Valen-whatsy day?

Hi all!

So I keep getting texts from friends today telling me Happy Valentine's Day. I'm not sure exactly what these strange messages mean? Haha. Just kidding, Happy Valentine's Day to all the suckers out there. I am spending it locked in my house with Bert and Zin. Those little fur balls give enough love and warmth to make even the coldest heart (mine) melt a little. I just downloaded some new music from iTunes. So to recap on my exciting Valentines plans, I am listening to newly purchased music with a dog and a cat for company. Try not to be jealous, I know it's hard.

On the plus side I have been working to be a little more social. I've been out two whole weekends in a row. Last weekend I went to The Keys on Main, a piano bar in downtown Salt Lake and sang the night away with friends. Last night I went to the VFW to see my friend Lisa sing and play the guitar. She was very good and it was fun to hang out with all the people that I usually only see in costumes at Dan and Lisa's house. I saw some familiar faces and some new faces and some faces I swear i've seen before but can't place. A total stranger came up to me in the bar and complemented me on my bangs. That made my night because I have started cutting my own bangs because most hair dressers I go to are too chicken to cut them as dramatically as I like them.

To all of you that voted for Bert. Thank you for your support. He didn't win but he's a winner in my eyes so that's all that matters. Bert would give you each a sloppy kiss if he could.

Since nothing is happening in my life right now, I don't really have any picture to post for you. So I am just going to post some random Zin pictures since I think she gets neglected in my blog.

-Amy

P.S. I've decided to write my own cartoon but I am not even capable of drawing a decent stick figure so if anyone reading this wants to draw for my cartoon let me know.

VOTE FOR BERT!!!!

Hi Everyone!



I have internet at my house again so hopefully I will be blogging on a regular basis again. Life is good right now. I just filed my taxes so in a couple of weeks I will be able to start working on the improvements to my house. I can't wait! I'll be sure to do some before, during and after shots for the blog.

I entered Bert in a photo contest so from February 3rd thru the 10th I need you all to go to http://www.bissell.com/MVP09/Vote.aspx and vote for Bert. You can put the list of pets in alphabetical order so it will be easy for you to find him. I have also attached a copy of the picture I submitted. My Bert is such a hansom boy!

Ok, that's all I have to say today. Have a Wonderful day!
-Amy

Red Tinsel Christmas Tree

I started setting up my little Red Tinsel Christmas Tree yesterday. Zin has seen it a few times before so she didn't pay much attention to it but Bert was pretty excited about it since this is his first Christmas with me. I still haven't finished setting it up but when I do it's going to be Amy-Fabulous. I think I'm the only person on earth who likes my Red Tinsel Christmas Tree but that's ok because I don't just like it I LOVE it. I don't know what that says about my personality but who cares. I also took the tinfoil stars from work that we used as our Kiss decorations and am going to hang them as Christmas decorations. And today I am at my parents house doing laundry so before I leave I will probably take some of their extra Christmas lights. My house is going to be decked out in Amy's Ghetto Christmas Fashion. It's going to be super!

My friends Liz and Matt came over yesterday and we broke out the Dance Dance Revolution on my PS2. I got Liz totally addicted to it and so we are going to split the cost on a second dance pad so we can do battle to the death dances. I'm so excited because I love DDR but never have anyone to play it with me. Liz and I are going to become DDR masters. What a couple of dork's we are, but happy dorks.

Ok that's about it for this entry. Here's some pics

-Amy


Zin checkin' out the tree


Bert checkin' it out too. "I swear I'm just gonna look"



"OK, maybe I'll sniff a little"




"I just wanna get a quick taste"



"Oh man! That's gooooood Christmas Tree"

The Dog Park and 007

Bert has become a huge fan of the dog park. He makes me take him everyday after work. It is tons of fun to see him play with all of his furry friends. Yesterday we met another pug named Bowser. Bowser is half the size of Bert and they ran around together owning the park. My friend Liz is watching a couple of Beagles and she has been bringing them too. Bert has been having a blast.

Today at work we had our company meeting. We had to go to the movie theater for the meeting. We have done that before so it wasn't a big deal but this time we actually got to watch a movie! The first half hour of the meeting was business as usual but then we got to see the new James Bond movie as a thank you. I'm not sure what we were being thanked for but i'll take it. I haven't really seen the other Bond flicks so I was a little lost but it was good.

Ok, that's the most excitement I have had lately so sorry to bore you.

Here's some pics.

-Amy


Bert, patiently waiting to go to the park


Bert and his new friend Bowser


Bert all worn out after the park

Sophie's homecoming

Today we gave my mom a cat for her birthday. The cat's name is Sophie and she is super sweet. We had a little pot luck lunch/dinner at my parents house to celebrate and ate a turkey cake. It was mmm, mmm, good. It was all very low key and laid back but it worked out great since we basically just threw it together with very little effort. Here are some pictures of the birthday girl and her new baby and the kids with the turkey cake.

Have a super Sunday night.

-Amy

Followers Rock!

Hey everyone, I just found out that you can add a follower feature to your blog. So of course I have added it. Now Add yourselves with pictures as followers to my blog. If you have this feature on your blog let me know and I will become your follower too.

Bye,
Amy

Baby it's cold outside...

Well winter has hit. Everyone seemed to be taken by surprise this year (including myself). I think because it has been so warm until recently. When the storm hit on Wednesday there were something like 40 accidents in the morning commute. Crazy!!! Anyway my little man Bert always looks sooo cold out in the yard so I made him his very own little coat. Today is the first day he is wearing it so I hope he doesn't trash it while i'm at work. We are supposed to go to the dog park this afternoon with My friend Liz and my parents dog Harley. Wish us luck!

Here are some pictures of Bert in his little coat.