Finn

 B’s dog Finn, a senior rescue, is staying with us for awhile (he and B’s cat don’t get along!). 

He was so traumatized… being abandoned at a gas station, then several weeks in the shelter where he was neutered and had to have most of his teeth removed due to them being so rotten (many had already fallen out!). He was terribly scared when we brought him home from B’s, wouldn’t leave the crate, or eat, and was quick to bite if he felt threatened. 

He’s doing so much better now though…  Here he is after his first bath 

And trying to get up a tree he’d just chased a squirrel into…

He’s a really good dog… B was lucky to find him. He’ll be a good addition to our little family “pack”.

Christmas Lights

 One of our set-in-granite Christmas traditions is driving around, drinking hot chocolate, looking at Christmas lights. 

We have a few favorites that we visit each year, like this one in E’s old neighborhood that has light synced to music and a sign that tells you what FM station to tune your radio to. This year, just after we pulled up, an antique fire engine, all decked out in lights, pulled in front of us. M had to get closer to see, of course, and ended up knowing both “Santa” who was sitting in the back, and the driver, an old friend of E and J’s. I love living in a smaller community where we so often run into people we know. So different from Denver…

And a few more of our favorites, including one decorated almost entirely with Christmas dogs! (Rhianna loves this one!)

Isn’t this a pretty street?

The countdown is on… only a couple more weeks til Christmas!  😱

Rainbow

 We had a lovely snow this morning early…

It was supposed to be terribly windy, but instead we had a light, beautiful snow. 

It was a rainbow to me, recognized and deeply appreciated.

🎄 Tree’s up 🎄

 

The Christmas season has begun!

 Our first big Christmas event is “Shop til You Drop” day. This started as a necessity, when one year I hadn’t even thought about Christmas until Dec 1st! Now it’s a tradition… the kids and I spend a few hours shopping and having lunch out. It’s kind of a big event and most years it’s the only time we go into a mall. 

The past couple of years we’ve kept to outdoor malls.  Last year we just window shopped in an outdoor shopping area,  this year we still shopped at an outdoor mall, but did actually go into stores to shop. 😱