Furtive Holidaze

This thanksgiving was a nice. At first we were a bit sad that we weren't going to be seeing any family. Then we heard about all the crazy weather everyone had and we were very happy we weren't doing any travelling this thanksgiving. Pam made her first turkey, and it was the best ever! We went out to a local farm and picked out the cutest looking turkey. The farmers pulled him out and then they were kind enough to even let me cut his head off! Unfortunately we didn't have the camera with us, otherwise we would have some nice John Carpenter-esque pictures of thanksgiving to share. As it goes we have one that reminds me of a ball of snot.

It looked much better after all was said and done, thanks to Pam's amazing skills as a first time kung-fu-chef. 

I'm still mostly a vegetarian, but seriously, I have to get protein from somewhere and I'm about as close to convincing Pam that blue cheese tastes good as I am to convincing her that we should start cooking with tofu. Somethings would be nice-world peace, honest politicians and free lasers for every kid that gets a B on their first geometry test-but they're not going to happen in this lifetime. The turkey she made was amazing though! We also made some dinner and cinnamon rolls. 

Later we played fat dog and that was about it. 

Our dogs were festive as well

I think my family will be happy to know that I have not outgrown the childish tendency to draw on the family dog(s)-none are exempt, cracker just happens to be the easiest as he's all white. I've thought about pimping him out as a billboard, but Pam says it's not a good idea. 

TW found out how delicious rabbit tastes the other night-I had to go out in my pajamas and bring him in because we wouldn't listen us and out yard is pretty deep-and ever since then he has spent almost his entire time outside looking for either the rest of the rabbit that magically disappeared by the time he went outside the next morning, or an entirely new one. It's nice to know that he keeps other animals out of our yard. I'm just glad we don't have badgers nearby. 

The food chain

The other day Pam and I were talking in the kitchen, she was doing womanly stuff like cook while I was doing manly stuff like the dishes (with my face, naked in the cold!), about what we wanted to do for thanksgiving this year as we're so close to the great white north that not even her family is willing to come up here. We decided we wanted to try making some new things like croissants, pumpkin pie, etc. Then she looks at me and says "I want to try having a turkey this year." This caught me completely off guard, and not because I'm a mostly vegetarian-long live the revulsion! I looked at her and said, "Well, I mean we've only been married about a year and a little more than a half, and I'm not sure right now is the best time. Plus, I think we should probably master the art of having children before moving onto other species..." She just looked at me with that look that all married men know and love so well. She would have smacked me but I was holding some of our nice dishes, which I could have used as a shield and they might have been damaged. So I was saved, for now. 

I think people should be required to pass a simple test to see if they can have children. Namely, they'll be put in a room (white and padded) by themselves; in the room there will be a box with a board nailed to the top of it. The board on top will have various shapes of different sizes. There will be a bucket next to it with various pieces that one would think will fit into the various shapes cut out in the board. The truth of the matter is that none of them will fit. Those that come to this realization and sit calmly and wait until someone comes to get them pass and will not be chemically castrated for the next year. It's a good think I'm not in charge. 

In the words of someone about some people "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country, and neither do we." -W

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Trying to get settled in...

We have finally moved into the house now and everything is beginning to settle down... at least in theory.  The house is still a disaster area but slowly is starting to become a home.  There have been the unexpected hurtles, like the mold in the basement, the cardboard box walls in the storage closet with exposed wires right next to the copper rod hanger..., the rain that occurs every day we have off to mow the lawn... those types of things.

One of our dogs has been proficient at catching mice/shrews/voles/moles in the backyard.  He tried to bring it inside this morning.  Jared didn't have his glasses on though and thought he was carrying a piece of poo (I know... he is a disgusting little dog) and told him to drop it.  Then he found his glasses and realized what it was... after disposing of it the little mutt has been looking for more :S

Following the trend...

Alright, we will see how well I can keep this up.  Neither of us are very good about doing anything like this.

We are finally getting used to Michigan.  There have been a few bumps in the road (we were supposed to be moved into our house the end of July, but the closing date got pushed back; now it's tomorrow), but overall we are liking it.

We definitely miss our friends in Nebraska.  I couldn't have asked for a better crowd to work with (you guys are amazing), its not everyday when you not only get along with everyone at work but everyone actually hangs out also. 

I'm getting into the swing of my job.  The place is HUGE though.  There are 4 receptionists that work at any given time.  They can accommodate almost 200 animals boarding, 4 doctors and are open 7 days a week.  Definitely not used to this!

Jared is really enjoying school (I know, there is something very wrong with him!), and is excited to get rolling with everything.  Unfortunately I've been interrupting him and making him pull his nose out of the papers for mundane things like food...