WTF?

On any given day, at any given time, there are any number of things that can make me stop and say "WTF?" These are some of those things.

I broke my glasses a couple of weeks ago - the frame broke at the nose bridge, and wouldn't hold the lens. I had taped the lens (yes, taped) back into the frame so that I could actually see at night, because they were my only pair. Go ahead - laugh. Mark has been teasing me relentlessly. And in all fairness, it did look ridiculous. Well, I ordered new glasses on Monday. $300 for the frames, $130 for the lenses. They're FRAMELESS glasses.How do you justify $300 for frames when they're sold as frameless? Yeah, I know. It's a technicality, but still - it's stupid, for lack of a better term.

And this morning, a bunch of the girls from WA had a yard sale at K's house. N warned us about the early-birds... literally. "Beware the early birds" was her exact quote. So this guy shows up at 7:15 for an 8 am sale start, barges in, grabs $20 worth of stuff and says "Can you change a hundred?" Are you kidding me?  WTF????  Good thing for the mimosas, C. They totally did the trick. Thanks, girls. I had a blast! 

And C: Way to get rid of the funky pizza set. That is as good as it gets...

Eleven Weeks and Counting

So we had Bodie at the vet's this morning for his latest round of shots, and he weighs 24.3 pounds. At eleven weeks! He's growing like a weed - maybe a little too quickly, according to the vet. She has some concerns about his rapid growth - he's added 8 pounds in just three weeks. He isn't overweight, and he looks good for his size, but she's concerned about his joints. I guess he could potentially have some osteopathic issues if he grows too quickly. Soooo... we've ordered the Orijen large breed puppy formula as recommended by our vet, and hopefully we'll avoid any future joint problems. After all, maybe he's just going to be BIG. Look at the size of his feet in this photo! They look so innocent when they're sleeping, don't they? Nothing about this photo would indicate the fact that I've chased the front door rug down the hallway three times today...

Catching Up

It has taken me so long to actually get something up on this blog - I'm a little embarrassed! 

A good friend of mine was gracious enough to spend some time with us taking photos of Bodie, our new pup, Kota, our gentle giant, and my beautiful, fabulously cool niece, L - here are a few of the shots she took. You can find more of her work on her website and/or blog - see the links for Kari under

"My Favorite Things." It was so much fun to get these shots - hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

 - Nicki