Babysitting Eli

Jason and I babysat Eli for the first time. I have to say it was a success. Eli was still alive when his mom and dad returned home! He was a little cranky (teething or congestion) and I think he is having seperation anxiety when Jenna is not in sight, but all went well.

Stone Massage

I enjoyed a LaStone therapeutic hot stone massage this past weekend. I had some incentive money from getting preventative screenings. Instead of saving it, I got a stone massage at the spa. It's basically just a massage using hot stones, but they don't push hard (not deep tissue massage). I was relaxed for the day, but that's about it. Just a nice treat that I deserve.

Next month I'm getting a facial. Another new thing to try.

Cake

I know people who have taken a cake decorating class. I decided to bite the bullet and take one, too. I'm going to take the first course in March and the second course in April. Not sure if I'll take it at Joann's or at Michael's. Either way it will be near 23 and Polaris, if you want to join me.

Emily's Baby Shower

If you are like me, it seems like everyone is pregnant right now.

Baby Palozza 2010 has officially begun with Emily's baby shower.

She flew in from Seattle to be here!

Emily is hardcore - sporting heels at 30 weeks.

Ferrari

As a child, I had a red Ferrari for my Barbie.

My doctor keeps saying I'm like a Ferrari;

I'm high performance, I just need some fine tuning.

Everytime he says that I think of my Barbie's Ferrari.

Eli playing the organ

First Big Snow of 2010

Cheddar

UPDATE: The cheddar is ready to eat!

I decided to make nachos and fajitas with the cheddar. It tastes good, but crumbles like Feta. The recipe said "Farmhouse Cheddar" so that might be why it's so crumbley.

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I made some serious cheddar this month and I'm not talking about money.

Grandma is 90!

We celebrated Grandma Dodok's 90th birthday this weekend.

Alum Creek Dog Park

Dog Fancy magazine is doing a travel piece about three parks across the US to visit if you have a dog. Our very own Alum Creek State Park was one of the featured parks because it is the home of the Alum Creek Dog Park. I submitted this picture because it includes a background showing what a nice dog park we have. We'll have to wait and see if they use it. Too bad I couldn't find a good background with Chewy in it. But at least Kiki, Guinness, and Duncan will be famous if they choose my picture.

If you have a good picture, the deadline to submit is Jan 20th. Let me know and I'll forward you the information.

End of the year

Jason is brewing some brown ale.

Grandma Dodok visited with Eli and the Duffy family.

Natalie hosted our Theus family Christmas.

Eli 6 months old

Eli is almost 6 months old! He's so big.

Trying out the new video camera

Merry Christmas 2009

Getting Crafty

I decided to dive into some new craft ideas. They are not actually "new" since I've been meaning to make them over the last couple of years. I bought a 12 days of christmas kit to make a christmas tree similar to the one shown below. I also want to make stockings for Jason and me. My parents have really cute hand-knitted stockings for all us kids and I love that they are special and different. The one shown below is just a sample I found online.

happy thanksgiving!

Christmas decorations are up!

Jason's Holiday Concert

As you probably know, Jason is in a band. They have just announced the date and time of their annual holiday concert. It's a lot of fun, so I recommend you attend.

Catching Up

We had dinner with my parents two weeks ago and here are the pictures.

Of course, Chewy gets the first picture.

Ralph is very shy and it's hard to get his picture.
Max loves pictures, so he is in every shot.

Max likes to chill on the treadmill.

Natalie, Mom, and me.

Mom and Dad

No longer private

I'm unlocking the blog. It will no longer be private.

There were just too many things that got messed up making it private. I really do not think strangers will stumble upon this blog. There is so much stuff on the www that I'm sure this site is just a speck of dust in a big ol' haystack.

Packed weekend!

We had a packed weekend this weekend. First we helped some friends move into their new house. They had and are still going through such an ordeal to sell their house and buy a new house to fit their family of 5. Then we headed over to see another friends' house that they recently moved into. We also cheered on the Buckeyes to a victory over Penn State while we were there! Then Corinne had a baptism/birthday celebration on Sunday that I attended. Those were the only pictures I took all weekend. Oops. :)

A new desk!

Jason made a new desk for us to share. He's been working on it for the last couple of weeks and he finished today! We put our stuff back together and it's really a great setup.
Now we can see each other while we are on the computers.

Of course, this means Jason's old desk is no longer needed. My old desk is going into the basement. If you want Jason's old desk - just let me know.