Social Eater

Our cat Boots is a social eater.  He feels that no cat should ever eat alone.  He can eat all he wants and go lay down.  If another cat comes in moments later and starts eating, he will get up and go join them.  Needless to say, he is our biggest kitty.  In the winter when he is the biggest he is just over 11 pounds.

Momma cat aka Patches

Patches loves being outside in the heat. Here she is laying between the house and her cat house.  I don't understand how they can stand it! It is close to 100 degrees!

there is nothing better than . . .

a cap nap

Mobile picture

Mobile posting

I got a smart phone today.  I am having so much fun with it.  I hope to figure out mobile clogging and be able to post more often.

The lake is my happy place!

Summer is for

eating water melon!

I love . . .

drinking out of a water hose in summer!

A few of my favorite things . . .

the smell of fresh cut grass

Easter art show

Our church has hosted an art show for the past three years. This year Brett made a cross. We also bought two pieces.

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law is in full effect here at our house. We are working on a "small" bathroom update. Well it has turned into a "big" bathroom update. Brett is doing a great job with all the projects! It just so happens that each project is turning out to be complicated. We have some pics and maybe I'll get them up here later. We have become good friends with the staff at Home Depot and we have learned a lot of new things!

It has been a long time

It has been a long time since I posted something on here. Life is well, just life. Things happen. Here are just a few things that have gone on in the past few months.

Our 2nd Anniversary
Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Year's
Brett's Birthday
My 30th Birthday
I got shingles (maybe more on this later, maybe not)
I worked a lot of over time in March
We have been working on several home improvement projects.

So there you go! You are caught up on our lives.

I fell into a hole

Ok, so no I didn't really fall into a hole, but that is my excuse for now. Lots going on this summer, might post about it at some point. But for now I leave you with this.

I picked up Mittens today a the vet. She had her surgery so she will never have babies :( As I was leaving the clinic my vet was following behind a dog outside trying to get a poop sample. I realized that no matter how bad my job is, I don't have to follow a dog around trying to get poop!

DISCLAIMER - I love my job and it is not bad at all. But we all have days that are less than perfect. I love my vet, Dr. Allen. He is a wonderful vet and very sweet to all of his animals. I don't mean an disrespect towards him or his profession. It was a very funny sight to see two grown men following a dog around trying to get him to go to the bathroom . . . .

Just a quick update

I promised that I would be posting more, but life and sickness gets in the way. I was down for the count for 8 days with a double ear infection that caused vertigo. - NOT FUN- I am so glad to back to "normal" now.

The gutter hanging went really well. No one got hurt and the gutters look great! Brett did a great job and even did the front side of the house all by himself. (that day was the first day of being sick and I slept on the couch the whole time) The gutters have been tested already by a few rain showers. The biggest difference is the noise. On the back deck we basically had a waterfall, all the water went over the edge of the gutters, not down the down spout. We didn't realize how loud that really was until the waterfall went away.

Not much else is going on. I am trying to grow some cherry tomatoes, normal tomatoes, and jalapenos. They are growing very slowly so far.

I also made a curtain for the living room. I'll just say that I did pretty good! I'll get a pic of it soon.

We are looking forward to Uncle Jeff and family coming to visit soon. Martin, Ashlan and Carew will be here right after Jeff and Ann. And next weekend I will be in DC to see Laura. Lots of fun times with friends and family!

Just Hanging Around

This weekend we will be just hanging around - hanging gutters! Yep we are going to replace our gutters and do it all by ourselves! Brett and I have absolutely no experience doing this type of project, but we have read about it on the internet and it sounds simple enough.

The old gutters are leaking and causing water damage to our house, so this task must be done. We went to home depot and priced that the materials would cost. I was surprised at how much just the gutter supplies cost, so I can only imagine what it would cost to pay someone to do it.

So wish us luck! If you have any words of advice, let me know.