Update

So. Since March everything has changed. I have a new job, a new boyfriend, basically a new life. I am still in MY house, you know, cause it's actually mine. I still have the puppies. Things are really good, but very different.

Until I have time to sit down and figure out where to start, feast your eyes on the furbabies:

 



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This makes it slightly difficult to get thigs done...

Dare to... Deck the Halls

I'm joining up at Kim's Dare to... Deck the Halls over at Newly Woodwards!

I've always wanted a lovely white feather wreath, but I never wanted to shell out the cash to buy one... Last year I decided I'd make one, then Michael's and Hobby Lobby were both out of white feather boas when I went to buy them! Tragedy.

This year I decided to beat the crowds and bought my boas back in October.

I love it! I still HATE the color of the front door, but I love the white feathers! So pretty... One of these days I'll get around to painting the door. Some day. I'd LOVE to buy a new, beautiful, heavy wooden door with a pretty little window in it that actually matches the style of the house and lets me see who's on the porch... But I just shelled out three grand on tuckpointing and seeing as it's actually MY house and not OUR house, that made quite a painful dent in my savings account. Boo. Sometimes being a grown-up blows.

Okay, enough bitching, time for gratuitous close-ups and an unnecessary, and fairly useless, tutorial! Yay!

Oooohh... Feathers...

I added a glittery, little clip-on bird I found in the holiday section at Hobby Lobby. His beak is funny, but he's cute.

I used the largest Styrofoam wreath Hobby Lobby had (50% off, of course).

4 feather boas, also from Hobby Lobby (Not 50% off unfortunately. Those bastards are expeeensive!)

Then I found an end, and used three straight pins to keep it in place.

Wrap, Rinse, Repeat 4 times. And you have a fluffy, fun wreath! Hooray!

This is what the dogs were up to while I was busy wrapping boas.

Must be nice.

What have you made this year? This is it for me... Have you joined in at NewlyWoodwards? If not, go now!

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We have been getting lots of stuff done around here and I have actually been taking photos, alas I am still too lazy to post about projects. Work has been nuts; my boss left unexpectedly and they've expected me to pick up the slack... Suffice it to say, I've been ready to drop by the time I get home in the evenings. I thought I'd fill the silence with a funny little video J shot of the beasts.

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That is one happy monkey. 

(Pardon my pasty white leg)

Big News...

I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats wondering what I've been up to.

I'm not really sure what to say or how to put it, so I'll keep it simple: The Mr. and I are no more.

Gidget and I have been staying at my parents house since the beginning of April. It has not been fun. Dozer is staying with his daddy, unfortunately, and I miss him terribly. Initially I was under the impression that I would be taking him with me as soon as I found a permanent residence, so I got crack-a-lakin and found us a cute little house, complete with a finished basement and fencing. I close on May 6th.

The Mr. has since decided that it will be too difficult to not have Dozer in his life, so it will just be Gidget and I. *sad face* I will miss my 65 pound lap dog.

 

I'll share pics of the new house sometime in the next few days.

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That's a happy face.

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When we moved into our house, out fireplace was labeled "non-functioning". Turned out all it needed was a chimney cap (the hole was covered with a lead sheet) and to be re-tuckpointed. Well, as anyone with a brick home knows, tuckpointing can be crazy expensive. Lucky for me, the Mr. can do anything. 

{Insert imaginary cute picture of a hot guy holding a trowel and smiling}

He located a cap to fit our chimney top and he tuckpointed the firebox. Ta-Da!

We now have  working fireplace and Gidget is loving it!

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This is the only shot I could get with both of them.

Dozer is practicing his determined look.

"Ok, I'm bored. Watch me eat this baby."

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Who me? I didn't eat the baby... Dozer did.

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"what?"

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ROADTRIP

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BEWARE OF DOG

Innocent. Content. Just enjoying his spoiled rotten life.

Who? Me?

Then I made the mistake of touching the beast with the vacuum while it was on. 

Whoops.

Bad mommy.

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My Precious

I think Gidget is going to be June Cleaver for Halloween. Now I just have to figure out how to get her to keep a wig on her head and whether or not the beast will wear a sweater.

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 I just realized this shot gives you a sneak peek at the detail I added to our Master Bedroom drapes. Hopefully I can get some good shots of them this weekend!

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"Mine, Mine, Mine, they're alllll MINE!"

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The ice in the big red cup was melting and Gidge could not figure out why the cup was squealing.