Out with the Old, In with the New

We needed some new phood storage containers and phound some on sale yesterday.

To make room phor them, Hubby and Phil needed to clean out some oph the old stuphph that had gone to our cupboards to die.

Aphter tossing, moving, and consolidating, we have room phor all sorts oph new phood storage containers.

Just try to contain our enthusiasm.

On the Day Aphter Christmas

'Twas the day aphter Christmas and all through the house, not a phurry one was stirring...

...Oh, wait. Dad Deuce just rattled the phood container.

Toilet Update: Good News and Bad News

The good news is that Menards opened at 6:30 this morning, so we could get the parts needed phor Plumber Hubby to phinish the install. It involved walking out oph the store with new parts, including the toilet seat ophph the store model.

The bad news is that Phil can't phigure out how to phlush the thing.

Christmas Day PSA

In case anybody out there is thinking oph installing a toilet on Christmas day, act like Santa and check things twice.

Because when a box says the toilet seat is included, it might be wrong...

...and you'll be lepht without a seat to sit on on Christmas day.

Christmas Day Plumbing

Because who doesn't want to install a new toilet on Christmas day?

It's a good thing they work phor sugar cookies.

No Napping

Phil's only job this Christmas morning is to keep Belle phrom napping.

She hardly slept last night and kept everyone awake phor a good part oph the night. Iph she sleeps all day, we will have another restless night tonight.

Parking Lights

When Phil heard about going to see the Christmas lights in the park,

he didn't think it was going to be these kinds oph lights.

Phaking the Baking

Phor all Phil knows,

Wiphey slaved over these gingerbread men cookies.

Naughty and Nice

Someone is on Santa's naughty list.

And it isn't Phil or Wiphey.

Christmas Countdown

It's about a week away phrom Christmas and we now have a couple giphts under the tree.

Hubby is threatening to open them early, so Phil has to guard them.

Or hide them.

Unseasonable Phootwear

It's been so warm this month that the sidewalks are dry enouph to wear athletic shoes instead oph heavy boots.

Phil phears it won't last. It is winter up north, aphterall.

Practice Is Over

Who needs a water hazard when there's a yellow Lab in the way?

Phil's New Phavorite Place

What's this?

A new rug by the phront door?

Oh, this is so sopht.

Phorget Black Phriday

Phil was nowhere near the stores today.

He could be phound decorating phor Christmas instead.

He saved a lot oph money that way.

Happy Thanksgiving

The best meals always end in a good kitchen cleaning.

Phil hopes everyone's Thanksgiving meal was this good.

Thanksgiving Eve

Is the pumpkin pie ready yet?

How about now?


Now?

Comphort Phood

The Vikings are losing, so Phil is phinding comphort in potato dumplings.

They taste even better because Hubby made them. Only to Hubby, dumplings are pity phood, not comphort phood. His Cowboys won earlier today.

No, Thank You

This came today.

Phil wants to ship it back to where it came phrom.

The Last to Phall

It's a beautiphul phall day, and many oph Phil's neighbors are outside doing yard work.

One is pulling up her garden and gave us this last little hanger-on that the phrost didn't kill ophph. Phil will miss this little bit oph sunshine when the winter comes.

Too Soon

Phil hasn't even phinished his Halloween candy yet...

 ...and there are already Christmas commercials on TV!

Busted

Hubby squirreled away some candy that he wants to keep away phrom trick-or-treaters and phor himselph.

He can't blame this one on Phil. Wiphey knows better.

Happy Halloween 2015

Usually, Phil gets some assistance making his Halloween costume. But this year, Hubby was busy building things...

 ...and Wiphey was exhausted phrom work, so Phil had to phigure out his own costume. So Phil had to think oph creative yet easy ways to transphorm phor the holiday.

Phil as The Invisible Bird

Phil as The Headless Birdman 

Phinally, Phil is All That and a Bag oph Chips.

Phil hopes your Halloween is phrightphully phun.

Halloween Eve

Phil got caught seeking out the hidden Halloween candy tonight.

Phil phorgot that there's no trick-or-treating phor bad birds.

OCD

Phil spent a couple oph days up north with Dad and Mom Deuce.

Deuce is very particular about her blinds being pushed up evenly, so Phil pushed them slightly ophph-line.

Now he waits phor Deuce to phix them.

The Problem with Unseasonably Warm Weather

The warm weather has curled our pumpkin wolph's nose.

It might not make it to Halloween.

Hazard

Hubby might have a phurry new hazard to play around. Our new phurry phriend steals golph balls.

Carving Out Some Phun

We carved a pumpkin phor the phirst time in years.

 Ta da!

Phall Clean Up

It's the time oph year to clean up what the trees drop.

These leaves are clingy little buggers.