Thanksgiving was awesome. We were hoping to enjoy it at our new house which APPEARS to be a certainty but hey with our realtor, who knows. I'm the cynical one and Guy's more optimistic but it'll probably happen.

Guy made a Turducken and Mac and Cheese with Cajun Sausage. Again. Awesome.

We saw Bill Cosby yesterday. That man is so comfortable in his role. Just strolled out in loose pants, maybe gym pants and a top the said: "Hello Friend" and chatted for two hours. Definitely something you should go see if you ever get the chance.

Taking the dogs over to the new house tomorrow so they'll get used to it, have a bit of a run, and hopefully that'll minimize the stress on them when they move. I think they'll be so happy to have a yard that it won't be an issue.

Almost finished with National Novel Writing Month. Just 4,700 more words to go.

Happy Love? =P I posted.

Here's my entry Guy.

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

I've updated. =p

He may be posting news later on the house but he talks like a old chipmunk on helium. I'm trying to get him to NOT talk so if you could... send e-mails. =)

Only because I figure he's going to get lots of calls today.

Any remedies for sore throats that work for you all? I'm making tea with honey right now.

It's Guy's Birthday!

I'll probably be making low key updates since Guy's on vacation and it's a good way to keep us updated on all the little things.

So taking the dogs out isn't a really interesting thing that I should blog about but I'll do it for this week or so.

Speaking of the dogs, they tore out the green oasis area the dogs use for pooing at the complex. This is a great idea. I can't tell you how sick and tired I am of lush green grass in the desert. They replaced it with sand and rock. This is another great idea. If there's one thing I really miss from living in the desert is access to rock and gravel.

As a plus, they added plants with thorns. They plants fan out to a dog's eye level thus increasing the changes of poking a dog in the eye. Since this used to be the dog's pooping area (and for other dogs as well) they want to go into the thorn area. However after Junie's eye got poked with a bush, I try to stay away.

The people here are pretty mad. We're known for being dog owners (Since Junie throws herself at the window) so we had a few people already knock on the door and ask: "Can you believe this?" One guy even told us he's going to just let his dogs **** over the entire complex.

And speaking of the complex... my word it's ghetto now. This used to be a nice place (burned out lights, and a pass the buck mentality are the exception). Trash and litter started showing up around the area, and a sense of no upkeep crept into the place. People started leaving and rents were lowered to bring in more people. Trash isn't equal to the money you make. I remember plenty of people growing up in Arkansas and Missouri that were dirt poor but still took pride in how they acted and what they had. Yet, the thugged out and drugged out groups started showing up after the rents went down. They cut back on security so that doesn't help. So at any rate, I hope we get to leave soon. Too many bad memories here.

Still no update on the last house we offered to buy. It's a house that I didn't get to look at from the inside but I trust Guy enough to know if I would like it. I looked for more houses but I didn't see anything spectacular and for us. The spectacular ones tend to be HOA and I don't want to get a fine for parking in our driveway or for having the wrong color door.

Guess that's it!

Junie (The thin one) tends to be the more happy go lucky yet sometimes reverts into a Chihuahua like nervous dog. She'll play and then bark with such nervousness and whineyness that you'd think she had Chihuahua in her history.

Junie

http://pics.livejournal.com/doombot_jen/pic/00005qfs

Sophie is the fat and angry one. She's the one we rescued from the lady with Alzheimers. Strangely enough, despite her grumpiness... she's great with kids and the Elderly.

Sophie

http://pics.livejournal.com/doombot_jen/pic/000063e9

I got my Plasma Spinal Decompression performed at 7:00 in the morning after going to sleep at 3:30. So I woke up at 5:45. Fortunately, I slept after I got back.

In a nutshell, I was injected with a needle and had some of the material in my spine blasted away with radio waves. The pressure in my spine goes down and the leakage from the pressure stops as well. In case anyone was wondering, I really wasn't in a nutshell when this happened.

I'm sore from the procedure but my back feels different. Like there's more mobility. Before I felt like I walked like a 1970's action figure. Now I just seem a bit more loose but sore.

So here's to hoping that everything is fine. This procedure is sort of a last chance option for me. Anything more is just too invasive and my pain is just hovering out of the "We think you should live with it" range. I have a 4.5 level or so and they want to get me down to a 3. I may get a similar procedure done on my neck. It all depends on what the doctor thinks and if fixing the back will fix the pain in the neck.

Guy's leaving on his vacation soon (a vacation that I insisted he take). Figured I should say something since I'm segueing from me in the hospital to him leaving. It's just the best time for him to go that still manages to fit well with my medical issues / work / doctor's appointments and such. I'm more than capable of doing stuff I need to do at home on my own so there's no reason for him not to go. I gave him the thumbs up again today and after taking care of me for over a year while sick (not to say he hasn't before), he deserves this.

The worst part will be dealing with two Cairn Terriers. Junie likes to woof and bark at everything and Sophie likes to pee. This should be fun. Sophie really does nothing wrong. If she has to pee, the options are few. She won't pee out on the patio with the gravel since it smells like Junie. She has to go outside. Junie is just nervous and therefore loud when people are nearby. We not have people living upstairs so there's noise as they Frankenstein Walk up and down the rooms.

Getting ready for National Novel Writing Month. I've been reading: 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them, 45 Master Characters, Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel, and finally No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days.

For fun, I'm reading: Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Rollback, and The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Book 6).

Guy's collection of Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries are waiting for me if I get bored.

Oh and if any of the Texas friends are reading (especially you Toby), make sure Guy does a Video blog everyday with the Flip Camera I got him. It's just something that would make me happy.

"Mmmmmrp! Guy *chomp* Chapman here... I'm eating *slurp* shrimp on the beach..."

We're still waiting on hearing about the last house on our list. If we don't hear anything we'll just keep looking. It would be nice to be done with this.

Guess that's it!

Looks like we're not getting yet another house. Seriously, how hard should it be? We got the loan, we got two separate letters from banks saying that we're good.

Yet we will miss a house by one hour, the bank pulls out at the last minute (thinking that they can get a higher offer), or we just underbid when compared to the other offers(even though we add to the asking price). We added $10,000 to the last one and we were still underbidded! We added $8,000 to another one and still lost that one.

Well... we have one more possible house. So far we're the only people bidding on it so here's hoping.

In other news, my back operation/injection (Plasma Discharge for the technical) is this Wednesday. Turns out my back is a little worse than initially thought. Instead of two vertebra out on the top and on the bottom it's more like two vertebra and one more that's slightly out. Same situation on the bottom vertebra as well.

So here's to hoping the pain will go away. I had to take today off just because it's hurting so bad.

Finished reading Thinner by Steven King.

That's about it.

It's been a great four years. I'm very grateful and lucky to spend them with you.

Love ya!