Doggie Date

When Alicia and The Dude got Max, Alicia and I decided that Cosmo and Max would be girlfriend and boyfriend. An arranged marriage, if you will, and one that started out long distance, since today was the first time they'd met since they got Max several months ago!

How did it go, you ask? Let's just say they didn't hate each other. A good start I think ;) We plan on getting them together more often now so they can grow on each other, since we will be dog sitting for each other in the future! Here's some pictures of their first date.

Smile for the camera!

First kiss

Max puttin' the moves on Cosmo

Row Row Row Your Car

Today it rained. A lot. And Cory and I got stuck out in it. We knew it was going to rain, but we didn't know that meant we should assume massive flooding in our area. We were out running errands and of course we took Sylvia (the Camry), to save money on gas mileage! Turned out to be a bad choice. By the time we were ready to go home, so many roads were flooded that it took us about 1.5-2 hours to get home from a place that usually takes 15 minutes. If we'd taken Taco (the Tacoma) we could have braved those deep spots! It was stressful, but Sylvia pulled through. Here are some pictures we took on our journey.

That is also a silver Camry, but it's not Sylvia, don't worry!

Blast from the Past, Third Edition: Start 'Em Young

This is pretty self explanatory: me and Heather with Daddy. I really have no idea which one is me (left?).

My parents didn't go to Penn State, but they always loved it! They started us young, and likewise, Cory and I have already decided that we will tell our future children that Penn State is the only college that exists ;) That is, if we move back to PA or win the lottery, since we probably won't be able to afford out-of-state tuition!

WE ARE... PENN STATE!!!

Parents Weekend

This past weekend, my parents came to H-town to visit me, Cory, and Cosmo! I think my dad was most excited to see Cosmo ;) Alicia's and Jaime's parents were both in town too, and Lauri's sister and her fam. There was lots of drinking, card playing, and just hanging out and relaxing! We also played some golf (Cory and Daddy), made some cake pops (me, Mommy, Jaime, and Momma Strandmark), went to the Mauldin's crawfish boil, hit up a farmers market with Alicia and Momma CQ, went to Cork wine bar so the Wilkes could see the 'rents since they couldn't make it on Sunday, and had most of the gang over for Easter brunch on Sunday! Everything was lots of fun!

Thanks for visiting M&D, I miss you already!

Baby Cupcakes for a Baby Girl (and her Momma)

My friend Lindsay just had her baby girl, Madison, and I took some treats over to her today! I made some cupcake bites (not my idea, I got it from Bakerella, her blog is linked over on the right), and they turned out pretty cute! I used strawberry cake so they'd be pink inside even. Here's a picture of my handiwork; Lindsay really liked them and said they were delish too!

Yard Work

The past couple weekends I've been planting stuff in our yard. Last weekend I did tomato and red pepper plants, and ranunculus bulbs (which I found out I planted upside down and need to re-do!). This weekend I did an herb garden, with basil, parsley, oregano, rosemary, dill, and mint! I can't wait to eat all this fresh food, and I can tell the tomato plants are bigger already!

I found this lil guy at the Woodlands Arts Festival this weekend. Isn't he cute??

Going Green

The Sholls are slowly going green! For Christmas we received some reusable cotton produce bags from the Marshiks. This prompted me to then buy bigger reusable grocery bags. And then, also taking a tip from the Marshiks, we bought a compost bin. I also bought some cloth napkins, and just this past weekend bought some more eco-friendly dish detergent!
The reusable grocery bags are not only awesome because we're not wasting plastic, but you can put a full load of groceries in 4 or 5 bags, which is great!


I just put the compost bin together last week (all by myself, it was kinda like giant Legos), so there is nothing in it yet, but I'm starting my food trash collection inside in a smaller container. Since we try to eat healthy, we make a lot of fruit/veggie trash, and I was sick of throwing it out and stinking up the trash! Did you know you can even compost your dryer lint and coffee grounds and filters??

It may not be much, but we're trying to do our part! Here's hoping the compost bin doesn't stink too bad ;)