Friday Fill-Ins

1. It's time for me to either get up or go back to sleep.

2. Prison; it's not a bad place for criminals who get to live there for free.

3. I must be crazy for throwing off my sleep schedule so badly this summer.

4. My dog, Steve, is the best thing I have ever known.

5. My hope & prayer is simply that we have a baby.

6. The last time I laughed really loudly was yesterday.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to painting, tomorrow my plans include painting and Sunday, I want to finish painting!

Friends & Wine

Tonight I went with a couple of girlfriends to D'Vine Wine. D'Vine is awesome! The owner was wonderful, the service awesome, the setup great, awesome decor, and can I tell you about the winearitas? YUM! :)

D'Vine is a great wine bar that offers a great girls' night deal on Thursdays. For only $25, you get all the winearitas you can drink, pizza, and everything to paint your own wine glass. It was GREAT because we were in a seperate room and waited on hand and foot!

The winearitas were deeeeeelicious - too delicious I believe! (Have I already mentioned the winearitas?) I really enjoyed painting wine glasses. I made one for Todd, one for me, and two for gifts that you'll eventually see some day. I can't spoil the surprise in case the recipients read this! Here are some pics -



If you live in the area, I recommend you check out D'Vine sometime!

1. A bad day is not the end of the world.

2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I know I can't be in Texas.

3. Blue Bell's Southern Blackberry Cobbler ice cream tastes so good!

4. Sometimes, putting others first is a good thing, but not if you always do it.

5. The dream of having children is breathtaking, really.

6. Well, maybe there is hope.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to nothing, tomorrow my plans include nothing and Sunday, I want to probably do nothing! (But we know things can change!)

Too Cute

Last night, I was resting on the couch when I turned to see this:

I know it's the cutest thing you've ever seen in your WHOLE life! Stevie was sad yesterday when Daddy took Mackey & Pippin in the car (to get shots), so I gave him a new tennis ball. He sat silently on the couch for a couple of minutes just waiting for me. He even waited for another minute while I got the camera ready on my phone.

Before you ask, we did not play fetch. He won't let go of the ball. Makes the game a bit tough since he's stronger and faster than me.

Distracted Drivers Game

I sent this to my nieces and nephew, as well as some other family members & friends. Try it out.

Gauging Your Distraction

New studies show that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask behind the wheel. This game measures how your reaction time is affected by external distractions. Regardless of your results, experts say, you should not attempt to text when driving.

I Pity the Fool . . . Who is Myself

Yesterday, Todd and I attended the wedding of a friend/colleague of mine. It was a lovely wedding for a sweet couple. We saw my friends from work, chatted, ate, drank, and danced. Yes, Todd even danced one slow dance with me. I had way too much wine & performed my typical Kristin-talks-knocks-over-wine-glass routine (shout out Cathy!).

I went to the ladies room to dry off my new (thankfully black) pants that I dumped a 1/4 of a glass of (thankfully white) wine on. I used the restroom, washed my hands, went to leave, and the door was locked. There was a woman in a stall who was spending way too much time in there, so I didn't want to say anything. I'm sure she was ready for me to leave, so she could do her thing in private. I tried to pick the lock, but the knob had a key lock. I lightly knocked, shook the door a bit, and repeated. The sitter was still holding out in her stall.

I tried not to panic, but I started wondering when someone would come rescue me/us. How in the hell had I locked myself (us) in the bathroom? Even worse, who in the hell locked me (us) in the bathroom? Would Todd come looking for me (us) eventually? Would anyone save me (us)? Would the lady ever come out of her stall and help me, or would she do her business and asphyxiate me (us) first?

I stuck a long, needing-to-be-cut-down fingernail into the keyhole, thinking I could jiggle it loose enough to unlock. I started knocking again. Before I began calling for help through the cracks of the door, I looked around to see if I was being Punk'd. That's when I saw it.

The door. The door behind me. The same door I came in. My drunk ass was trying to break into a locked closet.

I'm still laughing at myself today. In fact, I'm laughing/crying as I finish typing this. I pity the fool who is myself, but she makes for some great stories!! My grandmother, Mary, would be so proud. :)

Bath Time!

Tonight was bath night in our home. Bath night only applies to dogs. There will be no cat baths around here. :) I know some of you are wondering if the humans also got bathed, and the answer is yes. Since we don't have any children for you all to ooh and aah over, you get our dogs. You can still ooh and aah because you KNOW they're cute!


Being the picture & video whore sentimental kind than I am, one who captures precious moments with which to torture you for all to enjoy, I have quick videos of each of the pups getting their bi-annual daily baths.

Pippin went first because - as you can tell - she HATES to be bathed. She gets scared and acts more pathetic than she actually feels. You'll see it in the video. After she dried off some, Todd brushed her for a short while. Pippin then ran under the bed & we haven't seen her since. Baby.



Next was Steve. He's such a treat whore that he waited outside the bathroom because he knew Pipp got a reward. I'm talking he was so good that he just stepped right in to the bathtub. And to think that Todd carried him in the past. hahaha! Author's Note: Excuse the scary chick bathing the big dog.



And last, but never least, was Mackey. We call him "Goat" during bath time because, well . . . he looks like a little billy goat! I had to cut the end of the video in order to protect a little of Mack's privacy. Forgive Todd for being in the way. Didn't he know I was recording?!



The next biannual daily bathorama will take place BEFORE the maid comes, not hours after she leaves. The bathroom may be waterlogged, but our babies sure are gorgeous now and smell good too!