Nummies

Here is the story of Jules the cat and the bag of Nummies...









Now, just in case the pictures don't do it justice, here is the written explanation:

Jules is first of all not allowed on the counter

The bag of "Nummies" are actually treats for the dogs (courtesy of Uncle Bill).

Jules knows she is not allowed on the counter and doesn't care.

I am not sure if she knows that the treats are for the dogs, either way she thinks she is entitled to these cheesy poof treats (she had to have smelled them because we didn't give her any.

Jules scopes out the situation...

"Slightly open bag of Nummies....must eat...head fits in bag, take cheesy goodness...eat...."

I missed getting a picture of her with the orange Nummy in her mouth because she turned too quick...it was really cute even though she was being bad.

Fun Friday!

Our friend Shannan is visiting from California. We went to college with her at CSU, and she moved to CA a few years ago. She usually comes to visit all of her CO friends a couple times a year, luckily we are on the list :)

Shan came by yesterday to spend time with us! I worked in the morning, but then took the afternoon off to hang out. So with a Friday afternoon off, my husband and a good friend, what did we decide to do?






Go to the brewery of course!







New Belgium to be more specific. If you ever happen to find yourself in (or near) Northern Colorado, you should definitely go there. I haven't been on the actual tour for awhile and it was pretty busy since it's CSU's graduation weekend, so maybe next time. The tour takes a little while, but it is a neat company with really good beer!

Speaking of beer....






When I first went to the brewery, to taste free beer (by the way, it is still free), you would get a small sample of all of their beers.... Well, now (I am sure it is due to the larger numbers of beer they have available and the need to keep people from leaving drunk and driving) you only get to choose 4 to taste.





Not that only tasting 4 beers is that bad (you still end up with about a pint of beer), but I still reminisce about the good old days :) I can't complain too much though, since we live in Northern CO, about 20 minutes from the brewery and have liquor stores on just about every corner.


All in all it was a great Friday! After our beer, we went to HuHot for a late lunch/early dinner, we stuffed ourselves at this all you can eat Mongolian grill. I think it is one of my favorite places to eat!


We said goodbye to Shan (I get to see her today though) slept off a bit of our food coma and headed to hockey practice. We were a few people short, but we had several of our new/newer players there. This was for our beginner/D league team, so it was a good chance to work on skills. We were the last thing scheduled on the ice, so we got to stay late since James can lock up. Well...we stayed until about 12:45 or so (we started at 9:15), so it was a nice 3 and a half hour practice! It was great though! Off to another practice today and another tomorrow, then our first game of the season on Tuesday!


Have a great weekend!

James' Chair

So here is a picture of the chair I reupholstered, I still have one more to go.

James has claimed it as his, but I think Jules has other ideas...

Hope your day is wonderful!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's day to all the Moms in my life!

I have a great Mom! She was such a great mother to me as I grew up, and now that I am older, she is also a great friend!

I am also blessed with a wonderful Mother-in-law! We don't get to see her as often as we would like to, but we always enjoy the time we do have. I look forward to having her in my life for a long time!

My two Sisters-in-law, who are mothers to my beautiful nieces and nephews. I am thankful for their friendship and of course for my nieces and nephews!

My Grandmothers and Grandmothers-in-law (is that how I am supposed to write it?) thank you for being there for me and all of our family!

All of my friends and relatives that are mothers (and too numerous to list here), thank you for all that you do for your children and the rest of the people in your life.

You should all be honored not just today, but everyday, Thank You!

Yes, I am a Slacker...

Okay, so I have been a complete slack with my blog for the past month or so.

I promise I will try to be better.

No pictures today (It's been a long day!), I'll try to get some up later this week.

However, I will give you a quick run-down of things :) In no particular order:

We have a new nephew! Wyatt Logan Arnold was born on April 27, 2009! I've seen pictures and we hope to visit in a few weeks.

My work has been busy! Even with the economy not being so great right now (so not much sales for us), people still need service work or changes on their phones. I guess people still want/need to talk on the phone...

James and I are getting ready to play in 3 hockey leagues this summer! That should keep us busy and hopefully out of trouble! Hopefully James doesn't get too sick of the rink since he is working there and will be there at least three times a week to play. I am very excited though!

We've started Geocaching again...if you've never gone, you should try it! If you don't know what it is then go here to check it out. We did it a lot a few years ago and kept meaning to start up again, it just took until now. Anyway we've gone several times recently and even brought the boys (our dogs) with us a few times. It is great to get out and enjoy the area we live in and the boys get some exercise! Hopefully we can keep it up.

We have convinced two more people to start playing hockey. A friend and her friend, who I now consider a friend...hopefully she is okay with that :) We went to C league drop-in and had them come too (they will be playing in D league), it took a little convincing but they got right out there and played! They did great, I was very impressed! Thankfully all the other guys at drop-in were very supportive and nice. I think it helped make it a good first experience! I'll try to post an update (maybe a picture if they'll let me) as the season progresses.

I am still a "Craigslist Junkie" as my friend says! We got 2 wingback lazy boy recliners that had tears in the cushions. They are really cool, I've recovered one of them (again with needing pics, sorry) and hope to do the second one this weekend. James is a fan and says they are "library chairs" and I completely agree. We also got 2 other "accent" chairs (another matching set) these are in good condition so I don't plan on reupholstering them right away. We plan to put one set of chairs downstairs and the other upstairs. We've gotten some other stuff too, but I can't think right now, so that will have to come later.

We are planning to get our lower level (the downstairs unfinished part of our house, but not really a basement since we have full windows...the garden level I guess) cleaned up so it more usable space. We would love to finish the space eventually, but our funds will not support that venture right now. So in the mean time, we will pseudo-finish it :) We have carpet (free off of Craigslist) to put down, it is dark purple and kind of cool, James loves it! Our bookshelves and masses of books along with desk and TV will go in half of the downstairs. I have always wanted a library, so that is what is will be: a library/office/rec room. The other half will be storage and play area...drums, pool table, and hopefully a dart board eventually. I will try to let you know how the progress goes. I am a complete pack rat so I need to get all my stuff organized (James wants it thrown away, but that might give me a heart-attack so I will stick with organizing it).

The dogs have been using their dog run and we have wanted to get the rest of the yard cleaned up... However, we live in Colorado and have still been getting snow so that makes doing yard-work a little difficult. Hopefully the weather will stay nice now and we can get working on the yard.

We've done a few game nights with friends. We love playing board games and so do most of our friends, so that works good. I love having people over and playing games or just hanging out, so we are planning much of that this summer, so come on by!

Okay, I think that is all I can think of right now...I will try to not be such a slacker from now on :)

I will also try to get some pics up here since as they say "a picture is worth a thousand words."