Life As Of Late.

This pretty much sums it up, folks!!

Photo Credit: Unsure, but I can say I got it from my sister Tracey via email. Sorry for the lack of info, but too cute not to share!!

I think tomorrow I may be doing a weekly Pinterest and Etsy love/finds! See you here tomorrow!

xo

T

Whatever Wednesday.

Yo!

I'm feeling sick, Curtis seems a bit ill, Daisy was groomed the other day and it completely stresses her out. They didn't trim her dew claws so Brad had to bring her BACK this morning as we're not equipped. It's been a slightly stressful 24+ hours. Curtis wouldn't eat this morning as Brad was feeding him, but he kept coming upstairs (Curtis) to lay with me. I finally got him to eat, walked him down the street (looking VERY fancy as one does when ill. CRAZY town hair, bleary eyed, mismatched weird outfit. Said outfit was WAY too warm for the nice day that it is..furthering the crazy look. So what does Curtis do? Starts rolling in something FOUL in some long grasses. I try to get him out, he goes back down into it..rolling...rolling..loving. Eventually his leg and front paw get stuck in his leash as he's rolling..I notice there's POOP he's rolling in. I smell something awful. I realize he's as dirty as a frenchman (Gotcha!) and needs a bath and I feel weak and lame.

I love you, Curtis...but what's up with the filth-loving? WHY?

Brad ended up giving him a bath. As I've mentioned, Brad really shouldn't be kneeling or doing anything like that right now, but this was an emergency. He's clean now and smells GREAT! He's been running up and down the hallway upstairs like a crazy weinerschnitzel! Currently he and Daisy are fighting over their new ball that was chewed in half and disassembled in less than an hour the other night.  Curtis had his first trip into Petsmart! I think he did pretty well. He peed in a few spots but it's okay there and they have the pet clean up stations, so I just grabbed towels and wiped up. He narrowly missed the cards with his pee (Thank you, GOD!) and starting going a bit nuts so I took him back outside where he peed on everything and anything. Good times, folks! He also chewed up our memory card for the camera the other day. I took it out of the computer, dropped it and he had it in less than a second. So...no new pictures! Waiting on one from Amazon....

In lieu of new photos, cute photo of the day! I never thought of doing this with any of the geckos I've seen while on vacation..but now..who knows?


I'll leave you with my one year anniversary gift to Brad back in 2009...bought on Etsy from BraggingBags. Apparently the four year custom is fruit or something?? Does that mean I can just buy him a bahama mama?

I'm going back to bed..."If mamma ain't happy ain't no one happy.."

Peace Out, Friends.

xo

T

Girl Power Sunday

Yep.

See below.

LOVE it! And you can have one, too @ Legend Hand Painted Sign by TheHouseofBelonging on Etsy, $45.00


Ashley Judd to run for Senator in 2014? I love her and her humanitarian efforts. I say YES!

http://www.inquisitr.com/393513/ashley-judd-to-run-for-senate-actress-could-challenge-mitch-mcconnell-in-2014/



I'll be back with more...

Lazy Sunday. We have a dusting of snow on our deck and rooftop. I say NO. NO to that.

Have a beautiful day!

Muffins, Hot Cider & All Things Fabulous & Lazy!

xo

T

Four Years!

That is RIGHT! Tomorrow (Friday, November 9th) is the day Brad and I were married in the Bahamas four years ago! Time certainly flies by WAY too fast!

It probably seems weird that I lead with a photo of where we had our wedding dinner..but that's how I roll! I love food. Many memories have been made while eating, drinking something great and having CAKE! I LOVE CAKE!  Our reception was here, we had cake, we danced, we laughed. We ate too much. In short, it was perfect and very, very moody and pretty. We had only six guests. Not a lot of people are able to come to a destination wedding. Brad's parents acted as if it was dangerous to go to the Bahamas. There were a lot of weird excuses "isn't that south of the mason dixon line?" Just kidding. That was never said. But you get the idea. It worked out perfectly! It was small and intimate and I wouldn't change a thing.

As I said, the cake did NOT disappoint. We had a lot of leftover food and gave it to our lovely waitresses, the guys who made our food and the musician, Willie.

Brad and our nephew Emerson. He was five "and a half!" as he used to say- back then and he was our handsome little ringbearer. He rocked a rad shirt, was very professional the whole time and even served champagne right after the ceremony for us. He had a little glass of oj. He just took it upon himself to "bartend" for a good 20 minutes if you will. It was ADORABLE. He had the glasses lined up and looked very, very serious.  He also was a bit afraid of the water at this point in his life and wore this lifejacket everywhere. If Brad teased him or tried to take it off he'd yell "This is NOT a toy, Uncle Brad! It's for safety!" Yes, he also wore it in the hot tub where he mastered a magnificent back float!

Backfloat. Mastered. Why this is darling (to me and perhaps the masses..who  knows?) is because the water was maybe...3 feet deep.

My sister Dawn and Emerson's mommy- turned 34 a few days after our wedding, so we went into downtown Grand Island and had a nice birthday dinner. Emerson's expression in this photo is soo cute.

It was November in the Bahamas too but everything was alive, flowers..trees bearing fruit.

Right before he went kayaking with Uncle Brad for the very first time. Apparently, during part of their journey he kept saying "No! Uncle Brad go over THERE!" which was always closer to shore. He was very brave for a kid afraid of the water. He's now swimming like a little fish and took scuba diving lessons a year ago!

This pic is too tiny, but it's one of our first dances and Emerson decided he needed to get out there and rock it alone!

I love this picture. I love Brad. I loved this day. I'd also like to point out that about an hour before this, I CURLED my hair!! Yep, I did. That's how well my hair holds anything and why I was forced into Ogilvie home perms as a child. Straight hair was not cool back then.

Our whole wedding party: Katie, Jason (Brad's best friend and best man) US, Emerson, Eric and my sister Dawn. I didn't care to have any rules about what anyone wore. I just said "wear something you like and be comfortable." I did choose Emerson's shirt because A) it's stylin and B) the ringbearer needed to bring it up a level, obviously!

This pic KILLS me because of Emerson: He's holding the rings in that little pouch behind his back. And he never stood like this. He was copying Jason's stance. He also chose the flower for his hair.

I remember walking down from up above and down some stairs and when I saw everyone, I started to cry. I also really missed my mom, but I didn't want to dwell on it and be sad on a happy day.

Another view. What's interesting: There were no people around at first. We got married around 4:30PM. Suddenly, people were staring from semi close, afar, people we didn't know came out on their hotel room decks. Some took photos. THAT part was odd, but it's a public area so there's not much you can do!

Me and Emerson. He's so little here! He still does this..the hand in pocket in every photo!!

I know that everyone says that their wedding day is special and perfect, but it really was. The whole day had a mellow and loving quality and it was truly one of the best days of my life!! Most importantly..Brad is my friend and a huge fan and he's been a loving and wonderful husband!

I cannot find the pic of Em "bartending" but when I do..you will see it.

Cliffhangers are good, I think.

We're not huge anniversary planners and his hip is still healing, so we're not sure what tomorrow will bring. Probably dinner someplace nice. Like Arby's. GOTCHA!!

Have a wonderful evening and weekend & thanks for taking a trip down memory lane with me!!

xo

T

What's Really Important.

Because I think we're all getting sick of politics and everything attached to it (yet I admit that I'm guilty of posting many things political on my FB page!) I have decided to just run some meaningful and lovely photos here today.

I received these pics in a long email from my sister and these are my faves.  I will let them speak for me. I will only say I love them ALL, but the one that grabs at my heart is the little boy giving the homeless man some food ( I think that's what it is in the package.) I'd love to give photo credit for these, but I'm just not sure exactly where they came from. Peace out.

Get out and vote but mostly...let's love one another!!

xo

T

Make It A Good One.

A good DAY that is....

How could you not with ONE EXTRA HOUR of sleep?! Bliss. Simple and Pure.

Image via Pinterest. Simple and True!





I have a tendency to be what could be deemed "anti social" at times, so this fits me well:

When I feel like this I always joke with my B/F/F "Not sure what I'll do today alone. Stare at my foot. The wall. Ponder things. You know. The opportunities are amazing!"


Hoping you have a Saturday that is filled with all things amazeballs and special sauce!

xo

T

Halloween Wrap Up. The Fun. The Pageantry.

Emerson, Ava (in purple hat) and Andrew with the evening's winnings! YOW! As I'm sure you can tell, Emerson was an astronaut. Props to my sister Dawn for making him a very rad home made costume! His jetpak was made out of cardboard, a dollar store "silver visor for your car window" and some hosing from her old vacuum cleaner. His little hazmat suit was from a co-worker as were his stickers. He also sported Brad's former motorcycle helmet. He no longer has the cycle, so Dawn spray painted it silver. In all, it was quite sweet. Ava was a princess. She's 3 1/2 and adorable. Also..quite the trooper. She was the only one to NOT complain while trick or treating. Andrew was some green thing. I still don't get it. A morph-something? He originally had hardly anything on under this extraordinarily tight costume and my sister told him "Seriously!  You have to put some clothing on under that thing!" Andrew: "I DO! I have underwear on!"  Dawn: "Well, you need MORE! You can see everything you own. You should probably wear your nutcup from baseball." Lol. It was tight. I can't stop laughing.

Em rocking it on the streets of Minnesota.

Ava, Emerson & Andrew. Dawn was losing her cool at this point as "It's 7:15! We've got to get going or no one is going to be passing out candy!"  Me: "What world do you live in?"

I love the vibe on Halloween. All of the kids in the neighborhood..the excitement, the costumes. It was also VERY mild and almost warm here in Minnesota which is rare. I grew up having great costumes ruined by being forced to wear winter coats, boots and all else. This was a perfect night. Andrew looked like an alien and at one house I heard the guy ask "are you the alien and he's the astronaut who found you?" They thought this was FAB and used it as their schtick for the rest of the night. It was all I heard door after door "I'm an alien!"  "And I'm the one who found him!" It was like they had some comedy routine. Andrew referred to it as their "Mowto" and I said "I think you mean Motto?" and he became a bit irritated.

Their neighbors get really into Halloween which I LOVE. A few years ago someone played "Thriller" for a good three hours. It was amazeballs! This year, Andrew decided to go up to every house without lights on no matter how many times I told him "They either are out of candy honey or they don't WANT to give out candy." He even walked up to a couple with outdoor lights OFF as they were getting in their car to head out. It was embarrassing AND hilarious all at the same time! It was fun to see them have such a good time and in the end, I was able to grab a bit of candy for myself. Today I felt completely oversugarfied and a bit blah. Que sera sera.


In latest news...Curtis has fallen deeply in love with Brandy the dog who lives behind us. Brad refers to her as "Bridget" so that's what I call her now as well. She's a puppy but much, much bigger than Curtis. There's a nature preserve between our houses so she has to travel through brush and God knows what else to get in our yard. But she does. Daily. She steals his bones and toys. Then I realized that he's purposely bringing stuff out there and LEAVING it I think..to entice her!  They sometimes meet in our sideyard and I can tell it's her because of his bark and subsequent heart wrenching cry. This pic below is of him after she left. He'll stare out the window for an hour looking for her. It's so cute but it makes me a bit sad for him. Why? Because the other day she came over, but was more interested in old banana peels and some other stuff (all things which will degrade naturally, food and plant items.) near our firepit than seeing Curtis. He seemed despondent.

Watching. Waiting. 'Is she coming out anytime soon?"

I've never seen a dog sit like this for any length of time much less rest his little head on his paw. Like a hand! My poor son. Love isn't always kind.





Finally..scored this for a STEAL at a vintage shop with my best friend last week! I'm not sure what I'll make with this frame, but it is GORGEOUS and smells weird! Ideas to take the vintage "scent" out of vintage items? It's all wood and looks amazing but smells...less than stellar.

Kim tells me that this is a coffee stain. I think it's water damage. Unsure but again LOVE the frame.

I'm off to bed. It's getting dark early now..6:30PM! This means that next week when daylight savings ends, it will be dark at...wait for it...5-5:30PM. Good God! I guess I'll get my stack of winter books ready, a bottle of brandy (gotcha!) and a lot of "telenovelas" (nod to Zoila on Flipping Out!)

Hot Tea, Bed Before 10PM and All Things Fine~

xoxo

T