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HAPPY birthday, Bauer! Today you are 1 year old ~ and because Zack and I love to celebrate the little things in life, today we celebrated you! I made Bauer a little bow tie from Lindsey’s tutorial and then the 3 of use headed to a new pet shop in Uptown, one that’s been around [...]
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Welcome to week #4 of the Inspiration Workshop!. Each Thursday we meet here to share our interpretation of the week’s prompt. It’s been so fun to find new blogs and share inspiration/encouragement. Makes my ruffly heart so super happy! The prompt ~ This week’s Inspiration Workshop! prompt is “spend the day playing”. I am making [...]
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This week’s WIWW post is brought to you by Bauer. Each week Lindsey hosts, so if you haven’t linked up with her yet then you should :] The little mister had a trip to the groomer’s a couple weeks ago and oh, MUH word he came back a gentleman. Looking back, Bauer totally looked like [...]
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Last Monday Mr. Bauer had himself an appointment at the groomer. And — turns out he loved it! I think it was all the attention that made him feel like he was at home *wink*. I know I’m biased, but how darling does he look? I can hardly stand it. When I picked him up [...]
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what is up, my people?! so sorry for the blogging delay. i have been a little busy lately, looking out the window as people walk their dogs. these photos are from a couple of weeks ago. the sun was shining so we went on a family walk {hellooooo, so embarrassing!}, and since then it’s been [...]
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update: a super big CONGRATS to Aimee of Someone’s Gotta Pay for winning the Little Alouette/Gussy Sews giveaway. [xo] Happy Monday, friends! How was your weekend? I sure hope you’ll tell me about it in the comment section :]. The sun was shining here all day Saturday ~ it was so gorgeous out and the [...]
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Morning came and I wasn’t quite ready for it. I hit snooze for the second time [that is a lie, i hit it 4x. gasp.], pulled the covers up a little bit higher. It’s been chilly here in Minneapolis ~ every morning I look upward and raise my eyebrows. He must have noticed *wink* because [...]
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Hello friends, Bauer has been a little camera/blog shy lately and so I’m writing for him today *wink*. He has stage fright! Bauer has grown up so much since we adopted him in October ~ he is up to a whopping 23 lbs., and if he gets any longer I’m afraid he’ll turn into a [...]
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Lately I’ve been feeling like I need to share more of my personal thoughts, so below is a super random “list” of the things I’m thinking of right now. Most of the time I pre-write my posts and/or take a few days to compile my thoughts before publishing. Not this one, baby! Some of my [...]
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Hello my pals! Spring is here [knock on the backyard tree] and I’m so pumped my tail can’t stop wagging. Sometimes it wags so hard I slip on the hardwood floors when inside. Oops! My favorite thing to do right now is act like I need to go outside to do my business, but instead [...]
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Just me & mom. Hanging out. On the couch. She’s my favorite mom ever. She even added a ‘stache to my pic so I could show my girlpup Piper! today’s topic: Haircuts Monday night dad cut the hairs between my eyes… They were getting so long that I could hardly see what I was doing [...]
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today’s topic: What is Daylight Savings? I’ll tell you what I know so far: Daylight Savings is this thing that happens each year, and so far it’s really interfering with my morning routine of sitting on the couch or ottoman while I watch the kiddies wait for the school bus because the sun is lower. [...]
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Hi friends! Over the weekend I received some mail, and guess what it was? A tag for my collar! It reads, IF YOU CAN READ THIS I WILL LICK YOU. {name & number are on the back side.} And guess what else? I don’t like it. Now when I do something I’m not supposed to [...]
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Hiya friends! {wags tail} This week was a good week. I hardly remember it because I slept so much, but I got a bath over the weekend so there have been extra, EXTRA snuggles. I love snuggles, my mom smells good! It’s been a little warmer outside so all the snow in our backyard is [...]
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[testing, testing] Hi there, this is Bauer {wags tail}. My mama used to have dreams of writing a weekly column or working for a magazine, but instead she’s living this new dream of sewing full time. I told her I’d write one instead and she could help me work the mouse. Every day this mama [...]
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