What the Dog Brought Home...

I had seen this forwarded around before, but had not blogged about it till now. Isn't the beagle cute? It looks just like Ralph! Oh, and the fawn is cute, too...

A fawn followed this beagle home -- right through the doggie door -- in the Bittinger, MD area. The owner came home to find the visitor had made himself right at home. This hit the 6 o'clock news big time!

Thank you for forwarding, LibraryDiva!

Tis The Season

The weekend after Thanksgiving, I trudged upstairs to the attic to bring down all of the Christmas decorations. That same weekend, I started feeling a little under the weather. I managed to get the Nativity scene set up (no baby Jesus till Christmas...), but that was about it for the weekend.


During the week, I started to feel worse--coughing fits, constant nose-blowing, and a general feeling of "ick." All I got accomplished on the decorating front was unpacking all of the ornaments and piling them on my dining room table.

After taking two sick days at the end of the week, I finally broke down and went to see the doctor. The diagnosis: I had walking pneumonia!

The good news was that the prescription meds would have me feeling much better much quicker! So this past Sunday, I was finally able to finish setting up the Christmas tree.

I fluffed all of the wiry artificial branches, then added the lights. Finally, all of the ornaments which had been adorning the table were tranferred to the tree. Ta-da! It's officially my second Christmastime in my house...

Hamsters in Space

Yes, I save random cute pictures of hamsters that I find online. Remember, I'm the H.O.P.S.F. (Hamster Owning Patrick Stewart Fan), so this is acceptable behavior...

EARLY YEARS OF HAMSTER SPACE TRAVEL

FIRST HAMMIE SPACE FLIGHT

DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE WEAPONS

SOMETHING GOES WRONG

THE HAMMIE POPULATION REACTS

Let It Snow!

It's the first snow of the season! I feel like I've been working inside of a snow globe all day. Check out the view from my windows...

FRONT WINDOW

SIDE WINDOW

Look! A Squirrel!

As an alumni of Alpha Gamma Delta, I am easily distracted when I find random squirrels...

Just Julie

A picture is worth a thousand words...

I can't say too much, though. I've got my own OCD tendencies...

Cooties

Happy Friday Eve! Here's a funny video to entertain you...