece jacket, and my North Face jacket. Under all of that, it was quite comfortable! And it only rained the tiniest bit.

No pictures since David is still in mourning...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you health, happiness, and prosperity in 2009.

Happy New Year!

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