Big News!

Dusk got a cute new bandanna....

Dusk being handsome...

....and silly

Ok, I was super excited about his bandanna because it was super cheap and adorable. (only $1 from walmart, they have a huge selection of bandannas near their purses) 

but that isn't the big news. 

The big news is that I am currently working on updating Poppies, Puppies and Pearls! I am planning to incorporate some more of my interests into the blog including photography, fashion, food and exercise. 

I do plan on still giving Dusk updates and my weekend or special event updates but I want to add a little more to shake it up. 

      On a side note Dusk and I are getting ready to move back to our hometown for a few weeks because I am finishing up my co-op this week, and I don't have to be back to good ole Clemson until mid-August so I plan on Dusk and I enjoying a few weeks of summer and sun before I have to hit the books again! Keep in touch....(if your wondering how check out the spiffy new buttons I added to the top right side of the blog...you can now easily see my twitter page, the blog facebook page, my blog pinterest board, and the blog on stumbleupon) 

Peace, Love and Puppies,

SLE :) 

Hello Sunshine

       This past weekend was absolutely not what I expected. I planned on going home and having a date night with Cole Friday night, spending the day with mom Saturday, having a girls night Saturday night and going out on the boat with some friends Sunday. Most of my plans happened but they all ended up with some strange twist to them.
        Friday I did drive home, through treacherous downpour. I was super duper excited to be having a date night with my boo. We decided to try out a local sushi and hibachi buffet restaurant that we had heard a lot of positive things about. It wasn't terrible but I would prefer to go to a sushi bar for some freshly made rolls, and a hibachi restaurant that cooks in front of you. But that being said it wasn't awful and the service was good, I think I just have a personal issue with buffets, I don't like not knowing how long ago the food was cooked and put out. The plan for after dinner was to originally go home and watch a movie....
        Well that changed instead we ended up watching the sun set out on Lake Murray and hitting a few bars that are right on the lake with a few friends.

The gorgeous view of the sunset

Cole and I riding on the boat, which is why my hair is crazy looking. 

The boys smoking cigars

Cole with his cigar and a drink

    We didn't get off the water until around 3am...Then we got up early Saturday morning so I could go cowboy boot shopping...which was unfruitful, I found a pair I loved but I decided against them cause I would have been kind of restricted on what I could wear with them, and the other pair I have been looking at were not in stock in my size at the store so unfortunately I walked away empty handed.

These are the said boots that I loved, I may end up ordering these later! 

Once we were done boot shopping I made a super drastic change I went from being a super dark brunette to being a blonde, which I swore I would never do again, but I must say I LOVE IT! I am so happy with the way it turned out.

Now...

 

Before....

     

                   

                    The rest of Saturday was full of girl pampering time, including pedicures....my toenails are now a lovely lavender shade that apparently reminds people of Easter....Saturday night my mom, Deidre (my Bestie since Freshman year of high school) and I went out to dinner then Deidre and I started our girls night...which we thought was going to be just a wine and a movie kind of night. Literally 2 minutes into the movie i got a phone call from Cole... The call basically goes like this: 

  Cole: "hey, what are yall doing"

Me: "nothing watching a movie"

Cole: "Do you guys want to go to a house party?"

Me: "uh I dont know, ....'Deidre do you want to go to a house party?'.....Sure we want to go?!"

Cole: "Ok be ready I am on my way to pick you guys up!"

     Can you talk about random? We seriously ended up in the middle of no where and mine and Deidres night, well I guess morning ended in us watching the sun rise on Lake Murray while we danced to the cupid shuffle on a boat...It doesn't matter how calm of a night we plan to have we always end up having some crazy story to tell. 

Best Picture of the Weekend, Deidre doing the Cupid Shuffle
 at Sunrise on Lake Murray

         Deidre, the friends we were with and I went back to the house slept for a few hours, then literally got up and went back out on the lake for the rest of the day. We ended our weekend eating dinner at San Jose, a local mexican joint where almost all of us looked like we were going to fall asleep in our food from sheer exhaustion, and possibly alcohol for some.

          This weekend was definitely one for the record books, and it is for sure a weekend full of memories we will be talking about for the rest of our lives. 

The World is Coming to an End!

             Ok, ok, not seriously (its not December 21st yet)...but have you ever said to yourself or someone else "oh that's never ever going to happen!" and then it does actually happen? Well when that happens to me one I feel like swallowing my tongue cause I was wrong and two I feel like the world is ending just because I never thought it was going to happen. Anyone else feel that way? yes, no, maybe so...

              When Dusk was a small itty bitty puppy he was the runt of the litter and was the one everyone seemed to bully, so he has always been kind of shy around new people, he is timid around new dogs and he has never been a cuddler. Dusk has some pretty hilarious stories of new dog and new people interactions that I will have to share sometime soon. Anyways Dusk loves, loves, loves to be pet and he is a real ham for attention when he knows you well enough, in fact the first trick he learned was his puppy hug. Puppy hug is literally where he stands on his hind legs and rest his front paws on your leg and enjoys some attention as seen in the photo below.

The famous puppy hug
photo was taken by  mariah simmons photography

         Dusk loves his puppy hugs but he has never been a kisser, in fact in the four years that I have had him he has never once licked me. Another thing that he never has been known to do is to cuddle with you, or sleep anywhere near a person. I tried my hardest when he was a puppy to convince him to sleep in my bed and cuddle with me. He would start out good, at the very, very end of the bed as far away from human reach as possible but would get down literally ten minutes later or as soon as I moved an inch. He just wasn't a fan of it. 

          Now keeping all of that in mind imagine how mind blown I was when over the last few weeks he has gone from sleeping at the end of my bed for two seconds and then getting down, to sleeping at the very end of my bed all night, to sleeping against my leg to completely cuddling. My dog has gone mad! But a good mad, I love it,I think I like the sense of security of him laying right beside me since we live by ourselves right now. 

          Since we live by ourselves we don't normally leave Columbia until Monday mornings now. Well on Monday morning I was up before Cole and had already packed all my stuff up. I went and got Dusk up and got him to follow me into Cole's room. I literally patted the bed once calling him up there to wake Cole up. The next thing I know dusk hops right up on the bed and shoves his cute little muzzle right under Cole's hand and woke him up. It was the most precious thing I had ever seen him do, and man do I wish I had a picture or video of it! 

With all that said I literally thought the world was going to end because my dog is officially a cuddler, I NEVER saw that coming!