It's a cheerfest!

You have to sing the title of this blog entry to the tune of "Do the Hustle"!

Did you? I certainly hope so!

The dog is staring at me, like he has some sort of plan, so I'll make this quick.

Maddie's "Cheerfest" is on Saturday, at 1:00pm. It is all happening at Kennedy Senior High School in Bloomington. She is really excited about it. I hope to get some decent pictures so I can post at least one on here. The uniform was insanely expensive, so I need to at least have pictures of her in it before she outgrows the thing. Besides, I will probably have to buy one in a different color next year. I will try to remember to take the video camera too. You just can't appreciate the train wreck that is a huge gaggle of little girls with no rhythm, with still photos. It's going to be very cute.

John: I will definitely email you some pictures, and maybe try to get some short video on my digital camera too.

Colt is disgusted with me, I better go now...if I know what's good for me.

Pupcicle

Colt curls up as tight as he possibly can when he naps on the couch. I don't know why, but I find it really amusing. He's such a tangle of elbows and feet.

He went "hunting" with Ben last week - off leash even! Ben said he was a good dog, but didn't actually do much hunting. He's still a baby, it will come to him.

Here we are!

It's been a while since I posted here, I know. We have been keeping very busy lately.
Thanksgiving went off without a hitch (Ben's dad asked me if I dropped the turkey on the floor - which I thought was pretty funny). The only slight mishap was with the sweet potatoes. I don't eat the things, so I don't know how many marshmallows to put on them. So, of course, I put too many. Not a huge deal, they just puffed up about 4 inches over the side of the dish is all. Before I could take a picture they deflated. It's too bad too, because we all got a good laugh out of it.

I have included a picture of the spread for your amusement. I don't know where Maddie and Ben were, but I got my Mom and my brother (Steve) in the picture at least.

I went shopping the next morning with Jennifer. We got the most amazing deals at Kohl's, but did pretty well at Herberger's, Gordman's and Gander Mountain too. We didn't head out until five that morning, and the crowds were actually not bad at all. Overall, it was lots of fun and I am finally getting in the holiday spirit. I think the fact that we got snow that morning helped. It just doesn't seem like Christmas without the snow.

My obsession and life focus right now is to get this house ready to put on the market. It haunts my dreams, people. If we don't do it now, when I have the time off work, then we will never do it. So I am trying to get everything in order to do that, and still get ready for the holidays. So far, so good. I am saving Maddie's room for last. Mostly because I fear that room. I am going to need a dump truck to clean that thing out! Kids, I tell ya!

Speaking of the house, I better run along. I have to get this place back in shape from the damage we do over the weekends.

Keep warm everyone!