~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[xoktenox]

oh, eli is overweight too. we're having to portion his food and when the weather starts getting decent again we have to walk him more. i don't want him to be in poor health as he gets older. it's weird though - he's not lazy. i don't know why he's so fat!

Awww poor Eli...how old is he? My dog is 9 and shes on diet food...but shes lazy. Maybe Eli has slow metabolism? At least he has good owners who want the best for him.

 

[DisneyLaura]

in october it was time for another dose of disney! disney on ice!

I'm going to Disney on Ice with DD tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait. She's going to love it, she's 3.

for now i will leave you to ponder......just what species of animal is this????

You posted somewhere that he looks like a bat, pot belly pig and a dog, that's what I was thinking about. That belly I just want to do raspberries on it.

oh, and what exactly is a ute? this is the only thing i can think of....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1V-4boT_ts

That movie rocks.

 

[winkers]

So, should I tell you how excited my family is about the outcome of the game?

 

[CanadianWDWfan]

Still laughing about that movie clip. "youts" too funny. You have the best memory for stuff.

I still can't get the 'cow bells' out of my head.... and now this.

 

[katiebug86]

fall was now here and it was time for the weather to cool off....finally! and time for fall festivals! i think we went to 3 this year.

What I want to know is why that wonderful singer you posted the video of didn't make it to your year's best moments?

 

[timandlesley]

LOVED your year in review. What an awesome year you had, thanks for sharing it with us. You inspired me to do one on my blog today, thanks! Can't wait to see what 09' has in store for you and Ray ; )
Lesley

 

[hlrababy]

Awwww, little Eli looks so cute!!!! I just want to rub his belly!

 

[VandyFan10]

Did Vander Built you????

then in late april/early may it was time for some REAL disney, when ray and i went to disney world for our 6th anniversary. a few of my favorite shots....

And your NEW hair cut!!!

This was for Matt

See comment # 1

Eeyore

Note Ryan Hamilton on the TV!!! GO DORES!!!

I REALLY enjoyed that thanks!!

 

[punkin413]

just thought i would share this with you guys. my sister's boyfriend send it to me. it's a documentary that was recently entered into the national film registry about a family's trip to disneyland in 1956. it's about 34 minutes long and the disneyland part starts around 20 minutes in. it's really just heart-warming and you can see how that magical feeling we all get when we go there now was the same back then!

http://www.archive.org/details/barstow_disneyland_dream_1956

 

[punkin413]

well, peyton and the colts are out. ray is NOT happy. he was hoping for a manning/manning superbowl. and the colts lost that game due to defensive penalties in overtime. so ugly.

atlanta also lost today. so that's another one of my teams that's out.

and alabama lost yesterday. WHAT IS UP WITH FOOTBALL THIS WEEK????? (other than the vandy win on wednesday, of course! )

so now my only hopes are the titans, the giants and the dolphins. other than i don't care about any of the other teams. congrats to anyone whose teams actually played WELL today!

 

[jordanyosh]

go chargers.

 

[punkin413]

go chargers.

when i saw you had posted i knew that was coming.

 

[jordanyosh]

when i saw you had posted i knew that was coming.

I love the colts as well...but head-to-head I have to go with the Bolts.

Colts made some uncharacteristic bad penalties in OT.

 

[burly]

That was so cool. Thank you for sharing it with us.

 

[punkin413]

You girls are too funny! I was just planning on making comments about what a fun year Dawn and Ray will have while they "think" about having that baby- guess I won't.

Me too! I'm going to Disneyworld THIS year!!!


I love the way you just laughed in the rain - what else can you do when it rains that hard? We were up to our knees one day in Epcot - everyone ran ahead and left me - I was falling out of my crocs!

Like Pooh says, "Think, Think, Think!"

wow.....i don't need to tell my parents.....you guys are doing all the work for them! simmer down now -i'm still taking the pill. it will be awhile!

you're going to disney this year!!!!!!! very cool. i'm going next year. hey, it's better than nothin.

Okay - I'm all caught up! Loved the house pics - really nice!

Too bad about the rain - made it hard to find lunch! It's so fun to see Epcot through Luke's eyes! I love his reaction to Beverly - what a little gentleman!

You do have alot of family to see on Christmas! We can relate - DH's parents are divorced, too. Most of our sibs live out of town, though, so we don't see everyone every year.

Thanks for the "year in review.'" It was really fun re-living all those special days with you! I loved the bonfire pics, and the rock band pics - those were the craziest moments that you shared with us!

Here's to a great 2009 for you and Ray and Eli!

thanks! i'm hoping the running around at christmas time gets a little less once we have a kid. i feel like then we have an excuse to say, "hey, come to our house for christmas!" i hope you guys have a great 2009 too!!!!

Dawn - I had to google it, but I figured it had something to do with Indians due to their emblem on their helmets. They are an Indian Tribe that resides in UT and CO.

Oh, and upon further review of your post, I realized he wouldn't know that player because he was born in 93. (didn't ya' love my sports talk? ) Actually, he is a relatively new AL fan. We moved here from GA in 2000, and he became a fan after that sometime. You have to choose AL or AU because they make such a big deal out of it at school (due to the Iron Bowl). You have to be for one or the other, and he chose AL.

I think Saban will be humbled by this loss. Hopefully, he'll go back to the drawing board, and make AL an even better team next year. We won't have to worry about Auburn though, with whathisname? as coach.

thanks for clearing that up!

oh, yeah, i guess being a year old he probably wouldn't remember! okay - now i feel old! your son was born the year before i graduated from high school.

I came over from MeMom's report--I've been lurking for a little while and finally decided to say hi. I started reading yours and Erica's report, too, and I love it!

The year in review was awesome. I think I might do one, too, because I think it would be cool to look back. I don't have AS many pictures, but I think I have enough uploaded to make one. I loved your pictures, especially the one of Ray trying to kill you and the one of you guys at the table, sticking your tongue out. That's totally something I would do. There's a severe lack of "normal" pictures of me.

Your dogs are absolutely adorable--I almost adopted a beagle a couple of years ago, but he had already been adopted by the time that we went. I love seeing pics of other people's dogs.

Looking forward to more

thanks so much for coming over to this report and to the vandy girls one! we love memom recruits! the picture with ray trying to kill me was actually a reinactment. we had a fire outside that night and ray was messing with the axe and didn't realize i was right behind him and almost hit me with it. thanks about my doggies. they are my babies. beagles are the best!

 

[punkin413]

go to the previous page and scroll down until you see the red text for a really cool link!!!

loves the report

thanks so much!

Dawn,
I have seen the year in review on the local news, national news, ET and the morning shows. I can say that I enjoyed your the most. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Have a great 2009 too!

awwww.....thanks! you know how to make a girl smile!

Just had a chance to get started and I've only read the first page as I've got to rush off to a dr's appointment now, but just wanted to say WOW your condo was really gorgeous. I love all the plants, you must have felt like you were sleeping on a tropical island. And did the owners really frame a bunch of Disney Mickey Head paint chips? That's kind of awesome, I might have to steal that idea. Looking forward to reading more!

glad you're reading, kelly! take your time - we're only on day 1! and yes, the owners really did have the mickey head artwork. wasn't it cute?

Awww poor Eli...how old is he? My dog is 9 and shes on diet food...but shes lazy. Maybe Eli has slow metabolism? At least he has good owners who want the best for him.

he will only be 4 this month - too young to be that overweight! he's really active. it's just weird. we've had his thyroid checked and had him checked for diabetes and they've found nothing. believe it or not sherman just turned 11! he's in really good shape though. he has seizures but he's had those since he was like 2 years old and he's on phenobarbital for them so they are very rare.

I'm going to Disney on Ice with DD tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait. She's going to love it, she's 3.

You posted somewhere that he looks like a bat, pot belly pig and a dog, that's what I was thinking about. That belly I just want to do raspberries on it.

That movie rocks.

have fun at disney on ice!!!!!! i loved it. i hope you do. let me know what you think - i wanna see pictures! yes, eli's belly is a sight! don't you just love "my cousin vinny"? i've seen it like 100 times. myself and a friend did a scene from it in high school, the one where marisa tomei is on the stand and giving her expert opinion on the independent rear suspensions. it was so much fun trying to talk like her! ask tara (she's from new york) - i have a thick southern accent so me as a new yorker is pretty funny!

So, should I tell you how excited my family is about the outcome of the game?

and which game would that be? i'm assuming you're talking about the utah game. i know you guys live near there, right? if so, congrats! i'm still bummed that alabama lost but just because they haven't done well in awhile and it was nice to see them going so far.

Still laughing about that movie clip. "youts" too funny. You have the best memory for stuff.

I still can't get the 'cow bells' out of my head.... and now this.

i love that movie! see above what i was telling disney laura about it! and cow bells will live forever!!!!

What I want to know is why that wonderful singer you posted the video of didn't make it to your year's best moments?

if you really want to hear it i can post it again. although i don't think i'll be reviewing that video clip any time soon!!!

LOVED your year in review. What an awesome year you had, thanks for sharing it with us. You inspired me to do one on my blog today, thanks! Can't wait to see what 09' has in store for you and Ray ; )
Lesley

thanks! i'm sure your year in review will be awesome! you guys had a great year too. although i know you had your sad moments with your doggie and everything. but he's up in heaven smiling down on his family and happy that they've found a new friend in mickey!

Awwww, little Eli looks so cute!!!! I just want to rub his belly!

i'm sure he wouldn't mind that!

I REALLY enjoyed that thanks!!

you're welcome! you were a big part of that trip down memory lane!

I love the colts as well...but head-to-head I have to go with the Bolts.

Colts made some uncharacteristic bad penalties in OT.

well the colts weren't my favorite but i do tend to follow them because of peyton. ray has been a fan of his since he was at tennessee and that just sparks my interest, too. plus he seems like a pretty decent, smart guy.

oh, when i saw that last face mask i was like, "GAME'S OVER."

 

[punkin413]

That was so cool. Thank you for sharing it with us.

you're welcome!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

wow.....i don't need to tell my parents.....you guys are doing all the work for them! simmer down now -i'm still taking the pill. it will be awhile!

I won't say anything else - Pirate's promise (It's kind of a guideline)

you're going to disney this year!!!!!!! very cool. i'm going next year. hey, it's better than nothin.

It will be here before you know it!

thanks! i'm hoping the running around at christmas time gets a little less once we have a kid. i feel like then we have an excuse to say, "hey, come to our house for christmas!" i hope you guys have a great 2009 too!!!!

Thank you! I hope you can get the family to come down to your house! We finally put our foot down when the boys were about 9 and 11. We wanted them to have some memories and traditions in their own home. Now they are doing that with their little ones.

I'm looking forward to your next update!

 

[Happy Elf]

well, peyton and the colts are out. ray is NOT happy. he was hoping for a manning/manning superbowl. and the colts lost that game due to defensive penalties in overtime. so ugly.

It was a very sad day indeed! I was hoping the Colts would do better!

 

[xoktenox]

he will only be 4 this month - too young to be that overweight! he's really active. it's just weird. we've had his thyroid checked and had him checked for diabetes and they've found nothing. believe it or not sherman just turned 11! he's in really good shape though. he has seizures but he's had those since he was like 2 years old and he's on phenobarbital for them so they are very rare.

Awww poor Eli AND poor Sherman. Thats probably so scary to see him have a seizure. Like you said, when the weather gets better you'll be able to take them for more walks and stuff and I'm sure Eli will drop the weight. And I just was reading another post you did saying Ray is upset about the Colts being out and no Manning vs Manning super bowl...sorry Ray! I'm happy because the Colts are really good and now the Giants have a better chance to win