Pool and Puppy day

I had a nice, relaxing day off yesterday.  I stayed home with the puppy and took advantage of the nice day.  Since we had friends over last weekend, we heated the pool.  Today the pool was an amazing 86 degrees.  It felt awesome with the 90 degree day outside.

Floatin in the pool.

Yogi and I went for a walk to try out his new harness.  After puppy class last night, we decided to try a harness during walks since Yogi has a problem with pulling and I worry about the strain on his neck. He did great with the harness and I really like how it was easier for me to handle him with.

After spending lots of time outside, I decided to relax in the man cave for a bit.  I came across Sleepless in Seattle on TV because it's the 20th anniversary of the movie release.  This is one of my old time favorite movies to watch.  I love how it makes fun of all the sappy, romantic movies that women watch and then it turns into one of those movies.  Such a classic!

After Danny got home, we headed to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants.  We used to lived right next to it and used to go all the time.  We've only been back one other time since and we miss it!

Manhattan Deli- Such a great place to eat outside,
unfortunately it was too hot out this time.

High Five For Friday

Happy Friday! I am currently at home packing for our weekend at the lake! I can't wait to bring Yogi up to the lake to spend time with us, his Grandparents as well as his aunt and uncle doggies.  Yogi loves playing with other dogs even when they don't want to play with him!  Now onto High Five for Friday!

1. On Sunday, Danny and I went to our friend's place for a WWE paperview.  My friend, Kara's husband and Danny love to watch wrestling.  I'm relieved that Danny has found someone to watch wrestling with besides me! And I love seeing Kara and spending time with her and her husband, Chad.  On Sunday, Kara cooked so many yummy goodies for the paperview.  One of these yummy treats was Oreo Truffles! They were so good, I need to get the recipe!
2. I came home from work on Monday to find our dog like this.  His crate is usually in the dining room which as you can see is a whole 15 feet from where I found him.  We've figured out that Yogi likes to try and "hulk" out of his crate and since it's on the laminate floors, he usually travels. Silly puppy!
3. We spent a lot of time outside after work this week.  I snapped this photo on Tuesday of the light coming through the trees in the evening.  I love spending evenings in the backyard, unless its 90 degrees outside!
4. Speaking of spending time outside this week, Danny and I enjoyed a nice meal outside since we just received our new outdoor tables.  I had a glass table top from our apartment and my dad gave us the great idea of putting it on our deck (since our deck is pretty small).  It worked out perfectly for just the two of us on a weekday night!
5. I had a doctors appointment this week near downtown.  Parking was ridicolous so I had to park on the top of the parking garage.  As soon as I got out of my car, I saw the Cleveland skyline.  I love the skyline and this view made me smile.

I'm linking up with Lauren for High Five For Friday!

Our Fourth of July Party

We had a wonderful time celebrating our country's birthday with friends and FOOD! Boy, did we have a ton of food from everyone.  Take a peek below at some of my favorite memories from this year's fourth of July Party!

L-R: Ashleigh and Ryan, Elizabeth and Matt, Everyone in the Pool

Yummy Fourth of July Food

                             

                                    Kaitlin, Me, Paige, and Elizabeth

                            

                                Kaitlin, Paige, and scarred Yogi

Our poor scarred puppy dog didn't like the tons of people nor did he like everyone in the water.  He stayed up on the deck most of the day and Kaitlin and Paige were his best friends since Kaitlin brought him treats and Paige was a familiar face.

Weekend Recap: 3 reasons I felt like an adult this weekend

This weekend was filled with a bunch of things that reminded me more and more that I am growing up and becoming an adult.  Just last week, Danny and I moved out of our 1 bedroom apartment in Willoughby.  I had been living there the past three years and Danny moved in almost a year ago.  When we bought our house in April, we still had a few months of overlap between the house and the apartment.  At first, we thought this was nice since we could move things out of our apartment at our own pace, but it really just increased our procrastination to the point of no return.  After finally getting everything moved to the house, living and non living, we piled the boxes in our new garage for us to go over at a later date.  This weekend was our later date.  After investing time, money, and energy into just the house this weekend, I officially feel like a home owning adult.  Below are the threes reasons I felt like an adult this weekend:

1.  Everything we bought this weekend, was for the house. This included a patio set, pool cleaner, and even a hammock for our backyard! BTW, the hammock purchase was my favorite purchase for the house yet.  Since our backyard is a mini forest, it is the perfect accessory to our outdoor living space!

Our backyard with the hammock.

Yogi wasn't so sure of the hammock, he's showing his baby teeth!

2. We are now Sam's Club members.  So we bit the bullet and are now members of Sam's Club.  After shopping in bulk this weekend, I'm trying to figure out how to eat all of this food.  Future plans include planning meals entirely so I don't waste any food we buy.

Sam's Club Member

3. Saturday night consisted of catching up on my reality TV shows and making homemade popcorn.  So although I work the next day, I can tell I am an adult because of how I spend my weekend nights.  I love staying in and watching some of my favorite shows/movies with my husband.  This past Saturday we caught up on some of my reality TV shows like Catfish (its back for another season!) and Pregnant & Dating which follows the lives of several women that are pregnant, but still trying to find Mr. Right (very intriguing and obviously addicting).  We also made homemade popcorn! Danny received an old time popcorn machine as a Christmas gift last year and we finally got it out and used it!

Yogi was very intrigued!