What? It's Friday already? Where did the rest of the week go?

It snuck up on me. One minute it was Tuesday and the next thing I know it's Friday. Don't get me wrong... Friday I am happy to see you. Kinda.

Today is also the day that I have a Doctor's appointment. Can't tell you how not excited I am by that...

But what I am excited for is the weekend. I have a lot on my plate. Riding, getting a Christmas tree, cleaning the car, more riding... the weather is supposed to be beautiful and I can't wait.

Have a great weekend...

Goals...

I have goals. Achieve financial independence, enforce world peace, clean my car... you know, goals.

This weekend I am going to tackle the toughest of those 3 mentioned above... clean my car. Sure, it seems like a VW Beetle can't possibly have that much square footage to clean, but it's deceptive. Just when you've finished cleaning out a little corner of it, time and space warp and now that space is 100 times the size it just was and way more dirty. How does this happen? I'm not sure. But I bet a lot of Star Trek geeks will be beating down my door to see the worm hole...

I think the most challenging part will be getting the teflon-coated dog nose prints off the rear windows. I'm wondering if pure acid is the way to go? Or maybe just replace them...

Bring it on...

Right now it's sunny. And it's supposed to stay that way for a while. So that means I get to take cool photos of awesome sunsets like this...

And it also means I'll be able to get "her fatness" out for a few rides...

Hey... who are you calling fat?

Never mind. I am not speaking to you...

Tomorrow Jewel and I are going to try some cattle sorting. I'll see if I can get Rebel to come out and take some pictures because it will probably be hilarious. Flash, after all, is terrified of cattle...

The prenup vs. "I love you, but..."

An interesting question was posed to me the other day by a friend of mine who has some financial wealth. Is a prenuptial agreement the same as planning for failure?

This is an interesting question. As you know, I am kind of a hopeless romantic. Even after all the of the false starts and near-misses I'm still convinced that I will find my soul mate. Silly? Yes. But it is what it is. I tend to go into every new relationship with undying optimism. It's just who I am...

However, when this friend asked me if I would be opposed to signing one, I immediately said no. Why? Because even though I am ever-optimistic, I also have a hell of a head for business. I think assets that were accumulated before the relationship should be protected. But, what about those assets that grow as you put more into them? Rebel owns his own business and it is pretty much a separate entity from a relationship (in my mind). But what about something like farming? That is a venture that is taken on by the couple as a whole. How do you separate that out? Or do you? Is that an instance when a prenuptial agreement just wouldn't be fair?

Maybe it's situationally dependent...

And it's a very sticky situation. I guess there is no black-and-white answer to this. The best thing would be to have very open lines of communication where it could be discussed without any feelers getting hurt. But some of my friends, when asked, said it felt like planning for failure. And you definitely don't want to go into something feeling like it's already failed...

*sigh*

Tough question. No clear answer. I guess I wasn't much help...

Long, but short, weekend...

I love Thanksgiving. I mean, really love it...

You can't beat turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, homemade rolls and all the fixin's... it's epic. A feast that I consistently overeat at every year. And this year was no exception...

I ate. And ate. And ate. And ate. And then ate some more. And then I had dessert. And then I passed out from a food coma...

But I wasn't the only one.

El Dub was napping...

Simba was napping on T...

#4 and the BabyO were napping...

Duke was napping...

BooBoo was reading. But that's almost like napping...

And after all that napping, then it was time to head out for Black Friday *insert scary music here*

That's right. I can now cross that little adventure off my bucket list. BooBoo dragged me out of bed to join her in the late-night debauchery that is shopping at midnight. It was quite an experience, let me tell you...

Just our group alone needed this much coffee to stay awake while in line...

I really felt bad for the people who were in line for BestBuy. It looked pretty bad over there. We were in line for Old Navy. Which was bad. But not that bad... Plus, BooBoo and I had a game plan. Circle once around the store grabbing as you go and be in line in 20 minutes. All told we were in and out in 25 minutes. Not bad. Not bad at all...

Later on Friday, Rebel drove up to Portland with the pups and had dinner with Bff and I. He got the Bff stamp of approval (always a good thing). Then on Saturday we had lunch with my parents. Again, he passed with flying colors. Flip Flop even commented on how normal he was (if she only knew... haha).

Unfortunately, on Saturday night I ended up not feeling so well. But Rebel was a trooper and basically ignored all the whining and gnashing of teeth that was going on over my way. 

On Sunday it was time to head back home. Rebel took the pups and headed over Mt. Hood. I took myself and headed the other way to meet up with Drake for some sushi. It was good, but I wish I had been feeling better. I didn't really get to eat as much as I normally would. Oh well... maybe that's for the best. After all, I'm trying to drop some pounds before BooBoo's wedding in July.

All in all, it was a fabulous weekend. I hope yours was a happy holiday as well...

Blessings...

My life has been incredibly twisty-turny. Some of that has just been the luck of the draw. Some of that has been my own doing... either way, it's been incredibly blessed.

I had no idea that this is where I would end up, but I couldn't be happier about where I am. I look (and read) back about where I have been and have no regrets. Has it been conventional? No. Has it been worth it? You bet...

So today I am incredibly grateful for my amazing family, my great friends and the newest addition to my crazy life, Rebel. And, dear readers, I am so very grateful for you...

Have the happiest day.

Remember, life is short. Make each day count...

Giving thanks...

It's almost that time of year again where we sit down with friends, family and those we care about and try to make it through the dinner without killing anyone or passing out from a turkey overdose...

I love Thanksgiving.

Happy Turkey Day to you and yours...