Thanksgiving at Home

This year (or I guess last year now) I decided I was not so interested in having Thanksgiving with my family. Ahem. My sister and I aren't really speaking (ok, not at all), my mother went on vacation for her Thanksgiving, and I don't remember what my dad was doing, but I wasn't interested in that either. I thought about maybe spending it with friends or going to Utah to be with my friend's family, but eh... I was just "over it." My therapist said that it sounded like I needed some space from everybody after a few overwhelming months and that that was fine if it's what I wanted. And it was! I was totally happy with my Thanksgiving experience and really don't regret it at all. I spent the day home alone with my dog and two cats and I think we went to the dog park too.

As far as food goes, I got carved turkey and mashed potatoes from Jack's Urban Eats, my favorite cafeteria-style restaurant here in town. I made my mother's stuffing recipe, and decided.. eh... Vegetables? We can just skip those.

So here is our Thanksgiving dinner. The kitties and the doggie were all VERY VERY EXCITED over our gourmet, vegetable-free meal. My plate is the big one on the left, the two empty looking bowls have turkey in it for the cats, and the full bowl up front is the dog's kibble mixed with turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.

Everybody was SUPER STOKED.

I have since cleaned my house up slightly since these pictures were taken. But only slightly. After all, I am still hoping the crew from "Hoarders" will come clean for me and I have to keep up my image as totally disgusting.

Halloween Dog Party

Our dog park has a facebook group and through that we coordinated a Halloween dog party! All of the "kids" dressed up, and some even had multiple costumes. You'll see Opal, the corgi/mini aussi mix in both a fairy/tinkerbell costume AND in a skeleton costume.

My Charlie Brown didn't dress up... he went as himself! He is wearing his Charlie Brown classic yellow and black sweater with the zig zag. It's just his regular sweater, so that's not a costume right? lol

I am listening to "Stitch by Stitch" by Javier Colon from The Voice right now. I feel caught in between; I don't have someone who "heals me" (other than God) but I wish I did. (Beware on that video they have the lyrics and they use the wrong "your" and it will drive you up the wall. lol)

Here is Rex!

 And I think this is Greta. She was a frog.

Dexter the clown!

Opal as a skeleton.

Maddy the queen.

Dennis as a witch!

Avi the lobster. He was very afraid of the shutter on my camera. He is a very shy dog so he stays with us on the "little dog" side of the park.

Here's my Charlie in his "street clothes." LOL

Opal after her costume change into her tinkerbell costume!

Opal, Charlie in the very back and the little girl is the basset hound Maggie's big sister.

Maggie the basset was a ballerina in her tutu. She is sitting on Opal. Don't worry, Opal totally deserved it biting Maggie's ears!