WEDNESDAY / DEC 31 / BIRTHDAY GIRL / CLEAN OVEN / BREAK NAIL / GS NAILS / TWILIGHT ZONE /DINNER AT CASABLANCA KATHERINES

WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 31 2025

BIRTHDAY GIRL

I was up at 4:00AM to potty. 

I then went back to sleep on the bed. Hubby was still sleeping on the sofa. He had been snoring all night. 

At 5AM, Hubby had put the dogs out. 

Hubby started to make the dogs breakfast. I woke up at 6AM and made the bed. Got dressed.

I let the dogs outside and picked up dog poo. 

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. 

I made a hot eggnog latte for Hubby, a hot latte, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself. THIS IS THE LAST DAY FOR EGGNOG LATTE. Stores do not have eggnog in stock anymore. 

Hubby got dressed. 

Hubby put laundry in the washer and started it.

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. 

Hubby left at 8:30AM. He left Tater at home. It was too cold for Tater to be at work today.

I started out trying to clean the window of the oven because it is so nasty. But I ended up scrubbing the whole oven. With Dawn dish detergent, hot water, a Scrub Daddy, and a steel wood scrubber. 

 

I did several loads of laundry and put them away.

I put hot water & vinegar in the oven to steam so I can clean it better. Supposed to get off baked on junk off better.

KRL tried calling and said I did not answer on a text message. I called her back and said the iPhone was playing music on Spotify and would not ring. Hmmm.

I broke my left thumbnail while I was cleaning the oven. So I called Andy at GS Nails and he said I could come at 11:45AM to get it fixed.

I tried to put vinegar and water in the oven to steam it, but it did not get hot enough to steam. Did not help baked on junk. It DID BOIL THE NON STICK LINING FROM THE PAN! I had to throw out the pan. Ordered more pans and some mini loaf pans from Amazon.

I called Hubby and he had the guys at the shop say "Happy Birthday" to me. I asked Hubby to come home at 11:30 to take me to GS Nails. He drove home early and took me over. We had to put cats in our room. Closed doors in house. Left dogs at home. 

Our neighbor, Dave, was in the street talking with some other neighbor. He waved at us. I barely responded. 

I started having pains, so Hubby turned the Jeep around and went back inside for Nitro pills. He gave me one. I got an immediate headache.

Hubby drove the Jeep to GS Nails. Andy fixed my nail very quickly.

While on the drive to get my nail repaired, I bought another order of Zepbound from Lilly Direct. ON MY PHONE. What a time we live in. The ability to get anything on your phone while driving!

I hugged Andy, Ma and wished them Happy New Year. They wished me a Happy Birthday.

We left GS and drove back home. Hubby dropped me off and I went inside. Let the dogs out for potty. Let the cats out of the room.

Cleaned & Vacuumed armoire. Cleaned cat rug in armoire, cleaned out tray. I vacuumed the cat litter from our master bathroom where we had put the cat litter in the shower. I cleaned out both cat litters and took out garbage. 

I brought the cat boxes out of our bedroom. I let the dogs inside and outside several times. 

I finally finished up the bookwork at 1:30PM and watched Twilight Zone. My favorite thing to do on my birthday.

Hubby had to stop at Walmart to get me a birthday card. He was home by 2PM.

When getting dressed, I wore the stretch pants that I purchased from Quince (which were too small 2 months ago, but fit PERFECTLY now) and a bulky sweater that I purchased from Amazon. I layered the sweater over my black shirt. It looked great. Wore high heeled sandals. 

I WAS going to wear the Swarovski black necklace with black stones that I purchased in 2008/2009 in Germany with KRL when we visited the Swarovski Factory=Swaorvski Kristalwelten Store in Wattens, Germany near Innsbruck. However, the beads broke when I accidentally dropped them on the floor from the bathroom counter. I am heartbroken. They meant a lot to me as a souvenir from that trip.

I will see if I can get them repaired from a Jeweller.

CAT IN XMAS TREE

SNOW ON MOUNTAINS

We dropped the Jeep off at the entrance with the Valet. Hubby put the Valet receipt in his jacket. He told me to remind him where it is!

I had to stop in the Women's restroom to clean off my pants as the dogs had made white spots on them!

DRIVING TO DINNER AT KATHERINES CASABLANCA CASINO

XMAS TREE PHOTO OP AT KATHERINES

Hubby ordered a Margarita and I later ordered a Kahlua/cream. 

We ordered Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail with spicy red sauce - 3 huge shrimps.

Hubby had Seafood Diablo - Lobster, Shrimp, Scallops, Spicy Pomodoro Sauce, Linguine & baked potato with everything. 

SEAFOOD DIABLO

I had the "Special" at $120 (priced down from $150) of Lobster and Filet. I ordered a side of Seared Scallops and a sweet potato (they also brought cinnamon butter with sugar which was AWFUL and I did not used it. Sweet potatoes are fine by themselves.) 

FILET & LOBSTER & SEARED SCALLOPS

I found the Lobster to be tasteless even when dipped in butter. But the Seared Scallops and Med Rare Filet were EXCELLENT.

BUS BOY/ASSISTANT WAITER

Reuben was outstanding in his service. We tipped him and the bus boy well. 

The noise from surrounding tables kept getting louder as people were getting drunker.

We finished eating and Reuben talked Hubby into 2 carrot cake pieces for dessert. I hate carrot cake. Cakes should not be made of vegetables!

The Bus boy packed everything up for us. Put it in their signature sack and we paid then left. 

From our 4PM reservation, we left at 5:15PM. Very brief dinner.

I had to potty. Then Hubby wanted to stop at the Cashier's window to cash in the $100 dollar bills he had gotten from customers. 

Picked up the Jeep from the Valet and another valet rode in it with him to the loading area. He joked that he always wanted to ride in one!

We drove home. 

Both of us were exhausted.

Got home and let dogs outside. Let the cats out of the room. Put everything away.

I brought the dog beds in under the patio roof as it was supposed to rain all night.

I made more hot tea for myself. We both collapsed on the sofa. Hubby took a nap. 

I was very tired. We went to bed at 9PM. No Ringing In New Year's for us!

TUESDAY / DEC 30 /

TUESDAY

DECEMBER 30 2025

I had severe stomach pain all night. 

I was up at 4:00AM to potty. 

I then went back to sleep on the sofa.

At 5AM, Hubby had put the dogs out. 

Hubby started to make the dogs breakfast. I was still asleep.

Riley jumped on the sofa with me for a few seconds. Then PBJR jumped on the bottom of the sofa. Hubby put her blanket on her so she could suck it.

I was up at 6:30AM. I got dressed and made the bed.

I picked up dog poo. 

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. 

I made a hot eggnog latte for Hubby, a hot latte, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself.

Hubby got dressed. 

Hubby put laundry in the washer and started it.

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. 

Hubby left at 8:30AM. He left Tater at home. It was too cold for Tater to be at work today.

Hubby had to stop at MACU to put in deposit for rent. He had to stop at America First because some ahole had bounced a check at the business. He had to put in more $ to cover what was withdrawn.

I did bookwork. I made more hot tea. I played BALL with Riley outside. I picked up more poo. 

At 10:30AM, I walked down to mail the TDS bill. 

I played BALL with Riley outside.

I watched TV. 

I put away more clean clothes.

The UPS delivery driver came. I gave her a snowman stick. Still don't have $ for her as Hubby did not leave me any.

I talked with Hubby briefly on the phone and he said he had gone to Ace Hardware and then Tractor Supply. 

Hubby came home briefly at 4:00PM to get his saw. He went back to the shop to work on my birthday present.

Hubby came home at 5:30PM. 

He made dinner for himself. I had celery, peanut butter and raisins. 

Hubby sat on the sofa and started snoring. He slept for about 2 hours.

We watched TV and went to bed early. 

Hubby was snoring horribly in bed and kept waking me up. He finally went to the sofa to sleep.

MONDAY / DEC 29 /

MONDAY

DECEMBER 29 2025

PBJR slept in the crook of my left arm all night. Her body was close to mine all night. I kept covering her up with a blanket as she was cold. I reached out with my left hand and petted Riley all night. It was very comforting.

I was up at 5:30AM to potty. Hubby had put the dogs out and was sitting on the sofa. 

I then went back to sleep on the sofa.

Hubby started to make the dogs breakfast. I was still asleep.

Riley jumped on the sofa with me for a few seconds. Then PBJR jumped on the bottom of the sofa. Hubby put her blanket on her so she could suck it.

I was up at 6:30AM. I got dressed and made the bed.

I picked up dog poo. It was freezing cold outside. About 46F. 

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. 

Rattler threw up on the table runner again. It looked like fresh eaten tuna. Yuck. I rinsed it off and put it in the washing machine. 

I made a hot eggnog latte for Hubby, a hot latte, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself.

Hubby got dressed. 

Hubby put laundry in the washer but did not start it.

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. 

I vacuumed out the armoire and got the steam cleaner out to STEAM CLEAN the floors.

Hubby left at 8:45AM. He left Tater at home. It was too cold for Tater to be at work today.

I paid our water bill. 

I put away clean clothes. I put away clean dishes. I put more dishes in the dishwasher. 

I played BALL with Riley outside.

I picked up more dog poo. 

I watched TV for a while. 

Hubby got home late at 4:30PM. He had to stop and drop off returns at Mail store. 

Hubby walked down to the mailbox to get mail and he walked PBJR down there with him. She was quite excited to be doing something with Daddy, alone. 

I had EXTREME pain in my stomach, behind my Belly Button today. I had tried to resume my HRT from Ally, took a pill and put on a patch. But I had to take the patch off tonight. 

I took 2 Prednisone and slept on the sofa with a heating pad. It did not work. 

Hubby made the bed. 

We went to bed at 10PM when I could not tolerate the pain anymore. I had Hubby get me 2 more Prednisone before bed. 

I finally fell asleep in pain on a heating pad. Tater was squished up against my left side.

SUNDAY / DEC 28 / GS NAILS PEDICURES / DOG WALK / WALMART PICK UP GROCERIES /MASSAGES

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 28 2025

I was up at 5:30AM to potty. Hubby had put the dogs out and was sitting on the sofa. 

I then went back to sleep on the sofa.

Hubby started to make the dogs breakfast. I was still asleep.

Riley jumped on the sofa with me for a few seconds. 

I was up at 6:30AM. I got dressed and made the bed.

I picked up dog poo. It was freezing cold outside. I put on my yoga pants and a heavy sweater.

Hubby made DOG GROG egg breakfast for the dogs and fed them. He gave cheese & tuna to the cats. 

I made a hot eggnog latte for Hubby, hot tea, and Nanogreens for myself. Hubby had used all the milk, so there was none left for a latte for me.

Hubby got dressed. 

Hubby put laundry in the washer.

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. 

I vacuumed out the armoire. 

I started the FMF early. There was frost & wetness on the car. It was freezing inside it. 

We put leashes and collars on the dogs. Loaded them into the FMF. I had turned on the heated seats, so it was better. Dogs barked at lots of people walking other dogs as we drove to Starbucks. I was going to get a latte but nothing looked good. We ordered a Cinnamon Mocha for Andy. Hubby had brought a burrito with us for Andy.

We got to GS Nails at 9AM, Andy had just finished buring incense and it smelled slightly. We had seats at the very end. The TV was very loud. I had to go potty during the procedure. 

HOLIDAY TOES

Andy fixed Hubby's nail again. It is almost healed. We gave Andy a tip and left.

GIRLS IN BACK SEAT OF CAR

Took the dogs to the Info Center and walked them. There were 3 other cars there and at the end, a car parked almost right next to us. 

I walked PBJR around the whole sidewalk system twice. She drank water. Tater had pooped. Had to clean it up. Some of it was very watery. Riley chased lots of birds in the trees. Loaded the dogs into the FMF and left. 

Drove to Walmart to get our grocery pick up order. 

Drove home and unloaded dogs. I let them out for potty. They barked at dogs walking past the back fence. 

Unloaded groceries.

I played BALL with Riley outside. Had to pick up more dog poo.

I was very tired all of a sudden. Put away laundry. Put away clean dishes. 

I paid bills online- HOA fees. I got our City of Mesquite Business License ready to pay.

Hubby baked carrots and snap peas in the oven. He also baked the spiral cut ham. It smelled good in the oven, but awful when he got it out.

Hubby also started to put the turkey breast in the slow cooker. But turned it off when we had to leave. 

I folded shopping bags, but then had a heart pain and took a Nitro. Then I fell asleep on the sofa until 2PM. I got up and started to get the house ready to close up for our massage tonight. Put cat food in our bathroom. Closed doors. Blocked the office. I put out our bag for massage. 

Before we left, I grabbed some peppermints at the front door that I had left out for delivery drivers.

We left at 3:30PM. Stopped at Walmart car wash to wash the Jeep. 

At Casablanca Spa, there was a different receptionist girl - Emilie? She had problems understanding that we needed robes and keys. 

We got changed and went to the waiting room. Raven and Malia were there almost immediately.

Got our massages and then showers. My shower was ice cold as nobody had pre-started it. Hubby said his was nice and warm. I did not shower and was still slimy.

We drove to Littlefield. The TA Express had no fuel and was not busy, but Maverik was 3 deep waiting for fuel. Hubby turned around and went to TA Express to get lottery tickets and pizza.

I did not want pizza. Hubby had a couple bites. Then we drove home. It was windy on the Interstate. 15 mph wind.

At home, we let the dogs outside. Opened all the doors. Let the cats out of our room. Hubby put away the cat litter. 

I made more hot tea. Hubby was exhausted and sat down on the sofa. He was snoring within minutes. I watched a BBC 3 episode of The Hogfather. It was different.

I had made the bed at 9PM.

Hubby slept thru the whole TV show. 

Got up at 10PM and was in bed by 10:30PM. Riley herded the dogs outside for potty. Went to bed.

SATURDAY / DEC 27 / NAPS /GINGERBREAD MAN DIES

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 27 2025

I was awake at 5:30AM.. Hubby put the dogs outside and returned to bed. 

Tater had been throwing up (probably bone pieces) all over our bedroom carpet.

I went out to the sofa and covered up with my red comforter. Better than that stupid Minky Couture. Which is full of plastic to give it weight. Yuck.

I was awake again at 6AM; I slept until 9AM. I was feeling awful.

Hubby made the bed, fed the dogs, fed the cats. 

I dressed. Hubby folded my red blanket and put it over the sofa for me. He takes good care of me.

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, latte for me, hot Earl Greyer tea for me, and Nanogreens for me. 

Hubby heated up egg bites for me. 

I put dirty clothes in the washer. 

I conditioned my hair. 

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. Hubby filled the humidifier with water. I picked up dog poo outside.

I played BALL with Riley. 

Hubby had dragged the dog beds under the patio as it had rained last night. The dog beds are soaking wet. I tried to take the cover off one of them to wash as it was covered in bone bits. But it fell apart as I was opening the zipper. We threw it in the garbage. 

I put clothes in dryer. I put away clean dishes. 

I put away some Xmas decor. 

Hubby watched YouTube on TV. There was a blow-out in one of the canals in the UK. It was interesting to watch how they blocked either side and re-filled it. 

The USPS mail person stopped and gave us boxes.

Hubby walked down to get USPS mail.

Hubby stained the Shadowboxes that were delivered. PBJR went out to the garage with Hubby to help him.

Hubby came inside with his hands painted blue and tried to wash them. I got alcohol and he tried Dawn dishwashing detergent, but neither helped. 

I played BALL with Riley outside. 

PBJR had lots of fun rolling around on floor and chewing on her antler.

PBJR ON FLOOR

DEATH OF GINGERBREAD MAN

Tater & Riley played Tug-of-War with Gingerbread Man. They completely destroyed him in the living room. I picked up the white stuffing pieces everywhere. I will be picking up these pieces into the New Year...

PBJR, HUBBY, RILEY

Dogs settled down later and took naps as the sun went down. 

I played BALL with Riley outside and picked up more dog poo. Very cold outside.

We watched some TV and went to bed at 10PM.

FRIDAY / DEC 26 / DAY AFTER XMAS

FRIDAY

DECEMBER 26 2025

DAY AFTER XMAS

I was awake at 5:30AM. No comforter on me. I woke up to Riley running around on the bed. She had to go potty. Hubby put the dogs outside and returned to bed. 

Riley was at the end of the bed and Tater was on the other side. I got up at 6AM; Hubby was still in bed.

I was freezing, so I got up. I dressed. I made the bed. 

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, latte for me, hot Earl Greyer tea for me, and Nanogreens for me. 

I put out tuna & shredded cheese for cats

I went in to hug the dogs & rub Hubby's head. 

Hubby got up and making dog food for the dogs. He fed them. He made a burrito with the leftovers. 

I heated up egg bites for me. 

Hubby put dirty clothes in the washer. 

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. Hubby filled the humidifier with water. I picked up dog poo outside. 

We watched some TV, a show called Pluribus. It was odd. 

Hubby had several customers that called, but they said they would drop off UTVs on Monday.

We put harnesses on dogs and loaded the wood clock into the FMF. 

DOGS IN BACK OF FMF WITH CLOCK

HAWK ON STREET LAMP IN FRONT OF 1880 GRILLE

We drove over to Raven's house and dropped it off with Michelle's SPAM present in wrapping paper, gave candy, handcream, and $20 in a Xmas envelope to Belle.

Only Raven & Belle were there. We left there and took dogs for a walk at the Info Center. Several dog poops that nobody is picking up. I took PBJR on walk all around the building. There was a homeless guy sitting on the back of the building. There was a black car and a white car at the building. 

We gave water to the dogs and then left. 

Drove to Walmart Falcon Ridge car wash and drove thru. 

Drove home. Hubby had no info for the Nevada Bank account, so he could not pull $ out of account.

At home, Hubby got his Seafood boil ready. Corn-on-the-cob, Sausage, fingerling baby potatoes, Crab, Shrimp, Lobsters, Langostinos. 

I vacuumed out the tree mess in the front entry way.

Hubby drove to Nevada State Bank and got a cashier's check for our HOA payment in Oregon. Then he came home. He started his Seafood Broil on the back patio. 

PBJR HELPING HUBBY WITH SEAFOOD BOIL

SEAFOOD BOIL

I mailed Spencer's birthday card. I mailed the payment to the Oregon HOA. I came back with our mail.

The Seafood Boil was finally done at 5PM. Hubby finished cracking the crab legs and the lobsters. 

Most of the seafood was bland; the scallops were extra rubbery and tasteless-they need to be fried in butter and garlic. The corn-on-the-cob was ok. Sausage was bland, too. 

All that work for nothing. It was a good idea, tho. 

Hubby sat down on the sofa. I put in the bake-and-serve buns in the oven. Got them out 7 minutes later. Put butter on them and gave 2 to Hubby.

Hubby fell asleep with Riley sitting on his chair with him.

Tater sat beside me.

At 7PM, I went in the bedroom and made the bed. I am bored. Nothing to watch on TV.

Hubby was sleeping on the sofa still. I watched some stupid shows until 10PM when I woke Hubby up and said we had to go to bed.

THURSDAY / DEC 25 / XMAS

THURSDAY

DECEMBER 25 2025

XMAS

Up at 6AM. Let the dogs out for potty.

I got dressed. Made the bed. 

Hubby made breakfast for the dogs. Gave the cats shredded cheese & tuna. 

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, Nanogreens, hot tea, and hot latte for myself. 

I made the bed. Put comforter in washer to clean. It was awful stained with blood and odd stains.

Hubby took the dogs to the shower and gave them bathes. 

I dried them off. Stuart watched the dogs in the shower. 

OUTSIDE AFTER XMAS BATHS

I picked up dog poo. Hubby cleaned cat litter and re-filled the humidifier.

Hubby warmed up egg bake for breakfast.

We finally opened presents at 10:30AM.

Gave the dogs antlers to keep them occupied. 

PBJR AND ANTLER

RILEY & ANTLER

TATER & ANTLER

We put out the food - Meat & Cheese platter (which was too expensive and did not have good food), Red Velvet Cheesecake, Cherry Pie, Chocolate Cream pie (that Hubby had Nedds pick up from Veyo), popcorn, chocolate covered candies, Donuts from PINKBOX, link sausages in bbq sauce. 

CHOCOLATES

MEAT & CHEESE TRAY

GOODY'S POPCORN

CHERRY PIE & CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE & RED VELVET CHEESECAKE

We opened presents. 

DOG PRESENTS

XMAS PRESENTS 2025

Cleaned up the wrapping paper afterwards. Put boxes in garage. 

Started putting comforter in dryer. Washed towels and other dirty clothes. 

We were exhausted. Sat outside as it was WONDERFULLY WARM. Kept the screens open on the front door and the back door.

I threw BALL for Riley. Stuart escaped out the screen, so we had to close the sliding glass door.

PBJR & TATER OUTSIDE

We gave the REAL DOG BONES to the dogs outside. They really loved them. NO DOG FIGHTS. Riley ran off under the palm tree to eat her bone. Tater ate TWO bones complete. 

REAL BONE PBJR

REAL BONE TATER

REAL BONE RILEY

We came inside after a while. 

Hubby put together the Seafood Boiler. PBJR helped him. 

We got the boiler for $79 on sale at Lowes. 

PBJR HELPING HUBBY ASSEMBLE SEAFOOD BOILER

Rattler sat on top of the box after Hubby & PBJR were done with assembly.

RATTLER ON BOX

Dogs took naps.

RILEY NAPPING IN FRONT ROOM

TATER NAPPING

PBJR NAPPING

Hubby watched re-runs of Shaun The Sheep. 

Tooks naps on the sofa. 

Woke up and cleaned up the house. Kept putting stuff in dryer. As the comforter was STILL not dry, we had to put it on the bed and dry other stuff. 

Put away clean clothes. Put away clean dishes. Did another load of laundry.

Watched some stupid shows on TV. 

I went to bed at 10PM. Hubby came to bed at 11:30PM.

WEDNESDAY / DEC 24 / CHRISTMAS EVE / RAIN /WRAP PRESENTS / HUBBY SHOPS AT LAST MINUTE / HUBBY MAKES EGG BAKE CASSEROLE

WEDNESDAY

DECEMBER 24 2025

CHRISTMAS EVE

Up at 4AM, I am unable to sleep in bed. PBJR is right next to me and I reach out to pet her. I pet Riley's butt which is stuck into my head. She is so soft. But she needs a bath. Her hair is sticking together.

I get up and potty in the front bathroom. Then I stagger to the sofa and sleep there until Hubby gets up. 

Hubby lets the dogs out for potty. It had rained and he brought the dog beds under the patio. 

I was freezing, so I got up. I dressed. I made the bed. I turned on all the Xmas lights. 

XMAS EVE MORNING - RAIN & CLOUDS

Hubby had put the dogs out for potty.

Hubby was already up and making dog food for the dogs. He fed them. He made a burrito with the leftovers. 

I made hot eggnog latte for Hubby, latte for me, hot Earl Greyer tea for me, and Nanogreens for me. 

XMAS DRESSER IN BEDROOM

At 7:30AM, Oscar, our Landscaper rang the front doorbell and brought his kid (12 months) along to distribute Danielle's popcorn to his customers. I did not have anything ready for him, so gave him the UPS card ($100) and a snowman. 

He drove over to our neighbor's Dawn & Gary's to give them popcorn and I ran out with the $100 that we owed him from last week for landscaping.

Hubby put out tuna and cheese for the cats. He heated up egg bites for me.

Hubby put dirty clothes in the washer. I started the washer and put clothes in dryer. 

Hubby cleaned the cat litter. I picked up dog poo outside. 

Hubby filled the humidifier with water before we left. 

We hastily put together cards and Snowmen for gifts. Took the Danielle's popcorn with a card ($100) for Clint at Moto Zoo. 

Hubby called Moto Zoo and they DID NOT have Colleen's UTV ready yet, so no need to take the trailer with us. 

We went to the shop and picked up more snowmen. Hubby gave ($100) to Oscar for bonus. 

Drove out, but Hubby turned around when he saw Dahlen from L&M Welding driving past towards the bridge. He called him and stopped him. We drove to give him a snowmen stick. Then some EMUS came up the fence and the dogs barked at them. 

EMUS AT THE FENCE IN MESQUITE ON RIVERSIDE

We turned around again and stopped at the RIVERSIDE COMMERCIAL CENTER where some woman was selling gift baskets. Hubby insisted on stopping and getting something. He parked in front of her stand, which was in the middle of the parking lot. Some idiot started backing out next to us and almost hit our car. I had to honk the horn. Hubby got back in the car and we left.

Drove to St George.

WAZE had Santa on their APP opening.

WAZE APP

Raced to get there to drop off Dog donations at the ST GEORGE ANIMAL SERVICES AND ANIMAL SHELTER, but the door was locked. We dropped off the donations by a chair at the door. I also left a couple Snowmen sticks with the donation box. It had 

We then drove to the SANDTOWN park and walked the puppies all the way around the park, in the grass, in the leaves. PBJR really liked it. 

Hubby kept remarking that was a WONDERFUL day. Warm weather, slight warm breeze, slight rain. Everything was wet, but not awful. Leaves smelled good. 

RILEY & PBJR IN LEAVES

HUBBY, PBJR, RILEY, TATER

HUBBY & TATER

All of us went potty. Hubby and I went in the restrooms at the park which were very clean.

Then we drove to PINKBOX to get donuts that Hubby just HAD to have. 

PINKBOX HOLIDAY DONUTS

Stopped at CARL'S JR to get burgers. We gave 3 Snowmen sticks to the employees there and $5 tip. 

Then we drove to LOWES (LONG line to get into Target - stupid people from Utah HAVE to have their Target crap). 

We parked in the lot and watched some strange woman back her Chevy Tahoe into a spot, backing up, almost hitting the car next to her, backing up again. Finally to park near us on the other side.

We ate our lunch in the car. Gave burgers to the dogs. I had 3 bites and Hubby finished my burger. He had gotten Onion Rings, too.

We went into Lowes and picked up the Seafood Boiler for half price; only $79 instead of $149.00. It was on sale. I gave the guy that helped us a snowman. He also recommended a brush to clean the grille.

Then we looked at rugs (too expensive at $198) Hubby got a couple cardboard cutting knives for his employees. 

We checked out and I gave the old man at the checkout a snowman stick, too.

We loaded stuff in the FMF. Tater was whining again, so we walked them at the grassy area outside of Lowes. Hubby said Tater peed a lot, but no more runny poo. I had to get out and walk Riley & PBJR as Peanut Butter was making whiny croaking noises. 

We loaded dogs into car, gave them water. 

Drove to MOTO ZOO UNITED the back way on the Southern Parkway. Stopped to give Clint his gifts. Hubby ran inside and then came out fairly quickly. 

Noticed that the new Costco next to Moto Zoo is almost done. It is WAY TOO SMALL. 

We drove to SMITHS GROCERY across the road. Shopped in Smith's which was very busy. Hubby had to go potty right away. 

Some idiot woman in the baking aisle asked "WHY are prices so high" and Hubby said TRUMP. Some other tall idiot guy gave him a dirty look. 

Wait until that woman sees prices go higher. 

We found everything we needed. Hubby was obsessed with getting a toaster, but I told him that I was not buying junk again. We need to wait. 

Left there and loaded groceries in the FMF. Some Porsche Cayenne had parked behind us, right on top of us so Hubby could not open the lift gate. We had parked out VERY FAR in the lot. 

We drove back towards Mesquite. Stopped at the TA TRAVEL PLAZA truck Stop in Beaver Dam to get $2.16/gallon fuel and Lottery tickets. 

Drove home. Unloaded dogs & car. I turned on all Xmas lights. Turned on the fireplace. Let dogs out for potty. Hubby took off their harnesses. 

Hubby left to get presents at the shop. He stopped at WALMART for honey.

Hubby also stopped at SMITHS here in town because we had forgotten egg bites. They did not have any.

I did blog. Put away dishes. Put away clean clothes. I turned on the Fireplace Channel on Pluto TV and listened to Xmas music. 

RED CHRISTMAS TRUCK (WITH SHORTBREAD COOKIES) FROM OSCAR S

Hubby got back within an hour. He worked on making Breakfast Bake with eggs, cheese, bread, jimmy dean sausage. 

Hubby put tiny wieners in bbq sauce for snacks tomorrow. 

I wrapped presents. Then I made tags. 

WRAPPED PRESENTS IN OUR BEDROOM

TATER MAN BY XMAS TREE

Gave some shortbread cookies to the dogs. We had gotten a vintage truck, filled with cookies in a bag from Oscar S, our employee. 

Hubby was in the kitchen for over an hour, making Egg Bake with 36 FUCKING EGGS. OMG. We will have egg bake until the end of time. 

HUBBY MAKING EGG BAKE WHILE PBJR SUPERVISES

We watched A Christmas Story on TV. Then Hubby wrapped presents. 

Watched Muppets Christmas Carol then went to bed at 10PM.