Monday, February 25, 2008

comfy & cozy...

we got a new mattress set this weekend! very exciting, i know. maybe THAT is when you know you're a grown-up... when you're completely psyched about your new mattress. i'm finally getting a decent night's sleep! no pictures... do you really care? anyway, we had our old one for 10 years so it was time. our old set is in the guest room on the floor now. in a couple years when we get new bedroom furniture, we'll throw the really old mattress away, upgrade ours to a king, and move all our old bedroom furniture and mattress to the guest room. can't wait. meanwhile, those who frequent our home now have a real bed to sleep on instead of the air mattress. yay, right?

and while we were out we also got new living room furniture!



i just love it! the old couch is in the front game room, so now we have someplace to sit when we play guitar hero. :) i tried to cram the love seat in up there too... didn't fit. so justin's brother's gonna take it.

another note: we're slowly making the transition over to all browns in the kitchen. i have a box of some sunflower (and green) stuff if anyone's interested (if anyone even still has that decor!)... curtains, clock, rug, towels, and i don't know what else. and i'll have some blue stuff too, eventually... towels, dishes, flatware, plastic utensils, other kitchen stuff, etc.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

hats off to ME...

i just HAVE to show yall this frumpy, floppy hat that i got on the island on friday!

Friday, February 15, 2008

getaway...

so here's how our getaway is going so far...

we left the house around 8:30am, ran a couple errands, went to IHOP for breakfast, then headed for galveston island. went straight for "the strand". picked up a hat, a necklace, and earrings. :) my plan was to take jay to the peanutbutter warehouse because he loves peanutbutter but hasn't been able to find one he likes since they took peter pan (honey roast) off the shelves... they do still make some peanutbutter, but mainly it's an antique store now. :/ left the strand and got to moody gardens around 12:30 or so... to see the "titanic exhibition"! it was pretty neat. we stopped at the "dippin dots" ice cream store on the seawall (i love that place) before heading to our next stop... a bed & breakfast (our first time)! :) the place has a history as it was here during and survived the storm of 1900. we checked in around 3:30pm, then left around 4:30pm to head to landry's on the seawall for dinner. got back to the b&b around 6:30pm, and here we've sat ever since. it's absolutely wonderful here and the innkeepers are so friendly! we're only staying the one night, but so far i just love it. i don't know that i'll ever want to stay in a hotel again! some pics below...

uh, the bed...
sitting area, and sofa folds out to queen bed...
jacuzzi tub with shower...
sitting area, dinette back by the entrance...
suite is detached from the main house, so we have our own private patio...

off i go! next stop: breakfast in the dining room of the main house at 9am...

Thursday, February 7, 2008

tanner's turning tricks...

i've taught him commands/words: come, sit, lay, stay, pillow, house, grass, garage, outside, okay, up, cookie, bring it here, drop it, no sir, and good boy. he knows hand commands for a few of those too! but this is the only real "trick" i've taught him... just video, no audio...




note: i posted this to myspace some time ago, so you may have seen it already.