Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving came and went all too quickly. Luckily, I managed to not burn the turkey and all of my fixings came together nicely. Ok, with a couple exceptions.... I forgot to cook the asparagus and my gravy turned out to be like pudding....Oh well! What can ya do? Just smile and eat...

It was a relaxing day by all. Cards were played, movies were watched as well as football. The next day I ventured out into the craziness of the shopping frenzy. I could not believe the line at Walmart when I got there at 5. These people are insane. I must be one of them since I went there to shop as well, but I wasn't standing outside in the freezing cold for at least an hour... so that's gotta say something. I found some good deals and took care of business. Now I need to figure out what I have left to buy!

Fall Favorites

It's this time of year that it's so nice to start cuddling up in cozy, oversized sweaters and your favorite pair of jeans. The weather here in Moscow this year has been quite pleasant. I haven't had to whip out the winter jacket just yet. I think it's coming though! I thought I'd list a few of my "Fall Favorites."

1. Vanilla Chai lattes with a shot of espresso - yummy!
2. Did I mention oversized sweaters?
3. Cuddling up with your kids with a blanket, hot chocolate, and a good book!
4. Fall colors
5. It's getting closer to the shortest day of the year - which means they'll start getting longer! YEAH!
6. I finally find time to do those midnight scraps!
7. Holidays
8. Bry's home from his hunting weekends!
9. Have I mentioned sweaters?
10. I can't leave out slippers and sweats... I sometimes don't get out of them all weekend long!

Power Rangers to the Rescue!

Halloween this year in Moscow was fantastic! It was a clear night, there was no wind and it was actually decent weather. After taking Hayden and Kennedy trick-or-treating to Hayden's KPlus teacher's house and our day care lady's house, we headed home to take on the neighborhood!

The kids were gung ho to go house to house. Kennedy said every time we were finished with one house, "I want to still go trick-or-treating!" I also saw signs of me in her from my college days. She saw a group of people and started chanting, "We're going to a party! Party! Party!" Great. She better know that she can't get away with those, her father and I know all of the "white lies!"

Hayden was great as well. He was so into his costume, and was so cute helping his sister. Daddy adn I had to carry little blue around for a while, but for the most part, the Thompson's hit the neighborhood and carried back a sack full of candy for both kids! The best part of all, there seemed to be more children out in the neighborhood this year. It was friendly and fun... we even went to a neighborhood haunted house - it was perfect!

Oh Boy!

Ok, seriously. One would think that after 7 weeks of surgery, we'd be over the hump. I go downstairs yesterday morning to go let Chloe out for her morning "duty." I find that she was favoring her leg more than ever, not even putting any weight on it. Crap. I panic, go about and feed her, let her out and then directly call the vet. Let me just say this, she had never favored it before the surgery or after the surgery like she was doing yesterday. It was terrible. After finally being squeezed in down at PAWS, the vet took some fluid out of her knee (easily, I might add) and thinks it could be one of three things: An infection is in there, she's allergic to the steel posts they put in her knee during the surgery, or the whole thing has gone bad. Great....

Options one and two are great, I guess, but I'd rather not option three. Even option two isn't the greatest. I'm getting tired of having this "third child" in all honesty. Plus, I feel so bad that she and her brother are still separated when they were born together and the only time they've been apart is when we have to take either one to the vet... which is like an hour, not seven weeks~ More to come when I find out more.