Love this

So spectacular, wish Chloe loved her pool this much.

Mother's Day

Mothers day was wonderful. My sisters took my mom and the pups to Fort Funston which is the most fantastic place for the dogs to run around (which hopefully they will not revoke!). We took a picnic lunch out and hung out for a low key afternoon. A couple shots of the day:

Chloe not positioned well for the camera considering she usually loves it!

There's my girl.

Such a great day, little sun on the face.  Happy Monday! Here is to a short week for me. Vegas Friday baby!!!!

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So some might think it is gross but at least it is a little entertaining.

So our "sweet and innocent" girl has a thing for her own ummm, waste. So tonight we resorted to covering it in red pepper. Well yea she ate it, ALL of it. So I wonder where this is going to lead, hopefully we will not have any other surprises for us in the morning as a result...

Swamped in

Not sure if work is ever going to let up. M is even noticing the difference in my attitude when I get home. It is taking me longer to relax and I am pretty sure that any chipper attitude I might of had during the week has not been seen. All in my head these days is SOP 97-2, FAS123R or SOP 98-1. Seriously what? At least I have this goofball to come home to and never fails to make me laugh.

On a brighter note we had 80 degree weather today. 80! How do we go from my backyard flooded a week ago to 80?!? So as it hits 7:30 pm I am chilling on the patio with a beer in hand. This is the life. Hopefully everyone else has as great of weather!

Here's to the week being over halfway done!

So not winning.

So since I started the new job my responsibilities have almost tripled (yes I started in December) how the hell can responsibilities triple in a matter of 3 months! Life sucks in regards to work right now. And that leave less time for blogging, I know right!??!

But I have a number of things keeping me busy outside of work as well.

A little bit of this:

Seriously, NEVER again. Wow just noticed the wall looks a little blue, totally grey.

Way to much of this:

Via google image

Which did lead to some wish list items (well really just one). 

Oh and of course cannot forget my new favorite beauties!

I love getting a new pair of shoes at 60% off!

Of course a lot of hanging out with this beautiful girl.

Yeah, she is filthy, but she has that glimmer in her eye like woooohooo! 

Been hanging out with her doing things like this:

Seriously, no better place to live! Bay Area!!!

So hopefully I will force myself to get back to blogging because honestly, I miss it. Miss catching up with everyone. So until next time, happy trails.

The damn cat

I am so frustrated with the damn cat! This guy right there.

No not so cute these days.

He is constantly on the counters. On Sunday I took meat out of the freezer to thaw out and knowing that we had been having problems with him I covered it in plastic wrap and put in a back corner. Fast forward ten minutes and he had taken the plastic wrap off and was going to town on the hamburger meat! This was two days after I thought he was eating his dinner and Chloe decided she needed to go out, well out we went, I came back in seconds later and the entire bag of dog food was all over the floor.  Last week he took the drain out of the sink.

No matter how much double sided tape and squirts with the water guns he keeps doing it. Aluminum foil, nothing, he just decided to chew it up. So I did some googling to find some recommendations and came across the Ssscat. Well I ordered one for our kitchen and then I came across some of the videos with people using it.  Seriously check it out:

So funny, yet I am also a little concerned about using it cause it seems a little mean. Although somehow I think that to keep Icarus off we might have to line the counters with a bunch of them. Any thoughts from anyone? Any tricks that have worked?

Live like there is no tomorrow

The coming of the new year is always a time to reflect on the past and this year has brought me/us some good fortune and some tough times. I just passed the 2 year anniversary of my grandfathers death and I am now watching a close friend deal with her fathers cancer. With times like that I decided that my New Years resolution for 2011 is to live like there is no tomorrow. I need to learn to take life by the horns and take advantage of what I have.

Notable times from 2010 include:

Buying our first home.
Brought our girl Chloe home (and dealt with her parvo) and got a cat.
Watched my little sister get married.
Lost my job due to the acquisition.
Did more wedding planning, found my shoes and most recently the dress.
Most recently M and I got our first new car (well not brand new but for us who are both driving cars from the mid 90's its a big deal).

Here's to 2011, a year that is shaping up to be one of the biggest of my life, the year I become a Mrs. Cheers to a happy and safe night!

Moving on...

Its over?@!#??? The thing about Christmas is that the holiday season is near the end and it makes me a little sad. The holiday season to me is a time to hang out with my family. This year also marks the last of the holidays with just my family. I love M and I am also a little selfish and it is going to be really hard to give up "my" traditions of being with my family during the holidays. Once we get married I have to give up "my" traditions and start ours, and this year was the start of it. Long story short, we started acclimating Christmas into our house and less into my parents. Moving on...

So while I was "gone" one of the things we did was go camping. I know how do you take Louboutins camping????? Well I left them at home and actually took my Keens, wait what? Who ever thought.  So for camping we headed up to the coast and got the best weather for the weekend. Bodega Bay yeah typically foggy, we actually got sun! My favorite part of the weekend? Watching these two run around like crazy dogs.

The entire weekend was a blast, it included a lot of beer, beermosas, food, cows, and cuddling with Chloe. And really just because I can:

And one that is not dog related.

Oh wait there are dogs, but also my sisters and "brothers" i.e. brothers-in-law and M.

Ppphhhheeewwww, whirlwind weekend.

What a weekend!!! Taking off early Friday was awesome! I got home, relaxed, cuddled with the pup and started the crock pot with some delish chicken for dinner.  When M got home we took off for the open space for some QT with Chloe.

We have such great open space around us and Chloe is able to run around like a crazy girl off-leash. Which is a good thing, especially since what happened at our local dog park last week. Craziness I tell you!

On Saturday we had a quiet morning and then I took Chloe to her dog class in the afternoon. After class we went and picked up a life vest for her (for our canoeing and camping trip).  After that I made a few errands and found this beauty at Big Lots.

Seriously found this for $14.00, the color works great for the guest room right now since it is teal, but because it will  belong outside I plan to paint it green to go with some of our outdoor stuff. I also started another project for the backyard so more to come later on that.

Sunday was a "day of rest" well not really, we headed to church Sunday morning and I think we actually found one to register at so now its just moving forward with it. I also went to do a little dress shopping with the Mamasita and sisters and then came home and drank some margaritas. Seriously if you want to go the easy route but deliciousness of fresh home made margaritas try Tommy's.

(source: google image)

And while drinking some deliciousness the little sister helped me figure out the next center piece proposal to throw M's way. Hope everyone's weekend went well and here's to a hopefully good week!

Wedding Bells

No not mine yet, but M and I were in our good friends wedding this past weekend so I have been a little off the map celebrating and then recuperating from this past weekend. Pictures will come but probably not until I see everyone elses, or the professional since I certainly did not take any. It was a wonderful weekend and so full of fun.  Their rehearsal dinner was held at Campo di Bocce. If you are in the Bay Area and want a fun way to have dinner, it was a ton of fun.  The grooms parents set up a bocce tournament and picked names out of a hat. I had the grooms dad as a member of my team and M had the grooms mom. Crazy thing is we were the two teams who went to the championship. Saturday was the wedding and it was a veryyyyy long day. Sunday nap time! So lucky to have Miss Chloe stay with my sister because she was worn out from playing with her cousin and very kindly let me sleep all afternoon.

So yesterday I found the goody spin pin! I have been looking for these since I saw the commercial for them and finally found them at Walgreens yesterday.

(via: walmart.com)

Thus far I have to rate them really high. They are awesome. I have a ton of hair and a couple bobby pins never do the trick, well these do it for me, I really like them now and will probably use these going forward instead of throwing my hair in a pony tail. Magic!

Well not much else now, heading to get some fro-yo now though.  YUM!!!

Miss Cupcake

So I have some pictures from cupcake class! I also highly recommend it.  So its a bit pricey but you also walk out with about $50 in cupcakes so yeah my co-workers loved me. I previously talked about my sisters taking me to class as an engagement gift, so they decided that I needed an apron to go along with the class.

Future Mrs is what it says and I have cupcakes all over it. So I had to do a pose since we sent the picture off to M since I knew he would get a kick out of it. Yep he is a bit of a mush. So in class we learned how to make the vanilla cupcake, chocolate sour cream cupcake, vanilla frosting and cream cheese frosting.  We also got the recipes to take home and a bunch of goodies. Super fun, totally recommend.  Here is picture of the end of it all with our "teacher".

Ugghhh drives me bananas that I am the shortest, where did the little sister get her long legs jeans?

The weekend was pretty great, Saturday I ran over to Home Goods to find some finds for the house and then headed to TJ Max where I found this.

Chloe now has a "camelback" too. Well not really a camelback but she has a backpack and can now carry her own water when we hike. We are going to have an adjustment period because she just stood there after I put it on and refused to walk.  She looked at me like she thought she was incapable of walking with it on. On Sunday we went over to Point Isabel for Chloe and my sister's dog Layla to go swimming. Super great area for dogs, it is off leash and they can go into the Bay, so we threw some sticks in the water and off they went for them. We also got her a pool this weekend. So fun for future hot days.

Alright enough already, I could go on and on about my dog child. So signing off... Cheers!

Friday

It's Friday beeeaatches! and I am in love

Seriously so excited for the end of the day, and surprisingly I actually have done some work today, actually all day. So here are my loves.

1. Digging the music on my bose headphones right now. Seriously obsessed with Katy Perry's California Gurls right now. Even discussed it here. Also obsessing over B.o.B and airplanes, oh and of course Lady A's Need You Now.  Seriously rocking out and dancing in my chair at work, so what if I look like a fool!

2. Tonight, me, and my man watching Chloe run around the open space by our house.

(via)

3. Red Vines - Seriously I have finished a 1 lb bag in two days.

(via google images)

4. New followers! Well and old ones of course.

Cannot wait to get out of here tonight. Counting down the minutes. Finally got a couple pictures of our cupcake class. Those to come. Wooop woop to Friday.

Just one of those days

Today was a little weird, but not really weird just uncommon. Started the day with the Controller of the acquiring company coming up to me and asking to speak with me at some point during the day.  FINALLY! A little more details. Well when we met it was not really any new details just confirmation from the other side of what I already knew.

The hard thing is, what to do. If I wait it out until September the severance and stay bonus could be really helpful as we are planning our wedding and STILL paying Chloe's vet bills, oh and we both need new cars. But if I cannot find a job after then we could really burn through the money quite quickly. So the decision, how do I make it? Any suggestions?

The end of the day we were out of there by 4 pm. So was everyone else in San Francisco and Oakland. I do not think I have ever seen Bart that busy. The reason the Mehserle trial. For those who maybe are not Bay Area peeps this is a trial that was caused by a New Years killing of a man by a Bart police officer (Mehserle). It has been a big thing and last year there were some serious riots and a lot of disruption. So when people found out the verdict was being read people high tailed their way out of work to catch bart in case of any further riots. Anyways the long winded story of a day.

Ok so going to stop before I just keep going and going. So tooddllees. Would really love to hear thoughts on the job deal though!!

Repeat...

Sooo this is a little not out of the box but I think it is a little funny, yes yes I am totally biased but M has been on a take picture of the kids rampage.

Yep a small game of tug of war was going on last night.

I decided to give you guys a little preview of my beautiful wedding shoes.

Yep that's all you get, but they are beautiful and I cannot wait to wear them on our wedding day. The other shoes I will share once I wear them, they are pretty amazing too.

Off to bed!

Icarus

So I figured out that I have not introduced anyone to Icarus (yes that was M's decision, he named him after his parachute). I guess I realized to because he is being so sweet since we chopped off his balls yesterday (and yes I said that because it is more fun to say than the appropriate terms). So here are some great pictures that I love for you cat lovers.

This is Ick (his nick-name) just when he got to us, barely 2 lbs and tiny.

 After we introduced Chloe and Icarus. The are pretty much best friends now and of course when one wants to play the other, not so much.

And here is Icarus, tonight, just wanting love from me as I drink wine and watch the Real Housewives. M is out in the city so Ick is hanging with the girls.

That's about it, just thought I should probably show you all Ick since I have shown you all Chloe. Ahhh they are lovely, Chloe more so, but Icarus tonight.

Monday...

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! For me it was oh so lovely. Saturday was a pretty low key day, dog park, church and then to my parents to prepare for father's day. It was a fun low key night, with ice cream sundaes done up just like we used to. I would say somewhere along the lines of the deliciousness except times ten (when it comes to my family our serving size for ice cream has us go through about a gallon of it).

(image from google image)

On Sunday my sisters and I took my Dad down the Russian River like this:

(image from sfgate.com)

Pictures that we took to come... talk about a back work out. Between my shoulder blades are KILLING me. I am so sore but we had a great time. My Dad had a blast next time I will probably bring Chloe with us (not this time since I was not sure how she would react and is not "properly" trained yet. After the river we headed back to my parents for a good steak dinner and banana pudding. Such a good day. Now on to what will be another looooonnnnggg week. Happy Monday!

Interview Time

So tomorrow morning I have my first of what I am sure to be many interviews that I will have. As I noted here, my company is being acquired so I will be out of a job. So I need some interview clothes, I have not bought a new suit since 2004, yep it has been THAT long. The thing that is a little rough is that due to my field it is a very suit oriented interview, there is no expressing yourself with trying to change it up or do anything other than your standard suit and blouse.

So now it is finding something, and quick since it is tomorrow at 8 a.m. My first stop was of course Banana Republic to see if they had anything. Nope, nada, except for the summer cotton suits which for interview situation, not the best. JCrew, can't do, their pants are not a fit. So at lunch it is off to Saks, maybe Theory will have something that works. This sucks, I much rather be trying these on (all pictures from saks.com):

Oh CL you make my heart go pitter patter.

Dior do no wrong. Seriously the gold and the black together, delish.

I have been in love with Chloe wedges for awhile now, and yes this is where my dog's name came from.

I dream of YSL (all the time).

I have seriously had a hankering for a new pair of gorgeous/fun shoes for awhile now and yet the only pair I will allow myself to spend any significant amount of money on at this time is the pair I will wear on our wedding day. And yet, I cannot find something that I truly love/must have for that day so I refuse to settle and keep looking. I need a serious shoe fairy to pop up and point me to shoe heaven to find the perfect pair.

Starting this afternoon, M is out of town for a bachelor party and I get the house to myself. I have a few craft projects in mind that I want to get done and a barbecue for my cousin who is being deployed. Ahhhh a quiet house for all the girly t.v. I want.

The dog count for this week:

1. 2 hats

2. plant

3. electrical cord on the fan

Yep eaten all of that, lets just hope she keeps pooping. She has definitely turned into a little rascal.