Crud..it's only Tuesday?

Man!! Not sure if it's the weather or what, but I am TIRED today! I should be doing laundry tonight, or cleaning the bathroom, instead I take my cue from my bullies on my evening agenda...we're just hanging out on the couch. They have the best ideas sometimes! hahaha!

This weekend is the club's Halloween party & as much as I wanted the bullies to be a bunch of bananas, I did find Vivi a more appropriate costume...

Ha! Get it! Bodanna's Blue Line Snow White?? Hahaha!! I really would like get have the boys be 2 of the 7 dwarfs, but I'm not creative enough for their costumes...any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Oh no! It's snow!!

Ugg...the first snow & very cold temp (29!!) of the year came on Saturday morning. I'm sooo not a fan of snow/winter & it's WAY too early for even Minnesota to have snow! But, the bullies seemed to enjoy it before it melted!

This blur of red, is Doc! He LOVES the snow, any amount of it! He will hop around like a bunny!

Howie was nosing around & then running around the deck like his tail was on fire! He's such a nut!

Vivi was as usual, quite the stinker out there! She was very curious, but knew right away that it was PLAYTIME!! She came rushing at me quite a few times!

So this is what I miss while I'm at work!?

On Thursday I was a part of a "H1N1 test" at work to see if we would bog down the system if many people were working from home at the same time. They were testing in the event that the actual H1N1 epidemic were to hit the office, COULD we still work from home...answer, I think so...my test was a success anyway!


Since I was home, I had the luxury of seeing what the bullies do while I'm at work. So after they have breakfast & are up for the day, they play for about an hour & then it's naptime. How fun to be working w/my bullies snoring right next to me!


After naptime, which seems to last longer for Doc (who moves to our bed), it's playtime again. Howie has taken to play "Take the Bones Out". All of their bones are in a basket, he will take about 5 out one-by-one (soooo cute) & realize that it wasn't THE bone he wanted. Then he'll eventually knock over the whole basket, which will cause Vivi & him to scatter about for a second, then they'll head over & start going through the rest of the bones (which are now out of the basket).


This is the end result...bones & toys everywhere!!
Here, Howie & Vivi have to search out where they left their favorites!It was very fun to see their daytime rituals!

Wow!! Over 1000 Visits

I can't believe it...since I've started tracking the blog I've had over 1000 visits! Now, I know it's a bit skewed & in the realm of the web, not a big deal, but I thought I would be the only one to read this blog. Kinda cool.

So I thank each of you for reading through my blog posts...some funny, some not, some informational, some not, but hopefully all entertaining enough to come back again to see what I have to blog about. Thanks to those of you who have left comments here on the blog or on the site. Another thank you to those who have sent me emails or told me in person something that made you laugh or that a photo I posted was cute.

It's just kinda cool to know I'm not the only one!
Thanks again!
Jen

This is just a test...

This weekend Steve & I got iPhones. It seems there is an app for everything as I can now post blogs from my phone.

Ahhhh technology! You just gotta love it!

PS-I hope this works




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I know, I know...I've been MIA...

It feels that way to me too when it comes to the blog....this has been me...for the last 2 weeks....

I got it bad...you know, the Twilight saga!! My goodness...by the time you read this, I will have finished the 4th book, Breaking Dawn. I started the first book while in Disney & I really, really liked it. Finished it the day after we got home & that night (at 9pm mind you) I HAD to go get the 2nd book & so on & so on & so on...

I haven't read like this in years...so sorry it's not normal for me to ignore the blog, but it's quite nice to have such good books to read...and I do anticipate back to normal blog posts in the upcoming days when I'm going through my Twilight (ok, let's be honest) my Edward withdrawl. It's gonna be painful, but I know that I can always just start all over again!

Happy 2nd Birthday Howard!!!

Ahhh my baby boy turns 2 today! 2!! 2!!! 2!!!! Yay Howie!! It's been such a fun, crazy & educational 2 years! I still remember getting the email from Sandy saying, "I have a boy for you!" Then a few weeks later, going to see "Howie"...not knowing which of the two boys Howie would be! It was love at first site for us of course!

Now, here we are 2 years later...with 3 bulldogs!! Ahh how things change, but I couldn't imagine any different!

I know 2 isn't that large of a number, but it means so much to us because we never got to celebrate Ollie's 2nd birthday...so while I didn't dwell on it the last few months, it was in the back of my head. I'm so grateful for my Howie, he really has helped heal my heart.

Howie had a super fun birthday dinner! Notice it's one-half of a McDonald's hamburger this time! We learned with Doc's birthday dinner in July that well...McDonald's doesn't sit well w/my bullies...so I figured we could keep the same tradition, but incorporate their food & green beans too!Of course they absolutely LOVED the new concept of birthday dinner! Howie was very excited to see what was on the menu tonight!
After dinner meant PRESENTS!! Howie got some stuffed balls & a stuffed monkey, along with some nylabone chewy keys...I believe they were his favorite toy as a puppy...let's face it, he'll always be my puppy & he still likes to chew so I'm sure they'll be a big hit!

"Oooh yummy!! Momma got Howie 3 bones...I sure hope he shares....1 for Howie, 1 for Doc, & 1 for Vivi!! I can hardly wait!!"

"Doc take a look at the HAUL Howie made for his birthday! I bet he'll share all this stuff with us! He's nice like that!"

"Happy birthday to our favvvvvvvorite brother!! Happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuu!"

"Check 'em out from this angle Doc!! They're awesome toys!"

"All I really want is this bone...right here...."

"Oooh Momma & Daddy! You gots me so much stuff! I must have been a good boy! Thank you so much! I think I WILL share with Doc & Vivi!!"