Please welcome our new furry family member

We officially welcomed Shadow into our family a few weekends ago and we need to make it official to the blogging world! So here she is!

We named her Shadow b/c she follows us or Gracie around everywhere! Shadow is very sweet and as we say, 'licky.' To describe her ever-growing personality, she is a bit of a drama queen, a little anxious, playful, and at times obstinant. Yes, you can see how she fits into our family PERFECTLY! :)

Gracie and Shadow get along well and enjoy running laps in the backyard together and playing inside together.

But Shadow is a bit mischevious and has so far had a knack for escaping and destroying. See evidence below.

Shadow decided to take out some energy on our laundry room and this is part of the result - what you can't see is she ate the ironing board cover during this episode. Please notice the wood chips from the door and door frame chewing that occurred during the episode.

The way our laundry room looked before she destroyed it.

Laundry room door part 1.

Laundry room door part 2.

Laundry room door in its entirety - several parts will have to be replaced.

One of several socks found in various parts of the house in a similar state.

This pot once had a little poblano pepper plant that she decided to dig out.

Poor poblano plant that we are trying to revive. We'll keep you updated on it.

Despite this, we do love her and are glad to have another member of our little family (most of the time)!

Have a terrific weekend b/c I know you all deserve it! :)

Today is a special birthday day! :)

Happy birthday to my daddy! :)  Just so you know - he's a really great dad and the reason I didn't post this earlier is b/c I spent all day thinking it was Tuesday and that I would post about his birthday on Wednesday. Alas. Today is actually Wednesday so here is the post! :)

A few pictures of us over the years.

My dad has shared with me and taught me so much over the years. It is so difficult to express just how much he means to me but suffice it to say he's pretty freakin' awesome! :) 

Its been awhile

Actually it has been too long since I've posted. But (cue sad working-woman music) working is hard. To be fair, it isn't that bad. The travel to and from, making the total hours away from home for work around 11.5, is what makes it bad. Let me tell you, when we get home around 6 and have just enough time to walk the dogs, eat dinner, relax for an hour (maybe) and then have to go to bed, its hard to have interesting lives. Plus this last month has been one of those where I feel behind on everything - laundry, vacuuming masses of dog hair, cleaning, etc. Suffice it to say - life has been boring. Gasp! Fear not readers of this nonsense blog - things are looking up. Things appear to be getting back to normal so we're anticipating some projects coming soon. To keep you in the new loop of projects here is our list!

1. Half-bath remodel! :)
     We've decided on a pedestal sink,

Picture from here

and now we're working on finalizing the tile for the floor. I think I want something like this but not sure quite yet.

2. Bed skirt (I'm thinking A LOT about this one so I don't screw it up - that fabric ain't cheap)

3. Dog beds (yes, I  know I said I would do this two months ago)

4. Recover a lamp shade and make into a hanging light - bought a big 'ole drum shade from Goodwill last weekend for $3 :)

I'm excited!  And there will be a post tomorrow - just FYI! :)  Actually today!

We're having a cold front!

Yep and its pretty freakin fabulous. :)  The highs have been in the 80's and lows in the 50's and 60's. And I thought I was just going to have to ignore all of those people talking about the wonders of fall b/c I was sure we wouldn't see any fall until December!  I like being wrong about things like this. I do love cooler weather (of course I mean anything less than 90-but-feels-like-150). Yay for fall! :)

Now if only I lived close enough to visit this beautiful place. I do miss NC!

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Have a fabulous weekend!