The Pearson Family

Indian Summer

The leaves have all but fallen, but I sure have enjoyed this week of sunshine and warmth. So what have you done with this Indian summer. Me? I've went for a few walks in the park, in short sleeves no less.

Adventures of Dexter - Day 2

Tuesday we learned to fetch, actually fetch. Not the usual me throwing, Dexter retrieving and then running away from me with whatever toy I happened to throw. Actual fetch, bringing the item back to me and dropping it for me to throw again. And when he's tired of the game, well he brings it back but doesn't relinquish it. Instead he sits on it and chews it. Which is fine, I was tired of throwing the darn thing anyway.

He misses Mamma and sniffs at her car every time we go outside. Either that or he's hinting we need to go for a ride so he can do some cheek flapping as he sticks his head out the window.

Other things going on- Kevin got rear ended yesterday on his way to school. No one hurt, but a very bent up fender.

Adventures of Dexter - Day 1

So isn't an off leash dog park meant for having your dogs OFF their leash? I took Dexter this week, which by the way means he sits behind me in the car either (a) leaning out the window letting his jowls flap in the wind and a smile on his face or (b) lean over the seat and drool or try to lick my ears.

He knows where he is going; he's been there before. He can hardly contain his excitement, the freedom of running untethered and playing with friends, any and all of them since Dexter knows no stranger. Leashed, we head to the entrance before I lean down and release him from my grip. Off, like a mad man he runs checking out every little furry shaking behind in the park.

That is before we met mood killer, the guy on the park bench with his itty bitty dog. To be fair, the guy had a right to be scared of Dexter hurting his wimpy friend. So immediately the guy tells me his dog doesn't like Boxers and I need to put Dexter back on his leash. I did until we got way past this guy, but I have to tell you I was not happy about it.

What I really wanted to tell the guy was pack your little dog and go to one of the 50 other parks in this park system so your dog can have his alone time all safe and sound. The whole point of an "off leash" dog park was so the dogs could actually be OFF their leash! Mood killer he was.

Rain rain GO AWAY!

I feel soggy, wet and tired of not having sunshine here. The rain has dislodged many of the beautiful leaves we've enjoyed this fall and it has been a spectacular, colorful fall.

A Ghostly Good Time

This past weekend we had a Halloween party at our house for the kids, before Brandon headed out to South Korea for a month. Aria came dressed in her Alice and Wonderland outfit, ready for some serious trick or treating with Grandma and Grandpa.

Funny to see who negotiated for the good candy. Robert wanting to trade tootsie rolls for peanut butter balls, go figure! Aria wanting to just have everyone else's candy, no negotiating :) That's my girl, just like Grandma with her chocolate sweet tooth!

You can see more photos of this party at Creative Chics.

Surround Yourself

Good Monday morning to everyone. Well at least it looks like the sun is going to shine today. Keep our fingers crossed. I am not a vampire. I like having the sun in my eyes and filling my soul with light. It makes me feel good.

Me and Mom went to the Holiday Mart this weekend, an extravaganza at the local convention center where we saw handmade clothing, purses, jewelry, soup and salsa mixes, candies, Christmas and Thanksgiving decor. It was a feast for the eyes and to the senses. Such a great time!

Check this out, my dog bags are featured in an artist giveaway this week at Surround Yourself, a site devoted to discovering & connecting indie artists with indie shoppers. Hey, be sure to enter for the drawing. Maybe you'll win the dog bag too!

Purses in my Designs

My dear friend sent me an email today telling me about purses that were available in stores with my designs on them. I create graphic designs for her kind of like a subcontractor. Some of them make it onto products under her brand name, like this purse. It is so cool to see a finished product sporting them. She does beautiful work and I feel privileged to be able to work with her.

See what you think. Available at Beall's Department Store.

   


Halloween party at our house this evening for the kids. Pictures tomorrow :)

Fiasco and Chaos and Chuckles

Oh Lordy, you wouldn't BELIEVE what Dexter did yesterday. I let him out for 30 minutes upstairs in Christina's room only to come back to a complete disaster, torn up boxes, lotion bottle emptied, a CD completely chewed to bits (with bits missing) and then I found the bottle of advil scattered underneath the mess. A panicked call to the vet to see what to do had me forcing hydrogen peroxide down his throat so he would vomit up everything he ate, including any pills he may have ingested.

15 minutes later lots of food, CD and cardboard bits, but thankfully no pills. It was like a scene out of the movie Marley and Me...seriously! Bad Dexter!!!!

Aria was over in the evening to spend sometime with me and Grandpa. She took us on in Wii sports and wooped up on us pretty bad. I got the biggest kick out of her creating Grandpa's character, picking his nose, his eyes, and his hair cut which only had hair on the sides of his head...none on top. She thought it was hilarious! Ok, so did we. She played Robert in tennis while I was working in the next room. I kept hearing her say "Grandpa, you are supposed to HIT the ball, not MISS IT!" and then chiding him on how bad he was. It was hysterical, particularly if you know how competitive Robert is, but he just laughed right along with her.

Taken Over

Life has kind of taken over here lately, where I barely see myself in all the comings and goings within our household. That's my excuse this week for sporadic blog posts.

Brandon is back from Germany after a month of being gone. While there I was taking care of closing on his house, ripping out old carpet and getting new stuff installed along with some other "handy man" tasks. Aria has her own bedroom, and yes, I helped deck it out in all things girly that she loves.

Kevin has been asked to be part of the National Honor Society through his high school. So proud, so deserving. School takes up lots of his time, along with his girlfriend that is.

Christina is working at La Petite near our home and is counting down the days until she moves to sunny California in December. Quite frankly after a week of no sun here, I'm ready to go with her!

Tiffani & Chris have put their house on the market with hopes of selling it and moving closer to our side of town. We hope it sells fast as keeping a clean house 7/24 is quite a task.

Robert is working lots of extra hours these days as the economy has hit Hallmark hard, as it has with most businesses. 

As for me, I had a growth removed from my ear that the kids spotted while working at Brandon's house. The size of a pea, they cut it off. Biopsy shows benign...a relief. I think it was just a wart coming on in time for Halloween, because everyone knows I can be very witchy ;)

Me, Julie and Mom are headed to Warsaw Missouri this weekend for the Heritage Art Festival, hoping to sell many of the items we've been making the past 6 months. Wish us luck and keep your fingers crossed for good weather too!

Dinner this week at our house with some of the kids.

Creamy chicken vegetable soup with homemade cheese biscuits. Mighty good stuff.

The Lake

Going through photos this week, I totally forgot about having these from our trip to Beaver Lake with our church group.

The kids all had a great time too!

Phil, enjoying watching the kids.

Jumping off the rope swing. I didn't get pictures of the kids and adult men jumping off the 35 foot cliff, yes 35 foot. Crazy fools! I couldn't hardly watch hoping no one would get hurt.