george's doggie bed.

As previously mentioned in this post and for the February goals, my goal was to find a decent doggie bed for George...and we found one! I first looked on Amazon and was overwhelmed with all the different choices they have, it really is amazing what is all out there. I looked at Petsmart, and then finally Target.  Should've just started at my favorite store in the first place because I found this bed at Target. What you see George laying on in the photo above is the actual cover (that is sold separately), it matches our house pretty well so we went with brown and on the bottom a reddish color with little bones going criss cross. The actual bed itself is plain grey which you could definitely just go with that if you wanted. I wanted to be able to wash it whenever its needed so the cover will work great. The cover just unzips and comes right off. Unfortunately, George has already managed to bite a little hole in the cover, but it's not too big to notice when he's laying on it. He mainly snoozes on this thing and he curls up in a ball and looks so comfy.

Other times he spreads all out and literally uses it as a pillow! We bought the rug right before he came home too and he loves laying on it, only bad thing is we have to vacuum more than once a week now!

We are so glad he loves his bed, at night we move it into our bedroom and he sleeps with us in our room. The bed is made by Boots & Barkley and can be found at Target, I had issues finding the actual bed and cover online so the link is to target's homepage versus the actual bed.

Do you use beds for your pets? If so, what brands and how do your pets like them?

All photos taken via : iPhone4S

around here.

Thank God It's Friday!

- my mom brought delicious angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream over last Friday for my birthday celebration.
- our wedding photos are finally framed and hung up, they look awesome! Of course will share soon.
- rollin in the Oldsmobile & Kev scraped off just a little spot on my side to see out! lol
- went shooting at a new range by our house, I didn't do so hot but it was fun!
- wore one of the new headbands Kev gave me for workouts.
- George loves his doggie bed, however he doesn't love his correction collar. It popped off of him yesterday morning, he bolted down the street in t-minus 3 seconds, took me 20min to chase him.
- for Ash Wednesday, we ordered take out at one of the best fish places I've been too.
- went to the last UC Bearcats home game last night & brought home a win!
- so thankful this week is over.

Happy weekend!

20 final secrets.

I have an addiction to Jazzercise.

Before yesterday, it's been 4 days since I've been to class.

Turning 35 wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Feels so weird to say thirty five instead of thirty four.

It's just a number like I keep telling myself from the March goals.

My husband did a great job of surprising me with a few things to do just the two of us.

He knows I love surprises.

I am hard to surprise too.

Had a great birthday weekend with him.

George is doing fantastic.

He tests me more than Kev.

and I think George knows it.

The Ohio DMV lets your husband buy the tags for your car with no problem.

I was shocked.

The lady said we both look familiar to her from my license photo and Kev in person.

Gotta love the west side.

Watched The Book Thief.

Very interesting movie, didn't love it, but definitely liked it.

Kev and I continue to watch Big Bang whenever it's on TV.

Surprising fact we do not own a single DVD of that show.

Wondering when this insane winter is going to be over.

Snow is no longer pretty.

People that are not real tend to drive me nuts.

Still have a hard time understanding that about people.

Just be YOU all the time, don't be fake!

School can be tough going two nights a week (every other week).

Realizing the end result wins every time.

Comparing these secrets as a married woman,

to the last two secrets from 2011 and from 2012 not being married...

is kinda funny to me.

wedded wednesday : something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

Something old. I was very lucky to use something of Kevin's Grandmas since both of my Grandma's are deceased, it meant a lot to me to be able to have something from one of our grandparents for the wedding day. It was her (just so happened to be blue) ring, which I wore on my right hand. It luckily fit perfectly! She was so happy to give it to me, and told me to just keep the ring, so it's no longer something old, it's something new for me.

Something new. Kev gave me a new bracelet to wear for the day of the wedding. It was silver with my birthstones, aquamarine which is my favorite! It was beautiful.

Something borrowed. One of my bridesmaids Jonelle let us borrow her cake knife and server set from her wedding, for the cutting of the cake. She added a little bit of burlap string to go with our country rustic feel.

Something blue. A little blue boot charm that my mom put on the handmade garter she made! The garter was totally fitting for our country rustic wedding, burlap and lace? Just awesome. Then the added blue charm is just perfect. Kev has it hanging on his rear view mirror!

For these old traditions, they all just happened to come into place.  However, I didn't plan on doing all four old, new, borrowed, blue. It's all what you want. Will something bad happened because you didn't do one of these? Absolutely not. So don't stress yourself out over these four things, if it happens it happens, if it doesn't it doesn't. 

march goals.

The goals for March are ::

1. learn to accept turning 35.
2. focus on the idea that age is just a number.
3. it's how you feel that matters!

Simple, simple, simple is the name of the game!

Happy Tuesday. Bring it on March 2014!

thirty five.

Seriously cannot believe I am thirty five today! Sounds so old, but don't feel so old! Had a great weekend with my husband, lots of me time, and lots of me and him time...and George time too!

little miss busy.

Little Miss Busy is exactly how I feel this week!

Monday - Jazzercise after work.
Tuesday - Work all day, then school presentation and paper due for Ethics class.
Wednesday - Work (on my off day), half day meeting off site, at George's training place for 2 1/2 hours before we could take him home!
Thursday - Work all day, Biology exam, bird quiz, and hard take home labs.

I cannot wait until Friday and the weekend! This week has felt like the busiest week of the year for me, and I almost feel like I'll need a vacation after tonight! lol

Little Miss Busy is an actual book you can buy, and it's a series of different versions of different types of Little Miss. I think Miss Natalie would love these, might have to get her some for her birthday in May!

Here's to 15+ hours until my weekend starts!!!