tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78706578535817353272024-03-14T02:18:05.995-04:00All That JazzUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-1725724910355806892013-11-08T14:33:00.002-05:002013-11-08T14:33:28.256-05:00Hill Ideal Balance BoxWhiskey received a Hill Ideal Balance box from Kelly (you know Gibson's mommy over at <a href="http://corgibutts.blogspot.com/">Corgi Butts</a>)<br />
I forgot that I had made the cut to receive this box from them, and When Laurie (our other friend, Sadie's mommy) let me know she got hers I was super excited! <br />
I thought it was just going to be a small 5lb bag of food. Boy were we in for a surprise. <br />
We cheated, Laurie told us it was a bunch of awesome stuff!!! :)<br />
Here are some pictures of Whiskey inspecting her package:<br />
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She was ALL over this box when I brought it over</div>
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Gotta stick her nose in and see what's happening</div>
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This was her nice picture waiting for the treat, she was so excited for it!</div>
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I love her face in this one!</div>
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The lot and of course she photo bombed it!</div>
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A nice collage on instagram</div>
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So what was received? </div>
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<a href="http://www.hillspet.com/ideal-balance/compare-dog-food-video.html?gclid=CKTt96L01boCFSEV7Aod7m0AAA">Hills Ideal Balance</a> *Grain Free* <a href="http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=16405776&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo">chicken and potato 3.5lb</a> dry food bag $13.99</div>
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Hills Ideal Balance <a href="http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=20302006&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo">Oven Baked Natural treats</a>, with lamb and apricots $5.99 (you could smell the apricots)</div>
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Hills Ideal Balance <a href="http://www.petsmart.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=20734396">assortment of wet can food</a>, 6 in total $2.30 a can (which totally saved me from going to the store because she was out of her wet food. Yes, she is spoiled and gets a heaping spoon of wet with her dry food)</div>
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<a href="http://www.lovingpetsproducts.com/pet-accessories/ruff-n-tuff-standard-stainless/bowls?page=shop.product_details&flypage=lj_flypage.tpl&product_id=37&category_id=3&keyword=bowl">Ruff-n-Tuff no slip stainless steel bowl</a> $8 +/-</div>
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<a href="http://www.westpawdesign.com/">West Paw Deign</a> blanket (SOOOO SOFT) $29</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>ALL FOOD PRICING IS FROM PETSMART</strong></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-31192586155120687102013-09-29T20:05:00.001-04:002013-09-29T20:05:33.433-04:00GraduatedWhiskey has now graduated from the Zoom Room agility. She was the sole dog in the last 2 classes we took and they LOVED her! We even did "agili-herding" mixing some herding in with the agility class. We are going to continue to go back as a part of an call half hour open gym time. With hockey season starting and the wedding coming up its hard for us to commit to 1 specific day a week. She has had so much fun, and had more energy, and even lost a few pounds. :) <br />
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<u>**Correction: This is the Pawalla Single Box**</u></div>
I liked July's (and my first) Pawalla box so much I got Whiskey another month. They also have great sales on "single boxes". They are past month boxes they have extra of and sell them for a discount. You also get to see what's in them and pick which you want. I got Whiskey a "single box" also, because it had a toy (<u>the toy I saw was a "balloon" animal lion, they sent me the bull instead)</u> I saw on a review and wanted. :)<br />
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The box. I got the mini again, it really is the perfect size</div>
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<a href="http://earthheartinc.com/Canine_Calm.html">Canine Calm</a> $12.98</div>
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It's aromatherapy for dogs when they are stressed. </div>
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This was the first thing I pulled out from the box, and I'm very excited to use it.</div>
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<a href="http://luckypetbrands.com/peanut-butter---berry-amazing">Lucky Treat- Peanut Butter & Berry Amazing</a> flavor $14</div>
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I have never heard of this brand, but it's made with human ingredients. </div>
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This is a good size bag for a subscription box. Whiskey has enough treats, so these may be shipping to her friend in NY for a swap box. :)</div>
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<a href="http://www.cloudstar.com/prodcat/Dynamo_Dog_Tummy.asp">Cloud Star- Dynamo Dog Functional Treat: Tummy</a> $6.95</div>
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<a href="http://www.pawalla.com/balloon-bull-small.html">Charming Pet Product- Baxter the Bull</a> $4.99-$6.99</div>
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This is the cutest squeaky toy ever!!! It seems pretty durable, and it almost feel like there is a little fluff inside the body, so it's not hollow. </div>
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The content total was about $39, and I paid the <strike>$20</strike> <strong><u>$12</u></strong> for this box. Was it worth it? Yes!! I love having the natural, good for dog treats, and they fun toy! <strike>I cant wait until I get my single box!! :)</strike> <u>I will review the August box soon!!! </u></div>
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For the best possible full list visit <a href="http://www.ramblingsofasuburbanmom.com/monthly-subscription-box-list/">Rambling of a Suburban Mom.</a> This is her list of all the <a href="http://www.ramblingsofasuburbanmom.com/2012/12/pet-monthly-subscription-boxes/">pet boxes.</a> <br />
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I read her reviews and looked into all the different ones on their perspective sites. I decided to give Pawalla a try. I LOVED 1 of the toys she had gotten in a past box and it looked like really good stuff overall. The box comes in a "deluxe" size for $30 a month or "mini" for $20. I opted for the mini box, when you are new and first log onto the site you get a prompt to enter you email to save $5. So this first box was $15 shipping included.<br />
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This is what the mini box boast on its site:<br />
4-5 premium full-size products <br />
<li> Treats, a toy and surprise item(s), no wet food </li>
<li> All natural or organic </li>
<li> Hand-selected and reviewed by our Pet Nutritionist </li>
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The great thing about this box to, is it comes in either cat or dog variety, and when you sign up you can add a box per a pet family member. (Which adds up), but I like that option. </div>
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So lets get to what's in the box:</div>
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This is what the box was delivered like. I like how I know exactly who its from.</div>
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First look at the inside contents. I would have been slightly more impressed if there was a little bit more "packing" material, but my guess is that try to be a "greener" company</div>
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<a href="http://www.ettasays.com/product.php?productid=15&cat=7&page=1">Etta Says Crunchy Duck Chews</a> </div>
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They promote teeth cleaning and healthy gums. I can't find the 7 inch chew online, but a 4.5oz bag was $8.99</div>
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<a href="http://www.swansonvitamins.com/nootie-yumzies-grain-free-chicken-treats-hickory-bacon-6-oz-pkg">YumZies Natural Hickory Bacon Treats</a></div>
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These are going to be perfect for her agili-herding treats. </div>
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I am most excited for this! I made Whiskey homemade "frosty paws" not too long ago and we just finished them up. And with almost 100 degree weather this will be great! </div>
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There was also a Honest Kitchen mini booklet in the box, telling me about the company, and I seriously want to work with them. Most of the employees bring their pets to work, and not all are dogs, they have a few cats, fish, hamster, and bearded dragon. The ride bikes to make errands or to go to lunch. You can get a 0.5oz pack for $0.99 or a box of 16 for $13.99</div>
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Whiskey wouldn't let me try this on her (yet) and believe me she needs it. My hunny smelled it and says its very minty!</div>
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The zoom room puts out a monthly news letter and this month featured a picture of Whiskey!!! My little star! xoxox<br />
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Our holiday were low key, but very busy. We had my family Christmas lunch on Sunday. Then my friends came over and we had "cocktails and presents"<br />
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I chalkboard painted the top of my table and this was my artistic flair to it. Notice anything wrong? Yes I spelt "cocktails"wrong. 2 of the friends that were here are teachers....and neither said anything. This of course was a few cocktails in.</div>
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We then had Christmas Eve tradition at my parents friend's house that has been going for years...before I was born! </div>
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Here are picture from that day. I took a page out of <a href="http://littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com/">J. Garvin's</a> style book and paired the plaid and boots and skirt. </div>
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On a side note: Her blog is AMAZING! She has 1 of the cutest baby girls (aside from Kelly's baby girl/Gibson's little human sister) She always has some great ideas on things for babies, style, and chalkboard art herself! </div>
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Then onto Christmas day. We had a great breakfast at my parents, complete with <a href="http://theirishchef.blogspot.com/2010/01/eggnog-pankcakes.html">eggnog pancakes.</a> And present opening! </div>
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The standard Christmas Corgi picture by the tree. Such a cute picture (wish she didn't have the cone)</div>
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Thankfully I found someone who loves Halloween as much as I do, or he loves me enough to put up with all of it. <br />
So this year <strike>we</strike> I decided to be Rapunzel from the Disney movie "Tangled". It all started that my 2 other girl friends were gonna be Cinderella and Belle. Josh and I will do separate costumes or coordinate depending on the year. He wanted to be a Zombie, but I think I annoyed him enough with the watching of Tangled to be Flynn Rider (the prince).<br />
On a usual day-to-day basis I wear jeans, t-shirt and converse. So for Halloween I <strike>slut</strike> sexy it up. Even when I do dress up it is more on the conservative side.<br />
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This was a last minute plan to even go out for Halloween. I wanted to be the Scottish girl, but they didn't have it anymore, so second best: "St. Paulie's Girl" which is what I was called all night. We went with our 2 friends who were dressed from the 70's. <br />
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He wanted to a Spartan, and I didn't want to spend money on a costume. I rummaged through my closet and came up with this. We went with the same couple from the last year and they were a kitty cat and Billy Mayes (which was by far the best costume ever!)<br />
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Year 3 was the most fun. It was our largest group going out to celebrate, and we all coordinated. It all came together on a drinking night that we would go as characters from Super Mario Smash Bros. Josh and I were Zelda and Link. Also: my mom made about 80% of Josh and my costume.</div>
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All of us. 1 guy decided to be a pain and come as Frodo from Lord of the Rings, but he pulled it off well, so it was ok.</div>
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We had a separate costume for Whiskey. She was a hot dog (or as my dad called her: a bratwurst) and Josh and I were the condiments.</div>
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We did a total coordination this last year. I found Whiskey's costume a few days after Halloween #3 at Target for SUPER SALE and it all snowballed from there. I've ALWAYS wanted to be Alice to begin with so I liked it. Josh actually had a work when we went out, so I was Alice without my Mad Hatter at the bar, but we got dressed up again a few weeks later for the pictures. </div>
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This is pascal, Rapunzel's sidekick. I am going to be making some minor adjustments to her costume to make it more chameleon-like</div>
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And as a final parting picture this is what we shall achieve this year. I am just a slightly <strike>sluttier</strike> sexy version. :)</div>
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Hope everyone is doing well. I saw the 2013 corgi calendar that Kelly made, which looks amazing! I'm so upset with myself for not getting any entries in on time, but I can't wait to hang up the new calendar on my wall at work!! Congrats to all the winners!!! <br />
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You all may know about Whiskey's non-socialization. While at the pet store (sans Whiskey) I met a very nice lady with a mutt and a Sheba Inu and she told me about the <a href="http://www.zoomroomonline.com/">Zoom Room</a>. I did my research online and its like an indoor dog park/agility course/training center. I made a call to them and setup an evaluation to best decide what class to start her in. She know (most) of her basics: sit, stay, down, shake, so we decided on agility 101. The girl that did the evaluation said that with her having a task at hand to do, that it will help her dog aggression. We had our first class today. There are 4 other dogs (5 in total), I think she's the only girl and she is the senior citizen of the class being 5-years old (+/-). She is the 3rd smallest. There is a puff ball, poodle type dog, and a terrier of another being the 2 smallest. The other 2 are about the same age at just under 1 year, a Portuguese water dog and a golden receiver. Whiskey and the Golden were the first ones there, so I quickly explained to them we are working on Whiskey's socializing so to ease into the introduction. She got a little growly in the beginning with the Golden, but once we sniff searched the entire room she did better. We worked on the "table" command, which meant she had to hop on a square platform with all 4 paws and stay-then treat. The first obstacle was the "weave" bars, we started slow and wide apart and she did very well for the first time. Next was the "A"-frame, this she did like a trooper with her short little legs! Then we did a combination of tunnel and jump, which she did both very well! She will do anything for food! All the dogs in the class did very well for the first day, all the dogs completed all the obstacles. I cant wait to for next Tuesday! Its a 6-week class. By the end of the class she was more focused at the task than the other dogs.<br />
Hopefully I will get pictures next week. I was there by myself this time and I can only do so much with 2 hands! :)<br />
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In my last few post I mentioned something about converting a TV armorie into a bar. Well it is complete! YAY! I have place to store all our alcohol and glasses and have my dining room area back. <br />
Here are pictures. Sorry I do not have an actual before picture of the whole TV unit. The before picture is the bottom half that is being used as a TV stand (it too has a makeover in its future). The bar is made from the top piece.<br />
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The concave of the doors are painted with a metallic Martha Stewart copper</div>
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In other news: I have a new project. I subscribe to the Food Network Magazine. I love them!! They have a lot of great info and recipes. I always flip through my new on going "Oh yum." "That looks good." "I need to try this one".....etc and eventually it gets forgotten and tossed on the pile of others. Well last night I sat with 4 of them and the post-it sticky tabs and tabbed all the ones I wanted to try. (Not as many as I thought) So on the weekend, I will pick 1 or 2 recipes from my tabs and make them, then I will blog about the recipe and how a slightly armature (but aspiring) cook does with them. This will probably be happening on my other <a href="http://theirishchef.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, but I will try to update once a month with the highlights and links. Be sure to swing on by The Irish Chef, and try some of these, cause they look great! And leave comments of your own. :)</div>
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Nothing real new the animal world. I'm sorry I have forgotten about Whiskey. I am also falling behind on getting picture together for Kelly's calendar. Hopefully more soon!!! </div>
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Here are her pictures for July;<br />
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And Whiskey's butt along with her "pen pal" friends: Sadie (the black and tan) and Gibson (Kelly's tan and white). Whiskey is the one on the raft again. :) </div>
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Happy July everyone! Stay cool!!!!</div>
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They guy that basically caused this continued on his/her way. They car behind that had quite a show and rolled down the windows, at the point Josh was over me with hands held out while I mumbled "I'm fine". Which I was, the pain hadn't hit yet. It hit a few feet away while riding the bike. (You all are probably yelling at me, why I continued....I don't know why). Between the wind and the movement both scrapes began the burn. Work on through it. We got the park (its about a 2.5 mile ride- one way). Parked the bikes and went for a 30-45 minute run/jog/walk. Got back to the bikes, hopped back on and went the 2.5 miles back home. Home is where the pain hit hard! And water and cuts do NOT make friends. OUCH!!! I washed them as best as I could handle. Good thing I work at a medical supply company. Josh has a basic first aid kit that will get me though the night. <br />
This is not going to detour me from continuing training, may slow it down a bit. <br />
However the moral of the story (and I am guilty as well): cars please watch for bikers or even runners. Be considerate when turning. Share the road. <br />
Even on the ride back home there were some "special"cars that saw us and still turned and went on their way like we were invisible, but had the right-away at the cross walk. <br />
Bikers/runners: Be more cautious, people aren't as polite as you think. <br />
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In animal news: Whiskey got a new life jacket: pink :) from homegoods for $14. She also got a new frisbee toy that is all hard-ish rubber and she loves it. She also got a new squeaker kong (I know they are intended for puppies) but she loved them and they squeak, and it takes her the longest to kill. <br />
Our cats have been "loving" our sofas, and not in a good way. They have make them their personal scratching post, EVEN though they have a 3 story cat tower that IS for them to scratch on. So they got nail covers :) and a few cat nip toy sticks. <br />
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In more other news: I am re-purposing a TV armoire into a bar. We usually store our alcohol above the fridge, but with being in a small kitchen we are running out of room (and yes, the small kitchen is my excuse). So the top half of the armoire is now going to become a bar. I love the color we now have it painted. And I'm excited to get onto some of the details. Josh made me some "T" molding (cause the real stuff cost $16 per a 30 inch piece or so) to hang my wine glasses, martini glasses, and margarita glasses. Pictures to come soon hopefully. <br />
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Still waiting on tips or strategies on the running thing, if anyone has any. Thanks!!!! :) <br />
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I do have some news and I hope I can log some of the progress on here. Josh and I are going to try 5k run. But not your ordinary 5k run. Its a 5k obstacle course run....with zombies!<br />
Here is the site <a href="http://runforyourlives.com/">http://runforyourlives.com/</a> we are partaking in the Orlando, FL run in November. We are trying to get a few friend together for this and we can camp out the night before and after the run. It looks like a lot of fun. I have started my 5k run training this week. I am SORE today!!! But I am determined to do this. I imagine when I get there and I'm being chased down by zombies I will find more motivation. <br />
I know a few of you that follow me have run 5k or more in the past and I can use all the help/tips I can get. <br />
That's all for now. I am still in week 1 of my "couch to 5k" training so hopefully week 2 well be good as well!<br />
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Each of the cake halves consisted of 1 and 1/2 box cake mix. The whole box was a yellow cake mix and 1/2 was chocolate swirled in. And baked in a medium pyrex bowl. It took a lot longer to bake than a normal cake, and we also had to adjust the temperature of the oven so not to burn the top, while the inside still cooked. (Again, trial and error)</div>
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To hold the 2 halved together I had thick (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea">boba tea</a>) straws- 4 of them stick in the middle of the bottom cake, a little bit of icing glue and shoved the top cake on top of the straws sticking out from the bottom. The middle section is (another cake) that was crumbled and mixed with icing so I could fill the little gap between the 2 to make a perfect globe.</div>
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If you know anything about the Death Star you know it has a "satalittlite" disk on the side that concave in a little. At this point of putting the 2 cakes together waiting for the middle "glue"and also being close to midnight, I forgot the hole. Screw it! I let the cake set over night in the fridge.</div>
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Next day I cut the hole. And I think it worked a little better than how I originally planned. The cake was cold and solid so it cam out in 1 perfect piece, and barely any crumbs. (You can see the marbling in the cake) For the icing I used regular canned Betty Crocker butter cream frosting, and dyed it with <a href="http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=pg_sparklegel">wilton black (sparkle) gel coloring</a>.</div>
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The finished product! The "panel" pieces were from <a href="http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=2B9EA0CC-1E0B-C910-EA79A68284CCC8F2&fid=2B9EA129-1E0B-C910-EA20F08E5C73A8A9">wilton sugar sheets</a>, black, and we (my friend and I) piped on royal icing (also dyed the grey-ish color) to make the patterns. I then used <a href="http://www.michaels.com/Duff%E2%84%A2-Cake-Graffiti/bk0407,default,pd.html">Duff's edible food spray silver</a> to give all the black pieces a little sheen. Note to self: sugar sheets bend, royal icing not so much. So when adhering the panels, some of the royal icing fell off, but I like the black color underneath so I kept some like that and re-piped some others. </div>
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Needless to say boyfriend was totally awe struck by his cake. We blindfolded him before it came out and, started signing "happy birthday" while the blindfold came off. I told him his cakes from now on are going to be publix cakes with "happy birthday" written on. I don't think he took that seriously! I guess I have a few more Star Wars characters to go through.</div>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-87701623404326473272012-02-26T11:52:00.004-05:002012-02-26T12:09:55.767-05:00Craft Days...and Renaissance FestivalHello!! Its been a while since I have blogged. Sorry :(.<br />There is a direct purpose for this blog. It going to involve some craft/DIY (and a few Whiskey updates).<br />Onto the crafts:<br />I have a TV unit that is pretty beat up and ugly! I want to paint it, give it a new life, but I want to do a fun color(s). So this is where I need some input. I was thinking a teal main color and lime-ish green for accents on the inlays of the doors.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eIYDOX10MO8/T0pkTdCNPWI/AAAAAAAAA0M/a67xvuQ2M3w/s1600/tn.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713489362647072098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eIYDOX10MO8/T0pkTdCNPWI/AAAAAAAAA0M/a67xvuQ2M3w/s320/tn.jpg" /></a></p>The reason for this combo is I have this lamp:<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-akDwh3PYNBE/T0pkToMk24I/AAAAAAAAA0k/XDjWFZnIyg4/s1600/tn2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713489365643352962" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-akDwh3PYNBE/T0pkToMk24I/AAAAAAAAA0k/XDjWFZnIyg4/s320/tn2.jpg" /></a></p>And of course I will replace the old knobs on it too. I would love your input on a color scheme. It really doesn't have to match much of anything in our living room.<br /><br />Onto so Whiskey news. She came to work with me on Friday for a half day. I took her to my mom's on Thursday to go to the vet, and there was a hockey game that night so instead of her sitting home alone and left her at Grammies. Friday I went to Grammies for lunch and my parents were going out of town, so I took her back to work with me. She was such a good girl, and had a lot of fun. She was wandering around our warehouse, barking at one guy that acts like he's 5, and guarding the front door from intruders. Here's a picture of her with her new toy (from Grammie).<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qqKaX4fxpVk/T0pkTv8HYzI/AAAAAAAAA0U/96bse5k9bgE/s1600/tn1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713489367721796402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qqKaX4fxpVk/T0pkTv8HYzI/AAAAAAAAA0U/96bse5k9bgE/s320/tn1.jpg" /></a></p>Just hanging out. Yesterday we took Whiskey to the Renaissance Festival. It was dog weekend. She did amazing well with all the people and other dogs! We took lots of breaks to watch shows cause it was a warm day. She also walked very well on the leash and lots and lots of walking. She was the hit of the festival!! She certainly got her "pet quota" for the month. Everyone loved her, and had to see her and pet her! It was all about the corgi!! We also stopped by nice little spot of the lake at the park and she did some wading to cool off, people watching thought that was funny. We made 2 stops at the water and second time the pirate show was going on and they set off a "cannon" and she jumped (I swear) 3 feet in the air and ran up the slope back to daddy so quick she dragged me! So needless to say she has been pooped out all day today!!! Sorry to disappoint you I don't have any pictures from the festival, it was a whirl wind of a day, and no time to stop and pose. :-)<br /><br />Hope everyone else is doing well!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-81006244357231695152012-01-15T16:09:00.002-05:002012-01-15T16:23:13.917-05:00Busy WeekendWhiskey has had busy weekend this weekend. There was a cold front that rolled through south FL on Friday and since then Whiskey has been bouncing off the apartment walls. Yesterday we took her over the my parents' house to run around the backyard. My dad was out there building something for new addition they are getting....CHICKENS! I am completely amused by this, my mom has kind of thrown her hands up and given up but still grumpy about it, and I think my dad is pretty excited. My boyfriend helped my dad with the rest of the fence while Whiskey and I supervised. I had to stay outside with them because the side gates in the backyard were open and I didn't need her to go running. It was a beautiful day and Whiskey had a blast running and rolling!! Here are some pictures from yesterday.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sME8WIgMRmg/TxNAx5fRLsI/AAAAAAAAAz8/vE8klwsFaD0/s1600/photo%2B4.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697969179543547586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sME8WIgMRmg/TxNAx5fRLsI/AAAAAAAAAz8/vE8klwsFaD0/s320/photo%2B4.JPG" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f9uwA4IV6fg/TxNAx64zJMI/AAAAAAAAAz0/wA_HyhnLy9E/s1600/photo%2B3.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697969179919066306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f9uwA4IV6fg/TxNAx64zJMI/AAAAAAAAAz0/wA_HyhnLy9E/s320/photo%2B3.JPG" /></a><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5uI8Ke_QYx0/TxNAxQ5oPsI/AAAAAAAAAzs/UBF8nbsGViY/s1600/photo%2B2.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697969168648257218" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5uI8Ke_QYx0/TxNAxQ5oPsI/AAAAAAAAAzs/UBF8nbsGViY/s320/photo%2B2.JPG" /></a><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ElGKrmmx9B8/TxNAxOS9qKI/AAAAAAAAAzc/V1HUZIkAm2g/s1600/photo%2B1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697969167949211810" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ElGKrmmx9B8/TxNAxOS9qKI/AAAAAAAAAzc/V1HUZIkAm2g/s320/photo%2B1.JPG" /></a></p><br /><p align="center"><em>Helping my dad, she was all about getting in the way to check things out</em></p><br />Today was also a busy day. I have started taking a Zumba class for a while and they had a family fun day at a local park with a zumba "demonstration". We took Whiskey, who did OK. She did try to growl and take after 1 dog, but other than that incident she did well. While I was on stage "performing" Whiskey was going bonkers barking on the side lines. If we ever rough house or dance in the apartment she is always in the middle of it, playing with us. So she wanted to get on stage with me :-). After that was done there were a few activities we tried. There was a rock climbing wall and those silly ladders that tip and throw you off. When we were done exploring and my white dog was now gray we walked over the part of the park with a pond and Whiskey did some swimming which she LOVED. Josh and I found a nice cozy spot in the grass and just relaxed, which was awesome!! We need to get our friends together and have a BBQ and fun one day.<br />Anyways Whiskey is now completely pooped out and fast asleep on the sofa.<br /><br />Happy weekend!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-87586409259723276162012-01-11T17:45:00.003-05:002012-01-11T18:19:10.334-05:00Update on Thundershirt and Kong ballA few of you had asked about the thundershirt. It does well. Its not a miracle worker, but she has calmed down a little when she wears it. The biggest change I saw was when I was vacuuming and she walked away from it and lied down somewhere else. Normally she would stand barking at it. It hasn't exactly been ideal for the cats, she still chasing them weather she's wearing the shirt or not. We do have other dogs that bark in the building (a beagle hound) and when she's wearing the shirt it takes her longer to answer the other dog back with her own barking. The "real" test has not occurred yet, Josh playing his guitar....she HATES it. But hopefully we will cross the hurdle soon.<br /><br /><br />The Kong ball has been doing well, not quite as well as the Kong "classic" originators, but still doing surprising well for corgi jaws as we all know. It still squeaks (barely), and where the seams are on the ball have started to come apart. However she has not eaten any pieces off of it <strike>yet</strike> and still enjoys chasing its rouge bounces all over the apartment.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szK7ksvhjSs/Tw4YnM4IiYI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/7N4l6GOQKV4/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696517640420886914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szK7ksvhjSs/Tw4YnM4IiYI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/7N4l6GOQKV4/s320/photo.JPG" /></a></p>On yet another note I have been using my crockpot lately and I am LOVING it!!! When I make a recipe I put it up on my other blog <a href="http://theirishchef.blogspot.com/">The Irish Chef</a>, gotta check those out! :-) I am also know on pintrest and having a lot of fun pinning (recipes-mainly) and still trying to master it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-68945990983569101962011-12-31T14:10:00.005-05:002011-12-31T14:31:39.562-05:00Merry Chirstmas (late) & End of 2011Well, I've been reading every one's Christmas post and it seems like everyone had a good one. I noticed all our critters got spoiled. This year Whiskey and couldn't participate in the secret Santa, but it looks like everyone had a good time. Whiskey was no exception to the spoiled list. Here are some pictures from Christmas.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692372798406462882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9LUKJstziSY/Tv9e5pIdDaI/AAAAAAAAAyI/LshlDG3wa1o/s320/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B064.JPG" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Sitting nicely by my parents' Christmas tree</em></div><br /><div align="center"><em></em></div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692372801940438098" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKO-0L73dXs/Tv9e52TBPFI/AAAAAAAAAyY/V9porA6meT4/s320/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B065.JPG" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Right after the "nice" picture was taken, she dove under the tree and pulled out a gift- and it was hers.</em></div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692373253431135842" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TOAIawjyx7c/Tv9fUIOyjmI/AAAAAAAAAyg/dMSr8Gdavf4/s320/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B068.JPG" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It was a Kong stuff fabric squeaker. She LOVES it.</em></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692373255769881970" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eVFYzSQwFko/Tv9fUQ8Y_XI/AAAAAAAAAyw/2RKJZ2NRfdM/s320/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B073.JPG" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This year for Christmas she was really into the unwrapping of gifts. She helped everyone unwrap gifts. </em></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4liWr_7qdyI/Tv9fU8S-LyI/AAAAAAAAAy4/-TGaXFZ2wy0/s1600/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B079.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692373267407318818" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4liWr_7qdyI/Tv9fU8S-LyI/AAAAAAAAAy4/-TGaXFZ2wy0/s320/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B079.JPG" /></a> <em>Josh and I got each other a panther jerseys!! :)</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WWfgRrtFQYI/Tv9e5WauiqI/AAAAAAAAAx8/X_VgiLDno6I/s1600/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B060.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692372793382832802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WWfgRrtFQYI/Tv9e5WauiqI/AAAAAAAAAx8/X_VgiLDno6I/s320/Holiday%2BFestivities%2B2011%2B060.JPG" /></a><em>She got more spoiled from her Auntie Steph E and Sha'ire with the petsmart long dog.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cnE8C9N2XeI/Tv9e43Km1GI/AAAAAAAAAx0/kUhQ_B52r0w/s1600/photo%2B2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692372784993719394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cnE8C9N2XeI/Tv9e43Km1GI/AAAAAAAAAx0/kUhQ_B52r0w/s320/photo%2B2.JPG" /></a> <em>She also got a Thundershirt from "Grammie" but we got a medium. Didn't quite fit so we went to PetCo today and got a large. It fits MUCH better. She's only had it on for an hour or so, but she seems to be doing well. It does not hinder her doing anything around the house. She has been a little calmer since I put it on, less growling at the cats. I guess we will really test it when I vacuum and/or Josh plays the guitar. </em><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div><em></em><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zb4ylkzPCL8/Tv9e48WrWWI/AAAAAAAAAxk/NrRt3CmCjIk/s1600/photo%2B1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692372786386524514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zb4ylkzPCL8/Tv9e48WrWWI/AAAAAAAAAxk/NrRt3CmCjIk/s320/photo%2B1.JPG" /></a><em>While we were at the pet store she got a new toy. Its a Kong Squezz. Really cool. Its a soft rubbery plastic with the squeaker inside the ball, so she can not pull it out and it seems less likey to die as quickly as others. Check it out here on the <a href="http://www.kongcompany.com/products/dogs/interactive-fetch/squeezz-ball">kong </a>website for a better picture and you can see a section through the middle of the ball with the squeaker. I will write an updated post about it and its progress of dying or Whiskey's ability of destroying it.</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-52797153600615450482011-12-17T18:53:00.003-05:002011-12-17T19:09:39.064-05:00Holiday ChaosWell, hello fellow bloggers.<br /><br />The Holiday season is well upon us now, and I know everyone is scrambling. (join the club). There has been some major "holiday" chaos here in our new apartment in FL. The other night Josh and i were in the living room watching tv, with the cats and dog wandering around. Whiskey went into the bed and moments later we hear chaos! We are not sure what happened or who started it but Mackie (our smallest kitten) was pinned against the wall and the dresser with Whiskey going after her. Talk about trauma (and I'm talking about me). I quickly grabbed Whiskey and put her in the spare room with the door closes screaming at Josh to find Mackie and make sure she was ok. Well she wans't (or not really at least). This is what our poor baby looked like:<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Op7KP6bcv4c/Tu0uzMiGP4I/AAAAAAAAAxY/6fO9-PXY0po/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687253361511251842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Op7KP6bcv4c/Tu0uzMiGP4I/AAAAAAAAAxY/6fO9-PXY0po/s320/photo.JPG" /></a></p><br /><br /><br />She got beat up pretty good. She managed to do some of her own damage though, Whiskey had a nice cut wound above her eye from a claw. I was freaking out(!!!!) I do NOT do well with any type of blood, unless its my own. I was an absolute mess. We called my mom and all she made out from my frantic call was "Whiskey" and "blood". She came right over, gave Mackie a once over and said she looked fine. We gave her a bowl of water and wet food on the porch and she chowed down. After everything calmed down we checked on Whiskey and cleaned up her little scratch. Yesterday I noticed Mackie's right side of her face (cheek) was swollen. Just for safe measure we took her to the vet this morning and she checked out well, got a little bit of pain and antibiotics meds. Needless to say Whiskey has a muzzle coming in the mail, its a perfectly humane one and will only be on when we are home and the gate is open and all critters are wandering. It is a plastic basket muzzle where she will be allowed to pant and drink from. Hopefully it will be just temporary. Also my mom bought her the <a href="http://www.thundershirt.com/lpc2/?gclid=CKqn7_aN-KwCFUOQ7Qodow4yUQ">thunder shirt </a>for Christmas and I hope that will help as well.<br /><br />On a happy note, if I didn't have to take her to the vet (by my mom's house). We would not have checked out a few garage sale and I wouldn't have found (to me) my new dining room table for $15!<br /><br />I hope everyone is having a slightly less chaotic holiday season.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-56260347502553698462011-12-04T17:37:00.006-05:002011-12-04T18:08:11.579-05:00Hello All! & UpdatesHello everyone!<br />I feel like a little bit of a failure, I haven't posted anything in a very long time. Even 2 of our fellow bloggers have new newborn babies and are able to post a few times. We didn't finally get cable and Internet in the house so I can finally use the computer. So this is going to be a bit of a random post filled with a lot of things that have happened. As I said in my last post Josh and I finally got settled into the new apartment. It defiantly is a bit of an adjustment, especially with all the critters, and being so close to other people Whiskey is hearing every little noise and barking. There was a actually a day that I had a meltdown and was crying to Josh that we had to down size the critters and that Whiskey would have to live with my mom. We got through that little bump, and I'm happy to say we still have all of our critters under one roof. We have met a few neighbors and one that is very nice.. because of course they have a corgi too. :-) Her name is Lady, or more formally, Lady Vader. Shes a sweet little tan and white pemmie girl, smaller than Whiskey, but I honestly think she is bigger than the average corgi anyways. She's about 7 years old, and the poor little thing was part of a small percentage that is allergic to the rabies vaccine and had a reaction, the fur on her ears it a little patchy and they are a little tender to the touch. Lady and Whiskey sure have similar personalities, both are very alpha, both strong personalities, and have little bit of a personal space/jealousy issues. I am hoping to get a picture of the 2 of them soon.<br /><br />Now onto some pictures which I know we all enjoy :-) The first few pictures are from Halloween:<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DRCT9yl1St0/Ttv5SJ8ozzI/AAAAAAAAAww/m1EpWQERknI/s1600/securedownload6.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409445161226034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DRCT9yl1St0/Ttv5SJ8ozzI/AAAAAAAAAww/m1EpWQERknI/s320/securedownload6.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>My friend David and my Pumpkin (a mask face and a CORGI)</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-npElNR9eYbQ/Ttv5SKvsn-I/AAAAAAAAAw4/j2QerGE-hYw/s1600/securedownload7.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409445375385570" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-npElNR9eYbQ/Ttv5SKvsn-I/AAAAAAAAAw4/j2QerGE-hYw/s320/securedownload7.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>Josh had to carry on the nerdy tradition of Star Wars took him a long time to carve this one</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cb7DRQPtDF8/Ttv5R9x3IOI/AAAAAAAAAwo/ywGIgdeSF4o/s1600/securedownload5.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409441894801634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cb7DRQPtDF8/Ttv5R9x3IOI/AAAAAAAAAwo/ywGIgdeSF4o/s320/securedownload5.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>Now this picture we had a fudge a little. Josh was suppose to be out of work in time to go out with us on Halloween, but he ended up staying later so we took these after taking our Christmas photos.</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w8qnoz2j01g/Ttv5HSyY81I/AAAAAAAAAwY/zSAuRvvFFUM/s1600/securedownload4.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409258555601746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w8qnoz2j01g/Ttv5HSyY81I/AAAAAAAAAwY/zSAuRvvFFUM/s320/securedownload4.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>This was taken the night we went out. I would have taken her trick or treating but there was a hockey game that night, so she spent the night at Grammies (my moms)</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nGl8HavK9vs/Ttv5HG9CWII/AAAAAAAAAwQ/wNHmi5C9ing/s1600/securedownload3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409255379032194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nGl8HavK9vs/Ttv5HG9CWII/AAAAAAAAAwQ/wNHmi5C9ing/s320/securedownload3.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>Next was Thanksgiving, and we have a tradition of photos of Josh holding out famous pumpkin cheesecake and making the first slice.</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em></em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tXpviImoLao/Ttv5SfLIUSI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/B_74ScUUnnc/s1600/400.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409450859155746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tXpviImoLao/Ttv5SfLIUSI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/B_74ScUUnnc/s320/400.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>Our Christmas card this year. My original plan for the photo got squashed so this was the back up. I'm please with how they turned out.</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-scZBNfGfnig/Ttv5Grj_v1I/AAAAAAAAAvs/8Xjta07nMNA/s1600/securedownload.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409248026246994" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-scZBNfGfnig/Ttv5Grj_v1I/AAAAAAAAAvs/8Xjta07nMNA/s320/securedownload.jpg" /></a></em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>Josh and I got our first Christmas tree together</em></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oNkd5auFrYw/Ttv5G44lKcI/AAAAAAAAAwA/3-7bqQ8aDzw/s1600/securedownload2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409251602246082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oNkd5auFrYw/Ttv5G44lKcI/AAAAAAAAAwA/3-7bqQ8aDzw/s320/securedownload2.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><em>I'm not a fan of a tree full of those "kitchy" ornaments, but we had to have a few and the starter ones are Star Wars.</em><br /></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qWm--scAy-Y/Ttv5GzBJmQI/AAAAAAAAAv0/t0kkEDIBDVo/s1600/securedownload1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682409250027575554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qWm--scAy-Y/Ttv5GzBJmQI/AAAAAAAAAv0/t0kkEDIBDVo/s320/securedownload1.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center"></p><br /><br /><p align="left">I hope to post more often now that I have the access. How are your holiday plans coming along?<br />Also, I have read and seen a lot of things about pinterest.com but I cant really figure it out, it looks like you have to be invited to join....? If anyone has full access or hs firgured it out otherwise can you let me know. Thanks!!<br /></p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-20678059099697494602011-10-20T12:07:00.001-04:002011-10-20T12:07:31.380-04:00Post full of updatesSo it seems a lot of us bloggers have taken an unplanned mini blog hiatus. Real life gets in the ways sometime. <br />So this post is a lot of updates and ramblings and some thought I'd love to get input on. <br />First off: my boyfriend and I found am apartment and the past 2 weeks we have been moving things in and trying to settle. This is will the first time in 4 years we are living together so heres hoping all goes well-it seems to be good so far. We have his 3 kitties and whiskey coming with us. The cats are already at the apartment. With whiskey we are waiting a little while to get more settled before bring her over. We are renting a condo from the owner and the association has a weight limit on dogs. 25 pounds- whiskey is a tad bit more. However it makes me feel a little better that there are other corgis living in other building cause at least they know the breed a little. Another thing I am worried about it she barks. At everything. A leaf scraps the sidewalk 2 blocks way and she can hear it and will bark her little head off. Does any one have a solution to the obsessive barking? We've tried ignoring it we tried saying quite and treat. And nothing seems to stick. At some times I have to hold her mouth closed. Treats obviously work the best but when you give it to her she's quiet for a few seconds then starts up again. She does this when we home obviously but what about when are not. Is she just going to bark all day long? I have to stay at my parents hose for a few days to watch my mom's cats and my dog while she is visiting her sister. My boyfriend and I have decided that when mom gets back that's when we'll take whiskey to the apartment and get her groomed down a little- grooming her looks like she loses 10 pounds. I have already had a few melt downs about leaving her at my parents and going to our new home without her the past few weeks. I miss my stinker. <br />In other news: it's that time of year again for thinking of holiday pictures. I have the idea of what I want Josh and I to do-now just to execute. This year is going to have to be a little different however because whiskey will not/cannot be in the picture with us because of the location. I don't want to give too much away so you'll just have to wait for the uploads. Our critters will be on the cards though don't worry. Now here comes a question: I really enjoyed doing a card swap with many of you and I would love to participate again this year. Let me know if you are interested as well. <br />Also I am already making my Christmas list for my mom and everything blog/corgi related is on that list!! :-) I am so excited to get the calendars (that my little stinker is in all 3). And Paige I am in love with your corgi hats! Way to go being creative. I think that is all my updates/ramblings for the day. Please comments below about the barking and Xmas card exchange love to hear from your guys. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-4784981834257857222011-09-08T17:34:00.005-04:002011-09-08T17:42:06.205-04:00My Car is Corgi-ed Out!Putting my cafe press stuff on my car was the first thing I did when I got home, cause I got my car back today!! I love the way everything looks, with a few minor details.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l9x_a-xyBbA/Tmk1J_mr3nI/AAAAAAAAAvk/uDGWpFSeIx8/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650105653321784946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l9x_a-xyBbA/Tmk1J_mr3nI/AAAAAAAAAvk/uDGWpFSeIx8/s320/1.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center">My best friends birthday gift to me, which may be my favorite part!</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7u_PUv1UsKc/Tmk1Jl1iZzI/AAAAAAAAAvc/Gp7OLU17ZqY/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650105646404757298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7u_PUv1UsKc/Tmk1Jl1iZzI/AAAAAAAAAvc/Gp7OLU17ZqY/s320/2.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center">My dirty window bumper sticker. Now I don't know if i mentioned this in the post when I got them. I don't really like adhering stickers to my car so I went out and bought some magnet sheets to put the sticker on then put on my car. I originally wanted both of my "stickers" to go on the tail....but to my finding out, that part is plastic! Arg! I might see how well this works out and if I don't like it I'm going to reorder them and just suck it up and stick it! And use the magnet ones as refrigerator magnets. </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eWz0b29ZeTQ/Tmk1JXX-n5I/AAAAAAAAAvU/JU46EEZ84Wc/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650105642522681234" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eWz0b29ZeTQ/Tmk1JXX-n5I/AAAAAAAAAvU/JU46EEZ84Wc/s320/3.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center">And finally my Corgi Pals sticker that fits perfectly on my gas tank door. :-)</p><br /><br /><p align="left">And for a side comment: I LOVE LOVE LOVE the mouse pad I got from Cafe Press with Kelly's design. I'd order one if I were you Kelly. :-)</p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7870657853581735327.post-4667926106605863452011-09-06T17:29:00.005-04:002011-09-08T17:42:23.051-04:00Cafe Press Presents.About a week ago I bought myself a present. I have been eyeing a few things on cafe press for a while and finally decided to by them. I placed my order on a Monday night. Wednesday or Thursday Josh comes over and brings in a package. I was so excited! And WOW was that fast. I opened my package and starting digging the things out:<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RRI18qdQz0k/TmaR1R9BQRI/AAAAAAAAAvM/F26N5EuJc_E/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649363127121297682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RRI18qdQz0k/TmaR1R9BQRI/AAAAAAAAAvM/F26N5EuJc_E/s320/1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="left">The only problem...not what I ordered. They were adorably cute! But not what I really had my hopes one. So I sadly dug for the receipt to send it back. There was a "Happy Birthday" message on the receipt from my best friend in Boston. :-)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6vJnHN_-Yfw/TmaR1MijBQI/AAAAAAAAAvE/Y9RFGiPEjac/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649363125668087042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6vJnHN_-Yfw/TmaR1MijBQI/AAAAAAAAAvE/Y9RFGiPEjac/s320/2.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="center">This was her birthday gift to me!! A licence place cover which I CAN NOT WAIT to put on my car (in case I missed this update- my car got in a little fender-bender and is almost done getting fixed at the shop. Should have it back tomorrow!) and an adorable corgi magnet.</p><br /><br /><p align="left"></p><br /><br /><p align="left">About a week later I received MY package!! </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mMFXJ8mv9qc/TmaR0zBXeXI/AAAAAAAAAu0/sCae3oJoA0g/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649363118818031986" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mMFXJ8mv9qc/TmaR0zBXeXI/AAAAAAAAAu0/sCae3oJoA0g/s320/4.jpg" /></a></p><br /><br /><p align="left">Inside was a mouse pad I desperately needed for my computer at work. And 2 bumper stickers. The Corgi Pals, and Corgi nose art! Which I am going to put in magnets and then on my car. I will get a picture of the license plate over and bumper stickers when I get my car back. </p><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPaHB9vHUd0/TmaR0joiTQI/AAAAAAAAAus/5bzdn_2GyP8/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649363114687352066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPaHB9vHUd0/TmaR0joiTQI/AAAAAAAAAus/5bzdn_2GyP8/s320/5.jpg" /></a></p><br />This is my desk at work with my new mouse pad! And it matched my fan. Ignore the cup...it was a souvenir from a cousin's wedding. We are not GT fans in this house.<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-baLymJT_fqo/TmaR1E347lI/AAAAAAAAAu8/IMpdrQi7KYg/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649363123610119762" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-baLymJT_fqo/TmaR1E347lI/AAAAAAAAAu8/IMpdrQi7KYg/s320/3.jpg" /></a></p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/275/D3AA0B7891056AADEACD8DF3398FB869.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1