Empty Nesters

Today was a sad day.......Hooch went to COLLEGE. Brian took him this morning to a dog trainer and he is going to stay for a few months!!!! I'm soo sad, but it will be really good for him. He's training to be a hunting dog and learning to not attack people when they walk into our house, he's so hyper be a "more obedient" house dog. This is what our yard looked like when I got home last Wedneday...

That was the new phonebook

And that was my new doormat.....and he dug a giant hole. I mean really?
But that little sucker has me wrapped around his finger and I ordered him a new orthopedic bed.....HE IS ROTTEN!

IT'S HUGE

I think he likes it?

It so big even I can lay in it!!!!

We are really gonna miss this little guy (we had to give him an old shoe so we would stop tearing everything else up)
Here is a cute picture I snapped before he left this morning

Don't forget to call home Hooch.....we miss you!!!!!!!

Saturdays

Saturdays are the only days we can get anything done around here.  I usually have a pretty big to do list by the time Saturday rolls around.  Two weeks ago we crossed off a lot of items on that list.  This is how it started

watching dog training hunting videos.  i'm sure everyone's saturdays start out like this?  Hooch was actually watching so I guess it was worth it.  Hey Brian in your plaid robe! 

we FINALLY figured out what to do with nook where the charcoal grill was.  While in Atlanta one day, I stopped by Ikeat pick up something that i thought would be perfect for that space.  I've never been to Ikea and when I walked in, panic kicked in immediately.  That place is HUGE and I was soo overwhelmed!!!! But I found what I needed after about an hour and brought it back home.  Rememer what the nook looked like when we bought the house?

 We took out the grill and have been working on the space for months now.

  we had the chimmney inside capped off and then Brian added some wood inside to finish it off.

While he was doing that......I went around and put all the faceplates on the outlets and switches!  yikes what a task that was! remember when I had to figure out how many we needed here?

 where was Hooch during all this? oh don't worry, he was outside sun bathing

We've been trying to tell him that he has gotta pick up his weight around here if he wants to be a part of this family.....geezzz

 Here is what I got from Ikea, butcher block! I thought it was the perfect solution for this space! And here is what it looks like now....

pretty cool huh?  wood box and a desk kinda thing. so functional now!