Home Alone

Jim left Thursday after work to go hunt deer in Minnesota. So, Hunter and I have had the house to ourselves. We've been taking full advantage of his absence by filling our time with things Jim would not enjoy.

Thursday, I turned up the heat a little bit, ate a meal that included no meat, had two glasses of wine and online shopped while Hunter napped next to me on the couch. We are expecting some great things to show up on the porch later this week. My personal favorite is the Michigan State leash. Over the last week I have spent way too much time trying to find an MSU leash like the one I saw on a dog in South Haven a couple weeks ago. I never found it, but I found a pretty good one.

Friday, I hung out with a girl Jim works with. She is really cool, we have a lot in common. We grabbed some dinner and watched chick flicks. Hunter was going crazy and I hardly got to see the end of Bride Wars....

Saturday morning Hunter and I went for a long pre 9 am walk. Then, he napped outside on the porch in the sun while I washed the kitchen floor... again. This might sound bad, but since we've adopted Hunter I think I've washed the floor more than during the two plus years pre Hunter. After Hunter's nap and my cleaning we snuggled up on the couch together to watch the State game.

Caitlin and Jen both came over about two. We watched got some tasty Taco Bob's, watched the State game and took Hunter on another long walk. The goal was tuckered out pooch. We made a really tasty dinner and dessert then watched a chick flick over pinot grigio.

This morning after Jen and Caitlin left I realized I am pretty much out of activities Jim doesn't like and would like him to come back now...

I did take Hunter out to socialize in downtown South Haven. We went to this shop called Decadent Dogs. They have a lot of cute things in there, unfortunately I had to hold Hunter the whole time and didn't get to do much besides let people ooh and aww over how cute he is.

Currently, I am trying to teach Hunter that Tom Brady is the root of all evil. No good pictures for now... Hunter has grown a lot though, as soon as he sits still expect lots of Hunter updates.

Pumpkin Carving

Last Sunday we carved up our pumpkins. It's never the same as when I was growing up and my whole family carved our together, but it is nice to carry on the tradition in my own "family."

For the what seems like tenth year in a row I had to call my Mom and ask for the pumpkin seed recipe. I can't for the life of me ever remember! And it's so simple... butter and salt. There were not nearly enough seeds in our pumpkins, I was bummed.

Hunter was a pretty big fan of his paw pumpkin:

Trick or Treat

Despite the chilly wind Halloween was a great day. Hunter learned sleeping in is good, and was taken on long walks, and got lots of play time. We had many more trick or treaters than last year. Too many older kids though. I gave them the lousy candy. Cute little kids deserve the Reese's.

After the kids had their chance for fun we put on our costumes and headed out to Kalamazoo. Jim dressed as a creepy clown. Despite the fact he bought a XXL outfit it fit pretty well, except the legs, he had a good six inches of ankle showing. I dressed as a pirate, I had a whole lot more than just ankle showing and boy was it cold! Next year I vow to plan ahead and think of a creative costume so I am not forced to purchase the only thing left in my size at Halloween USA.


We met up with Chris and Logan and actually ran into Brent too. It was really fun! I was really impressed with the creativity of some of the costumes we saw. My favorite though, was the bartender dressed as Zach Morris, complete with huge cell phone.


About one o'clock we reached Lee Street and learned that while we were out Hunter had learned and mastered a new trick... He can now jump over his doggy gate.

We arrived home to find he had torn through the leftover Halloween candy then jumped back over to the other side to act like nothing had happened. Rather than crawling into bed and sleeping we got to vacuum and clean up after our naughty puppy.