Thanksgiving decorations

Halloween 2011

It's our first Halloween in the new house. Alex and I have decided to start a new tradition for us, pumpkin carving and roasting the seeds. We each got one of our own. I decided to show my Arizona pride and Alex did the traditional face. We carved them a little too early and they got all moldy so we had to new ones before Halloween which meant more pumpkin seeds.

Mystere

Alex and I took his parents to a Cirque du Soleil show at Treasure Island called Mystere. The show was full of athleticism and high-energy acrobatics whether on the trampoline, high bar, bungee, or Chinese poles.

West Rim Grand Canyon

Alex parents came out to visit us this past week. They wanted to see the Grand Canyon so we took them to the West Rim with the new Skywalk. The Skywalk is a walkway that goes out over the edge of the Grand Canyon. The floor of the walkway is glass so you are able to look down 4000 ft to the floor of the canyon. The drive to the park was interesting with the 11 miles of unpaved gravel road with blind hair pin turns with tour buses.

Espn and the cyst

ESPN has had this cyst on her back for over a year now. We had it drained twice but the other day she popped it herself. The area became infected from her and Rex trying to clean it. I took her to the vet the next day and she went into surgery that afternoon to have the cyst removed. She came home that evening high on meds with a cone head. The cone didn't last too long since she keep running into everything. I went to the store and got her a shirt to wear so she or Rex wouldn't rip out the stitches. The shirt was not long enough to cover to incision so I added about 3 inches from a t-shirt sleeve.

Craft night

The other day I got the sudden urge to do some crafts. I've been looking for something to put on the walls in the bedroom. I had three projects in mind. The first one was the necklace board. I made one in Okinawa but it didn't match the room so I need to make a new one. This time I found a 15x30 inch piece of cork board at Hobby Lobby.



The second project was the ribbon picture. Thanks to Jo-ann's for the idea. All you need is several strips of ribbon, Cardboard or picture mat and tape.


The last project is canvases wrapped in fabric. I found discontinued fabric samples on sale at Jo-ann's and 12x12 canvas. I haven't put them up yet so pictures will be up soon.

Project #5

Living room and dinning room was next on the list. We changed the color of the accent wall and put up the wine rack.

Mom and I made curtains for the living room.