TGIF- Time to Make Time

This weekend will be about re-prioritizing my life. 

Somewhere amidst the paperwork and emails and stress-induced-hives these two guys fell by the wayside. Not. No. More. 

Happy First October weekend! 

Beat the Huskies!

and

Fight On!

You Lucky Dog

The love of my young adult life has always been Colonel Boogie. My now 7 year-old miniature wiener dog. We have a love hate relationship... I love and he hates (exaggeration, he tolerates.) But early in the morning, when the air is nippy he trots to my side of the bed (because he knows I do his bidding) and sticks his face in mine so that I lift him into the bed and under the warm covers. This is how he likes to sleep: Head on pillow, paws on top of blankets. 

This love will be everlasting. 

A Heck of a Deck

Maybe I should stay away from the rhymes... 
Bryan built this deck beneath the shade of a Brazilian Pepper Tree that lives outside of our front door. We landscaped around it and installed a path from salvaged sandstone. The branches of the tree are watch your head! low but it just adds to the charm of our beach bungalow. 

We like to sit out there when the weather's nice to enjoy the sparkle of the ocean blue, and have a cocktail or two (and as is often the case, one or two too many). Our dog Colonel likes to join us ( I use the word 'us' loosely as he hangs out with me only by default). 
Our little deck is something I look forward to on the drive home from work... It definitely puts a smile on my face. 

Here are a couple decks that really strike my fancy.

I love the spray from the ocean on the left...Makes it seem more real to me. I would turn those lounges around though, that view should not go ignored.

This tree-top deck in South Africa makes me crave a glass of red wine and a thick cream-based soup. I love the plaid blankets on the chair backs for when the sun goes down and the air gets nippy.