My Dog, the Bully

November 4, 2010

This is Oso, my brother-in-law's pup.  He lives with us and we love him. So, I guess that makes him my adopted dog? my nephew dog? or maybe just my dog too (watch it BIL, you may not get him back :P).  He's old and sweet and follows me around.  He loves being in the same room as either X or me.


This is Kingsley.  He lives with us too.  He is our first "together" pet, our child, our baby.  He looks incredibly cute, but don't let his sleeping innocence deceive you.  He's extremely stubborn, kind of loud, and mostly likes to be alone, except during thunderstorms when he FREAKS out.  Then he wants to crawl in your lap, in which he does not fit.


Bed time routine around our house usually goes like this:  I get ready for bed, round up the dogs and herd them to their respective dog beds, X leaves for the gym, I go to sleep.  This evening, Oso was already curled up and comfy on Kingsley's bed.  Kingsley was in our guest room, sleeping on top of the guest bed, which I think he's claimed as his own too.  After much prodding, X finally convinced him to get up and come into our room.

Kingsley walked in our room, looked at Oso, and then proceeded to crawl in his bed on top of Oso.

And there he stayed.  I'm sure Oso was thrilled.


"Uh, what just happened?"


I'm sure you can guess who won.


Share/Save/Bookmark

Anniversary Weekend: Part II

November 3, 2010

We started of our Saturday (our anniversary eve) by opening presents (yay!).  We decided to go with the themed anniversary gifts this year, so we agreed to stick with either paper or clocks.  I failed to get a picture of X's gift for me, but it was a really beauitful clock with our names and anniversary date engraved <3.

For X's gift, I chose to go with the paper theme. I cut up accordian hearts from tissue paper and stuffed them in a box on top of two composition notebooks.


In one of the notebooks, I left him a note and in the other I left a gift certificate to the Habana House :


After the gift exchange, we decided to trek out to the Zilker Botanical Gardens (the same location where we got engaged).


While we there, we saw a wedding that was about to start.  Poor Bride, it started raining about ten minutes after we saw her being transported to the ceremony site (the rose garden).  Hopefully she didn't get too wet!





Yes, that is a starbucks cup in my hand.  Have I mentioned I like coffee?

  
Even though it's supposed to be "fall" here in Austin, it was in the high 80's with about 100% humidity.  We decided that was a good enough excuse to depart for tacos and margaritas at Baby A's. 

After a nap, we rounded out our day with more food downtown at Sullivan's.  Have I mentioned that we also like to eat?

Sunday was spent with our parents, eating more cake, attending a church service at St. Mary's downtown that was dedicated to my mama, and enjoying a lovely dinner with our families.  Overall, it was a really great, relaxing first anniversary.

Share/Save/Bookmark

And Speaking of Anthro...

November 2, 2010

Congratulations to Paloma's Nest! I've always loved her ring bearer bowls and I'm so excited for this new adventure she's embarked on!  I love seeing small (local) businesses succeed :)


Share/Save/Bookmark

China Bracelets

Yesterday, I got the Anthropologie catalog in the mail (yay!).  I may not be able to afford shopping there as frequently as I would like, but that doesn't mean I don't love looking.  I think they do a great job of designing their catalogs and displaying items in their store fronts.  Anyways, I was flipping through the catalog and came across these:


China bracelets.  Where oh where had I seen these before?  A quick google search, and tada (sorry, I'm not sure on whose blog I originally saw these):


Seller StayGoldMaryRose sells them too.  She'll actually make any teacup you send her into a bracelet too!  It kind of makes me want to go search for the perfect teacup.  Her bracelets are also a little better priced than those at Anthropologie. 

It seems a little odd to me that when I google "teacup bracelet", a majority of the links feature the etsy seller.  Perhaps she's a wholeseller for Anthro?  I really hope that's the case and not that Anthropologie has decided to rip off her idea. 

What do you think- would you wear china as jewelry?

Share/Save/Bookmark

NaBloPoMo

November 1, 2010

Wow, is it November already?!  This month, I've decided to participate in NaBloPoMo (which evolved from National Novel Writing Month)- and it's my first!!!  I'm really excited about this challenge because

1) I've started blogging more over the last two months, and I've found that I really, really enjoy it...
2) I love discovering new blogs...
3) I love a good challenge :)

I'll kick off today's post with a few pictures.  This past weekend, my husband and I were reminiscing about our honeymoon (a year ago this week!)  Oh, how we miss the beautiful scenery.





Share/Save/Bookmark