It's Friday

I thought this picture would be an appropriate way to start off this blog post:

Still rockin' the pinterest... Anywho, so apart from pinning, working, puppying, and loving the hubs, I had a co-ed basketball game yesterday.  I went into the game thinking that I was relatively in shape. Ya I haven't been keeping my daily regime like I use to (pre-puppies), but I at least went running about 2x a week. Anywho, so I start the game and 5 minutes into it I start to get winded. After another 5 minutes I'm calling in for a sub.... basically, a picture is worth a thousand words:

We won though, so screw you lungs and cramped legs.

Apart from that good news, it's finally FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This week has been pretty tough, partially because I have my part-time job which I do after I get home from BYU and finish around 11ish. I'm just tired, and this weekend I am going to SLEEP, so help me. I also plan on making some fun crafts. I'm not very crafty (mainly because I feel that the things I make are ugly), but I do like the "idea" of getting nice things for the house at a fraction of the cost. On pinterest, I found some fun ideas that seem relatively easy and retard-proof:

I like the idea of these pillows... and I like the burlap. The problem is, we have dogs so we need to find material that is virtually indestructible. What I would really like to do with these is make a ton of average-sized pillows and then combine them to make a VERY large pillow. Maybe.

This seems pretty easy... I mean all you need are sticks, glue, and a round mirror. I can have Luke and Leia help me find the sticks (if Luke doesn't destroy them too bad... but maybe the destroyed look will be cool? I don't know...) and then I can get a glue gun or something. Or borrow one. Someone in my ward should have a glue gun.

This is something I want to make right away. All we would need are frames! (which can be kind of expensive...). W/e, this seems easy and I could DEFINITELY do it. All I would really need is for the dogs to sit still long enough.

Building a dog house would definitely take more time... but I think it would be something so cool to make! I would LOVE to have one with two floors and little separate rooms for each dog to relax in. The guy that built this house said it weighed about 900lbs when he was done... so maybe my duplex/multiple room dog house might not be a good idea until we actually have a place where we'll be for a while. Poop.

Speaking about poop, I saw this funny shirt and wished they made it for dogs...

maybe if I make a little insert for the tail??

Last, but not least, I found this picture yesterday and I laughed till my sides hurt:

story of my life. 

I ordered sweaters for my dogs so I'm dying of anticipation....................................... hopefully we get the camera fixed before then.

Pinterest

However it's said: "P-interest" or "Pin-trest", it is still the most addicting site. My co-worker, Melba, showed it to me sometime last week and I have close to 1,000 pins..... please don't judge me. I'm sensitive. The one horrible thing that just keeps me going back to stupid pinterest is that they have TONS of pictures of dogs. If you don't know, I have an unusual obsession with the furry critters. I mean, you can't go wrong with a picture if a dog is in it. Take a look below:

this is obviously not a dog, just a funny picture of a cat

The tongue gets me in this picture... stupid cute dogs

I wanted to do this with Luke and Leia, but since they're +50lbs.. maybe not. And it'll probably not be as cute. 

This is what my dogs look like when we have treats... I think I have more scars from trying to give them treats then taking them on walks, cleaning after them, or brushing their teeth. Combined. 

Anywho, there really is no point to this post but that I'm currently obsessed with stupid pinterest. And dogs. 

Oh, and my camera is acting stupid so that's why I haven't updated in a while. Boo.

Maryland

So for everyone that knows me, I'm kinda prideful about my awesome state: Maryland. (and by kinda, I mean extremely). I remember my friend Ryan told me freshman year that there are people from California, people from Texas, and then me (in reference to annoying people who talk about their state all the time). In the last couple days, I've had some time to reminisce about how amazing my state is, and how much I freakin miss it. Here are some things that are awesome about my beloved state:

#1: My flag is constantly voted the prettiest flag

 And you can see why... it's not boring and it's super colorful.

#2: It has one of the most unique shapes

#3: Washington DC is on Maryland land

#4: The cherry blossoms are the prettiest

#5: It's green and beautiful vs. dry and ugly

#6: Jousting and Lacrosse are the state sports

#7: It's extremely diverse 

#8: The state dog is the Chesapeake Bay Retriever (love them)

#9: The DC Temple is the best, most beautiful temple

#10: Kevin Durant is from MD

I would LOVE a tattoo like this... 

#11: UMD football uniforms are amazing in every way 

I would wear shoes like this everyday

I would wear clothes like this everyday

Anywho, you get my point: Maryland is better than your state. It's funny how pride can change with distance. When I was home, I liked everything about MD but I had no reason to brag since everyone around me understood. Now that I've been in Utah, I need to constantly remind people of how great it is and how unlucky they are for not being part of it. I kind of feel the same way about BYU. Whenever we leave the Provo area and go somewhere predominantly not Mormon (which is everywhere outside of Utah), my BYU pride swells up. Pride is a funny thing, but one this is for sure, I love me some Terps and Cougars.

Weddings, and more weddings!

So for the past 3 weekends, Michael and I have had the beautiful blessing of attending weddings! The first weekend was Steve Harris' wedding to Heidi :). We were invited to attend the temple sealing, but they set their date the SAME day as my graduation.... so we couldn't go. We were able to get to their reception though, and it was beautiful. Steve and Heidi (poor guys) stood in their "waiting line" (I don't know what the official term is...) and we were able to wait and give our congratulations. It was so nice, and I obviously cried like the little baby I am. I was also able to finally meet Steve's parents! The party was fun with delicious desserts and fun party guests: Tyler and Rachel.

 Speaking about Tyler and Rachel, that lovely couple got married the next weekend! They had a cool reception in the skyroom. We accidentally sat on the brides side (which I guess doesn't matter since we know her too...) in what Michael and I called the "loser table" because no one but another random guy sat with us. Their ceremony included more "ceremony" since a lot of Rachel's relatives weren't members. Now that I look back at Michael and mine's wedding, we probably should have done something similar... but anyways, it was so cute to watch and to have them do the ring ceremony for everyone. Obviously, I cried again. I don't even know why I mention it, it's like saying the sky is blue. Anywho, the food was awesome and I was excited for the dancing, but Michael reminded me that we were old married folk, and we suck at dancing.

Last, but not least, this past weekend we got to see Mickelle, Michael's good friend from Arkansas, get married. The party was so beautifully decorated and they also had awesome food. Basically, if there is any food, I'll have a good time. Anywho, we sat and talked to some of Michael's old friends and I was grateful to meet them. They were a funny bunch and we sat around and made funny jokes. We got to watch them cut the cake and do the dancing thing. I found out that Mickelle's husband's family is deaf! I desperately wanted to use some of my ASL, but I haven't practiced in a long time so I decided to spare them and myself. I did enjoy watching the translator and catching things that I remembered learning.

Anywho, school started for poor Michael but to keep me busy I applied for a part-time Linguistics job (on top of my full-time BYU job and my tutoring) and I got it!!!!!!!!!! I am more than excited to start my part-time job and to actually use skills I worked so hard to develop! I like making money (especially if I can spoil my pups), but now I can hone my skills and put something cool on my resume.

Life is good and we are blessed :)

PS. My pups turned 5 months yesterday!!!! Also, my poor baby Luke had a swollen eye! I'm not sure if it's because of Leia, or because of allergies.... but it broke my heart whenever he looked at me. I wanted to run him to the vet but Michael kept me at bay....

Big Babies

So I was sitting around looking at old pictures of my dogs and realized, "Holy crap, they've grown!" I know, genius right? I'm not actually that retarded, I know they've grown, but it freakin looks like they exploded. I still remember when we got Leia, Michael was able to carry her with his hand. Now it takes some leg muscles to get her up, if she's not squirming and kicking with her (very!!) powerful legs. And Luke just doesn't really care if we pick him up, but now it hurts more when he bites (he likes to eat hair...).

 WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FLUFF!?

 

 He looks more tan now... my dog can get tanner than me. Freakin-a.

 So cuddly and fluffy!

Giant Beast.

 Rough housing as puppies isn't that scary...

 now we need to clear the room...

And to think, they're not even 5 months yet. My babies are now lean, mean, barking machines!

Car Troubles

How unlucky am I? Let me explain:

Michael comes to pick me up from work around 5ish. By this time I am more than ready to get home and relax with tweedle dee and tweedle dumb (you can take a guess about who I'm talking about) and of course Leia (hahah jk! I meant Michael). Anywho, so I get picked up and we're talking about each others day but then I get a weird feeling and we hear this weird noise coming from our car. Michael asks me to check to see if we have a flat tire so I look out the window and to my great discovery, we had a flat tire.

PERFECT

So we pull to the side and park by a small apartment to try and assess the situation. We have had flat tires before so it wasn't rocket science or really that big of an issue. We get the nugget things off and then start trying to pull the tire off and IT WON'T BUDGE. It was rusted to the stupid tire thingy. Michael tried every possible way that was capable for us but the thing would not move a muscle. So here we are, sitting and wondering what to do when finally Michael does what he does best: calls his Mom. Kathy Black is probably the most knowledge person about anything. I could probably ask her what the best method to fly to the moon would be and her method would work better than anything NASA thought of. Anyways, she tells us to get some WD40 to help get the rust off, or do something in that nature. So we call Lisa, who was more than generous to help us (she's helped us with situations like this a lot... poor girl) and brought us some WD40. So we sit there and put it on and it doesn't work. Are we surprised? No. While we were waiting for Lisa, Michael called FireStone to get someone to tow our car. They said they would be there at 7:05 (it was 6:15 when we called). At 6:30 they said they would need another 30 minutes... so 7:30. Great. 

So here we are, sitting and waiting with a TON of people passing us. How many asked if we needed help? 1. And that was when we were taking the nuggets off, so pre-tirebeinggay. I was trying to think of all the good things that happened, or that could have happened. Here is my list:

1. Our car didn't blow up

2. Our tire didn't blow off the car and sending our car into a dangerous situation

3. We had a spare tire

4. We caught the tire on time

5. Large dark clouds were rolling over so it wasn't hot anymore

Oh wait... I forgot, LARGE DARK CLOUDS were rolling over us. But I actually was really happy that it wasn't hot. So after waiting for an hour and 45 minutes, the large dark clouds did exactly what we thought they would do. Pour. We had some places to go and sit under until the rain passed, but we both just kinda sat on the side of the curb getting wet. It matched my mood, and I was lazy. Well, after the little (and by little I mean a lot) rain, around 7:00 we were approached by a couple and their friend. They asked if we were their neighbors (since we conveniently parked in their neighbors parking space). We said no, and I pointed to the tire that was right next to them... anywho, they got the point and offered to help! FINALLY! One guy had a rubber mallet so while he hit the tire from behind, the other guy pulled. The tire came out in 30.56 seconds. I didn't actually time it, but it took less than a minute. I wanted to cry, and honestly, I probably did. 

Some things I learned today:

1. Always have WD40

2. We have insurance for towing

3. Always carry a rubber mallet (we bought one today)

4. Have an umbrella in the car

5. Never expect people who are taught to be generous and kind to ACTUALLY BE GENEROUS AND KIND.

Stupid kids in Provo, learn how to give aid when it's OBVIOUS that people need help.

Luke and Leia's First Swim

Yesterday was pretty fun and freakin hilarious. We decided to go to Bear Lake to swim with the puppies, but unfortunately all we saw were these stupid signs:

Stupid Utah...

Anyways, after some failed attempts to find a place to swim with the dogs, we decided to go and swim in the Provo River. The day was HOT, as it usually is, but the water was freezzzzzzing. It was one of those colds where your body went numb after 2 minutes in the water. It was cold, but we still stayed. I threw Leia and Luke in the water and of course Leia hated it while Luke seemed to be having the time of his life. It was so funny to see how different they reacted. 

 My little Michael Phelps

 Freezing freakin water

 Luke ready to pounce in

 They're first swim :)

 Leia wasn't having it... poor little nun

 Luke and Leia are polar opposites when it comes to grace in the water

 Luke glides through the water (notice above) while Leia splashes very violently (notice above)

 Poor Michael. Who needs to actually get in the water when you can just stand next to Leia. She'll bring the water to you!

 Leia working her magic on my sister.

 Leia kept using Luke as a floatation device.

She smelled GREAT afterward. Love wet dog smell. (please note the sarcasm).