It's nearly vacation time for us. Finally! We've been pretty busy this summer, our vacation had to be pushed back to September. Instead of a "Summer" vacation we'll be having an "Autumn" vacation. We were both content with waiting until September since this September 15th we will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of our first date. Can you believe it? Brad and I have been together for 5 years! We dated for just over 3 years before marrying and we're sneaking up on our 2 year wedding anniversary in December. Therefore we kind of wanted to have some time off so we could celebrate this little milestone better.
We have been quite undecided as to where to go and what to do for our vacation. After taking a rather extravagant honeymoon last year it's been difficult deciding what to do this year. We have strongly considered a stay-cation. As we don't feel we get to be at home together with absolutely nothing planned often enough. We've tossed around many ideas: Canada, San Francisco, Washington D.C., to name a few. We even settled briefly on one. In the end we have decided to stay close to home, a minimum amount of travel and no airport needed. Once that was decided, we moved onto consider San Antonio, Houston, Austin, and possibly Oklahoma.
As of last night it had been narrowed to San Antonio or Houston. Both cities are close enough to drive to, both have interesting to us attractions, and both allow us to spend time there yet no need to make the time there too long. A small trip to explore some of Texas plus a stay-cation at home is the goal! Late last night Brad made the comment he's never been to Houston. All other cities in Texas interest me because I haven't seen them yet. I was surprised to hear there's a major metro area my Texan husband hasn't discovered yet. His admission of never visiting Houston was said within the same sentence as he declared more of a desire to finally see Houston then go to San Antonio. Well that's easy! I completely agree, if he's never had the opportunity to visit Houston then by all means the decision is made. Houston it is!
I've already looked up hotels and of course the most interesting attraction to us NASA. We will certainly be taking in a full day of NASA exploring. They have 2 different tram tours and we will be doing both as the tours explore two different sections of NASA and Johnson Space Center. Cool! I'm excited to see another metro area of this state I happily call home! I was quite confused the attraction of NASA versus the attraction of Sea World in San Antonio. So glad Brad mentioned he's never visited Houston! Easy-breezy! He said he stopped to get something to eat while traveling through that section of the state once but he doesn't consider that he's "actually visited" Houston because he did nothing but grab a bite to eat on the outskirts. I agree that doesn't count. That would be like me saying I've visited Philly when actually at age 16 I simply had a layover there and never went outside the airport. Yep, I've never "really" visited Philly.
So we will be Houston bound at the mid point of September! Checking out NASA, exploring the Galleria area, going to the aquarium, as well as some other attractions I've looked up. Definitely want try TopGolf. A golfing entertainment complex, featuring lots of golfing games. Even some where you have to hit the golf ball aiming to get closest to the "bulls-eye". It's said to be fun for all ages. Sounds unique and different to me which means it's a must try. Brad and I always look to get in a game or two of mini-golf while on vacation. So TopGolf it is this vacation! :)
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Pet Tales!
It's about that time again for a few pet tales. These creatures we live with are always doing something to help entertain us. Sometimes we likely entertain them too! I do wonder how many times they want to bust out laughing at their crazy human owner that just did something they classify as weird! Simon's eyes say it all most of the time, he doesn't need to actually laugh at us. We tell he's laughing at us in his simple expression.
Lately Cody has had no trouble getting in his proper beauty rest. There have been a few times that Brad has quickly gotten my attention to come look at Cody our "completely crashed out puggie". The other day we caught him with face tipped forward, nose down in the carpet crashed out. Nothing was disturbing to him. No amount of noise in the kitchen was troubling to his slumber. Then last night we caught him stretched out over two beds. His body in one bed and his head extended to the bed next to him and tilted backwards. He was quite the sight! Once again nothing disturbed him. He actually outlasted both of his siblings. Simon and Piper put themselves to bed while Cody stayed in the living room crashed out yet still around his parents. That's Cody, he can't handle being separated from us. I used to say he couldn't handle being separated from just me but that's not accurate anymore. He can't handle being separated from both of us now.
Oh my dear little Simon. Oh geez! He's so good natured yet he's a little punk too. I've got two short stories about him. The other morning while walking the boys, I was struggling with leashes, sunglasses, and duck food in my hands. All of a sudden I look down to notice I have only one leash. I quickly take account to see which pug I'm suddenly missing. Simon! I panic then turn around to look for him. There he stands a ridiculous amount behind us waiting for his lame brain mommie to realize he's no longer in tow. Geesh! One thing about the boys is that when you drop their leash they freeze. Not a muscle moves until they realize I have realized they are no longer near me. That is the first time I've dropped Simon's leash and left him so far in the dust. Embarrassing! Now for the punk story about Simon. There we are 4 of us waiting for the elevator late last night when another pug comes off the elevator. Simon immediately jumps in the face of this pug. Not exactly in a mean way but in more of a challenging "you want a piece of me" way. After he jumps in the face of this pug, the pug does nothing then goes on walking. As I maneuver Simon onto the elevator he looks back at the pug with the body language that clearly stated, "that's what I thought. I'm tough you aren't!" I was slightly embarrassed, I even reprimanded Simon while Brad I soon noticed was smiling and laughing. Simon the intimidator!
Now onto little Piper. Where to begin with her? She is a follower. It cracks me up how one brother gets up to do anything and she is right there following behind him. She's not picky as to which brother to follow. She would follow either pug brother to the end of the earth. Last night Simon came to check to see if it was treat time and there Piper was trotting along behind him. Simon went to bed early and she went to bed early too, cozying up just a few feet away from him. The other night Cody and Piper followed my every mood as I made numerous trips around the place as I did laundry. I wasn't going far yet I had two shadows that particular day. Actually most days I now have two shadows. But like I said she has to divide her time between brothers. Sometimes she follows Cody, then other days she's all about keeping tabs on Simon. The "follow the leader" game she constantly plays is quite funny to watch play out. Watching her follow one of the boys and watching their responses at times is entertaining for sure. She is so into seeing what they are doing at all times. She's a big time copy-cat(no pun intended)! I've also got her trained/spoiled to treat time. She now comes running to the treat closet in our house, fast to line up next to her brothers when it's time for a cookie!
Oh the joys of pet ownership!
Lately Cody has had no trouble getting in his proper beauty rest. There have been a few times that Brad has quickly gotten my attention to come look at Cody our "completely crashed out puggie". The other day we caught him with face tipped forward, nose down in the carpet crashed out. Nothing was disturbing to him. No amount of noise in the kitchen was troubling to his slumber. Then last night we caught him stretched out over two beds. His body in one bed and his head extended to the bed next to him and tilted backwards. He was quite the sight! Once again nothing disturbed him. He actually outlasted both of his siblings. Simon and Piper put themselves to bed while Cody stayed in the living room crashed out yet still around his parents. That's Cody, he can't handle being separated from us. I used to say he couldn't handle being separated from just me but that's not accurate anymore. He can't handle being separated from both of us now.
Oh my dear little Simon. Oh geez! He's so good natured yet he's a little punk too. I've got two short stories about him. The other morning while walking the boys, I was struggling with leashes, sunglasses, and duck food in my hands. All of a sudden I look down to notice I have only one leash. I quickly take account to see which pug I'm suddenly missing. Simon! I panic then turn around to look for him. There he stands a ridiculous amount behind us waiting for his lame brain mommie to realize he's no longer in tow. Geesh! One thing about the boys is that when you drop their leash they freeze. Not a muscle moves until they realize I have realized they are no longer near me. That is the first time I've dropped Simon's leash and left him so far in the dust. Embarrassing! Now for the punk story about Simon. There we are 4 of us waiting for the elevator late last night when another pug comes off the elevator. Simon immediately jumps in the face of this pug. Not exactly in a mean way but in more of a challenging "you want a piece of me" way. After he jumps in the face of this pug, the pug does nothing then goes on walking. As I maneuver Simon onto the elevator he looks back at the pug with the body language that clearly stated, "that's what I thought. I'm tough you aren't!" I was slightly embarrassed, I even reprimanded Simon while Brad I soon noticed was smiling and laughing. Simon the intimidator!
Now onto little Piper. Where to begin with her? She is a follower. It cracks me up how one brother gets up to do anything and she is right there following behind him. She's not picky as to which brother to follow. She would follow either pug brother to the end of the earth. Last night Simon came to check to see if it was treat time and there Piper was trotting along behind him. Simon went to bed early and she went to bed early too, cozying up just a few feet away from him. The other night Cody and Piper followed my every mood as I made numerous trips around the place as I did laundry. I wasn't going far yet I had two shadows that particular day. Actually most days I now have two shadows. But like I said she has to divide her time between brothers. Sometimes she follows Cody, then other days she's all about keeping tabs on Simon. The "follow the leader" game she constantly plays is quite funny to watch play out. Watching her follow one of the boys and watching their responses at times is entertaining for sure. She is so into seeing what they are doing at all times. She's a big time copy-cat(no pun intended)! I've also got her trained/spoiled to treat time. She now comes running to the treat closet in our house, fast to line up next to her brothers when it's time for a cookie!
Oh the joys of pet ownership!
Names!
I've always been super interested in names. My first question when I hear a new little one has come into the world is...What's the name? I think most people are curious to hear the name as well. But I perhaps am slightly more curious concerning names then the average person. I've always been interested in current name trends as well as origin and meanings of names. I've been known to do a bit of research on names despite the fact that I haven't had a pending reason for needing a baby name. Long before Brad came along I had a short name list going in my head. I never wrote any down but a list has been forming for years inside my brain.
One thing that has changed since getting married is my opinion/anxiety concerning names. Before it was simple curiosity when a new little one was born now it's different. Now when I hear of a new baby being born I wait with bated breath to hear the name, upon hearing the name I either do my best to hide a cringe or do a silent cheer within myself. Why those reactions now? Well it's simple...we might need a name at some point in the not so distant future. I now worry about someone else using a name we want to use.
This past Friday Brad was off work. He's been enjoying a 4 day Labor day weekend. Since he was able to he got up early on Friday morning to go on the long walk with his wife and his pug sons. During the walk the subject of baby names came up. Brad mentioned 2 names he really likes. I quickly reminded him both of those names are currently in use. He responded by saying, "we can't avoid a name just because someone else has it." I suppose he has a point but at the same time I don't want it to seem we named our little one after someone unless we are truly meaning to honor someone. Just my opinion! To me almost all names currently in use within the family are off limits. There's a slight few I might consider. However, I would definitely consider names to honor family members that are no longer with us. I guess to me names are a dime a dozen, so to speak. Why repeat a name when there's so many to choose from?
Well during the wee hours of this Sunday morning, just a mere 2 days after Brad and I had the conversation about repeating names, I had a cringe worthy moment. One of my cousin's shared the good news EARLY this morning that him and his wife have welcomed their 2nd daughter. Upon hearing the name I cringed just slightly! Mind you not in necessarily a bad way. It wasn't the first name that brought on the slight cringe it was the middle name...June! June has been on my radar for a super long time, many years. So perhaps a dilemma has been ignited in our household for sure. Give up June as a middle name for a possible future daughter or repeat it?
We have plenty of time to debate this. Especially since we have no bun in the oven. We are getting closer to wanting to add a "human" sibling to our crazy mix of "kids". But we aren't in a huge hurry. Perhaps, Brad is in somewhat of a bigger rush than I am. I'm getting there. Would really like to enjoy the first 2 years of marriage without a little one. Once that baby comes life is FOREVER changed. Want to make sure I'm ready for that! Since thinking up baby names has started to become more of a fave pastime of mine, I'm perhaps inching closer and closer to being fully ready. And instead of having the names circulating in my head like they used to do, I now write them down. In case anyone is curious the baby name list is in my top drawer of my nightstand. And a back-up list is carefully tucked away on the bookshelf in our living room. ;) Lol!
One thing that has changed since getting married is my opinion/anxiety concerning names. Before it was simple curiosity when a new little one was born now it's different. Now when I hear of a new baby being born I wait with bated breath to hear the name, upon hearing the name I either do my best to hide a cringe or do a silent cheer within myself. Why those reactions now? Well it's simple...we might need a name at some point in the not so distant future. I now worry about someone else using a name we want to use.
This past Friday Brad was off work. He's been enjoying a 4 day Labor day weekend. Since he was able to he got up early on Friday morning to go on the long walk with his wife and his pug sons. During the walk the subject of baby names came up. Brad mentioned 2 names he really likes. I quickly reminded him both of those names are currently in use. He responded by saying, "we can't avoid a name just because someone else has it." I suppose he has a point but at the same time I don't want it to seem we named our little one after someone unless we are truly meaning to honor someone. Just my opinion! To me almost all names currently in use within the family are off limits. There's a slight few I might consider. However, I would definitely consider names to honor family members that are no longer with us. I guess to me names are a dime a dozen, so to speak. Why repeat a name when there's so many to choose from?
Well during the wee hours of this Sunday morning, just a mere 2 days after Brad and I had the conversation about repeating names, I had a cringe worthy moment. One of my cousin's shared the good news EARLY this morning that him and his wife have welcomed their 2nd daughter. Upon hearing the name I cringed just slightly! Mind you not in necessarily a bad way. It wasn't the first name that brought on the slight cringe it was the middle name...June! June has been on my radar for a super long time, many years. So perhaps a dilemma has been ignited in our household for sure. Give up June as a middle name for a possible future daughter or repeat it?
We have plenty of time to debate this. Especially since we have no bun in the oven. We are getting closer to wanting to add a "human" sibling to our crazy mix of "kids". But we aren't in a huge hurry. Perhaps, Brad is in somewhat of a bigger rush than I am. I'm getting there. Would really like to enjoy the first 2 years of marriage without a little one. Once that baby comes life is FOREVER changed. Want to make sure I'm ready for that! Since thinking up baby names has started to become more of a fave pastime of mine, I'm perhaps inching closer and closer to being fully ready. And instead of having the names circulating in my head like they used to do, I now write them down. In case anyone is curious the baby name list is in my top drawer of my nightstand. And a back-up list is carefully tucked away on the bookshelf in our living room. ;) Lol!
Monday, August 25, 2014
It's a Beast!
Well this past Saturday we continued our search for our new TV. We looked around a bit in the afternoon before returning to Best Buy. Honestly, Best Buy is our fave store! It's most certainly Brad's fave.
Upon our second visit to Best Buy we surprisingly eliminated the 3 we had been considering the previous night. We instead found ourselves with a new top 3. We then walked around discussing which one was the best option. We were set on making a decision on Saturday. We had company coming over and the Cowboys were set to play on Saturday evening. A decision had to be made!
On Friday we did set a budget for the new TV. But we were willing to go over the budget if need be. I could tell Brad wanted a Sony. We weren't leaving Best Buy with any other brand. Our new top 3 picks were all Sony's. A few differences in each one but all Sony. I think my research I had done late Friday night helped sway my husband into wanting a Sony. Some of the brands I thought were strong TV brands before I did my research proved to not rate as high as I had thought they would. I'm sure having my research fresh in our minds is what caused us to change up our top 3 picks.
As we walked around we rated the importance of features, size, and budget. Two of the three we were considering were within our budget, the third option was over. The over budget TV came with an added interesting feature. In the end we stuck to our budget and couldn't be happier! I am shocked we stuck to our budget and came home with such a beast. I'm not even going to say how big the TV is we came home with, it's slightly embarrassing we now own such a BEAST. It's huge! Both of us have made numerous comments about how shocked we are that we now own such a large TV. Truth be told it's a bit too big for our current living room but we won't be living here forever. Hope is that this TV lasts longer than the last one and will look great in a new home. I'm sure watching football on this beast of a TV was incredibly appealing to Brad. I must say it was appealing to me too. I wanted Brad to make the final decision on the TV after we discussed the pros and cons of the top 3. I wanted him to make the final decision because I know how important TVs are to men! Am I right? Don't get me wrong I love TV too. Still though TV I believe is slightly more important to the majority of the male population then the female population...just my opinion! Yay for us we stayed in budget, we came home with a beast of a TV and we got a Sony Bravia. Watching football this season will be extra exciting. Right now we are currently watching the U.S. Open tennis tournament. It's night one, live from NY. Guess what our TV will be featuring on the screen 90% of the time for the next 2 weeks? Yep, tennis! Perfect timing! Speaking of perfect timing when we were on our way home with our new beast I commented that we had just enough time to get it set up before the Cowboys come on. We had about 2 hours until kick-off, and only an hour until pre-game.
Upon our second visit to Best Buy we surprisingly eliminated the 3 we had been considering the previous night. We instead found ourselves with a new top 3. We then walked around discussing which one was the best option. We were set on making a decision on Saturday. We had company coming over and the Cowboys were set to play on Saturday evening. A decision had to be made!
On Friday we did set a budget for the new TV. But we were willing to go over the budget if need be. I could tell Brad wanted a Sony. We weren't leaving Best Buy with any other brand. Our new top 3 picks were all Sony's. A few differences in each one but all Sony. I think my research I had done late Friday night helped sway my husband into wanting a Sony. Some of the brands I thought were strong TV brands before I did my research proved to not rate as high as I had thought they would. I'm sure having my research fresh in our minds is what caused us to change up our top 3 picks.
As we walked around we rated the importance of features, size, and budget. Two of the three we were considering were within our budget, the third option was over. The over budget TV came with an added interesting feature. In the end we stuck to our budget and couldn't be happier! I am shocked we stuck to our budget and came home with such a beast. I'm not even going to say how big the TV is we came home with, it's slightly embarrassing we now own such a BEAST. It's huge! Both of us have made numerous comments about how shocked we are that we now own such a large TV. Truth be told it's a bit too big for our current living room but we won't be living here forever. Hope is that this TV lasts longer than the last one and will look great in a new home. I'm sure watching football on this beast of a TV was incredibly appealing to Brad. I must say it was appealing to me too. I wanted Brad to make the final decision on the TV after we discussed the pros and cons of the top 3. I wanted him to make the final decision because I know how important TVs are to men! Am I right? Don't get me wrong I love TV too. Still though TV I believe is slightly more important to the majority of the male population then the female population...just my opinion! Yay for us we stayed in budget, we came home with a beast of a TV and we got a Sony Bravia. Watching football this season will be extra exciting. Right now we are currently watching the U.S. Open tennis tournament. It's night one, live from NY. Guess what our TV will be featuring on the screen 90% of the time for the next 2 weeks? Yep, tennis! Perfect timing! Speaking of perfect timing when we were on our way home with our new beast I commented that we had just enough time to get it set up before the Cowboys come on. We had about 2 hours until kick-off, and only an hour until pre-game.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
NOOOOOOOOO!
There I was sitting in our living room last night alone with our three "kids", Brad had a "practice" tennis match, I was extremely busy watching TV. Oh thank heavens football has returned. Just in the nick of time too. The other night while I was saying grace I thanked the good Lord that football season was once again upon us. My husband couldn't help but laugh out loud during the prayer. Hey, what can I say? I LOVE football! As my husband said, "you're likely the only wife in America that included being thankful for football season in a prayer." Perhaps!
Okay back to my story....there I was sitting in our living room last night in my fave spot on the couch with three pets near when all of a sudden it happened. Nearly the worst possible thing that can happen. No Pittsburgh didn't catch a game winning touchdown against my Cards. Pittsburgh wasn't playing the Cards they were actually playing their in-state rivals the Eagles. What happened? My screen went solid black!!!! Yep, nothing! And my response was to yell in a rather quiet manner: "NOOOOOO". Honestly the nerve of the TV to go out during football! Geez! I didn't even get to see if the dude that the QB was throwing to caught the ball.
I quickly jumped up to reboot the cable box. I muttered to the 3 pets about my disgust for our cable box. I also commented to them concerning the timing of this cable malfunction. Unable to reboot the sucker myself, I got our cable company on the phone. They ran checks on our cable box from wherever they are. I first spoke to a computer that couldn't help me enough so I eventually got transferred to a human. The human spent....oh geez....likely 50 minutes on the phone with me trying to solve our problem. It was determined we need a new cable box. They don't send technicians out to install new cable boxes instead they drop the new cable box in the mail. So I can expect the new box to arrive by Monday no later than Tuesday. What a relief! I'm being a bit sarcastic! All weekend with no cable is not appealing to me. I wasn't sure how my husband was going to take the news either, no cable in the main room.
So since there was no cable I decided to put in a movie to watch on our Blu-ray, I turned on the Blu-ray after putting in the disk and NOTHING. What is going on? The Blu-ray wasn't working either. When the screen went black I never thought to check other inputs on our TV. I simply assumed it was the cable. Since the Blu-ray wasn't working I then began checking all other inputs. We have a total of 4 inputs: cable, 2 gaming systems and the Blu-ray. Only one of the gaming systems was working which is coincidently not plugged into an HDMI input port. Alright I clue in that all of our HDMI ports have stopped working. They aren't damaged, something having to do with the HDMI circuit board has clearing gone bad inside our TV. Oh great news! Cable box in living room is fine, TV is done for! I now have a cable box on it's way to us that we don't appear to need, instead we need a new TV.
Guess what we spent our evening doing? Shopping for a new TV. We literally debated things for a full 2 hours as we walked around comparing nearly every TV Best Buy carries. In the end we didn't want to make a rushed decision so we came home without a new TV. We will sleep on it, let the specs process in our heads overnight then go back and hopefully purchase tomorrow. We do have it narrowed down considerably. I would just like to say our TV is not that old, TVs should last longer darn it! I think this time around we will go with a bigger name brand than last time! Hopefully that will make a difference when it comes to longevity. Fingers-crossed we pick a good one tomorrow!
Okay back to my story....there I was sitting in our living room last night in my fave spot on the couch with three pets near when all of a sudden it happened. Nearly the worst possible thing that can happen. No Pittsburgh didn't catch a game winning touchdown against my Cards. Pittsburgh wasn't playing the Cards they were actually playing their in-state rivals the Eagles. What happened? My screen went solid black!!!! Yep, nothing! And my response was to yell in a rather quiet manner: "NOOOOOO". Honestly the nerve of the TV to go out during football! Geez! I didn't even get to see if the dude that the QB was throwing to caught the ball.
I quickly jumped up to reboot the cable box. I muttered to the 3 pets about my disgust for our cable box. I also commented to them concerning the timing of this cable malfunction. Unable to reboot the sucker myself, I got our cable company on the phone. They ran checks on our cable box from wherever they are. I first spoke to a computer that couldn't help me enough so I eventually got transferred to a human. The human spent....oh geez....likely 50 minutes on the phone with me trying to solve our problem. It was determined we need a new cable box. They don't send technicians out to install new cable boxes instead they drop the new cable box in the mail. So I can expect the new box to arrive by Monday no later than Tuesday. What a relief! I'm being a bit sarcastic! All weekend with no cable is not appealing to me. I wasn't sure how my husband was going to take the news either, no cable in the main room.
So since there was no cable I decided to put in a movie to watch on our Blu-ray, I turned on the Blu-ray after putting in the disk and NOTHING. What is going on? The Blu-ray wasn't working either. When the screen went black I never thought to check other inputs on our TV. I simply assumed it was the cable. Since the Blu-ray wasn't working I then began checking all other inputs. We have a total of 4 inputs: cable, 2 gaming systems and the Blu-ray. Only one of the gaming systems was working which is coincidently not plugged into an HDMI input port. Alright I clue in that all of our HDMI ports have stopped working. They aren't damaged, something having to do with the HDMI circuit board has clearing gone bad inside our TV. Oh great news! Cable box in living room is fine, TV is done for! I now have a cable box on it's way to us that we don't appear to need, instead we need a new TV.
Guess what we spent our evening doing? Shopping for a new TV. We literally debated things for a full 2 hours as we walked around comparing nearly every TV Best Buy carries. In the end we didn't want to make a rushed decision so we came home without a new TV. We will sleep on it, let the specs process in our heads overnight then go back and hopefully purchase tomorrow. We do have it narrowed down considerably. I would just like to say our TV is not that old, TVs should last longer darn it! I think this time around we will go with a bigger name brand than last time! Hopefully that will make a difference when it comes to longevity. Fingers-crossed we pick a good one tomorrow!
Sunday, August 17, 2014
My Oh My What A Downpour!
I woke up with that panicked feeling! You know that feeling where something startles you awake and you instantly hit the panic button until you fully come out of your sleepy fog? I'm sure everyone reading this can relate. Why the panicked feeling? We woke up to one of the loudest thunderstorms little Piper has had to endure. By the way Pipe....Welcome to Texas! Oh wait she was born in Big D. Well, still it was a shocking burst of sounds her little ears suffered through. As soon as I heard the loud thunder booming above us my immediate thought was...."where are our vehicles?" Worrying about the vehicles was what startled me awake. This thunderstorm thankfully produced no hail or tornado threat. The vehicles were in the garage so no fear of hail damage. Whew!
But try to tell Piper there was no need to worry. Actually she did pretty well. I opened the blinds closest to the couch and she sat on the edge of the couch watching it all. She wasn't brave enough to sit right next to the window. She needed a safe distance between her and the action. Since we're on the top floor a majorly loud thunderstorm seems to rock us. I noticed she looked to her brothers a lot. Likely seeing if they seemed worried or nervous. She was a little nervy but I don't believe to the level she would've been if she didn't have two brothers.
It's always interesting having a puppy or a kitty in the household. It takes a lot to teach them what you expect out of them. However, let me say it is without a doubt easier when you have older pets in the house as well. Following their lead has made my life easier as we train Piper. As I've mentioned before, Cody is quite the disciplinarian. Simon learned from Cody too. There was just the right amount of time between getting Cody then getting Simon. A foundation had already been laid down for Cody, Simon just had to follow along. I remember the first time I introduced Simon to the puppy litter box. I was a single female at the time I got the boys so going out in the middle of the night for potty breaks was not going to happen, not a safe idea in my opinion. I decided to train Cody to a little box first. It worked great! When I brought Simon home for the first time I sat him down in the litter box. He immediately thought it was a sand box to play in. He used his paws to bat the sand back and forth while he playfully spun around. Cody looked on with the most judging look on his face a dog could possibly muster up. That was the point when I knew Cody was going to be a big help showing Simon the ropes. Now years later he's showing Piper the ropes.
Now back to the real subject of this post after that slight detour....as I mentioned the rain greeted us this morning when we woke up. I decided to delay walking the boys for a bit. Sure that it would get better soon. Instead it got worse and then even worse. Boy did I learn a lesson. Just go when you have the chance because it might not get any better. I'm not sure if we had left as soon as we got up this morning to get the long walk in if we could've completed it before the heavy rain started but it would have been close. I got antsy to get the long walk of the day in and finally when I noticed it had lessened significantly I leashed up the boys for the journey. Out the door we went way later than usual. As we started out I thought it looked great off in the distance. I was confident the light sprinkles would soon cease as we continued on our path. As we walked along the lake we live by I couldn't believe how high the lake had risen. Crazy! So much rain fell in such a short amount of time the lake was almost filled to capacity. The street we walk down had a stalled car stuck in the flooded middle section. What few cars we did see out were progressing SLOWLY through the flooded street. I quickly thought to myself, "good thing we have a Pathfinder". Cars were not going through the water easily at all. As we approached the point of no return on our route the skies opened up again and it started to pour. I mean pour!!!!! I think that is the worst downpour of rain I have ever been caught in with the boys. There was so much rain coming at us that my rain protection I had on quickly became nearly useless. I kept glancing up to see if I happened to spot my husband in the Pathfinder coming to rescue his wife and pugs along the route. No such luck! We were getting so pelted with rain I finally decided we had to get this over with. Time to run boys! We jogged a good amount of the morning "walk". It was a walk for awhile then jog for awhile type of journey. Cody was a bit harder to convince that jogging was a good idea. Simon took off. It was kind of funny jogging with Simon. Cody was lagging behind us. But Simon would have a burst of speed, his turbo jets would fire, then some how he would let off his turbo speed and he was no longer leading but instead keeping exact pace with his mommie. Then next thing I knew he hit the turbo again and was back in the lead just to lose the lead and be right in tune with me. Funny and cute! Cody remained as the caboose the entire time. LOL!
I love the rain! I just don't love the rain when the boys need to be walked. I wish in a lot of ways I could get up on a rain soaked morning and simply skip the walk(truth be told the boys probably wish I could just skip the walk too)....but I CAN'T DO THAT! It's not in me. Blame my DNA! Blame the fact that I have that "unable to relax" Peterson blood running through my veins! Blame the fact that I'm crazy or a bit OCD! Blame whatever! One thing is for sure this pug mommie will do whatever she can to make sure our pugs get the exercise they need no matter the weather conditions. Here's the other OCD thing about me....I have to get the long walk completed during the morning hours. It drives me crazy until that long morning walk is done. I wish too I could simply tell myself to delay the walk, simply move it to the afternoon hours, especially when rain hits on the weekend. But I can't do that either! I'm crazy! Or maybe I'm simply too schedule oriented. That I can blame on my mom! Hee-hee! I was certainly raised by a super schedule oriented woman so I come by it honestly.
Wow oh wow....Man, what a downpour we endured! Again I say, welcome to living in Texas Piper. Yet another downpour that wasn't exactly predicted!
But try to tell Piper there was no need to worry. Actually she did pretty well. I opened the blinds closest to the couch and she sat on the edge of the couch watching it all. She wasn't brave enough to sit right next to the window. She needed a safe distance between her and the action. Since we're on the top floor a majorly loud thunderstorm seems to rock us. I noticed she looked to her brothers a lot. Likely seeing if they seemed worried or nervous. She was a little nervy but I don't believe to the level she would've been if she didn't have two brothers.
It's always interesting having a puppy or a kitty in the household. It takes a lot to teach them what you expect out of them. However, let me say it is without a doubt easier when you have older pets in the house as well. Following their lead has made my life easier as we train Piper. As I've mentioned before, Cody is quite the disciplinarian. Simon learned from Cody too. There was just the right amount of time between getting Cody then getting Simon. A foundation had already been laid down for Cody, Simon just had to follow along. I remember the first time I introduced Simon to the puppy litter box. I was a single female at the time I got the boys so going out in the middle of the night for potty breaks was not going to happen, not a safe idea in my opinion. I decided to train Cody to a little box first. It worked great! When I brought Simon home for the first time I sat him down in the litter box. He immediately thought it was a sand box to play in. He used his paws to bat the sand back and forth while he playfully spun around. Cody looked on with the most judging look on his face a dog could possibly muster up. That was the point when I knew Cody was going to be a big help showing Simon the ropes. Now years later he's showing Piper the ropes.
Now back to the real subject of this post after that slight detour....as I mentioned the rain greeted us this morning when we woke up. I decided to delay walking the boys for a bit. Sure that it would get better soon. Instead it got worse and then even worse. Boy did I learn a lesson. Just go when you have the chance because it might not get any better. I'm not sure if we had left as soon as we got up this morning to get the long walk in if we could've completed it before the heavy rain started but it would have been close. I got antsy to get the long walk of the day in and finally when I noticed it had lessened significantly I leashed up the boys for the journey. Out the door we went way later than usual. As we started out I thought it looked great off in the distance. I was confident the light sprinkles would soon cease as we continued on our path. As we walked along the lake we live by I couldn't believe how high the lake had risen. Crazy! So much rain fell in such a short amount of time the lake was almost filled to capacity. The street we walk down had a stalled car stuck in the flooded middle section. What few cars we did see out were progressing SLOWLY through the flooded street. I quickly thought to myself, "good thing we have a Pathfinder". Cars were not going through the water easily at all. As we approached the point of no return on our route the skies opened up again and it started to pour. I mean pour!!!!! I think that is the worst downpour of rain I have ever been caught in with the boys. There was so much rain coming at us that my rain protection I had on quickly became nearly useless. I kept glancing up to see if I happened to spot my husband in the Pathfinder coming to rescue his wife and pugs along the route. No such luck! We were getting so pelted with rain I finally decided we had to get this over with. Time to run boys! We jogged a good amount of the morning "walk". It was a walk for awhile then jog for awhile type of journey. Cody was a bit harder to convince that jogging was a good idea. Simon took off. It was kind of funny jogging with Simon. Cody was lagging behind us. But Simon would have a burst of speed, his turbo jets would fire, then some how he would let off his turbo speed and he was no longer leading but instead keeping exact pace with his mommie. Then next thing I knew he hit the turbo again and was back in the lead just to lose the lead and be right in tune with me. Funny and cute! Cody remained as the caboose the entire time. LOL!
I love the rain! I just don't love the rain when the boys need to be walked. I wish in a lot of ways I could get up on a rain soaked morning and simply skip the walk(truth be told the boys probably wish I could just skip the walk too)....but I CAN'T DO THAT! It's not in me. Blame my DNA! Blame the fact that I have that "unable to relax" Peterson blood running through my veins! Blame the fact that I'm crazy or a bit OCD! Blame whatever! One thing is for sure this pug mommie will do whatever she can to make sure our pugs get the exercise they need no matter the weather conditions. Here's the other OCD thing about me....I have to get the long walk completed during the morning hours. It drives me crazy until that long morning walk is done. I wish too I could simply tell myself to delay the walk, simply move it to the afternoon hours, especially when rain hits on the weekend. But I can't do that either! I'm crazy! Or maybe I'm simply too schedule oriented. That I can blame on my mom! Hee-hee! I was certainly raised by a super schedule oriented woman so I come by it honestly.
Wow oh wow....Man, what a downpour we endured! Again I say, welcome to living in Texas Piper. Yet another downpour that wasn't exactly predicted!
Friday, August 15, 2014
Come On Just One Kiss!
The other day I witnessed another sweet moment between our "kids". It was early in the morning, I had just gotten our animal kingdom out of their enclosed quarters for the day. After feeding all of them I returned to their sleeping quarters to check the community water bowl. As I stood at the sink filling their water bowl, I turned around to see 3 pets staring at me. Nothing unusual about that! Next I laid the bowl down on it's mat in the corner. A line-up at the water bowl quickly formed. Cody was of course first, then Simon, followed by little Piper. Perhaps she was in a loving mood, or perhaps she was simply trying to sweeten up to Simon in an effort to line jump. As I looked on, Piper strolled up next to Simon. Now standing right next to him, clearly invading his personal space, she gazed at him for a brief moment. That's when she moved in towards his cheek, attempting to kiss him. He moved to the side one step. She moved to the side with him for her second attempt. He then decided to move backwards two steps, she moved backwards too as she readied herself for a third attempt to give Simon a little sugar! LOL! Right after he moved for the fourth time Cody had completed his ridiculously long drink, so speedy Simon lunged forward about three paces to the water bowl. Piper lunged with him. He stuck his face in the bowl as did she. The entire time he drank, she drank all while staring at him. Staring at him in a rather loving manner. He then turned to walk out of the room and she followed.She is the ever so persistent cat. She already knows Cody likes her. Well Cody pretends he's unsure about her. But don't be fooled, he likes her. They are decent buds. Simon on the other hand, she's still trying to crack into his hard shell. As I watched her pursue him the other morning I imagined she was likely thinking to herself...."Come on just one little kiss!" That thought was possibly followed with this thought...."One of these days you will love me not just tolerate me but love me, one of these days."
Yes, Pipey...one of these days! Simon will come around! Or at least that is the hope. It's not that he doesn't like her per say it's simply that he doesn't feel the need to get super chummy with her. He's never been mean to her but doesn't go out of his way to roll out the red carpet for her...or anyone else for that matter. He's super cool Simon that is simply in his own super cool world. It's Simon's world that the rest of us just happen to live in. LOL!
Friday, August 8, 2014
A Big First for Piper!
The other day a big first occurred for Piper. Her first taste of tuna! TUNA! A cat's best treat! Coming in second to milk, of course.
She was quite hesitant as I sat her bowl down in front of her with the little dab of plain tuna in it. She has inherited Cody's cautious nature at the sight of a new food item. She looked it over. Sized it up. Sniffed it a few times. Stuck her nose on it. Why do cat's do that? They sniff something new then gently stick their nose on it before deciding to then try a bite. Storm did it too! So I'm convinced it's a cat thing. After all that most cats would start licking the new item. But Piper has pug brothers that chow down. So she then cautiously took a bite. Forget taking a quick lick when you can just chow down on it! Right? Simon would totally agree!
She ate a little then politely walked away. I left it in her bowl for the duration of the afternoon. I mixed the leftover tuna in with her dinner and she ate it all. Since this first experience with tuna she has been lucky enough to get a little more since. The second round she ate some then left the rest which was mixed into her dinner. I did notice though she seemed to truly enjoy her cat food with tuna mixed in! She had it all over the place, which makes me believe she really liked something. The messier she gets with something the more she liked it! Right? Simon is that right?
Below is a short video of her new experience:
She was quite hesitant as I sat her bowl down in front of her with the little dab of plain tuna in it. She has inherited Cody's cautious nature at the sight of a new food item. She looked it over. Sized it up. Sniffed it a few times. Stuck her nose on it. Why do cat's do that? They sniff something new then gently stick their nose on it before deciding to then try a bite. Storm did it too! So I'm convinced it's a cat thing. After all that most cats would start licking the new item. But Piper has pug brothers that chow down. So she then cautiously took a bite. Forget taking a quick lick when you can just chow down on it! Right? Simon would totally agree!
She ate a little then politely walked away. I left it in her bowl for the duration of the afternoon. I mixed the leftover tuna in with her dinner and she ate it all. Since this first experience with tuna she has been lucky enough to get a little more since. The second round she ate some then left the rest which was mixed into her dinner. I did notice though she seemed to truly enjoy her cat food with tuna mixed in! She had it all over the place, which makes me believe she really liked something. The messier she gets with something the more she liked it! Right? Simon is that right?
Below is a short video of her new experience:
Option 3!
Was this a long week or what? Seemed to go by at snail speed. Today has been an off day for Brad since he worked last Saturday.
Last night we were both anxious to get our dose of pre-season football as the Cowboys opened their pre-season. Thank goodness football season is around the corner! Poor Brad is not predicting good things for the Cowboys this season. He also has a sneaky suspicion Romo will not be the QB all year. As he told me last night...."Get used to seeing Weedon."
Piper has been a little under the weather today. Hopefully, she is back to her usual Pipey self by tomorrow. Quite confused as to why she is not feeling so great. Too many treats? Or maybe a different type of treat then what she's used to? I'm a little iffy on whether or not she can handle certain flavors of treats. I'm thinking the turkey flavored treats are not for our Pipe. It's all one big experiment. One thing is for sure she loves milk flavored treats, beyond that it's a bit of a gamble!
Cody's been struggling with an ear infection and eye infection! Geesh, these kids of ours! Simon's been good! Ornery as ever! Actually he's a very good boy he just has a little different style then the other two. He tends to not worry about getting in trouble as much as the other two.
Today we got up super early! As early as we get up on church days. Which means I was walking the dogs as it was getting light out. We got going so early in order to take the Pathfinder in for some system updates. I couldn't believe Brad made such an early appointment for us. I was thinking he was crazy when he told me our appointment time a few days ago. In the end I'm so glad it was an early appointment for a few reasons. First off, we were done by noon. However, the main reason is we are still sharing the Pathfinder. Brad's car remains in the shop until early next week. So that meant we had to go to option 3 today for transportation...Brad's motorcycle. I drove the Pathfinder while Brad drove his motorcycle to the dealership. We dropped off the Pathfinder then went on the motorcycle to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a leisure breakfast out.
I'm still adjusting to being a passenger on a motorcycle. It's not my absolute favorite thing to be riding on. I can certainly see it would be fun to drive but being a passenger and having zero control is a bit hard in my opinion. I think I do quite well on surface streets, getting me on the freeway or the access road of the freeway and that's when my uncomfortable meter rises up in an instant. The thing that was getting to me today was the access road of the freeway combined with the heat. It wasn't terribly hot but when you have all the motorcycle gear on it's certainly not cool. Not to mention our gear is mostly black, which draws that darn sunlight. Like I said before, thank goodness Brad made the appointment so early in the morning. I couldn't have imagined riding around in the late afternoon wasting time like we did this morning as we waited on the Pathfinder.
Once we got back home Brad commented that it felt like we had a full day already and it was only noon. LOL! I agreed! There's wasting away time because you have nothing better to do, no agenda. Then there's the wasting away time because you HAVE to waste time in order to move on to the next portion of your day. The second one isn't as much fun overall yet we made it fun. We did our best to make an adventure out of those few hours this morning. As for this afternoon we've spent most of it relaxing. Perhaps we'll continue to relax some from the long week with a stay at home movie night!
Last night we were both anxious to get our dose of pre-season football as the Cowboys opened their pre-season. Thank goodness football season is around the corner! Poor Brad is not predicting good things for the Cowboys this season. He also has a sneaky suspicion Romo will not be the QB all year. As he told me last night...."Get used to seeing Weedon."
Piper has been a little under the weather today. Hopefully, she is back to her usual Pipey self by tomorrow. Quite confused as to why she is not feeling so great. Too many treats? Or maybe a different type of treat then what she's used to? I'm a little iffy on whether or not she can handle certain flavors of treats. I'm thinking the turkey flavored treats are not for our Pipe. It's all one big experiment. One thing is for sure she loves milk flavored treats, beyond that it's a bit of a gamble!
Cody's been struggling with an ear infection and eye infection! Geesh, these kids of ours! Simon's been good! Ornery as ever! Actually he's a very good boy he just has a little different style then the other two. He tends to not worry about getting in trouble as much as the other two.
Today we got up super early! As early as we get up on church days. Which means I was walking the dogs as it was getting light out. We got going so early in order to take the Pathfinder in for some system updates. I couldn't believe Brad made such an early appointment for us. I was thinking he was crazy when he told me our appointment time a few days ago. In the end I'm so glad it was an early appointment for a few reasons. First off, we were done by noon. However, the main reason is we are still sharing the Pathfinder. Brad's car remains in the shop until early next week. So that meant we had to go to option 3 today for transportation...Brad's motorcycle. I drove the Pathfinder while Brad drove his motorcycle to the dealership. We dropped off the Pathfinder then went on the motorcycle to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a leisure breakfast out.
I'm still adjusting to being a passenger on a motorcycle. It's not my absolute favorite thing to be riding on. I can certainly see it would be fun to drive but being a passenger and having zero control is a bit hard in my opinion. I think I do quite well on surface streets, getting me on the freeway or the access road of the freeway and that's when my uncomfortable meter rises up in an instant. The thing that was getting to me today was the access road of the freeway combined with the heat. It wasn't terribly hot but when you have all the motorcycle gear on it's certainly not cool. Not to mention our gear is mostly black, which draws that darn sunlight. Like I said before, thank goodness Brad made the appointment so early in the morning. I couldn't have imagined riding around in the late afternoon wasting time like we did this morning as we waited on the Pathfinder.
Once we got back home Brad commented that it felt like we had a full day already and it was only noon. LOL! I agreed! There's wasting away time because you have nothing better to do, no agenda. Then there's the wasting away time because you HAVE to waste time in order to move on to the next portion of your day. The second one isn't as much fun overall yet we made it fun. We did our best to make an adventure out of those few hours this morning. As for this afternoon we've spent most of it relaxing. Perhaps we'll continue to relax some from the long week with a stay at home movie night!
Saturday, August 2, 2014
A Quiet/Slow-moving Saturday
Welcome to August! Is it already August? The summer is marching right along! Go right ahead and march in my opinion. I'm ready for football season to come around again. Speaking of football season, this weekend is Hall of Fame weekend. The opening of pre-season football is tomorrow night when the Giants take on the Bills. An all New York, Hall of Fame game!
Let's see what's been going on. Last weekend was dedicated to our nephew Dylan. He spent the weekend with us. I made him some special chocolate cookies. I had to tweak the recipe as I went so the cookies got better as I progressed. Perhaps I should start measuring things? Oh but what fun is that? No seriously with those cookies last weekend I was slightly irritated with myself for not measuring at least the flour!
Oh man, I have to tell this story...we took Dylan to a bit of an upscale Cajun restaurant. Now mind you, I have only had Cajun food since Brad came into the picture. Definitely not something you grow up having in AZ. I have enjoyed some good Cajun food though. And I even make jambalaya periodically( a lot in the winter time). While looking over the menu, Dylan and myself were both leery of "tiger sauce". So we looked for items that did not feature tiger sauce. He went with a shrimp hoagie and I went for a pasta dish. The dish I chose was parmesan chicken served on a bed of angel hair pasta. Angel hair pasta is likely my fave pasta. The dish looked amazing when it arrived. Perfectly golden brown parmesan chicken smothered in Fontina cheese with a drizzle of Alfredo sauce as a bonus on top. At one bite, my taste buds were on FIRE! I mean....FIRE! At least a 4 alarm blaze. Coming from AZ I'm no stranger to spices. However, those are Mexican spices and these spices I was tasting were Cajun! Yikes! It was very good just super spicy. My taste buds were doing a dance they've never had to do before, the tango or something! Clearly the spiciest dish I've ever eaten. Possibly I should re-phrase that....the spiciest dish I've ever wanted to keep eating! The spice was quite intense but it didn't make me want to stop eating it. Oddly enough! I was up for it! After surviving the 4 alarm blaze my taste buds endured will I ever let Brad take me back to this particular restaurant called Copeland's? Heck yeah! I'm up for it! I did notice that Dylan never mentioned his shrimp hoagie to be spicy so perhaps I will try what he had next time. Wink-wink! It was good just much more intense flavors than I'm used to. I'm still adapting to Cajun fare!
I'm currently wasting time away at home today as my wonderfully cute husband is working. It's the first Saturday of the month so off to work he went today. But the good news is he has next Friday off! I'll work my tail-feathers off during this coming week to take the day off with him next Friday. We are sharing one car right now. His car had a very odd issue with a tire. An issue I've never heard of before. He feared a blow out was imminent and he refused to let his wife ride in his car until the issue was fixed so off to the shop it went yesterday. Brad's mechanic friend and his wife super politely came to pick up Brad's car yesterday afternoon. Yes, it's nice having a mechanic as an actual close friend! When Brad needed to go to work this morning I convinced him to just take the Pathfinder. I don't need to go anywhere today. Oh sure I could go out browsing, but on Saturday's without Brad I'm like a lost puppy dog when out browsing at a store. I generally stay home and bake as well as do laundry. The only small issue today though is that Brad took both sets of keys. His set of keys has all his work keys so he has to take those plus he took my full set of keys instead of taking only the car key and remote. So I'm keyless! I've had to be a bit crafty today when taking the boys out. The boys were probably wondering to themselves why I was making them quickly run under the parking garage door before it closed when I took them out earlier. I'm not going to tell Brad about the key issue! So shhh! This is all our little secret. It's no big deal, a slight inconvenience for me and the pugs when trying to get in and out of the building but otherwise no biggie. I don't want Brad to feel badly that he mistakenly took all keys with him when he left this morning. Although he will likely realize it at some point today!
These Saturday's that he works are always a bit boring to me. I did make some candy. I recently made a friend of mine some cookie bars and sent them to her for her bday only to find out after they arrived she doesn't eat white flour anymore. Those cookie bars I sent were most certainly made with white flour. She didn't want to eat any of them. So I've been racking my brain as to a replacement batch of something to send her. I finally settled on candy. Earlier today I made some butterscotch TX haystacks. Yum! Now my only concern is sending them all the way to CA in the heat of August! Butterscotch based stuff doesn't seem to melt as badly as chocolate based candy. Fingers-crossed they survive the trip come Monday!
Hmm, what time is it? Is it too early to start planning out dinner? I have salmon marinating in the fridge but I suddenly feel like spaghetti, perhaps that's because I was telling the story of my fiery Cajun pasta experience. Although I think my husband is expecting taco night. I originally said tonight was taco night but then changed it to tomorrow night because the salmon needs to be cooked up. The freezer might be receiving the salmon very soon. Oh good something to debate while I continue to watch the clock for when my hubby returns!!!
Let's see what's been going on. Last weekend was dedicated to our nephew Dylan. He spent the weekend with us. I made him some special chocolate cookies. I had to tweak the recipe as I went so the cookies got better as I progressed. Perhaps I should start measuring things? Oh but what fun is that? No seriously with those cookies last weekend I was slightly irritated with myself for not measuring at least the flour!
Oh man, I have to tell this story...we took Dylan to a bit of an upscale Cajun restaurant. Now mind you, I have only had Cajun food since Brad came into the picture. Definitely not something you grow up having in AZ. I have enjoyed some good Cajun food though. And I even make jambalaya periodically( a lot in the winter time). While looking over the menu, Dylan and myself were both leery of "tiger sauce". So we looked for items that did not feature tiger sauce. He went with a shrimp hoagie and I went for a pasta dish. The dish I chose was parmesan chicken served on a bed of angel hair pasta. Angel hair pasta is likely my fave pasta. The dish looked amazing when it arrived. Perfectly golden brown parmesan chicken smothered in Fontina cheese with a drizzle of Alfredo sauce as a bonus on top. At one bite, my taste buds were on FIRE! I mean....FIRE! At least a 4 alarm blaze. Coming from AZ I'm no stranger to spices. However, those are Mexican spices and these spices I was tasting were Cajun! Yikes! It was very good just super spicy. My taste buds were doing a dance they've never had to do before, the tango or something! Clearly the spiciest dish I've ever eaten. Possibly I should re-phrase that....the spiciest dish I've ever wanted to keep eating! The spice was quite intense but it didn't make me want to stop eating it. Oddly enough! I was up for it! After surviving the 4 alarm blaze my taste buds endured will I ever let Brad take me back to this particular restaurant called Copeland's? Heck yeah! I'm up for it! I did notice that Dylan never mentioned his shrimp hoagie to be spicy so perhaps I will try what he had next time. Wink-wink! It was good just much more intense flavors than I'm used to. I'm still adapting to Cajun fare!
I'm currently wasting time away at home today as my wonderfully cute husband is working. It's the first Saturday of the month so off to work he went today. But the good news is he has next Friday off! I'll work my tail-feathers off during this coming week to take the day off with him next Friday. We are sharing one car right now. His car had a very odd issue with a tire. An issue I've never heard of before. He feared a blow out was imminent and he refused to let his wife ride in his car until the issue was fixed so off to the shop it went yesterday. Brad's mechanic friend and his wife super politely came to pick up Brad's car yesterday afternoon. Yes, it's nice having a mechanic as an actual close friend! When Brad needed to go to work this morning I convinced him to just take the Pathfinder. I don't need to go anywhere today. Oh sure I could go out browsing, but on Saturday's without Brad I'm like a lost puppy dog when out browsing at a store. I generally stay home and bake as well as do laundry. The only small issue today though is that Brad took both sets of keys. His set of keys has all his work keys so he has to take those plus he took my full set of keys instead of taking only the car key and remote. So I'm keyless! I've had to be a bit crafty today when taking the boys out. The boys were probably wondering to themselves why I was making them quickly run under the parking garage door before it closed when I took them out earlier. I'm not going to tell Brad about the key issue! So shhh! This is all our little secret. It's no big deal, a slight inconvenience for me and the pugs when trying to get in and out of the building but otherwise no biggie. I don't want Brad to feel badly that he mistakenly took all keys with him when he left this morning. Although he will likely realize it at some point today!
These Saturday's that he works are always a bit boring to me. I did make some candy. I recently made a friend of mine some cookie bars and sent them to her for her bday only to find out after they arrived she doesn't eat white flour anymore. Those cookie bars I sent were most certainly made with white flour. She didn't want to eat any of them. So I've been racking my brain as to a replacement batch of something to send her. I finally settled on candy. Earlier today I made some butterscotch TX haystacks. Yum! Now my only concern is sending them all the way to CA in the heat of August! Butterscotch based stuff doesn't seem to melt as badly as chocolate based candy. Fingers-crossed they survive the trip come Monday!
Hmm, what time is it? Is it too early to start planning out dinner? I have salmon marinating in the fridge but I suddenly feel like spaghetti, perhaps that's because I was telling the story of my fiery Cajun pasta experience. Although I think my husband is expecting taco night. I originally said tonight was taco night but then changed it to tomorrow night because the salmon needs to be cooked up. The freezer might be receiving the salmon very soon. Oh good something to debate while I continue to watch the clock for when my hubby returns!!!
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