My current favorites:
Buddy = Nutter Budder
Emery = Little (he might be chunky, but he's still little)
I wonder if all these nicknames create any sort of doggie identity crises we should be worried about...hmmm...
On an entirely unrelated note, a woman at work convinced me to talk to the dogs like they are five year-old children. I'm totally convinced they understand me. Looks like my hair brained antics won't be disappearing anytime soon :) Poor Matt.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Prayers for Mighty Malachi
This ridiculously cute little guy is the son of a friend-of-a-friend. In his short little life so far, he has had quite the journey with Leukemia...and it seems that his family may be beginning a new and difficult chapter.
His mom keeps a journal where she updates on his progress and asks for prayers, so I will not attempt to repeat any of the details here. I've never actually met them, but have been touched by their story. Please visit their journal and keep them in your thoughts and prayers. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/malachismith/journal
His mom keeps a journal where she updates on his progress and asks for prayers, so I will not attempt to repeat any of the details here. I've never actually met them, but have been touched by their story. Please visit their journal and keep them in your thoughts and prayers. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/malachismith/journalSaturday, October 10, 2009
Have a Nice Day!
It may not be the Virgin Mary in my toast or Abe Lincoln in my laundry pile, but it still gave me a good laugh! Hope you're all enjoying a good weekend!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Dogs dogs dogs...
DOGGIE PICTURE OVERLOAD!! Here are some of my personal favorites from the past few weeks!
Since when are these guys into tennis balls? It's a mystery...but this thing is their current "Flavor of the Week." It's fun to watch them slip and slide on the wood floors chasing it...HA!
The aftermath of a living room picnic. They're not allowed on the real beds, so we gave in for this movie watching event...Star Wars and junk food...and dogs on the air mattress...everybody wins!
Ooojie woojie woojie....I just wanna pinch his dang cheeks! How cute is this guy? I would snuggle him ALL DAY if I wasn't afraid of getting covered in itchy bumps...haha...
Ahhh, the infamous food train. It starts on the far left of the frame and ends up somewhere near Palm Springs by the time they're done...they loves them some dog foods...
Awww...Buddy loves all things squishy...
And Emery loves punking Buddy...this started out with Emery punching Buddy in the face and me laughing hard enough to snort. Awesome.
Buddy's revenge. I am pretty sure that if Emery looks too comfortable, Buddy decides to steal his idea...and often his personal space - this picture doesn't do it justice, but Buddy literally walked over and flopped down right on top of Emery. Wouldn't want to let him have the warm spot all to himself...no no...
Three sleeping dudes. This was not a set up. Matt is actually asleep in this one. Until he sees this picture on the bloggeroo here, he will have no idea that it even exists...muhahahaha! Surprise!Matt was waiting for his GPS watch to connect to the satellites last weekend and at some point realized that Emery was getting fired up about the light spot being created by the sun reflecting on the watch (does that have a real name? like refractionage or watchlightiness or something?). And as he has a tendency to do, Matt took the opportunity to tool on poor Emery a little. We don't get out much.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Cheap Thrills
Matt and I have WAY too much fun trying to provoke moments like these while watching America's Funniest Home Videos. Emery isn't always such a jumpy guy, so when he is, it's always extra fun for us! Enjoy!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Young and in Love
Over the Labor Day weekend, Mom and Gary brought up a bunch of boxes of my old stuff for me to go through. A lot of it was good stuff (books, china, "memory clothes") but some of it was just kind of funny! They brought a bag of my stuffed animals - most of them were recognizable as some of my childhood favorites, but one, in particular, stood out. The stuffed rabbit pictured below was never one of my favorites (so sorry if you are the one who bought it for me). It was pretty, but never the most cuddly toy.
Given my lack of attachment to it, I gave it to the dogs (who seemed pretty excited to have it). There was a fair bit of tug of war involved and it was clear that somewhere in ye olde times, Boston Terriers must have enjoyed killing small animals (they really went for the eyes and the tail...brutal). The best part, though, was the fact that Buddy was totally in love with it...he snuggled it for the better part of the weekend!
Given my lack of attachment to it, I gave it to the dogs (who seemed pretty excited to have it). There was a fair bit of tug of war involved and it was clear that somewhere in ye olde times, Boston Terriers must have enjoyed killing small animals (they really went for the eyes and the tail...brutal). The best part, though, was the fact that Buddy was totally in love with it...he snuggled it for the better part of the weekend!
Crazy for Tomatoes
Over the long weekend, Mom and Gary came up to stay with us. We had a couple of projects, but the weekend mostly revolved around food and enjoying good company! If you remember, last Labor Day weekend was our first weekend in the house...we scraped ceilings, scrubbed cabinets, spent two nights sleeping on the floor...and then we moved all of our stuff from the apartment (6 blocks away). So this was our big ONE YEAR REUNION...haha!
While we had a handful of things that we worked on (the guys were mostly stuck fixing the garage roof...bleh...), for Mom and me, the biggest project we had was canning tomatoes! We went to a pick-your-own farm (Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark) on Saturday morning and picked 48 pounds of roma tomatoes...for NINE DOLLARS!!! If I have my say, we'll be doing this every Labor Day weekend.
This is what 48 pounds of roma tomatoes looks like...some of them were HUGE...I've never seen romas like this in the grocery store!
This is what 48 pounds of romas looks like with our chunky monkey under the table (he sits in this exact spot A LOT).
This is what 48 pounds of romas looks like after 8 hours of canning. Whoa!
And this is what some of those very same romas look like all crushed up on top of a homemade stuffed pizza (stuffed with spinach and homemade mozzerella...mmm...).
While we had a handful of things that we worked on (the guys were mostly stuck fixing the garage roof...bleh...), for Mom and me, the biggest project we had was canning tomatoes! We went to a pick-your-own farm (Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark) on Saturday morning and picked 48 pounds of roma tomatoes...for NINE DOLLARS!!! If I have my say, we'll be doing this every Labor Day weekend.
This is what 48 pounds of roma tomatoes looks like...some of them were HUGE...I've never seen romas like this in the grocery store!
This is what 48 pounds of romas looks like with our chunky monkey under the table (he sits in this exact spot A LOT).
This is what 48 pounds of romas looks like after 8 hours of canning. Whoa!
And this is what some of those very same romas look like all crushed up on top of a homemade stuffed pizza (stuffed with spinach and homemade mozzerella...mmm...).It was such a great weekend! Thanks, Mom and Gary!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
More Doggie Pics!
I know I have been pretty terrible about blogging lately...sorry! Things have been busy and great. We've had Mark with us twice, plus a BBQ or two, some gardening and, well...LIFE! This past weekend, we went to a BBQ at Chris and Aja's house - and Emery and Buddy's former "parents" were there (Dan and Nichole). It was such fun to catch up and swap stories about their little doggie quirks (and I got to meet their little Ethan who is quite possibly the cutest kid on the planet...oh..except for my nieces and nephews, of course!). I promised Dan I would put up some photos so here they are! I need to start taking them more often...the dogs are ridiculously cute and funny, so we've got lots of material around here!
Buddy seems to like hanging out by the new curtains...and most recently, he has taken a liking to being UNDER them!
They are always sleeping in such funny positions...it cracks me up! It usually starts because if Emery lays down closest to Matt (or to me), Buddy tries to work his way in between Emery and whoever it is that he's snuggling against. Eventually, they end up in some wacky doggie knot.
This picture pretty much gets to the heart of how the boys spend most days. Buddy is almost always sitting "at attention" and looking super duper cute (usually waiting for you to let him into your lap) while Emery is perfectly contented to hang out on the dog bed or a blanket! The only new development around here is that Emery has started following us around a little more than he used to - when I'm getting ready in the bathroom in the morning, he'll come sit on the rug next to me. And if I stand still long enough, he'll flop his chubby little self down and put his head on my foot...SO CUTE!
Buddy seems to like hanging out by the new curtains...and most recently, he has taken a liking to being UNDER them!
They are always sleeping in such funny positions...it cracks me up! It usually starts because if Emery lays down closest to Matt (or to me), Buddy tries to work his way in between Emery and whoever it is that he's snuggling against. Eventually, they end up in some wacky doggie knot.
This picture pretty much gets to the heart of how the boys spend most days. Buddy is almost always sitting "at attention" and looking super duper cute (usually waiting for you to let him into your lap) while Emery is perfectly contented to hang out on the dog bed or a blanket! The only new development around here is that Emery has started following us around a little more than he used to - when I'm getting ready in the bathroom in the morning, he'll come sit on the rug next to me. And if I stand still long enough, he'll flop his chubby little self down and put his head on my foot...SO CUTE!
On the same weekend that we dogsat Roscoe (the dog that the boys "mounted" for 3 days straight...), there was a heat wave and our A/C was out, so it was HOT inside the house. I wanted the boys to have a cool treat, so we put peanut butter in their kongs and froze them. Here is me letting the boys lick the peanut butter off of the butter knife! How cute are they?! (ignore Roscoe and my super awesome outfit if you can)
So, Dan, this post was for you! Hopefully I will be better about taking pictures and getting them up here :)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Doggie Nicknames
Random post, sorry - I was just thinking about how many nicknames the boys have (they already had most of them when we got them, but we've added a couple more). Below are my current favorites for each little guy.
Chunk is a little obvious because Emery is a little chunkier than Buddy (above, he is macking down on a Kong full of peanut butter). The Little Sausace stems from a misprint on a brunch menu somewhere in Los Feliz...they spelled sausage with a "C" and I haven't pronounced it the "mainstream" way ever since. Given Emery's "chunk" status, I think it is clear why we would call him our Little Sausace (and to give credit where credit is due, Mark may have actually come up with this one). I think it was used once or twice and it quickly became a favorite.
Budderworth is one that Buddy came with and I LOVE IT....use it all the time. Princess has really come about despite Matt's vehement protests (Buddy is, after all, a boy). Buddy's gait can often best be described as a "prance" - he is also very pretty and when he is trying to make you happy, he sits so perfectly, it's like he's having tea with the Queen or something. Also, Buddy can be a little high strung sometimes - he needs things to be JUST SO for him to be comfortable and happy. Any deviation from Buddy's "norm" typically results in pouting, shyness, and the occasional display of dominance over Emery. So he's a little high-maintenance - but he's OUR Princess and we love him!
Chunk and "The Little Sausace" (pronounced sow-SAW-chay)
Chunk is a little obvious because Emery is a little chunkier than Buddy (above, he is macking down on a Kong full of peanut butter). The Little Sausace stems from a misprint on a brunch menu somewhere in Los Feliz...they spelled sausage with a "C" and I haven't pronounced it the "mainstream" way ever since. Given Emery's "chunk" status, I think it is clear why we would call him our Little Sausace (and to give credit where credit is due, Mark may have actually come up with this one). I think it was used once or twice and it quickly became a favorite.Budderworth and Princess
Budderworth is one that Buddy came with and I LOVE IT....use it all the time. Princess has really come about despite Matt's vehement protests (Buddy is, after all, a boy). Buddy's gait can often best be described as a "prance" - he is also very pretty and when he is trying to make you happy, he sits so perfectly, it's like he's having tea with the Queen or something. Also, Buddy can be a little high strung sometimes - he needs things to be JUST SO for him to be comfortable and happy. Any deviation from Buddy's "norm" typically results in pouting, shyness, and the occasional display of dominance over Emery. So he's a little high-maintenance - but he's OUR Princess and we love him!
DRAPES!
Again, I'm still catching up on my blogging...it's just that SO MUCH has happened over the last month...I can't keep up!
Mom and Gary came up for another working weekend in the middle of July (a couple of weekends ago, now)...Matt and Gary insulated the attic and built us a pretty gate while Mom and I made draperies for the "dog room" and made lots of homemade cheese (okay only mozzarella and ricotta...but it felt like a lot).
I still need to post pics of all of our food and of the gate (I'm sure you'll forgive me if I don't post any pics of the attic insulation...you couldn't pay me enough to go up there...it gives me the jeebies). For now, here are pics of our awesome drapes!
Thanks to our good friend (and awesome interior designer) Alison Melvin who advised us that our curtains should have at least a little structure (we were seriously planning to sew big rectangles and clip them to the rings...thankfully, Alison spared us from making that mistake!). I think the hardest part of these stinking things was getting the pattern lined up across the 6 panels...I'm still pretty impressed that we pulled it off!
Here is everyone just before Mom and Gary headed home. After working their butts off for 3 straight days, they stuck around until 10pm on a Monday night just so that Mom and I could get the last bits of sewing done (we really wanted to get everything hung up before they left so that we could all see it together)! Such troopers.
In any case, I don't know if I'll ever be able to thank them enough for all of their help on our house. This weekend was particularly stressful because it was stinkin' hot and since it was our first time making draperies, it took a lot of hashing through things and planning...we didn't really get much sewing done before the 3rd day. I'm afraid I was kind of a crabby mess for a little bit of it (I think my mom still loves me, but you'd really have to ask her to be sure...haha!).
So to Mom - thanks for all of your patience and hard work and for motivating me to do it right - it might have gotten done without you, but it most certainly would have been a mess (I probably would have just cut the fabric and clipped it up without doing any sewing!).
To Gary - thanks for climbing up into our too-hot attic, for giving us such a pretty gate, for re-caulking our kitchen sink, and for not threatening to drive home before we got finished with the drapes...you are more patient than I would have been. I'm always in awe of how hard you work when you're here.
And to Matt - thanks for putting up with my crabby butt, for insulating, for gate-building, and for doing most of the dinner cooking since Mom and I were so busy with the drapes (I'm still way impressed at your foccacia and gnocchi...). And thanks for going up into the attic nearly every day since Mom & Gary left to continue the insulation project...it makes a difference...and I'm always impressed that you're willing to start your days on such a sucky project (being caked with sweat, dirt, and fiberglass before 9am is ridiculous, but thank you).
Overall, the "above-and-beyond" factor of this working weekend was off the charts. I'm so lucky to have such hard-working folks around me...maybe it will rub off onto my lazy bum someday ;-) One can only hope!
Mom and Gary came up for another working weekend in the middle of July (a couple of weekends ago, now)...Matt and Gary insulated the attic and built us a pretty gate while Mom and I made draperies for the "dog room" and made lots of homemade cheese (okay only mozzarella and ricotta...but it felt like a lot).
I still need to post pics of all of our food and of the gate (I'm sure you'll forgive me if I don't post any pics of the attic insulation...you couldn't pay me enough to go up there...it gives me the jeebies). For now, here are pics of our awesome drapes!
Thanks to our good friend (and awesome interior designer) Alison Melvin who advised us that our curtains should have at least a little structure (we were seriously planning to sew big rectangles and clip them to the rings...thankfully, Alison spared us from making that mistake!). I think the hardest part of these stinking things was getting the pattern lined up across the 6 panels...I'm still pretty impressed that we pulled it off!
Here is everyone just before Mom and Gary headed home. After working their butts off for 3 straight days, they stuck around until 10pm on a Monday night just so that Mom and I could get the last bits of sewing done (we really wanted to get everything hung up before they left so that we could all see it together)! Such troopers.In any case, I don't know if I'll ever be able to thank them enough for all of their help on our house. This weekend was particularly stressful because it was stinkin' hot and since it was our first time making draperies, it took a lot of hashing through things and planning...we didn't really get much sewing done before the 3rd day. I'm afraid I was kind of a crabby mess for a little bit of it (I think my mom still loves me, but you'd really have to ask her to be sure...haha!).
So to Mom - thanks for all of your patience and hard work and for motivating me to do it right - it might have gotten done without you, but it most certainly would have been a mess (I probably would have just cut the fabric and clipped it up without doing any sewing!).
To Gary - thanks for climbing up into our too-hot attic, for giving us such a pretty gate, for re-caulking our kitchen sink, and for not threatening to drive home before we got finished with the drapes...you are more patient than I would have been. I'm always in awe of how hard you work when you're here.
And to Matt - thanks for putting up with my crabby butt, for insulating, for gate-building, and for doing most of the dinner cooking since Mom and I were so busy with the drapes (I'm still way impressed at your foccacia and gnocchi...). And thanks for going up into the attic nearly every day since Mom & Gary left to continue the insulation project...it makes a difference...and I'm always impressed that you're willing to start your days on such a sucky project (being caked with sweat, dirt, and fiberglass before 9am is ridiculous, but thank you).
Overall, the "above-and-beyond" factor of this working weekend was off the charts. I'm so lucky to have such hard-working folks around me...maybe it will rub off onto my lazy bum someday ;-) One can only hope!
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