Hello All! & Updates

Hello everyone!
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.

Now onto some pictures which I know we all enjoy :-) The first few pictures are from Halloween:

My friend David and my Pumpkin (a mask face and a CORGI)

Josh had to carry on the nerdy tradition of Star Wars took him a long time to carve this one

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.

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)

Next was Thanksgiving, and we have a tradition of photos of Josh holding out famous pumpkin cheesecake and making the first slice.

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.

Josh and I got our first Christmas tree together

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.

I hope to post more often now that I have the access. How are your holiday plans coming along?
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!!

Post full of updates

So it seems a lot of us bloggers have taken an unplanned mini blog hiatus. Real life gets in the ways sometime.
So this post is a lot of updates and ramblings and some thought I'd love to get input on.
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.
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.
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.

My 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.

My best friends birthday gift to me, which may be my favorite part!

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.

And finally my Corgi Pals sticker that fits perfectly on my gas tank door. :-)

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. :-)

Cafe 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:

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. :-)

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.

About a week later I received MY package!!

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.

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.

Vote for Whiskey

The corgi calender is back! Time get your vote on. Go see Kelly at Corgi Butts to vote. She has a really neat voting system this year. There are so many cute ones to chose from I dont know how Kelly picks the finialist. Whiskey made it to the final 30 again this year, and we'd like to may it 2 years in a row in the calendar. Vote for my little stinker #24!!
Thanks. Happy voting!

Happy Happy Birthday...

...to me!

(Josh sent me this picture on my birthday last year. Its not Whiskey unfortunately)

I'll try not to party too hard! :-)

Bloopers from the corgi calender photo shoots

walking towards daddy with the bag of frozen blueberries

I think she was debating weather or not it was in her best interest to jump ship

The ballerina lost her tu-tu

and leaving the photo taking to my mom, always leads to a cat picture.

Oh and in other news... Remember Our little visitor? She is now a permanent part of the family. Her name is Mackerel aka Mackie/Mackers/Macks. We didn't have the heart to give her up. But she is a great kitten and joy to have around. She is currently at my boyfriends apartment with his and his 2 other cats. Soon all 5 of us will be a family under one roof. Josh and I are looking at apartments.