Thankful Day 6

I'm thankful for these guys. Every day. They are incredibly sweet and love us more than we can possibly know. I'm grateful they came into our lives and we've been able to give them a good home with lots of pets, treats and snuggle time.

Last Weekend

We went to Santa Fe but cut the trip short to get home in front of this storm front. We made it just in time. Came home late Friday hit the grocery store and errands Saturday then that night the snow moved in. It was beautiful. I loved it! Didn't even hurt the jonquils in the front flower bed. The snow on the blooming bradford pear is gorgeous.



Not in her natural element.



Super cute sculpture in Santa Fe



Even cuter up close



Even the mailboxes are artistic and awesome



Reward for driving me all the way to Santa Fe and back. In addition to visiting multiple bead stores, art stores, Trader Joe's (which I love beyond reason and am still flummoxed as to why we don't have one) and Whole Foods. Coconut pudding.



Kitchen helper in her natural element



Maya is back to her awesome puppy self. She's running around the house with a full tail wag and giving lots of kisses if she stops moving long enough!

This week I'm trying to get caught up at work while also packing up to hit the Big Apple for a girls weekend. Lots of fun and more pics to be had. I'm gonna have a lot of photo cropping and studio time when I get back.

Puppies post day care

We're doing some back porch/patio re-modeling and the puppies had to go to puppy day care while the guys did some construction since they lost free reign of the yard and the puppy door. I think the day care was successful since they were pretty played out for the drive home!

This is also how I've felt most of the day. I think the last few days of running wild with no work have caught up with me and I've crashed on the couch in front of the fire and thought of all the things I should be working on but I'm giving myself a pass since this is what lists are for! I have made significant progress on cleaning up the studio and getting it back into working shape. I also made this fun little Christmas collage that made it's way into charms for a swap. I like to think that he's just looking for Santa to put the girl for him under the Christmas tree.

New Day New Post

I'm feeling much better about the world and my general state of well-being. Well, except for the part where I whacked myself in the head with the car door while trying to load the puppies in the car for doggie day care - seriously, clumsiest person on the planet. But even that doesn't have me down. Today's the last day of work before the holiday week and I plan to spend tomorrow with the puppies in the new studio. I've got tons of pics to show of the new construction on the patio, arty goodness and finally Silver Bella updates, whew! Big plans people, big plans!

But, in the mean time, I wanted to share a quick link with you in case you've been looking for a special way to give for the holidays. Kelly Rae Roberts has an incredibly inspiring story on her blog today. Check it out and if you have the means, give a little something to start the holiday season.

Friends Collage

Just a reminder that sometimes our best friends have 4 legs and not two. I love my puppies (100lbs each so allowances have to be made with the term puppies!) and they bring some of the best love and comfort, especially when you didn't even know you needed it. I made this collage tonight not quite sure where it was going but I found the vintage picture and kept adding until I was relatively happy with it. I still struggle with knowing whether to keep going or to back off so next time, maybe I'll keep adding until it's 3-d on top of 3-d!

So tonight be sure to tell any furry companions how much you appreciate them... They'd do it for you! :)

Cuteness

I'm adding a couple more photos so you can see all my help with the studio project. The ham looking right at me is Abby. Maya is the more mellow puppy acting as a rug! They are adorable and I'm not biased in anyway... honest!

Struggling to stay warm

We've definitely hit a cold snap here in Texas. I think it's in the mid-20's and spitting very slight sleet, nothing is accumulating but now is when you find out exactly how many bad drivers there are in Texas!

We are hunkered in with a nice fire, the puppies and the Olympics trying to stay warm. I'm working on the altered cirque book today and have all the pages painted. I'm really happy with how they turned out. Pictures will be posted on completion. :) Now is the fun part where I get to dig through all my postcards, stamps, scrap, etc to find things to create the book.

Hope you guys are staying warm!