Thanksgiving, back in full force
I wanted to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving if you celebrate, and express my hopes that you don’t over-indulge and get sick. I’m fairly certain there are more extreme cases of gassy tummies in the Emergency Room over this holiday weekend than any other. That’s just my guess, but I’m willing to bet on it – and I don’t bet. 
This wonderful week, my demon-child and I will be taking the new pup over to our supa-cool friends’ house to stuff ourselves to the gills, probably check out some football and laugh with some wine and silliness. I’m actually looking forward to it, and I generally don’t too much care for the holidays. I am going to bake a pie or two and be all Betty Crocker for the homies. I’m gonna throw down on some cranberry sauce and get these two freakazoids addicted so that they cannot deny the magic of the cranberry any longer. For realz. It’s good stuff. The kidd-o will be making fresh baked biscuits for delivery to our awaiting stomachs. Overall, it’s gonna be some good eats, good treats, and great beats. Okay, I was just looking for a rhyme. Lame, I know…. hehehe
Previous Thanksgivings have been a variation of family festivities and lonely boredom. At times I’ve gone to the movies or just hung out at the house. I’ve been invited to other families’ celebrations and partaken of my own family’s degeneration. Occassionally, I miss those times, but we are drinkers traditionally, so it’s not as much fun as you would think. My daughter has come to learn that the next holiday may or may not be filled with crazy people, but it is always filled with holiday cheer. We enjoy the traditions of cooking and decorating and just spending time together. Too bad she’s becoming a teenager and will soon thwart any effort I make at bonding. Oh well, I’ll savor what I have and just pray that it continues a while longer.
Enjoy your holidays and be safe – I’ll get back to you soon!!
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And the Decision is………………… a Boxer Puppy!!!
I’m a sucker. For all things cute and lovable. I had to give in to my daughter’s desire to have another small animal introduced to our lives.
The sweetest little boy ever
Here is the little boy – his name is Zipper and he’s approximately 12 weeks old – born on 08/08/08 – how cool is that??!!?? His momma is absolutely beautiful, with almost the exact same coloring as he has. Note the white line up his face – the kid thought that resembled a zipper mark, thus his name. He is already responding to it, and has begun playing fetch. He’s having a blast chasing the cats and learning how to navigate the stairs. He had a rough first couple of nights in the crate, but last night was blissfully quiet and we all got a good night’s sleep. He doesn’t much care for the rain and refused to go #1 or #2 last night, but was a good boy and held it ’til this morning.
So far, so good – his personality is fun and he seems to be pretty smart, though a bit clumsy. He should grow to be a good-sized animal, and we can’t wait for him to run and play with the big dogs.
He is already taking his place in the household, and is quite the baby – likes to whimper from time to time, but we can live with that. It’s sort of his way of communicating. He will even whine at his ball while he’s chewing on it. A strange habit, but it’s endearing.
If at all possible, I would recommend everyone get a pet. If you can adopt, I strongly recommend it – there are so many wonderful animals at the Humane Society who need good homes – we looked and looked but didn’t see what we were looking for. We found a very loving breeder who considers her animals family – they were all well-cared for and beautiful animals. You can tell a lot about people by the company they keep, and these animals loved her without limits. That’s the beauty of pets – they are nonjudgmental and will love you for life…..
