the little things

I've had a busy, although mundane, day today.

Woke up to puppies scratching to be let outside.

Showered and dressed for work.

Went to work.  Got a lot done, including a delicious lunch (curry tuna salad) at Shade.  Chatted in the afternoon with Jessica and Emily.  Real work sprinkled in, too, in case you were wondering.

Drove home.  Lots of traffic.  Air conditioner working overtime.

Let puppies out/calmed them down/played in backyard.

Was going to vacuum.  Remembered that we are out of vacuum cleaner bags.  Ordered them online.  

Despite the sweltering heat, took the dogs for a walk.

Got home, turned on sprinklers.  Watched as Bentley played in the water.

Realized that it is that time again when you can't get cold water out of the tap.  Only in Texas.

And emptied the dish washer.  So that Dan can't claim I save that task for him. :)

And now I think I'll go eat some dinner.

What did you do today?

welcome back, old friend

Most of the time I use Facebook to waste time, but today it was actually useful.  I re-connected with an old friend.  We only chatted for half an hour or so, but it was so good to catch up.  We haven't seen each other in  10 years.  But turns out we had a big impact on each other.  Gave me a warm fuzzy feeling.  I love that!

And now, photos of the day.  Dan was here for a long weekend so I didn't do much posting.  We like to spend all that time together. Even if it is just in front of the TV watching movies. :)

Friday.  Bentley has taken to falling asleep while "on watch."  Poor puppy.

Saturday.  Brownies and ice cream.  'nuff said. 

Sunday... blueberry muffins.  Yum!  

And today.  I found this hilarious.  They are both on the couch, butt-to-butt.

Beatboxing...kinda

I have to admit, this is pretty cool.

it's all relative

I walked out of work today and thought, "at least it's getting cooler!"  The last few days have been over 100 degrees and I thought it was pleasant outside this afternoon.  

Little did I know.

This is what the thermometer read when I got home:

I guess I'm "acclimating" ??

Everything is Bigger in Texas!

Even the bugs.

This really isn't a bug.  It's only the shell of one.  

But I still think it's pretty disgusting.

Pandas.

You know your life is dull when the highlight of the day was that your Pandas successfully mated on Facebook's MyZoo.

...

Do you remember this post?

Well, Bentley is at it again.  This time, with the sprinkler.

First this:

And then this:

He is so fun to watch!

(And yes, these photos were taken Sunday, but I am using them for Monday's photo of the day anyway.  Just because I can.)  

:)

Rewind.

Friday I had (another) CT Scan on my sinuses and nose and throat.  We'll find out the results on Thursday.

Saturday, we spent the morning at the temple.    It was so peaceful.  Just what we both needed.

One of the many things I find funny about Houston are these little water windmills.  They are all over the place, mostly in parking lots.  Apparently, you can go and get filtered water there.  

I'm going to post today's photos in a separate post.  Happy day!