Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Puppy ER

Here are a few photos of Annabelle's injury (Saturday night). Best we can tell she ran into the side of an old bench with metal slats and sliced herself open. Poor girl yelped and yelped, up until the point Danny picked her up. Then she was silent and limp.



Immediately after her return from Dr. Don's office.



Close-up of the injury site on Day 1 - just after surgery - with her industrial strength sutures.



Close-up on Day 5.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Annabelle's lineage?

Is she English Pointer???
You have to watch the video of the playing puppy - it is SO Annabelle.










Wednesday, December 17, 2008

She's on a roll!













Sunday, December 14, 2008

Recital Fail

At least he got his name right!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

What a Day (or Two)

The bad news is Danny noticed a dent in my driver's side passenger door.
The good news is that the damage is nothing major, just annoying.

The bad news is my hard drive is fried. Got the awful "click... click..." Might have something to do with a lamp oil spill and/or years of use/abuse. So I have no computer/internet on my own. Have to wait for Danny to get home from school with his laptop to satisfy my internet addiction.
The good news is Danny backed up all my files (multiple DVDs) up through Nov. 12 when another problem prompted us to act quickly! So all I might have lost is since Nov. 12.

The bad news is
the heavy rains came through the back door and ruined some of our laminate flooring and we're having a horrible time trying to find replacement parts (without paying $200 shipping for $100 worth of goods).
The good news is --- well, I'll get back to you on that.



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UPDATE (11 Dec):

Danny was able to order one box of flooring and two trim pieces via a local flooring store. Should have them by Tuesday.

Dad offered a slightly used (23 days, he says) laptop to help relieve the computer mess.

Still have that dent in the car - looks slightly worse in the outdoors compared to in the garage.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Elana's self-portrait


This was done entirely by Elana -found it on her art table. She proceeded to tell me about all of her favorite things (stickers) that she included as part of her self-portrait. BTW, the clackers are Papaw's false teeth...giggle!

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Translation

(front)
Dear Santa
Cookie Eater
Christmas Tree
(back)
My cookie for you is a lot.
I love you.

Ethan's first letter to Santa