Hey look....I've got a blog...

I had completely forgotten that this even existed, as I'm sure is apparent from the lack of posts over the last, well...year. I received an invite from a friend to try out this new thing called google+ and when I signed up it pulled all accounts I've used the same information from to tie everything together into one neat little package. And this is one of the things it found. Huh...how about that.

Also kind of creepy how true it is that things in "cyberland" never truly do go away.........ever.

My first thought was I'll just pick up where I left off and see if I can actually stick with it this time around. But being completely honest, and knowing the chaos that is what I call life, we will see if I will be back again before another year is up.

Keeping fingers crossed I remember this time.

Lord knows I need an outlet somewhere :P

My latest project...

So I found these plans for a puppy pen and thought, this doesn't look too hard.

HA!

Of course, Im pretty sure if I had the correct tools, the job would have gone much more smoothly, I'm happy to report that somehow I managed to actually get this thing put together and it doesn't look all that terrible! 2 days of work, one bruised thumb and an injured pinky toe is all it took. It's currently out in the garage because it's still "drying". A few extra details here and there and I'm hoping to have it in the house and the puppies in their new pen within 2 days or so. Hopefully it won't be much longer than that because with how fast these little guys are growing they needed the extra space yesterday.

Happy Birthday to me! I've decided that I'm 28 this year...woohoo! (shh....work with me here)

So I'm another year older. I feel exactly the same even though my kids think it's hysterical to remind me that I'm OLD....like really old.

Even though I didn't want to celebrate, my husband was his sneaky self and managed to give me an impromptu party anyway. No pictures, sorry....wasn't pretty :P

It was a nice surprise with a few close friends and my family. In other words, it was perfect.

He's perfect. (shh....still working with me here ;) )

Taylor's Purse

It's FINALLY done. Taylor has watched me make several purses, patiently waiting each time for me to get to her request. A purse and wallet set in purples, blues and pinks. Well I finally found the yarn and a really simple pattern that I wanted to try out so Taylors purse has finally come to be.

I used Wool Ease yarn and fun fur to make this combination. The pattern that I used was an unknown on Ravelry. I'm happy with how it turned out and Taylor is absolutely thrilled.

Now on to finally finish the jacket for Julia and top for Emily......

Got Cow?

(Sorry...bad cell phone pic but I keep forgetting to bring the camera with me :0 )

It's always the little things that seem to amuse me.

I was running errands and was stuck behind this guy for the majority of my trip. At first I didn't notice the license plate, but when I finally did glance at it, it made me giggle a bit.

It wasn't until three lights later when I was in the left turn lane and got a glance at the interior of the truck that I really got a good laugh. Now while animal prints are not exactly my "thing", I don't particularly dislike them. However, the cow print seat covers, cow figurines stuck to the dashboard and cow print vest this guy was wearing was OVER the top!!

I wish I was brave enough to take a pic while face to face with this sight, but unfortunately I chickened out. The visual description is just going to have to be enough.

His name is Boomer...

Since we learned that our little Mandy was expecting a litter, my husband has been on my case. Always a softy for the fur babies, he knew that it wouldn't take much for me to get attached to the new little guys.

He has been prepping me from day one not to get too attached to the puppies because we could not possibly keep anymore dogs. We have enough pets. Anymore animals and there will be no room in the house for the kids :P

Since the day that the puppies were born, I've been reminding myself daily that they are going to have to go and I may as well get that in my head now so I didn't allow my heart to get in the way.

Since the day that the puppies were born, Rob has fallen for this little guy. ( Ha! ) Oh, and did I mention we're keeping him.

Snow...

This is what I woke up to....In Florida. Snow! Since we moved down here I have been saying how the one thing I really miss is about living up North were the four seasons. Particularly autumn and winter. I've been trying to plan a vacation back up to New Jersey sometime between October - March so that I could enjoy a taste of what I have been missing these past few years.

While it was nice to get a pretty little dusting of snow, this past week of freezing temperatures has been absolutely miserable. I have become quite spoiled with the mild weather of Florida and cannot handle the cold temperatures the same anymore.

I can conclude now with absolute certainty that I do not miss winter in the North one bit. Keep your hot chocolate, crackling fires and snowmen......I'm glad to be down South where I can wear shorts on Christmas and go swimming in February :P