Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Hi everyone,

Just a short post today ad Michael and I have been busying ourselves doing some cleaning in the apartment... We're hosting a little Sunday-afternoon-football-get-together tomorrow and so I've decided it's high time we kicked it into high gear to get all the 'little things' done so our place is presentable.

This morning we woke up to a wonderfully familiar sight... well, familiar but a little strange given where we are living at the moment. :) Here's what the view was like from our bedroom at 9am:

So, clearly that put me in a good mood for the day. (Michael, not so much... haha)

We decided to take a walk up the street to the Coffee Roasters' where they apparently have a great waffle breakfast on weekends. The snow was perfect on the way there. Unfortunately for us though, when we got there, we found out that they only serve a hot breakfast on Sundays! *le sigh!* So we decided to turn around, picked up some eggs from the UDF on the way home and I took a couple pictures of the winter wonderland that was our neighbourhood (even if it did only last a couple of hours). We plan to try it tomorrow...

Michael with his "cold" face on:


Mariah being tickled by snowflakes:


After breakfast, Michael went out to do (pretty much all of) his Christmas shopping. He reported that the mall was surprisingly quiet; which we attributed to the fact that everyone in this city seems to freak out at the first snow flake. Ah, oh well. All the better for those of us who do decide to 'brave' the weather!

That's about all for now... I'm heading to store soon to grab some groceries for tomorrow's shindig. After dinner we're probably heading to the Cincinnati Zoo as they apparently have a big light show and Christmas displays. Perhaps there will be a post about that tonight or tomorrow...

Ciao!
Mariah

PS: I've also discovered - to Michael's dismay - a radio station that has 24-hour Christmas music! (Hense the title to this post) It's not WKRP, but close. It's WKRQ! :)

I've heard of a reindeer... but reinDOGS???

Hi everyone!

So it's been a couple days since my last post and this one is actually going to be fairly short but I've had an experience recently that I just HAVE to share! I've been constantly on the lookout for fun things that Michael and I can do in the city and so far we've been soaking up as much as possible. Between scouring online community calendars and just keeping an ear open for events (especially christmas events!) on the local news, we've come up with a few good ideas so far. In the evenings, we've been taking walks around our neighbourhood, I try to browse a couple new stores or shops every time I go out for groceries or an errand and Michael's always directing me to take a new route to get home. All in all, I'm feeling fairly comfortable here and feel like I'm at least getting to know my way around our neighbourhood.

Now, that being said, you're probably dying to know what this experience was that I just HAVE to share. Well, on Thursday night's local news, I heard about something called a "Reindog Parade" that would be happening on the weekend. I googled it and it turned out that the event was taking place almost right in front of Michael's office. (This was a little ego boost for me because that meant I was going someplace where I actually wouldn't have to use googlemaps for directions!)


Ok, so anways, it was a great event. It's something that takes place every year as a fundraiser for the local humane society. Essentially owners register their pets (that's where the money is raised) and then they dress up their dog(s) - and sometimes themselves too! - and show up on the afternoon of the event to parade through Mount Adams with their dogs.

Here are a few of my favourites:


So, now I think by now most of you know that Michael and I are expecting a new addition to our family...... of the four-legged variety of course. Did I get you there?? Did you think this was going to be a really impersonal way to announce that we were preggers?? haha... Oh, I know I had a couple of you going there... :)

But really. Our puppy is due to be born any day now (a chocolate labradoodle actually) and so I will now start fielding suggestions for NEXT year's Reindog Parade. I personally think that we should enter Michael and our doggy into the Look-Alike category. But there's plenty of time to decide. So, if you have any suggestions - especially if they involve dressing Michael up to match - please let me know! :)

Well, it's getting late so I'm going to end this now. More tomorrow.

Mariah