Lately...

This week has been a bit of a mess. I'm excited about Valentine's Day but since I'll be working, I'll probably be doing a valentine craft and spending most of the day with the kids I babysit and my cousin I'm watching for the week. It won't stop me from wearing my lipstick print dress from Forever 21 though!


Coco sleeping

My Sperry Shearwater Boots(the fuchsia are sold out). I love love love them.

My late grandparent's cat Cali. She's 21 this year and sweet as ever.

My Valentine's gift from Ryan. 'The Perfect Flush' Blush by Too Faced.
I hope you have an amazing Valentine's Day week! I've never understood why people get so bent out of shape about being single on Valentine's Day. My family's always used it as an excuse to give a gift or two to whoever you love. Family, friends, significant other, dog, whoever. Taylor and I exchange presents and I bought a dozen cupcakes for my parents from their favorite cupcake place (Crave Cupcakes in Houston!). To be honest I haven't even looked for Ryan's gift yet. We normally just make dinner together the night of and go out to eat on the 15th or 16th to avoid the crowds.

Happy Valentine's Day!

-Becca

Uhmerica! + Excuses

Ryan & I are house sitting for a week or so and we decided to have a little get together for the 4th of July. I made some home-made ice cream & an apple pie (pictured above) & we grilled hamburgers, steak & corn on the cob. Taylor brought a delicious fully loaded baked potato salad & jam jar wine. It was so good! Paul made some margaritas and we all went out to the golf course behind the house to watch the neighborhood fireworks display.










I stopped taking photos around the time people started arriving because I was trying to be a good hostess. Haha oops. So it looks like Taylor and Coco were the only people there since she was the first to arrive.





It was a really fun night and it was really nice seeing everyone since a lot of our friends have moved out of Denton and now live closer to Dallas which means we see them a lot less.

You'll probably see another post from this location since we'll be here a bit longer and are planning another get-together on Sunday!

On an unrelated note:

I've been slacking pretty hard on this blog since I haven't been home much. I'm either out of town visiting family or working and so I end up taking Ryan's old laptop with me. I hate the screen because all of the colors are so weird and wrong. So I can't edit photos or work on the blog for fear that I'll get home and look at my monitor only to find I've posted some butt-ugly colored photos.

It wouldn't matter if I'd always edited photos on this computer I guess...My desktop monitor is beautiful and despite being an HP-- it has the same color settings as my iphone and every mac I've ever used. Which I personally love since I feel like the colors on mac screens are a bit warmer and clearer. My laptop has this sort of cold blue feel to it and no matter how much I try to tweak the settings, it always just looks...off.

I don't know, maybe I'm just thinking about it too hard.

Anyways, this is just my way of saying sorry to the (4?) people who read my blog regularly.

Lately...

I've been swamped with helping Ryan move into my apartment and visiting family. I'll be headed back to Denton on Sunday, but until then, here are some misc things that make me happy.


one of my birthday presents--an anthro gift card and my new emerald earrings


my jewelry stand on my dresser (green haired girl necklace is by minifanfan)


a ladybug protecting my spider plant from aphids


& my sweet baby angel coco

-Becca

Coco

It's that time again. It's time for a post about little dummy Coco.



Coco's been shedding like crazy. We bought a Furminator to help the shedding go a little faster and less intense. It's a miracle worker! It catches all of the loose fur along with most of her undercoat and Coco loves the attention (thank goodness). She isn't quite as fluffy and soft anymore since she's shed most of her winter coat, but I'm glad that she'll be cool for the intense Texas summer we're going to have. Plus, she's almost done-- we seriously filled a garbage bag with her fur.

Ugh, shedding. I love shibas so much, but the amount of fur they shed (twice a year) is bonkers.

-Becca

Coco-Dummy

Nothing much to report, just thought the blog was in need of a little mini Coco post.





Have a nice Friday!!

Instagram

I'm stupid in love with my new iphone, so instagram was the first app I downloaded when I got it for Christmas. I've never had a smartphone so the novelty of the internet and other technology fitting in my pocket was a bit too much for me to handle. I went app crazy.

I've settled down a bit now but I still use instagram most of all.

My username on instagram is ribbonsincurls if you want to follow me!

Coco: Cuddle Moderator

Coco's favorite pass-time is a tie between:
1. Inching ever closer while Ryan and I eat/cook, hoping to catch falling food &
2. Scruffing at people walking by my bedroom window.

Oh, and making sure Ryan and I never cuddle. We are only allowed to cuddle if she is in the middle of aforementioned cuddling.

Oh well

-Becca

Snippets

Just popping in to say hello.

Work today was cancelled so instead of sitting around on the internet like I do on most of my off days, I'm going to attempt to do a little cleaning around the apartment (it really really really needs it) and work on my header & business cards. Also in the works are a few blog posts scheduled for February while I'm babysitting for the better part of two weeks.

Anyways, off to be productive!

-Becca

Happy Birthday Coco!

Seems a little obsessive to have two consecutive blog posts about my dog but that's how I roll.

Today my little pup turns two years old! She's only been a part of our tiny family since August but I really can't remember what it was like before we adopted her.

3 quick facts about Coco:

1. She's a Shiba-Inu. A small Japanese breed of dog known for their loyalty, intelligence, stubborn-ness (is that a word? I don't think it is but oh well), and cat-like nature.
2. When Coco doesn't feel like she's getting adequate attention, she likes to flip over on her back and writhe around on the floor, making yodeling sounds while furiously kicking her back legs in the air. It's one of the weirdest things I've ever seen a dog do.
3. Coco is a surgeon with toys. She manages to take all of the stuffing and the squeaker out of the toy with only one very small incision.

I'm working on a tutorial for tailored velvet bows and it should be done within the next day or so. Stay tuned!

-Becca

Coco

A preview of the ridiculous amount of Coco photos to come. Her birthday is Tuesday and she'll be turning 2 so I'll be making a small post about her then. But I couldn't resist posting these of her since I'm testing photo sizes.