So happy to be participating in Week in the Life again this year with Ali Edwards!! Here is how Monday played out…
6:30AM || Something that has stayed the same through the years: Penny is my alarm clock. 6:30-7AM is the norm. Penny sits next to my side of the bed and sighs really loud or does a head shake to wake me up. When Izzy is sure that I’m up, she then joins us. They do their business outside before having breakfast. Then, we all go back to sleep for a couple hours.
8:30AM || We’re up and Colin drops a pile of clothes to fold on the bed before he starts work. He washes, I fold. It works nicely for us!
Colin has been having Oatmeal a lot for breakfast, He prefers to cook it on the stove. Brown sugar is his favorite addition.
10:36 || We recently bought a new vanity and sinks for this bathroom at an IKEA sale. We still need to pick out new flooring, but this set-up is on its way out so thought I better document it!! Buh-bye green tiles.
11:30AM || Pretty late breakfast, just wasn’t super hungry until now. French press coffee with hazelnut creamer, Honey Nut Chex with Lactaid milk and chicken sausage!
2:16PM || Emily texted me that she and Jude were just chillin’ on the front porch, so I walked over to hang out for a bit! (Colin and I are both so incredibly grateful for our awesome neighbors.) We started admiring the humongous lilac bush in between our two yards. It smells AH-mazing.
2:25PM || Jude got his own sprayer (because his dad has one, so totally needs one too, obviously!) and asked if could come over and spray the dirt off our house – uh, yeah, please do! HA! That turned into spraying the plants I put in over the weekend. Thanks, Jude!!
3:00PM || Late lunch! Which is fine because, late breakfast! Chicken sandwiches and green chili cheese fries. We really like chatting with the Manager, he’s a fun guy!
3:43PM || Penny now gives “big hugs” upon request. It’s the cutest darn thing ever.
4:34PM || I’ve been working on adoption paperwork most of the day so we’re ready for our meeting with our Social Worker tomorrow! I think we have it all collected, just need one more thing to arrive!!
4:58PM || Asking so nicely, but persistently, to go for a walk. Her internal clock is so spot-on!
5:19PM || When they want something really bad (like a walk) Izzy starts prancing around as hard as she can with a toy. Today it’s this random rope she’s been carrying around a lot. Somehow she got it wrapped around her midsection so she’s been kind of walking herself around with it and it’s cracking us up so much!
5:59PM || Van Bibber Open Space is our go-to spot for walks. The dogs love it and I love the view! I listen to an audio book or podcast. It’s become a really important release for me during the week. I look forward to the walks as much as the dogs do!
7:27PM || After the walk, I accompanied Colin to the gym for a little running and some other exercising. There are these geese that roam the parking lot. They just plop down wherever they want and everyone just knows to drives around them. They pretty much own the lot.
9:40PM || Late dinner too! We grabbed some salmon after the gym and Colin grilled it when we got home. One of our favorite dishes is to make a mayo, mustard and baby dill sauce to put on it. Awesome light dinner that we topped off with some V8 to get our veggies!