March 19, 2007

Nothing much to report, but figured it was time to check in. Our "zoo" as we call the puppies are doing well. They get along swimmingly, and Hubble is now completely house-trained. I will post pictures soon. I'm not one to gush over my animals, but they're fun and keep me entertained when I'm at home.

Dan and I have been super-busy recently with a couple of side projects. I am starting to farm out my writing skills by freelancing in my "free" time for a web design company that doesn't have any writers on staff. So, I work when I'm at home, and I work when I'm at work. We're putting all of our extra income into the Replace The Neon Fund. Hopefully by the end of the year or the beginning of next year, we won't have to take on more debt to do it.

Dan is always busy with school, of course. He is making plans for the summer when he will be doing about three things--teaching assistant for a short class, and research assistant for two different projects.

Nashville is still treating us well. We're trying to meet more people, but don't even have the opportunity to hang out with the people we already know since I work nights. I don't know how long I will be willing to put up with this schedule...

That's our update for now. I will try to post more even though things aren't that interesting for us now.

Monday, February 5, 2006

This is a couple of days late, but this is what we woke up to Friday morning--our first Tennessee snow of the year. Hubble had fun. He doesn't seem to mind the elements. Maddie is a little more picky and wasn't willing to stay in it for too long. It was fun while it lasted....

January 22, 2007

More manual labor for the Morrison's this weekend. We collected bricks all weekend from what used to be Fudrucker's in Nashville. It has recently been reduced to a pile of rubble, so we took advantage of the fact that an entire building's worth of bricks were parked next to giant dumpsters. If you're bored, I need help breaking mortar off of the bricks, and getting them lined up. Or if you have any patio furniture you would like to donate, we could take that off your hands to complement the area. Don't you wish you were here to help?

Friday, January 19, 2007



Here are a couple of videos of the puppies. Hubble is on the left just chasing and chewing his toy. Maddie is on the right getting to an itch that she can't reach because of her added "bulk."

Thanks for watching!

January 16, 2006

Day one of two dogs:

The dogs are doing well, considering the change. I have never seen Maddie run so fast...literally. Maddie and Hubble run in the yard and chase each other. Maddie has played with another dog for maybe the first time that I've seen.

Hubble lives in the kitchen until he is housebroken. He is still very puppy-like. He likes to play with people, dogs and toys. Too bad we gave away all of Maddie's toys since she didn't play with them...

We'll keep you posted on our progress. Give us any tips you have on training. We're taking them seriously, especially if they mean housetraining as soon as possible!

January 15, 2006:

Way too long since the last post...I'll post a few catch ups in the coming days. The most recent catch up is about Hubble. Hubble is a Jack Russell/Westie mix whom we have decided to take in. We were thinking about adding a new pet because of Maddie's boredom and lack of activity. We had a play date with Hubble over the weekend at the family's house that is giving him away. His owner is dying and is getting her affairs in order. We want to help out the family, and he got along with Maddie pretty well. We pick him up tomorrow, and get him neutered on Wednesday. It will be an interesting transition. Hubble has no training. His training went onto the back burner when his owner got sick. So, we have a lot of work ahead of us. But, he is easy-going and not very high-strung. He is easy to get along with so far. Maddie is one that isn't as easy to get on with. More to come....

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Last night was worth bragging about for a long time. Dan and I went to the Dixie Chicks concert last night. I have been whining to Dan for months about how badly I wanted to go, but the tickets started at $50 a piece. Not exactly in the budget.

So our good friend Kris comes through at the last minute, with a skybox compliments of his employer Ernst & Young.

I am such an obnoxious concert-goer. I can't help myself I have to sing along at the risk of annoying other concert-goers. I was so psyched. I loved their performance, their jokes and their songs. They marched on to the stage to the song "All Hail the Chief." Very appropriate.

Security was frisking attendees, so I don't have any pictures of me having an incredible time! I'm sorry that you don't get to see it.

I would give you a full report, but I'm still so excited about it, that I might need some more time to process. Come visit Music City and you can come to amazing shows, too!