Powerless

We havnt had power since 2 am this morning. Supposed to get power by noon tomorrow? Today was a long day! No power at work so we left early and now just hanging out in our 58 degree house in down jackets!

wanna be a gangsta

today instead of doing fun stuff out in the nice weather we did things to help winterize the house.  one being raking all the leaves so they aren't a wet mess wednesday when it snows on them.  usually the dogs are very photogenic but this time they looked at little T-O'd taking the pic.  

i couldn't resist photoshopping

Sunflower showdown

Today ksu travels to stinky lawrence to play football. My uncle dan decided to make a bet. It's official--- He signed on the line!

Africa

tonight we met w/ our African travel agent.

stumped as to what to get us for a gift for any occasion?
(columbus day, Washington's birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas, valentine's day, First day of passover, 4th of july, ezra's birthday, random feel like giving something away day, etc....)

the answer: cash.

it's gonna be a trip of a lifetime.....if we ever get over there!

(planning for next october--this way we can see all the animals, birds like flamingos migrating, able to swim with the penguins and still hit octoberfest in frankfurt w/ some good college friends.)

in memoriam

we havn't seen the little guy for >36 hrs and the dogs and i have been seeing a lot of coyotes on our early morning walks.  sadly, i think he's gone.

miss you little guy!

Finished!

And sold! (a miracle!). After months of not working on it I finally got it done!

Sorry for the lack of blogging. I feel like I have nothing going on but yet am so busy. Stick with me- I promise to be better!

Modern day segregation

(please ignore ezras eyes)

Running

Today I learned that even if I don't have time to eat breakfast and am starving at lunch that is no reason to eat the entire chipolte burrito the rep brings me. This lesson is only appreciated if you try running for one hour after work and have horrible stomach cramps the entire time.

That will never be happening again!

For beezer

Look Beezer! We get summer and winter at the same time here!

trip #2

trip #1---running the walt disney world marathon

are we in shape yet?  

hardly.

trip #2---- (i can't believe i havn't posted sooner!)

a couple of weeks ago we were at a fundraiser auction and for an extremely discounted price, bought.....

a 6 day 6 night safari trip in south africa!  

weeks later i'm still pinching myself....whether that be from the excitement of the trip or the cost of the airline tickets i don't know yet.....

so once we get our airfare saved up we're taking the dogs to the farm and we're going to see some bigger kitties!

fairly big kitty

which would be breakfast for this one

Money savers

Going on two different trips is exciting but a financial drain. We have totally had to refocus our budget to save! Save! Save! That being said our eating out every few days due to pure laziness and convenience has came to a screeching halt. We have to be creative with what is in our pantry. Tonight I was totally craving ice cream or something sweet. Instead of going down the street I pulled out the double boiler and made these scrumptious little bites!
I think in the long run this was a better option after all!

New house rules

What is our entire house up to? Cesar Milan time! (he is the dog whisperer) Glad the dogs are eagerly soaking it up!