Bachelor Update: Number Four

I am a day late in posting this, but our nights have been filling up fast. We recently started attending a new church and we are realizing how important it is to be in a place where fellowship is valued. That being said, I have excuses as to why I have been slacking in the blogging department, but I will not use anymore of them. On to the most important part...did Bella make it another week?

She sure did! This girl is lighting Burger's fire which makes us oh so very proud. The competition is now down to the final 5 and it sure is a nail biter. While we know that Bella is a perfect pup who is oh so made for Burger, others dont know that so we have to work hard to prove that each week. You can see her response to this weeks question by visiting Hamburger's House. As always, we will share a picture of our beautiful girl in all her finest...hmmm does that work for dogs since they technically don't wear clothes?

As always, keep your paws crossed for this sexy beast!!

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Oh House Beautiful, how did I ever live without you? I have honestly fallen head over heels in love with House Beautiful magazine (sorry babe, you just can't compare). I received their latest issue today and honestly I think it might be my favorite yet. It was eye candy on steroids. One thing I really loved about the December issue was the fact that they interviewed a lot of designers asking them what they expected the newest trends to be. Now, I am certainly not ahead of the trends most of the time. I would say I take a moment to warm up to the newest trends to see if they have staying power, and then once I deem them worthy I jump in with both feet.  The reason why I loved this part of the issue so much was because multiple designers predicted that gray was the new beige. If you looked at the mood board I posted of our living room you will see that gray is a color that I LOVE. If you saw mood boards for the rest of the rooms you would really understand that I have a sickness. I am okay with it. Here are a few photos I quickly fell in love with on House Beautiful's site.

 

Anyone else see a white theme here? Oh how I love the cleanliness of it all...

Have a great weekend!

Living Room Mood Board

Since owning a home is still another year away for us I spend a lot of time on Polyvore designing my pretend house. I get such a strong desire to start puting together a room, so I figure this is a way to get my thoughts out into a mood board so I can make changes as I go. Each mood board I create is definitely a rough draft as my ideas change over time. Seeing as a year is a long time to wait to be able to get pictures of our nonexistent home I decided to go ahead and share my favorite nonexistent room that I have designed. It may be a rough draft, but I am still excited to be able to get my hands on my real house and design my real living room.

Living Room by MalMal3 on Polyvore.com

Items in this set:
Zgallerie.com sofa, $999
Zgallerie.com lamp, $299
Target.com accent chair, $260
Westelm.com, $12
Jaysonhomeandgarden.com throw pillow, $235

The wall color is a dark shade of gray with accents of pale blue, white, and black. I went ahead and posted the prices of the items in the room for those who were curious, although they are not the exact items that we would use in our room. We would reuse items that we already have and combine them with some new ones as well.

The great thing about the mood board is that Josh and I have realized that we have one item we most certainly want to part with when we move, our coffee table. We have nothing against our little black coffee table, it has provided us with a place to eat, put our feet up, and store TONS of stuff in its four drawers. However, in our quest to slowly introduce beautiful items that are kid friendly we found that we definitely wanted an ottoman in place of our well used coffee table. Thankfully we don't feel like we are wasting money by replacing the coffee table because we got it for super cheap at Fred Meyer before we were married.

Hope you enjoyed a sneak peek into our "living room." We hope that someday soon we can turn our mood boards into reality, but for now we are staying content with what we have. Besides, we find its a great way to work out any kinks in our design before we actually implement it.

Bachelor Numero Tres

We are here with another Bachelor update!! This week the question of the week had to do with tricks. Not like playing tricks on someone, but dog tricks. Bella is full of weird quirks that we like to call tricks so it was hard to narrow it down to just a couple. We decided to highlight the fact that she falls over the second she is near someone in an attempt to receive lots of tummy rubs and also the fact that she absolutely loves to dance to Jock Jams. We actually did record a video of it once, but unfortunately for you I was dancing in it as well so I completely nixed the idea of putting it up here for the sake of my own well being. Okay, okay I know all you really care about is if she has made it another round and we can now admit that....

SHE MADE IT!! She is in the top 10 and we are so over the moon excited about it. Many people question what we actually receive if she were to win the Bachelor. Here is the thing, she wins the love of the cutest and most skilled Chihuhua known to man. Really, is there anything better? The answer is that there is not. Keep on checking back because next week we will find out if she is going to continue on another week. As always, keep your paws crossed for our little girl!

Our favorite sunbather 

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I do want to apologize for the lack of posts from this household. Our lives took over a bit and I just haven't had the time to sit down and get creative. As I have posted before I was trying to recover for a couple of procedures which ended up taking quite a large toll on my body. The weekend after my procedures I ended p with kidney stones. Yes, dehydrating yourself beyond all reason is NEVER a good idea and can result in the most pain you have ever had. I actually had quite a few doctors say, if you survive this you will survive childbirth. Needless to say I decided I would rather have a million dogs than ever go through that pain again. Sorry to all of you who were waiting for Josh and I to FINALLY create a brood of our own...I think I have changed my mind. HOWEVER, I was amazed at the effect drugs have on pain. I may be able to reconsider childbirth as long as they can promise me an epidural in the beginning.

I scream just like that baby at the word childbirth

Another reason why I have been absent is due to my 25th birthday! I love saying 25...and in fact I have been known to say I was 25 to a few people over the course of the last year just because I couldn't wait. So many of my friends have mentioned feeling old, but I am feeling just great. Anyway, much to my surprise my husband, who admittedly isn't the most romantic (in actions, not in words...he's very romantic with words) surprised me with a weekend away in Portland. He had reserved the same hotel that we had stayed at for our first anniversary. Yes, my husband is a true romantic now! I don't have pictures ready, but as soon a I do I will post them here for all of you to enjoy. Okay, maybe I am flaunting a bit, but I am so gosh darn proud of my husband right now that I just cannot control myself.

Oh by the way, I turned 25 the same day that Sesame Street celebrated their 40th anniversary. Call me giddier than a schoolgirl, that was quite the event! Happy anniversary to my favorite fictional friends!

Our Little Bachelorette

Bella did it! She is one of the 17 finalists (down from 24) in the dog version of the Bachelor. We are all getting more and more anxious about this whole thing. The competition is fierce (a la Tyra Banks) and there is a lot of love for a certain MinPin. Thankfully we feel confident that our Bella is a star and that her and Burger are destined for great things. We are continually crossing our fingers (and paws) as the competition gets more and more intense.

Please keep crossing your paws for our little squirrel!

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Now for some serious eye candy...

Seriously? I LOVE this room. The black, white, and then the pops of yellow...ADORE. I think that I wouldn't mind coming home to this everyday.

Some more black and white yumminess...and look at that beautiful natural greenery.

I. Want. That. Ceiling. The End.

I have been in love with the beauty of these chairs. I have seen them popping up everywhere and I want some for my house. Maybe a birthday present? Honey are you listening?!

Ok I need to stop dreaming and remember that currently we are living in 800 sq. feet of yellowish white walls until owning a home becomes a reality. Until that day comes I am just designing the house in my head.

All images courtesy of Canadian House & Home