night sky

The picture is kind of blurry, but check out the color of that sky!

new curtains, finally!

When we first moved into our little house by the sea we had these as our form of privacy in the main room:

Ugly, I know.  They were too short.  And I didn't buy enough panels.  But hey, curtains are expensive!  And we just needed something to cover that huge window!

Well, I received a $50.00 gift card to Target for my birthday and I decided it was time for new curtains.

Target had tons to choose from.  I wanted white from the beginning.  But every pair of white ones were either too expensive or not the right length.  Then I found a set of two panels of white drapes for $24.99 each. SCORE.  However, right NEXT to those drapes I found the same set, but in grey.

Oh grey. You are so wonderful.

I stood there for probably 10 minutes trying to decide which color to choose.  The more I thought about it, the more I leaned towards the grey ones.  My cats fur would have destroyed the white ones in a day, anyway.

***EDIT*** Here is a better picture:

Now, mind you, this picture was taken last night at 9:30.  So, everything looks dark and junky. (maybe if i feel like it ill take a better picture this afternoon) But, I promise you.  These are far superior to the previous "things" that were hanging before.  I worried they would be too dark, but this morning they looked quite lovely.  I had thought of trying a pattern, but nothing really hit me at Target as a "gotta have".  I am more of a plain jane sorta girl anyway.

sweet dreaming

I really want to go back here.

Our vacation wasn't long enough.

cutting back

Jeb and I are cutting back.

On what we eat that is.

We are going to start eating better and start exercising on a regular basis (hopefully).

This is going to be hard.

We want to try and stop eating so many "man made" and processed foods. And not so much pasta either.

Cutting back on pasta? My stomach is weeping!

"But, we love pasta. Pasta is oh so yummy and oh so dear to us. Pasta-Roni got us through some very hungry days back in high school. Pasta got us through all those nights when you didn't feel like cooking very much. Pasta. You cannot give up PASTA!"

Don't worry tummy, I am not giving you up completely. Just cutting back...

A few weeks ago Jeb put in a pull up bar in our back yard.

I am thinking/hoping that between that and running I/we can get back into the shape we want to be.

However, I have yet to run this week.  I did do some squats yesterday.  And I haven't eaten ALL that bad this week.

Baby steps.  Baby steps.

Wish us luck.

is three blogs too much?

I currently have three blogs. This one.

My blog about my life with my silly pets.

And then a private blog that only I can access.

I have thought about combining this one and my pet blog. But every time I get ready to type a post non-pet related, it just doesn't seem right.

My original goal/hope was to blog in one spot about my crazy pets and every day life.

Hm. What to do. What to do.

Vibram 5 fingers

In the spring Jeb and I purchased our very first pair of Vibram 5 Finger shoes. We Started using them to run and exercise in and we both have noticed a difference in our performance. We also have less aches and pains after working out!

On our trip last week we pretty much wore them all day every day. I even have a sweet tan line from them. They were awesome to hike with. Going down any slopes felt much better when wearing my 5fingers versus my Salomon hiking shoes. My feet felt as if they were one with the earth. Only down side? Any grass gets caught between your toes. :)

I am thinking that when fall hits I will need to purchase a pair that cover the tops of my feet. I don't want my feetsies to be frozen when I run. :)

camping trip

Our camping trip this year was a lot of fun. We did so many things. From fishing to hiking to riding ATV's. We had a blast. One thing we really enjoyed was going out on the canoe.