I'm Vibe'n

Here's my new Vibe. I am really enjoying the comfy seats and automatic transmission. Mark enjoys reclining the seats (the pick-up didn't have that option).

Rosebud likes to jump right into her new spot.

Christmas Day

It is cold and windy here in California on Christmas Day.

Usually, Aimee is up and about on the weekends by 7:30 or 8.
Today, she slept in until 10:30!
Rosebud is very happy to have us both home during the day.

If it warms up a bit we'll take her out for a visit to the duck pond. Her leg is doing much better and the staples are ready to come out. Probably tomorrow we'll go to get that done.

New Bathroom

We don't have any plans for Christmas week other than to enjoy a few days off and work on updating the bathroom.

We have already started by demo-ing the old bathroom and having a friend come in and start building the new bathroom.

Fortunately, Tony (who was at our wedding and is a licensed roofer) is very skilled and is able to handle a job like this no problem. He brought in a plumber, an electrician, a drywaller and a tile guy to do their parts.

So far, the work is going well and should be done in a couple of weeks.



Here is a picture of Aimee using Tony's saw to help her friend on a project converting an old car seat into a chair for her living room.

On the D.L.

We added another member to the disabled list when Aimee went down with a really bad belly ache.
We had dinner at Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas the other night, a place we've been to many times. It's been there for decades.
Apparently, the carne asada tacos did not agree with Aimee because she spent the rest of the night getting sick and commuting between the bedroom and the bathroom.
Her digestive system was in full revolt even the next morning.
She spent the entire next day in bed (Sunday) and then had to stay home from work on Monday trying to get some soup and crackers to stay down.
Tuesday she was back at work but she is still feeling a little woozy and went to bed at 8.
Her friend Rosebud is keeping a close eye on her as they both are in recovery mode.

Rosebud's Injury

The other night as we were getting ready to go play softball, we heard Rosebud out in the front yard 'yelping' uncontrollably.

When we got to her on the front porch we saw that she had a deep gash on her left front leg and was quite upset about it.

After we got both her and Aimee to calm down a little bit we paid a visit to the local pet hospital.

They gave her a local painkilling shot, shaved the area around the wound, cleaned it up and

closed it with a series of staples.

Rosebud was a model patient. She is now on anti-

biotics for a week or two and getting around just fine.

They wanted her to wear a cone around her head so she would leave the cut alone, but Rosebud was not very interested in having that thing on all the time.

Fortunately, she doesn't mess with the wound and so we don't have to put the cone on her.

We still don't know exactly how she managed to injure herself but our guess is that it probably involved her giving a high speed chase to a cat or something that may have come into the yard.

It's been a few days and the gash is already looking a lot better and it seems that she'll be just fine pretty soon. She'll have a nice scar on her leg but no other damage. She already gets around just fine and hardly favors that leg at all.

Luckily, we were able to get out of the Urgent Care fairly quickly and made it to our softball game just in time.

Holiday Party

This past weekend, Aimee's firm held their annual Holiday Party. This year it was at the Long Beach Airport in a hangar that has been converted into a party space on the weekends.

There were even a couple of small planes there as backdrop, like the one in the picture.

(Its window sticker said it is a 2007 model and costs $350,000.)

The mood at this year's party was a little different than past years because the firm just laid off a bunch of people in the week before the party.

They considered not having the party but went ahead with it anyway.

Harvey-Cam

The Propes told us of a visitor they've been having to their garage at night in Endwell.

Apparently, someone's been sneaking in at night and snacking on some seeds and nuts.

They were curious to get a look at their little friend.
Nils set up a camera to find out what they could.

This week, they caught him in the act.

They've named him Harvey.

See it here.