Can I bathe in Purell??

The high school I was teaching at this week cancelled classes due to an influenza outbreak. EEK!

My New Favorite Beverage...

Have you tried V8 Spicy Hot??

It is my new favorite beverage! It's V8 with a kick! However V8 is soooo expensive.. 3.50 for tomato juice??? It temps me to buy one of those Jack LaLanne juicers that used to be advertised on T.V. Now, if they came out with Low Sodium, Spicy Hot I'd be in h-e-a-v-e-n.

Super Bowl? Bah Humbug

What a disappointing way for the Packer's season to end last night. After a season of achieving much more than anyone had thought possible, for it to end with them playing at home, in the cold, and losing was just heartbreaking. Even Shawnna was screaming at the TV. Hopefully, Favre will be back for another year to rinse the taste of that game out of his mouth.

Then, to top it off, New England had already won setting up a Super Bowl that I have absolutely no desire to see. If I wanted to see 30 point blow-outs, I would watch non-conference college football. But, I will of course end up watching it, if nothing else for the commercials.

http://superad.nfl.com/videoresults.php?vlf=seahawks_matt_hasselbeck_mail_600ws

Can't wait until next year. I'm going to put in my early prediction of Super Bowl champs.

GO PACK!!!!

Post-Christmas Blah-ness

OK, I'm just gonna come out and say it..January Sucks! I mean it really does!! Its rainy and mucky.....the house has been stripped of all things Christmas related...no decked halls, no pine scent from the tree, no glow of lights..not even a fun holiday in sight. in an attempt to keep the cheer around here I did however leave out my snowmen, but now I feel like one of those snowmen collector people who leave them out all year round...because, well it was 60 FREAKIN DEGREES two days this week!! Which is absurd!! Couldn't we just have some snow and a sunny sky?? The yard looks like crap...at least when there is snow on the ground, its "winter wonderland-ish" out there...but with rain and contant greyness and dogs tearing up the grass...it just looks .... looks....well...... Blah!

On a happier note... a couple that we are friends with told us they are expecting...awww...babies : )

Happy New Year

So after our adventures with household appliances and seasonal decorations, we had a pretty nice holiday season.

Our Christmas tree remained vertical for the remainder of Christmas and like every year, it looked very nice along with the rest of the house. We always end up with two trees in the house. One real tree, colored lights, mix and match ornaments and one artificial tree with white lights and coordinated ornaments.

After Christmas, we then spent a couple of days in Wisconsin with the Householder's. We had family Christmas and Daniel got to watch his brother Kyle wrestle and take 4th (out of 38) in the MidStates Tournament.

One of the best parts of going up to Wisconsin was that we got 6-7 inches of snow while we were up there. The dogs love to run at their "country" home while we were in Wisconsin and the snow just made it even better.

They were completely exhausted by the time that we came home and slept for over 14 hour straight the first night we were back.

Yes, I can post too

Shawnna here--So I've had a few people mention that the posts are all from Dan's point of view....and that although our title is "Indy Householder's", the content thus far is mostly about him. Well, here I am !! And yes, I have to agree with you, my description of the washer/Christmas tree disaster would have been much more colorful!

My dilemma is what to write...you see...not much exciting happens to me personally. I don't have any great accolades to brag about or kids to show off or great travel stories. Not that Dan is bragging...I'm quite proud of him and his accomplishments........Not that I don't consider my dogs and cats my kids (because I do!!).......And not that we don't travel....... I'm just not sure others want to hear about those things. However, sometimes teaching sex. ed. to middle school kids can be quite humorous. Last week I had a 7th grade boy ask me "what's menopause and why is it making my mom so nuts?" I nearly laughed out loud!! I just wanted to hug him, he was so sweet.

So.....for my first official post I'll do a Year in Review. (If I can remember the things that happened...thank God for pictures!!).

JANUARY-We spent New Year's Eve at home---I was sick.

FEBRUARY-As we've done for the past 5 Valentine's Day ...we cooked a nice meal together and discussed goals for the upcoming year. We had a crazy snow/ice storm. It was
so much fun!

MARCH- We planted early salad greens. And had Wetnight family photos taken.



APRIL- Tess got a new Pink collar.

And we participated in the Indianapolis Humane Society Mutt Strut. It was a bit warm for the dogs on the track, but we had a blast!! A BIG Thank You to everyone who donated. And don't forget to help control the pet population..have your pet spayed or neutered : )

MAY-Dan and I did the Mini Marathon together. (13.1 miles)

We went to Kevin and Nikkis' for Mother's Day with Householders.

JUNE-I spent I good portion of my time going to and from Brazil to help out with grandpa's chemo appointments.

JULY-I spent a week in Brazil while my aunt was out of town. The majority of this time was spent in the hospital with Grandpa.

My cousin Lacey was married.

We took the "Householder Family Vacation" to Colorado. There is a link around here somewhere so you can see the pics.

AUGUST: Spent lots of time in Brazil. All the pets had their annual checkups. Everyone's healthy.

SEPTEMBER: Back to work. Spent lots of time in Brazil. Whitt had her gallbladder removed. Spent a weekend in Wisconsin.

OCTOBER: Grandpa passed on Sunday the 28th. He was a like a father to me.

NOVEMBER: Grandpa was buried on Nov. 1st. My birthday was the 6th. We spent Thanksgiving at Grandmas and then a weekend in Wisconsin.

DECEMBER: Well we've had some snow and ALOT of rain.Blah! We have some really cute pictures of the tree and the cats, but they're still on the camera.

Merry Christmas and All the Best in the New Year!