bella's first vet visit

I took Isabella to the vet today! No shots, since Aunt Stacy already had most of them done, but she is healthy and weighs in at 9.6 pounds! Everyone at the office wanted to hold her and she was a little ham. She cuddled with all the vet techs and really liked the doctor! lol ~ we'll see how she does after he gives her a shot next week.

i cant make this stuff up

don't worry, i am sparing everyone the photo, but about ten minutes ago, isabella decided to take a dump on the cold air return... thats on the floor in the hallway. so there were little stinky puppy terds in between the slats of the vent and some made it through. thankfully, my dad already showed me how to pull the cover off to clean under it, and i was able to quickly get it all. of all the places in the whole house... i dont think this has ever happened to anyone i know!

happy dogs

Rocky is adjusting very well to Isabella. The only time they seem to squabble is when one or the other tries to eat the other's food... they both do it to each other. But I have to watch them because they don't have the same type of food and also dogs can freak out when someone tries to take their food- so i have to make sure no one is biting!

Lil Rock likes to sit by the door and guard us. Sometimes he starts to doze off and I finally caught it on camera. He won't abandon post, even when he's sleepy.

nicole's lady giada isabella

all that name for this tiny pupp! its her akc name- we won't call her that at the dog park. i'm not sure what we will actually call her, but this is what i will register her name as with akc. i've been calling her Bella since I got her and it seems to fit. she certainly looks like royalty with ther little diamond collar.

pencil/pen case

I will admit that this is the dorkiest thing I have done in a while... I needed a small pen and pencil case for my school bag and the only ones I could find were big plastic kid ones. I don't like my pencils floating around the pocket in my bag because then the lead gets everywhere. So finally I found a cute little case... but it was $8.99! Granted, it came with two gel pens, but you can buy gel pens in a 12 pack at the dollar store! I decided to just make one myself. I took some scraps of fabric that my mom gave me, since it matched by tatersall Coach bag for school. I held the pencils up to the fabric to measure, cut, and pinned the layers together inside out. I actually used some of an old pillowcase to make the inside lining, to make it more durable. It was a little tricky to make the top flap, but I made a hemand pinned. Then I used my sewing machine to stitch it all up, and used stick-on velcro so the flap stays down.
I know its a little Martha Stewart of me, but this project only took about a half hour while I watched TV and it was free!!!

spolied? noooo

Here is Rocky Balboa lying on the guest bed, which he thinks is his... Do you think he will let the little bully sleep up there, too??? I've been spending lots of extra time on him this week, since he seems to sense something is up and he's being extra pathetic.

My (hopefully) final painting project

I finally finished touching up the paint in the bathroom, so here it is! It was supposed to be a soft gray, but it ended up looking like a gray-blue. Still, much better than the yellow!!! And yes, I did it all by myself! :p The mirror created some interesting reflections

off the flash on the walls...