Maizy is 1!

Why not be the lame dog owner and make a list of her one year accomplishments... This is what happens when you don't have kids!
Maizy at one:
-almost has lost all of her puppy black hair... Just a little left on the ears and on her tail
- she has destroyed her panda bear friend (last week I put it on the table so I could throw it out, a little while latter Maizy sat by the table whining till I gave it back to her)
- she is obsessed with her best friend Andie...even when she hers her voice on the phone she will come running
- she loves daycare and going to Melvin and Kay's house.... She will whine when we come within a few blocks of either one
- the only person she will come running over to and want to be picked up by is grandma
- she no longer uses her crate and sleeps in her dog bed until sometime during the night when she sneaks onto my bed
- she is house trained at my house only... Lame
- loves the dog park and when another dog comes to say hello she is always the submissive one
- can get intimidated by large dogs, especially when there is more than one
- got to visit my class, they loved her, she not so much (a little over whelming)
- remembers anyone who has said hi to her, especially in the condo building, and will go crazy until they acknowledge her
- weighs a whopping 9.2lbs
- has already cost me a bit at the vet... Maybe I over react a bit but she is all I got
- definitely has lost a bit of her puppy behaviour... And cuddles way more

And a year ago who would of thought Melissa would have ever got a dog?

Happy birthday Maizy girl;)

The reason you should never move away

Reason 1. I need a way to update my Facebook profile picture

Reason 2. I need someone to make gingerbread houses with

Reason 3. I rather send emails to my dad with your kids giving the messages than the birding details of my life
Hi Grandpa

Reason 4. Maizy will miss her best friend Andie Lynn

Reason 5. I love your kids too much to only see them once in a while


Thanks for the fun weekend Andie and Bennett!

I needed something for the wall

I had some canvas sitting in my house for many months waiting for inspiration for the spare room... Pinterest wasn't giving me what I wanted so I heading off the Michael's and bought some paint and a stencil. For an ameture they didn't turn out too bad.

Thanks Mira and Robyn;)

My friend Mira made me a fantastic board for my spare room that perhaps she should go into business making! It helped me finally put up the Christmas present my old roomate Robyn gave of pictures that spell my name. I also
Made a sewing machine cover with material Mira gave me. It all came together nicely.

Closet redo

I am in love with the closet doors in my spare room! I just bought some contact paper (the stuff you line your kitchen shelves with) and stuck it on the plain white closet doors. The great thing was that the pattern was so busy that you can't tell when the paper didn't match up. Here are the before and afters:

Chair re-do!

I love when find provides me with a good deal. I got this chair for $5 and am very happy with its transformation. Here are the before and after shots:

Milestone day!

Two major this happened today. Maizy lost her ability to have future children. She is handling it pretty well just cries a little when she forgets she can't jump off the couch or play with Tucker like she wants to. She has to wear a cone for 10 days! That's going to feel like for both of us I'm sure.
The second milestone of the day was when during the 3am wake up with the major storm we had last night I decided I was going to get my ears pierced for the first time in my life. I told my friend Mira of my plan and she was there to make sure I did it and followed through.