Late Christmas Update

A late Merry Christmas to everyone! It's been so wild around here! We got a puppy, went to all our Christmas parties, Tyler's Granny passed away, and we've been in a blizzard since Thursday night! Some of the snow drifts were seriously about 10 feet tall! It's nuts out there, it's been in the teens for several days now. I have already informed Tyler that we are leaving our Christmas decor up until February!

Ummmm.........Santa? And, maybe, Rudolph?

Tyler & I gettin' our cheese on, Christmas Eve at Cheesecake Factory

(Note: It was "blizzarding" outside and we were driving around in it. Slightly stupid, we are!)

Tyler's parents, Debi & Ronny

Colton (our nephew) & Lacie playing at Memaw's

A crazy snow drift, it looks like Antarctica out there!

The Ms. Lacie Domerese

Everyone, meet Lacie, the newest addition to our family! We got her on Dec. 17, she is a spunky, 2-month-old West Highland Terrier(or a westie). She is so cute and full of personality, but her teeth could pierce a slab of concrete! She gets in these "evil" gears once in awhile, and when she does we just do our best to keep our hands, arms, feet, toes and face out of her jaws of death! But when she comes up to you with those sleepy eyes and curls up in your lap it just makes the biting and accidents and midnight potty breaks all worth it. Even Tyler is a little melted by her, I think. I caught him telling her that he loved her so, ya, he's a goner. : ) I can't wait for her ears to stick up, you can tell from the first to the last pic how they've already started to perk up. Will post more soon!


Here she is a couple days after we got her.


Sporting a new coat from her Memaw.

She absolutely HATES her snow boots!

And she absolutely LOVES the snow, I couldn't get her to come inside!

Our Humble Abode!

Finally, I decided to put some pics up of the house! These are actually about 2 weeks old, hence the harvest theme on the porch! I did not post a picture of the guest room because it is just a catch-all right now and not up to par! Nor any pics of the front or back yard because SOMEONE keeps putting off the chore of raking and removing leaves! Haha. My favorite rooms, color/decorwise are definitely the kitchen and master bedroom. I love my house, we are so blessed to have this just starting out!

Our cute porch!

Living Room

The extent of our furniture for now!

(Tyler's grandfathers rocker, retained for sentimental reasons only!)

((That's our son/daughter, Guillermo in the fishbowl))

Ze Kitchen

Master Bedroom

AND NO, I haven't even began to decorate it yet,

I just love the vaulted ceiling, it's gorgeous!

The Bano-Ano

And that's all for now! We are going to get a real Christmas tree tonight! Yay! Will post Christmas decor pics soon!

Finger Update!

I got my stitches taken out yesterday, Thursday, December 3! Yay! But I'm still in my splint for another 2 weeks! Poo! Anyways, it sure looks alot better now than it did. Yes, it looks gross and swollen because it's exactly that, gross and swollen. The scar will be very beautiful, I'm sure!

BEFORE:


AFTER:

We went to Independence, Kansas last Sunday to Bro. Sorah's to see my sister and bro-in-law, Lisa and Rustyn! We had alot of fun! Especially driving 3 hours after church that night to get back home! Tyler and Rusty performed open-heart surgery on the laptop while Lisa and I went through baby stuff. Then we looked up crazy snake-handling pentecostals on youtube, it was nuts! The snake actually bit the pastor, which I thought was hilarious! If I can figure out a way, I will post the video somehow. Anyway, here's a few pics of the quick visit with Lisa, Rusty & Emme.


Lisa & I


Tyler & I


Rustyn, Liza, Emme, Moi & Tyler

High Drama at the Domerese residence!

I just found out about a week ago today that ME + A very sharp knife = A really not-good-feeling cut on my finger! Ya, OUCH! I was cutting some wonderful smelling bread right out of the breadmaker, like a good little wife, and on the very last slice.....instead of cutting into the bread, I cut right into the side of my left index finger! Joy of joys! It hurt, ya, but it seemed to start hurting even more when i looked down to see the skin around the cut flapping open and revealing what looked like my bone! Ya, so I called for Tyler and we grabbed my purse and the whole roll of paper towels and sped to emergency! No waiting, thank God! We were the only people there. The doctor told us that I had cut 50% of the tendon(which is what I had seen), and that we would have to follow up with a plastic surgeon. So, we did, and they told us they wanted to do surgery that very day! So, we did again, and they had to open up the stitches and cut the incision even longer. So i went in with 4 stitches and walked out with 6 and an arm/hand splint. I posted some pics so you can see what I had to go through! lol


I couldn't resist a close-up of the murderous knife.


The ugly stitches emergency put in.


The cool built-in gun that emergency put on for me
(It's actually a finger splint wrapped in some weird yellow
stuff, if you couldn't tell already.)


A few of the doctors' toys.


My last moments........


Right after surgery, I didn't post the one we took DURING
surgery. If you're really morbid and curious, I can email it.


So, here is what I am confined to for another 4-6 weeks!
(They could have at least made it partially attractive!)

A Day at the Funny Farm........

A rare moment! Dakota(brown) & Sadie, chillin' by the pond.


Sunbathing.....

Tyler's cat, Spider, before he decided to pounce on my shoulders!

The King on his preferrable throne. (Total mugshot of me, my apologies)

I was on the ground trying to get him off! Crazy, crazy feline!

Spider. Running through fields, torturing mice and birds, no doubt.

I was SO lucky to get this one!!!!

Our Hawaiian Honeymoon!

The Citizen Hotel - We were very impressed.


Our beautiful hotel room in Sacramento


Our taxi ride, (this is before we knew it would cost $32)


City view of Waikiki from our hotel balcony


We stayed on the 32nd floor of the Ala Moana Hotel


Plumeria; Very popular in Hawaii


Soaking up damaging UV rays at Waikiki Beach


USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor


For the ladies!


And for the gents!

Whew! (Just a bunch of randomness)

Well, we have made it through the wedding, the honeymoon,the first home-cooked meal, the first departure(Tyler had to go to work!), the first church service, the first bill in the mail, the first argument(haha, just kidding) and I guess that's all that's very important for now. Now Tyler is at work, again(!), why DOES he always do that?! I'll never know why he would want to leave this warm house, as well as me, to go work out in the cold! : ) Really though, he keeps the house warm, Shatto chocolate milk in the fridge and Cheez-Itz in the pantry! Yum! What more could a girl ask for? So, anyway, I'm trying my hand at this whole blogging thing which is really weird to me, but I'm trying! I really should be doing those couple dishes on the counter , they are staring at me right now. As well as all the dead ladybugs on the floor. Ya, pretty creepy. I guess there's a mini epidemic of ladybugs from the crops or something, and they are all getting into MY HOUSE!! They come in on warm days and just find a nice place on my clean floor, curl up, and croak! It's just.......incorrigible! The leftover candy from the wedding is still on my counter, I'm eating some right now, I hope I don't croak too! We are missing all living room furniture, as well as, a kitchen table. Not too horrible, it's just a little awkward when we have any guests over! : ) Halloween was a joke, we had ONE trick-or-treater, a tiny pumpkin, who turned out to be our adorable nephew, Colton! I really wish I had a picture of him but, silly ol' me, I left my purse at my in-laws house for no apparent reason! I'm turning into my Grandma Newton! That's actually a good thing because she is seriously the coolest grandma of all time! And only to be paired with the coolest grandpa around! We love Grandma & Grandpa! It is my goal to have pictures of all my family including my new, add-ons: Roni, Debi, Derek, Andrea & Colton! Hopefully that will be possible if I can manage to keep my purse on my shoulder. Also, as soon as we get the wedding pictures in our hands we will be sure to post them somehow or another. We are very anxious to see them all! Thank you to all who came to the wedding, for all the wonderful gifts, and to those who helped behind-the-scenes! Thanks Mom & Dad for all your help! WE APPRECIATE IT!!