BOOO!

*** It has been brought to my attention that we are bordering on Crazy with the amount of Chester photos on here. It's kind of a sad comment on the excitement level of our lives that the only thing we want to tell people about is our puppy. To make up for this, I will try to keep the Chester to a minimum and try to add more about us..

See!! We have faces! We do exist!

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So tomorrow is Halloween. Which means that Thanksgiving is coming!! Happy day, happy day, HAPPY day, happy DAY. Bet you couldn't tell that I like Thanksgiving. What's even better than Thanksgiving is Christmas. Cause you get food and presents. What more could you ask for??

Drew is laughing at me because I'm already starting my Christmas vacation countdown. I haven't had a vacation from work since May. Definitely learned the hard way that I should take a summer vacation. As a result, I am very much looking forward to a 2 weeks Christmas break so thank you Peter (and Becca) for deciding to get hitched because that gives me an excuse for a long break. :)

It's been  a somewhat busy past couple of weeks. I had to go off to Dayton, OH for work two weeks ago. I was not a huge fan of Ohio from our cross country trip and I was hoping to have that remedied but no such luck.It was cold. It was wet. It was dreary. I ate nothing but fatty food (not necessarily Ohio's fault but I don't care). I did have some amazing pizza though. And there was a zoo on the loose when I was there so that was kind of exciting.

Then this last week was a lovely trip to Fort Walton Beach, Florida - still for work. It was GLORIOUS! At least the part where I got to be by the beach, especially because my hotel was right on the beach. I mean, this was the view from my balcony:

Obviously the only time I saw the sun when I was there was in the morning when I was getting ready for work and at night when i was getting back from work. And the latter was more questionable since we often wouldn't get back to the hotel until 8:30. But I was able to get up early one day and take a walk on the beach. In shorts and bare feet. Happy. :) 

And then I came home and then it snowed.

Pooh..

Last weekend we went to the Baltimore Aquarium and that was purdy sweet. Drew was like a kid in the candy store, it was funny

and I just got frustrated that the fish wouldn't slow down enough so that I could take a picture of them. It was a sad day because it hit home that my photography skills are definitely lacking. <Sigh>

So I settled on taking pictures of stationary objects like creepy crocs...

... and whatever this thing is..

And now my quick snippit about Chester. Promise it'll be short!!
Chester is officially less of a man now. We were mean, horrible people and took away his God-given right to procreate. Not that I feel bad about that though; I was not a fan of the marking every single thing that was standing upright outside (trees... poles... an occasional fire hydrant) nor the <ahem> other thing that happens with male dogs. Poor thing has to wear the Cone of Shame for the next week or so. It's tragic and yet absolutely hilarious. He runs into walls and chairs, face plants a lot, and has taken to catching the toys we throw with the cone. It's like I get basketball practice every time i play with him!

and his little needle injection site where they had to shave a bit of his arm so he's now bald in that spot

On that note I'm going to sign off until the next post. Whenever that might be...

Happy Halloween and YAY NOVEMBER!