Puppy-Sitting

Meet Daisy...

This past weekend Eric and I had the opportunity to puppy-sit this darling little girl. Her name is Daisy.  She is a 2-year old, 3.5 lb Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie).  My mom had been thinking about getting a dog but she wanted something really small and manageable.  Most teacup Yorkies are somewhere between $1,000 and $2,500 to buy but Daisy was a rescue so we were able to get her for much less.  She was rescued about a month ago from a lady that was keeping her outside in the winter without any shelter or cover at all.  Her fur was completely matted so she had to be fully shaved when they picked her up.  Hence the really short hair right now.  The poor sweet girl needed to find a quiet place where she would be loved and taken care of. I think my Mom's house is the perfect place for her.  

Daisy was a little shy at first when we picked her up but we found her weakness.  It's cheese!  Yes, a surprise to us too!  The girl will do anything for a shred of cheese.  I sat down on the ground with her for about 20 minutes, fed her some cheese, and won her over.  The day after we brought her home she was following me everywhere and instantly jumping up into my lap the second I sat down on the couch.  She loves getting her belly rubbed and gets crazy excited when she see's that you've pulled out the leash and are going to take her outside.   Eric took this picture while I was trying to get her leash on her.  She kept trying to climb up on me so I would put the leash on faster.  

Her last morning with us we gave her a bath so she'd be all nice and clean when we took her to meet my mom.  She's such a tiny girl that we were able to do it in the sink which was really convenient.  Daisy definitely didn't love the bath but she didn't fight us either.  She just sat resignedly in the sink and let us wash her.

The poor girl was absolutely freezing by the time we were done and she looked like a drowned rat.  Look at that sad face :(

We met my mom in Scipio and she met Daisy for the first time.  Can you see the bag of shredded cheese?  Yep, she loved Mom instantly too.

I'm sure this will be the start of a very long and happy relationship!

Eric and I were really sad to see Daisy go.  After just 3 days we were incredibly attached to her.   We're going down to visit Mom in a few weeks and we can't wait to see Daisy again. We've been on the look-out for another rescued teacup Yorkie and maybe we'll have one to call our own soon.

xoxo,

Carly

Our New Home - The Main Floor

Welcome to our home.  I promised updates and now they begin.  Carly took these great pictures of the main floor of our house.  It is so nice and we have so much to do but for now this is what it looks like.  Let me walk you through it.

This is the view you will see coming through the front door.  Don't mind the dog, we'll talk about her soon :). The door on the left is the downstairs bathroom.

It is a half-bathroom so only a toilet and sink in here but it is very nice.  The ceilings everywhere on the main floor are 9-feet so there is plenty of head room.  Moving on from the bathroom there are stairs going upstairs to the bedrooms, loft, and other portions of the house.

Now we can move into that big area you see in the picture above with the couch and chairs.  The dining room and main room are together, as well as the kitchen.  It is one massive open area and with those large walls there is a lot of possibility and we just don't know what to do with it yet!

The kitchen is there on the left, dining area in the back by the windows, and the main room there on the right.  You might recognize a couple of our projects there.  The white shelves we built are now where we had originally planned them to be, the entertainment center is there with the TV on it, and the chairs that we will someday clean up when we get or build a new larger table.  Let's take a look at each area.

As you can see we have a lot of space to work with!  All of that stuff felt really cramped and small in our old place but here it seems very small.  The walls seem very bare because we haven't put up any pictures or anything yet.  We are still deciding just how we want to do that.

This is the dining area.  We hung the curtains ourselves and the table is obviously too small for the new space.  We never realized how small that table really was until we moved it into this new house.  It looks very out of place and we will need to change that soon.

Here is the kitchen.  We love it!  So much space and the lighting is great.  The island in the middle is a very great thing to have.  The door in the back leads to our backyard that isn't quite done yet.  They haven't put in the sod yet so it is just a bunch of mud but will be great when it is done.

That's the first floor of our home!  We hope you enjoyed the tour.  We will be sure to take some great pictures of the upstairs to show you more soon.  Everything is moved in and now all that is left is to really make it our own.

First make it possible.  Then make it beautiful.  Then make it fast.

Eric

Did You Miss Us?

Hey everyone!

Long time, no post eh?  Yeah, we know.  Just to give a little update, we will be posting more on the blog in the coming days and weeks.  I know we promised to a while ago but the Internet took a bit longer to get up and running than expected.  We went through quite the ordeal with CenturyLink and in the end, three weeks later, the Internet is running fast and smooth to our home.

Since our last post we have: moved in to our new home, had lots of family over during the Easter weekend to break it in, completed lots of little installation projects, and so much more.  We will be posting updates, with pictures, in the coming days and weeks now that we have Internet so look forward to that!
Sorry again for not posting sooner, busy life + no Internet = no blog posts.

Have a great day!


First make it possible.  Then make it beautiful.  Then make it fast.

Eric