Sad Week and Happy Holidays

With less than 3 days till x-mas I bet some of you are trying to fight the crowds for last minute christmas gifts and screaming at your computer for not having 1 day delivery available anymore. Lucky for me I did all my shopping in 1 day and now just have to find them to wrap them all up and haul them over to my parents house. While I look forward to this week and seeing my family there is going to be a dark could hovering over my mom and I this holiday season.

I cant remember if I posted anything on twitter, but my long dear friend Annie the horse had to be put down last Monday. Ironically it was after I posted Monday's blog that I got a call from my mom saying she could not get her to stand up. When you cant get a large animal to stand up the odds are that they will never get up again. She was suffering from arthritis and cushion’s disease for many years and sadly over the past two months her arthritis was causing her so much pain she could barley move around. The humane thing to do was to put her down. My mom had some neighbors help dig a hole to burry her in the arena and place her in it.

Annie Derpping out while getting her teeth checked

Tuesday I went over for a few days to comfort my mom and to help finish bury our poor horse. I've know that horse for almost all her life, she came into our at the age of 3 years old after being abandoned in the Alaskan wilderness in the middle of winter. She was 25 when she passed and one of the last childhood pets. She was a good gentle giant who loved everyone she meet. It's hard to say goodbye to a pet and especially one that has been with your for over 20 years. Miss you Annie.

Sorry for the sad bit there, just wanted to say Happy Holidays to you little bots. There will not be a post on Friday this week but I will post something next Monday which will be the last one of this year!

Have a holiday card from your Schad Girl

see you on the other side

Anniversary Time!

            Hey everybody, hope your weekend was as good as mine.  As you can see from the title I am celebrating 2 anniversaries’s this year; the first being one year blogging, the other and more important one is 8 years with my man. 

            We have been dating for 8 years to this date.  At times we may have had our share of fight, but luckily for us they are few and far between.  The key to a successful relationship is communication.  You don’t communicate you will fail.  Another reason why so many people fail in marriage or a long term relationship.

            Many people have asked us if we are ever going to get married.  Our answer to that is eventually.  By this we mean when we are old and need to write each other in our wills.  I have found that getting married doesn’t have the perks like it use to, the tax breaks are not as good and it is a pain to cover both spouses in medical insurance.  Why rock the boat when we are perfectly content on the way things are in the relationship. 

            In other news, this past weekend was awesome! Friday we went out on our annual tradition for seeing Land of the Sweets Nutcracker, a burlesque rendition of the Nutcracker.  We, as a couple, have been going for the past 3 years and this year we went with friends.  We had amazing seats, and now we will for out $60 per seat to sit up front.  If you are in Seattle during the holiday season, I highly recommend see it.

            Saturday we went out with another couple who shares the same anniversary as us.  We sent the evening drinking at martini bars and dinner at our favorite restaurant.  To say I was tipsy that night is an understatement.  I really needed Sunday to recoup and prepare myself for this up coming week.

            Today I am preparing a wonderful dinner for my man.  I don’t know if I will have time for a Friday’s blog due to Christmas and family engagements.   If I don’t, happy holidays my little bots.  I will see you next week for a final hoo raw of this year.

            See you on the other side