October and a Pupdate

The end is near.

Yup, it's that time of year again. October! Which means crazy amounts of candy everywhere I turn. It means Jarrett wants to torment me with tons of scary movies. And it means the introduction of scarves and sweaters and shoes :(

But the best part of cold weather? Snuggling with the pups. And the pups snuggling with each other.

Making Memories

As I sit here to write this, it's a balmy 60 degrees out, rainy and feeling much like a fall day. I think everyone in Boston was expecting we'd have to go pull out our winter clothes a little earlier than expected. And so because of this, I think Jarrett and I got to thinking about the holidays.

We've decided that spending Christmas with both of our families is important to us. Until we were married, we had not spent a single Christmas together because we both wanted to be with our families. Last year, I went to Virginia to celebrate my first Christmas as a Britt...with the Britts! It was truly wonderful, and at the same time a little strange to be out of my normal routine (and if you know me, you know I don't do well with change). It also made us realize how nice it would be to start our own tradition. Host Christmas at our house.

So this year, we'll be doing our own take. I can't wait for the castastrophe that is sure to happen. I can't wait for the stories for years to come. I can't wait for our first holiday, in our very first home. I'm confident the dogs will ruin something, there will be a dish that is cold, or a turkey not quite cooked. But I also can't wait for us to create these memories and bring both of our families together.

Next up, embrace Martha Stewart. And maybe have some practice rounds in September and October?

Hello 2010.

I'm excited to say today is January 4th. We had a wonderful weekend filled with The Joshua Tree at the Hardrock on New Years, some delicious Chinese food, movies and our couch on Friday, a rediculous amount of errands and shoveling on Saturday (followed by some killer bowling on Saturday night--but not by me) and then of course the Sunday night blues.

Boston got killed this weekend with its annual New Years snowfall and I'm not a fan of this new tradition. In total accumulation it's not terrible, but it pretty much snowed from Thursday-Sunday.



But I am also a little ancy about the arrival of January. We have a new puppy coming home on Saturday, Lincoln. We spent almost $150 at Petsmart preparing for the little guy and even watching a DVD about taking your puppy home. Poor Knight is in for a rude awakening and so are we.

We also have Jarrett's mother coming this weekend to visit, and his sister coming at the end of the month for some QT with us, our house, and the new puppy.

And we are off to Mexico for 4 days to visit Navarro and soak in a little sun :) And Wilky will be spending a couple nights at our house before she leaves the cold New England for sunny and warm Houston!!! All of these activities give me a little stress when i have to think about packing, cleaning, puppies chewing things, and a lack of time in my own house. BUT, all for good things and good reasons.

Welcome home 2010, welcome home.

weather update.

I want to keep this weather forecast. I don't want a single thing to change. At this point, next week while we are at the beach and bbqing and the wedding are PERFECT. please dont change.

"Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods"

We've hit single digits ladies and gentlemen! And yknow what that means??? We can start checking the weather. And yes, Al Roker gave me the weather forecast today.

As we all know in New England, a 9 day weather forecast means NOTHING. So at 9 days out, we are looking at isolated thunderstorms and a temperature of 77 degrees. I'm ok with that. Not too hot, potential storm...and frankly, I bet it won't even come close to being that forecast by Sunday so no worries or stress here!

Hey, August has already been better/different than the Farmer's Almanac:

1st-3rd Heavy rainfall. 4th-7th Partial clearing and cooler. 8th-11th Hazy and muggier. 12th-15th Increasingly cloudy skies. 16th-19th Rain moves in from west; possibly heavy at times. Potential hurricane threat along the coast.