Camry has a new treat

He has an insane addiction to....... pulled pork!!!!!!  Seriously!  It's hysterical.  I made it in the crock pot the other day and as soon as DH started shredding it in the crock pot (so the smell was wafting through the house) Camry comes RUNNING into the kitchen.

YOW!  YOW!! MINE!  FEED ME THAT NOWNOWNOW!! YOW YOW YOW!

I gave him a tiny bit expecting the same reaction as the pudding cups - lots of yowling but no actual eating.  SO not the case.  He sniffed it, INHALED it, licked the floor and then sniffed and bit my fingers to get every little drop of flavor.  That night we let him clean our plates when we were done eating.  Clean as soap and water could get them!

Yesterday DH had leftover pulled pork for dinner.  As soon as he starts microwaving it........here comes Camry.

YOW YOW YOW!  That's MINE!!!!!!!!

So Camry got more for dinner last night.  It's hysterical - he LOVES it!!

How to make Mandy cry

Make her stand up quickly - bashing her head on the corner of the handle to the freezer.

I was pulling stuff out of the fridge for burritos tonight.  I yowled and cried so hard DH actually stopped working out and ran over to ck on me.  Still hurts.  Sniffle.

First Snow

This is even worse than Lewiston!  I looked back in my blog - our first snow there was Nov 18th.  Towanda got enough snow to cover the grass, we saw cars covered in snow last night when we went out.  It snowed at the house, but didn't stick.  We are covered in frost this morning though.  They have accumulated snow at the jobsite too.  Blah.  

Went to the library last night and got a bunch of books.  Also got Taco Bell - yay!  :-)  Totally did not get what I ordered, but it was good anyway.  

Hope everyone is having a good Friday!

New "nice" clothes

I cannot believe I bought not 1, but 2 dresses!! This one is a sweater dress, will be so cute w/ black tights. Short sleeves.

These are 2 sweater/tank sets I purchased. The sweaters are all ruffly on the edge - so cute!

A new wrap dress - short sleeves and slick material so it bounces and drapes nicely.
I'm not going shoe shopping etc until my leg heals up. The right foot is still thick with swelling around it and my ankle. Sigh. Of course DH was not at all impressed with the dresses. I miss my girls who will tell me I'm cute in them instead of "what is THAT!?!" Men! :-)

More vacation pics

This is my early Christmas gift from Kt. It's a limited edition makeup kit. Eyeshadows and lip balm. SO COOL! We loved the muppets - watched them with dad a lot - he loved the 2 old men in the balcony. All the shades are named things related to the muppets. They only made 1000 of these so I am tickled to have one!!

These are the mugs I got on vacation to add to my collection :-)

And my HP shirt - yay!

Last day on the beach

Vacation

Universal Studio

Sleeping gull

Cruise ship leaving from Cape Canaveral

Vacation

Kt in Harry Potter glasses! So cute!

Jurassic Park section of Universal

Hogwarts Castle

Hogsmeade Village

Vacation

This gull was MAD MAD MAD that the others were encroaching on his spot. He kept putting his head down, fluffing his feathers and running squawking at the other gulls till they flew off.

Me enjoying the hot tub

The beautiful resort we stayed at

Isn't she pretty!! This was at our seafood dinner, she is anticipating her yummy snow crab dinner.

Don't you just love my floppy hat? Ha. Me with a frozen margarita by the pool. Can't beat it!

Vacation Photos

This is the sunrise over the ocean the first morning we were there. It was beautiful!! Kt slept till 11:30, she was exhausted!!

Beautiful beach, cloudy weather for the first few days.

Isn't she cute in her pink floppy hat!! Just snoozing away on the beach, there is nothing better!

This stupid woman was teasing the seagulls, pretending to feed them things; then jerking it away. Needless to say, this resulted in quite a flock of gulls hanging out by her. Dingbat.

Admire!

This is the table all refinished - yay! So pretty! It's a little darker than the picture shows.

Camry was chasing something outside the window - cracking me out!

MOM! Leave me ALONE!

I am exhausted!! Please tell me "good job!"

I started with a dirty kitchen. Do note, everything on the counter and in the drainer is clean. I was waiting for DH to put them away. And waiting.........and waiting........and waiting. I finally got sick of it today and decided between barstools, kick stools and crutches, I WOULD manage to get it all done.

I mopped, cleaned the counters (with my new counter spray mom - it smells SO good!) I did all the dishes, put them all away and organized the towel/cookbook rack. I filled the fridge w/ water bottles and root beer. Put away the collection of cereal, chips etc that collected on the counters. Cleaned the stove off. I also vacuumed again (heaven help me) and cleaned the cat room. I even dusted!!

So I'm being homesick

So I'm making a list of "My favorite things" about coming home.

1. HUGS!!
2. Family and friends.   I miss you all!
3. Food! OTB, Jack Stack, BD's, the Melting Pot.  Sigh.
4. Sunshine
5. FLAT ROADS!

Freebies

I've been following a freebie blog and requesting samples and such from various places.  If anyone wants me to do it for you let me know :-)

Cast is off, brace is on.  I don't have to sleep in it but I have to protect my foot - if it turns the wrong way it really hurts.  I can take the brace off to shower - woohoo! and stretch/flex my foot to work the muscles.

2 weeks till Cocoa Beach - yippee!  I'm so excited!  Kt and I are going to have so much fun, even if I do have to take my crutches for the walking days.

DH is almost done refinishing the coffee table - I can't wait to post pics, its so pretty.  Much nicer than the yellowy oak color it was before.  Yuck.

Camry has a new love -- pudding cups.  Everytime DH is eating one Camry comes RUNNING from wherever he is and meows madly until DH lets him sniff the cup.  He doesn't want to taste it, just sniff it.  He gets very yowly if he's denied.  It is hysterical and DH loves it.  I love how bonded DH and Camry are.  They play together at night and such.  So sweet.

Thank you

This is a Thank You post to those of you who listened to me cry yesterday, sent nice emails, offered hugs etc.  You are appreciated so much.  I swear I wouldn't be able to handle the pain etc if it wasn't for you all.

Thank you.

Crutches

Oy.  I'm getting calluses on the heels of my hands from the crutches.  They have winguts on the screws of the hand-holds.  These are dangerous - particularly when vacuuming.  I gouged a round spot out of my thumb knuckle today trying to vacuum on crutches.  Yeow!  I am SO sick of sitting down to do showers and I WANT TO SCRATCH MY LEG with something more than a knitting needle.  Hmph.  Also I want to DRIVE!  Poor DH is so sick of the grocery shopping.  Its so funny how hard it is for him to find things in the grocery store.  (And by "funny" I mean supremely frustrating for the both of us!)  I also want to be able to do laundry, rather than rely on DH to do it.

It's getting chilly here.  Love it.  I'm cuddled up w/ a soft blanket and my heating pad for my headache.  Ahhhhhh.  Its the little things in life.  Even Camry is more cuddly in the cold.

Flood pics