Catch me if you can.

The other day I mentioned Bella gets really aggravated at the fact that she cannot catch Beethoven no matter what she does. Today after mowing I sat out in the yard with them, busted out the big boy Nicholas the Nikon & took 184 photos of them.

I didn't do too bad, out of those I kept 94! It's funny to flip through them quickly and see the action but here are some of my faves of today. Enjoy. You can click the pictures to make them bigger :)

Contemplating her move.

Attack!!

Mad & rolling about.

Readddy...

Blast off!

And the race is on.

Sometimes she had to just sit and watch as Beethoven ran around like a mad man.

Then Helen came along, and she reveled in her power! Domination then occurred.

But then she spotted bigger prey...

& she was off!

Shiver contest! WINNER!

The 3rd comment was JANINE! Congratulations :) Janine is actually part of a guild I'm in so I'm sure she'll PM me there :)

Mazey Lazy Saturdays.

Bella's loving lazy Saturdays just as much as I am :) She's slowly getting bigger! She's definitely got slightly taller & a little rounder. Plus she's doing extrememly well on the potty training issues. This morning she got up out of her bed & shot into the kitchen & I was like what in the world is she doing? (Which isn't a abnormal question to be asking about her since she's absolutely bonkers sometimes) So I was keeping an eye on her and she got to the corner of the stove and turns around to look at me with a "WTF come on I gotta go" look on her face, I got up and ran to the front door where she was waiting and she zinged outside to go! I was so proud of her :) She's only 2 days short of being 10 weeks old & I'm amazed at how well she's doing.

Her personality cracks me up. She's a zinger that's for sure. She romps constantly throughout the day especially in the morning and at night. Poor Beethoven is like "Leave an old man alone!" but they're getting along really well. She gets so fired up & aggravated easily so we're trying not to play with her too much because we don't want her to get mean. She loves being by someone and sleeping, which is extremely adorable.

Saying goodbye.

4 days? Who's excited!

Man I needed a break this week. It wasn't one thing that made me feel this way it was just anything & everything. Therefore I'm extremely thankful I have a 4 day weekend, I don't go back to work til Wednesday & I'm reveling in the fact that I can hole up until then. So far I've been enjoying my families company & catching up on some reading. There's nothing better than relaxing and knowing that there's not going to be some sort of drama around the corner. I'm enjoying it a ton, can you tell? ha!

I recently downloaded Ingrid Michaelson's new cd, Everybody and I love it! Here's a song from the new album.


We also got a new puppy & here's a video of her being absolutely nuts.


Enjoy!

Shiver contest!

Trailer link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX82ggGCF7c

You've read me rave about Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater now experience it for yourself! Yep that's right, one lucky winner will win copy of Shiver in audio book form. Maggie herself donated one for a lucky winner (how nice is that?!) Here's what you have to do, watch the trailer and leave a comment!

Contest ends Friday September 12th, the winner will be announced on the 13th! Good luck!

Fall is coming.

This week has been insane. The weather for the last three days have been bordering on chilly during the day & extremely chilly at night. It's the middle of August. IN MISSOURI. Are ya kidding me?! Normally the temperature is in the 100's with heat indexes out of the roof but we've hardly had any days like that. It feels & smells like fall but I'm not ready for the summer to be over. Don't get me wrong, I love snow, Christmas time & drinking lots of mint tea however I hate having the "cooped up" feeling of having to stay in the house & it blistering cold all the time. Plus I'll miss days of doing things like this:

Oh well it'll be back next year!

I recently finished Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. I really loved the book, her writing is amazing. It's full of amazing characters who draw you into their world and make you feel every emotion as if it were yours. Sam's intensity & sadness is so palpable that you want to reach through the book and hug him. The world Maggie describes & pulls you into is one that you won't want to leave. She weaves an amazing story that leaves you wanting for more. I cannot wait til for Linger!

I also won a audio book of Shiver from Maggie's blog & if you keep an eye out in the near future you'll be able to win one too!