Weekend Wrap Up April 28, 2013

I had a busy yet relaxing weekend! I feel refreshed! I'm not sure it was just being away from work or being around my hubby, puppies, and friends! Maybe a little bit of everything!

This is my sweet Kona! He is only 4 months old and already 45 pounds! He is getting BIG!

Random thought... I really love the headband I am wearing. It is one of my favorites! If anyone knows where I can get great headbands, let me know! I am always looking a something new!

My sweet girl, Daisy! She is kinda shy!

and my sweet baby girl, Bear! I love her ears!

Kona just loves our bed! Bear does too but Kona acts like he owns it!

Friday night, Mikes new food dehydrator came in! We weren't expecting it to arrive until Monday, so we were excited. He got the Excalibur. He did a ton of research and narrowed it down to this one. I will let you know how it works out for us! We started out with fruit. I had fresh mango, pineapple and bananas. The fruit turned out pretty good. I think I sliced the fruit to thin though. But, it was really sweet. It tasted like it soaked in sugar for hours. I will make the cuts bigger next time. Saturday is when Mike made the beef jerky. It takes forever to make it. It was to marinade over night and then it cooks or dehydrates for about 12 hours.

 

I was out with my friends Monica and Lyn early Saturday evening when Mike sent me this text.  LOL

I thought I would share with y'all!

 

Apparently, Daisy thought the beef jerky was for her.  She is very tall and can stretch pretty far. She jumped up on the counter and reached across it to grab the container that the jerky was in. She knocked it over and had a field day!  Her belly was full! I'm glad she didn't sick. Luckily, Mike made two containers. So he was still able to enjoy his first batch!

 

This is where I was when all the chaos was going on at the house....

 

Me, Monica, and Lyn at Sprinkles Cupcakes in Dallas!

I got the Cuban Coffee and Milk Chocolate cupcakes. I shared with Mike once I got home. I think Mike's cupcakes are pretty good but I cant pass up a "girls night out" that involves cupcakes and tacos from On the Border. We all had a good time just hanging out and laughing and cutting up and of course eating! It is always great to be with friends!

 

FRESH BERRY SMOOTHIE!

Sunday has been a lazy day for us! Mike was craving something with fruit and we decided to make fruit smoothies. This is actually part of our normal routine but this time we didn't add all the veggies. This was just pure fruit greatness! Mike even served mine to me in our beautiful crystal stemware that we got as a wedding gift from my mom and step-dad. I don't usually use the glasses, but it made this a nice treat.

oh yea, that grass behind the glass is wheat grass. I'm a big fan of it! I try and do my 2oz's everyday.

 

Bear, Daisy,Mike, and Kona (he is the chocolate blob in the back) ... they were all waiting on me to get in the truck so we can go PLAY!

 

We ended this weekend by going to one of our favorite parks. Arbor Hills Nature Preserve. It's in Plano. If you ever get the chance to go, its worth your time. The doggies love the creek. it is very relaxing there. I enjoy walking through park and seeing all the trees and flowers. I hear all sorts of noises though and I don't investigate. I don't actually want to know where most of those noises come from. I did see a tarantula tonight though. It gave me the ebbie-jeebies. ( I WAS SCARED TO DEATH!!!)  but it was ok. I still had a good time!

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!
Thank you for reading my blog!

Julie

 

Pictures for the week! June 17th thru the 23rd

I love taking pictures! I take pictures all the time. My cell phone is usually my quickest gadget that I grab when Im taking those silly everyday pictures.  Its the perfect way for me to share and save those everyday moments!

I took the train on the 19th of June to go downtown to take care of a few things for my new job. Iv only taken the train once before, but this is the first time Iv taken it solo. It wasn't bad though. It cost me $4 for a pass to ride all day. Not bad! A lot cheaper than driving! It took about 50 minutes though, and if I drove it would have taken 30. There is a lot of interesting characters that ride the train. Im not sure if thats a good thing, a bad thing, or if its just a thing.

Route of the trains

  Heres what the route looked like for trains as of June 2012.  I took the Green Line!


Green Line Train Stop, Dallas, Texas

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 I love taking pictures of my doggies! They usually get as close to my face as possible whenever I am on the laying down.

Bear

Daisy

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Every night at bed time, Bear waits for us between our pillows.  Im guessing she is making sure she doesnt miss anything. Daisy is too obnoxious to "wait" anywhere! She is off wondering the house somewhere.  :)

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Mike has been on a misson to find or build a new smoker. He found this one off Craigslist! ( we love craigslist! )  It was a short roadtrip on Saturday to go and pick it up. Sunday was all about smoking meat! He made 12 pounds of brisket, 5 pounds of pork, 5 pounds of turkey, and 1 susage link! This was all for the both of us! Mike kinda goes overboard when it comes to grilling, or smoking out. I put most of it in the freezer afterwards. Hopefully it'll be ok.  :)

Newest Smoker

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Daisy and Bear love to bring bones and toys on our bed, especially if it is made! They look so cute though! .... thats my neswet quilt by the way! I love quilts! I think I have 5 of them so far. Im gonna be an old lady with quilts all over my house.  LOL... Mike got this for me one for me for Valentine's Day of this year.

Thanks for checking out my post! Im gonna try and do a picture blog post each week.

Julie

DAY GAME - GAME DAY! and Sirens

DAY GAME - GAME DAY!


I actually worked out today and yesterday before the game, but that's all I want to say about that for now. I stopped by Starbucks yesterday and made friends with a lady there that was admiring my new cool TEXAS RANGERS earrings. I actually got them at the last game but somehow failed to mention or show them off.  I love them! They are so cute!

Yesterday was a DAY GAME - GAME DAY!  WOOHOO!  I love going to day games! I especially love day games in the middle of the week. I feel like its a small vacation. It's always a good day to see the TEXAS RANGERS play ball! Unfortunately, we lost! It wasn't pretty. I'm starting to believe that our whole crew needs to be there was us to win. Laura, her Mom, and I are the only ones that went today. My other friends couldn't or didn't take the day off of work.  So not only did the Rangers lose, I got slightly sun burned too. I guess that's gonna happen on the third base side in the middle of the afternoon. But all in all, it was a good day with good friends.

To top the night off.. Mike and I went to PeiWei! I love this place! We brought the doggies with us too. I love having them with us. Everyday, one of them does something so silly it has me belly laughing. When we were on our way to the restaurant, a firetruck went flying by with the lights and sirens wailing. Daisy stuck her head out of the window and as quick as her head tilted out of curiosity over the noise she was hearing; her nose went straight in the air and she started howling in sync with the sirens. It was so cute, and so funny! All the other drivers on the road that were stopped with us that witnessed Daisy singing along, were cracking up with us. We've never seen her do that before. Even Bear stepped back and was staring at her.  I wish I could have gotten that on video to share with you all. It made for a great laugh!

Thanks for reading my blog!
Julie

Mother's Day and Texas Rangers

 Friday, May 11, 2012. Its one of my brothers birthday. I text'd him to wish him a Happy Birthday. I'm not sure if I even have the right number anymore. I don't really have a bonding relationship with Kevin, my brother. However, I will always attempt to contact him to wish him well, especially on his birthday.  If he ever happens to read this, he'll know that I was thinking about him enough to add his day to my blog!
Besides what I mentioned above it's also Mothers Day weekend!  My mom lives back in St Louis so I wont be seeing her and my step-mom lives about 20 minutes away from me, but I wont seeing her either. I sent them both lovely cards though and will call them each as well. My mom and talk almost every other day. Well, more or less.. we text mostly. I love this though. We get to send quick notes and always send pictures too. It kinda makes me feel like she isn't so far away.

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Saturday started out early! Laura and Monica met me at my house at 0845 to head to the game. We stopped at Starbucks to get our fix. I actually haven't been to this famous coffee house more than a dozen times in my lifetime. I have no idea what to order and am completely impressed with all the fancy talk. I told the guy what I like and he made me an amazing drink. I think I am in love! (not with the guy but with my new addiction). Monica told him, that he better write this down for me.. and he did! YAY!

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We got to the game early and were able to take advantage of the LEXUS free parking. YAY!  and YAY Mike for getting me a Lexus! Valet and its free!  It was raining so we had to run for cover but at least we were only a few steps away from the entrance! Laura and I were soak and wet! Monica was the smart one and thought ahead to bring her umbrella. We still look pretty cute though!

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Monica did her sweet talking to the ticket rep and was able to get us all CUERVO CLUB passes! WOOHOO!  Jack Pot! It was also HAT DAY at the park. Not that I will ever wear this hat but I wanted it!

Here is our view from our seats inside the cuervo club.

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Monica, Lyn, myself, and Laura are all showing off our new hats....well long enough to take this picture!  

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Just another cute shot of all of us!

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The Rangers were playing the "lala Angels".  A man that use to play for our awesome team thought he was super amazing and obviously in lala land went back to his home town to pitch for them. Its not that I dont respect his talent, it's his ugliness that annoys me. I wont ever boo him. I dont respect him enough to boo him. .... blah, blah, blah.. There are many Texas fans that feel this way... Its kinda funny to see it so well displayed!

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Unfortunately we lost this game! :(    < that's a sad face in case you cant tell. 

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Sunday started off perfect! I talked to my Mom and step-mom to wish them both a Happy Mother's Day! My Mom and step-dad sent me a card! They are so cute!

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Mike and I and of course the doggies all went to Lake Lewisville! We had so much fun! We walked all over the docks and up and down the shoreline. Daisy and Bear chased sticks over and over again.

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Everyday is good day at the Stauss Hauss!

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....and then it was time to go back to the ballpark! YAY! Its was retro tee day! The shirt is this baby pink color and will look horrible on me but I do like logo!

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Monica, Laura, Lyn, Rachel, and I are all posing before the game on Sunday. My Texas Rangers played the lala Angels again. This time.... we kicked some serious angel booty! 13 to 6!  It was a long game but we all had so much fun! I cant wait until the next time we all go!

We all are so cute in our Rangers gear!