Happy New Year~

Toby and I have decided to lose weight this year (for Tyler's wedding), save more money and spend less (we have both been indulging in some serious retail therapy and indulging the kids a bit too much), and working on getting the house organized and de-cluttered!

Toby is on house arrest today.  (Meaning I hook him up when I let him outside).  He was sitting out in the yard on Friday - enjoying the weather and then all of a sudden he disappeared.   Usually all I have to do is shake the treat bag out the door and he'll come running...unless, of course he is visiting someone else's house.  So after about 10 minutes of treat shaking and still no Toby, I noticed that his favorite stuffed white bear is laying in the drive way of a house 3 doors down...hmmmm......I can see this house from inside my house because they are at the other edge of the cul-de-sac. So, I kept looking that direction - deciding if I should put my shoes on and see if Toby was over there - and began wondering what I would do if he was! He hadn't gotten in that house before (that I know of)though sometimes he goes over to play when the grand kids visit. It was taking him so long to come home though, I began to think maybe he had locked himself in or something worse...  Finally I was putting on my shoes, looked up and see their garage door open and Toby come running out!  I quickly stepped outside, pointed back at the house he was running from and yelled, "Well, get your bear!" He stopped, turned, ran back to his bear, grabbed it and then came running home. As the neighbors garage door went back down.........