Well, the summer is starting out to be a slow, hot one. Doug has been working and going to school; I have been working and sitting on the couch bored while Doug works and does school work. Positive - it saves money! Too bad we are not really "saving" money. Don't you just love those unexpected expenses? For us it seems like we have one every pay period. Ha! This week it was Auburn's vet appt. He skin is broke out again from her allergies. We had to get some antibiotics and more Omega 3 oil for her skin. Hoping we get it under control. Next time she breaks out, it will be allergy tests and possible allergy shots time. Yay! Can't wait to spend that money!
Memorial Day weekend was short and sweet. Doug worked all but Sunday so we hung out at the pool. It was so nice and relaxing. I can't wait to go back this weekend. The water was cool but it did not matter cause it was hot as hell! I left the south to get away from the abnormally early, hot summers. And here it is, not even June, and we are in the 90's. We did go out to eat with some friends one night. We tried a new seafood restaurant by our house. Good, would go back, but still prefer G&M. We were there for three hours! I would have been hot if we were there by our-selves but I enjoyed spending all the time with our new friends.
I promise we are making some plans to give me something to blog about. My birthday is coming up, we are going to GA in July, I would love to spend a day or two at the beach before the summer is over, I WILL go to a Little League World Series game!!!, I may be going to AL in October, and we are going to try going to NYC for Christmas. Plus every day Doug and I have off together I am going to drag him out of the house to do something new. There is so much to do and I swear we are going to do it all before we leave!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Sweet SummerTime
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Salmon-ella
So Doug went to the vet to pick up a bag of Auburn's food. With her allergies her diet has been restricted to a salmon/fish based food. And of course the vet will recommend the food they sell! So he walks in and the shelves where the food normally is are empty. He walks up to the counter and asks where the Taste of the Wild dog food is. The lady replies, "They recalled the entire production of the food due to traces of SALMONELLA."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you freaking kidding me? They do not know where the salmonella came from or when it was first put in the food. Hey VET! Where was the phone call to say, hey they recalled your dog food and what you are currently giving her may be contaminated. REALLY! If she would have gotten sick... oh boy would there have been hell to pay! And to top it off, when Doug asked what they recommended to replace her food with they said they did not know... because THEY had nothing comprable to what she was currently eating. So give her salmonella and then starve her. Thanks!!!!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Cinco de Mayo
Doug and I decided to have our first dinner party for Cinco de Mayo. The house is still not "put together" like I would like it so I have been putting off having people over. But then I thought, what better excuse to have people over than Cinco de Mayo! I invited a few people from work, Doug invited a few people from his work, and the slaving began. Doug and I spent all last week cleaning, hanging stuff, and making the house look more put together. I was super excited to get my shelving hung that I bought before Christmas! It took me, Doug, and a friend of his from work over three hours to hang them. Love Ikea's prices, hate their assembly!
Really wish I would have got a picture of the three of us, at one time, working on getting them hung. Pathetic! The house really needed the cleaning and organizing so I am glad we had the party to make us get to work. Now I am back on track with getting the house the way I want it.
Of course being Cinco de Mayo I chose to cook Mexican food. I did taco salad, enchiladas, and chicken tortilla casserole. I left out the jalapenos and used "Mild" for all the sauces. Wanted to go easy on these bland Maryland folks. They were super excited to get a taste of "Southern" Mexican cooking. I think some even wished I would have left the spice in. I made the perfect amount of food (which I was major stressing over!) and some even requested to take home some of what was left over. One of my coworker's, Ryan, girlfriend, Sarah, brought homemade guacamole and tortilla chips. OMG! So good and so easy to make. I plan on attempting it myself sometime next week. I will let you know how it goes and share the recipe. Not only did they get my favorite people in MD award for the chips and dip, Ryan remembered me mentioning how much I liked Jack Daniels' Tennessee Honey and brought a big bottle. YEAH BUDDY! We did not have shot glasses so one of Doug's coworkers, Craig, took some scissors to the Red Solo cups we had. GENIUS! I think we should patten them and sell the idea. It would take the Red Solo Cup to a whole new level.
I had mentioned to Doug about how my coworkers love Talladega Nights and Step Brothers. Like Doug, they loved to quote the movie and would carry on a conversation for an hour with nothing but quotes from the movies. So Doug decided to play the movies. A house full of people and we were all sitting around watching Will Ferrell movies. REALLY! I broke out the cards and we tried to play drinking games but the movies were too distracting for the guys. Their eyes were glued to the TV.
Auburn was super excited to have all these new friends come over. She was, like always, the center of attention. She actually scared our first guests to arrive with her barking. They thought she was some big, ferocious dog but when I opened up the door they laughed. Ha! I am not sure if she was over excited or if someone slipped her some table food (CRAIG!!) but she peed on the floor twice, pooped once, and threw-up a little bit on the couch. And this all happened after dinner, after everyone had been at the house for a couple of hours. It was so out of the norm for her. Doug got up this morning with her and she pooed on the floor again before he could take her out. Poor thing! She is laying on the couch next to me right now. I am not sure if her tummy hurts or if she is exhausted from last night. We put her in the crate last night. She did not fuss about it and we did not hear a peep from her all night. I gave her half of a Tums just in case her tummy was not feeling well. Her beard is now pink. :) All in all, our first dinner party went well. We learned a few things (liquor stores close at 10 up here so you better stock up, Will Ferrell movies are a distraction to a party, how to make guac and tortilla chips, and Doug now thinks he needs a new car (THANKS RYAN!!)) and look forward to having another one again soon.
Of course being Cinco de Mayo I chose to cook Mexican food. I did taco salad, enchiladas, and chicken tortilla casserole. I left out the jalapenos and used "Mild" for all the sauces. Wanted to go easy on these bland Maryland folks. They were super excited to get a taste of "Southern" Mexican cooking. I think some even wished I would have left the spice in. I made the perfect amount of food (which I was major stressing over!) and some even requested to take home some of what was left over. One of my coworker's, Ryan, girlfriend, Sarah, brought homemade guacamole and tortilla chips. OMG! So good and so easy to make. I plan on attempting it myself sometime next week. I will let you know how it goes and share the recipe. Not only did they get my favorite people in MD award for the chips and dip, Ryan remembered me mentioning how much I liked Jack Daniels' Tennessee Honey and brought a big bottle. YEAH BUDDY! We did not have shot glasses so one of Doug's coworkers, Craig, took some scissors to the Red Solo cups we had. GENIUS! I think we should patten them and sell the idea. It would take the Red Solo Cup to a whole new level.
I had mentioned to Doug about how my coworkers love Talladega Nights and Step Brothers. Like Doug, they loved to quote the movie and would carry on a conversation for an hour with nothing but quotes from the movies. So Doug decided to play the movies. A house full of people and we were all sitting around watching Will Ferrell movies. REALLY! I broke out the cards and we tried to play drinking games but the movies were too distracting for the guys. Their eyes were glued to the TV.
Auburn was super excited to have all these new friends come over. She was, like always, the center of attention. She actually scared our first guests to arrive with her barking. They thought she was some big, ferocious dog but when I opened up the door they laughed. Ha! I am not sure if she was over excited or if someone slipped her some table food (CRAIG!!) but she peed on the floor twice, pooped once, and threw-up a little bit on the couch. And this all happened after dinner, after everyone had been at the house for a couple of hours. It was so out of the norm for her. Doug got up this morning with her and she pooed on the floor again before he could take her out. Poor thing! She is laying on the couch next to me right now. I am not sure if her tummy hurts or if she is exhausted from last night. We put her in the crate last night. She did not fuss about it and we did not hear a peep from her all night. I gave her half of a Tums just in case her tummy was not feeling well. Her beard is now pink. :) All in all, our first dinner party went well. We learned a few things (liquor stores close at 10 up here so you better stock up, Will Ferrell movies are a distraction to a party, how to make guac and tortilla chips, and Doug now thinks he needs a new car (THANKS RYAN!!)) and look forward to having another one again soon.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)