Celebrate

We took Susie out for her big birthday.
They brought her out these weird cookies that she claimed were good, but I was not buying it.
We had a really nice dinner and enjoyed celebrating her big day with Susie.

Happy birthday, Susie

MacKenzie, Jackson and I would like to wish Ms. Susie Petefish a very happy birthday today! We look forward to taking you to dinner tonight to celebrate. (MacKenzie was shocked to learn how old her Grammy would be in dog years. HA! :)) We hope it is a great day!

Crybaby

Madison is known for "talking" to you about what she wants, but MacKenzie is not. It seems that has changed. Uh oh. This is not good. ;) P.S. I know that my voice is super annoying, but that is how MacKenzie and I speak to each other. HA! :)

Madison comes to Fishers

Friday morning my Mom brought Madison by to keep me company while I worked from home.
MacKenzie was not so sure about this visitor... ;)
I have been working from my bed this week because I've been really sore. Madison pushed MacKenzie out of the way and sat next to me. MacK was not pleased.
They finally started getting along and found that they could be next to each other in peace.
Madison gave MacKenzie this cage 5 years ago, but was pretty miffed to see it in our bedroom. She let herself in and cleaned house. It made me laugh.
Madison is a little more demanding about getting pets. She is such a good girl. :)
MacKenzie showed Madison her "magic door" which was quite a hit. Madison wouldn't have much to bark at up in God's country so the magic door is not needed there.
Madison even left us a poo-poo present upstairs. Whoops. MacKenzie had a nice time with Madison on her visit and was exhausted the rest of the day.

The kindness of a Kindle

My sweet, sweet husband got me a Kindle for Christmas. He decided to let me have it early since I'll be moping around the house for a couple more days with my sore legs, hip and back. I love that man. I had to laugh at myself because as I was setting it up I kept trying to use it as a touchscreen like my iPhone...yeah, that does not work. HA! :) I guess now I'll have to ask for Amazon giftcards for Christmas so that I can get some books loaded up. Feel free to send any book suggestions my way as I see a lot of reading in my future. :) Thanks again, Jackson, you are such a good man.

HEY! I'm walking here

Imagine my surprise on Tuesday afternoon as I'm walking to my car to head to some appointments and I get hit by a car. A maroon Alero like the one pictured above. Yes, as a pedestrian. It was about 2:20 and I had the "walk" signal. I first thought I was getting mugged because it was such a force from behind that I hit the ground hard and my things went all over the street. Then I looked up and realized that I'd been hit by a car that was not stopping. In fact the car proceeded to run another red light to get away. Can you imagine? They had no idea if I was dead or not because I was just a heap in the road in the rear-view mirror. (Their side-view mirror left a nice mark on my back and bruised my kidneys.)

This all happened in front of Huntington Bank (seriously thinking of moving all my accounts there now. Those people were so incredibly nice to me.) and within moment people were helping me gather my bruised laptop, cell phone, wallet and lunchbox. I was so embarrassed at first, but then once I realized that my left leg was a mess I let people help me. An ambulance arrived and I was treated at the scene. My blood pressure was, obviously, sky high so I had to wait with them for a bit until it came down. Jackson got my text message and was able to meet me in the ambulance. He was so sweet how he just burst into the back with an, "ARE YOU OK?!!" The paramedics were stunned that he had let himself in and I just giggled.

Jackson drove me home to let me change out of my dirty (it was raining so I was all wet and nasty from being on the ground) clothes and get a warm shower. When my back continued to hurt, as we thought it might, we headed to the doctor's office for X-rays. After about 1.5 hours spent with a doctor poking me and asking if it hurt (YES!) I got my prescriptions and was released.

Praise the Lord, I have no broken bones. This situation could have been a lot worse and I'm so thankful that the Lord was watching over me. I am, however, as sore as I have ever been in my life. I'm on a lot of pain medication and that makes me feel pretty foggy. I was able to only work for a few hours today from the comfort of my warm bed (thanks again for the heated mattress pad, Kathi!) and take a lot of naps. I plan to be back to work tomorrow. I just hope no one expects me to be in a hurry. ;)

And no the humor of getting hit by a crazy driver in Indianapolis and not in Boston is not lost on me. :)

Bieber Fever

I posted my favorite "Black Friday" commercial below for your viewing pleasure. Since I love Justin Bieber, I made the family go "see" him at Macy's. I don't love the way his perfume smells, but I enjoy that he can kind of laugh at himself. Grace was MORTIFIED that I made her pose with his poster in the middle of the store- hilarious.
Susie (she likes them young- HAAAA!) going in for a smooch.
Jackson pretending to be one of the guys in the commercial.
Kathi was like a little girl...giddy with excitement. ;) HA! Thanks to the Petefish clan for playing along...it was fun! :)