World's Most Pregnant Mouse

I'm doing this at work and I thought I'd snap a picture quick of the world's most pregnant mouse. You have to feel sorry for anything that has more babies then it does nipples to feed them with. My guess is 14 babies on Dec. 1st. Anyone want in the pool?

Grouting

Took almost all of the day Monday. We will post the finished pictures ASAP.

More Thanksgiving Pictures

Out of fairness I decided not to upload the group picture because there were some very unflatering poses. I know Uncle Bob and Kyle got some good shots though.

The true spirit of Thanksgiving...

Cheeseballs lined up on the counter.

Cheese coneys before we leave Ohio.

Indianapolis Colts milkshakes (blue & white) from Steak-n-Shake, when in Rome, right?

Grandma's Fried Corn.

You probably thought I was going to say something touching, like being with family, but no, I went right for the food. Everything was so good. I would post Maggie's recipe for cranberry salad (hands down the best I've ever had), but don't want to publish the secret. We hit up Skyline before we got back to Grandma's house. The coney tallies are as follows: Grandma-1, Abby-1.5, Andrew-2.5, Dad-3. Andrew says, "Well if I had know we were keeping score..."

The dog has a thing for leaves

We raked up 5 of the the 30 gallon paper bags to finish off our maple tree for the season. Don't know why, but the dog really likes chasing leaves.

He thinks he's a lap dog

Just so everyone knows, we don't like to do our blog this way. It stinks to put a bunch of posts on in one day, rather then one here and there, but alas, woe is us...still having computer problems so I thought if I got the chance to put some stuff on I would load it up because it might be a few days. Cash really is a big dog, he looks tiny in this picture!

Kitchen Tile

We have stayed busy this week by putting our kitchen tile up. It really makes the kitchen look nice and has a more finished look. We haven't used the grout yet, but here are some photos of the work in progress. Thanks to Nathan for helping, I'm glad this was a project I could help Andrew with a little more then some of the previous.

Man versus Wild

Andrew likes this show on the Discovery Channel called Man vs. Wild. For those of you not familiar with it the premise is similar to other survival shows where this man is taken to a remote location with very limited supplies and demonstrates various survival tactics (sometimes extreme). The last episode we watched showed "man" urinating on a towel which he then wrapped around his head and face to keep from dehydrating in the desert. Now we don't want an X-rated blog, but the camera angles they got photos at were quite revealing. With his British accent he was yelling, "Ahhh, my pee is so yellow!" Man versus Wild-totally gross.

Mice and Rats and Guinea Pigs

If you think this is gross you should see the freezer at work. (By the way this is our basement fridge-we don't keep our own food in here!)

Computer bummer

Andrew's computer might have seen it's last login. I can only see half of the screen when I use my laptop to do blogger stuff. Might be awhile for new posts folks. Sorry to disappoint....Haha

Lost Keys

On Wednesday, we put an ad in the newspaper because we found a set of keys on our walkway. We've had 4 calls so far, but none of them were the right keys yet. I can't remember ever losing my keys, but it must be a huge pain. Also, since we put the area that we found the keys in does it really seem possible that 4 people around us have lost their keys? Hmmm...

Doctor update

The IA City Dr. appointment went fairly well. Andrew's doctor thought he was making good progress and that the scarring looked good. He did some basic tests on his leg and said while he wasn't certain, he thought that it looked like he might get some of the dorsal flexion (sp?-upward movement) back in his foot. Right now Andrew can move some toes up a little bit, but not the foot. He also does not have any feeling on the surgical sites and some places on his foot. If the front of his leg is touched he feels it in his foot; hard for me to imagine what that must be like. He recommended continuing the P.T. and electric stim. At this time it was decided that Andrew won't be returning to work. The doctor felt it was still really early for that, but maybe light duty work in three months. His next Drs appointment is in Feb. There is probably more, but I can't remember anything else...Today at work was a total blur, Happy Election Day.

Mines of Spain

Took the dog hiking at Mines of Spain of Sunday. It was absolutely beautiful outside. Watch some football tonight and then off to IA City for Andrew's doctor appointment on Monday. Wish us luck.

Thunderbirds

On Saturday night we went to watch the Dubuque Thunderbirds take on the Quad City Express. We had gotten free general admission tickets from the Halloween parade via a friend from work. Very good game, in the third period there were 5 fights in 12 seconds of play. Best part was when the refs had restrained two players from the fight a Thunderbird player yelled, "I'll see you in 5 minutes!" as he was taken to the penalty box. We didn't get to see the fight though as he was ejected from the game. Too bad. The movies might be kind of grainy, but enjoy...

More fights

We went to the fight and a hockey game...

Happy Puppy