~Monday Monday . . .~

How I love thee so!

Yup I am a lover of Mondays . . . and Sat and Sundays!

Ok any day I have off to live and enjoy my life:-)

How was your weekend?!

Ours was busy yet we got a lot done!

1) Friday the hubby and I both had work off so we took our
3 little fur balls (Capri, Toby and our adopted LuLu) to the dog park . . .

and McDonalds for some ice cream!

Then for the rest of the weekend we finished tiling my bathroom shower

Softball practice

Yard work

Hanging with 2 of my girls making wedding invitations

(Congrats Melissa!!!)

How was your weekend?!

Productive, relaxing, or social??

Things to look forward to on the blog this week:

*Sweet Spring Swap: what I sent, and what I get!*

*Another fabulously Free Giveaway*

*More of our Europe trip from last year*

*Cake Pop Tutorial!*

Stay tuned my loves and have a FABULOUS day!!!

~Yellow Decor with Silhouettes~

Oh my goodness I am seriously loving this photo from All Things Chic

Love the colors

The marble bust (want one for my bathroom of Venus!)

The fun chairs

The Silhouette

It's all adorable!

So we've all seen silhouettes all over interior design-land . . .

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I'm thinking I will have to make silhouettes of the hubby, myself and our 3 westies for our tv room???

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Cute right?!

Ok so you all know that our 3 westies are our kiddos . . . and yes we are crazy dog owners:-)

Pretty proud too!

Happy Wednesday Lovies!!!

~Seven Facts Award~

♥ Seven Facts Award ♥

Thank you to the Super sweet and adorable Katie from Love is Everywhere.  One of my newer blog friends, go chk out her blog . . . it is full of sincere love:-) Do it!

There has to be *Rules* - but it's no fun if we don't break them.

1. Link the person who awarded you!

Katie, check!

2. Post seven random facts about yourself.

 

1.

(not ours, but we have 3 of these! I wouldn't die my dogs hair lol)

I never had a dog growing up, and never was a fan until I met my hubby.  He had Toby and 3 month old Capri . . . 2 westies . . . and I fell head over heels in love with allll dogs.  Everywhere I go I am always oogling over every single dog . . . I do not discriminate  they are allll cute! That's why I can not go into a dog shelter or anything, I'd end up adopting every single dog there! :-)

 

2.

I work a full job Tues-Fri.  So therefore Mondays are my day: for my craft business, blogging, coffee dates with friends, etc.  Soooo it's kinda funny b/c when my hubby has it off as well I kinda feel gyped.  Don't get me wrong I LOVE my time with him, but I like MY day tooo lol.  Is that bad?!

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3.
This one's sad:-( I JUST got a speeding ticket last Thurs driving back to work from a massage.  Yup it was right in front of a school zone too, SWEET! Lol I haven't been pulled over in over 4-5 years . . . I didn't even know where to look for my registration and insurance in my hubby's car (we take turns to save miles on my Mini).  When I was looking for it I was shakign and crying, how sad! AND the mean man still gave me a ticket, BUT knocked down the cost, but still!

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4.

On a better note: this year we are taking TWO European Vacas! We're trying to get as much world traveling as possible in before we have babies . . . how excited am I?! VERY!

England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Norway, Italy, Gibraltar, etc. Bring. It. On!

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5.

I'm funny with my shows: We LOVE The Bachelor, Million Dollar Listing, All the Housewives Shows (except NY!), Millionaire Matchmaker . . . pretty much just love Bravo! Heee heee

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6.

Lately I have been loving Documentaries.  Yes slightly nerdy, BUt they are so interesting and educational.  Ok and nerdy but I don't care, I'm proud!

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7.
We are health nuts! Kinda goofy.  We take our vitamins religiously, along with turmeric, fish oil, extra vitamin D . . . we also drink pure aloe vera juice (not so tasty but soooo many health benefits) . . . we drink green tea everyday.  Crazy! Our diet consists mostly of veggies and lowfat meats and fish, as well as organic and free range food, etc.  Yup we're silly, BUT I want my hubby to live a long healthy life, so why not right?!

3. Pass this award along to 15 other bloggers!

Now, my turn to pass on the award.

In no particular order of course cause ya'll are fab and you know it!

Moonface

Enjoy Yourself

Simplyvonne

Chapters of Our Life

In Honor of Design

Trust Your Style

After I Do

Dress, Design and Decor

Village

Natalie Merrillyn

Michaela Noelle

Hey Gorgeous

Lemon and Lavender

Blushing and Sweet

Aurajoon

With that I leave you to enjoying a FABULOUS weekend my dears!

What are your plans?!

Me:
*Just met a friend for coffee*
*Went and got a mystic tan . . . what i'm pale! Lol*
*Went and got ingredients for a surprise V-day weekend dinner for the hubby, the main dish takes 3 days, what?! He better love it!*
*Help the in-laws rennovate house*
*Valentine's WEEK begins, we are doing a lot this year, yayyyy!*
*Shopping (it's about time!)*
*Dog Park*

Hmmm and whatever else we want to do, no definite plans which is nice:-)

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Dogs are Best friends

 First, the two dogs were the same size, but then one rose.

~Tunes for your Tuesday . . . Dave Matthews Band!~

Happy Tuesday to you!

I so love this song. 

When my hubby and I first started dating he would play this song for me . . . and we put it on our wedding dvd a year later:-) It has a special place in my heart. 

The words are so cute.

I know not everyone is a Dave fan, but we like his music:-)

So much . . . in fact that tonight we are going to see him with

Tim Reynolds at McCaw Hall in Seattle for a benefit concert!!!

From an article on the benefit concert:

"Musician Dave Matthews is testing a new idea in Seattle that he hopes will inspire more giving across the country.

In unique partnership with the website JustGive, Matthews is letting fans direct the proceeds of two upcoming Seattle shows to the charities of their choice. Every ticket is matched with an equal donation to philanthropy.


"The point is the act of giving and making the process available," he said in an interview. "I think it may make people feel a certain amount of power to see the ease of how you can give."


For each ticket sold, the buyer will receive a credit back for the full $150 ticket and handling price to apply to any of the 1.5 million charities in JustGive's database.

Matthews, who has performed benefits for causes ranging from Hurricane Katrina and Haiti earthquake relief, family farmers and Tibet, estimates the events will raise a million dollars over two nights."

What a fabulous concept right?! Sold out!

Yup each ticket ($150) goes completely to a charity of your choice.

Since my hubby was so sweet during all the craziness of my big holiday show in Oct, I am taking him! Dave Matthews Band is his fave.

We both decided after everything with adopting LuLu and her sad story . . . we wanted to donate our $300 to the Oregon Dog Rescue.  To pay them back for what they did for us. They saved our little princess

 and brought her to us.  We ADORE her, and I just saw a bumper sticker that totally describes the situation:

(here)

I think she adds more to our life than we do to hers:-)

Soooooo excited!

In the meantime I am relaxing (ok for at least 20 mins lol).

With working full time, blogging, and my Etsy shop, a social life, a hubby, 3 dogs and a huge family life can get nuts. 

I probably "work" like 60 or more hours a week . . . craziness!

So I thought I deserved a

little indulgence

A trip to Nordies for some MAC!

and a lil trip to Belle Pastry . . . mmmmm for the best caramel latte I've ever had, along with a creme brulee

Ok resting time is up!

Time to list some new items in the shop, and get ready for Dave Matthews Benefit Concert!

Happy Tuesday to you all, and

remember to find some way to give back this holiday season!

City of Dionne Giveaway ends Thurs night, don't miss out!

~We Adopted!!!~

Yup it's the best thing we've done together (besides getting married!)

Some of you may remember my blog post

 "To Westie or Not to Westie?"

(If not chk it out here)

Wayyy back.  So we've been considering it for a while . . .

And now we did it!

Introducing . . .  Lu Lu!!!

She's the sweetest, most timid little thing.

Her story broke our hearts. 

They think Lu Lu  is seven years old. 

She was a puppy mill breeder, and treated very badly.  She ended up in a high kill shelter in California, and was saved by the amazing Oregon Dog Rescue.

When she got to Oregon Dog Rescue her skin was in bad condition, hair was all matted, and her teeth were rotten.

She had to get seven teeth pulled, her hair all shaved off, and a growth removed from her ear.

(Why am I getting all teary eyed writing this?!)

I can't even imagine how her life was, it totally shocks me how people can be so cruel to something sooo sweet?!

So this is why we had to rescue her.

We packed our 2 pups up (Toby and Capri) and set out for a 3 hour drive down to Portland.

Not knowing what would heppen. 

Would they get along?

Would she like us?

How emotionally damaged is she?

When our little family got there and met her . . . things just clicked and seemed perfect.  Although she is not used to just being a dog, she truly is a huge blessing for us. She acts uper shy and cowers when we try to pick her up.

We're giving her crazy love all day every day (ok it's only been 1 so far, but we will!), without ignoring our other 2 westies.

 (is this how it is with kids, treating them all fairly with time love and attention?)

I hope that she can forget all about her sad past and enjoy life. 

 I know that she is a truly amazingly special dog and deserves to be treated so.

(grrrr stop crying! Lol)

Anywho I am soooo excited for this new chapter of our life.  My lovely blog readers will be seeing a lot more of her cute little toothless face:-)

And I hope that we continue to see more fire and life from her . . .

I know it's in there and will just take time:-)

Please don't forget to enter the fabulous giveaway HERE . . .

think UBER cute cupcake liners and part fun!

~A lil' glimpse of what we've been up to~

Life's been a little crazy, but it's a good kinda crazy!

I know you all feel me on this:-)

So this is our life this past weekend:

Our new fave Happy Hour:

Barrio!!!

Voted the best cocktails in the Eastside . . . mmmm margaritas and sangria!

~My lil sister Heather's baby Shower~

Phew . . . I forgot how much work throwing a shower was!

But we made it, and it turned out cute!

I forgot to get pics of the decorations and favors. 

The baby's name will be Henry, so I made cute tags and attached them to Oh Henry bars:-)

My lil niece, a-frickin-dorable:

And her mama (my bestie and my sis):

Melissa and her lil boy:

Banner I made late friday night . . . thank heaven for the Cricut!!!

Mmmm chocolate chips hidden inside these cupcakes, yum!!!

I made her baby wall hanging word for the nursery:

Games galore, gotta love them!

Mmmm hmmm grandma gets down with the games!

My mom made this bear quilt, how stinkin cute!!!

(oh yeah and that's the baby mama!)

Good times!

~Gardening~

We are now able to pick veggies, fruit, herbs and fresh cut flowers from the garden, makes me happy!!!

My fave flowers:

Dahlias!

I have like 30 plants blooming, sooo cute!!!

Mmm yummy salad items:

~Office Rennovations~

We put up all the trim, crown molding, hardware, and painted everything.  Now I just need furniture!!!

But for now I will lay down on my new rug and dream:-)

~Keeping up with Memory Bean Design orders~

Phew!!!

Thanks for hanging in there with all my pics . . .

If you look like this right now it's ok, me too! :-)

(My darling Capri)

Don't forget!!!

Giveaway

by Sara Norris Photography ends Sunday, enter HERE!!!

She's amazingly talented, many chances to win!

Have a fabulous thursday!!!