it's my lucky day

The parfaits I made last night, we enjoyed them out on the deck after it cooled down a bit, ie it was under 100 degrees

Pup was mad that she didn't get any :(

Some of my finds today. I liked the rug and it was only $30 but it wasn't intended for outdoors. I didn't think that would matter except that it would wear faster, it matters. It was so hot I couldn't even step on it after 10 minutes outside; went right back to the store.

the indoor rug for the slider to the backyard. After Dominic mopped, don't worry I swept he didn't do the cleaning by himself, I walked inside from the back leaving footprints along the way he was upset that I was "messing up the floors". HMMM seems like he might "get it" now! I got this rug to help with the problem. $3.50

A decorative hand towel for my bathroom, love the paisley print. 2 at $5 each

Closer up

And heading outside now. This is a table cloth for the table out back. It has a slit with velcro so you can still use it and leave the umbrella in the table. $13

New nesting tables for between the chairs, LOVE THESE. $60

So I'm still on the look out for a rug. I'm contemplating spray painting a border around ours? It was part of the settlement (if you don't know what that means too bad : P ) so not much of an investment. Good idea or no?

Oh and I found $40 in an old card today, lovely day!

Hubs to the rescue

I got a flat tire on Thursday, luckily I was off work already. I had a ton of errands to run and since there was no way I was budging those nuts and bolts, Dominic came home to help. He switched it to the spare and I headed to Firestone to get it fixed. Turns out the tire was fine. Apparently the chrome rim was chipping and that was causing a leak. they sealed that rim and put the tire back on, good as new!

I also discovered some specialty features on our camera and tried them out on some subjects, both mobile and immoble.

How cute is our first born pup? Just look at those eyes and that wet little nose.

she's not too still though and the zoomed in nature of the macro feature means the slightest twitch shows.

Check out some of our garden. this pepper is long gone now.

Lettuce

A ton of tomatos. and we cut what we planted in half from last year. There are at least 50 cherry tomatos on there

and the weekly flowers from trader joes

Flamenco night

We spent Saturday night up in Lodi at D'art, our fav winery, at a wonderful little event they hold yearly, Flamenco night. We were happy and full after a night of watching, dancing, tapas and paella. I'll let the pictures and video speak for themselves

for approval

PS little miss e is healing up nicely. She got her stitches out on Tuesday, although her mom thought they were ready to come out on Sat, and she hasn't skipped a beat. Thankfully the stitches are in a perfect 'no lick' spot on her shoulder and we didn't have to manage with the elizabethian collar.

puppy dentist

Warning: This post is not for the faint of heart

Tartar is bad for your health, before cleaning

Pearly whites ,After
mole removal, at least it's not cancerous

we have a groggy pup tonight but she's going to be much healthier because of all this.