Don't Fly Away Home

I live across from a pond. 

At said pond there are a butt-load of geese.

The water is very contaminated and filled with bacteria and the surrounding grounds are covered in Roxie's favorite treats  geese poop.

As the days have been getting colder I have been wondering why the geese are still here. 

Shouldn't they have left like 2 months ago?

Don't they know that NY and other states along I-95 have already been hit with snow??

Don't they know that the pond has a thin layer of ice every morning??

I mentioned this to Mama Grace and she informed me that she thinks they stay for the winter, that not all geese migrate.

Say wha??????

According to my childhood and one of my favorite movies, I clearly remember Amy raising the geese, forming a mother-like relationship with the geese and with tears in her {and my!} eyes saying goodbye and helping them fly south. Man, talk about emotional right?
Never mind the first scene of the movie where her mom dies in the car crash!
I may or may not have 10,000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter on my iTunes just because of this movie. 

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{{Although now that I am older and realize that Jeff Daniels is also from Dumb and Dumber it kind of kills this whole Dad role but whatev. Sometimes when actors play a certain character they are always that character like Will Ferrel is always Buddy the Elf and Juliette Lewis is always Carla Tate from The Other Sister..I don't think Jeff would be the same dad for me if I watched this again}}

I mean maybe someone should have warned her that not all the geese migrate. 

Maybe the ones she raised didn't and she made them believe they needed to.
Maybe she could have kept them.

Maybe she didn't need to build this huge mother goose contraption after all.

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So obviously this movie implies that all geese fly south.

Or that's what I got from it anyways.

Wrong.

At 23 years old, I continue to learn new things. 

Although it is very possible that I did learn this at some point in school,
but to be honest I remember next to nothing from any of my classes both k-12 and college.

I knew it for the test and it ended there.

So as much as I believe that the geese should be migrating.

And as much as I believe that if I was a goose I would most definitely be migrating.

These ones do not.

Instead they would rather poop in my driveway and walkway.

Mr. B and I have been wondering how in the world goose poop is getting over here by our place. 

Every time we see them they are by or in the water.

Not today. 

Today I caught them red handed.

Or maybe I should say we caught them red handed.

Or caught them brownish greenish butt, if you will.

There they were making their way onto our walkway.

 Pooping away.

What do these things eat anyways that makes them poop so much??

 I tried to get a picture of these ones pulling a Jesus stunt- they were walking on water.

Okay, not really. They were in a single file line walking on ice.
 Without ice skates.
 Or boots.
Or a coat.

Ice.

Geese- GO TO FLORIDA!! 

So although I don't appreciate their "gifts" that they leave on the walkway, they do keep these two busy. 

And for that I am thankful. 

Joy Breed

A couple weeks ago, maybe even months but who's counting, 

Mr. B and I were watching the American Kennel Club Show.

 You know since we are dog people now...

We were seeing ugly dogs, cute dogs, weird looking does--that-even-classify-as-a-dog dog,

we watched the herding group. the hound group, terrier group, the non-sporting etc etc, we were watching and waiting to see an obviously not as good looking as our boxer a boxer. 

We were curious to see what breed group she is classified under. 

Yeah, we probably could've just searched online, but we had to add some extra excitement to this show.

I know, I know I'm acting like we were forced to watch this or something, but playing this game made it more fun.

Although I am pretty sure Mr. B would probably disagree with that whole statement. 

Anyways...

Up comes the Joy Group.

Joy Group! I exclaim, Roxie this must be you! 

{{Looking at Roxie}} Roxie are you a Joy Breed?? You are a joy to us!


Btw I wasn't expecting an answer from her, I just talk to her a lot. It's what I do. Don't judge.

::convincing ourselves this must be her group- they are energetic and loving after-all::

I don't know Babe, looks like they are all small dogs. 
That was Mr. B talking to me, not Roxie. In case you were confused. She calls me Mommy, not Babe.

Sidenote- this is the last group of the show and we haven't seen a boxer yet so she must be in this group plus- it just makes total sense. 
Of course she is a part of the Joy Breed.
Right??
It said ideal family pet.
Never mind the part that said:
Small
Dogs of royalty.

That didn't register at the time.

Really? Well maybe the big ones are at the end of the line...

Only to feel like a complete idiot as this segment continued and the first dog in the "Joy Group" was showed...

The dogs seemed to be on the small side because ummmm... this would be the
T-O-Y Group.

Duh.

So although Roxie is not a part of this group, I made up a new breed..

it's called the Joy Breed and obviously she belongs in that group :)

We later discovered that we were watching Part 2 of the show, we missed Part 1 which consisted of Roxie's group. Which is the Working Group...in case you were wondering.

Also known as the Joy Group, of course. 

Remind Me.

Remind me again why I complained about Florida's warm weather????

Why I wanted to move so badly??

When I could relax at this

And do this

And wear this

And eat this {outside}

And walk this 

in the winter.

Oh yeah....

It's because I wanted to be with this

My wonderful family.

{We miss you Ryan, even though you don't read this...and probably don't even know it exist!}

And they are worth the 5 months of frigid cold weather. 

I might just need a little reminder every once in a while ;)

Although, I am still not sure why I complained about the Florida weather....

Christmas Cards + Puppy = HARD!

This will our first time sending out Christmas cards and let me tell ya, I am pretty excited about it!

I didn't want to send any out last year because I thought it would be weird to just send a picture of me and Mr. B.

In my eyes it's an official family when their is a dog and/or a baby. Don't ask me where this logic comes from because I have no idea. I do realize that it doesn't really make sense, but oh well.

To me the picture is less awkward if it's of us and a dog.

Clearly, I have never tried taking a Christmas picture with a dog because in my head it looks a lot better than what we accomplished.

Ahem..I mean we have so many great photos I don't know how we will ever choose...

Could she look anymore depressed??

She's now refusing to even open her eyes. Probably pretending it's over.

And then of course, the ever so awkward thinking this pose is the cutest. The straddle-the-dog-look-like-your-giving-birth-slash-your-husband-has-some-funky-long-legs-is-he-wearing-woman's-boots pictures.

And oh yeah, guess what? We have about 6 pictures of this pose. I guess that's what happens when you have your younger sister take the pictures. 

Never mind all the other pictures of us with the lack of smiles, over cheesing or double chins...

Ali really did a great job though, especially considering what she had to work with! We do have a few goodies that we are trying to decide on. But as you can see we are now considering doing a picture of just us and then adding one of Roxie on the side. Kind of defeats my whole ideal Christmas Card scenario, but after this little photo shoot I now see that whole idea when out the window. fast.

I was extra excited for Christmas cards this year because not only did we have a cute puppy to put in the picture I saw that Shutterfly had an awesome promotion going on for bloggers! I have used Shutterfly many times to print photos, they usually have some awesome deals going on and they are always great quality and fast shipping- can't beat that!  I also love the photo calendars, I have given those a few years in a row and my grandma and mom both LOVED them and still use them just for the pictures!  Photo books are another great option for gifts! I made one a couple years ago for the family that I nannied for of the time spent with her babies, it was cool to flip through and see how much they've grown! 

This Christmas season Shutterfly is giving away 50 free holiday cards!! If you haven't done this yet, you still have time! Go check it out! They have so many great designs and 

I have lots of favorites, my problem now is: 

A. Choosing the right pictures...I guess getting a good picture would probably be step one.

B. Getting the chosen pictures to fit correctly in whatever design I choose.

Here are some of my favorites:

It's going to be hard to choose, but I better hurry up before Christmas is over! 

Time is flying! 

Sick Husband

Yesterday morning I woke up to Mr. B looking at his phone to check the time. 

1 AM. 

There's nothing quite like the feeling when you feel like the alarm is near and realize you have 5 more hours left to sleep.

Aren't you excited?? I mumbled to him. 

Not at all, why?

It's only 1!

I just threw up.

You did?? In the bed??

I am a fairly light sleeper, I am still in shock that I slept through him getting up out of bed, his throw up noises that are loud enough for the neighbors to hear and him being out of the bed for almost 20 minutes. That is so not like me, so I guess I was really tired! 

And with that shock came dread.

You know what I am talking about....

when your husband is sick.

The drama.

You know the pathetic look in the eyes.

The moaning.

The faint voice.

The I'm-too-sick-to-even-pet-the-dog. {true story.}

Oh the joys of sick men.

I tried so hard to not to give him my cold last week. 

Because I can't stand the sick husband syndrome.

I was successful!

But now...now this stomach bug comes out of no where.

I was totally blindsided.

So not cool. 

{Although, I will admit I would pick the stomach bug over a cold since it is just a 24 hours show.}

And don't worry Mama K, I still took good care of him regardless :)

So I told the babies, well technically the parents' of the babies, that they probably shouldn't come over.

What I lost in money from not working I spent on groceries.

I know, makes total sense right?

I know it really doesn't, but I got some good food so it was worth it. 

So Roxie and I headed to the store to buy some gatorade, soup and crackers.

Of course, seeing as the bill totaled a little more than just gatorade, soup and crackers I may have purchased a few things for me and the pup including some her favorites - bully sticks. 

Bully sticks don't make you cool, Roxie. 

Get it..it's looks like she's smoking?

Oh which reminds me, having Mr. B home made me realize how much I talk to Roxie through out my day.

Talk about pathetic. 

Maybe I should blog more...

Thankfully the throw up only lasted through the night and ended in the morning. 

So I spent my day cleaning, bleaching and lysoling. ev.er.y.th.ing.

I also made some baked liver treats for Roxie.

Yummy

And a roasted chicken for me.

This is one of our favorite things, it's Perdue Oven Ready and it's so easy, tasty and moist!

No worries, I didn't eat the whole thing.

Through out the day he ended up transitioning from the bed, to the couch, to some sort of cocoon type thing in the couch?

Before he made his way back to bed he was kind enough to take a picture of Roxie giving me a "hug".

From what I know of my dad and talking to other wives, I have a feeling I'm not alone.

Anyone else with me??

Of course we love them to death and take excellent care of them, but we still dread those words..

I'm sick.

I Did It Again....

I have fallen into the blogging rut once again. Ugh.

This new baby that I watch makes me work for my money, and yes, I have been lucky enough to usually not have to work for my money. I'm still not even working hard, but I am working... So anyways when he is napping I prefer to watch my shows or read other blogs than to spend that time picking my brain for something somewhat worthy of posting.

I feel like I have a million things I could blog about, meant to blog about, but actually getting it out there is the tricky part.

I have also been little a lot obsessed with an early Christmas that Mr. B and I received from his parents:

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obsessed.

I still don't even know what I am doing and the pictures come out so good.

I love it! 

I also love that Mr. B is gone most of the day so I get to play with it,  because let me tell ya- this is not an easy gift to share. 

As soon as I figure out how to upload them onto my computer you can see some of my most recent pics.

Because I know you're probably dying to see some....right?

That's what I thought.

We spent Thanksgiving in Texas with the in-laws and had a wonderful little vaca. 

Unfortunately I have little to no pictures to prove that. 

I can't believe it's December 1st!

We are getting our Christmas tree this weekend and I can't wait. 

The big debate is fake vs real, of course. 

I want fake with a pine yankee candle and Mr. B wants to cut down our own somewhere...

I'm also in a cooking rut. 

Nothing really sounds good and I have zero energy to make anything.

I love the Christmas season.

Scents.

Music.

Giving.

Receiving.

Everything. 

I am extra thankful to be living in a state that feels like Christmas during Christmas.

Although it is pretty warm today {51}, I am hoping to see some white on Christmas!

Christmas time in Florida was just way too weird last year. 

This is a very boring and random post, I apologize. I just had to put something out there to get the ball rolling...

Tomorrow's post will be about a bet that Mr. B and I have going on that involves a 4G iPhone.

Misc. Monday: Birthday Edition

{one} Today at 3:30PM I officially turn the big 2-3.

I know it's not really that big of a number, but I have the power to make it big on my blog :)

This is my tired young {just 17!} little mama and I on November 15, 1987


{two} We had a nice little celebration on Saturday night which included a chick flick with the girls- Morning Glory- dinner at Long Horns with the family and then we all went and saw the movie Unstoppable {so good btw!!}. And sadly, there was not one single picture taken. So we can just put it in the books that my 23rd birthday will most likely be forgotten....

{three} I am in a weird phase of my life right now. In Florida we were part of a little newlywed group through Mr. B's college and we were able to connect and make some friends there. Then we moved back to NH and now my family = friends. We belong to a small church with no young married couples, we don't have any children yet so there is really not much extra activities in which we could meet new people, and the people at the dog park...we won't even go there because they are just on an entirely different weirdo level. And trust me, I know I am weird. So you can only imagine what they are like. Now don't get me wrong, I love my family to death. I am so thankful to live close again and be actively involved in each others' lives. I am so thankful that we were able to go out and celebrate, but as I looked around the table, and saw that I was celebrating with my parents, my 11 year old brother, 13 year old sister, my grandparents, my pastor and his wife, my husband and my childhood bf with no other "friend party" to go to next, it brought {a brighter} light to this transitioning phase that Mr. B and I are in. Friends are important and I hope we will be able to connect with some new ones in the near future.

{four} Speaking of friends, I would like to thank Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of facebook, for allowing me to find 20 notifications awaiting me at just 10 AM. Thank you for creating a place where people that I haven't talked to in many years and even people that I have never talked, can wish me a happy birthday and make me feel so loved. Ha, it's great! 

{five} I am about to hit some stores and see if I can find anything! I got some lovely charms for my bracelet, beautiful christmas decorations, flowers, a movie, candy, pjs and a bunch of gift cards and cash... so off to the stores I go!  This is technically my second time going, the first time was pretty unsuccessful. Don't you hate it when you can't buy anything and you see so many things you want to buy and then when you actually have the opportunity you can't find a thing...but then of course, you buy something that you don't even love just because you can. Such is life :)