Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Christmas

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We sure did! We have had four Christmas gatherings so far (including our own) and we still have one more to go this weekend. I love Christmas but it sure can be exhausting! Ginny came with us this past weekend and although she was pretty well behaved, she wouldn't stop singing Christmas carols in the back seat of the car....


Silly dog! :) I hope everyone has a wonderful New Years Day coming up. I think I'm officially an old woman because I have NO interest in staying up until midnight! I've gotten into my routine and I'm perfectly happy being in bed by 10:00pm. :) We'll see....

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 25

Merry Christmas! Without further adieu (after many failed attempts, mess ups, camera, uploading and sound issues) we present to you:


Matt & Lauren - Baby It's Cold Outside




Well, I guess there were still parts that we failed to do correctly, missed notes, and sound issues, but Merry Christmas anyway! :)

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 24

Bing Crosby - White Christmas






Merry Christmas Eve! Don't forget the milk and cookies! :)


25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 23

A Charlie Brown Christmas - Christmas Time Is Here


25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 22

Bing Crosby & Carol Richards - Silver Bells

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 21

Chris Rice - Welcome to Our World
(I don't know why, but none of the videos on YouTube have the LAST note/word of the song... sorry!)

Thursday, December 16, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 20

Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 19

Brad Paisley - What Child Is This


25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 18

I haven't forgotten about today's song! We went out of town yesterday to spend Christmas with Matt's grandpa and we just got back in. Here ya go! :)

Sara Bareilles - River

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 17

Louis Armstrong – Zat You, Santa Claus?





25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 16

Dave Barnes - Meet Me At the Mistletoe

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 15

Brenda Lee - Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 13

Frank Sinatra - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm

Sunday, December 12, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 12

Harry Connick Jr. - Winter Wonderland

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Hide and Seek

Matt and Ginny were playing hide and seek today. I would go into the bedroom with Ginny and close the door while Matt hid somewhere. As SOON as I would open the door Ginny would take off sniffing and looking for Matt. She knew EXACTLY how that game worked. :) He hid in the bathroom, in the closet and his best one....


...in her crate. HAHA! He had the sheet pulled all the way over once we let Ginny out. It didn't take her too long to find him, but when she did she went nuts!


She didn't know what to think about that. When Matt got out she walked in there sniffing around checking things out. Matt said she was probably thinking, "You guys don't let me up on your bed, so why can you get in my bed?!"
It was pretty humorous watching them play. :)

My Black....errr....Yellow Eye

Earlier this week I was out playing with Ginny and we had a bit of a collision. Her head slammed into my face and it immediately brought tears to my eyes. My nose started bleeding and I couldn't feel the entire left side of my face! I really, honestly, thought my cheek bone was broken or something. I could feel that it was swollen already. It never got too swollen and it was only slightly red but I couldn't even touch it. This morning I woke up and I have a yellow eye! I have no idea why it is yellow and not blue or black or red. The weird thing is, the part that is yellow doesn't even hurt! It is just my cheek that still hurts pretty bad. It is definitely better though, so hopefully it will continue to feel better and better each day.


That is a nice yellow eye, huh? :)

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 11

Michael Buble - I'll Be Home for Christmas

Friday, December 10, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 10

Gayla Peevey - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 8

Ok... today's song is a little different. :) This is the Kung Pao Buckaroos with Brad Paisley. On each of Brad Paisley's albums he has a song with the Kung Pao Buckaroos and they are always pretty funny. This one cracks me up! Enjoy! :)

Brad Paisley & the Kung Pao Buckaroos - Kung Pao Buckaroo Holiday

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 7

I just ran across the song about a week ago and thought it was pretty cool. :)

B.B. King - Merry Christmas Baby

Monday, December 6, 2010

A Boy and His Dog

We were taking some pictures of Ginny the other night trying to get some of her "tricks" in pictures. We didn't have much luck with the tricks, but there were several of her and Matt playing around that made me laugh, so I figured I'd share! :)




25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 6

Today's song is a new one. It was just released a few weeks ago. This is an artist that Matt and I really like named Dave Barnes. It is kind of a modern day "Baby It's Cold Outside".

Dave Barnes w/ Hillary Scott: Christmas Tonight

Sunday, December 5, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 5

I almost forgot to post today's song! Enjoy!

Boston Pops - Sleigh Ride

Saturday, December 4, 2010

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 4

Today's song doesn't have a video with something to watch, so just hit play and listen! Matt picked this one out and I loved it!

Ella Fitzgerald - Frosty the Snowman

Friday, December 3, 2010

Christmas Decorations

I put up our Christmas decorations this week... :) Fancy, huh?


25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 3

Growing up we listened to a lot of James Taylor so I have been a fan for a while. However, I was just introduced to his Christmas album a year or two ago by my wonderful husband. Enjoy!

James Taylor - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Thursday, December 2, 2010

25 Days of Christms Songs - Day 2

Matt's brother introduced this group to us last Christmas. They do a funny take on the song "12 Days of Christmas" so I thought I'd add it to the list!

Straight No Chaser - 12 Days of Christmas

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Pictures of Ginny (gasp!)

Gasp! More pictures of Ginny? Unbelievable!! ;-) It has been a while since I've posted some pictures of the dog. :) We are getting all settled into our new apartment so I'll post some pictures of that soon. We are hoping to have EVERYTHING done and put away after this weekend. Now for your viewing pleasure..... Ginny!

The "stay off the furniture" rule hasn't been carried out too well... mainly because of me. We are still trying to have some rules for it like that she has to be invited up. What can I say? I'm a softy... and if she looked at you with her big brown eyes like she does me, you'd know what I mean. ;-)


This was on our way back home from spending Thanksgiving with our families. She wasn't crazy about the car rides, but she was pretty worn out by the time we were heading home.


This was also during our Holiday travels... I think what bothered her most was being in the backseat by herself. She kept sticking her head in the middle or up on our shoulders by the seat belts. She got settled in this position and went to sleep!


She thinks she is a lap dog...

This pictures cracks me up! This was several weeks ago, I think. I looked down and almost snapped at her because I thought she was chewing on Matt's shoe, but then I realized she was asleep! Maybe her nose was cold....? :)
(I don't know why else you'd put yourself through the pain of smelling Matt's shoe... teehee)


Matt and I were playing with her one night and I got a pillow to lay on and she came over and just plopped her head down on my pillow! I still made her share...


A few weeks ago I bought her a new toy. It was a pink pig that was supposed to be difficult for dogs to chew up. Ha! That poor pig never had a chance! She looks mighty proud of herself, wouldn't you say?


She is such a mess! She really is a GOOD dog though. She has calmed down so much just since we got her. She is very smart and very entertaining. She does one new trick since my last video... I'll have to try to get it on video sometime soon. Catahoula Leopard Dogs are bred to hunt wild hogs so the trick is that we say, "Ginny... what do you think about hogs?" and she snaps her teeth and sometimes kind of growls. However, she rarely waits for you to say "hogs" and just starts snapping as soon as you say, "Ginny what" It is still pretty cute though. :)
That is it for this Ginny update!

25 Days of Christmas Songs - Day 1

We always had the rule of "NO Christmas music until after Thanksgiving" in our family. Usually I have no problem keeping that rule. This year, however, was a different story! I definitely cheated and started listening early. There are so many great Christmas songs so I decided to share a different Christmas song every day in December until Christmas. Some are new, some are old, but to me they are all great! So here is song #1:

Nat King Cole - Christmas Song