Living out loud in the Carolinas
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If only she knew how to unload them too! 
Last night we attended my Gmommy’s nursing home’s Christmas party. There was food, 
dancing, and music. 
There was this sweet old guy wearing a baseball cap. CSP was wearing his Twins cap(of course) and at one point turned his cap around so he was wearing it backwards. Then the old guy turned his around too. 
Very sweet. We hung out for a good couple hours dancing with Gmommy until they kicked us out! 
More pics here.
Yesterday was CSP’s 37th birthday! 
My honey and I went out to his parents’ house to celebrate. I serenaded him with birthday poems and a little bit of “Womanizer” in the car. He was thrilled. Heh. His mom always makes a cake and gives presents within a theme, so on the way out there we were guessing what the theme would be. The best we could come up with was a Wii themed birthday. We were wrong! It was a Minnesota Twins birthday. CSP is a huge fan. Here’s the cake his mom made: 
Isn’t that cute? 
His presents included a new Twins hat and hoodie. My boy was very happy! 
I love you husband! More pics here.
Today is my sweet baby Kea’s 5th birthday! I can’t believe my girl is already almost middle aged! :( Kiki was born December 11, 2003. I met her and put down a deposit on her a couple weeks later. CSP had to work so he couldn’t come with me to the kennel. He didn’t meet her until the day she was ready to come home at the end of January 2004.
Her first day with us was an adventure! We took her to the vet to get all checked out. 
Then I tucked her into the kangaroo pocket on my sweatshirt and took her to Momo’s basketball game.
She was so tiny! 
She was so small in fact that the first picture we sent out of her, people thought she was a toy! 
She’s grown into quite a character. She has tons of nicknames now. Her given name, AKC name is IKEA Li Mei Fun R****** (R***** is our last name). She also goes by Kea, Kiki, Squeaky, Squeaks, Sweet girl, and Pill.
Squeaky and Squeaks because she always finds the squeaker in any toy and will squeak it to death! Pill because if the other pugs are playing she will often come in and steal their toy, thus prompting CSP to say “Aw Kiki don’t be a Pill!” He’s a big fan of nicknames.
Kiki will get to eat her Frosty Paws ice cream tonight after dinner. She will get some new toys tomorrow and lots of kisses forever!
It was announced today that IKEA Charlotte will be opening FEBRUARY 18TH!!! That’s months earlier than we thought! Woot! I can hardly barely breathe! 
My neighbor told me last night that her and her family saw me through their window the other day when I’d taken the pugs outside. In my jammies. Guess my “who’s gonna see me?” logic didn’t work that time! I hope I was wearing jammies with pants.
In other news, I’m addicted to Scrabble on Facebook. Anyone wanna play with me?
We’ve decided not to put up our big tree this year. Zoe is still too much of a puppy and is into EVERYTHING. She’s still a big chewer too. So, to avoid a huge Christmas tree disaster I’m just gonna put up the little pink tree and the little silver tree- both elevated out of reach. I’m going to miss our big tree. Not having the big tree for a background is going to make me have to get a little more creative when it comes to the pugs’ Christmas photo shoot. Hmmm…
It came to my attention recently that I don’t taste what I’m cooking while I’m cooking it. I didn’t realize that, but apparently it’s a little weird to my family. If I’m making a dish I’ve made a million times, there is no need for me to taste it, I just don’t think to do it. But if it’s a new recipe I’ll taste it as I go along. The whole thing got me thinking if I’m the only one…
I’ve got my first Winter cold so I think I’m going to take the lazy way out on this post and use some bullets.
new to the world, just new to me. Greg Iles. I’ve now read Mortal Fear and Dead Sleep. They were both really good. Like, snuck into the bathroom and read while sitting in my makeup chair at the vanity until 4am good.So let’s hope December at least takes its time a bit and hangs around some. 
Lots of birthdays this month: couple of cousins, my step-mother, CSP, Kiki & Zoe. I can’t believe Zoe’s already a year old! Speaking of…pictures of them will come soon I promise. The Christmas Card photo shoot is right around the corner!
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Bless Your Heart 