If you can't beat them.... join them

I know it's not my neighbors fault that I rolled in to California at three am this morning.

It's not their fault that I brought home a sewing desk, with "bugs", that infested our home and caused us to have to bomb the house, subsequently causing me to have to sleep in my car last night.  For a whole three hours. With the dogs of course. Oh Zombieland.

It's not their fault either that I can't keep pickles from barking at the annoying dog behind us or my demon dog from whining and throwing a fit all morning.

But really? Do I really deserve "Whiskey do my talkin" at 9 am?

I'm sure I do. 

Well I'm up, and determined to make the best of it. Maybe I'll go over there and ask if I can join them in their beautiful backyard. Maybe I'll just go and do some yard work myself, or go on a walk with the dogs.

I'm happy to be home :) Even if I'm tired, it is infested and smells a bit strong.....and sounds funny. 

Hope you all have a beautiful week and a blessed Clean Monday.

"D@&#*T", or, "Why you don't/can't share your craft room with dogs", or, "I should have known", or, "that's what I get"

As I rolled over this morning, thankful that I had the remote to Emmas collar, that Thomas had brought it to me before he left this morning, AND that I didn't have anywhere to be or any kids to watch or tend to and for the luxury of being able to sleep through this nausea, I grabbed the covers and got cozy and remote in hand, I fell asleep for another hour or so. Now that I think about it I only remember hearing one or two peeps from her which makes sense now of course.

I spent the morning (in bed) and tiptoeing around the house, so as not to wake up my sleeping patio dogs. I was trying to get some chores done, and I always try to push off our morning greetings until she spots me and I have no other option than to go say hello. 

So this and one guilty looking dog are what awaited me on the other side of the laundry room door. I'm pretty sure my Mr. Pickles had no part in it at all. After all he's not the one that ran away as soon as he saw/noticed that I was upset....That Dog!!!!! 

 My initial findings, she dumped over the yarn basket again (it's up about 3-4 feet off of the ground, and yes that is was her dog bowl. She broke that on Monday. Why haven't I picked it up yet? I'm not sure, laziness maybe. She did move all the pieces around for me though. 

Her initial thoughts: "wait for it, wait for it..."

....and....

"well maybe she doesn't mind so much, she does have that black thing out again"

 

This table is the last of a set of three. They were so cute and stacked and had no other purpose but to decorate my windowsill. She ruined the others a few weeks ago during another room wrecking. (This one was quite good, I came home and the room was pretty much the same, plus a few more bins pulled out, AND she had pulled down the curtains and was sitting in the windowsill waiting for me to get home) She finished off the baby one today. The stacker thing on the left I've had for a month or so now. I made the mistake of filling the bins and sliding them in with her watching me, so she knows that they come out. She's constantly pulling them out and destroying their contents. I also made cute tags for them, and as you can see she's stolen those too. I think she needs to be banished before she notices the glass jars.

 

Some more crap that she got into. The damage, about 25 dirty skeins of yarn (no, I'm not a crazy yarn lady too, most of them were gifted to me, from a dead crazy yarn lady that used to come into my old place of business), 10 of which are pulled apart and chewed, of those ten 8 were for a special blanket for baby ham. Some chewed up knitting and crochet needles, and some ruined rafia.

But....

look at that face!

But....

they're still being exiled to the garage. Sorry Pickles, but you should have stopped her.

Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY
Tuesday February 9th...
Outside my window...a bit gloomy with spurts of sprinkles
I am thinking...of getting off of the couch, I'm feeling queasy and dizzy but I'm folding clothes and coming across far too many interesting blogs to move yet
I am thankful for...our little baby, a clean stove (thanks sweetie), fun friends, my Godkids, my doggies, and my beautiful house
From the learning rooms...announcement coming soon...I suppose
From the kitchen...eggs and toast, should have used butter
I am wearing...pj's
I am creating...washcloths :)
I am going...to go out with my little sister today
I am reading...blogs
I am hoping...that the next 15 days fly by
I am hearing...my washing machine and restless doggies (I hope it stops raining so I can take them out)
Around the house...thinking of spring decorations, got some eggs and birdies for the mantle. I'm thinking of making a fabric flag banner to finish it off
One of my favorite things...our beautiful "altar" runner from Alana, and water
A few plans for the rest of the week: exit interview, babysitting, Arizona
Here is picture for thought I am sharing...

I came across these today (while blog surfing)...I think I'm going to make some for my special pen pal :)

Walking

We are super lucky to have some really beautiful trails close to home. We are located next to the hidden valley (no ranch, sorry) and I just love taking the doggies for walks (they love it too). Here's a picture from yesterday morning. Since Mr. P is such a good boy, and won't wander too far, and will come back when I call him, and is slow enough so if he doesn't feel like listening I can still catch him, I can let him go, free to wander. I do have to be a little careful though, since he tends to get really fixed on scent trails. As I type, the dogs are looking at me through the baby gate, it's like they know what I'm typing about and are trying to make me feel really guilty. It's our new rule that I take them out everyday (so we don't have to call Caesar) and stimulate their/EMMAS little dog brains. Maybe I'll go do that....before things get ugly.

p.s. here's the "pregnit" blog.... http://hambump.blogspot.com/

Pregnit

Could anything in the world be cuter or sweeter than this? Well besides the little darling that wrote it and her precious heart, I don't really think there is. This weeks mail from Hannah (we're pen pals you know)....made my day! I'm so going to frame it and put it up somewhere special in the nursery!
p.s. "Pregnit" blog coming soon :)

delirium

Last night I thoroughly enjoyed myself at Ms. Dionne's house celebrating two good friend's birthdays. I had some yummy homemade pizza, chicken and mashed potatoes, and a slice of Jeremy's pizza too, and lots of water and 1/2 a pitcher of green tea (it was really refreshing, and in my defense we were there for a while). I figured I'd be good, and I seem to have caffeine amnesia, meaning that I always forget how sensitive I really am...in hindsight it probably wasn't a great idea for me to have that much tea. So needless to say I was up the WHOLE night! Incredibly frustrating.

This morning (6 am!) while making breakfast I started singing the lollipop song while assembling our breakfast burritos. It's going to be a fun day...

Three

Three Years! May God grant us many more|!