Sunrise

When the puppy has you up early, you get to appreciate the sunrise :)

Hiking in Borrego Springs

Today the guys went on a six mile hike to Hell Hole Canyon in Borrego Springs. They seemed to like it despite part of the trail having rocks they had to climb over as it wasn't all a defined path.  Here are some gorgeous pictures Connor took ...

Waterfall at the end of the hike

SudsOMatic

My vintage laundry room sign came - LoVe it!

Furry love

All my furballs lounging in my office ...

My birthday

While it's my least favorite day of the year, I've had a great birthday!  I actually celebrated twice this year - once when Ryan and Shazy were here for the weekend and again today.

With my cute birthday puppy and a raspberry pie

Love my Brighton charm necklace from the
kids with Sophie's picture in the heart

Shawl update

I've been working on the shawl that I posted originally here.  After starting over once, I feel more comfortable with the pattern and the results now.  The yarn is quite fine so I think I'll be at this project a while!

Popovers

One of my favorite things Mark makes are Popovers ... add some raspberry jam and they are delicious!  Today's batch were especially fluffy ...

Sunny San Diego

We have been enjoying Springtime in February and it's awesome!  As much as we need the rain, I must say the weather has been hard to beat this last week. Yesterday it was in the mid 80's and I took an hour and laid by the pool - it was heavenly!  A lot of trees are in bloom as even they are convinced it's Spring.

Bark Box surprise!

We had the pleasure of spending the last two days with friends visiting from northern California.  They had two of their grandchildren with them; today was the 12 year old's birthday and her 18 year old brother.  The kids enjoyed each other's company and we always laugh whenever we're together with Debbie and Kenny.

Little Samson was the hit of the visit and he received a Bark Box today from Chris and Michele!  I've seen these advertised on Facebook but never seen one in person ... it was awesome!  He loves the items and will surely love the treats!

First checkup

Today was Samson's first vet checkup and he was one tired puppy when we were done!  He weighed in at 3 lbs., 5 oz., and was a hit with the staff.  He goes again Monday for his next shot.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Beautiful sunrise

Furry cuteness

Samson (aka Sammy) loves to be outside and exploring the variety of sticks he finds along the way!

Hearts in the mail

Amidst creating wedding invitations I made a few Valentine's cards with a new chalkboard set of stamps from Taylored Expressions.  I white embossed them and just used some heart-shaped doilies I had.  The set is very versatile and one I'll use often.

We're enjoying beautiful 80+ degree days so returning to cooler, and rainier, ones is going to be hard.  I even have some birds creating a nest in my hanging plant - even they must think it's spring!

Meet Samson!

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post but that's because I have a new baby!  Samson is a 9 week old maltipoo weighing three pounds.  While he will never replace the piece of my heart that Sophie holds, he was also in need of being re-homed as the family members were very allergic to him.  He's a sweet little guy who was underfed but is making up for it now, sleeps through the night in his crate, and potties every five minutes!  He's learning how to play with his furry friends but Jake is the one truly enthralled with him.

Meeting his furry friends

Napping in the toybox

with Ryan

A size comparison to "Mr. Grumpy Pants"!

On to other news ...  Friday Ryan was driving to school only to be hit by a young gal making his car undrivable.  After getting it towed to a body shop, we spent four hours getting him a rental car as he's not 25 (apparently the new age limit).  It's just unbelievable.  They were to start the repairs today and I'll confirm that tomorrow since I didn't receive the promised call back.  It was definitely the final straw to what was a tough week for him.  He and his girlfriend were able to come down and spend Saturday with us which is always great.

Kell is very sick with a bronchial infection and had to go to ER last night as she couldn't stop coughing to even sleep.  Mark took her at midnight and she had her first night's sleep in a week.  It's unfortunate that she's missing school this week given they are off all of next week :(

Connor's job search continues with hopefully some positive calls back this week.

An evening with Heidi Swapp

My friend and I were lucky enough to get the last two tickets to an amazing craft evening with Heidi Swapp, an amazingly talented woman with some of the best products on the market.  When I say the last two - I mean that literally!  The event was limited to 50 and once our tickets were processed, it was sold out.  We are both so excited we can't stand ourselves and we have to wait until March!!

Happy Hedgehog Day!

Not only is today Groundhog Day but it's also National Hedgehog Day!  Aren't they just the CuTeSt??

Since the day I saw a little hedgehog while in Scotland, I have adored them.  So much so that I have a little collection ...