Adopted a dog

I really should have a picture of our new dog, Bode. Rottweiler, felon, sweetheart. He's a felon because he's been locked up 7 times! He told me that he was innocent. Bode (pronounced Bo-dee) is a sweetheart with Eli. This morning when Eli wanted Bode's new toy, the sweet dog went and got another toy to play with. He shares better that the average 3 year old. We really miss Jiro, but I'm glad that we could save a "hardened criminal" (he was locked up for running away, nothing violent) and give him the love he deserves.

shopping

I spent Friday and Saturday shopping in the big metropolis of Idaho Falls and I have learned something about myself. I am definitely under the influence of wanting what I see other people have. For example...anyone who knows me knows that I'm fond of leopard print anything. Furniture, purses, bed sheets...you name the leopard print item and I love it. So, the evil geniuses in marketing have now come out with giraffe print this and that...and I love it. I went to the Mini Bazaar on Saturday and saw the most beautiful giraffe print purse with red trim and I fell in love with it. Now my question to myself is do I really love the giraffe print purse because it is intrinsically beautiful or do I love it because I saw other women coveting it? Am I the only female shopper that has wondered about this?

And finally...

Proof that we were at the Denver Zoo...we even hit "Free Day", unfortunately. Everyone in the western hemisphere was there with us, trying to see the animals...trying to see over everyone else in the western hemisphere trying to see the animals. We had much fun and merriment anyway.

Can you name the baby?

Quick, what kind of primate baby is this?

Tadaa, again!!!

For some reason I'm not able to get my blogging act together and post these pictures all in one post...sorry. Eli is still adorable showing off his "haul" from the trunk-or-treat.

Tadaa!!!

Happy Halloween in November!

Scared of my camera

So, I keep thinking that I can't post anything until I get some pictures of Halloween and the quick trip to Denver on the computer...and then I realize that I can't quite remember how to do that tiny bit of technical wizadry with the new-to-me-camera I purchased from my brother. If I keep waiting, I'll never post again, and life would be that much duller (ha-ha) for the 2 or 3 people that read this.
I will report that Eli was the cutest penguin in history, that the Denver Zoo rocks and that my father actually bought me a nifty giraffe print bag ($16.99) at the hospital gift shop just because I opened my big mouth and said something like "I want THAT bag." Wow. And now, I must go because my computer really wants to shut down for some kind of updating thing. I will work on getting those pictures!