it got up to 55 degrees this last week so mike and i were finally able to take the dogs to the park. its one of our favorite things to do here in bend. if you have ever met pippin you know how excited and, well, happy he ALWAYS is. after just one hour at the dog park he is calm like this for the rest of the day and night. he really does make the perfect lap dog.



these photos are to showcase two things...1) our pretty new computer and 2) our amazing thrift store find, the desk. before we did our taxes we promised ourselves we wouldn't be as wreckless as we were last year (last year all of our refund was gone in less than a week). So this year we gave ourselves a budget. and we actually spent less. goodbye tiny screened netbook hello comfortable spacious desk with a generously sized screen! yay!
a lot of our remaining tax refund is funding our trip to boise next month. we are so excited to spend time with every one march 19-22nd. mark your calendars! <3

part of my new position at gap is to reward awesome performances in creative ways. in the month of january my store had a goal to sell a specific amount of jeans and both the adult and kids store met that goal. for the reward i was in charge of making cupcakes and writing a letter of recognition. the other manager that i work hand in hand with bought all the other snacks. any way, the reason i am sharing this with you all is because i am so proud of my letter i wrote to my co-workers, plus i think it will make my dad proud (because of the play on words). we had dry roasted peanuts, M&Ms, cupcakes, chicken in a biscuit, and nacho cheese doritos set up all pretty on the table...


and of course, no blog can really be complete without an adorable popplewell photo. we love you all!

our new best friend.

first of all this is NOT our dog. we did not adopt, buy or steal him. as bad as we wanted to just bring him home, we did not. okay now that is out of the way we would love to introduce you to our new best friend, curly. we made a weekly trip to our favorite thrift store, paws and shop, and met a new addition to their staff. one of the employees adopted curly from the humane society and brought him into work. he is a 6 month old poodle pug mutt with an adorable underbite. he followed us around the store and was so precious i just had to take a picture to share. now look into that pup's eyes and tell me you don't love him. yupp i knew you couldn't do it! <3