I'm going to London!

I just bought my tickets for Thanksgiving in London with my sister and brother-in-law! It is a few months away, but I am already excited to go and visit them again.

Here are some pictures from the last time I was up north visiting the family:

The little girl in green pants is Lily, my cousin's little girl. She has grown so much since last time I saw her.


Cute Ailee!

Dylan posing for the camera

Here is an Oscar picture for Mandy - Oscar and yellow:

NYT Librarian article

I don't usually write about work stuff, but there was this great article about librarians in the New York Times.

And of course, the required Oscar picture. He loves to chew....

Tired out!

sneaking around the couch

tired after running around the park

Oscar and I went to the dog park again and he was getting chased around by a tiny Jack Russel terrier. It wanted to run around with him, and he was not interested at all, he wanted to play with the big dogs.

This weekend, he had a bit of excitement. We were on our morning walk, and as he squatted down, a squirrel came up and sat about 5 feet away from him. Well, when Oscar saw the squirrel, he hurried up (as best he can) and took off after it. He was tripping over himself trying to get this thing. He came close, but the squirrel got away. But, Oscar the clown got a huge laugh out of the older gentleman sitting on the park bench watching the whole time. He was so proud of himself for chasing that pesky squirrel away.

Bathtime and flowers

Such a sad face on Oscar. We went to the dog park with Henry and his family and Oscar decided to stick his face in the lake. So, when we returned home it was time for a bath. He fits perfectly in the kitchen sink! He is really a skinny dog under all that fur.

The flowers are peonies, my favorite.

Oscar and Mandy

It has been a busy week for Oscar. Mandy and Andy were home for a visit. Lucky dog, he got plenty of snuggles and kisses from his second favorite girl. We visited them at Andy's parents home and we all went to Eveleth for a long weekend.

The second picture is an exhausted Oscar after a party we held for Mandy and Andy on Sunday night. We had at least 20 people in our tiny condo, and Oscar was very, very good. He wandered around with a dazed look most of the night, but he didn't bark very much.

Visitors!

Mandy and Andy will be home next week! Oscar doesn't really know it yet, but he will be very excited to see them. We have been busy with life, and now that it is nice outside, Oscar loves running around in the park nearby.

New Toys

Oscar and I both got new toys recently. I got my grandma's old record player, and a stack of old records from my parents house. I can't use it yet, it needs a new needle, but I am very excited to try it out.

Oscar got a little suffed animal to play with. It looks like a small Oscar! So cute.

We've been going for longer walks now that the snow is melted, but it has been raining, so he gets soaked. He doesn't seem to mind getting rained on, although he does not like me drying him off once we get inside.

Not much excitement here lately, we are excited that Mandy & Andy will be visiting next month, I'm sure Oscar and Mandy will have a lovefest with lots of licking and snuggling.