Thursday, February 23, 2012

Spring is on its way!

Springtime is my second favorite season. (Fall is my all time favorite. I just love all the colors!) I love the warm sun with its cool breeze. And today is one of those perfect days. I think the high here is around 78 or so for today but it's pretty windy and sunny. It's so nice to have after cold weather- not that it's gotten very cold this winter, but I'm a warm weather kinda person!

This morning, after my 8 am class, I went over to Barnes & Noble and reserved my cap and gown for graduation. It's so exciting seeing everything start to come together. I can't believe it's only 78 days away now! It's also hard to believe that spring break is just a couple weeks away. I know that the spring semester always flies by, but it never ceases to amaze me just how quickly everything happens. And after spring break, everything will be downhill!

Hope y'all are having a great day and that you can enjoy the weather!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Today was going to suck...

...until my teacher cancelled my night class.

Now I have a free evening! This never happens :)

I can't stop daydreaming now about what to make for dinner. There are endless possibilities. I'm thinking that I'm not going to follow any recipes. I'm just gonna go straight up chopped-style and see what's in the pantry and go from there. Can't wait to see what I come up with!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

My puppy


Today has been full of me dreaming about my future once I graduate. I can't wait to move back home and be close to all my friends and family there. I can't wait to start my new job and see where God takes me. I can't wait to move into my own place and begin to start my life out on my own. I'm especially excited about being around this little goober more.

This is from when we got her, Christmas Day 2007. Wasn't she the cutest puppy?
She loved trying to chew on the ornaments... She seriously stole my heart!
This is from this past summer 2011. She's only laying down because we'd been playing fetch nonstop for almost an hour!
And this picture is from this past Christmas Break. She still has the cutest face... and notice the stick she found over at Nana's that she wants me to throw...
Yes, she has way too much energy. Yes, she can be frustrating. Yes, she's a lot of work. But I love her and I can't wait to be back home with her again. There's something about a dog. She loves me no matter what. Even if I'm trying to teach her something and don't stay as calm as I should, she's always there, always wanting to play. She's such a good dog and she's so smart... probably too smart. But who couldn't look at that face and not love her? And see the way that her ears always perk up when she sees someone and not want to love on her? Or find it so funny watching her run because her back legs are a bit longer and she always seems to be leaning to one side or the other. And what's not to love about the way her tail is always curled up with that white tip in the air?

One of my favorite things when I still had my horse was to watch the two play together. She and Trouble (yes, that was his real name... and he lived up to it!) would chase each other around the pasture. I still remember taking her with me the first time I went to go feed them. I'm pretty sure it was Christmas day after I got her. She was terrified of the horses. I ended up having to pick her up and carry her over there to show her that they were OK. And then, of course, once she realized that the horses weren't out to kill her, it was pretty much impossible to keep her out of their pasture. The older mare, DeeDee, couldn't care less about her and would typically just ignore her, but Trouble couldn't get enough. They'd spend forever chasing each other, and then when Trouble did get tired and want to graze, Reveille would crouch on the ground, not far away from them, and try to herd them to keep them together.

Well, this post turned out to be much longer than I expected, but I guess I'd just never sat down to think about all of her little quirks I love.