Lillian's First Halloween

We had one rotten dog on our hands this weekend... tearing up the porch (again), pinning down and injuring a poor bird, misbehaving for professional photos, and going after the air conditioner hose (again). It definitely reinforced that we need to get on training classes ASAP, and that she's not thankful for what she has. ;) Spoiled little thing. And now we move on to shopping for heaters for the porch for her... the $$ spending never ends on this thing. I guess we'd better get used to it!

For Halloween, I got her the traditional pumpkin costume. She hated it - she kept trying to shake out of it. Oh well, at least we tried! Right now, she's running around and whining every time we have to shut her in the office to pass out candy.

But we sure do still love her!

Glamping 2011

Last weekend, we went "glamping" with my co-workers. Despite a night of little sleep, it was a great time of caving, chatting, and sitting around the fire.

We call it "glamping" because we had a house right next to us and some modern-day essentials.

It was Lily's first time camping, too. Unfortunately, she had to stay in her crate most of the time because we were afraid she'd run off, but she did great. Another dog was there so she got some play-time in.

Eric even bought a new tent for the event, which ended up being completely dwarfed by the 8+ person tents around us. In the end, I think I would have preferred to have that and air matresses like everyone else...sleeping on sloped, hard ground with a flat pillow wasn't exactly comfortable. ;)

Work work work

All day and night long. That's sure what life has been like for me for the past week and a half. Hoping for a break this weekend!

We have a lot to blog about...if all goes well maybe we can update the blog this weekend. Until then, I'll be doing stuff like this:


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Porch Complete!

The contractors finished our porch enclosure this week, and we are so excited to get things decorated!






Lily apparently didn't appreciate it much because we came home to this (and a torn rug corner) after day 1.






And we added some navy paint last night. More colors to be added soon though.






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September in Bulletpoints

• Lily dog has gotten spoiled big time... to the point where we let her up on the couch with us. She's also been super rotten when we try and trim her nails...after multiple attempts and a trip to PetSmart, we've had to resort to taking her to the vet to get her sedated to trim those super sharp things.

•  Daddy-O celebrated his 55th birthday the other day and we had a great time with him and Mom in Columbia last weekend. His gift from us was a set of old Busch Stadium seats that I lucked out on at an antique store...something we wanted to get him when the stadium originally closed but they were out of.

•  I finally got around to finishing our dresser (after painting it gray, navy, and back and forth for months). The rest of our bedroom still has a lot of work to be done, but it's getting there.

•  Our new sunroom went under construction this week and should be done Monday or Tuesday! Lily has been put in her crate all week so I'm sure she'll be glad to have her domain (and a nice covered area) back. Hopefully she doesn't decide to chew on furniture and walls when she gets bored during the day!

So there's a quick recap of the whirlwind month of September...we just can't keep up with work, house, and blogging!

Garage Sale!

I've been a little preoccupied the past few weeks with work and cleaning house/our garage sale. Hope to write more this weekend!




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