What a Face to Wake Up To

Don't you think waking up to this face n the morning would put you in a good mood?

That is, until she terrorizing the house, the other dogs, your shoes, but before all hell breaks loose, she sure is a cute puppy isn't she?

Wanna See Something Cute?

My momma and I are walking this dog every week day.  We leash him up, hand him his frisbee and head off to the park!

He carries his own frisbee all the way to the park and catches it nearly every time we throw it!  It is the cutest little act ever, and walking to and from the park with the frisbee in his mouth always catches the smiles of passers by.

Yesterday while we were on the way to the park, he stopped in his tracks and stared into the trees and while Mom and I were trying to get him moving again we didn't see the small herd of deer he had spotted!

On the way back, the deer were still there, relaxing in the shade, staying hidden from much of the world around them.

Do you have wild animals in your area?

New Mexican Lion

*I reloaded the pictures, I was getting comments saying that the images couldn't be seen, so hopefully you can see them now!

I got this in an email from my Dad who got it from my Grandma, I don't know where she finds these things but it does sound like something a New Mexican would do!

This is the true story of a Garage Owner in the Southwest New Mexico
He was sick and tired of thugs breaking into his garage shop to steal tools, etc. So he came up with this idea. He put the word out that he had a new Mexican Lion that would attack anyone that would break in or climb his fence. Would-be thieves saw the "Lion" from a distance and fled the scene.

The dog's probably trying to figure out why his head's so hot and his butt's so cold?

Flashback Friday - Pets

This week's theme for Flashback Friday is old pets. The cute pup below is known as Charlie, Charles, Chuckles, Chuckie, Chucks, and many other variations. He was brought home after I spent a morning volunteering with a local shelter at a mobile adoption at our grocery store.

He's been a huge part of my family ever since. Needless to say, my Dad wasn't too pleased when he came home and saw that my mom and I had brought home another dog...while he wasn't home...BUT. In our defense, he and my older brother had been on a ski trip and pretended that brother had broken his leg to make my mom worry. So, its not exactly an even trade, I think we got the better end of that deal :)

Anyways, this cute little terrier-ist has such a personality I can't even begin to describe all of his quirks and characteristics. Primarily I suppose, he is fairly aloof. He doesn't need anyone. He will come to you if he wants attention (which isn't often) and he is stubborn as a mule. (My mom says he gets this from me, I have no clue what she's talking about ;)). He is also supremely afraid of loud noises like thunder, bombs or gun shots.

In this picture (above) we were on a camping trip when a thunder storm showed up. We have to give him little downer pills so that he'll calm down and won't try to hide underneath the carpet (which isn't entirely possible). He's a little neurotic.

And I love him :D

He lives with my parents now, and their dogs, I wanted to bring him down to college with me as soon as I found a place that allowed pets but when the time came I just couldn't take him away from the only home he's ever known. I couldn't separate him from his best friend and brother (who I'm sure I'll talk about in the future) and now his new sister (who will also get her own post I'm sure).

Tuesday Learn to Knit Day 5 - On Wednesday...

First of all, I sincerely apologize for not posting this yesterday! This week has been and will continue to be, crazy because it is Alpha Sigma Kappa - Women in Technical Studies' recruiting week here at NMT, and I am the recruiting officer so I have been incredibly busy!

This week I'd like to share one of my reader's projects with you, her name is Karin and instead of making dishcloths, she decided to be a little more creative, check out what she made:

Isn't that just adorable? I thought so :) Click on over to her blog to read more about it. (and don't forget to visit her adorable Etsy shop!)

Next week I will be showing you all two more stitches and we will be using these stitches to create a scarf! The scarf should knit up quick and easy and the finished result will have a lacy appearance, aren't you excited? So as far as yarns go, I suggest you simply find a yarn that you love, make sure it is soft enough to around your neck, on your face, etc. You don't *have* to get new needles, but you are more than welcome to (although if you do get new needles for this project, I suggest going up sizes instead of down sizes) if you decide not to get new needles, try to make sure that the yarn you get isn't too large for the needles you already have. Most yarn companies and sellers on Etsy suggest a needle gauge for the yarn, its on the label. So, double check that before you purchase!

Please feel free to send in pictures of your own finished projects (I don't care if you're a little behind, just starting, or keeping up with all of these posts, you can share whenever!) or your questions or comments :D

I'll see you back here next week to learn more knitting techniques!

Puppy Sweater

I knit this up real quick a while back while Lisa was still a small pup, she's grown since then and now fits into it rather nicely.

Very simple knit, designed it as I went along and it is my first dog sweater, what do you think? I like the hood, gives it a different attitude :)

I just have to brag, little miss Lisa is only oh...not even 6 months old yet and can sit, lay down, stay, come, shake and now roll over! All on command! I am so proud of her, she is so smart :D Its ok to be jealous, I know you are hehe.

A Place to Sleep

With the recent additions (warning: link contains ultimate cuteness) to our family we have also needed to add a little to our treasured belongings (as well as keep these belongings away from the pets). One thing we do tend to share with them though is our bed. Do your pets have their own place to sleep or do they sleep with you? One of these wonderful choices on Etsy would be ideal, now if only we could convince them it was theirs!


1. From allingwelsh
2. From anniessweatshop
3. From BowWowBeds
4. From lmireilleflores
5. From gertiegearstore

And on a separate note, don't forget to enter my giveaway! It ends a week from today!

Puppies!

Yesterday the boy and I went to the local shelter to just 'look'. Hehe. Yea, you ladies know what I'm talking about. We fell in love with these hoodlums and couldn't leave them there! So I am pleased to introduce you to the newest members of our family:

The darker one is Mona Lisa (we call her Lisa) and the lighter one is Bowser. They are both females and by my guess Lisa is about 3 months old and Bowser is 2 months.

They sure are darling aren't they?

We have been adopted

by the neighbor's dog. He comes running over whenever he hears our scooter go scootin' by and will just lay outside our apartment if we aren't playing with him. When his owners call him he just kinda looks at them but doesn't move! I hope they don't get mad at us, we don't feed him or anything, just give him some water and are training him not to jump on people and to sit down so that he doesn't scratch up my arms and legs, he's still pretty young. Isn't he cute? He's just chilling with his head on our doorstep, lying on our welcome mat :)

and then he fell asleep like that

Christmas Panda

My Samoyed Panda participated in all the holiday cheer this year. He tried to make sure that he was always in the middle of all the action and didn't want anyone to forget that he was there as if his presence was the only reason to celebrate hehe. Here are some pictures of him that I took during the Christmas festivities.

The bow just adds to his charm:

Just the happiest puppy ever!

Here he is looking regal and intelligent (both of which are characteristics completely lost to the poor dog)