Sunday Snow

(image from My Fox 4, house in Frisco this weekend)

Oh boy... it snowed a little yesterday and more last night. Some areas of D/FW got up to 6 inches (we didn't get enough to stick). While that might not be much for most of you, you know what it means for us- Ice in Texas = traffic nightmares. Our highways will all freeze over and people will crash all morning. I better prepare for a loooong commute in to work today.

Not a good way to start the week! Happy Monday.

Rory & Me

When I first saw the movie "Marley & Me" I thought- how can a dog be so crazy? So destructive? So hyper? Maybe it's because I had grown up with only little dogs so their craziness/destruction/hyperness was proportionally much smaller than this giant yellow lab in the movie. But it just didn't seem like well-trained dogs would act like that...

...and then I got Rory. Don't get me wrong. Rory is a great dog, just like Marley was. She is loving, fun, and full of energy. But leave her alone without toys and BEWARE!

In her short life, just shy of two years, she has already managed to: eat my drywall, chew my cabinet door, eat a rug, rip the back of my couch, and leave her lovely hair everywhere. None of this is all that bad, considering most was done while she was a puppy.

But now... now she's older, wiser, trickier, and well trained. Now she knows what is right and wrong. She listens to commands (mostly) and everyone tells me she is very well behaved for her age (ha!). Now she knows what she is not supposed to do, and has to be extra crafty so she can do it anyway. Case in point: last night. As I was cleaning up dinner, I started to plan ahead for my meal the next night. I decided to make some turkey chili, so I took a 1 pound package of ground turkey out of my freezer and set it at the back of my stove to thaw. I continued to clean and then ran to the store to get a few things. Shawn was at the house, but fell asleep on the couch.

When I came back from the store, I was so tired. I noticed that Shawn had decided to go to bed and had left the dogs out unattended. The first thing I said to them was "wow- he must trust you more than I do!" Then I noticed both dogs licking a wet spot on Rory's dog bed. I went to examine it and saw no evidence of what they had destroyed/consumed so I brushed it off, figuring Rory found a hidden rawhide somewhere. In my desperation to get to bed myself, I put away all the groceries and completely forgot about cooking the turkey for chili.

Fast forward to this morning. I wake up and immediately think of the thawed turkey. I rush to the kitchen only to discover that it's gone. I check the freezer and fridge to make sure it didn't mistakenly get put away. Negative. I scan the room, checking the floors for this tube of frozen poultry. Nothing. It has officially disappeared.

Then I remember the wet spot. Could it be?? Did Rory manage to get on the counter, grab the frozen ground turkey, and eat the ENTIRE thing- packaging and all- before I got home?? Well, at this point, I wouldn't put it past her. She was smart enough to eat all evidence of her crime so I can't really prove anything. I'm half amazed and half annoyed. This dog is a criminal genius.

So much for chili tonight. I guess we'll order pizza.

I'm leaving on a jet plane

... and I'm officially booked for a little weekend getaway to North Carolina!

DUKE- here I come!! Can't wait to see Chris and Emily tie the knot! The wedding is at the end of February, so I'm imagining it will look something like this:

(image credit)

Which is fine by me. I can handle snow for one weekend, especially in a place as beautiful as Duke! (isn't it gorgeous??)

But I guess that means I need to start figuring out what actual winter clothes I have since our winter has been rather warm here in Texas.. hmmmm.... Good excuse to go shopping!

The Power of YouTube

YouTube amazes me. The way it can create a star out of anyone is powerful stuff!

Take this guy for example...
A homeless guy on the side of the road with a hand written sign. We've all seen guys like him before, but have any of us taken the initiative to talk to them or post a video about them? Probably not because there probably aren't many out there with a talent like this:



Thanks to the kind stranger who took the time to post this video, Ted Williams has received several job offers and will appear on the Today Show tomorrow!

Congrats Ted! And Thank you YouTube!

Goodbye Christmas...

...see you in 2011!

All packed up and ready for a fresh start for the year. Here we go!

Sucking Air

Have you ever seen air plants?? They amaze me! Do they really live off of air alone? I think that might be a plant I can handle!

I want, I want, I want these planters (from etsy seller mudpuppy)! How cool are they hanging upside down like that? Love!

Big question though... where do you buy air plants??

Reaching the Goal Line

I don't really like making New Year's Resolutions because I feel like they never come true. However, I do like thinking of the new year as a fresh start for new goals. I guess that's the same thing, isn't it?

Some of my goals for this year:
-put pictures in all the empty frames around my house (thank you to Snapfish Penny prints, I'm well on my way!)
-do something cool with my blah kitchen
-up my game in the landscaping department and get some more curb appeal going out front
-do more (in several departments, so we'll leave it at that.)


I think I can handle that. I also want to take more pictures of the projects and crafts I do around the house to share on here. My goal of building my blogs is always there, so I'll keep at it and we'll see how it goes!

Happy New Goals to you! Cheers!