Cone of Shame

I know that having Allie spayed is in her best interest, but I feel terrible putting her through it.

We all had a rough night after she came home from the vet.  Thankfully, she's been doing a lot of sleeping so far this morning, but she just looks so pathetic.

We hope that she'll start feeling better soon and that tonight is better for her (and us) than last night.

House Crashing

I love looking at other houses to get ideas and inspiration.

My favorite blog, Young House Love, goes "House Crashing" periodically.  And now they've compiled photos of all the houses they've visited onto one page - AWESOME!

http://www.younghouselove.com/photo-gallery-2/lets-go-house-crashing/

I think my favorite house so far is "Chic & Timeless."

Enjoy some snooping around!

Boot Camp

Compared to puppy kindergarten, Allie's new training class is like boot camp.

In puppy class, the dogs always get some kind of free play where they can wrestle and run around with each other.  For Allie, this meant wrestling with her boyfriend Hector.  They were like peas and carrots.

Unfortunately, the new class doesn't allow the dogs to interact, much less play.  Allie hasn't figured that out yet - she continually tries to make friends with the other dogs (even though many of them are twice her size).

She's been doing well with her new commands at home, but once she's around all the other dogs she focuses on them instead of us.  One of the instructors said that at 5.5 months (and the youngest dog in the class) she still has "puppy brain."

I guess she's still just a baby - a big one!  28 pounds of puppy.

Patio Table

Now isn't the best time to use a patio table, but it's a great time to buy one!  We got an awesome deal on an expandable teak outdoor table which we'll put to good use once the weather warms up.

Not an ideal grilling situation!

J finished assembling the table in the garage after the delivery guys were too stupid lazy unmotivated to finish.  But it's okay because after calling the company to complain about the lack of service we received, we have a complimentary gift card on the way.

Here's the table fully extended.

And here it is with the leaf removed (it folds down into the table and the two ends fit together over it).

We're ready for summer (please come soon)!

Snow Day Snuggles

When it looks like this outside...

... it's the perfect day to snuggle inside.

Puppy snuggles are the best.

Bird Problem

I admit it.  I have a bird problem.

It started last fall when I got four birds at our church's thrift sale.  They were the perfect addition to our master bathroom.

Then, I got even more birds at the same sale for my beach-themed home office.

And just the other day, after I thought I had figured out how I wanted to arrange our curio cabinets, I found more birds.  Really cute birds.  Really cute birds in colors that matched our kitchen.  I couldn't help myself.

Blue birds for our cabinet with blue accented china and green birds for our cabinet with green accented china.

But I couldn't stop there.  We also had a set of shadow boxes that I hadn't figured out what to do with yet.  They are still laying on the floor waiting to be hung, but now they have something inside of them!

Like I said, I have a bird problem.