Updates for the Shoemaker household include a great deal of activity. Firstly, the Nut House is complete! Stay tuned to the blog for a slide show. Secondly, as I continue along in my current semester at Trinity, I have also registered for two classes next fall. One of them is going to be an independent study to prepare for my novel. This has inspired me to actually start it, hence the new beginnings. Cooper is twenty-three pounds, and he has officially decided to stop growing.... we hope. As you can see from the pictures, he has been having lots of adventures with his humans, kitties, and new dog friends. At a recent play date, he met a dog who reminds him of one his friends who he hasn't seen in a long while.
was blasphemy! It was unheard of! We decided to forgo throwing the traditional Halloween party of years past to put our decorating energy into a Christmas party. Our friends had so much fun that they have forgiven us, and we may just have to throw two parties next year. How will we ever survive? As with most of our parties, we had a surprise. In this year's case, it was an impromptu sing-a-long, which was a little more tame than the belly dancing of 2005 (and more appropriate). We also had a gift-opening game, where the lucky person was challenged to open a gift while wearing oven mitts, and inside one box was another and another. Here are the pictures of the way the box started and the winner of the prize, and no, it was not an iPod.
