Snow

Winter has begun, and that means snow. I love the snow, i love to watch it fall I love to shovel and use the snowthrower, I love to ski in it and play in it, i just love the snow.....but one thing I don't like is the cold air that comes along with it. I have always dreamed of having snow in a warmer climate without it melting. wouldnt that be great!!!!

Fenway is getting used tot he snow, seeing as though i have to shovel him out spots to play and go to the bathroom, he is enjoying it, the snow is about 12 inches deep, he is about 6-10 inches tall, you do the math, he's a short guy.

He had a fun Hanukkah, got some new toys, some treats and even got to play with bailey. We had a nice hanukkah too, spent some time at my parents with latkes and candles.

Went to Rob and Lisa's for an extended family christmas, Fenway got to play with Oliver and Mark & lauras new dog, Hercules the hot dog, another long dog friend.

So now its almost Christmas, quiet at work, everyone is off shopping and worrying about what cookies to bring to the holiday party. I thought, what a better time to take a moment and write in this trusty ole blog of mine. If you get bored of this, jump on over to Craigs page and read about some boston sports over at 4sportboston.com

Speaking of boston sports, the Bruins are playing at Fenway next week on Jan 1 for the Winter Classic. Tickets for that game were impossible to get and/or extremely expensive. So I bought a few raffle tickets to win some to benefit Travis Roy's foundation. The raffle was oringally to be pulled Nov 1...delayed to Dec 1.....delayed to Dec 18.....which brings us to to the final dealy of Dec 22....TODAY....I still have hope that I may win these tickets. It would be AWESOME....although we would have to cancel our plans we already made with friends.

And speaking of the winter classic.....this is one thing that is crazy, the city of boston gives 3000 free tickets to families in the city to skate on the ice, a once ina lifetime oppurtunity....and people are out there selling them on ebay/craigslist for thousands of dollars......thats insane....where is the fun in that!?!?!?!?!




So in the end, I'd like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season....Happy Hanukkah...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!!

SNOW????!!!???

SO as I said in my last post.....snow...was a different story. Now earlier last week we had a very brief little snow squall where we woke up and had some snow dusting in the yard....not soo bad for October...i mean it does get chilly sometimes..... but Sunday was something totally different.

If any of you watched the patriots game on sunday you know what I am talking about.
The picture to the left was taken by a random FB friend, and i stole it for blogging purposes. As you can see, the grass is white and the grounds crew were shoveling off the lines and had piles and piles of snow on the sidelines.

Now this is something you would expect in ...say January or even March, NOT OCTOBER!!!! (side note....I am not hating on snow, i love snow, just not this early)

At our house it snowed all afternoon, it covered the ground but didn't have the chance to stick around for morning. We took Fenway out in it and he wasn't quite sure what to think of the huge flakes that were falling from the sky.

Now this week the weather is gettin back to normal, mid 60s right where it should be for the fall.....but i heard a forecast for rain again saturday.....ENOUGH WITH THE RAIN on the WEEKENDS!!!!! this whole year of weather has been crap. give us a break!!! We work all week and want to enjoy our weekends with nice weather.


well thats my weather rant for the day.

Been a while

So it's been awhile since my last post. Many things to touch upon to bring yall up to speed

Fenway......He is growing up so fast. Last I wrote about him he was getting the snip, he is all healed and ready to party. He is up to a whole 10 lbs and that's about as big as he will get. I recently built him a ramp so that he can join us on the couch and he's learned fast how to go up and down on his own.

AS you can see in the picture below, he experienced his first snowfall this past weekend in OCTOBER....(NOW THATS A HOLE DIFFERENT STORY). He wasn't quite sure how to react to it, but I don't think he likes the coat that much. Keeps him warm, but he hasn't figured it out yet.

He will start basic training next month at his favorite place....Paw Planet with Jan. He is looking forward to it, especially since it will be all dogs about his size....sorry Brutus, the bull mastiff.--------------------
Amanda and I recently celebrated our first anniversary. We first dropped Mr. Fenway off with my dad in Marshfield. He had a fun time with him and even got to the beach!!

Amanda and I went to a move at the Cinema Lux Level at Patriot Place...Great place to see a movie and have a good meal. Lots of fun!

We then spent an enjoyable weekend (sunday-Monday) on Block Island. We stayed at the Spring House Hotel. One of my customers is the owner, so it was nice to check it out. Amanda and I rented a moped and drove aroudn the entire island...in under an hour and a half....wasn't too big. We drove on every paved legal; road.

We took this picture at the end of the road, by the North Light house. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and cards!!

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House projects....

So we have been in the house since February and I always have some sort of little project to work on. My latest endeavor is finishing the laundry room. Right now it resembles a pink insulation dungeon. I have taken down the 1 board that is currently up and purchased some new drywall to put up. With tape and mud from my dad, I will attempt at finishing and painting the room. I am looking forward to this project and making a nice place to do laundry

Also on the radar, we are looking into removing the rest of the ugly green carpet and replacing with something less ugly.

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SM DEZINES

I have revamped and recreated my graphic design website. I have been doing lots of work recently for a future club in the Providence area, looking to open in November!!!

I also have been working closely with Craig on his creation and build up of 4sportboston.com. I have been creating logos, t-shirt designs and even a guest on the weekly podcast!

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Thats about it for now.....a short recap of my life right now, more posts to come in the future!

The Snip

So Today Fenway got neutered. I felt so bad for the little guy. He didnt know what was coming, he was to be put under anestesia and when he woke up, he had an incision....down there. Poor guy. Now he is sporting a fancy new ECollar. We had the one from the vet, but he wanted no part in it so we were lucky enough to go down to Paw Planet, fenways favorite store, and picked up a better cone collar that snapped on and much easier for him.

As much as I did not want a dog about a year ago, I love this little guy. I never knew how much i could love an animal. I was so worried about him today and I was so excited to see him when I got home from work. i layed down on the floor with him and cuddled him like a baby.

We have had so much fun with him in the first few month. Our friends and fmaily love him too. Even Caleb wanted to buy him a shirt for after his surgery....and no not a doggie shirt, just a regular t-shirt.

He has learned how to go up and down the ramp I built, he does it on his own for fun.

It's bed time on night one of cone wearing, neutered dog. Not sure what this night brings, but hopefully he will sleep the night as usual and we dont have any issues.

thats all for now.

FENWAY #00

NOW BATTING, for the BOSTON RED SOX, #00, FENWAY FRANK


This was fenway practicing his Papelbon staredown:



this is Fenways most favorite place, by the back door where he can look out:

Fun with fenway

Lets start out with a funny caption from Amandas facebook.

Amanda Lacouture Matthews is @ the park with Fenway & Sean.

Yesterday at 7:16pm

Alex Kasendorf at 7:19pm July 6

not to be confused with at Fenway Park with Sean

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Yesterday we took fenway to the park and went for a walk on the trail. Ever since fenway and Bailey played together and walked together on the 4th of July, he has been walking better on the leash.

We like taking him out so he can meet other dogs and interact with other people too.



This past weekend was the 4th of JULY. As mentioned in previous posts as well as when we were doing work on the house, we had a great 4th/housewarming party!! We had about 30 friends and family gathered at our house. It was really nice to see everyone there.



More pictures of Fenway and Bailey as soon as my mom uploads them to facebook, so if you want to see them, send her a message!! :)

This is his usual nightly pose:




and a few other pics we have:








In other news, I was the recent winner of the t-shirt contest for www.4sportboston.com and appropriately wont eh FENWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT Shirt from supahfans.com

RAIN+Puppy=wet dog

So this rain has got to stop. It makes everyone miserable. Hopefully tomorrow we will have some nice weather. This will do 2 things for me, allow the grass to dry, and allow me to mow the grass. Wet grass is not something fenway likes at all. He has his little short legs which means he is right down there close to the grass. When we bring him out to "do his business" he quickly runs back to the cement walkway.....where there is no wet grass. It doesnt help that the grass is growing and I dont have the chance to mow it. We've only had a few nice days since Fenway has come to our home.

TOnite we had some fun playing with the squeeky ball. We also had a short photo shoot, which again, he thinks the camera is a toy.....not so much.






And of course, Gotta have a little fun with him too:


Click the pic to visit Craigs Boston Sports Blog!!






til next time........