17 - 0 Beat That!

Just letting everyone know... we were 17 -0 in fantasy. I think that deserves a big congrats. And i don't want to hear any crap about who I have on my team. You had the chance to pick whoever you wanted! It helps to have an offensive coordinator who doesn't have favorite NFL teams!

17 -0 Baby!

But, we did keep the cup in the McFatridge family!

An Eventful Week in Maryland!

The stockings were hung by the window with care and Sirius knew St Nicholas had been there! He kinda got into everything a few days early, so what the heck... we just tore into the gifts under the tree!






And then there was family!! Simply too much to tell you about... we greeted visitors from afar (a.k.a. Pennsylvania) as they brought us gifts of Spices, Chocolate, and other goodies! Before heading over to the Ranch to celebrate with the Richardson's, we had our own little concert... courtesy of Rock Band!! Mom and Grandmom rocked out vocals, Boop on Bass, and Joe on Guitar... and let me tell you, The Who never sounded this good!!

We had a great dinner with the Richardsons and everyone really did well with the "J Gifts!" Personally, Grandpa did the best! ;)

And then there's Sirius... who got the good old "Snipperooni" today!! He went into the vet with tail wagging and kisses for all of the nurses! He was so proud to weigh in at a whopping 23.8 pounds!

The vet called me at about 2pm to let me know that everything went well! They successfully took his manhood, along with a dewclaw, and he would be ready to come home this evening. Then, she went on to tell me that he still has a baby tooth (a true Mcfatridge... losing teeth late!), that another tooth had cracked (no more ice cubes or rawhides!), and that he has to take it easy.

She's trying not to giggle as she tells me all of this and then comes the kicker... she proceeded to tell me that sometimes the anesthesia makes puppies sick and they often throw up a little bit... but usually its not much of a worry. Except in our case... when the put our pup on the operating table, he started to yak... and yak... and yak. After any food that was in him came out, he yaked a little more... and out came a pair of panties! A Red Thong. Whole.

Yep; the damn dog swallowed my only sexy unders... which are not so secret anymore!

She cautioned me that usually they have to do a whole surgery to get "foreign objects" out of puppies bellies, so really, he saved me some cash!

At 5pm, thoroughly mortified, we picked up our little patient... who looks like he's been through the ringer....




Moral of the story: Make sure you thoroughly clean when preparing for family to visit... don't just throw everything on the floor into a closet... and don't assume that the dog won't escape from the kitchen when you leave him all afternoon!

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas with the High Cs

Herewith is a primer for all ye spouses and mates seeking entrance into this family, or being dragged in kicking and screaming! Pictured here are some of the traditions and rituals, such as wasting tons of bandwith trying to get just the right tree shot, trying in vain to get the cats to do something cute in the right place and without demon eyes, and, possibly most importantly for neophytes, the shots of the wrapping paper!

Oh, and we sorta look like we are having fun, too. Thanks for all the neat gifts, everybody!

New Puppy

Blue girls come in every size

Some are wise and some otherwise

Happy Holidays from the Happiest Place on Earth...

please don't tell my employer. ;-) Here is a glimpse of Christmas at Disneyland - starting off with In N Out's Caribbean-flavored Christmas party at the Disneyland Hotel's Grand Ballroom. Believe me when I tell you - not a Double Double in sight (unless you count my chins after the buffet bounty...!) After a night in a hotel surrounded by myriad subliminal Mickey's, Joe and I took in Main Street USA (West Coast style) at Disneyland.

Enjoy...it was quite a treat to forsake the demands of the holiday season to spin wildly on Space Mountain (twice!) even if it did come with the threat of being sold into slavery when Pirates 'crashed' mid-ride...

The Bountiful Season...

full of autumn leaves, holiday finery and...of course, Guitar Hero III.

(Oooops, so I sort of had the camera the wrong way...sorry. I think you get the gist...)

For a cornucopia of candids, click here:

2007_11_Thanksgiving

Eye Candy...

...of a different nature than a purple and gold Scott McFatridge. From this weekend's downtown adventure to the LA Auto Show. Enjoy...

Are You Ready for Some Thanksgiving?!?!?

Just a little reminder of good times had on Thanksgiving day (circa 2003)! While we most likely won't be painting ourselves and standing out in the cold to watch high school football... we will be all together having our own fun! :)

See you soon!!!

JD is on his way home!

JD is finally on his way home from his tour in Iraq!! He'll be home in Alaska in a week or so... so I won't get to see him, but I'm just so excited for his wife and our family... having everyone together again... it's just makes Thanksgiving so much better (having something so HUGE to be Thankful for)!!That's all... I'm just jumping through my skin excited... just please keep in (and all troops!) in your prayers for a safe trip back to US Soil!

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If you want to send a soldier some holiday cheer.... When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:

A Recovering American soldier/airman/sailor/marine
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001

Read About Thanksgiving Plans...

http://thehighcs.googlepages.com/thanksgiving07

It was a Happy (and scary for some) Halloween

The boys brought in a HAUL . . . much more than I remember getting, everyone had a great time - Lily was a super greeter - I think she preferred giving out the candy!

Here's to keeping your neighborhood dementor-free on Mischief Night!

More Cruisin' with the First Mate

Here are some pictures of Gay Paree and other exciting sites, from the First Mate's trusty (?) cell phone!

BTW you can click on that little icon in the bottom right corner to go to the album itself...just noticed that...pretty cool stuff!

Live, from Los Angeles, it's...Saturday Morning!

So here we are in el lofto de ABC, where I apparently have nothing better to do than take random photos with my new toy. In photo #2 ABC is hard at work preparing a yummy dish I dubbed, "Fritata Puttanesca", whose English translation, according to Joe (Joe A, this is) is less savory than the food. It was a yummy taste treat, though I bet only one or maybe two McFatridges would eat itl

Cruising with the Captain and First Mate of the High C's

This is my first attempt, bear with me.

Cruise 2007

(Click to go to Album)

Scandal on the high Cs???

What intrepid blogger posted that "Meet the High Cs" link that now adorns our main page? What little paparazzo or paparazza uploaded secret blackmail photos of family members at 40th birthday parties? Especially the shot of the C sisters that looks like a bad press photo for a far off-off-Broad Street version of THE BIRD CAGE, "we are fam-uh-lee...I got all my sisters with meeee..."

And what member of the High Cs was captured on 21st century celluloid in black and white, with a mysterious (or not so mysterious) gentleman, in the back of a limo, on October FIFTH, 2005, according to the caption??

Siriusly?!

Or maybe it was just a typo.

Hippo Birdie, Google!

Today Google is nine years old, which seems pretty bloody amazing. Do a Google search to see how they are celebrating!

More Audi Snaps...

...not quite the full glam photo session I intend under the strong, bright California sun this weekend but...will do until then! (What you can't see is the hip diggety iPod interface now in the glove....)

2007 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro

Sirius!

After 2 years of marriage, we finally decided to add to our family... by adding a puppy! Joe found him online and we drove to NJ to get him today (we got him from the same woman that Finley came from... and she remembered him and Daddy)! He's a ten week-old Puggle (Pug & Beagle Mix) and is just about the sweetest ever! We named him Sirius after Rory's favorite Harry Potter character Sirius Black! Here he is!




He loves giving kisses!!

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Hey Joe, pay attention to me!!

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Click the photo below to go to the whole photo album!

SIRIUS!

Genesis

1. I think Scott should post his experience here. I feel it would be educational and entertaining. It does no good for ME to tell you how amazing they were because I am biased!

2. I think I need to go west, since tomorrow night is not doable.

Boops Latest Project

Thought I'd share this with you!

We inherited Nancy and Joe's patio furniture for our new house! Its gotten quite a bit of use (and looks like it!), so I've freshened it up with a coat of nice shiny black paint! Here's a photo of the before (green) and after (black)!

Finley at the Richardsons

Come Play With Me!

What's that... a camera?!

Rory and Finley Playing in the Kitchen!

Watch out Fin... Joe's on the attack!

These people wore me out!!

They're in Dublin!

Kip sent an email to Allison from the Guinness Factory in Dublin! He's a Master Brewer's Honorary Apprentice! Wonder how many pints he had to drink to join that club?!?!

Are ya ready for some football?

The game has not started yet and I am aggravated! The Joe Gibbs Luv-fest from that PTI dude was NAUSEATING!!! Enough already!

Oh and my rowdy friends are in the basement. One is asleep. I'm not sure what the other is up to.

BTW I forgot something last night:

"Pardon me, Patricia Heaton, but would you have any Grey Poupon?"

Lily Belle

I could not resist sharing these pics

Just a Sneak...

peek....

the full photo shoot will follow but...here she is. Who's gonna come back to LA for a ride?!

For some new shots...not all that glamour posed yet...check out:

2007 Audi A4 2.0T Quattro

More Emmys

Well it seems I can now post from my laptop with my own account.

Heijl?

I was wondering why this broadcast was not in surround sound. I knew I was on the HD channel but there was no blue light. Turned out the blue light was hiding behind a blue cat.

I'm a little bored.

Emmys...

..were off to sort of a slow start, I thought. Perhaps there is some uneasiness due to the different stage setup.

Someone was seen wearing mint chocolate chip ice cream. Or maybe it was pistachio. Who WAS that mysterious ice-cream-clad woman with America Ferrera???

I also wondered who the dude was in the bright pink shirt...gutsy...but then I found out.

And WHY can I not get into this blog on my laptop?

What would Ellen DeGeneres look like in a skirt? (Maybe we don't want to know.)

Might as well just eat more coffee cake.

Bailey

Ally got a puppy! He's beyond adorable!!

Here is a link to the pics!

Domain name?

Earlier today, or maybe yesterday (they all run together especially after a hard day of football capped off by too much wine), one of the Most High Cs and I were having a discussion about my domain name and its shortcomings. Should I change it to thehighcs.net?

Fantasy Football

...is not for the faint of heart.

Allison in Utah

Here's a link to some of Allison's photos from Utah...

http://picasaweb.google.com/Allyson484

Rockstar Nick

I am loving this way of communicating!

Nick received his Eagles Kids Club Folder today. He was excited about the pencil and nylon flag thing. But he has been waiting for the black Brian Westbrook jersey PopPop promised him at the end of next year. So using my noggin, I thought we would send him a video request. Here is what we came up with . . .

Regular Nick

and Rockstar Nick

Girls back to school

Labor Day

I hope those of you who have jobs or lives or are living in Utah, or all of the above, are having a happy Labor Day. I hope you have spent it doing something enjoyable.

Personally, I'm just killing time until THE CLOSER comes on, which makes this no different from any other offseason Monday.

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But seriously, folks, what does one do with a blog?

Welcome!

Welcome to the Chamberlin's (a.k.a. The High C's) family blog! We're just getting up and running, so sit tight and keep checking back. If you'd like to get access to post on this blog, please email TheHighCs@gmail.com and we'll get you set up (We'd like everyone to have their own account linked in so we can see who's posting!).

For now, check out http://picasaweb.google.com/TheHighCs to see pics from this weekend!

Coming Soon!

More to come...