Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Christmas 2022

 We had a nice, but chilly, Christmas. The weather slowed my sister and her family from getting down here before Christmas morning but they made it later in the day. It was nice having a big Christmas with my parents and sister and family. They brought their big little dog Moose (there is a lot of Moose in a not big dog body). Moose is a very sweet dog but not a dog that was loved my our dogs. It was a lot of work keeping everyone happy and not fighting. I'm still not sure why our dogs didn't like Moose. 

That didn't stop us from having a good time. Lots of good food and sweets!  Merry Christmas!




















Saturday, December 17, 2022

This & That

We noticed that when we turned on the hot water it was SO very hot, much hotter than normal. Sean went down to the utility room to find a sauna. Hot water dripping off of every surface in the room from the steam coming from the water heater. The temperature switch failed and locked on full blast.  We found a date scrawled on it of 9/28/01.....it had a good run! Sean got a new one installed and we're back to having normal hot water. Thanks Sean!

 

Sean celebrated a birthday a few weeks ago and we pampered him with a heated throw blanket and heated eye massager. The poor guy works in the basement and is cold all of the time so we're trying to get him warmed up. The problem with being warm and cozy is that it makes him tired. Ah the glories of working from home!

Max got to star in a small play that one of his classes puts on every year. This year's play was about toys that come to life. Each child was a toy and had to memorize many lines. They all did a fantastic job!

If a warm body is sitting on the couch then there's a good chance all three dogs will be piled on top of that person. This is Sean's normal spot and of course all three dogs are happy as can be.


I was wandering around a thrift store the other day and found an elf suit for a dog. It was a whopping $1.99 so it had to come home with me, I figure it would fit at least one of the dogs. Well Kevin was the unlucky pup that it fit. I laughed and laughed, Kevin was not amused. A few minutes later the outfit was found on the ground, he somehow got himself out of it.


Sean and I were in Tucson for Halloween so my folks took Max trick-or-treating while Wesley handed out candy at Jessica's house. Before we left we found this epic Halloween house in town that was decked out with every decoration you could imagine.

The kids carved pumpkins like they do each year. This year was Garfield (Max is obsessed with vintage Garfield stuff) and Peter Griffin (Wesley does a spot on Family Guy Peter Griffin impersonation).