Thanksgiving - Wallden Style

 

 

Belle

maybe I'm a little too hard on Belle.

I tease her about her weight, 

complain about how stubborn she is, 

how she smells terrible from sitting in the ginkgo fruit, 

how gross she is to bring dead animals inside (sticking by that one)

and get frustrated that she has to sit in the absolute

middle of a busy kitchen...refusing to move her big behind. 

But, I sort of like her. Ok, a lot. 

She is sort of gross and stubborn, 

but she's also calm and tolerant, sweet and smart - 

maybe too smart. 

We made it through her hunger strike, 

her garbage eating, her compost eating,

and probably lots of other negative things that I've forgotten

but big Belle is a member of the family - good and bad. 

She's a best friend to Ruby and the kids adore her. 

Just an old big girl in need of some love. 

A Pretty Nice Little Saturday

Pre kids I never would have imagined how much I

would savor a stay at home Saturday. 

No plans, no obligations, sweatpants. 

I'm not saying it's all perfect - surely not.

But sometimes cleaning the house, watching the

kids and the dogs play and a husband putting in

a solid day of tree house building makes a 

pretty perfect weekend. 

Dustin and I laughed on one of our runs to Menards 

remembering an Old School quote that seemed fitting...

Frank: I told my wife I wouldn't drink tonight. 

Besides, I got a big day tomorrow. 

College Student: A big day? Doing what?

Frank: Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, 

we're going to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, 

maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. 

Maybe Bed, Bath & Beyond, I don't know,

I don't know if we'll have enough time.