House Fiance?

  Since I have moved in with Charles I suddenly find doing things I normally didn't like enjoyable. I like cleaning up the house and doing the dishes...even cleaning the litter box doesnt bother me! The best thing, however, is cooking for someone other than just myself!!! It is so much better to cook for two than just you!!! Today was my day off and I did a lot of "domestic" things that normally I would have dreaded. I even made homemade banana bread! I cannot wait to share it with the man that I love! :)

My first ever loaf of banana bread! :)

On the Move!

It is official I have moved to Indy with my wonderful fiance! We have an adorable little one bedroom apartment where we are officially getting everything set up from our previous lives as "single" people! The move went wonderfully and with the help of his family and my mom we had everything moved in no time! The best part is Keena a Louie...our new kitty....are getting along sooo well! There was only one incident where Keena got a little aggressive and it ended quickly and they still seem infatuated with each other. Louie LOVES Keena. He is constantly rubbing all over her and loves to be with her wherever she is. I love my fur babies and we love our new place!

Our kitchen from the living room.

Siblings bonding. :)

Our living room from the kitchen.

Our living room and Kitchen from the front door.

  

Lilah Meets Keena

You may remembe from previous posts that my older niece, Macie, and my nephew, Gavin, are terrified of Keena. I don't blame them...she is way taller than them and outweighs them by 100 lbs or so! Not to mention they aren't around dogs on a regular basis. Well, my youngest niece, Lilah, who is only 6 months old (this month) had not been offically introduced to Miss Keena. The thing I love most about Keena is how laid back she is. She doesn't care about little kids other than the fact that it might be someone new to pet her which she is ALWAYS looking for! Lilah is very young and was very unimpressed with my gentle giant. She looked at the dog and looked back at us like, ok what's so great? I only got one picture because I was trying to make sure Keena was gentle enough with this beautiful baby girl. I hope that someday the kids learn to appreciate Keena for her beauty, gentle nature, and easy going spirit. I am not expecting them to play with her or get too wild, but hopefully someday they will be ok with her in the same yard as them and not freak out!

This picture looks like Keena is going to like Lilah but she was panting. It also looks like Lilah is afraid but she is trying to turn around and see the giant creature that is close to her face.

Vacation!!!

   Work has been so crazy lately that I have been working 11 and 12 hour days everyday! I have been simply exhausted because of work and it was worse because several people were on vacation from work at the same time. I decided I needed a vacation! I took a whole week...yes 7 DAYS off from work! My vacation started this past Monday and I will not return to work until next monday! This week is very important for me to just relax and have time with Keena to just chill out but it has already been VERY eventful! I have started making purchases for the wedding and last night I made the biggest purchase when I found my wedding dress! It actually was the first dress I tried on and we all (my mom and sisters and I) knew immediately that it was the one. My mom even cried! Ok, if you know my mom you know that it's not uncommon for her to cry but if you could have seen the faces of my mom and sisters when I walked out of the dressing room....you would know how amazing the moment was.  I cannot wait for Charles to see me in my dress on our wedding day!
  Well, this weekend is also full of family and friends. I will try to take pictures today of my friends and family and I. I hope everyone else is having a wonderful week! Stay cool and have fun!

Charles and I

    When I was downloading the pictures for my last post I found a few cute pictures of Charles and I . The one on the top was taken around Christmas and the one on the bottom was taken the weekend that we got engaged in February! It's nice to have a few pictures of just the two of us!

The Big 25!!!

June 9th was my birthday!!! I am now a quarter of a century old!!! Since my bday was on a Saturday that I worked my mom, dad, sister, brother in law and nieces and nephew came up to see me on Friday! We were going to go to the Indianapolis Zoo (we are BIG zoo fans in my family) but we picked the one day they are closed!!! So we decided to go to my favorite buffet Teppanyaki Grill and Buffet. This buffet is huge!!! It has Japenese, Chinese, and American food so there is something for everyone!! We all enjoyed ourselves and stuffed our faces then headed to the Holliday Park. This park was a beautiful find and turns out to be very close to where Charles lives so I will definitely be taking Keena there in the future!!! We had a wonderful time and I am so blessed to have a family that will drive three and a half hours just to spend the day before my birthday with me. I am one lucky lady!!

Sorry for some of the sideway pictures!!! I couldn't figure out how to change them!

Lilah enjoyed the shade with her daddy and grandpa

Gavin has a physical therapist and she said little bridges like this are very good for him so we made sure that he went over it a few times. He didn't seem to struggle with it at all really.

The kids LOVE Charles!!! They always want to hold his hand or stand/walk next to him. Here Gavin is showing  him a little love at the park.

Macie and Mommy

These are the "ruins" they are made from Indiana limestone and were designed for a building in Newyork in the 1920's and when they tore that building down all the states could bid on them and had to show how they were going to display them. We won and now they are displayed beautifully in the Holliday Park in Indianapolis, IN.

A headless statue we found that I insisted we needed a picture with it.

This park even has a nature center!!! The kids loved looking at the reptiles they had, watching the birds in the bird room, and putting keys in audio boxes that would make animal sounds or teach them something.

Charles and I in front of the ruins.

Crinkle Ear

There is a stray cat that has been hanging around our house since we moved in. After talking to the neighbors we found out that whoever lived in our place before us abandoned her! She is very sweet and would always come up to me for some attention. Well, after talking it over Charles and I decided that we are going to adopt the cat we call Crinkle Ear. If you hadn't guessed it, she has one ear that is all crinkled up, probably from some birth defect. She is very sweet and I am already in love. Haha. Well, I have introduced her to Miss Keena and they like each other! Keena LOVES cats! She wants to sniff them and play with them. They do not feel the same way about her, unfortunately, most of the time. Crinkle, on the other hand, seems to really like Keena! She just rubs on her legs while Keena sniffs intently. Everytime we go outside Keena looks for her new kitty sister. It's actually really cute. I went out and bought an entire store of cat supplies! I have never had a cat and am pretty excited myself. We will see what this new adventure has in store for us. We will catch her and bring her home in less than two weeks when we move. Until then, I feed her and give her water and lots of love and attention everyday. She is going to make a wonderful addition to our little family!

Here you can see her right ear is "crinkled".

She loves to play with a string already! I bought  her a carrier for when I need to "catch" her and when we take her to the vet. She doesn't seem to mind it at all and I have been feeding her in there in hopes to make it a happy place! She loves any and all attention and isn't afraid of a 140 lb dog in her face...I think she is a keeper!

Evansville Adventure

Yesterday morning Charles and I drove down to Evansville for my roommate's wedding! Caitlyn and Logan have been together for a very long time and it was wonderful to watch two people that love each other as much as they do get married! While in town I have been doing LOTS of laundry and hanging out with my family a little bit. Keena is really enjoying her time here at Grandma's house (as always) but on the way down here I noticed how dirty she was! Gross! I do not bathe her very often for a few reasons. One, she is HUGE! Bathing a dog her size can be a lot of work. Secondly, she really doesnt get that dirty or smell very bad. I think most of it is because of her short hair. Well, I didnt want to wait any longer to give her a bath so today Charles and I gave her a bath outside with the garden hose! She didn't like the hose very much. She wasn't really afraid of it, but she was not going to go to the hose willingly. Haha. So, after a little coaxing and some petting and kisses she is now all squeaky clean! It has been a great little weekend visit and I am not trhilled about driving back to the "real world" today.

Aren't I cute? AND...I'm clean!

She is sunbathing after her real bath. :)

Hair Hair and More Hair!!!

Hello everyone! I know it has been AGES since my last post! My computer is still not in complete working order! So, what has been happening with myself and Miss Keena in the past month or so? A TON! First of all, all of Keena's hair has grown back! Thank goodness for Melatonin! If you don't remember from my last post, Keen had some patches of hairloss on her sides. The vet couldn't figure out what was causing it and after ruling out a thyroid issue (thank goodness) she told me to try Melatonin to see if it was seasonal hair loss. I guess there are several breeds out there that get seasonal hairloss and a little melatonin helps them grow it back! In just a few months all of her hair came back and she has her gorgeous coat again! The hair loss never seemed to bother her much but it sure bothered me. I am very relieved to see her looking healthy again!  Above is a picture of one of her biggest spots that was missing hair. You can see the whiter lines are the edges of where the patch was. This one was very large!