Introducing my crafty side

And by crafty I do not mean "adept in the use of subtlety and cunning".  I mean, "I like to do crafts".  Here are some of the things I've done recently:

Made new covers for my throw pillows:

Before

 

 After (cuter and cheaper than the $40+ throw pillows I found at the store)

Made a super cute skirt:

$10 worth of materials

 = cute new outfit (check out those heels!!  Slightly more expensive than the skirt)

Knit two sweaters:

Sailboats for my Navy friend and her soon to be Navy baby!!

Summer top for me. :)

In which Eva and I almost die: Also titled, A happy day hiking

Today we wanted to do something fun togther, so we decided to go on a hike.  We chose one with a waterfall at the end, since that sounded pretty cool, and since Eva is home alone a lot, we took her along with us andohmygoshwealmostdied!!  Actually, we had a really great time, but Eva proved she is a delicate house dog, and not an energetic outdoors dog.  We didn't quite make it to the waterfall, since the dog decided to give up and crawl under a bush about three-quarters of the way there, at which point we decided we had better head back.  Lets just say the uphill treck in 95° back to the car almost had me crawling under a bush.  It was nice for Phil and I to spend time together, and once we made it home and everyone was sufficently cleaned up and cooled off we finished the day off with dinner and a movie.  Yay for weekends together!

 



Introducing- the pet

Introducing the other member of the family, Eva (aka, Eva Bear, Stinky Bear, The Hound, and Stupid Dog, depending on the circumstances).  Today, she got a much needed bath and haircut.  She also got a new chew toy.  Baths and chew toys happen rather infrequently.  It was an exciting day.

Goodbyes

While there's a lot of great things about living the Navy life, there's also a lot of stuff that's not so hot.  Like underways, duty days, deployments, and having to say so many goodbyes.   This week I had to say goodbye to my close friend Kaley, another Navy wife who is moving down south.  Although we've know each other less than a year, we've formed a great friendship, bonding over work, our crazy dogs, our often-gone husbands, East Coast roots, Navy life, and so much more.   I'm going to miss her!  Here's hoping the Navy sends us both to the same place once again.

Summer =

Sunshine and sunscreen, floppy hats, flip-flops, pool time, good friends, cookouts, and s'mores!  Yay for the start of summer!

My contrary garden

I have always wanted to grow a garden on my balcony.  A sweet little garden full of fresh herbs that I could use in my cooking.  Something that looks like this:

Instead, my garden looks like this:

Sad, I know. 

What I happen to be obsessed with this week

Yes, I'm obsessed with "Lost".  I know there are so many story-lines going on that there's no way they can satisfactorily wrap it up in the six episodes I have left and that I will be left with loads of questions, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to go home, sit on the couch with a bag of chips and watch every single, last, confusing episode!

In which I prove my baking prowess

I made muffins this weekend.  Three times actually.  Saturday morning I decided to whip up some blueberry muffins before yoga.  Somewhere along the way the muffins died.  Not to be deterred,  I made some orange, chocolate muffins on Sunday afternoon.  Those muffins also ended up in the trash.  Feeling like I had lost my baking mojo, I decided to give it one more try on Monday afternoon, with blueberry, raspberry spice muffins.

Can I say, best muffins ever???

To begin with...

About a year ago I started a blog with my sister.  Our goal was to each post one photo every day for a year, giving each other, and others, a glimpse into our lives.  Unfortunately, we both found ourselves busy and out of time to post often, and we didn't make it quite a full year. While I didn't have the time (or inclination sometimes) to post every day, I did enjoy blogging, and was sad to see our photo journal die.  So, this blog.  Where I can journal the life of the man in the combat boots, the hound, and whatever else comes my way.