Boys and Their Toys.....

For those of you that know Michael he has a thing or two for a nice "ride". Since I've know him, he has always enjoyed being around and working on cars, well bicycles too for that matter. So when a good client,(we've had numerous dinners with he and his wife and Michael even cycles with him on occasion) invited him for the weekend in Florida to attend the Rolex 24 in Daytona, well he was thrilled for the invite. I wish he would have had pictures of himself taken, but nonetheless, here are some and I mean "some" of the photos he took that weekend. He must have taken 100 or soo...... I was so happy for him to go and have this experience....

Lola in Couture.....

Miss Lola post Harold Street. Girl you are lookin fine, lookin fine! Chasing birds, squirrels and airplanes does a dog good!

Struttin her stuff! Look at those curves!

Miss Lola Pre Harold Street. On the curvier side... and a lookin a little sluggish.

"Guys, Your takin' me right, don't forget about me"!

The Burglar Look

Mom, where ya goin" please take this thing off!

She is either really pissed at me or just plain scared....

Well, "Juicy Couture" that is! Nothing is too good for our, are you ready,

"Lola Piccola Patawone Boo Boo Jr. Casey". Piccola: small in Italian, and yes she was when we gave her this name. Patawone: For you Star Wars Groupies, Michael gave her this name. "Luke Skywalker, calls the young children, "His Patawone Learners",apparently Michael thinks she is his "Patawone Learner" but we aren't sure whats she learns bc she pretty much does what she wants...... BooBoo Jr.: Well, Michael calls me Boo Boo, and hence Lola is Boo Boo Jr. or Michael will say, "What are my "Dos BooBoo's doing?" Makes me smile and giggle every time!

I bought this "Juicy Couture getup that says "Give me Treats" with my dear friends Kelli and Drew when I went for a visit to their home in Old Town Alexandria, VA. It was "raining cats and dogs"(no pun intended) and we were shopping for our dogs. Although Michael and I aren't the type of parents to indulge our sweet dog, I had to have it and it was uber expensive, well, at least for a dogs outfit. So in the pouring rain, Kelli and I shopped for Couture Clothes for our pups....nothing like being a Doggie Mommy and then I think, nope, I'm positive, we headed to the nearest place for a glass of vino!

Needless to say, Miss Lola, does not like the outfit, frankly its a little snug. But I'll let you be the judge. Michael thinks she looks like a "misfit" ''criminal" or "about to rob somebody for treats or something." Not the most flattering of looks for Miss Lola.

Nothing like a "Facelift"

The above pic is the "BEFORE"......and below are the "AFTERS...... One of our first projects to tackle on our "To Do" list was the front yard. It was very dark and gloomy and the entrance to the front door was small and stuffy. My Aunt Liz and Uncle Tim, who own TW Landscape here in Houston offered to help us out...and boy did they ever! We totally gave the walkway stone a huge makeover, took off alot of the metal work near the front door and gave the yard a much needed "facelift'. It looks amazing and all of our neighbors stop by to "oohhh and ahhh''......

More Zoysia grass!!!

Michael's Zoysia Grass.....all we need is a golf club! He loves his Zoysia grass....I have to remind him "It doesn't like too much water"....

Here we have the beautiful plants and potted plants, then some jasmine and then well, whatta know: More Zoysia Grass!!

Beautiful. Thank you Tim and Liz!

Our New Home.

Beautiful flowers from my sweet and thoughtful hubby......

ahh..yes, this is the day Gallery Furniture delivered our mattress. What you see here is where Mateo, the deliver dude' s foot went...through sheetrock. He called out, "Um, Ma'm(btw: I'm all of a sudden being called a "Ma'm"....whats up with that?) Can you help me get my foot out of your wall....."

Our garages, with the garage apt. above.

Another view of our street, in the opposite direction...the Blvd. that we live on, is not on this part of the street.

Our beautiful tree line street.....although, they come with a price...LEAVES LEAVES AND MORE LEAVES.....

This is elementary school park that is across the street and directly outside our study windows! So much fun to watch the kiddos at play: I will miss the sound of their laughs over the summer. Michael and I love to take Lola over there on the weekends to let her romp around!

I'm standing in the downstairs family room taking a picture of the first bedroom downstairs, that leads out to the backyard.

Another view of the kitchen....Lola's ever present food bowl right smack in the middle!

Heres our kitchen that painted white and did subway tile for the backsplash.

This is the first room you see when you enter the house, sort of a formal living area. The entire house has open, large windows.

Here is some of "The Crew" we hired to help with the renovations.