Laundry day

It is supposed to get up to 73 degrees today, yea!  It is 68 degrees already.  I just opened the back porch door and turned off the heat. Bella already had one poop accident early this morning so hopefully won't be any more today anyway.

Today is laundry day.  No doubt about it, I have I think 5 loads to do.  So much for 'the day of rest' right? 

Anyway took a few more pictures today. Here are the flowers on the balcony and the other wreath and Christmas ornament my oldest created.  We have the ornament in the music room because it is made of pages with scores of music on it.

Brrr...already?

I was so elated when Bella got the hang of the using the doggy door last month.  So when it started getting cool in the mornings this week, I just dealt with it being cool and we kept the door open during the day so that the doggy door would still be used. 

But it was down in the 40's the other night and yesterday was cold and windy all day not getting much above 60, so we gave in and shut the door and turned the heat on.  It was too early to turn the heat on to me, living in Texas, but we were compelled to.  I was layering and still cold !!!

So, no surprise when I turned around while doing dishes this evening that I saw poop on the floor.  Oh well.  It will warm up later this week, so we'll be able to have the door open again at least until the next cold snap.

Sometimes Bella sits at the door when she has to go potty but other times she doesn't.  Oh well. We don't mind too much, she is such a cutie and really fits into our household and our laps nicely!

Beautiful wreaths and best buds

I wanted to share a few things with this blog.  My oldest has been creating wonderful wreaths to sell for the holidays.  I got three beautiful ones. One I haven't take a photo of yet but the other two I have hung up in my office.   They really look nice!

The other thing I wanted to share was how Bella and Tika are really becoming bed buds. Here they are playing tug of war together :)

 

Mums the word...

I didn't realize I didn't blog since Sunday. It has been a busy work week though, so that is probably why.

This weekend I had just a tiny bit of work which has already been done. After that I swiffered the office floor. There was lots of doggy fur there. It never looks that bad until I see the results - and how many times I have to clean the dog hair off the edges of the swiffer sweeper (versus replacing it a half a dozen times). Then I watered the mums that we got last weekend. The yellow ones are opening up beautifully so I took a few pictures.

We are planning to have lunch and a movie in a little bit. We've never used the Video on Demand feature of our cable tv, and are going to warm up our left over pizza and select a movie to watch. Although it isn't free, it is certainly a lot cheaper than going to the theater.

Nice weekend

No work this weekend so it was relaxation time. Hubby and I celebrated our wedding anniversary last evening. We got an early dinner (no lines) at one of our favorite restaurants Longhorn Steakhouse. It was yummy and I told our waitress that we wanted to take our time as we were celebrating our anniversary. I was getting the impression she was asking if we were ready to order our entree rather quickly.  Anyway she was very nice about it and told us to take our time. When our dinner plates were taken away they gave us a nice dessert on the house for our celebration. It was vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and drizzled chocolate on top. I didn't know they did that.  It was really nice!

This morning hubby and I got some mums to put on the front porch and balcony.  He screwed the pumpkin planters onto the railing on the balcony so that they can't fall off. The planters were called mumkins because they were mums in pumpkin planters. Cute!

Then this afternoon we went to the theater and saw The Foreigner (with Jackie Chan).  It was pretty good and we enjoyed it.  I had my popcorn of course, even though I had some longhorn leftovers for lunch.

Here are some pictures of the mums we got today.  I'll take some pictures when they are in full bloom.

Solar Mason Jars

I was looking online the other day for more ways that we can dress up the front porch area.  I located some really neat looking mason jar lights that use both battery/solar power to work. Since we are into antiques, I thought it would be the perfect addition.  We got them and hubby hung them up.

I just went out and they are all working and lit!:)   So exciting. I don't know how many hours they will last but it is pretty and I'm hoping they'll get enough sun light to recharge okay every day.
Here are some pictures.

Little ball

I had off on Tuesday and hubby and I went to find Bella (the new dog) a harness so that I could start walking her. We found one that fit nicely. We checked out the toys too because you can never have too many dog toys, right?   Anyway we got a cute little stuffed toy more Bella's size and also got some smaller balls that squeak for her to play with.  Can't find one already but here is a picture of the tennis balls, that Ditzy plays with compared to Bella's new ball size.  Cute huh?

Yesterday I tried out Bella's new harness. The harness was fine, but she was petrified! She just didn't want to walk at all. She shook, and laid down, etc. I tried just a little and then came back inside. We didn't even get past our house.  So not sure if she'll ever be a walker.  It is okay with me if she doesn't as she gets plenty of running around done out back and she also has run like crazy indoors already when she gets into one of her moods. I'm surprised she hasn't hurt herself with the amount of time she smacks herself against something because she can't stop in time.

Since hubby's digestive systems seems to be doing well, we are finally going to have our anniversary dinner this weekend.  That will be nice. Our anniversary was Sept 23rd, the day I had to call 911. So it will be about 3 weeks late, but that's okay. I am just so relieved that he seems to be doing fine.

Oh Deer!

I had forgotten yesterday that I had taken off today and tomorrow yet left some unfinished work. So today I did work 1/2 a day so that I could finish that up.

Then I dusted and mopped my office as it really was getting dirty (mostly with dog hair).

Bella is really fitting in nicely in our home, though she tortures Tika at times with how much she wants to play. Her play is play biting back and forth. Reminds me of got ya last that I used to play as a kid(just with a nip instead of a touch or sometimes slap, if I recall). Tika has been very patient with her.  :)

I am so happy too that Bella loves to get her teeth brushed and actually lets me brush them some (as opposed to her just trying to chew on the end and/or lick it). So happy that she is cooperating...she actually sits in the kitchen waiting when I open the drawer that holds the tooth paste/brushes.  How cute! 

We have a lot of deer around here and I captured some videos just a bit ago of some right outside our front porch just feet away.

This one there was one that started staring at me.:)

Pot photos

I finally took some pictures of the front with the plants in the pots. I was going to look for some cactus but the ones that hobby lobby had were very small, and not cheap.  We happened to walk by a 50% off area and found some green plants that were much bigger and I thought would look nice. I think they look real enough (at least to me).

I have always had trouble keeping plants alive that were hung at the front porch (see the empty hanging planters) so it is just as well that I didn't try to plant some live plants in them.  They likely would not last very long. 

I am working this weekend which is fine with me. It has been a while since I've worked on the weekend. Hubby is feeling good too, so hopefully his colitis is gone, fingers crossed never to return again.

Mid week update

Well hump day is nearly over.   I am happy to say hubby is still doing well and is having normal bowel movements. This evening he made a Deli pork/mashed potatoes/green beans and gravy dinner which was a nice surprise. It was almost like a holiday.  He is still being sensible with his portions and he really is eating a little bit slower. So kudos to him!  Hope it continues. 

Last weekend we did buy some 'fake' plants for the planters out front but I keep forgetting to take pictures. I don't feel like running out right now but I'll be sure to take some soon.

Although we thought that Ditzy would be the playful one with Bella, it turns out Tika is a lot more playful.

Caught a video of them playing.

Cute video

Hubby is feeling pretty good still and hopefully will not need to go back to a doctor (or more) for his abdominal issues.  He is still taking it slow with the solid foods, although he did have some of my Parmesan crusted chicken that I had leftover from dinner last night (the youngest came to spend the night since she had a workshop in North Austin yesterday and she and I ate there last night). 

We are planning to have fish this evening for dinner which should be easy on his stomach too yet provide some more protein. He is still drinking an Ensure every day too. 

I can't believe it is October 1st already. I hope it will be a healthy month for hubby.  I am looking forward to it getting a little cooler too.  The days have still been in the upper 80's lately and by this time of the year that gets pretty old.  

I took a short video today because Bella was laying so weirdly on hubby!  LOL.  You'd think her neck would be so uncomfortable!