Sick Girl

On a usual morning, Joe wakes up at 5 am, leaves around 6:30. Saylor will come crawl into bed with me anywhere from 6:50 to 7:30, tap me on the shoulder gently, or just wiggle around until I'm forced to get up too (I'm addicted to our bed, especially in the winter). This morning was the same until it came time for my Saylor Wake-Up Call. She came in around 8, which is late for her, and laid next to me and started to quietly cry to herself. I roused from a deep sleep and asked what was wrong. She told me that her tummy hurt. I asked her if she needed to use the restroom, to which she responded 'yes'. So a couple minute go by and I decide to go check on her. She was laying on the bathroom mat in front of the shower. I said 'what are you doing, honey?' and she said that she was still tired (VERY unlike her). I said she could lay down in my bed while I made breakfast. Our favorite breakfast is to split a bagel, and (since I've started weight training, I made my egg whites as well.) When the bagels were done I asked her to come sit at her seat. When she entered the dining room and I got a look at her face I literally couldn't stop a 'whoa' from coming out of my mouth. She was as white as a ghost. Her lips were the same color as her face. It was actually a pretty jarring sight. On a side note, Saylor eats a lot in the morning, a normal amount for lunch, and we're lucky if we can get her to take 2 bites of dinner. Last night she didn't eat ANYTHING, so I thought she was feeling nauseous from hunger, because that happens to me. I told her that she should eat a bite of her bagel or take a sip of milk. When I handed her the bagel she literally threw it down and ran to the bathroom, where she vomited. My heart was broken for her. This happened a couple times. Finally I got her settled on the couch (where she is right now) watching Finding Nemo and got her to eat some raisins and walnuts, and drink her milk. All her color has come back, so hopefully we're moving forward now. She had such a sad look on her face, but as soon as I pointed the camera at her, her face lit up with that cheeeeese smile. Sweet baby girl.  

Sisters, OR

The 'Civil War' was on Saturday, that's Oregon State vs. University of Oregon- we lost-- But we felt like winners because we spent the game at Papa's Pizza, so Joe and I could spend some quality time together while Saylor played on their ginormous playground, so fun was had by everyone. And... pizza, of course. We biked there as well, which makes it double fun and the guilt a little less for chowing down on pizza and beer. 

 Yesterday was our last day of Thanksgiving break. We decided to get the most out of it and make a day trip to Sisters and Redmond. Sisters is a cute, ranchy, mountain town. Redmond (18 miles east of Sisters) is considered 'high desert'. So we got to have a little fun in the snow AND in the desert. I love Oregon!

 Note to Mom and Dad- this is the place where we went and ate our sandwiches when you were here visiting.

 Another note to Mom and Dad- THIS is where we were sitting on the rocks. They're completely covered in water now!!

 Handsomeness.

 Snow!!!

 Old Growth

 Sunshine and snow.

 Three fingered Jack, I believe??? There's so many snow capped mountains in this area, I get all turned around as to which one is which.

Then Joe takes us to THIS location and tells me to get Luna out of the car. Then we came across this sign and decided against it. :( So sad! 

       What?

 High desert mountains

 Crooked River at the Cove Palisades

Goodnight desert moon!

Taking Photographs

I've come to realize that I'm not really a picture taker. Some people were just born to do it, have a great eye for it, and a great passion. While I enjoy looking at photos from past events, I now know that I cannot rely on myself to capture exciting times. I'm too selfish having fun. To really get all the good shots, I have to be the 'weirdo behind the camera'. I do this EVERY TIME I tell myself that I'm going to try and capture somethings, and my memory always fails me. So here are the few pictures I got at the Bianca-Mike engagement/early Turkey Day party. I didn't even get a picture of Bianca and Mike. Shameful.

 Mike and Bianca's engagement present. I made it from scratch, by hand, pretty proud.

 Naked Turk

 The snack spread

 My baby

 Jamie

 Bianca always treats us to awesome pictures that go along with the event being had.

 The already devoured turkey.

  In other news, I am waiting for the vet to open so I can call to schedule Luna in. She is tearing herself apart being itchy. She doesn't have fleas, so my totally unprofessional opinion thinks she has a skin allergy. Poor pup.
Saylor is finally over her sickness, just leaving Joe and I. We're fine, just congested. It's worse in the morning and evening.
I have NO work this week due to Thanksgiving break, but Saylor only goes in 2 days, so I'll stay busy with her at home.
Alright, is that all the mundane details of my life recently? I think so! Until next time....

I love Portlandia

This describes how I felt when my iPhone broke:

Photo Updates

 Getting festive for the holiday season approaching

 Our mushroom 'log' produced the oysters, so we harvested last night. I sauteed them and put them on top of some hamburgers, and totally forgot to take pictures!

 Luna at her spot, doing what she does- barking at the birds that come to our bird feeder.

Cheeeese