Merry Christmas

Hope you had a Merry Christmas.  We did.

We have been enjoying some time off and looking forward to Aimee being home all of next week.
She has been busy with some projects around the house and expects to be wrapping up some of that work during her break.

The weather here has been summer-like and Rosebud and I enjoyed a lengthy Christmas day hike.
She slept well that night.  Actually, she sleeps well all the time.

Christmas Time

Here is the lovely wreath that has been hanging on our front door the last couple of weeks.  It was a gift from the Deaks and gives a nice smell every time we enter or exit the house.

Aimee has a few days off this week and she is taking off all of next week.  We are looking forward to the downtime and are ready to relax and enjoy the nice weather.

A few of the neighbors are coming over for a bit on Sunday evening.  We are lucky to have some very nice people on our street and we have become friends with many of them.

Hopefully you have a peaceful and happy Christmas and New Year.  Aimee and I are very grateful for continued good health and good luck.  Rosebud feels the same way I'm sure. 

Bird Day

We had a nice Thanksgiving.  It was just the two of us and instead of cooking a turkey like we did last year when we had three guests we roasted a 5 lb. chicken.

It took a lot less cooking time and tasted great!  We're still finishing off the leftovers.

Rosebud loved the smell filling the house and she got to enjoy the giblets added to her food bowl.
Thanksgiving is Rosebud's anniversary with us.  We picked her up the day after Thanksgiving in 2006 when she was just over a year old.  We're strongly considering keeping her.