Re-entering society (but not too much)

Hi Everyone - 

Sorry it's been a while. Business has been great which is keeping me too busy to blog (if I'm not getting paid for it. :-) But here I am.

Glenn and I are both fully vaccinated now so we've gone out a few times to eat at restaurants with outdoor seating. Here we are on our first big night out at Caretta's on the Gulf - an awesome restaurant on Clearwater Beach.

After we went down to sit by the fire pit and listen to music and get blasted by sand.

And here's a pic from another night when we got pizza at Nona's.

We also got some new things for around our lanai. We got new lanterns and flowers.

A new plant stand.

And new lights around - and in - the pool. (Long story, replacing the lightbulb in the pool triggered a series of unfortunate events which ended up costing $1,500. Still, it looks darn nice!)

Ok, so you want some puppy pics? Fine.

Just kidding! Although Eddie may be part gator. He loves to swim and bite things.

What?! I'm totally sweet and innocent!

So when we want to eat undisturbed, we typically put the dogs on the other side of the door from us.

And I took these pictures while I was "at work" the other day. You can tell Eva takes her job very seriously.

Eddie, not so much!

I haz a ball.

Move along. Nothing to see here.

Eddie loves to swim and it's a great way for us to wear him out, so we've been letting him swim every night. 

Here he is with his new sea turtle.

So here are a couple cute videos. 

Warning: In this one, he is skinny dipping!

In other news, we bought a new couch - which is white - but so far it has been holding up pretty well, and I really like it. It was a saga getting it in here and assembled (it came in 26 boxes and we had to hire a guy to put it together which was the smartest thing we ever did).

Anyway, here it is when we first got it in.

Here it is with Eddie posing like a supermodel.

And here it is with some throw pillows that we bring out for company.

It's very comfortable!

Our friends Chad and Lisha just took a trip to Iceland and texted us this picture. (Yes, there is a volcano erupting behind them.)

I told them, this makes me feel like the most boring person in the world. Here are Chad and Lisha starring in the next James Bond film and I am putting a chicken and broccoli casserole in the oven. Sigh!

But, in VERY EXCITING NEWS - today, for the first time in 15 months, I went to the hair salon. It took 4 hours but I went from this:

To this:

I feel 10 lbs lighter and 10 years younger! Whew!

Anyway, that's all we got for now. Hope you all are well. Love you!

Springtime, Puppies and Flowers

Hey all - 

It's April! Hope Western PA is treating you all to a lovely spring. Things are beautiful here. Our confederate jasmine, gardenia and Easter lilies are all in bloom and smell wonderful. We've been trying to walk the dogs twice a day so we're getting lots of nice time outside in the sunshine.

Additionally, we've both been fully vaccinated, so should be safe to re-enter society at the end of next week!

Anyway, I hope you aren't tired of Eddie yet, because he's in most of the pics we have. He is a lot of fun and we love him. Eva loves him too, as it's plain to see.

We took them to the nearby empty dog park shortly after we first got him. Here's a fun little video.

And afterwards - just laying in the dirt...

He looks so small compared to Eva in this pic, but man, he has since gained on her a good bit.

So another little adventure we went on a few weeks ago was taking the dogs to John Chestnut park, where we traditionally take family photos.

Eva is smiling!

Family selfie!

Here are some other pics from the park:

Baby gator

So, typically, during the week, when I'm working, I have the dogs with me in the office. I put Eddie in his "playpen" where he is currently sleeping as I type.

The other evening, when he was not in the crate, he did this:

Apparently, eating walls runs in the family. My friends were saying that perhaps our walls are made out of bacon.

When we were looking for a puppy, I told Glenn I wanted a puppy that would cuddle and sit on my lap. Wish granted. (However, this may be less pleasant when he's 70 lbs.)

Speaking of getting bigger, when we first got Eddie, he could stand under the coffee table. Now, not so much. I feel like you can actually SEE him growing in these pics.

Ok...let's take a break from Eddie. You want to see some orchids? Everything is in bloom right now.

Also, Glenn continues to go on his bike rides in the morning and sent me some nice pics from the bay.

Look! He caught a fish mid-jump!

And some dolphin pics!

Ok guys, that's all we have for now...unless of course, you'd like to see a SLEEPING PUPPY?

Put your paw in the air...like you just don't care...

Hope you all are doing well. Love you! Byeeeee!