I'm Back [again, maybe]

Every time I come back from a long break from blogging, I almost feel the need to apologize for my absence. But life happens, so I can't really be sorry for getting caught up in the moment.

What's been happening with us for the past few months?

Well....

We bought a house.

We went on a mini vacay to Dallas [and fell in love].

I took a 16 hour road trip with a toddler and a dog, all by myself.

We got a new pup.

Adelei turned 2!

Nanny came to visit.

And finally, life is slowing down a bit. So maybe I'll finally have time to blog again...soon ;)

It's a boy!

Meet Kaiser, the newest addition to our family.

He's an 8 week old Airedale puppy and he's as sweet as sugar!

Not long after we moved into the house, we realized that, even with a yard, Kami still just wasn't herself. I would take her to the dog park from time to time & we would play with her outside every night, but that just wasn't cutting it. Moves can be hard on our pets, too! So after much deliberation, we decided to go ahead and get her a companion.

Yep, that's right. We got a dog for our dog.

And I'm so glad that we did! She has so much more energy now. She's not just laying around all of the time.

Kaiser has brought her back to life.

We love him. He is so smart, and is getting the hang of things around here.

Not to mention Adelei is obsessed...

I think we'll keep him ;)

Jumbled mess.

Have you ever had so many different things going on it was hard to remember which way is up?
That's how I feel right now. I have so many painting ideas/project ideas running around in my head. Now I have a job, which means less free time. I have so many books I want to read, but I've been struggling to keep that up because every time I sit still I think I need to work on my 'projects'. But then I have to cook dinner. At this point, I don't have enough energy/time to do ALL the things I want to/need to do in a day. It's kind of frustrating, actually.

Moving on...
I'm really excited about Halloween. I'm excited to start decorating my house for fall, and even more excited for the halloween costume party we are going to have at our house at the end of the month.

Aaron and I took Kami out to play today, and she made some new friends. There is an after school program behind our apartment complex, and they had the kids outside playing. Kami was on one side of the fence, and three little girls were on the other. They were chasing each other up and down the yard. It was SO cute, until someone told them that 'that dog is gonna jump the fence and bite you!' And then they got scared and ran away.
LIKE this adorable little face would ever bite anyone............not hard, anyway.

What have I been up to?
A new painting....
Homemade Jewelry Display...
AND a few surprises. But those will have to wait ;)

Update on Life

Warning: This post is going to be all over the place.

Aaron made it to Kentucky safe and sound. He called me last night to let me know he had finished in-processing, and then gave me some bad news.
You see, when he found out that he was going to Air Assault school, they sent him a list of things he needed to bring. I helped him get all of his stuff together, and we even made a special trip to the closest base to get the supplies he didn't already have. ANYWAY....what they didn't tell the guys is that they needed BRAND NEW uniforms/gloves/camelbak/wet weather gear. Everyone just brought what they had. So Aaron, as well as all the other guys that brought 'old' stuff, had to go buy alllllllllllll new stuff.

UMMM....seriously?? So there goes at least half of his paycheck, just on 'new' stuff, when I know GOOD and WELL that the stuff he had was more than sufficient.

Moving on.....Thank you guys for thinking of me! I got the job and I start on Monday. The lamest part I can think of right now..........I always have to have my hair in a ponytail AND I have to wear a visor. L.A.M.E. Oh well, at least I have a job now.

And last but not least....
Kami's new house came in the mail today. For so long we were opposed to buying her a kennel.
Until this happened.
Yep. We were gone for 30 minutes last week and she chewed through the bathroom door.
That was just the icing on the cake. We dropped a lot of money on her 'house', but she was just acting too crazy when we left. BTW we found out it's because she has separation anxiety, which she is now taking all natural tablets every day to help with that.

So, I'm leaving now to go spend time with my grandmother and aunt. Hope you all have a great Mother's Day weekend!!

Let's give 'em something to blog about....

Kami must be a mind reader. Just yesterday I was thinking, 'I really want to blog, but have nothing remotely interesting to say.'
Kami fixed that.

This morning Aaron woke me up like this....
'Jamie, Come look at what Kami did last night'

NOT a good way to start the day.
Apparently she got bored. I heard her scratching at our door around 1 am, and I went to put her back in her bed and I scolded her. I'm sure she waited til I was asleep to let the fun begin.

She got into the basket that I keep my potatoes in and pulled them all into the living room. Then, she demolished them. I don't mean that she ate them, she literally gnawed them to pieces, and then strew the pieces all around the room.
I was so pissed off.
Of course, Aaron didn't stick around. As soon as he woke me up, he ran and got in the shower. So I cleaned it all up BY MYSELF, which pissed me off even more.

I wish I would have taken pictures to show you all just how bad it was, but my head wasn't in the right place.

We've gone back and forth about getting a large cage for her to stay in at night and when we have to leave for more than an hour or two. We were on the verge of getting one about a month ago, but then she turned into this little angel. She wasn't tearing anything up [other than her toys], wasn't using the bathroom in the house, wasn't getting into our stuff. But now she is again.
What do you guys think we should do? Have any of you had this problem before? How did you fix it?

The Caped Crusader and other news

We recently found out that Kami has some kind of skin allergy.

Our vet wants a lot of money to find out what it is and treat her for it, so instead, I decided to do some research.
Apparently it is very common in lab mixes and people just treat it with benadryl. I asked a vet tech about it and they agreed this is a good idea, so I went with it......only it takes a few days for the medicine to actually kick in.
So, instead of buying Kami an outfit, I tied Jackson's old blanket around her neck to keep her from chewing on herself...
AND SHE LOVED IT.
Seriously, after that she played for hours [.........or at least until she got tangled up in it and I had to take it off of her.]

Here she is, about to save the world.

...or atleast a turtle.

In other news...

As soon as I press 'publish post', this will be my 200th blog post!
I am so excited. I know, most of you are probably like 'who cares', but this is a big thing for me.
I've actually stayed committed to something [other than a male] for a really long time!
So, to celebrate I'm having a give away.
We all work hard [or atleast pretend to]
therefore we all need to take the time to pamper ourselves...right?
Well, I'm here to help you out.

Here's what's up for grabs:

Package #1:

Includes:
A kitkat bar
Limeade bath beads
A mud pac anti-stress mask
A sample of 'Exceptional' perfume WITH a $20 off coupon
and a weekly planner with a shopping list

Package #2:

Includes:
A kitkat bar
Strawberry Sangria bath beads
A mud pac anti-stress mask
and a weekly planner with a shopping list

Enter to win one of these so you can go home after a long day of work/school/nothing, run a nice hot bath with your yummy smelling bath beads, apply this anti stress mask, and eat some chocolate. What could be better?

For one entry, leave a comment on this post telling which package you'd want to receive if you win.

Extra entries will be accepted:

• if you are a NEW follower, let me know in a SEPARATE comment than the one above.
• mention this give away in a blog or tweet [so spread the word!!!], but a link to said tweet/entry must be place in a SEPARATE comment on this post.
  

Sorry, this give away is limited to US Residents only.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, March 28th, 2010.

My baby is growin up!

Remember my little baby girl, Kami?

[ignore the crappy picture quality]
Well, she's not so little any more.

[she can barely fit in her bed now!!]
She's 4 months old and growing up fast.
She is now 28 inches long [not including her tail]
and 24 lbs!!!

She's still just as sweet as can be, though!

You're probably tired of hearing about this

But...
It snowed in Alabama yesterday, and no one knew what to do with themselves.

I mean, gas stations closed, fast food closed, ALL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA were supposed to close....it was ridiculous.

Since we had NOTHING better to do, we went out to play in it.

It was fun while it lasted, but I will definitely be glad when it starts to melt! I'm ready for spring to come!

Yesterday...in review

The Good:
Two of my classes got canceled
I got a new laptop [more on this later]
We got to see Wolfman early [and free]
It was casino night on campus
Aaron and I won a total of 210,000 FAKE dollars
With that fake money, we won MadGab
I got triple chocolate pie at waffle house, and it was amazing
We had a lot of fun with our friends that we don't get to hang out with very often

The Bad:
When we got home from the movies, we found out that Kami figured out how to climb onto furniture
She chewed up not only my cheap earbuds, but Aaron's $50 zune headphones AND broke his hardshell zune case by chewing it to death....also, somehow found a way to get the batteries out of our t.v. remote control.....
We tried to use our fake money to win the surround sound Aaron wanted, but a group of people put their money together and got it for 8.5 million fake dollars
Waffle house didn't have icecream :(

The Ugly:
When we got home from casino night, Kami had ripped the entire cover to the back of our BRAND NEW recliner off
I cut myself really bad on one of the nails trying to fix it, and cried like a baby because I was so frustrated

But, Did I mention I got a new laptop?!

hot sauce, anyone?

*disclaimer: hot sauce is NOT bad for dogs. according to the vet, it is used often as a training mechanism. just thought i'd throw that out there before someone decided to start something.

WW::My Sweet Baby

You're not going to believe this

If you follow me on twitter, you already know...
But incase you don't....

Aaron and I adopted a puppy yesterday!

Meet Kami
She is a bull terrier mix bull & terrier mix, and so sweet, we almost named her sugar :)