Friday Things
1. How TALL does Duke look?! He’s like a weed! He keeps growing at a crazy rate, and is now exactly half of Einstein’s size. He still has a ways to go, but I can’t believe how big he’s gotten already! It’s fun to watch him continue to learn and discover new things. He went through a phase of being completely obsessed with the skylights in our family room at night since he could see all sorts of crazy reflections. We seem to have made it over the hump with both housebreaking and sleeping through the night, both of which seemed light years away just six weeks ago.
2. I apologize for any issues that you may have had accessing the website on Wednesday and Thursday this week. There were some backend server issues causing a few hiccups; they have since been resolved, so we should be good moving forward!
3. We got our first snow of the season this week! I know so many people hate the snow, but I just can’t hide my enthusiasm for that fluffy white stuff. I was so excited to pull up the blinds on Tuesday morning to see everything covered in a layer of white. It was Duke’s first time seeing snow and he was much more indifferent than we thought he would be; he just ran around trying to eat all of the snowflakes ;-) Einstein, of course, plopped himself in the yard for the better part of the morning; he loves the snow as much as I do (even though he looks rather grumpy in this photo) :)
4. Last Friday night, my Chief Culinary Consultant and I started watching Band of Brothers, which neither of us had seen. We were totally engrossed and had covered six of the episodes by Sunday. The miniseries follows one company of soldiers in the Army’s Airborne division during World War II. It’s a fantastic series, I highly recommend it if you are looking for something new to watch. (A fair warning – it is about war, so some of the scenes can be a little graphic.)
5. Speaking of new/old shows… I’ve never seen The Wire, which was on HBO many moons ago. I’ve decided to start from the beginning while I walk on the treadmill. Seems like a good way to pass the time since I’ve already seen every single Beverly Hills 90210 rerun multiple times ;-)
6. I’m a Pittsburgh girl through and through, so I was immensely proud to this tweet from Andrew Zimmerman about my hometown:
#Pittsburgh is an amazing city… It’s on the rise and you should go see it for yourself. Food scene there is old world tastiness.
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- Andrew Zimmern (@andrewzimmern) November 12, 2013
7. Who’s ready for Thanksgiving PIE?!
I have a couple of new recipes coming next week, so stay tuned!
8. My Chief Culinary Consultant and I are hosting our first holiday this Thanksgiving! We’re excited to have our families at our house and I’ve been having fun playing around with a menu. I’ll be sure to share it with all of you as soon as it’s finalized (likely this weekend)!
9. I realize that I may be a day late and a dollar short when it comes to putting together some Thanksgiving-themed decorations and centerpieces, though. I was at some stores earlier this week and everything is Christmas-related. You all know how much I love Christmas, but I was hoping to score a few things for Thanksgiving first!
10. TGIF! Lots of puppy bonding to be enjoyed this weekend!
Hello,
I stumbled across your blog on Pinterest. I wanted to know what size crate cage you use for your golden retriever? We about to get one but not sure if we should go with a 42inch or 48inch cage.
Thank you,
Colleen
That pie is so crazy gorgeous!! I love eating pie but my results making them are so hit or miss in terms of appearance.
Duke…is certainly big…does he have much more to grow? Looks like he will be eating you out of house and home before you know it!!
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Those pups are PRECIOUS! I adore how they snuggle together!!
That pie is gorgeous as well!
Have a great week!
xoxo
Loving the puppy pictures! I have a 7 month old golden right now – I’m curious how the dynamic with two dogs is going?
Hi Alison, It’s going well. I feel like Duke pesters Einstein quite a bit, chewing on his tail, his ears, his face, etc. However, Einstein takes it all in stride and puts him in his place when he’s goes too far. They play together – tug of war, chasing each other, and Einstein certainly enjoys that. Seems like a pretty typical sibling relationship – little one annoys the older one, but they find ways to coexist and still have fun together ;-)
Re: #6 Andrew Zimmerman is right on target. I saw that show for the 1st time the other night. The name is deceiving as I could not imagine what Pittsburgh would have that would be bizarre. What IS bizarre is the amount of fantastic food places there are . . . ranging from dining establishments to fresh markets (Wholley’s) to fresh produce. I live about 1 1/2 hours away from the Strip and when I get the chance to make the trip, I make it a long all day trip. It is so much fun, so if anyone would ever get the chance to make it to Pittsburgh, please take the time to go to the Strip. The only bad thing I can say about Pittsburgh is that it’s hard to navigate the streets for someone not familiar.
I’ve been following your dog diary and love the pictures each week. Thanks for posting them. If you ever decide to make a short road trip, please head on over to Atwood Lake in Ohio and I can babysit the dogs while you guys go off on your own. They’ll be well loved!
MIchelle, you might check at Kohls for Thanksgiving decor. I ordered leaf-motif tablecloths this week & in the stores I noticed quite a few Tksgiving items. You’d still have time to order online too. My orders usually arrive in less than a week.
I love seeing pics of your doggies! Duke is huge! I have two goldens, (best dogs ever), and they LOVE the snow! Hopefully, Duke will come to love it as much as Einstein.
Oh my perfect pie!!
Can’t wait to see your Thanksgiving menu. I’ll probably be copying a few items on it…And on another note, the ad across the bottom of the screen is quite distracting :(
I had to comment again about a Golden I saw on David Letterman last night(Friday).Letterman had one of his “stupid pet tricks ” segments but the tricks were more interesting than stupid. First up was a man with a beautiful Golden named Dudley. The owner said Dudley had an unusaul way of returning a fetched ball. The owner then threw the ball and Dudley retrieved it. When the owner asked for the ball, Dudley got down, rolled on his back and put one paw on each side of his mouth. Dudley carefully lifted the ball out of his mouth then reached it up to “hand” it back to his owner!! It was amazing. I have never seen a dog used his two paws in such a purposful, coordinated, “human” way.I don’t know if you can find it on the Letterman Show website but it is worth seeing.
That is so cute, thank you for sharing, I’m going to check it out!
I’m in the retail business world so next year your target date before November 8th thats usually the retail worlds deadline to be full Christmas!! If you want “fall” gear do it before November !!! It’s Valentines to Christmas in 90 sec these days!!!
I seriously LOVE seeing the weekly pictures of Duke and Einstein! I can’t believe how fast Duke has grown, how is that possible!? I love that they love each other so much, just melts my heart!
Just love your furry babies. Duke is so adorable,and he seems as laid back as Einstein, so nice to see them cuddled up together. Happy Thanksgiving weekend, Michelle.
Band of Brothers is GREAT!! My hubby and I watched it practically nonstop because it was so captivating.
I don’t think you were late when it came to Thanksgiving decorations, I don’t think they existed this year! Everything around me was like a mish-mash HallowMas during October and then straight into Christmas Extravaganza as soon as the candy was gone.
Your pups are SO cute. They clearly love each other a whole lot!
OMG those are the cutest dog photos EVER!! Now I want a new puppy…..sorta. I remember those days, not sure I’m ACTUALLY ready yet. But I LOVe seeing the photos!