Football and Royal Felines

So last week was pretty busy but very fun. Mike (Eric's dad) was in town. He came down for the University of Arizona vs UCLA game. It was really fun having him visit. Below are a few pictures from above mentioned game.


The game was really bad for us UCLA fans. Arizona (which is NOT a good football team) was able to get ahead by more than 30 points, and this was before halftime. There was a couple things that did happen that were quite interesting that made the game worth it.

This happened:



Then right after this happened:



While I do not condone fighting, this was pretty entertaining.

On Saturday we took Karl to a costume party at Petsmart. Karl went as a mail man.

And I went as mailbox. I was the only pet owner dressed up and as you can tell from the below picture my costume ripped right before we went to the party.

They awarded the best dressed animals and Karl got third place. Second place was a Boxer puppy dressed up as Batman and first place went to a couple of cats dressed up as Prince William and Kate Middleton. Below you can see the Prince William cat and the Kate Middleton cat was in a bride costume.

It was so funny seeing all the animals dressed up and some of the pet owners were real characters and this is from the girl who dressed up as a mailbox.

Karl + Halloween

As Halloween fast approaches I have been spending a lot of time looking for a Halloween costume for Karl. I have been scouring the internet to see what options I have out there to purchase. I would love to be super crafty and make an original costume but lets be honest, I really don't want to spend the time. Here are some of my favorite costumes I have come across:

Karl could be Bat Dog and I could be Cat Women.

Karl could be the Cowardly Lion and I could be the Tin Man, or the Scarecrow or Dorthy

Karl could be a Mailman and I could be a letter or a mailbox.

Karl could be a Dinosaur and I could be a Cave Woman.

You will have to wait to see what I choose but you can be certain that there will be pictures.

SLC Recap

Okay so my weekend in the SLC was great. I talked so much I lost my voice.
I was also able to go to some of my favorite restaurants just like I was hoping. I was able to make it to Red Iguana, The Park, The Dodo and Desert Edge (the pub). For those of you that do not live in Salt Lake, if you decide to visit, go to any or all of these places. You wont be disappointed.

I was also able to catch up with my friends and family. I got to spend time with my niece Sofie and the rest of the fam. Also got to see my friend Catherine's adorable baby Sam and catch up with friends that I have really missed.

All in all it was a great weekend and defiantly made me miss my home town. Its a good thing Iam going back for Thanksgiving and this time I get to bring the rest of my crew (including Karl which I am really Excited about). I am hoping there is some snow when I come back because I think Karl+snow could be amazing.

SLC Bound

I am heading to SLC for the weekend. I am so so excited for the trip and I cant wait to get out of the heat (102 today, its fall for goodness sake).

I cant wait to see friends and fam, but I also cant wait to eat! I have quite a list of places that I need to eat. To fit all the resturants in I plan on having 5 large meals a day. I think that will work.

Random though that I would like to share with you:
I have recently got into a few Bands/Musicians that I would like to share with you out there.

1. Band of Horses, Hipsters have been into this band for ages but now that I have listened to their music, I am a big fan and I can see why the Hipsters like them (although now that people like me like them the hipsters probably think their too main stream and are totally over them).

2. Jessica Lee Mayfield. She is a singer/songwriter type and really good.

And that is all I have to say.

Cats

I am not really in the mood to write anything, so enjoy these pictures.

I don't know what to say

I feel like I need to blog but yet I feel I have nothing to say. So I am going to force myself into telling you a few thought.

1. No one was meant to live in Phoenix in the summer. Today hit 116, yesterday was 112, this is too hot for humans and it is miserable.

2. When you have two jobs, cleaning the apt goes out the window. Therefore with Ez out of town my apt looks like squatters have taken over. Bottom line, I need a Zoila, and if you don't know what that is, check this out.

3. I have decided that I want to learn to make homemade doughnuts. First off I love doughnuts and second everything is better homemade, ergo homemade doughnut could possible be life changing. I also want to get an ice cream maker for the same reason. Life changing deserts for a girl who loves sugar, nothing could be better.

4. My last thought ends on a sad note, Karl has taken his first shoe victim. It was a wooden sole platform heel perfect for summer and very cute. He chewed the heel to a horrible state and there is no hope for saving it. I am sorry to see the shoe in this state although I have to admit they were horribly uncomfortable, so Karl could have done worse.

Back to school

Its back to school time, not for me but for sweet Karl. Ez and I have signed him up for obedience classes and last Wednesday was his first. Karl is not the worst in the class but he is also not the best.

It is so funny to see how all the dogs interact. There is this Rottweiler puppy in the class that Karl was having a great time playing with because they were about the same size, unfortunately for Karl, I don't think the playing will be as fun when that puppy grows to be about 5 times his size. There is also this Pug that is so funny and neurotic. He would bark at Karl then go hide behind his owner and just look at him.

I think this training is going to be a very good thing and seeing how some of those other dogs act makes me appreciate how good Karl is. Even if he does chew off all the buttons on everything within reach(sweaters, jackets, etc.).

Hopefully by the end of the six weeks we will have whipped him into shape (figuratively not literally).

Oh and thought would add this cat+school picture for good measure.