A Real Snow

I was a bit surprised when I woke up this morning. I was expecting an inch or two of snow and we ended up with six or more...

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Snow!

We are having our first snow of the year. We have almost a half an inch and it's been snowing for about an hour and the weather report says it's supposed to keep going until 11AM tomorrow.

I can't wait to see what Murphy does when he gets to go out and play in his first snow. Brogan has always loved the snow and I hope Murphy does, too.

Speaking of Murphy, some new pics of him.



And a rare sight...Brogan chewing on a rawhide bone.

Photo Update

Life has been busy busy busy. The holidays flew by, January flew by and now February is also roaring along.

Murphy is growing fast. He went from 5.2 pounds to 14.something in 4 weeks. We take him back to the vet on 2/13. I can't wait to see how much more he's grown.

Here are some recent pictures.

I haven't done a lot of WoW playing or anything much more than watching puppy antics. It's been four years since we have had a puppy and I forgot how much work it is. If you really want to find me, I'm usually on Facebook when I am home.

I went on a cruise in mid-January with my parents and my maternal grandmother. We sailed from Tampa to Cozumel on Royal Caribbean. It was a great trip.

Here are some pictures of that.

Update

Wow, it has been a long time since I posted! I hope everyone has had a great holiday season with their friends and family.

Matthew finally found a job at the end of November which ended his nearly 18 months of unemployment. It's an temporary warehouse job working on Camp Lejeune for an unspecified amount of time. I think he's enjoying it as much as he can enjoy a job and I'm truly glad he finally found something that didn't require he be ex-military to even be considered for the job.

We had a great Christmas this year. We made gifts for everyone, as usual: hot cocoa mix with mini marshmallows and chocolate covered spoons for stirring. I thought that would be nice for this coming winter because I have a feeling it may be cold.

Matthew and I celebrated Christmas Eve with his maternal grandmother in Whitakers, NC as we have every year since we have been together. While we were there, his parents started telling us about this little puppy they had found in their shed. In the course of the evening, they asked us to come back to their house to see him.

When we got there, we were expecting some type of hound dog puppy but we were greeted by this little yellow fuzzball. I'm a sucker for baby animals so I immediately fell in love with the sweet, playful little puppy. I would never have told Matthew that I wanted him. With me, that is always a given...haha! But, imagine my surprise when I heard Matthew say that we would keep him.

So, we made the long trek home from Whitakers with our unexpected Christmas gift.

We named the puppy Murphy after the band Dropkick Murphys because he insists on hanging on to your feet while you are walking and inevitably gets booted across the room.

We took him to his first vet appointment the day after Christmas and he was given a clean bill of health and the vet told us he was probably around 8 weeks old.

I think that in the 4 years since Angus was a puppy we have forgotten how time-consuming a puppy is and how difficult housebreaking can be but we are working with Murphy and he is learning quickly.

That pretty much covers the last two months but here are some pictures of the puppy.

Halloween

Amber and I decided late Thursday afternoon to go back to the 80s for Halloween at work, this is the result.

Close up of the makeup


Me at my messy desk

Amber and I on Court St. Someone told us we should walk down Court St. and someone else called us floozies so we couldn't resist.

Court St. again


Me on Court St.


Me on Court St.