Slow Down Sunday

Today we went to one soccer game. And that was it! Ah, it sure is nice to relax and hang out at home. Here are the dogs hanging out as well. They loooove being outside and today is a gorgeous Fall day. Finally!

Slow Down Sunday

This week was pretty busy, but very productive. Monday was President's Day, so Mia had off of school. I stayed with her in the afternoon. We went shopping. It was FUN! I got my new Vera Bradley bag and she got this Shar Pei Prom Costume. She has worn it for about fifty seconds. Just long enough for me to snap a picture! She says it is scratchy. She is so "Her Father's Daughter". He is the same way with clothes. She will probably never put it on again. Nice!

Friday night, Troy had a Soccer Coach's meeting after work. So Mia and I set out to find the Basset Hounds some new dog beds. Hannah has destroyed all the dog beds in the house but her own. Go figure. We went right to Sam's since that is where we find them for the best deal. They were only $22.00! Such a good deal when you consider that if you were to buy a nice big bed like this from Petco or Petsmart, you will drop at least $70.00 for one! So paying under $50.00 for two is in my mind a steal! Madison was soooo excited when I brought them in the door! You can tell she was missing her old one.

We met friends Lisa and Jerry with their cute kids Addisson and Ty at Hideaway Pizza for dinner last night. I have to say that my pizza was to die for. I ordered a new specialty pizza called Bleu Shroom Pizza. OMG! It was a handtossed pizza with olive oil, mushrooms, minced garlic and bleu cheese. I am raving about this pizza to everyone, but no one seems to be interested! I guess you do have to be a fan of bleu cheese. It rocks! You must try it if you go there!

Before we went to Hideaway, we stopped at Pier 1. This has been one of my all time favorite stores ever since I was in middle school! We used to walk to the Pier 1 by my house when I was little to look at all the cool toy like items they carry. Now I shop mainly for my house. I had a $20 gift card to use and it was burning a hole in my wallet! I needed a new reed diffuser so was happy to see they were on sale yesterday. I chose a vanilla buttercream scent. It smelled so good in the store. I decided to put it on the ledge in my kitchen. I didn't know how strong it would be, but I got a cute little holder to put it in, so thought it looked really cute and if it let off a little vanilla here and there, it would be fine. OMG! It is mouthwatering! It is filling my whole kitchen, dining room, living room area with this wonderful smell of frosting! Troy says he wants to eat the bottle! I strongly recommend this product if you like the reed diffusers. And the cute little holders to slip the bottle into make it a nice accessory to any room!

I am now just hanging out washing windows, vacuuming, dusting, doing laundry and watching my taped programs in between. I am so behind on CSI so I have watched a few of those episodes. I miss Gil Grisham so much, it is hard for me to get excited about it anymore. He made the show worth watching. It is is such a bummer that he left the show.

Well, the dryer just let out its obnoxious buzzzzzz! Time to fold and reload!

Slow Down Sunday

Today has been busy. Not quite a slow Sunday. I worked pretty much all day. Trying to get caught up from year end. I got a lot done, so I feel pretty good about it. Troy and Mia hung out with Troy's parents and went to breakfast. I am doing really well with keeping up on my flylady instructions. I feel so good about my house and was really happy to come home from work today to a clean house. A normal Sunday usually means a lot of laundry and rushing around the house to prepare for our week ahead. Right now, I am currently relaxing on my couch enjoying my clean place and the new candle holders that Troy helped me hang up this evening. I finally found something to hang on our big wall in the living room. I put them in a big line above the TV. It makes it so relaxing when the candles are lit and the lights are down. All the dogs are sleeping and Mia is reading me a story as I type. She is getting pretty good at it. Troy ran to Hooters to get wings for our dinner! He was really wanting wings, but they are the only ones I will eat. So he said he would drive all the way across town to pick them up. How sweet. :-)

Tomorrow is a day off for Mia for President's Day. My goodness, I don't remember having so many days off when I was little. Troy is staying with her in the morning and I will come home for the afternoon. I hope I can get a lot accomplished in the morning because I have a major deadline to meet this week that can't be pushed back! EEK! I will probably be working from home tomorrow night to make sure that I have everything finished.

I'm off now to listen to Mia read me a story about Hotel for Dogs and to enjoy the rest of our Sunday together. Hope you enjoyed my picture of my cute love dogs! Aren't they sooooo sweet!? OMG, they make me melt!

Slow Down Sunday

Today was a very relaxing Sunday. We got a lot done around the house. Including lots of laundry. Mia finally got some rest to recover from her sleep over on Friday night! The dogs lounged around all day as well. This picture was taken after I moved the chairs out from the table to wash the floors. Hannah somehow managed to get her favorite things all situated under the table. She has her bed, her dog bowl and her favorite squeaky duck. I thought it was hilarious. At one point she had the bed out on the deck, but all of the sudden there it was under the table, with all of her faves safely tucked inside.

I still have some work to do tonight. But feel good that we got some work done today around here. :O)