Busy Busy Busy, woah its 2010!

I'd like whomever is manning this train to slow it down a bit, please?

The last few weeks Aaron and I have been busy busy with prepping for a cocktail party we'll be throwing Saturday night. This party is a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Indianapolis's medical fund.

It started out with trying to raise funds for a single dog, Caine, who needed dental surgery. Unfortunately, Caine also suffered from seizures. On Nov 23, he suffered a massive seizure and could not be saved.

We decided to go ahead with the fundraiser. There's always dogs (and cats!) and HSI who need a little help.

We got a bunch of local businesses to donate alcohol and raffle items. My friend Heather and I will be ponying up the dough for the appetizers. It should be a fun little event.

Here's the flier. I'll post an update after the event to tell you all how much we raised!

Goodness

Where does the time go? It's been over a month since I updated last!

We went to San Diego for a few days around Thanksgiving and had a nice time. We participated in the Father Joe's Thanksgiving Day 5k which was really fun and a nice way to start out the day.

As soon as we got home, Aaron HAD to decorate the house for Christmas.


Then, two weeks ago, we got these little boogers to foster.


They are two lab mix puppies (almost 9 weeks old). Aaron named them Samantha (left) and Maxwell. They are super cute but puppies are such a pain in the butt! They cry, they poop everywhere, they chew everything! We took them to foster because they were too young to be fixed, so they couldn't be put up for adoption. They should be going back to the shelter soon, and they'll be gone-gone-gone to their forever home after that.

Other than that, it's business as usual. Our Christmas home vacation starts next week, so we'll enjoy hanging out at our house with no work to do!

Who Knew

Married life is awesome.

That is all.

A quick photo update

We went to a Punkin Patch!
Joe's such a handsome little devil!

Ellie Mae and Penny Lane. And yes, that IS Ellie's costume.

Bunky Raffit!

Cecil is helping Aaron work on the computer.

Meet Charlie

Charlie is a 6 year old Dutch rabbit. His owners surrendered him to our friend's vet clinic because they couldn't afford to pay for his medical treatment. He had an injury and a skin infection.


He's healing well, and acting like a good bunny should.

Problem is... bunnies have a life expectancy of 7-10 years. Charlie needs a home that is willing to accept this, but still give him the life he deserves.

Enter the Heilbron Zoo.

Charlie will be flying from Fargo, ND to Indianapolis on Sunday to become part of our family.

We're excited to have a bunky raffit!

The Local Flora and Fauna

One of the things I love about living in Indiana is how lush and colorful it is. There are TONS of trees (which should start changing colors soon, YAY!), grass, shrubs, flowers, you name it.

Of course, with all this flora, you get some local fauna too. At the old house we had a family of raccoons that would come visit in the middle of the night. I had to go out in the morning and stomp on the deck to scare them off before sending the dogs outside.

We haven't seen any raccoons at the new house, although we hear from the neighbor that they're around. Apparently they've eaten through her garbage can lids! However, we have seen a few of these cuties:


They may be cute, but we hear possums are nasty. We're not going to meet it to find out.

We also found one of THESE in our yard - YIKES!


It's a dreaded PennyMonster!

New Floor & New Dog

We figured out about two months ago that the little cat had decided the basement was her giant litterbox and was peeing on the carpet. YUCK. Cat urine is the worst - and it's near impossible to clean up.

We finally gave up and ripped all the carpet out. On a tip from Heather, we bought TrafficMaster Allure vinyl planks which are (relatively) inexpensive, waterproof, super durable and really easy to install. So easy, a dog can do it!


Joe really loves to help with home improvement projects.

Here's the floor, partially installed. I'll have to upload the finished pictures when I get home on Thursday.


Speaking of Joe, Penny has decided Joe is the model for how to be a good house pibble. See for yourself!