Learning to Love Turk

So Deegan and Turk haven't really been getting along so hot until the last few days. Turk would jump on Deegan and Deegan would cry, the Deegan would get curious and go climb on Turk and Turk would cry... it was fun! Anyway, they have started learning to tollerate eachother a little better now, and it's almost like they don't even know eachother is there now! One day, they will love eachother but for now, they can "nothing" eachother and that will be good too!

Christmas Tag..

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?Definately Wrapping paper! I usually wrap everyone elses gifts too because I love it!

2. Real tree or Artificial?Artificial

3. When do you put up the tree?Thanksgiving weekend, but this year it was a few days early since I was working on the weekend

4. When do you take the tree down? ... when I feel like it, before New Years. It's not as exciting taking it down as putting it up.

5. Do you like eggnog?Sometimes, but it has to have half eggnog and half sprite or 7 up

6. Favorite gift received as a child?not sure.

7. Hardest person to buy for?Men for sure...

8. Easiest person to buy for?Keli, my sister... she likes anything I like usually.

9. Do you have a nativity scene?Yes, a wooden one that my parents made.

10. Mail or email Christmas cards?Christmas Cards??? SHOOT I FORGOT! Does posting it on the blog count?

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?Don't think I've even gotten anything terrible. I got a really ugly recycled lamp for my wedding though!

12. Favorite Christmas Movie?
The Grinch. I did my senior paper in high school on it (we had to pick a book that had been made into a movie, everyone elses books were like 500 pages, mine was 39! :-))

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas?Usually I wait until the day after Thanksgiving, but I always just end up buying for myself that day, so maybe the week after, but this year I started before Halloween... It's really thrown off my groove being done with it early!

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?not that I can remember. Recycling is a nice idea, but only if you don't pretend it's new... I prefer to give those kinds of things away.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?Christmas Breakfast: Waffles, French Toast, or German Pancakes (my favorite of all) with sausage, eggs, and eggnog with 7-up

16. All time favorite Christmas present? From my doctor, telling me on Christmas Eve that he would induce me!! YAY! (and Deegan was a perfect gift too!)

17. Favorite Christmas song?Dolly Parton's Hard Candy Christmas, Silver Bells or Still, Still, Still

18.Travel at Christmas or stay at home?To Mom and Dads... this year thats a whole 60 miles!

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's?Maybe, if I thought hard, but Deegan is trying to eat my newspaper, so I better not.

20. Angel on the tree top or a star?Adam- Angel, Me-Star.... our tree- Angel

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?Morning... at 630 for as long as I can remember.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?Grumpy people, how can you be so grumpy at such a great time of year??

23. Favorite ornament theme or color?I really love the black and red and white decor, but I also like the traditional dark red and green, which is what I have now.

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner?... who cares about Dinner, I can't wait for Breakfast!

25 What do you want for Christmas this year?well, I got my puppy... maybe a pair of slippers.

ho ho ho YOU'RE IT!
1.Keli
2.Roxy
3.Kristin
And of course the rest of you bloggers who haven't done it already!

My New Puppy

Last night we went and got a Puggle puppy (He's a Beagle and Pug mix). He is so cute! His name is Turk Turkleton (from the show Scrubs), but we just call him Turk. He's about 2 months old. Deegan was a little jealous last night when we were holding the puppy, not him, but now, he just thinks it's funny to see the puppy.

He sat and watched Turk eat this morning, and he kept laughing at him. I think it scared Turk because he ran into his bed and hid in the corner. It's so sad to see him right now, becuase he just is acting depressed... He will get used to being here though. Anyway, here's some pics. I got some really cute ones last night on my phone, but I can't figure out how to put them on the computer, so these will have to do for now!

Down on the Farm

So, I guess I live in a more rural area than I realized... the other day, I got home from running errands and saw something moving near my front door, so I figured it was the neighbor's cat. I was wrong. I walked closer to my door to find that my flower bed had been torn up and strewn all over my sidewalk, and there was a chicken at my doorstep. As I got closer, 2 others walked out of my window well (it has little steps down into it), and one other came around the corner of my house. They hung out there for a while. I'm not sure whose they are, but quite a few of my neighbors have chickens. Huh, who knew!