October Overview

Holy crap, I realized that I did not do one blog post in the month of October and that is because we were pretty busy.  I have decided to give you the cliff notes version of the month of October to get you up to speed and you will see why I was too busy to post.

Bought a New Car
So, I said goodbye to the Audi A4 and hello to a 2013 Honda Accord V6.  Some might say that is a step down, or "what were you thinking", but I am extremely happy with my purchase.  It's a beautiful car with a hell of a lot less (aka cheaper) maintenance than the Audi.  I was originally looking at the 2013 A4, but my practical side took over and I purchased the Accord, but of course it is loaded with everything I could possibly get in it.  Hey, my practical side stepped in, but my high maintenance side wouldn't settle for anything but the best.

Get Together with Friends
Our good friends purchased a beautiful new home (aka mansion) and had a "housewarming" party, but didn't call it a housewarming party as that is too cliche.  That was a ton of fun to get together with our amazing friends for some shits and giggles.  They even had this beer pong themed cake for the housewarming/birthday/get together celebration.  How creative is this?

What a fun cake!

Went to Wisconsin
Oh boy!  We took off to Wisconsin for a week, or at least I did while Andy went for a long weekend.  Of course the weather sucked as it was rainy and cold for 5 out of the 7 days.  On my long flight I started to think about moving back to be closer to family, but once I stepped off the plane and my face hit the freezing cold those crazy thoughts were completely destroyed.  I can't live in that climate of freezing (ok, freezing to me) cold with rain and doom and gloom.  While there it was crazy go-go-go.  It was good to see so many family and friends (even though I was exhausted from the go-go-go) and always a great time at the WI Badger football game.

Me, Bobbi and Kelli tailgating at The Stadium Bar.

Andy and I at the end of the daily festivities.

Got Sick
The crazy go-go-go caused me to get sick and I returned to the beautiful state of AZ with a wonderful WI parting gift of a chest cold.  You know, one of those that hurt to cough.  Good thing the dry AZ climate dried up my cough just in time to head to Vegas.

Went to Vegas
As my previous post discussed we went to Vegas for our friends 40th birthday celebration and to see Jimmy Buffet.  Yes, I got home on a Monday from WI with a hell of a cold, got healthy in time to fly out that Friday for good times in Vegas.  I am such a trooper!

Doggy Daycare
Per my previous post, our dogs tried out a new daycare (because they had to and not by choice)  while we were in WI and used the old daycare while we were in Vegas.  They were very well behaved dogs at both daycare places.  We now have a new daycare place close to home that we are able to take them to.  The new place said Madison was quite shy at first and didn't want to have anything to do with the workers, but once she warmed up she was very playful with them in the back yard. I am glad we now have daycare choices and even though Madison can be a pain in the butt sometimes, overall she is a great dog!

We are now in the month of November.  Where does the time go?  I am hoping to be better about posting this month, but we do have a lot going on this month too, so don't judge when I don't do at least a weekly post.