Thanksgiving Recap

How was your Thanksgiving? We had a nice, quiet day. We went to my aunt's house, and it was just the five of us (aunt, uncle, cousins, me)...and of course the two doggies! We ate lots of food and then just watched movies by the fire. It was nice. And before dinner, my cousin took some pictures of me and Sadie for our Christmas card! I will share some of the outtakes with you, but I'm keeping the actual picture a secret for now :) I ordered my cards last night; can't wait to see how they came out! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! It was so hard to come back to work today...

 Sadie in her Christmas sweater!

 The turkey fryers!

 Putting the turkey in the fryer. Fried turkey is yummy!!

 The dogs preparing for their feast.

 Om nom nommmm

 Our cozy fire

 Sadie and Harlie playing outside

 Some of the holiday card outtakes :)

Our Holiday Pawtrait

Haha I stumbled across a link to make a Holiday Pawtrait on Petsmart.com and I had to make one!! So here is our Holiday Pawtrait:

Yes, you had to choose a horrible holiday sweater! LOL. And my hair is reddish/dark brown, but the red option made it look even more orange than this!! Boo. You can make one, too! Just go here.

Real pics will be coming next week from our holiday photoshoot!! :)

Where does the time go?

There are not enough hours in the day anymore. I haven't had much to write about it seems...mainly because I don't have time to think about what I could write about! For some reason, this semester of graduate school has been very intense. I'm taking two classes, and working full-time. So my free time is very limited. Most weekends are spent doing homework. I feel like I barely get to spend any time with Sadie these days, although we cuddle every night. I wish I could stay home with her more. I hope she understands in her own way...

The holidays are creeping up on us. I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week. How did that happen? It seems I might not even have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner next week...not sure how I feel about that, but I guess it's ok. The holidays just aren't the same anymore now that I'm older. They used to be so magical. Now they're stressful. I usually don't get to see either of my parents for the holidays now. They're both in Florida, and I'm here in NY. It's way too stressful (and expensive) to fly down for Christmas, so I usually go after the holidays. This year, I'll be going in the middle of January. It works for us, and we celebrate Christmas then, which is kind of fun. But I always get a bit nostalgic around Christmastime because it's just not the same anymore. I'll still be with family (my aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.), but it's different.

This Thanksgiving, I'll be going to my Aunt's house. I'll see both of my cousins, which will be nice. And one of my cousins will be taking pictures of me and Sadie for our Christmas card! So hopefully I will have some photos to share with you after that. I'm sure the holidays will be good. I think I'm just overwhelmed with the amount of work I have to get done for my classes before the holidays. My last class is on December 22, so I don't even get much time before Christmas!

Sorry if I don't post much in the coming weeks, but know I'm still here and reading everyone else's blogs :) I'm looking forward to the Corgi Butts Secret Santa Exchange this year. I know many of you are participating as well! We hope everyone is doing well.

Xoxo,
Laurie and Sadie

Christmas Card Sneak Peak

I don't want to post my Christmas card on here yet, because I only just sent them out today haha. So I will post it next week on Christmas, and then it might still be a surprise for some people when they get it in the mail.

But here are some of the "outtakes" from our card. I edited a few pictures, so I had options when I started placing them in the card designs. I had originally wanted a design that allowed for one large picture and three smaller ones, but it just wouldn't work the way I wanted. So I ended up using two pictures (and not any of the ones I'm posting here!)...Anyway, here is some holiday Sadie cheer for you all...

Also, it seems like we're getting a snow storm here this weekend, so I'm sure I'll have some fun pics to post after that! Sadie loves the snow.

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