Happiness is a warm puppy!

 

We have a new baby dog! Meet Thelma Lou! 

At the beginning of June we drove across Kentucky, picked this little lady up, brought her home, and instantly fell in love. She’s been a long time coming, even though we weren’t expecting to get a puppy until this fall, our breeder contacted us and let us know someone backed out, and we were next on the list. We couldn’t believe it! We were days away from leaving for a trip to Nashville, but we knew this was our girl! 

My husband had been dreaming of an English Springer Spaniel for years. He had big dreams of hunting with a spaniel and all the training he could do with it. I had always wanted a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, but this is a great compromise for me. I still get the sappy eyes and curly ears.  He did a lot of research on the breed itself and breeders. We had never gone through a breeder before, as we have only had two dogs during our 20 year marriage, and both of them could have been considered “rescues”. This was all new territory for us. I really wanted my husband to experience a puppy, since he was deployed or away at training so much during the beginning of our dogs’ lives, and he was never around for those fun early years. 

After some months of research, many books, YouTube videos, etc, we decided on a breeder last year and got in contact. Then, last fall, we randomly decided on a name, after spending a lazy Saturday morning in bed watching the Andy Griffith show. Thelma Lou was decided! 

We made it to the one year mark of losing our chihuahua this past February. We always knew we would wait a year until we brought another dog home. Fifteen years with a dog is hard to get over, but honestly, we never truly get over it, do we? We just make the decision to open our hearts again and make new memories with a new friend. 

So after all the research, decision making, planning, waiting, and dreaming, Thelma Lou comes home, and SO FAR….

She’s a HUGE Mama’s girl!!!

Sorry babe! 

XOXO, Bunny 

Long time, no blog!

 Wow. Does time fly or what?

Last time I blogged, we were calming down from the crazy flooding in our area and our destroyed basement. After the massive cleanup, we were able to switch our focus to finishing up replacing parts of our deck. Summer comes fast, and we wanted the deck finished before we opened the pool for the season. We were able to complete one massive section, before we would need to move grills and tackle the lower part. 

But SURPRISE! Illness came and got my husband first, then me. We were out for the count for about ten days. As we started feeling stronger, we got back to the gym, and in our normal routine. 

Weeks later, illness hit again, and this time it was my husband and a bout of pneumonia. What a wild ride that was. It didn’t help that we have had a ridiculously wet spring, which really slowed his recovery.  Thankfully, he made it through! (I did too!)

After all the ickies, we got back to the gym again, and back in our routine. We finished the bottom part of our deck, and now our pool is open. We celebrated my 45th birthday as well as our 20th wedding anniversary in Nashville! A week after that we took another small day trip….more on that later! 

Have I been sewing? Unfortunately, no. In fact, I hadn’t been up to my craft room in more weeks than I would like to admit. I missed it so much! I ventured upstairs a few days ago, refreshed my memory on what I had been working on before LIFE happened, and started cleaning up and organizing. 

Now, I’m sure everyone can agree that your craft room can get messy FAST! But my space is also where I pay bills, store memories, run my small Etsy shop, and is also our gift wrap room. I’ve been working hard on organizing each corner of my space over the years, and I am slowly getting there! I have too many interests and hobbies it seems. I think my biggest problem is the mail. After paying bills and figuring out what is junk and what isn’t, it just seems like there’s piles on piles on piles. My shredder gets a workout, that’s for sure!

 I’m hoping that sometime this fall or winter I can share my space with you. I’d love to do a photo tour of my room, once everything is in place. I’d even consider doing a video tour, if I could figure it out! Fingers crossed I can keep making progress and make this happen. My husband has definitely spoiled me with this room over our garage, and I’m so grateful to have it! 

Anyways, I just wanted to check in. I’m still here, and still blogging. I will be posting much more this summer, and I’m looking forward to it! I hope summer is good to you, and you’re making good memories! 

Stay tuned for a post about a recent day trip we took, and a Fat Quarter Shop haul! 

Thanks for reading!

-Bunny