Meet Nala

This is Nala, the newest member of our family. We picked her up yesterday from the breeder, Fortune Labrador after a 10 week wait. She’ll be 11 weeks on Monday. Isn’t she just so cute looking? That’s a Puppy Kong chew toy she’s trying to figure out.

10 week old Nala

Her first night with us was a little bit stressful (as expected), but she’s doing all right now. She’s learning the lay of the kitchen, but still cries a bit when she’s left alone. The hard part is trying to figure out the difference between the ‘Give me attention’ whine and the ‘Gotta go to the bathroom’ whine.

She hasn’t quite figured out how to play when she’s the leash, but we’re working on that. She’s young, so it doesn’t take much to tire her out. A few short training sessions teaching her Sit and Down, and then a short trip outside for a bit of a walk pretty much does it for her at this point. So far she’s a lot of fun to have around, except for the 2AM bathroom break. We’re really looking forward to when she’s a little bit older and we can teach her more interesting tricks.

To the house in the woods

Headed off to the in-laws for Turkey day. This year it should be a lot less work than past years has been. We’re going to be roasting a much smaller turkey than usual (only 12-14 lb instead of the monster 25 pounder we did last year) and doing less cooking this year. This time around the festivities are going to be held at my wife’s aunt’s place somewhere near Rocky Mount NC. Should be an interesting time.

Happy Anniversary!

While we were having lunch today, my wife reminded me that today is our anniversary!

I’ve had an appointment set up in my PDA with a 7 day float, so for the past week, I’ve been seeing this appointment reminding me that our anniversary is coming up. I still forgot. Go figure.

At lunch today, she was telling me how she thought it was such a nice day and how the weather was just like it was on the day of our wedding. Then she remembered, today was the day of our wedding!

So, for when my wife reads this, Happy Anniversary!

5 years ago today

Hard to believe, but 5 years ago today, the wife packed me and all our stuff up and moved us from our cozy little apartment in Dearborn Heights MI to another cozy little apartment in Charleston SC. We’re still in that cozy little apartment after 5 years and 4 different management companies. It’s a good location and a really nice place, so we really haven’t been all that motivated to move. We’ve been thinking about it lately. We’re starting to outgrow our cozy little apartment. Once our credit card debt gets paid off, we’ll start working on saving for a house. In the meantime, we’ll probably stay in our cozy little apartment. It’s close to work, close to the peninsula, close to a lot of really good restaurants and shopping, and best of all close to the beach. Can’t ask for much more.