FRIDAY!

Holy sweet pickles am I happy it is Friday! This week has been chock full of fun events and my favorite was celebrating my super duper father-in-law's b-day on Tuesday! We celebrated at the new restaurant in town, Waypoint. Food was just on point and wine list was ridic.

This was cornbread topped with whipped butter (yum) and Smithfield ham pate (double yum). I have had more cornbread in the past two weeks than I have had in like 2 years. You know what? I am ok with this. 

I got the 5 oz filet with lobster, green beans and au gratin potatoes. Please remember this is not a normal meal for me. I figured I would eat half and save the rest for lunch. Nope. I would have licked the plate if it was appropriate. 

The MIL and I split a bottle of pinot grigeo and so worth it. She was a cheap date and only had a glass and a half so I stepped up. Hey...I know when to man up! 

We skipped dessert at the restaurant and went home to enjoy some classic ice cream cake with a cool 1990's Garfield cake topper. (The in-laws house has everything. For real. Name it, the MIL will provide it and more)

The big 6-0. Or 1-5....haha

Mousse wanted some treats too so of course he gets whatever he wants. Spoiled dog. 

Jason had to get in on the action. That right there is a attempt at a hand shake. Mousse realized he could take advantage at this point and just do what he wanted. Jason = 0, Mousse = 1. 

Speaking of Mousse doing what ever the hell he wants, I bought him tons-o-toys the other day to see if he would stop playing with scraps of paper and balls of my hair and I had big hopes for the new toys actually lasting longer than 5 minutes. Mousse had other plans..

Oh! What is this!?

It tastes pretty good...maybe I will gnaw on it for a minute. 

AHH! It squeaks!!! YAY! Must kill it now!

Grrrraww!

Fuzz is my favorite!

Almost.....done.......

 Ears, legs and insides are all over the place. So morbid. 

What do I think is the best thing to do next? Get a beer. 

xoxo

Pearl

Mornings with Mousse

To say I love my dog is a little bit of an understatement. Mousse is pretty awesome. With our crazy schedules, it becomes a little hard to keep a strict routine when it comes to him so me knowing that we have our mornings together is just super duper. As of recently, I have been working out at home so I get up around 5:30am and trot downstairs and find him slowly and sluggishly getting off the couch before I "catch" him. (Jason and I have been at war with Mousse and the couch. We all three came to a compromise that as long as he didn't jump up there during the day or while we were sitting on it at night, he could have rights to the couch when we were gone or while we were sleeping. It is going well. He doesn't jump up on the couch whenever he wants to and that is all we really care about. Plus it is pretty funny that he thinks we don't know he gets up there "behind our backs". Sneaky bastard.) So while he is basically walking around still asleep, I pop in my dvd and get ready to do my thing. 10% of the time he slumps down on his bed and goes back to sleep or just stares at me like I am having a seizure. He might even decide that during my workout that I am annoying him and gets up and re-locates to the freaking MIDDLE of the floor where I happen to be jumping around and such. Geez. The other 90% of the time...well...Mousse wants to work out too. He thinks we are playing and either brings a toy to me and I multi-task with high jumps and a rowdy game of tug-o-war. Or I will be doing floor work and he will come right up and help out with the sweat by licking my face off. Crazy dog. Days like this I like to end the dvd early and go for a nice run with him to get that energy out that I love oh-so-much!

This mornings rendition of Tug-O-War. I won. 

He hydrated.....

....and do did I! Yummy Shakeology!

xoxo
Pearl

Can I "wine" for a minute?

Yesterday was rough. Nothing too out of the ordinary but it didn't help that I thought it was Friday alllllll day. I was just ready to be off work and come home. I had a ton of little things to do but all was derailed when I came into the house and saw this loverly scene.

Nice right? Love that dog but when you are already distracted with a million things, you can't focus when you are stepping on piles of fuzz and plastic.

J must have seriously read my mind because he walked in the door with sunflowers! This man has never brought me flowers before. He has given me rose bushes and stuff to plant in our yard (which I love!) but it was such a nice surprise. Add in the delicious tuna bites he made for dinner and I was just a happy camper. I sat at the table and poured a glass of wine and started reading my new issue of Shape magazine. Totally made the rest of the day worth it.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

xoxo

Pearl

Apology

WOW. I have neglected this blog. I could go into details on why (wedding, getting jilted on our honeymoon, NOT moving into our house yet, packing STILL, and other fun things that life has thrown our way) but because I have vowed to not be so negative I won't do that. What I will do is share my amazing and blessed life lately according to my iphone:

life is pretty freaking fantastic....

xoxo

pearl

Did yall forget about ME??

Hey everyone! Geez. Mom is always coming and going, I never get to steal her laptop to let you know what is going on in MY world. That is all that matters anyway.

The past few months have been very exciting and just crazy! I will tell you, I was not too crazy on this whole "new house" business though. They keep bringing me by there and there is always loud equipment and tools going on I can't hear where my tennis ball drops. Let's get our priorities straight here people! Because of the noisy things going on, I have been leery of even going INSIDE this new monster that has taken up my precious space to run and eat sticks. Dont't get me wrong, I am excited to be trying something new because I am always up for anything. BUT when I finally did get forced inside...there was MORE tools! and MORE noise! Nu-uh! No way. Ill hang outside thank you very much. I will catch yall on the flip side. Well Mom and Dad didnt like my attitude very much and I kept being called a "little girl" and "pansy boy" so I figured I had to man up. The next time we went by there was with our awesome friends, Matt and Kristin. They had their kids Vanessah and Wesley with them too! I LOVE KIDS! They went inside so of course i had to go inside too. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! NO TOOLS! NO WIRES! NO NOISE! There was even CARPET down! I was so excited I ran allll over the house and was ready to play. So, maybe i will give this new place a chance. Maybe.

One good thing about the new house? MUD EVERYWHERE. It is just great.

Other than our house getting finished up, outside is getting a little warmer too! WAHOO! DO you even REALIZE what this MEANS?!?!?! SWIMMING. My favorite thing ever. For Mom and Dads anniversary, I took them down to the marina to grill out and have them throw me a tennis ball in the water. I mean, wouldnt you want that for a night out? How can you NOT? So all was going super great! Mom was throwing the ball and i was just running back and forth...back and forth...back and forth....ahhhh. heaven. They eventually sat down to eat and i layed in the sand and just sucked it alll in. Summertime was meant for dogs, really. I dont know what these people get so excited about. We are ready all year long for summer because...well...think about it. We are naked ALL the time. Just waiting. haha.




Wet and covered in sand! Just how I like it! Now...throw the ball MOM!!


Well as always, Mom and Dad were party poopers and told me we had to head home. As I jumped in the truck, Mom flipped out! (As always....she is just crazy like that. Dad and I ignore her most of the time. She deals with it because she is outnumbered by us men) Oh yeah..why was she flipping out? Well I forgot to tell her that when I was running back and forth into the water, I cut myself a few times with seashells and a nail I think thats what its called. SO i was bleeding everywhere. Now. You need to do this ASAP. I will tell you a secret. If you cut your toes and just sit there and let them clean your feet and wrap them up.....you get a piece of leftover hamburger. I KNOW!! DUH!! Geez they just have no idea!!!! I hit a gold mine.




If you lay there really still and favor your feet...you will get nothing but love and kisses. Just trust me on this.


BUT no need to worry...Im all better now. Up and running around like nothing happened. I honestly dont see why they made a big deal.

I did milk the attention for all it was worth...who wouldn't??? The belly rubs are SOOOO worth it.

SO that is it for now! I think Mom is gonna write a little something up about me being in the wedding next time WHICH i was promised a whole new box of tennis balls if I behaved myself. So we will see how that goes. HAHA!

xoxo MOUSSE

House Update from Mousse!

Hello again!!! I had to get on and tell you guys the latest with our HOUSE!!!!! A lot has happened since I last updated you. Mom and Dad take me out to the land as much as possible so I can make sure everything is going alright. As of this past weekend, all of my sticks and stranded tennis balls are in the spots I left them so NO WORRIES! Whew, right? I knew you were worried. Anyway...on to the HOUSE!!!!!!

ME!!!! (You can see Dad's dumpsters behind! Cool, huh??)

Mom was playing with her new camera....obviously the best part in the picture is me in the middle there :) Im standing where the house is going to go!

YUMMY!! Seriously you have to try the sticks out there. Not only are they HUGE but they taste GREAT!!!

This is all of us. Mom just had to get a shot of all of us. **gag** Eh...i still know how to ham it up!

OK so here is the cool part. These pics are in progression. Obviously not a lot has been done but as of tonight we have a foundation on our house!!!! (This is according to Mom and Dad...they didn't take me out with them today...the nerve) 

This is right after they cleared...the house is going smack in the middle!

This is the block for the foundation ready to be put in!! The "footers" are in at this point. I don't know what those are but they sound delicious. 

Another shot of the awesome block! (Cool fact? The firepit that Dad built for Mom when he proposed to her included some of these exact blocks!!!! What was even cooler was that is was right over yonder!!)

WE HAVE A FOUNDATION! YAY!!! I want to jump on it!!!

(Just a closer look of the foundation. That corner closest to you? Thats the kitchen! 

So yeah! Thats the latest and greatest!!! Hope everyone is doing GREAT and getting ready for Christ-mousse!!! hehehe :)

xoxo

Mousse


*Just started reading the blog? You can check out the other posts about the house by clicking on the handy-dandy link below called "The House That We Built" or you can be cooler and see the other posts that I have been in by clicking "Mousse". Cool huh? 

Hi! (Its me, Mousse!)

Hi people! 

I have had the BEST past couple days! Mom and Dad took me out to our land to mark for our new house! I LOVE going out there! SO many sticks, so little time..........................sorry! I was thinking about that huge tree that fell over......i wonder if it is still out there........ahem! anyway! They were staking out where the house is going to go and the site plan will finally be sent over to the county for approval! They hope to clear by the end of the month! So exciting for all of us!! WAHOO!

It all couldn't come soon enough! You want to see a sneak peak of the house!?

This is the site plan!  

It is kinda hard to tell but this is the front elevation!! 

This is the first floor...as you walk into the front door the kitchen is to the right, the living room and stairs to go up is to the left and straight back are two bedrooms.  

This is the second floor! As you walk up the stairs, the master bedroom is to the left and another bedroom is to the right. The coolest part? There is a balcony that is open below to the living room. I think that mom and dad are more excited about the house though....I am more excited about the yard! 3 1/2 acres??! I won't see the house for like two weeks. 

ANYWAY!! 

Dad got me some new toys! You wanna see em'?

 This one used to be a braided fleece kinda thing. Not sure but i LOVE playing tug-o-war with it! 

 This is another tug-o-war favorite!! (Plus you can see a little bit of the other toy scattered beside it haha!)

And the every but of wonderful tennis ball!! MY FAV THING EVER. Dad was cool enough to get me a HUGE one that even had a squeaker inside! Those squeaker things drive me CRAZY! I had to get it out....well....it doesn't squeak anymore so my job here is done. 

Talk to you all soon! 

xoxo

MOUSSE