Snow in Texas??!!

Yes, it's true... snow is a real act of nature and can be seen in the state of Texas! These pictures were taken early Friday morning in Fritch, Texas (40 miles north of Amarillo).

Farewell to Johnny

This week we found a new owner for our little papilion Johnny. He was a cutie pie but just had too much energy for us. His extra energy was vented in the form of destructive behavior. (hole digging and wood/furniture chewing were his two pastimes of choice) Plus he used my bedspread as his own personal toilet!

Our vet's office helped place him with a lady who will treat him wonderfully. As she said, and I quote, "He will be my baby!" She is recently divorced with no children and wants another heartbeat in the house. He will spend his weekends out on a ranch and on the road travelling because she rides horses and barrel races on an ametaur rodeo circuit. She lives a block from the Kemah boardwalk and we are welcome to go see him anytime we want.

We know in our heads that he will be happy, but our hearts are sad. Out of all of us Rebekah was the most attached to him. She and I shared some tears; but she perked right up at the lady's offer of going to the ranch and having riding lessons and spending time out there.

Take care little guy! You were really something!

Clean Hair 101

For a little while now I have been asking Rebekah "Did you wash your hair", or "Did you brush your hair this morning?" or "Did you use conditioner?" She would reply yes, except to the conditioner question, telling me that she didn't have any. Her hair is normally so gorgeous and it just hasn't been as healthy looking lately as it could be.

Tonight I went into her bathroom while she was showering and she mentioned again about not having any conditioner. I looked under the sink and while I was doing that she said ,"Here, this is all that I have." I looked at the bottle and guess what it was? CONDITIONER! She had been using this as shampoo for 2 or 3 weeks now. We got a good laugh over it and I brought her some shampoo from my bathroom.

Christmas kids

Took our Christmas picture today. What do you think?!

Inspired by Leslie

Or rather, I read her blog and got such a kick out of the topic I had to do my own. Here are seven weird things about me:

1. When I get ready in the morning I MUST apply my lipstick. Even if I know I am going downstairs and will eat breakfast and mess it all up.

2. If you want to see me get really freaked out then please, by all means, touch my elbows. I don't know where this came from or why it is but I can not stand for someone or something to be touching my elbows. (other than long sleeves, of course.) If Jeff gets too close to me in bed and touches my elbow I am not a happy camper. I can remember my dad teasing me about it and quietly coming over and stroking my arm and then my elbow and I tried, I mean I really tried to remain calm. Failed everytime!

3. I am very much afraid of statues. If you are a regular reader of my blog then you will remember my first post dealt with this topic. Anything larger than me puts me into a complete panic, accompanied by a fast heartrate and heavy breathing.

4. I LOVE to clean things out -- closets, toy boxes, under-sink-cabinets, drawers, you name it and I am there! Hand in hand with cleaning out is organization. I love boxes, storage totes, labels, binders, folders etc. Unfortunately I am the only one in my family with this addiction. Now that's not to say that I am not sentimental. I have baby clothes for each child, completely filled in baby books, school papers, homemade ornaments, love notes, and cards from family and friends dating back to high school. I just don't think a child needs to have 12 Rescue Heroes that he never plays with -- let him keep 2 or 3 and donate the rest.

5. Along the same lines as fact #4 is that I hate clutter. Give me dust and dirt any day over clutter. We have a kitchen bar/ledge and I would tolerate Jeff's papers, magazines, odds and ends of things only for a couple of days and then would start with going through them to do something with them. Read it, toss it, put it away. Just get it out of my eyesight. Now that our house is on the market I am in complete heaven because it is a daily victory over clutter!

6. My husband got a good grin over this one... when I have a recipe down perfect (or at least just the way he likes it) I go and change it thinking I can make it better. I read enough magazines with great recipes and am always looking to improve on what I don't realize is already the perfect dish. Drives him nuts!

7. I cannot sleep with socks on. Not such a weirdo thing but me and my OCD would rather have freezing cold toesies than sleep in socks. I try every winter, get into bed with the socks, lay there a while, try not to think about it, toss and turn, then BAM! the socks get flung to the floor and I go right to sleep.

Dad and Sally visit

This weekend we had family company in town. Jeff's dad and stepmother came on Thursday from Tulsa and stayed until Sunday. We ate alot of yummy food (Brookstreet BBQ, Cheesecake Factory and Papasittos) , did a lot of Christmas shopping and had a good visit.

Friday night they took the kids to Build A Bear Workshop and let them select their own bears, accessories, shoes, beds included. Only a grandparent would be that cool! (Mom and Dad are too stingy! haha)

Saturday after we finished our shopping, Sally and Rebekah had their hair styled up so pretty. Rebekah had these beautiful spiral curls put in at the crown of her head. I wish you could see them better in the picture.

Karate

For her birthday we gave Emma the Red Karate Gee. To wear the red uniform you must be a green belt or higher. She received her green/white belt in September and should be testing for her green/black belt this month.

What a difference 2 years makes!