WOOHOO

WOOHOO

9 Days and Counting!

I am a bad blogger. Work has been craziness and I just haven't had the time or the energy. But something has me really, really excited...and that's that our lovies Alex and Oliver are getting married in 9 days! I can't wait to see these two tie the knot. I sent them this today....the countdown has officially begun!!

Pearls Pearls Pearls

My friend Caroline's adorable, fabulous wonderful pearl business is having a 10% discount sale that goes just until the end of July, so here I am, giving you ONE WEEK's WARNING! If you feel like buying some pearls, buy them from Caroline and buy them now! (Or at least in the next 7 days)

Here's the important part: to get the discount, type in discount code BACCAJULY when you checkout with "Google Checkout" and you will see your discount applied.

I have chosen my three favorite items from her website and posted pics here...the first 2 I happen to own myself, the third I sadly I do not, at least yet (Kyle, hint hint)

A Lab and Some Lakes

Kyle and I went on a great hike to Olallie Lake with Colin and Emily this past Sunday...as usual, I went WAY overboard in terms of taking pictures...but hey, maybe it was keeping my mind off the fact that I was out of breath about 5 minutes in. Their adorable black lab, Cooper, alternated between wanting to jump in to the various lakes we hit along the way to fetch sticks and standing timidly on the shoreline.

If you make it to the end of the slideshow, you'll see that we took a swim in the last lake we found before getting back to the car, and Cooper does NOT like being left on the shoreline when everyone else is swimming.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day, and our hike ended with an amazing view of a snowy Mount Hood on a warm summer day. Thankfully I think these pictures capture the colors quite nicely! Enjoy....

Books and Bikes

Kyle and I made a trip to Powell's City of Books yesterday after work, where the "usual" occurred - I saw 1o books I wanted to buy, narrowed it down to one that I literally held in my arms for 10 minutes (I may or may not have stroked the cover several times and opened up the spine and smelled the pages). After these 10 minutes I made the sad but realistic decision that I did not need the book, so I put it back on the shelf and we left....emptyhanded.

However, this little joy was waiting right outside for us - such a cute little classic red flyer tryke - with a bell! All I could picture was a 3-year old riding her bike to Powell's, chaining up her bike, and heading inside for some bookbrowsing. I need more sleep!!

I need to get a life...

I blog too much about our cats. But come on....how funny is this? If you can believe it, Kitty managed to get even MORE comfortable (see 2nd photo).

Happy tired Monday. I feel the way they look.