Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
 

Getting ready!

 This year we had our feast a few days early!
It was so fun and mostly yummy -- the turkey turned
out very, very dry!  Yikes!
Oh well -- the sides were delish - so who cares
about turkey anyway!

Maddy, Grace and Grace's roomie - Nevaeh!

Bonus -- this year, my sweet and adorable

niece, Grace, is at the University here.

Grace and one of her roommates also joined us and

it was great to have them with us!

I mentioned a couple of family favorite foods. . . 

strawberry jello with strawberries and cool whip marshmallow fruit salad

(both very healthy options) that we always had as kids.

Shock -- my sister has not kept up that tradition at 

her house, but she will now that Grace has 

tasted those wonderful traditional

Thanksgiving foods.

Baby Dorothy - 1-1/2 years old!

The big kids (Philip & Catherine and Connor) also joined us
with the littles!  So much fun with those 4! 
Somehow, we missed getting the oldest Jane in a photo -- sorry sweetheart!

3 of 4 of the grandkids!  Such cuties!

Maddy and I are now devising our shopping plans!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

xoxo

The Business - Happy Hound Collection

Some of you may remember that Maddy

has a little doggie bandana business.  

Since it's been about a year since she first started it,

I thought I'd do a quick update!

Muffy - modeling one of the flannel tie-on bandanas!

Last year around this time, Maddy and I attended and sold

at our first and only craft fair.

While it was a fun and learning experience, we learned

that most of the people visiting our church-sponsored

craft fair were little old ladies whose dogs had just died.

Soooo, they were not at all interested in our adorable doggie bandanas.  

Nothing against lol [little old ladies], of course,

as I am getting to be one of them, but we quickly figured out they

were not our target audience.

Maddy researched a plan and decided an etsy (homemade items) store

was the way to go!  She made a logo and set up the Etsy

site, listing products and doing all kinds of social media

posts on Instagram.

She's had over 572 sales since her business

started in February, 2017!  That does not include

direct sales to friends and neighbors.

Isn't that amazing!

So proud of her and all her hard work!

She really connects with her customers and has developed

so many Happy Hound friendships!

We love visiting the fabric stores and choosing fabrics and 

sewing, sewing, sewing!

Plus, our Scottie Muffy, has thoroughly enjoyed

modeling and receiving loads of treats for her hard work!

If you'd like to see any bandanas currently available,

check it out at   Happy Hound Collection

Yawning or just waiting for another treat?  Modeling is a tough gig!

We Love Fall!

 Finally -- it seems that fall temps are here to 

stay!  Leaves are falling almost as fast as the temperatures!

Yippee -- we love fall -- it's just that winter is up next 

that worries me a bit!

Recently, Miss M and I went out for a little photo shoot!

That girl loves to be silly sometimes and she's already

planning a Christmas-theme photo shoot!

She took her favorite pineapple-shaped uke as a prop!
She loved uke lessons and just gave them up recently
as there were too many other commitments going on.
No worries - she can still strum a good tune!

We are so thankful to have this ray of sunshine 

in our lives - every single day!

She's amazing!

Halloween Update

Just a tad bit late on the Halloween update, but here goes!

Maddy had planned to be a unicorn for Halloween,

but her costume was not quite warm enough as we got hit

with a bit of a cold spell.

Plan B -- wear a Cheer Bear onesie!  

It was perfect and she said she 

was warm and toasty!

We went to Boo at the Zoo - a 

tradition we just can't give up yet!

  

Oh my word -- we had a million trick-or-treaters

on our block.  My neighbor counted (who does that?)

and said she stopped counting after 600!!!!

Seriously, the sidewalks were full of kids and parents!

The need for candy is great!! 

The need for cute decorated cookies is also great!

This was the first year ever that I bought candy that I do not 

like for trick or treaters so I wouldn't eat it.

Nerds -- who eats those things??? Ugh.

Of course, I am wishing that I had some good 

chocolate

candy bars!  

Have a great weekend friends!

Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!