Oh yes, I just had a mighty fine slice of strawberry shortcake. Whenever somebody at my office has a birthday, we get cake. Nom nom nom!!
I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! We had a swell one :)
Friday night, we had a date night! We went to 101 Restaurant downtown for dinner. They were a bit pricey, so I got an appetizer and a salad. I ended up with bleu cheese pub chips and a caesar salad. Strange dinner? Oh yes. Amazing? OH YES. And, they have 1/2 off all drinks for happy hour so I got myself a glass of wine. Delish! After that, we went to see Captain America (because I married a nerd, and I love him for it), and it was good! Not as good as Iron Man or Batman, but still good. And the dude was hot. Sooooo, that was nice!
It's the weirdest thing, I'm having brainfarts as to what we did on Saturday. I know I cooked pasta, I know we hung out with the dogs, I know it was a nice, relaxing day, but wtf did we do? I worry myself sometimes. I know I watched The Roommate while Josh got his nerd on, and I know the movie sucked pretty bad.
Sunday we took the doggies on a playdate with Karen! We walked them through some nature trails with Karen's dogs. They had a blast! Ellie no longer needs her crate (she can barely fit in it), so she rode in the car like a big dog (pictures to follow on Facebook). She ran off once during the walk because she thought she knew her way home (I think she was following our scents) and Josh had to go catch her. Silly girl :)
After that, we had Karen over for tacos, beer, and a movie! We watched The Adjustment Bureau and I thought it was excellent - highly recommend it! It was a good day.
Yesterday, I worked (duh). We watched Red Riding Hood, which got awful reviews (11% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes), but we thought it was actually good. Either the reviewers are wrong or Josh and I are wrong. I like to think it's the former, not the latter.
We successfully sold an item on Craigslist for the first time, and are filing quite accomplished! We had ordered a large crate for Ellie off of Amazon, thinking it would help the barking problem. Turns out, she's been awesome just hanging with Wrangler outside of her crate while we're at work. No more barking!! So, we sold the crate for 50 cents more than we bought it for - hellz yeah, a profit!
And this has been my afternoon rambling. <3 you all. MUAH!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Oh hi, please comment. Thanks.
Sooooooooo, I know I haven't blogged in a while. But you guys haven't commented in a while! It's no fun preaching to the choir when the choir is a bunch of mutes! okthanksbyeimdonebeingmeannowbye.
SO, life. Life is good. Last night I entered the most fantastic food coma/beer coma ever. We had Outback for dinner (Joshua won a trial, booyah! Got a kid off on his felony and got a teacher in BIG trouble (turns out, HE may be the felon)). I ordered a big bloke Stella Artois, a thousand island salad, a medium rare 6 ounce sirloin with a bleu cheese crust, and green beans. This meal is also known as "heaven." And I ate every last bit of that heaven. Down to the last little speck of bleu cheese.
So, the children! How are my children doing? Let's see, one by one.
Miss Tollie: She is doing well! Loving yet independent, as always, with her wonderful little love attacks. Miss Tollie does not really approve of the Ellie, but she tolerates her. Miss Tollie never really tolerates any other animal, because she's in charge of the house :) Here, admire her beauty:
Mr. Parker: Still the cutest, whiniest, most loving little ball of fur that I have ever met. He is still annoyed by the puppy, but he's gotten comfortable with her. He likes to smell her while she sleeps. But when she's awake and in hyper-puppy mode, he stays clear! Or hides, as so:
Wrangler Dog is still as awesome as ever. He freaking adores the Elle-bug. She tries to sleep, and he just wants to play. I think she's bringing out the puppy in him, and it's too cute :) The jealousy is a bit much (any time you give her attention, he jumps between you and the puppy), but he's being good. Such a stud muffin! Admire his studly-ness:
And then there's the newest addition, Miss Ellie. She has gotten sooo much bigger! She can reach the bed now, but still can't jump on it. Is almost brave enough to go down the stairs. She has an unhealthy obsession with chewing shoes and eating goose turds (so.freaking.nasty.). But at 10 weeks old, the lady is housebroken, which is absolutely amazing! And we've only been having to wake up to let her about about once or twice a night. Look at that little baby face:
And Mr. and Mrs. Brian, that's us, are doing well. Joshua is very proud of himself for his court win! He'll be leaving me for a week in August to go to a course at UF (hand selected as the only attorney out of the 32 northern counties his office covers to attend). So proud, but I will be oh so lonely. At least I'll have those four cutie faces to keep me company :)
We're still looking at houses. We talked to the bank about the price range we should be looking at, and it's slightly lower than we'd hoped, but we'll find something! What sucks is we don't qualify for the first time home buyer's assistance program because we make too much money. Ha! Yeah right. Ugh.
I haven't been posting many photos of food lately, because we've been cooking easy, cheap dinners, which seem to repeat themselves (i.e. grilled cheese and tomato soup, spaghetti, tacos, etc.). But no fear folks, we have been cooking and have rarely been eating out! I've been going home for lunch every day since we got the puppy, so I haven't been eating out for lunch either. And Josh has been eating lunch at his office, too. We're saving, saving, saving!
Umm, we saw Harry Potter last weekend and it.was.AMAZING. Please look at our nerdy, terrible, poorly lit photo below in our cool-kid 3d glasses!
Ummmm, so what else has been going on? Work is boring, as usual, except for the stalker my office has. Death threats? Check. Threats to sue? Check. Wacky dosie doe music over the phone? Check. Handwritten jumbled faxes? Check. OH boy, Florida, you produce the wack jobs. Other than that, work = SO BORING. Ugh.
My dinosaur (aka my computer) is getting sleepy now, and I must give it some rest. It's spazzing out and I don't want to lose the blog. So, this marks the end of the blog. Booyah!
Ummmmmmmm, please comment if you read this, just so I know someone actually read it. Thanks <3
SO, life. Life is good. Last night I entered the most fantastic food coma/beer coma ever. We had Outback for dinner (Joshua won a trial, booyah! Got a kid off on his felony and got a teacher in BIG trouble (turns out, HE may be the felon)). I ordered a big bloke Stella Artois, a thousand island salad, a medium rare 6 ounce sirloin with a bleu cheese crust, and green beans. This meal is also known as "heaven." And I ate every last bit of that heaven. Down to the last little speck of bleu cheese.
Yumm, beeeeer, taaasty (mom, did you show dad the coasters?)
So, the children! How are my children doing? Let's see, one by one.
Miss Tollie: She is doing well! Loving yet independent, as always, with her wonderful little love attacks. Miss Tollie does not really approve of the Ellie, but she tolerates her. Miss Tollie never really tolerates any other animal, because she's in charge of the house :) Here, admire her beauty:
Mr. Parker: Still the cutest, whiniest, most loving little ball of fur that I have ever met. He is still annoyed by the puppy, but he's gotten comfortable with her. He likes to smell her while she sleeps. But when she's awake and in hyper-puppy mode, he stays clear! Or hides, as so:
Wrangler Dog is still as awesome as ever. He freaking adores the Elle-bug. She tries to sleep, and he just wants to play. I think she's bringing out the puppy in him, and it's too cute :) The jealousy is a bit much (any time you give her attention, he jumps between you and the puppy), but he's being good. Such a stud muffin! Admire his studly-ness:
And then there's the newest addition, Miss Ellie. She has gotten sooo much bigger! She can reach the bed now, but still can't jump on it. Is almost brave enough to go down the stairs. She has an unhealthy obsession with chewing shoes and eating goose turds (so.freaking.nasty.). But at 10 weeks old, the lady is housebroken, which is absolutely amazing! And we've only been having to wake up to let her about about once or twice a night. Look at that little baby face:
And Mr. and Mrs. Brian, that's us, are doing well. Joshua is very proud of himself for his court win! He'll be leaving me for a week in August to go to a course at UF (hand selected as the only attorney out of the 32 northern counties his office covers to attend). So proud, but I will be oh so lonely. At least I'll have those four cutie faces to keep me company :)
We're still looking at houses. We talked to the bank about the price range we should be looking at, and it's slightly lower than we'd hoped, but we'll find something! What sucks is we don't qualify for the first time home buyer's assistance program because we make too much money. Ha! Yeah right. Ugh.
I haven't been posting many photos of food lately, because we've been cooking easy, cheap dinners, which seem to repeat themselves (i.e. grilled cheese and tomato soup, spaghetti, tacos, etc.). But no fear folks, we have been cooking and have rarely been eating out! I've been going home for lunch every day since we got the puppy, so I haven't been eating out for lunch either. And Josh has been eating lunch at his office, too. We're saving, saving, saving!
Umm, we saw Harry Potter last weekend and it.was.AMAZING. Please look at our nerdy, terrible, poorly lit photo below in our cool-kid 3d glasses!
Ummmm, so what else has been going on? Work is boring, as usual, except for the stalker my office has. Death threats? Check. Threats to sue? Check. Wacky dosie doe music over the phone? Check. Handwritten jumbled faxes? Check. OH boy, Florida, you produce the wack jobs. Other than that, work = SO BORING. Ugh.
My dinosaur (aka my computer) is getting sleepy now, and I must give it some rest. It's spazzing out and I don't want to lose the blog. So, this marks the end of the blog. Booyah!
Ummmmmmmm, please comment if you read this, just so I know someone actually read it. Thanks <3
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Slacker, Slacker, Tisk, Tisk
I have been reminded that I am a blogging slacker, and indeed I am - oops!
Soooooooo, last time I blogged, I was about to leave for Virginia. VIRGINIA WAS GREAT! We got to Mechanicsville at about 1:30am Saturday, and hung out with the family until it was ridiculously late.
Saturday, we had lunch with the Brockelmans, walked around Short Pump (oh, how I miss that mall), and had a nice snacky dinner (oh, how I missed mom's cooking even more than Short Pump). We watched The Hangover with my mom, and it was awesome, as usual!
Sunday, it was off to NoVa! Allison drove Josh and I up there in her fancy pants new car! First, it was brunch at Chadwick's! Mmm, mmm, freaking mmm I missed that place! Soooo good. Then it was pool time at Justin's with him, Holly, Chris, Jessica, Joshua, and Allison. It was fun :) Then some spaghetti with the Nakamuras (hey, I can just go ahead and start calling you guys that), and then back to Mechanicsville. It was great to see my friendssssss and their bling bling!
Monday was a Rivah day! Wrangler swam SO much and was in heaven. Ellie was a bit timid near the water, but ended up swimming for a few seconds, and I think she had a great time :) I miss the Rivah, and it was good to visit it! Meatloaf was Monday's meal of choice, and it was quite tasty (again, my mom's cooking: amazing).
Tuesday was the long, sad trip back to Florida where we spent the first hour moping about going back to the land of the evil red ants. Joshua got the cats Tuesday night, and our cute little family was back in the townhome.
The rest of the week was incredibly boring. And it was a relaxing weekend full of beer, food, and Entourage marathons. Josh tried applying to the FBI on Saturday, working hours on the application, only to find out that they're not currently accepting applications. BULL. Sunday we had to buy a new mailbox because some mofo hit ours and it won't shut. BULL. Sunday night we went to TGIFridays with Karen and her new hubby; we didn't get there until after 9:30 (almost my old lady bedtime), so I was quite sleepy, but my glass of wine woke me up and it was fun :)
This week has been okay so far. Ellie has discovered her bark, and I'm sure our neighbors (who freaking NEVER go anywhere and are ALWAYS home WTF) don't appreciate her new hobby. She can now go down the steps on the deck, and go up the steps in the house! Such a big girl :) Josh and I are looking for "big girl" crates for her, because she's quickly outgrowing the cat crate.
We've also started the house hunt. We want more room for the pets, a fenced in yard for the dogs, and a place where we're not attached to our neighbors. House hunting is fun so far, we went to some open houses on Sunday and they were gorgeous... probably because they were outside of our pricerange - oops! We're going to make a meeting with a lendor and a realtor to figure out what exactly we can afford, and start the search! Very exciting :) It's funny, whenenver a young married couple walks into an open house, a realtor always points out the room that's ideal for a nursery. So funny!
Sooooooooooooooo, there's my life update. Miss all of y'all in VA already <3
And back to work I go. All of the attorneys are in a meeting, so this was the perfect time to blog :)
okthanksbyebyenow.
Soooooooo, last time I blogged, I was about to leave for Virginia. VIRGINIA WAS GREAT! We got to Mechanicsville at about 1:30am Saturday, and hung out with the family until it was ridiculously late.
Saturday, we had lunch with the Brockelmans, walked around Short Pump (oh, how I miss that mall), and had a nice snacky dinner (oh, how I missed mom's cooking even more than Short Pump). We watched The Hangover with my mom, and it was awesome, as usual!
Sunday, it was off to NoVa! Allison drove Josh and I up there in her fancy pants new car! First, it was brunch at Chadwick's! Mmm, mmm, freaking mmm I missed that place! Soooo good. Then it was pool time at Justin's with him, Holly, Chris, Jessica, Joshua, and Allison. It was fun :) Then some spaghetti with the Nakamuras (hey, I can just go ahead and start calling you guys that), and then back to Mechanicsville. It was great to see my friendssssss and their bling bling!
Monday was a Rivah day! Wrangler swam SO much and was in heaven. Ellie was a bit timid near the water, but ended up swimming for a few seconds, and I think she had a great time :) I miss the Rivah, and it was good to visit it! Meatloaf was Monday's meal of choice, and it was quite tasty (again, my mom's cooking: amazing).
Tuesday was the long, sad trip back to Florida where we spent the first hour moping about going back to the land of the evil red ants. Joshua got the cats Tuesday night, and our cute little family was back in the townhome.
The rest of the week was incredibly boring. And it was a relaxing weekend full of beer, food, and Entourage marathons. Josh tried applying to the FBI on Saturday, working hours on the application, only to find out that they're not currently accepting applications. BULL. Sunday we had to buy a new mailbox because some mofo hit ours and it won't shut. BULL. Sunday night we went to TGIFridays with Karen and her new hubby; we didn't get there until after 9:30 (almost my old lady bedtime), so I was quite sleepy, but my glass of wine woke me up and it was fun :)
This week has been okay so far. Ellie has discovered her bark, and I'm sure our neighbors (who freaking NEVER go anywhere and are ALWAYS home WTF) don't appreciate her new hobby. She can now go down the steps on the deck, and go up the steps in the house! Such a big girl :) Josh and I are looking for "big girl" crates for her, because she's quickly outgrowing the cat crate.
We've also started the house hunt. We want more room for the pets, a fenced in yard for the dogs, and a place where we're not attached to our neighbors. House hunting is fun so far, we went to some open houses on Sunday and they were gorgeous... probably because they were outside of our pricerange - oops! We're going to make a meeting with a lendor and a realtor to figure out what exactly we can afford, and start the search! Very exciting :) It's funny, whenenver a young married couple walks into an open house, a realtor always points out the room that's ideal for a nursery. So funny!
Sooooooooooooooo, there's my life update. Miss all of y'all in VA already <3
And back to work I go. All of the attorneys are in a meeting, so this was the perfect time to blog :)
okthanksbyebyenow.
Friday, July 1, 2011
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