The personal blog of a girl named Alexa
We have a white Christmas! Everything is covered with perhaps an inch of beautiful snow. How exciting!
My dogs think it is very strange and since they do not like wet feet, they don’t want to be out in the snow much at all. I can’t say that I blame them about being outside, cold and wet. I think we will enjoy the snow from our living room windows and have a nice Christmas day at home relaxing.
Merry Christmas!
We had snow showers today. I’m not sure how you define “snow showers” versus “it snowed.” There was nothing on the ground or the roads – it just blew around and fell as big wet flakes for hours and hours. I liked it, especially since I did not have to go anywhere all day and was not worried about bad roads.
This little piggy cooked for Thanksgiving. This little piggy ate a lot. This little piggy is plowing through the leftovers- yum! Tomorrow there will be none. LOL
This was a nice Thanksgiving for me. Very quiet, lots of good food. I missed my family, but i called and spoke on the phone to everyone for a little bit. I feel so relaxed and refreshed. It was good.
I want to wish all my family and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving. I’m sorry I’m not driving “home” for the holiday feast this year. I can’t make it work, but I am going to make sure to get there for Christmas!
I bought a small turkey and a frozen Sara Lee pumpkin pie. I’m going to give it a try while I don’t have too many critics to worry about pleasing. The turkey only needs 2 hours to cook, so I’ll be putting it in the oven in a few minutes and hope it turns out well.
My nephews made sure to stop by Auntie Alexa’s house for lots of candy! G. I. Joe and Bumbleebee from the Transformers. Aren’t they adorable?
I surprised the camera took such a good photo because it was getting dark. They had a lot of fun tonight!
There was an AP article that I read online saying that more apartments are condos are becoming pet friendly. It talked about some of the amenities that these forward thinking properties are offering to pet owners, including off leash dog play areas, cleanup stations, and even pet bath areas.
I believe it is not a change in thinking by management to become more pet friendly. I believe it is motivated strictly by money. If these property owners are having trouble attracting and keeping quality tenants in buildings that have been restricted against pets and their owners, then by allowing pets they are opening the field of potential tenants. After all, current statistics say that over 60% of American households have one or more pets.
Like I advised everyone yesterday, I set all my clocks ahead an hour for Daylight Savings Time. But today I see that my cell phone has not changed. Why doesn’t AT&T handle this change in a timely manner – no pun intended!?!? I know that when I travel back to DC the cell phone changes to Eastern Time automatically as soon as I get near Knoxville. So why can’t AT&T set my phone one hour ahead?
Today is a holiday, too. President’s Day. Schools are closed, stores are having winter sales, my office is closed – so are the post office, the banks and all government offices.
But it’s snowing and I don’t want to take a chance on wrecking my car on the slick roads. So I’m staying home and cleaning house, playing a few spades games online, and watching the NCIS marathon on the USA cable channel. It’s a good day!
The Saints won their very first Superbowl ever! It was a great game – close score and well played by all. Just one or two problems with a controversial call and a player who was penalized for unsportsmanlike behavior. I think he was just carried away with the moment, but that’s no excuse for spearing a guy who is down on the ground.
We were invited to a party but decided to stay home and watch it. I’m not feeling well and wanted to be able to go lie down if I started feeling badly. Can’t do that at someone else’s house. But I stayed up through the game and really enjoyed seeing the Saints win.
Tonight is going to be a quiet celebration at home for New Year’s. I have been invited to a couple of parties, but to be honest, I don’t fell up for a lot of socializing and partying. I think I would like to be at home in the peace and quiet, and maybe relax with a good movie and some internet surfing or games. I have great hopes for the New Year. I just don’t want to start my year in a crowded room with a lot of drunk people.