John Denver Christmas!

Christmas Is Almost Here

Well, we love our new computer a lot; it has lots of cool features and software. This is going to be our Christmas present for each other this year, obviously.

Not much has changed for us. This is Sarah's last month at Northwest Exteriors, and as of right now we do not have another job lined up, but we anticipated this. She is looking for a part-time job, but it can't conflict with her school schedule, which is during the middle of the day, so we haven't really found any.

I have officially started my time on high school staff at Bridgeway this last Thursday. The staff seem really nice, and the kids are pretty cool too. It's a big change from Arcade Church, where I had about sixty or more junior highers; Bridgeway has about 20-30 junior high and high school combined.

We have lots scheduled this month. We have Sarah's work Christmas party on the 15th and her cousin's graduation on the 14th. We were planning on going to David and Joanna's on the 15th to see Declan, but we forgot about her Christmas party (which we want to go to, since she's leaving the company) and her cousin's graduation, both of which we RSVP'd to a while ago, so we'll have to wait.

Just a reminder: Sarah and I are spending Christmas Eve with the Kenney family and Christmas day with the Alwins.

Bye Bye Pointy Face

Most of you don't know who Pointy Face was: he was otherwise named Spunky, and he was my cat. I grew up with him, and he lived with my parents until he died on Tuesday. I didn't find out until Friday, because he had been run over and a nice lady came to tell my parents after they put up some fliers looking for him.

I've been having a very difficult time with this; Spunky was in my life longer than my Grammy, who died when I was 12 and whom I still miss dearly. So, I'm going to use this post to memorialize him.

Here are some things you should know about Spunky:
1. He was a mean cat. He was nicknamed "Pointy Face" because he made an awful face right
before he bit you.
2. He was only really nice to me and my dad, and that was only when he felt like it.
3. He once terrorized my cousin simply by sitting on the back of the couch and staring at
her--he was that scary.

Here's why I'll miss him so much:
1. It was really funny when he got into a bad mood. He made awful noises, and he liked to act
as if he wasn't mad at you any more, then bite your hand like it was a fat, juicy steak. It went
something like this: "Oh, I love you so much, let me just rub my head against your
hand...CRUNCH GNAW SCRATCH."
2. He always slept with me, usually at the top of the pillow on my hair.
3. He liked to give "head butts". When I picked him up, he would smoosh his face against my
forehead, and when he got older, he drooled when he did it.
4. Without fail, he would arrive at the front door precisely when I was pulling up into the
driveway for a visit. He would say "meow," then precede me through the door.

Anyway, I'm going to miss him an awful lot, and it's going to be weird going to my parents' house and not see him coming around the corner into the living room. It's always hard losing a pet, but Spunky was a very special cat that will leave a big hole in my life.

-Sarah

P.S. I don't have any pictures of Spunky, because he just wasn't the type of cat you take pictures of. His spiteful nature just didn't show up on camera very well.