Vet Visit

3.2lbs - getting bigger

Not excited about the upcoming shot

Closet Complete

I was determined to turn my master bedroom closet into an awesome storage space

and it's finally complete&dreamy.

I added lots of shelving&bars to make everything easily accessible and neat.

Obviously, I love.love.love it!

Fiona's Perch

Fiona loves to perch in anybody's kneepit

USA vs. Russia Breakfast

Joe was really excited for the United States vs. Russia Olympic hockey game,

so he wanted to invite people over for breakfast to watch it.

(though no one showed up until very late and the basement-dwellers only emerged to eat&leave.)

We made a Breakfast Burrito Bar & had Beermosas.

And the U.S. won in an incredible shoot-out!

Valentine's Dinner

Joe came over and made me homemade mexican for Valentine's Day.

Then we watched About Time (which was amazing) and had frosted brownies with ice cream for dessert.

He also got me a book, a board game, and some chocolates.

What a wonderful evening.

slaving away in the kitchen

gigantic plate of nachos

Frosted Brownie with ice cream

Valentine's Tree

My daddy sent me a bonsai tree for Valentine's Day.

A great addition to my desk.

Roses

Hunter gave Sam&Syd&Me roses when we were in the UP.

They bloomed beautifully for Valentine's Day.

Sushi with Ricky

I had a dinner date with Erica last night at Meme Sushi in West Bloomfield.
As always, it was delicious.
Then we had a sleepover - her&me&fiona watching Full House and spending time with her wonderful parents.

Structure Views

From Sun Up

To Sun Down

My View in Royal Oak.

BFF Reminders

I enjoyed a mini butterfinger bar and used mint colored paperclips today.

They both reminded me of Elise, which made me smile.

Coach Horv

Joe's buddy Horv is a varsity boy's basketball coach for a neighboring town, so we went to support him when they came to play Joe's alma mater. Horv was completely in the zone throughout the entire game. We cheered&yelled his name from behind him, but he focused intensely on his players - who seemed relatively impressive from what I remember of high school students. In the end, his team won (which we wanted) and it was very nostalgic&fun to wander back into a high school gym for an evening. It made me feel really old, which kind of sucked ...all at once it feels like 1-year-ago and 100-years-ago to be an excited high school student screaming for the cute basketball players. I guess I hadn't thought too hard about my age till I found myself in bleachers full of 16-year-old with painted faces and youthful giggles. Makes me remember (like most things do these days) to live every day to the fullest, because life is flying by me.

Sleepy Pups

Our puppies play hard & sleep hard.

These little snugglers go crazy till they can't keep their eyes open

then crash as close as they can to whoever is nearest.

So silly&adorable.

Snuggled into sam

Smooshed under mommy

Dori & Fiona snuggling each other

Dori pouting about sleeping in her cone

Pier Visit

Sam&Syd wanted to go see the pier covered in snow, but since it was freezing we figured we'd have some drinks before heading out into the cold. So we drank and played cards until we felt we'd be warm enough to enjoy the views. Mostly we just laid in the snow and looked around - afraid to get too close to the edge - but we definitely took in the scenery. Then, of course, we went back to drink and play cards some more.

UP Quirks

Syd&Sam wanted to head back to the UP for a trip to see Hunter's band play their first gig. So we headed up after work on a Thursday - loaded up Sam's car with our pups&bags and headed north. I was hammered and missed most of the show ...I was there just not coherent. Woops. It was a good&random trip with cards&FridayNightLights and mac-n-cheese&fireball and an early morning hunt for a lost sister who's clothes lead me up the stairs to the place I figured I'd find her.
Wild nights in my summer town ...in the winter.

"ish" is an acceptable time to post

the "pickle barrel" is a local monument

santa look-a-like has a bottle of wine to himself

Grandpa&Fiona

So this happened last weekend and melted my heart.

My favorite man on the entire planet smiling&snuggling my baby puppy.