What Am I Going To Do With This Dog?

So this is my dog, Stella.  She is licking my leg to make up for being such a terrible dog. It's a good thing she's so adorable. She's gotten in the habit of asking to go out then not doing anything once we're out there. She will then proceed to do her business in the hallway outside our apartment. Chris sends me angry texts about wanting to get rid of the dog every day now. But then she comes up and is so cute and wants to cuddle and play and all is forgiven.

Thank Goodness for Leftovers

So since Chris and I are only going to be in town for two nights this week, I decided it wasn't worth it to grocery shop and just got creative with what I had. I ended up making a Rotel/Velveeta pasta with leftover taco meat.  Not super healthy but definitely tasty.

Puppy Friends

Being at home this weekend means that I got to bring Stella up to play with my parents' dogs.  Our little dog, Winnie, hates Stella and runs away from her every time she tries to play. But our bigger dog, Bella, likes it when Stella comes since I always take them out and play ball. Stella isn't quite fast enough to get the balls before Bella, but she still loves being able to get out and run around for once. One of the reasons I'm ready to get out of our town is so that Stella will have a yard to play in and we won't have to take her down three flights of stairs to take her outside. Yay!

Oops...I forgot

So I totally forgot to post something yesterday. I even took pictures for it an everything. But I only didn't post since I was having such a good time, so I'll give myself a pass. I spent the morning making cookies because it was dreary and rainy and basically a perfect cookie day. Then we ended up at Jaspersfest, which is a big Memorial Day party that involves a lot of food, beer (or hard cider for me) and a big crawfish boil. I ended up with a lot of blurry pictures but some great memories. And a bit of a headache today.

A Vegetarian Dinner

I was driving all day today so I didn't end up taking a picture. But I do have an extra from yesterday to share.

I made this for dinner yesterday and it was seriously so tasty and filling that I didn't even care it was vegetarian.
Chris did though. But even he agreed with me that it was good enough to make again.

Stelly Bean

The weather was beautiful today so I took Stella for a walk to go visit Chris while he studied. Mostly I walk and Stella stops and sniffs things, but it's still fun. 

 

Someone brought in a puppy to the library today that I seriously almost brought home as a friend for Stella. She was a chihuahua/beagle mix and she was just a tiny tiny puppy and I loved her. So if anyone wants a puppy, let me know!
 

Also, Stella made a friend on our walk today. She has no fear. 

Box Brownies Are Always A Good Choice

Today was kind of rough. Pretty sure I'm getting a sinus infection (yum) and just was grumpy with a headache all day. So after work I came straight home and made these bad boys.  Duncan Hines Fudge Brownies. I've tried to make homemade brownies before and they've always just ended up as expensive failures. Box brownies never fail me though.  Add all the right ingredients and they're always there to comfort you. So here's to you, box brownies. Thank you for making my life easy and delicious. 

I clearly couldn't wait to eat these until after I got a nice picture. Oops. 

My New Phone

Ok I'm seriously kind of obsessed with my new phone. Having gone so long without a smartphone, I am all kinds of excited about it. What makes me happy about my phone today? 

THIS. 

That is a remote. That I can use to control my tv. Seriously. I'm in love. Why do I need to control the tv from my phone? I don't. I already have a remote. But I can and that's the important thing. It's the little things in life, right? And that's what this whole 365 Project is about. Celebrating the little things.

365 Project Starts Today

So a lot of the other blogs that I read talk about doing 365 projects, which is basically taking a picture per day. I've decided to start. I'm going to take a picture everyday of something that makes me happy.  It's probably going to be a lot of pictures of my dog.  But that's ok. I want to do this for myself because I've been feeling really uninspired lately. Just kind of stuck in the same old town doing the same thing every day. I want to do this to remind myself that there should be at least one thing every day that makes me happy. Also, I just got myself a fancy new smartphone that takes awesome pictures and I want to utilize that.

Today, that thing is Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network.  Her voice is just so calming. And Chris isn't here watching baseball so I actually get to watch her today. And that makes me happy :)