Happy Birthday Bear!

Since we don't have children yet. I have to spoil and talk about our dog, Bear. Saturday was Bear's 5th birthday. I know it is crazy to keep up with that stuff, but he is our child for now.
Saturday, I gave Bear a bath and let him come in the house and stay for a while. He is starting to not like staying in long. He gets really restless and gives you puppy dog eyes to go back outside. Poor Chris took a beating laying in the floor with him.
Here are a couple of pictures of Bear over the last 5 years. Some of them you may have seen before, so just stick with me.

This was taken this weekend on his birthday!

He was barking at the garbage can.

He loves chewing on sticks.

Such a cute puppy!

Marshall County Christmas Coalition

This year my place of employment is raising money for the Marshall County Christmas Coalition. They asked if I would like to do the shopping. OF COURSE!! So when we get our names and list I will be doing some great shopping. A couple of individuals have offered their help, in which I will probably ask for along the way
This is such a great cause. I have done Angel Trees before and I got so much more out of buying for someone else that worrying about what I want for Christmas. Especially since most of it is buying for children. You can also buy for parents or guardians.You can find out more about Christmas Coalition here.

Talladega Race

Friday evening I went down to Talladega Super Speedway and spent a couple of hours with some family and friends. They have season passes at their camping spots, so they try and go when they can. They also have some friends from Canada that they meet and go to the race with. I enjoy going and just hanging out more than the race itself. After we ate we rode around the camp site for a little bit, it is nothing like it used to be. It used to be loud screaming and just crazy, now there is less racket. There were not a lot of people out, not sure but I believe the freezing weather had something to do with it. Here is a blurry picture of their camp fire.

Here is a picture I took going down of the sunset over the Coosa River.

Not much happening

Things have been slow around our house this last week. Not much going on.
Chris' parents came down Saturday to bring some tools and to look at our porches. We have in mind to remove our current porches and rebuild them. They are not in good shape anymore and really need to be replaced. It also might help the house to sell. We just need to find the time to do it. With the weather getting cooler we might have to wait until Spring to start.
I have been digging up more of those crazy and stinky mushrooms. Yesterday I dug up about 10 after getting home and about hurling.
We had a baby shower at work for a lady. It was held at Jefferson's in Albertville. We played two games: baby charades and then had to guess how big mom to be was. Needless to say I won both!!! I love charades so it was easy when I had to act out like I was giving birth. My friend Kim was the doctor and I was laying on the table with my feet in the air. We didn't have to act long as everyone was laughing so hard. We both got the prize for that game. I believe that if you are going to make a fool of yourself you might as well go big!