Our Little Guest

We have a little guest at our house this weekend.  We are baby dogsitting Tinkerbell this weekend for our best friends Rustin and Elizabeth while they’re on a little vacay.  Tinkerbell is only a few months old, so we’ll get our puppy fix (including the potty training) this weekend.  Luckily we are experts in that area!  Haha.  We have raised our fair share of puppies in the past few years, and are quite used to the good and the bad that comes along with having a puppy in the house.

She’s been great so far, and was very brave when meeting the GIANT dogs that call our house a home.  She even went potty outside!  She’s also having fun terrorizing playing with Lazarus, one of our kitties.  He loves the attention, though.

Elizabeth says that she sleeps through the night, so I’m crossing my fingers on that one!  Steve and I like our sleep, and if you know us, you know that is true.  Don’t try calling us before 9:30am or sometimes even 10am.  We will silence your call just like we silence our alarms.

Ha!  Funny side story.  A few days ago, Steve told me that his phone shows a word in a different language when the alarm goes off.  I said, “Really?  That’s weird.  Mine doesn’t.” (We both have iPhones).  Then a couple days later he said, “I remembered what the word is.  It’s spelled S-N-O-O-Z-E.  Snoozie!” (That’s how he pronounced it)  I just about died laughing.  “You mean snooze!?” I said.  “You know, like ‘hit the snooze button’?”  Then he said, “Oh, well I didn’t know that’s how it was spelled.  I thought it was a different language.”

Ahh, these are the things I love about him.  I love that I’m not the only one who has blonde moments or brain farts.

Anyway, we’ll see how this weekend goes.  I’m sure I’ll give you updates along the way, as well as pictures!  I should get some good ones tomorrow of her playing with the Saints.  In the mean time, wish us luck, and pray for a good night’s rest!

Triple Toe Loop

I had some amazing friends growing up.  And what’s more amazing is that I am still very close with almost all of them today!  Some of these friends were in the nursery with me at the school where our mothers were teachers.  We were practically friends from birth, and we made up some awesome games throughout the years.

One game in particular comes to mind 15 years later.  Every day during recess, my friends and I would go onto the grassy field and figure skate.  This field had a large dirt patch that ran along one side of the fence, and was about 10-12 feet wide.  During this time in our lives, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Tara Lipinski were our figure skating idols, and we would choreograph routines and pretend to ice skate on the dirt.

Our favorite move was the triple toe loop.  This is where the ice skater will skate backwards gaining speed and then sink her toe into the ice and spin 3 times in the air, landing perfectly with her leg in the air.  Of course, none of us could ever even dream of performing this move in real life, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t choreograph it into our routines.  Who cares if we were only able to spin half way around in the air.  To us, we were professional dirt ice skaters.

While one person performed, the others would sing a song for her to skate to.  We didn’t upgrade to an actual sound track until we were at my house, where I was able to bring the stereo out into the garage.  We would strap on our roller blades and do our routines in the drive way.  At least at home we could actually glide around on our roller blades instead of skimming our tennis shoes across the dirt field.

Ahh, the memories.  Of course we are WAY too sophisticated now to make up such a game…..or are we?  Girls, anyone up for some dirt figure skating? 🙂

Here’s the whole gang.  From left to right:  Alexis, Leah, Me, Missy, Renee (front and center), Jessica, and Katie.  Oh and there’s Jason Jamal in the white shirt in the background.  My elementary school crush. 🙂  Nevermind that I was about a foot taller than him.

The Thing About Elizabeth….

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Elizabeth Elwell (soon to be Franklin) is my best friend.  We only met about a year ago….maybe even less, but I already feel like I’ve known her my whole life.

If I’m ever having a bad day, she always knows just what to say to cheer me up.  I know I can always go to her with my frustrations or annoyances and she’ll be right there with a patient ear.  And I hope she knows it goes both ways.

She loves her fiance, Rustin, and seeing the two of them together makes you believe in love all over again.

She and Rustin are getting married 2 months before Steve and me, and we are each other’s Maids of Honor.  I can’t wait to plan her bridal shower! 🙂

Did I mention she’s my best friend?  Love you, Betty!    P.S.  Don’t call her that….it’s an inside joke between the two of us.  She prefers Elizabeth. 🙂