Thanksgiving Weekend pics 2

Me getting a ride in Gram Pam's son's buggy!!


Sam and I being weirdo's


Sam and his sisters Lisa and Tina





Gram Pam and her kids Allen and Christy

Gram Pam and her honey Chuck plus 'little man'

Gram Pam's sister and her hubby plus Emma Jean I took a bunch of Christmas card photo's for them

The gang's all here... Oh uh actually we are missing 6 people LOL

Kameron

The morning dog walkers

Gram Pam's daughter Christy and her hubby Troy

The morning after Thanksgiving my SIL Tina and her hubby Ciro made breakfast... Bocce supervised from a stool LOL

Thanksgiving night some of the cousins in the hot tub

The newlyweds Mike and my daughter Candice

Some of the pies, cakes and cookies Thanksgiving evening

More photos coming so check back often...

Hey you said you wanted photos

A few pics of Thanksgiving

UGH I am SO not use to this photo thing here yet... so hang in there with me...

Sam carving the turkey
Gram Pam's daughter Christy

Poppa Woo from World War II [he is 85 yrs young]

The table for Thanksgiving

The trailers in the yard

Below is Cali one of the dogs

Gram Pam's grandson Blake

A huge tub of ambrosia

Gram Pam's youngest grandson

OH MY GOD... He is THE cutest 19 month old you have ever seen!!!

A huge tub of stuffing

Poppa Woo from World War II and other stuff

I really wish I could post the weekend photos... Darn it! Soon...

We had so much fun... I think the volleyball games were the best part of the weekend!
Poppa Woo from World War II was a kick too! Last year he made a drawing of Grampa's WWII ship he was on... The USS Essex... then he sent it to Grampa... that was so nice of him! It is here, hanging on the wall now that Grampa is gone.
Just so you know how Poppa Woo fits in the family... Try following this...
Poppa Woo is Gram Pam's daughters husband's grandfather... Did you follow that? He is in his 80's and going strong... [must be the shot of Bailey's in his coffee in the morning LOL] or its the sit up's and stretches he does before his coffee!
Anyway, one night we were drinking [Ok we were drinking every night but that is not the point of my story] and somehow the subject of sex came up [big shocker huh!] I think the point of the sex stuff was the hubby's bitching how they NEVER get any sex and someone asked Poppa Woo if its still possible to have sex in your 80's! So Poppa Woo says
"Oh.... sure it is... as long as you have those little blue pills" we all laughed so loud!!!
I just love Poppa Woo, he is so mellow and you can talk to him about anything!
Wait till you see a picture of him, your gonna love him too! He told me as long as he is standing he will be back next year!

I am so happy EVERYONE had a great time! Collin brought his girlfriend and she said "Oh. My. God. your family is so chill, there is NO WAY my family would be this much fun if they all got together!" that was kind of nice to hear!
This was a very special Thanksgiving! Sam's sister's have not been up here since 1995! The kids were so little back then! I played old family video's of back in the day... [which was a Wednesday by the way... that was a joke I hope you got it! Every time someone says "Back in the day" Kieffer always says "Which was a Wednesday!" Anyway, the video was hilarious and oh so embarrassing for the kids... Oh well... it was worth it... we all laughed so hard... I HAVE to learn how to post videos on my blog.... LOL
We also had quite a few dogs here! We had Gram Pam's Chihuahua 'little man', her son's husky wolf mix 'Cali' [she has one blue eye and one brown eye], Gram Pam's daughters dog 'Jelly Bean' or as Sam liked to call her
"Ju Ju Bee' I can't tell you what breed she is but to me she acts like an old Jamaican woman who has smoked to much pot, lives for eating food and moves really slowly... I called her Shaniqua... LOL Don't worry I have a photo of her! Gram Pam's sister Mary Ann brought their Dalmatian Emma Jean... She was so happy to be here and loved running around... Mary Ann called me today and said Emma slept for 2 days after they got home LOL
Sam's sister also brought their dog named Bocce...
Everyday after breakfast we would take the dogs for a walk and go feed carrots to the horse's down the road...
My dog aggressive dogs were at the kennel... There is NO WAY they would have been ok with other dogs being here... The funny thing was when I went to pick up my dogs from the boarder taking care of them [A registered AKC breeding kennel] Guess where my whiner-riners were? Still in their kennel area? Uhhhh no... they got to stay in the house LOL She said they were not happy unless they were with a human! Uhhh ya, that would be my whiner-riners LOL

A few pics from the weekend I got from my daughter

Candice and Michelle [cousin]

A Group shot

My SIL Lisa, ME and Candice

Thanksgiving weekend

Hi Everyone!
Guess who has wi fi... Whoo Hoo Yippee... Hang on while I do the Wi Fi dance... Yes! It is so nice! So... you can expect to hear more from me now!

I don't know where to begin on getting ya caught up! I guess you know by now I had 50 people up here... ALL WEEKEND!!!

We had a BLAST... I wish I could upload the photos but I can't till I go back to the other house...

We had 4 turkey's, 2 hams, 20 lbs of mashed potatoes, a huge tub of ambrosia, 3 tubs of stuffing, a big bag of brown sugar carrots, 2 huge dishes of green bean casserole, a half of a crock pot of gravy, 7 pies, 1 cake, 3 platters of cookies, 2 plates of brownies, a tub of vanilla ice cream and a partridge in a pear tree!

That was only on Thanksgiving Day... Thanksgiving morning we made 3 dozen eggs, 5 lbs of bacon, and 3 loaves of toast... LOL

The week before Thanksgiving I made a 'nesco' cooker full of beef stroganoff [using about 12 lbs of beef and 2 huge tubs of sour cream]
I also made a 'nesco' cooker full of spaghetti sauce then Gram Pam and I used freezer bags and froze it all.

On Wednesday night... all we had to do was heat up the stroganoff and boil noodles... We just kept the cooker on low. As everyone started arriving, they came in and ate.

The night after Thanksgiving we heated up the spaghetti sauce [or gravy right Ellen?] made 7 packages of noodles with 9 loaves of garlic bread, 3 pans of salad...

So I guess what I am saying is... we made a TON of food everyday this weekend but it was easy!

Every morning a different 'couple' made breakfast for everyone! Thursday morning Gram Pam and Chuck, Friday morning my SIL Tina and her hubby Ciro, and Saturday morning Sam and I did it...

Lunches were made in shifts... usually in 2 to 3 groups... some people would be out on trail rides etc... so as the bunches would come in the house... sandwiches would be made!

I cannot believe the weather... right now as I type this... it is BEAUTIFUL! 74 degrees, sunny, no wind... UGH!!! I swear... why couldn't it have been like this for Thanksgiving? On Wednesday, it started raining here... actually pouring all night! Thursday it was so cold and windy we had to move all the couches and furniture out of the house and put the tables up in the family room...
Friday was nice enough to eat outside... All 5 cafeteria tables were set up! It was much easier!

Saturday was so nice we all played volleyball... [3 games] Most of the guys had shorts and no shirts on! Only in California! LOL Wait till you see the pics!!

On Friday, we turned on the National news station and found out 2 people had been shot and killed in my local Toys R Us... Did anyone else hear about that? How sad is that!

Anyway... I just wanted to share my Thanksgiving with all of you... I'll share more with pics soon...

So.... ya'all come back now ya hear!

Hi D Hoedown this weekend

Hey Everyone,
Miss ya all bunches... Been crazy busy getting ready for 42 people for Thanksgiving at the Hi D house! Not just for Thursday either! For the WHOLE weekend!!! Nurse Pam is coming up too!!! I will take tons of pics doncha worry ;) Band will be playing on Friday night!!! It will be tons of fun...


We are getting Wi Fi up at the Hi D on Tuesday so I will be on much more after that... Dial up is just too frustrating!

Anyway, gotta run as usual! We only came down to get the trailer
[for people to sleep in this weekend]

Gigi is fine from her surgery... however... she has 8 stitches in her ear at the moment... long story... no time...

I SURE DO MISS YOU GUYS.... Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Just when you think you know... you don't know!

Hey Everybody,
Once again I find myself home for 24 hours and then back to the Hi D house... this time without my hunk o hunk o burning love... how will I ever sleep tonight without spooning? Oh... I forgot... I have my Gigi and she is a cuddle bug! Whew!!!
Let's see... where to begin? Ahhh yes my Gigi and her uterus infection... So, last week I took her in for her 3 penicillin shots and prayed like crazy the vet would fix her on Thursday... I was worried sick... she was still bleeding all over the place... ugh... it was horrible!
[I had to throw away 4 blankets to give you some idea!]

Some good news came on Wednesday evening tho... Nurse Pam was coming up for a visit! Whoo Hoo!!! I needed her to keep my mind off of my poor Gigi!
So Thursday morning at 7am I dropped Gigi off at the vet to get fixed and they said come pick her up about 4pm...
Thank God, Nurse Pam was coming up and I kept busy cleaning up the Hi D house all morning...
She arrived about 12 and we had a great visit, but my eye kept wandering to the clock... waiting for 4pm to get Gigi... finally the time arrived and Nurse Pam and I went to go get her...
As we were at the front desk paying the bill... One of the vet techs asked if we wanted to see a photo of how bad Gigi's uterus was...
Well of course we did!
Jeez... Nurse Pam is an R.N. and I am an M.D

[inside joke to Nurse Pam LOL She kept getting amazed at how much medical stuff I know...]

Anyway, so the vet tech brings up the photo of Gigi on the table during surgery with her uterus clamped off... Now let me ask all of you something because we were confused...
How many of you know what a dog uterus looks like? Wouldn't you think it looks the same as a human uterus? I mean you'd think similar right? WRONG...
What we were looking at in this photo looked like a large intestine... so we both asked at the same time... "Ok... what part is the uterus?" and she said "Your looking at it" we left there very confused...
Jeepers...
just when you think you know anatomy...
you find out... you don't!

So here ya go... a dog uterus with pyrometra [or uterus infection]

Now that you are grossed out... I just want to say...

If I have to go through it... You have to go through it with me!
I am very grateful for Nurse Pam's visit... she kept me from worrying so much! I am also looking forward to her coming back for her birthday visit!!!

Soooo does it look like a uterus to you?