Just Because

I have a lot of random pictures and stories, so I’m going to cram them all into a long post to get caught up. 

It’s been pretty toasty here.  I drove with my windows down the other day and told my brother I was trying to acclimate to Texas weather.  Luckily we don’t have their humidity; not looking forward to that! 

I sent this picture to Doug – I’m sure these heels cost a lot of money, but I bet I could make them for a lot less!: 

I said goodbye to the sacrificial stingray.  It actually took a while before the dogs ripped it apart.  Once they pulled the tail off, it was over: 

Doug got his staples out last Thursday.  The nurse asked if he would be okay if she removed his staples with direction from the doctor since she’s never done it before.  Doug didn’t mind, but he said it was hard not to shout, “OUCH!!” just to freak her out.  He brought home his fancy little staple remover and the staples: 

We made a large donation run on Saturday.  Gotta love those tax write offs!!: 

Here are our targets from our archery class. 
Doug’s: 

Mine: 

We had a jam packed day on Saturday, but most of it was fun.  I got to see my dear friend Valerie; we’ve known each other for over twenty years!  She said we’re old friends, but I’m not OLD!!  HAHA We compromised on “longtime friends”.  We went on a double date with Valerie and her hubby, Zach (who I’ve also known for about 20 years!  Crazy!!).  We saw the new Transformers movie in the theater and then we went to lunch.  It was a great date!  We probably could have sat and chatted all day long, but we needed to run other errands before Doug flew out to Chicago on Sunday early morning.   We took a quick picture and went our separate ways: 

We worked our way back home stopping to get groceries at Costco for our dog/house sitters, we bought Doug some big-boy shoes.  I say big-boy shoes because we usually get him cheap shoes, but these are durable MAN shoes and work boots: 

I got a text from the fantastic gal, Noush, she made us cookies again!  We picked them up on the way home and ate them after dinner: 

Doug pulled a suitcase out so he could pack for his work trip.  Ruger was very nosey; too bad I couldn’t send Ruger with Doug!! 

We took the dogs when we went to the airport at about 4am.  I didn’t want them well rested when I got home.  Ruger rested on Doug’s suitcase: 

I watched the sun rise on the way home: 

Luckily the pups were ready for a nap around 7am, so we all got some rest. 

Doug sent me pictures of his room – its much nicer than the hotel we stayed at during our vacation: 

I broke a bowl one the second night Doug was gone.  He always scoops our ice cream and now I know why!!  The ice cream was hard and the area I was scooping gave way, so my arm and the spoon jerked to the left, the ice cream container jerked to the right hitting the bowl and flinging it into the sink.  Whoops!!  I was glad it landed and broke in the sink and not on the floor where the dogs could get hurt: 

I saw a family birthday decoration very similar to this earlier in the year, but I really like this one too (saving the picture here, so I can hopefully make it sometime): 

I did more shopping for our house guests (Tammy, Mike and Sophia), so Sophia will have some entertainment while they are dog and house sitting: 

I also bought a bunch of dog toys and chews to keep the pups entertained too: 

Another beautiful sunset: 

I can’t wait for Doug to get home next week!  I’m really excited to see my brother this weekend though!  I’m sure I’ll have lots of pictures to share… and they’ll be human pictures and not just dog pictures for a change!! HAHAH  (I’m sure I’ll work dog pictures in too!)