Ouch!!

Today while I was home for lunch I was picking up the bathroom rugs to wash them. Abby was helping and we hit heads. I don't think it hurt her but I went back to work with a big red bump over my right eyebrow. It's not as large now, but it still hurt.



Abby gets blamed for everything, we think she could have been the second shooter on the grassy knoll. Poor Abby, it'ruff being a Weim.







We stayed home tonight and tried to avoid trick or treaters. It's not that I don't like giving out candy, it's just that's it's too difficult to try and open the door with two curious dogs. We were pretty successful, the door bell only rang once and it was still light enough where you couldn't tell if the porch light was off or on.

Judge Judy

Today was first first day of being down to only one job. I came home after work at JB but the morning was wondering "What does one do when they get home from work at 4pm" The answer: Watch Judge Judy...or watch however much you can tolerate, anyway. She is a hoot. Today, she was using "Beauty fades, but dumb is forever" Cute...and true. But I'm so not making a habit out of watching this.

There's No Place Like Home...

Matt's mom got his sister a Boston Creme Pie for her birthday, she got it out and came in the living room to get everyone and Abby practice her counter surfing skills.









At least Nan got two. Happy Birthday, Mekelle!


Several times over the last few weeks, I've wondered why I have an SUV, oh right, for 9' palm trees and this black leather club chair I bought in Little Rock. Both dogs were able to come home, but the crate had to stay at the Yeager's. We'll get it next time. Abby wanted to ride on the roof rack but Remy wouldn't let her. Good to be home, even squeezed in a nap this afternoon, right, "squeezed" it in.

Pumpkin Patch

We are at Matt's parents house this weekend. We left after work last night.


Here's Abby waiting for me to load the car. She decided to wear her new Old Navy Sweater for the trip.


The Reminator has taken refuge from our nephew Isaac in the closet at Matt's parents.


Isaac at the Pumkin Patch.


On the Hay Ride







Stupid, I know.


This chicken really likes Jason.

The Walmart Cake...

I got this in an email from my friend Tiffany. I guess the folks at Centurytel in Little Rock should write down what they want it to say next time.

We had a "going away" party yesterday for a lady at our Little Rock claims office. One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake.
He told them to write:
"Best Wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "We will miss you".

As the picture shows, it didn't quite turn out right. It was too funny not to keep it.

Beautiful. Just Beautiful.

Water Wings

Michael requested some pics of Remy and his "water wings". Here ya go:

These were from Summer 2006, right before we got Abby. Remy loves to play in the water, especially at the river but he's not a graceful swimmer. When we went to Bob and Carol's house on the lake in Grove, they had a dog life jacket, so we put it on Remy since the water was so deep. He hated it. I think my mom has some of him actually in the water, so I'll ask her for those.

Eddie Bauer was having a great sale today. I got 2 sweaters and 2 shirts for the price of one sweater at regular price. Sweet!

I also went to Sam's Furniture because they were supposed to be having a big $2 million liquidation or something. I didn't see anything on sale from when I was there 3 weeks ago. It looks like they marked everything up, to mark it back down to the price they originally had on it. Yeah, big savings there. So, the drive down there and back is 30 mins of my life I won't ever get back.

Tonight we met some of the other couples from our Life Group at Fuddruckers for dinner. When we got there, there was a Ryder moving truck parked right in front of the place, taking several parking spaces, and not completely out of the road, plus a Ford Ranger that was taking up 4 spaces all on it's own. We left both of them notes on their cars, commenting on their parking and watched to see them go out. They were traveling together..imagine that...guess that inconsiderate apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Last night at the gym some lady in a Lincoln car pulled into the parking lot. My car is the only other one there, and there is a lot of space, she parked in two spaces right in front of the gym, the only business that was open at the time and took up several spots since it's easier to park parallel. What is wrong with people? There are a few weekends that I don't like living in NWA: Craft Fair weekend and Bikes Blues and BBQ. Traffic is just way out of hand.

Yea!! New Laptop

Boo...bad wireless. If we could only have cables in every room so we could plug in to the internet, we'd at least have to wait for the coldest day of the year for Matt to get in the attic to run the cable.

I'm amazed at how much more tolerable Sam's Club is in the evenings. We went tonight and it wasn't too bad, we were there on Saturday afternoon two weeks ago and it was a nightmare.

Abby and Remy are wound up tonight. She keeps trying to steal his bone. Ahh, it's a dog's life. Remy doesn't really growl at her, but he makes this grumbling noise. When they play, he makes that howl/yawn/gargle sound. We'll have to get a clip of that to post.

So far this week....

Wednesday I got a migraine at work and come home about 9:30. I was nauseous when I left and I barely made it home. I didn't make it inside. There's not many things more embarrassing than getting sick in your front yard in business clothes at 9:30 in morning. I was mortified. I hope no one was home to see me. Matt said he thinks the whale watching trip broke me, I haven't been the same since.



Other news: The laptop search continued these week. We ordered one from officedepot.com, Matt checked on it yesterday afternoon, it showed to be in Memphis but the were recalling it to the shipper. Apparently, Office Depot doesn't hire people who enter correct information in the computer because they got his name wrong, which caused our credit card company to reject the charge. And the got his phone number wrong so the couldn't call him back. Matt called them and complained about it, the dude insisted that it would all work out, billing probably wouldn't go through and to refuse the package when UPS delivered it. WRONG again, Sparky. Between last night and this morning, they got the charge to go through and it was out of delivery. FAN-TAB-U-LOUS. Especially since we ordered another one from NewEgg.com last night. (Once you know, you NewEgg). So, Matt called Office Depot again and complained, I think this is really funny because he is so laid back and non-confrontational. They weren't much help except telling us to reject it when it delivered. Matt called UPS, they were able to stop it and it's on it way back. I'm guessing their online endeavor is not what is keeping the company afloat.



This is ALMOST as good as the Walmart.com shelf ordeal I went through in May. First, Walmart.com shipped it to the wrong store. It ended up in Tulsa. The second time they shipped it, it was supposed to come straight to the house since it was there problem, UPS delivered it to Walmart DC in Bentonville, which was the "ship from" address. Matt had to track it down to some DC down the street from his office, so I finally got it. Who runs these online companies? A bunch of Monkeys?

Weekend--

The weekends seem to go by so fast! Saturday night we had our friends Jon and Tiffany over for dinner. They brought their baby, who is 4 months old. She's getting so big. I can't believe it's already been 4 months. We are so thankful that Jon got a new job were he is home with the family more and
spend time with us, the best part!! ;-)


Tiffany and I. Remember...a friend helps you move...a good friend helps you move bodies.


What's an evening at our house without some Wii?






Abby loved the baby. Both of our dogs like kids really well.



Abby has also decided that she gets away with things if she's really cute and sweet. They aren't supposed to get on the furniture but she jumped up in the chair with me and I couldn't make her get right down, she had to get a hug.

On Sunday, We went to church and I drug Matt to Fayetteville with me to go shopping. We both needed new athletic shoes and I was on the look out for a new pair of pointy-toe black boots and some chocolate brown suede flats. Goody's was having an awesome sale and I got 4 new shirts and a gift for my mom for Christmas. Matt went with me to scope out some laptops since my dad sold mine for us last week. We were both getting really frustrated, and had decided on one last week, which is a huge ordeal within itself, with the specs he wants, and the weight requirements I want. We found one at Office Depot and were just going to order online, it was out of stock, chose another, so was it. Their website stinks. So, we picked one at Walmart, they were out at every store in Northwest Arkansas, of course. Matt ordered one on the phone with Office Depot today, thank goodness. I'm not sure if I could have handled too many more days of laptop shopping.

Think Pink

I've been working on the Think Pink Women's Event at church. I worked with Genessa on the decorations, we hung pink daisies from the ceiling over the chocolate fountain tables and over the drink area, had lots of pink metallic candles on the tables and votives in the window sills. It really turned out cute. We had a great night, there are so many spectacular women in the church, I'm really glad to know them.





YUMMM!!! Chocolate. The food was great too.

Garaga Sale Mania

Matt and I hit a couple of neighborhood garage sales this morning before I went to work at the gym, we so scored. He got a battery back up for the computer, which we needed, a microsoft steering wheel and pedals for driving/racing computer games, which he wanted (we ended up getting a truck driving game that afternoon, I'm going to learn to drive in Boston yet!) We got a rug for my dad's new shop, I got a super cute brand new-tags still attached jacket/blazer and we hit the jackpot at the last one we went to--brand new dog toys!! The were only a quarter each so we got the dogs several, the one below is one that releases food or treats when the roll it. Abby's got it figured out, and I'm sure Remy does too, but I think he realizes that as long as Abby is interested, he doesn't stand a chance.



I finally got a picture of Remy doing this. We call it his "worried ear" when he folds his ear back, does this this when he knows something is going on...like we're getting ready to leave that's not in our normal schedule.

Dunkin Donuts, the Starbucks of New England.

I was amazed that there were so many Dunkin Donuts in New England, they were everywhere, much like Starbucks in Seattle. Since donuts are probably the most terrible food known to man, I was suprised that the majority of the population looked relatively normal for so many of these establishments. My thought is, does this:



Counteract this?:


You decide.