Update on the D.I.Y.

Well, we finished the Guest Room at Mom and Daddy's. It turned out fabulous and better then we expected.

Daddy and I hung the headboard and the rest just fell into place. We picked out a nice comforter set and hung the curtains. It all took about 3 hours and that included the shopping for the comforter and hanging the wall hangings too. The Wistners are super efficient!

I think the Vacancy sign at the Wistner Hotel is now turned on. Ready for guests...

High Tech Rednecks

Okay New Millennium, here come the Mizes....

We joined the crackberry/iphone generation and bought iphones this week. I can already tell you that I understand the addiction now. That phone is super cool. It does so much and I love being able to check my e-mail/facebook from anywhere. Wondering how I went without one for so long! Tommy loves his too. He's already got it set up to play his Texas Country music and will be using it for Fantasy Football this year. Who said old dogs can't learn new tricks!!!

I dressed mine up in green so we could tell them apart. Tommy is staying with the manly traditional black phone. (You know I love my green phones...) Roxie is unimpressed with either.

D.I.Y

Okay, I got inspired this weekend to do fix it up jobs.

I added greenery and some pottery to the space above my cabinets. I love it. I didn't realize my kitchen needed something until it was up. It made it warm and doesn't look cluttered like I thought it would. I bought greenery I think I can just throw in the washing machine when it gets dusty. We'll see.

In my zest to fix it up, I also decided to tackle mom's guest bedroom. We're doing the decorating on a shoestring budget so we had to improvise. I bought some material, batting and had a piece of plywood cut to make a headboard. Worked on it last night and think it turned out pretty good. Daddy and I will hang it this weekend and I'll take some pictures of the end results. Momma and I will be buying a comforter and curtains to match, but we need to get the headboard hung to get an idea of what we want.

Tommy will be headed to the Texan's game on Saturday instead of helping with Project Guestroom, but Roxie will be assisting. Look for pictures later.

Daddy's Girl

She sleeps snuggled up to Tommy. She follows Tommy around and even barbeques with him. Then why, oh why, at 1:00 in the morning does she wake me up to go outside? Roxie clearly prefers her daddy, the little traitor, but I'm the go to girl!!

After making enough noise to wake the dead, she's been outside and is now back to snoozing comfortably in bed. I on the other hand am now wide awake! And Tommy slept thru the whole thing.

And people want us to have a real kid! Ha!!

Reunited!

Bandit has now been reunited with his family.

All is good at the Mize house again. We're back down to a one dog family.

Dog Days of Summer

Okay, my heart is bigger then my head...We have another dog now, at least temporarily...

It was storming and pouring down rain today when I came home. There were some workers sitting a truck and a golden retriever mix was fantically trying to get into the truck with them. The dog was literally freaking out and climbing all over the truck. I stopped and he tried to get into the truck with me. I pulled away when he got under the worker's truck.

I just couldn't quit thinking about him and was worried they would hurt him when the pulled away. So, in the pouring rain, in my work clothes, I tromp down the street to rescue the dog. He comes running up to me and I put him on Roxie's pink leash and brought him home. He's now in the backyard resting comfortably by the back door. He's very calm now that it isn't storming anymore.

I called the number on his tag - a vet in Temple!!! And the were able to track down the owner. Lucky for me the owner actually called back!!! She was a very nice lady who lives here in Spring Trails. She got the dog from someone in Temple. She said he just goes nuts in the thunder and lightning and somehow got out of her fence.

Luckily, Roxie will still be an only dog! I know Tommy was thinking he was going to be stuck with this dog forever, but I just couldn't leave him out in the storm. So, Bandit's mom will be here to pick him up about 8:00 because she was clear on the other side of Houston.

If Roxie were lost I would want someone to help her. I just couldn't turn my back on poor Bandit. Again, my heart is bigger then my head sometimes...

Monday, Again!

We officially hate Mondays around here.

I'm working from home today because of a splitting headache I've had for 2 days. It's nice to have the option of working from home. I just couldn't put up with the noise in the office today. Nice and quiet here.

Tommy watched UFC this weekend at a radio station in Houston. A friend won tickets so they went. From what I hear, they had a good time.

Roxie and I stayed home and snoozed. We're still not sure about this big attraction to UFC!

Wednesday

Well, Roxie and I are home alone again. Tommy is off to Austin for another meeting. He has class tomorrow and then home again.

In the meantime, Rox and I are just taking it easy. We had leftovers and will be turning in early tonight. It's been a hectic week at work.

Roxie has decided to forgive me for forgetting her outside the other night. I let her out, and went to brush my teeth. I forgot to let her back in and got in bed. It was probably about 2 hours later when Tommy was looking for her that he found her outside. She never barked or said a word. She just came running in like we leave her outside for hours all the time. I felt sooooo bad!! I'm an unfit mother!

Monday!

Okay, the official "I hate Mondays" campaign is under way. Yuck.

I had such a great time seeing my old friends the other night. It was great. We laughed and cut up and it was just like old times, only better. My face hurt from smiling and my throat hurt from laughing so hard. It was worth it. We're going to make an effort to meet every other month now. We already planned our second "Girls' Night Out" for September. Our little group is growing, but there are so many people to add to the mix. Next thing you know, we'll be filling a restaurant to capacity!!

The dinner inspired me to get some people together that live here in Spring/Woodlands. I already sent a message planning a lunch this week with 3 people I went to school with who live in The Woodlands. It's such a small world!

Tommy went to Texans Training Camp this morning. I haven't heard if he had a good time or got any autographs. I just know he left at the crack of dawn because they practice so early to avoid the heat.

Roxie is taking it easy today. She's been sitting in the window all day, but so far hasn't had much to report/bark at.